Jagged Wings

Chapter 98 Yes, That's Senna
This powerful taunt made Reyes the target of public criticism.

"Senna?" Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini was taken aback. He didn't expect Reyes to point the finger at Senna, but Pellegrini responded quickly: "Senna is excellent, but we It was a group, Cena just did what he was supposed to do."

Pellegrini was mentally prepared for Arsenal's ridicule, but he didn't expect Reyes to look past the radiant Riquelme and turn to Senna.

This is beyond Pellegrini's expectations!
If it was an ordinary person, they would definitely focus on Riquelme as the target of ridicule, after all, Riquelme's effect is immediate.Villarreal wouldn't have come this far without Riquelme.

Taunting Riquelme should be the way most people have to go.

But Reyes is not an ordinary person, he is a time traveler!He has the ability to predict the future, and he knows that Villarreal's promotion depends entirely on Riquelme's core role.

Riquelme himself lives under the spotlight, and this kind of pressure is inherent. Even if Reyes' ridicule can give him a little more pressure, it will have no effect on him.

It is completely useless to mock Riquelme!
But what if the focus was on Senna?
That will definitely surprise Villarreal!
Moreover, from the perspective of a traveler, Reyes, Senna, who defends well, can definitely be compared to Riquelme in terms of role on the field.

Now in football, what is important is "defense wins". Riquelme's outstanding performance is also the performance of Senna silently escorting him behind him.

In fact, as a Spanish player, Reyes knows many Villarreal players, and Senna is naturally one of them.Senna is currently the most popular midfielder in Spain. As a technical midfielder, Senna has a large running range, can share a lot of defensive tasks, has delicate skills, and has a good ball distribution organization. He can be regarded as an all-around midfielder.

And the Spanish coach Aragones has said that once Senna successfully obtains Spanish nationality, he will be selected for the Spanish national team immediately.

In this way, Senna is likely to become Reyes' national team teammate.

Senna has a low-key personality and is kind to others, coupled with his late position, he is very unobtrusive.When everyone focused on Riquelme, they automatically ignored his existence.

And that's exactly what Senna wanted.

And what Reyes has to do now is to bring Senna, the "behind the scenes" to the stage, and let him also accept the baptism of public opinion.

Don't you like hiding in corners?Then I will not let you live in peace!

The game against Inter Milan was exactly like this. The four major midfielders of Inter Milan, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Veron, and Figo, focused their attention on Riquelme and ignored the existence of other people.However, it was Riquelme who attracted Inter Milan's defensive attention, allowing Aruabarena to score the goal that eliminated Inter Milan.

"Sena is definitely the backbone of Spain's future defense. With him, this year's World Cup will be even more interesting!" Reyes still poured the topic on Senna without any scruples. As for Riquelme, he didn't say a word. mentioned.

"I don't want to respond to him, I just want to concentrate on playing the game!" Facing Reyes' constant "praise", Senna had to respond.He obviously lacked such coping experience, and he just expressed his thoughts honestly.

The media are fanning the flames. It is basically no problem for Senna to join the Spanish national team, and the calls for Xiaofa to be selected for the Spanish national team are also very high recently.

Especially after Xiaofa's wonderful performance in the game against Juventus, this kind of voice reached a peak.

The two people who will enter the national team also overlap in position, so it is inevitable that people will be compared.

Someone ran to ask Xiaofa about Senna's evaluation.

"Cena is a very good player, and I look forward to playing against him," Xiaofa obviously got the "pointing" of Reyes, and he kept praising Senna.

And it's not just Xiaofa, people including Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger all praised Senna in interviews. They even believed that Senna is one of the best midfielders in football today. Real was able to advance to the semi-finals, thanks to Senna!

"I only believe in my feet!" Senna's answer was plain, and Arsenal's saliva cannon seemed to hit a thick wall.

directly into nothingness.

Senna's football career was very bumpy. Before the age of 24, he didn't even have the energy to play a professional football game. Later, he was kicked out by two clubs one after another. Famous.

Such ups and downs also allowed Senna to gain a psychological quality that is different from ordinary people, so the saliva attacks from everyone in Arsenal are useless to him.

But the target of Arsenal's attack was not him.

Who is that?

In the past few days of training, Senna clearly found that Riquelme looked at him a little differently.

He is very clear that this is the "gaze of resentment" that only the protagonist who has been robbed of the scene will have.

Yes, in fact, in the end, the exciting goal Arsenal pursued was Riquelme.

Riquelme was born to be the favorite of heaven and the center of everyone. He is used to standing in the center of the stage, so once he finds that the focus is not him, he will feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Moreover, his character is arrogant and autistic, and he doesn't know how to communicate with his teammates.Once there is a conflict with his teammates, he will hide it in his heart instead of finding someone to solve it.

He blamed Senna for stealing his thunder.

Senna screamed in his heart that he was wronged, those were imposed on him by Arsenal, and he himself never hoped for those things.But Senna, who has been dawdling in the bottom league for a long time, is actually not cheerful. Knowing it is one thing, but not wanting to solve it is another.

The rest of Villarreal's players are training hard to find their best form, but they don't know that there is a small crack between the offensive and defensive core of their team!

The crack is so small that no one will notice.

In fact, Villarreal's lineup is not weak. Their characteristics are the same as Arsenal's, they are both strong offensively and weak defensively.The "Argentine Left" composed of Sorin and Aru Abarena is top-notch, but on the right, Villarreal has no outstanding players.

Arsenal's defense line was replaced by Flamini as the left back after Cole was injured. In this way, the four sought-after defenses became: Eboue, Kolo-Touré, Senderos, Flami Ni, the average age of such a defensive lineup is only 23 years old.

But Villarreal was worse. Their main central defender, German teenager Gonzalo, tore the ligament of his left ankle in the game against Barcelona last Friday and had to undergo surgery. After the operation, it is conservatively estimated that he will rest for three days months.Not to mention Arsenal, even the World Cup, he has no hope of participating.

Gonzalo's injury is a heavy blow to Villarreal's defense. The defense line of the "Yellow Submarine" was originally the weakest of the three lines. Because of this, when people mention Villarreal, the first thought that comes to mind is "the attack is strong and the defense is weak".

Gonzalo is the only star player in Villarreal's defense. Now his injury forced coach Manuel Pellegrini to send the 19-year-old Alsoo and Alvarez to partner.Also is the absolute main force of Spain's under-19 youth team, but he is too young after all and obviously lacks experience in competitions.With him in such a game, it may become a "time bomb".

(End of this chapter)