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【Today's Small Theater】

#Friendliness is what it is not to forget#

True or False.

Deportivo, a club with zero friendliness.

Barcelona: √

Atletico Madrid: √

Las Palmas: √

Olympiacos: √

Seville: √

La Coruña: ××××

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The game finally ended with Deportivo's victory. During the post-match news interview, Juan did not bother Sevilla too much. There will be no shortage of hostile people.

But so what?

"Even if some people continue to target Deportivo, they will not beat their opponents in the next game ahead of schedule." At the post-match press conference, Juan said very bluntly. An's face was calm.

"It is said that Sevilla's opponent in the next game is Valencia... Good luck."

Regarding Juan's "congratulations", Caparros directly turned black, and said coldly: "I don't know who went to the referee to plead for the replay. If it wasn't for someone, Sevilla would suffer in the second half. Is it treated so seriously?!"

Speaking of which, Sevilla really lost their wife and lost their troops in this game. Their main defense, Harvey Navarro, was sent off with two yellows and one red, and he missed the next game directly. Di, the unlucky Sevilla midfielder, he just accumulated five yellow cards. According to the rules, he will also be suspended for one game.

Sevilla will directly lose two generals in the next game. How can Caparros bear it?

"Are you expressing dissatisfaction with the referee's decision?" Juan squinted his eyes and looked at him. Although Juan usually doesn't talk much, he can be said to be proficient in terms of venomous tongue and online presence. , directly so that Caparros's face flushed and he couldn't say a word.

If it was only aimed at Deportivo, there might not be anything wrong, but once the matter rises to the referee's point of view, it is a provocation to UEFA. Caparros also knows this, so he just got up and walked away , in response to his huge reaction, Juan just tidied up his desktop calmly, then raised his eyebrows: "Is there any question?"

The turmoil was quickly covered up, and it seemed that Deportivo had passed the match day smoothly as usual, but no one knew the undercurrent.

In such an atmosphere, Deportivo de La Coruña played away against Liverpool, and the Anfield stadium was full of seats.This team can be said to have experienced all the ups and downs that a team can imagine. There have been two tragedies here, and they have fallen into a trough for more than 20 years. The hardships and sorrows are only known to them.

Before this game, the old man who seldom contacted him took the initiative to call him. Under Juan's clear expression, the voice on the other end of the phone was as loud as a bell: "You know what I'm going to say , fuck your mother!"

Juan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only reassure the old man that he would try his best.

"What does it mean to do your best, you give me a hard fight!"

Today Anfield was full of seats. Not only fans from the Red Army and Deportivo flocked here, but many neutral fans also came here to support. As soon as Juan stepped onto the pitch, he was captured by the big screen, and Anfield immediately sent out a very loud cheer. Boo to "welcome" the old foe.

Juan is not unfamiliar with this place. When he was still wearing the red shirt a few months ago, he also fought here, but who knows that the world will change so fast after a few months. The person they booed has changed from a small translator of Manchester United to Become the head coach of a Champions League opponent.

Juan was wearing a black windbreaker, walking forward with his hands in the pockets of his jacket, his face was very calm, even looked a little cold, and only the iconic blue and white scarf of La Coruña added a touch of warmth to him all over his body.

Because of being harassed by the media all the time, the atmosphere in the club was not very good in the past week, but the players in the team quickly unified their thinking and stabilized their morale. In the Copa del Rey a few days ago, they used a hearty Big wins boost morale.

So in today's game, Juan's only worry is the opposite Liverpool.

He knew what kind of team he was about to face.

While he was thinking, Juan's shoulder was bumped suddenly, he stopped and turned his head to look, and what he saw was a huge pink head.

???

Juan was stunned for a while before realizing that this is the mascot of La Coruña, the fragrant pig.

Really fragrant pig.

Huge pink headgear, two long fangs, a high nose, fierce inverted triangular eyes, exaggerated bloody mouth, and a watermelon hat on his head, no matter how you look at it, you look like a bandit The fierce appearance of the birth, but it is all pink...

And what's even more convulsive is that there are two red clouds flying on its cheeks...

This is the last member Juan wants to see in the club, not one of them, after all, it is too speechless for this thing to appear on the sidelines.

But the worst thing is that before the start of the game, it is normal for the staff to dress up as mascots on the sidelines, take photos with fans, tease the little fans in the stands, and entertain the audience.

Brother, isn't this in our own home court? Do you want to have such a good time?

Juan was still speechless, and the mascot in front of him stretched out his hand towards him. Juan raised his eyebrows and looked at this person. Even if he put on the hood, he was barely even with his shoulders. Is it a cute girl?

While thinking this way, Juan stretched out his hand with a smile, but before he touched the other party, the other party withdrew his hand again, and Juan was a little embarrassed for a while.

excuseme?

However, Juan was not angry, he patted the mascot's head as punishment, and then turned around to leave, but "Sweet Pig" just refused to let him go, and directly hugged him with his back, facing Anfield The direction of the away stands, that is, the direction of the Deportivo fans, gave a thumbs up.

"Oh oh oh!!!" The female fans in the away stands screamed, the cameras and mobile phones in their hands couldn't stop at all! !

The person who looked cold and ascetic just now looked at them with an innocent face, as if he hadn't figured out what happened, it was simply too foul, okay? !

Juan finally found out that Xiangzhu was teasing himself, and by the way, doing some welfare for the fans of Deportivo. He kept the posture of hooking shoulders with Xiangzhu for more than ten seconds, and then He was about to let go of the mascot, and continued to walk towards the coaching bench of the visiting team. Unexpectedly, this restless pig caught up with him again, and even more aggressively grabbed his hands, waving them vigorously up and down as if to do something.

Juan stayed where he was with a good temper and watched for a while, he seemed to understand something, and narrowed his eyes.

"Are you going to... dance with me?"

The mascot immediately nodded quickly, and then raised his arm high to signal Juan to follow him to learn. Juan coughed twice: "That's not necessary?"

The cheers on the sidelines suddenly became warmer, because after noticing the situation here, the home fans at Anfield also started booing, and Juan Dias felt his face start to cramp.

...This mascot is an undercover agent sent by the other side, right?Must be undercover, right? ! !This is clearly here to make trouble! !

"What do you want to do?" Juan didn't move with the dancing pig in front of him. In fact, he didn't want to have a greenfield version of "Beauty and the Beast" with the mascot in front of him at all!

Xiangzhu's twisting and twisting movements stopped, and then a muffled voice came from inside: "I'm sorry."

Juan was stunned for a moment, relying on his own hearing, he had already identified who was inside: "Leo?"

So Lionel Messi is stuffed inside the team's mascot headgear today?

Xiangzhu didn't answer, just ran to the side and continued to dance around, which made the fans laugh and laugh, and even Liverpool's mascot, the Liver Bird, ran over and wanted to join him to play, but Juan couldn't laugh.

He directly pushed the Liver Bird away, grabbed Xiangzhu's hand, and led it into the player channel. The Liver Bird was pushed so that it turned two circles and wanted to keep up, but Juan turned his head and stared. TV: "Don't come here, or I'll sue you for sexually harassing our mascot!"

Liverbird was dumbfounded immediately, what about sexual harassment? ? !

He hasn't done anything yet!

However, Juan ignored what he just said, and directly dragged him into the player tunnel. At this time, the players were still preparing for the game in the locker room. Juan took a look at the situation and directly took him into the away coach's lounge. After the door, he directly closed the lock and turned around to take off his hood, all in one go.

The child has always been obedient, and the only struggle is that he is unwilling to take off the headgear and wants to protect it. Juan just frowned and whispered "let go", and he obediently let go of his hand and looked at him eagerly.

"What's the matter with you, why don't you train well in the training camp and come here as a mascot?" Juan said that the height of today's mascot is really wrong. In the past, he was 1.8 meters tall anyway. I really thought a different girl came up!

Messi pursed his lips tightly and raised his head to watch him not speak. Juan sighed and raised his eyebrows: "Just say what you have."

"...on stage..."

"What?" Juan didn't hear clearly for a while.

Messi took a deep breath, raised his head and said loudly: "I want to play! Please let me play!"

In the entire coach lounge, only Messi's panting after yelling vigorously could be heard. It seemed that just these two words had used up all the strength in his body. Juan sighed secretly and stretched out his hand, rubbing his head.

Lionel Messi, who would have imagined ten years from now, would wear himself in a mascot suit in order to play, writhing in sweat in the November heat ?

"It is my fault."

Messi closed his eyes and waited for the verdict. Who knows, he heard the person in front of him say such a sentence very sincerely. He blinked and looked at Juan with a sincere face.

"I shouldn't have wasted you and kept you exercising in the training camp. I only considered your age and didn't consider other factors. I'm sorry."

Messi's face turned red all of a sudden, he shook his head, lowered his head and dared not say anything, Juan coughed lightly and decided to change the subject, lest the young man in front of him spontaneously ignite: "Why do you want to play mascot?"

"Because it's the most natural way to cover your face, and when I was in Barcelona, ​​I often warmed up as a mascot, and I have experience." Messi wiped the sweat from his face, and said this sentence very calmly, Juan was silent for a long time, until he heard the door of the locker room next door had been opened, he nodded: "Go out, you are not included in the squad for this game, and we will fight again in the next game."

Messi's eyes lit up immediately, he nodded abruptly, and the expression on Juan's face relaxed. Just as he was about to take him out, Messi touched his face as if thinking of something: "Wait a minute! I'm wearing a hood..."

"..." Juan opened his mouth, amazed at Messi's unusual professionalism.

The players of Deportivo have already rushed to the player tunnel to prepare for the game, so they watched their head coach calmly lead the team that he usually dislikes the most-he has clearly understood this point in the club. In vain showed - the Depco mascot the pig, walked through the crowd on both sides to the court, leaving a group of people behind dumbfounded.

"Then what..." Alonso opened his mouth and looked at Portillo speechlessly. The two of them met on the bench of the national team and they were familiar with each other. "Your coach is really childlike. ha."

Holding the mascot of one's own club or something, the general head coach would dislike it and be too ashamed. Why can the head coach of Deportivo be able to do so for granted? ?

Portillo didn't know what to say, so he could barely cope with it.

Otherwise, what else could he say?Maybe his head coach hit his head on the door frame, so he would hold hands with the club mascot that he usually dislikes? ?

Liverpool's head coach is Benitez, who just moved from Valencia. He saw the visiting team coach Juan Dias appearing on the sidelines, so he walked over to say hello and exchanged a few pleasantries.

——It has to be said that Benitez is really a very serious person who can't chat, but Juan soon discovered that this person was trying to find a topic, and the look in his eyes Very serious.

Juan knew that this person was called a master tactician. More than half of Valencia's league championship last season was due to this person in front of him, and this person was also a pure Madridist just like himself, so he was chatting. At that time, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, almost ignoring the referee on the side.

"It seems that the two head coaches who are also tactical are having a good conversation." Frank looked at the list in front of him happily, "Benitez has sent the strongest lineup in his hand, goalkeeper Dudek; the backcourt Hyypia, Carragher, Henkoz, Traore; midfielder Alonso, Gerrard, Partridge; striker Cisse, Baros, Luis Garcia...Obviously, Benitez This game is going to be a storm!"

"In comparison, Juan Diaz's lineup doesn't seem to be that aggressive." Dean looked down and read, "Goalkeeper Diego Lopez; defender Andrade, Capdevila , Pablo Ibáñez, Juan Sorin; midfielders Juan Belleron, Fernando Redondo, Juan Riquelme, Pablo Aimar; Godfrey, Portillo... I take back what I just said."

Dean said very calmly: "Obviously, Deportivo is going to fight Liverpool!"

"Liverpool? Counter attack?" Frank waved his hand, "Impossible, Liverpool's striker is not good, they have played so many defensive counterattacks!"

"At least let's see what's going on in the game." Dean said calmly.

This is Liverpool. All the players in Deportivo are not very familiar with this English field. From the advantage of being familiar with the field conditions, Liverpool has a much better advantage!

After the opening game, Liverpool immediately launched a fierce offensive as Dean expected. The players ran and interspersed aggressively, especially strengthening the long-range shots outside the penalty area, trying to knock the mountain and disrupt the rhythm of Deportivo.

In the third minute of the game, Luis Garcia suddenly kicked the goal from 3 yards away, and the ball slid out of the goal, which surprised Diego Lopez in a cold sweat.

He hasn't been so nervous at the beginning of a game for a long time!

Two minutes later, Baros took a long shot from the right side of the penalty area. The ball was blocked by Diego Lopez. After 2 minute, Alonso just crossed the center line and crossed the penalty area. His long pass was very ecstasy. He found his team almost immediately. Without exerting force, the ball was hugged dangerously and dangerously by Diego Lopez.

Judging from the situation on the scene of the game, Deportivo seemed to be beaten by Liverpool.

"Juan, look at this..." Allen was anxious like an ant on a hot pot on the sidelines. The game has been going on for 10 minutes. When has Deportivo been beaten for 10 minutes?

Although this is someone else's home field, it's too dangerous!

Juan didn't say anything, his expression was very calm, Allen suggested: "Why don't we let Redondo retreat and switch positions with Pablo Ibáñez!"

Juan shook his head and refused.

He can clearly see where the suppressed point on the field is-not Pablo Ibañez, the Spanish teenager performed very well, in fact, the reason why Deportivo is suppressed now is in the midfield.

Aimar started playing again after resting for a few games. The defensive strength has obviously dropped in this kind of strong dialogue, especially when he himself is soft in the autumn wind, while the opposite is the Premier League team known for its toughness. It can be said that , Aimar has become Liverpool's main offensive target from the very beginning.

No way, who makes people feel good and is bullied?

In fact, if he is simply stuck in a defensive position, Aimar himself has no problems, but in terms of defensive skills and physical strength, he still needs to be strengthened.

It is not a big problem to let him block the trajectory of the ball in sports battles, but facing a midfielder like Alonso who is good at long passes and better at defense, Aimar is very likely to be passed, and Liverpool seems to be intentional in this game. The organization area was withdrawn without hesitation, and Deportivo's entire defense line did not dare to press too high, leaving too much space behind him.

This simply formed the most powerful contrast with the previous game.

Aimar also knows his weaknesses. He consciously stepped back on the court to connect his defensive position with the back line. Even if he was passed, he could compress the opponent's space for advancement.

Luis García is at it again, aggressive and unkind, and Aimar struggles to tilt his body to the right.

Generally speaking, even if his defense is like a piece of paper, at least the players on the opposite side subconsciously want to save this layer of strength, especially when they don't value his defense very much. when.

Sure enough, Luis García broke through his left side without stopping, very easily and cleverly, but he couldn't laugh as soon as he passed Pablo Aimar.

The person who appeared in front of him was Fernando Redondo. Before Luis Garcia had time to make the next move, even before the astonishment on his face was fully displayed, the ball was already broken by Redondo, and then the ball was broken by directly to Aimar.

"Oh! The boss is so handsome!!" On the bench, Fernando Gago jumped up directly, and the Xiangzhu beside him stood up with him—I don't know what Juan was thinking , directly pulled Depco's mascot into the coach's bench, and ordered him to sit here and watch the game not to run around.

Gago was a little awkward at the beginning, but the game is so exciting now, what's the matter with the pig? !

The expression on Juan's face also gradually relaxed. Regarding Aimar's defensive training, he discussed with all the members of the coaching staff for several nights before discussing it, and finally handed it over to the defensive coach for individual guidance. , but the defensive awareness and defensive positioning must be excellent, so as to make up for his lack of physical collision.

The performance just now is the best reward for training. Aimar's position is very reasonable. He even induced the opponent's players to break through from his right. It was Redondo who defended with him!

Luis Garcia passed Aimar, which gave Redondo the upper hand in the tackle anyway, because the Argentine was waiting for the opponent to come from this side.

Aimar received the ball again. His defensive ability is not strong, but in terms of passing and organization, he can even rank in the top three in the perverted Deportivo, which is enough to prove his ability.

After taking the ball, Aimar looked in front of his eyes casually, and then sent the ball to the front court with a straight pass. Juan Belleron got the ball. He seemed to like to take the ball laterally in these two games, and this also Lived up to expectations and attracted Alonso's attention.

When Alonso was about to come up to steal, Valeron passed the ball to Portillo who retreated, and Portillo, who was facing the ball with his back, distributed the ball to Aimar, who leaned from the right to the center, and Aimar With a direct and light rubbing of the ball, the colorful football flew over the back line and flew to the back of the penalty area.

This series of passes did not have the slightest sloppiness, and even a slight stagnation did not occur. It looked very relaxed and freehand. The football went from the backcourt to the frontcourt, from the center to the right, and then crossed the top from the right to the penalty area. After that, the speed of the transfer directly challenged the nerve reflexes of the Liverpool players.

"Deportivo's best pass and catch...is really pleasing to the eye." Frank sighed, "I feel like I haven't seen such a beautiful and elegant football for a long time. The last time I saw it seemed to be the 98 Champions League final. Real Madrid."

98 Champions League final, Real Madrid vs. Juventus, Irgner, Hierro, Sanchez, Panucci, Roberto Carlos, Raul, Kalumbu, Seedorf, Mijatovic, Mo Rentes - Fernando Redondo.

Dean naturally understood what Frank meant, but before they had time to say anything, there were exclamations all over the stadium at Anfield.

"Goooooooooooal!! Diego Forlán dives over the top, Dudek misses the ball! Deportivo lead [-]-[-], they already have a precious away goal!!"

The stands of Anfield stadium were like a tsunami. The fans raised their hands high and all stood up, booing for a long time.In such an environment, Juan remained motionless, and he even had the leisure to turn around and ask Alan if he had brought him a snack bag.

Alan froze for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on his face, but before he could say anything, a fat hand with a furry glove stretched out, with a lollipop in the palm, Alan Looking back, the corner of his mouth subconsciously twitched.

...their Larco mascot, the little sweet pig.

What kind of trouble did you come up to, this staff member? !

Before Alan had time to say anything, Juan took the candy with a smile: "Thank you."

? ? ? ?

Allen watched as Juan peeled off the candy wrapper naturally, took the lollipop directly in his mouth, and then put the candy wrapper into his pocket casually, while their mascot waved his hand obediently, twisting and turning back Sit on the seat.

What happened, what happened...

Juan didn't explain anything, but just watched the performance on the court calmly. Because of the lollipop, the camera frequently scanned his direction and almost missed a wonderful attack from Deportivo.

In the No. 15 minute of the game, Pablo Aimar moved forward and took a long shot at the football. The ball was refracted on Carragher and bounced into the goal.

Liverpool goalkeeper Dudek's heart is broken.

The ball kicked by Pablo Aimar flew to the right. He was [-]% sure that he would succeed. However, Carragher, a pig teammate, stepped forward to block the ball. He flew into the goal, and quickly lunged to the left of the goal in disguise.

He stretched out his calf as hard as he could, but unfortunately he didn't touch the football, and the colorful elf jumped and flew into the goal.

"Deportivo have scored two away goals." Frank sighed, "Now Liverpool have two options. The first is to score three goals in a row in the next time to win this game. At the same time, they We need to check and balance Deportivo in the next away game and prevent them from scoring..."

"Honestly, it's kind of difficult." Dean hit the nail on the head.

During the half-time break, Juan did not relax his request to everyone. He still sounded the alarm to the players in the locker room. There should be no slack in the second half. The little fragrant pig.

...What happened to their head coach, who suddenly became so enthusiastic about Xiangzhu?They're kind of scared...

It's not that Juan didn't notice everyone's expressions, but he didn't say it clearly, he just patted Xiangzhu on the head: "Keep watching, you know?"

Messi in Xiangzhu didn't dare to make a sound, and nodded quickly.

After the start of the second half, Liverpool played another very threatening offensive, but they seemed to lack some luck today, and the striker's performance was really not very good. Partridge's one-and-a-half single-handed ball actually hit the post. popped up.

Seeing that the goal was not scored, Liverpool all showed expressions of disbelief, covering their faces in frustration, but Juan immediately saw the crisis, and he quickly made adjustments. In the 70th minute of the game, he used some Heat Valente replaced Pablo Aimar, with Juan Sorin and Redondo playing as a double midfielder, with Portillo free to move up front.

Under the defensive change, Deportivo had some difficulty maintaining the score of [-]-[-] to the end.

After the final whistle blew, Juan breathed a sigh of relief. He swallowed a lollipop for the whole game. In the end, there was no candy at all. He bit the stick and still looked at the field. Liverpool’s performance in the second half was really too dangerous , if it weren't for the reliability of Deportivo's midfielder, it is estimated that the score will definitely not be like this at the moment.

After the game, all the members of the first team were bouncing around on the field shoulder to shoulder, singing happily, and Dong Ge was surrounded in the middle, not knowing whether to laugh or cry—of course, his players seem to be particularly careful about this kind of thing, Knowing that he doesn't like being dragged and danced, they will dance around him, in short, they just won't let him go...

Juan was also pulled by Allen to celebrate, but his suit and leather shoes were not very suitable for jumping, so after watching with a smile for a while, he turned and walked towards Benitez to greet the opposing coach.

Although Benitez is difficult to get along with, he can even be called clumsy in speaking, but when shaking hands, he still looked at Juan very seriously and said: "Is the King's Cup in La Liga? Almost to the quarterfinals?"

Juan was stunned for a moment, and nodded clearly: "Yes." After all, this is also the head coach who left La Liga.

"Come on, the Copa del Rey is hard to win." After thinking for a while, Benitez continued, "Especially in the end, those teams that are not under the pressure of the Champions League and have no possibility of a league championship, but are very strong, will focus on In the Copa del Rey, there is no shame in giving up at the right time, it is called strategic giving up."

Juan nodded with a smile: "You are right."

Benitez continued sincerely: "At least Deportivo's current momentum is suitable for focusing on the league and the Champions League. This is also my personal suggestion."

Of course, Juan knew that the straight-hearted coach in front of him really thought about him. Such a coach is considered a rare flower in football. He smiled and nodded: "Thank you very much."

Benitez nodded, and then asked with some embarrassment: "That... Is Lionel Messi in your team sold?"

Juan was taken aback, and subconsciously began to look for the little fragrant pig on the sidelines, only to find that he had also rushed to the celebration crowd on the field and jumped together. The big pink head still made him twitch at the corner of his mouth at a glance.

"Diaz?" Benitez's voice rang in his ears, Juan came back to his senses, and smiled at him apologetically: "I'm sorry, Messi is not for sale."

Benitez nodded in disappointment, and didn't bother him too much, which made Juan's impression of him better. He was also uncharacteristically at the post-match press conference, and directly praised Benitez. It is rare for Juan to praise people, especially the head coach of the opponent, which surprised the media reporters.

What's going on, Juan is very unusual today?

First, he pulled his club's mascot before the game, ate the lollipop given by the mascot during the game, and praised the opponent's head coach after the game!What's wrong with this world?

...Could it be that the mascot of La Coruña, the fragrant pig, has magical powers?

Or is there someone in it who can change Juan instantly? ? ?

Everyone was excited when they thought of this, but the fragrant pig from La Coruna seemed to have anticipated this situation, got on the bus ahead of time, waved at everyone at the bus gate, and gave everyone a big hug when they got up one by one. Hugs, even to Redondo.

When he hugged Redondo, whether it was the farewell fans or the surrounding reporters, they all took a breath in unison.

It's over, it's over, the sweet pig in La Coruña is going to be beaten...

But Redondo just paused, reached out to pat Xiangzhu's head, and then turned around and got into the car.

???

Without the expected beating, Redondo didn't even turn his face black, he just casually patted the mascot on the head and it disappeared? ?

There must be something in that mascot! !

But everyone didn't find out who was inside the mascot until the end. When the bus drove up, Juan sighed and raised his eyebrows: "Okay, you can take it down."

The fragrant pig was still afraid to pick it off, but Juan continued: "If you continue to wear this thing, I will refuse to talk to you."

That's right!Ever since he knew that the person inside was Messi, Juan had only said one word to him, and that was "stay and watch the game" when he led him to the bench to sit.

Under everyone's curious eyes, Xiangzhu hesitated for a while, and finally took off his hood.

"Messi?!"

The Argentine teenager rubbed his head, smiled, and lowered his head in embarrassment.