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"Deportivo had a good start and were almost equalized by Real Betis! In all fairness, Deportivo created more opportunities than Real Betis, but they wasted a lot of opportunities."

When Frank said this, he looked at Dean subconsciously, and continued after making sure that the person beside him had no intention of refuting.

"Portillo didn't perform well in the first half. He missed two great chances, including a one-on-one. I think Juan Dias may have been a little bit wrong, although Portillo Tillo was very good at Castilla, but since he was promoted to Real Madrid's first team, he hasn't done much...”

"Portillo seems to be almost five months older than Juan Dias, but the time spent on the bench at Real Madrid makes me think that he has no room for improvement. Juan Dias It might be a little too risky to put all of Deportivo's current striker hopes on him."

"Portillo signed a professional contract with Real Madrid in 02 and officially joined the first team. It can be said that during the first team, he is definitely the one who will be the most lenient. Club Cup (formerly Toyota Cup), Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup... It can be said that compared to team honors, the only ones in Deportivo who can mention honors with him are Juan Diaz, Fernando Oh Redondo and Romario both missed the Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup..."

"But his performance is not worthy of such achievements. It can be said that he won most of the championships lying down. His playing time is even less than Juan Diaz. To be honest, I don't think so. How good can he be?"

"You can't say that. Portillo can't be blamed for Deportivo's equalization." Unexpectedly, Dean didn't object to Frank's words this time. Coruña only scored one goal, although it was partly due to Portillo wasting chances, but it was also related to some problems with their central defender combination..."

"There is a gap between Gago and Aimar. It can be said that as long as Joaquin is not blind, he can get a chance from there. Juan has not solved the problem of Deportivo's midfield, not to mention the cooperation. Not perfect, Riquelme is now suspended due to muscle fatigue. After Riquelme is suspended, how will he arrange these midfielders? Let Riquelme play as a substitute? The main force of the Argentine national team and the superstar with an annual salary of 500 million As a substitute, Deportivo is too extravagant..."

The two of them are complaining about Deportivo here, but Juan is also complaining about them in the locker room.

"I can assure you that those live broadcast commentators outside must start to bad-mouth Deportivo, from Portillo at the front to Diego at the back." Juan waved his hand, looked up at everyone in the locker room, and found that Although everyone lowered their heads, they were indeed holding back their laughter. After knowing that the first half did not affect them, Juan coughed lightly.

"Okay guys, the first half is over, let's stop thinking about the performance of the first half... of course, Sorin and Ibanez, remember you are partners in the defense , Pay attention to things like coordination and mutual complementation, I don’t need to say more.”

"As soon as Aimar moves forward, Gago must keep up with him and escort him. When Gago rushes forward, Ibanez is responsible for filling the position. This is the cooperation we have done many times in training. I hope to continue Don't make low-level mistakes like the first half, understand?"

Ibáñez and Gago nodded depressedly at the same time. Their performance in the first half was actually not bad. Ibáñez stopped Real Betis's attack twice in front of the goal, and Gago had at least three times in the midfield. Beautiful steals, but their position is destined to be like this, one bad performance, all top performances will be obliterated.

It's no wonder that the current defenders all want to run forward and strive to be a forward.

"We performed very well in the first half, and Real Betis patronized the offense. Their running has consumed a lot of energy. The advantage in the second half will definitely be ours. Now we have to pay attention to some details of the offense, Gago , Your performance in the first half was good, but you should pay attention to the timing of the pass. It is not necessary to complete the sharp direct pass or long pass every time. It is also very necessary to mobilize the team's offense by dividing the ball. "

Gago nodded in a daze, and Juan sighed inwardly.

To be honest, Fernando Gago is the worst player in the team right now.

If he can be more stable, or if he can develop more in the direction of Redondo, and play games around him, Deportivo will not have to worry about offense for at least the next ten years, but let him defend. People are a little worried.

And if he is only allowed to participate in the offense as a part of the team, his cooperation in this aspect seems a bit poor, which makes him only have to find his own position.

But Recoba's performance today is still good, except for the missed header...you can also look forward to his performance in the second half.

When turning his eyes to Morientes, Juan's eyes softened unconsciously for a moment. He didn't expect that his little friend would be so compatible after arriving in La Coruña, scoring goals in both games , The first game even scored twice, which has to be said to be a big surprise.

"Moro, in the second half, continue to use your strengths-drawing the side, breaking through, splitting the ball, no matter what, as long as it can make your space bigger, do it, so that your range of activities will also be wider, and you can shoot long shots when you have the opportunity , I kind of miss your long shot."

Morientes smiled and nodded confidently: "Understood, boss."

He suddenly called that, but Juan was not used to it, he touched his nose for a moment before turning his eyes away.As for Juan Belleron, Fernando Redondo and Pablo Aimar, he has nothing to say. Their performance in the first half can be said to be in full compliance with Juan's requirements. High level, he couldn't have asked for more...

Finally, Portillo.

When Juan looked over, he found that Portillo was a little depressed.

It can be said that he grew up in La Liga, and his starting point (.) was also very high at the beginning, that is, Real Madrid, one of the best giants in the world, and the friends around him are all talented.

When he first arrived in La Coruña, he knew that he had arrived in a new place. Although there were many competitors around him, he was not without opportunities, and he was not without talent. It can be said that as long as he continues to work hard, His future must be bright.

At this time, Morientes came.

It can be said that Portillo's entire youth training time was under the shadow of two towers, one named Raul and the other named Morientes.

Even after Morientes transferred out for various reasons and came back to sit on the bench with him, it was still a shadow, because he knew that it was not his ability that made Morientes sit on the bench, but some strange things. gossip.

Now playing in the same club with Morientes again, his shadow sequelae have also come out, and it is really not very common for him to not score alone.

That goal can be scored with just a single touch. He scored many goals like this in the first half of the season, but now he is actually nervous under such circumstances...

Portillo knows the cruelty of giants better than anyone else.

He has played in Real Madrid, or he has only played in Real Madrid. He knows the consequences of every player who makes a mistake-when they are not big-name players, make mistakes or fail to maintain their form, only a consequence.

Rotate, substitute, sit on the bench.

His heart sank little by little.

Just when he was uneasy, Juan stood in front of him.

"Javier."

As soon as Portillo looked up, he was poked head-on by Juan.

？ ！！

Before the Spaniard covered his head and grinned his teeth, Juan said in a very relaxed voice, "What are you afraid of?"

Porti opened his mouth slightly, but didn't say anything for a while, but turned his eyes to Morientes who was on the side.

Morientes was unconscious, and he was fully focused on relaxing and recovering his strength at this time.

"Don't be nervous about Javier. Although La Liga is higher than La Liga, don't forget how terrible your scoring rate is in La Liga. Real Betis is actually at the top level of La Liga. Fighting to the death and Cass Tia is a tie, remember what you have to do, and just go forward."

Portillo was taken aback.

He didn't expect that Juan didn't mean to replace him, but instead encouraged him, which made him a little unbelievable, and more importantly——

"Boss," he murmured dumbfoundedly, "after all, I've also played in La Liga, okay?"

"Which way have you ever kicked?" Juan glanced at him, "I've never kicked that, okay?"

"Okay," Portillo smiled helplessly, "Boss, what you said is very reasonable...I will definitely perform well in the second half!"

"That's it, don't think too much!" Juan patted his little friend on the shoulder, and then clapped his hands: "Get ready to play, we just wasted a little more chances in the first half... I'm going to watch Your performance in the second half will bring us back to Deportivo with a victory!"

Juan's speech ended here, which made everyone in Deportivo a little uncomfortable. Morientes looked around and found that his teammates had strange expressions on their faces.

what happened?

Juan walked out of the locker room first, and everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. Morientes looked around, and finally couldn't help but leaned over to Redondo's side: "Boss..."

Redondo wiped the sweat off his face and glanced at him, and Morientes immediately faltered.

——Well, there are still very few thick-skinned people like Raul and Juan, he dare not talk to Brother Dong!

On the contrary, Redondo was in a good mood, and said directly: "You don't care about them, just continue the game."

"Okay." Morientes nodded obediently and stopped talking. Redondo looked at him for a while before sighing.

"Juan was in a good mood after you came, and he didn't curse anyone today."

Morientes blinked: "Did he always swear before?"

"No." Redondo was straightforward, he had never been scolded anyway!

"Let me just say, Juan is not such a fierce person." Morientes smiled with relief, and the eyes of the people around him were not good.

Brother, don't spread rumors at will! !

We all know whether Juan Diaz is fierce or not! !

But to be honest, they are really not used to it. After Juan arranged a few words, he mainly praised them. Is this really all right?

Usually in the midfield, he didn't say that, but he had to arrange it well! !

With such worries, they started the second half of the game, but after 3 minutes, all the players in Deportivo opened their mouths - cheering loudly!

Only 3 minutes into the opening of the second half, Valeron passed the ball to Aimar after taking the ball in the midfield. Aimar passed it diagonally to Gago who was already running on the sideline. Break through obliquely towards the restricted area.

And in the penalty area, Portillo ran out of the penalty area and was ready to respond on the penalty area line.

This kind of running distracted the attention of Real Betis' defense line. After Gago took the ball, he did not force the ball. .

Portillo controlled the ball under his feet, withstood the constant interference of the Real Betis defender behind him, and then lifted the ball back.

Gago, who followed up, met Portillo's return ball and raised his foot to shoot directly from outside the penalty area!

The football shell flew towards the far corner of the goal like a shell. Although Real Betis stretched his arms, he still could only watch the football fly by in front of his hand, and then plunged into the far corner of the goal!

"Goooooooal!!! Fernando Gago!! In the first 3 minutes of the second half, Deportivo quickly widened the gap!!" Frank took a deep breath and said, "I began to feel that something was wrong with what I said in the first half It's..."

"What?" Dean raised his eyebrows with a half-smile and looked over, and Frank coughed lightly.

"On the surface, it seems that this goal was scored by several stars of Deportivo with their outstanding personal ability, but the performance of Portillo and Fernando Gago is really impressive. I have to sigh—is this really a personal ability?"

Dean smiled and took over the conversation: "Look at the slow-motion replay."

Now it happens to be playing back in slow motion on the big screen. When Portillo retreated to take the ball, Deportivo attracted the attention of the Real Betis players from three directions, allowing Gago and Poltillo to catch the ball. Tillo easily completed the cooperation of hitting the wall. Although Gago's long-range shot was actually of high quality, after the two-foot pass, his shot was not disturbed, and he was still relaxed and happy. What does this mean?

——This at least shows that Deportivo has a proficient precision in the ability to contain the opposing team as a whole!

Half a season of running-in has allowed Deportivo to weave a fine and dense net as a whole. Once it falls into the net, it is almost impossible for people to move.

After such a playback, Frank opened his mouth and couldn't say a word for a long time, while Dean coughed lightly and said slowly: "Take a step back and let the stars play their personal abilities. That's a testament to what a coach can do."

"Well, you're right." Frank muttered.

As the score increased, Deportivo's offense gradually stabilized, and their poorly connected midfielder also gradually stabilized. The players of Real Betis felt that they wanted to create as they did in the first half. Opportunities start to get harder and harder.

When Gago kept running back and forth, and often retreated to help Aimar defend, Deportivo's right flank gradually stabilized. After the defense line was stabilized, Deportivo's offense began to play slowly. Gradually suppress Real Betis and keep trying to create opportunities.

In the 8th minute of the second half, Morientes' breakthrough created a free kick. He and Belleron once again stood in front of the football at the same time. In the end, Morientes' curved ball hit the wall. On, Belleron followed up with a supplementary shot, and the football was thrown out of the bottom line.

A few minutes later, Denilson collided with Juan Sorin and fell to the ground. Sorin quickly stood up, but Denilson couldn't support himself and was replaced by Benjamin after more than ten minutes of the game.

Benjamin is a young lad. If Juan Sorin goes up to defend him, he will be overwhelmed by his height and strength. If I have to say, the most eye-catching scene of Benjamin after he came on the field is in the penalty area After catching the ball, he passed back, but unfortunately his teammates were not strong enough. Ricardo Oliveira's long-range shot was blocked by Diego Lopez.

The situation on the court is very favorable for Deportivo, and the defense is gradually recovering. Juan Sorin and Capdevila are waiting steadily in the penalty area, and the other two are fighting fires everywhere. Although Ge is frizzy, he is especially suitable for playing the role of a scavenger——

Juan has to say that although this person and Redondo's playing styles are very similar, the difference in personality makes the paths the two of them can take are really very different.

Redondo has also been thinking recently, is it too early to admit his "second generation", can he choose another one?

"Good job!" Juan applauded calmly on the sidelines. For him, the current situation in La Coruña is as good as it could be.

After stabilizing their own defense, Deportivo's offense became more ferocious, like a tiger released from a cage. Their offense had already made Real Betis unable to resist, and now they come again , is simply fatal.

Seeing that Real Betis wanted to counterattack on the field, Juan decisively used a substitution. He replaced Aimar with Quaresma, and Gago, who did not need to assist in defense, came to the left.

This kind of adjustment really had a very good effect. In the second minute of No.70, Gago dribbled the ball forward along the left, attracted the attention of the two opponents, and then passed the ball to the side. Quaresma did not return. Passed to Gago who continued to advance, but directly lifted the ball and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Portillo, who used his body to grab the favorable terrain in the penalty area, never let go of this opportunity again. Facing the rolling ball, he stretched out his foot and poked it, and the ball flew directly into the gate of Real Betis !

"Three to zero!! After experiencing the silence in the first half, Deportivo broke out with their due aggressiveness in the second half!!"

Amid Frank's cheers, Portillo ran to Quaresma and hugged him tightly.

He felt exactly the same as before for the goal just now. His teammates took the ball from the side, and he squeezed towards the goal to grab a point. After he occupied the favorable terrain, a high-speed pass came. The goal is so Simple!

Seeing that Deportivo has taken the lead, it is reasonable to say that the general coach should have started to give up the game at this time, but Ferrer just did not take the usual way. He changed two players in a row, replacing Hua Kim and Asuncao intend to step up their offense.

Juan also used a substitution again, the young David Silva came on and replaced Andrade, and Deportivo began to strengthen the defense.

David Silva got together with the team late, his sister got married, and Juan didn't rush him to join the team, but let him train with the team at ease, slowly Get back to your form and get familiar with your teammates again.

Anyway, in Juan's mind, David Silva, like the children in La Coruña, is a guarantee for the future, not a power to be used now.

However, for David Silva himself, he certainly hopes to quickly become the main force of Deportivo. However, because there are so many big shots in the team, he basically didn't take much rest in the first half of the season. They were all struggling in the cup competition, and it was a bit taken for granted to want to play the main force rashly, so he was also very patient, waiting quietly for his chance to play.

After coming off the bench this time, his task is to defend together with Fernando Gago. Real Betis's counterattack is quite ferocious. Although he is not familiar with this defensive task, it is not bad, especially when he is with his partner. Very awesome situation.

The Argentine league where Fernando Gago was in in the past was also dominated by offense. Even if Boca Juniors is strong, he will always face the opponent's stormy onslaught. He is used to such a situation, so compared to Usually, this time he can be said to be handy.

In Real Betis' frantic counterattack, Juan Sorin, Andrade, Fernando Redondo and Capdevila set up a defensive line at the front of the penalty area, together with Fernando Gago and David Schiller. Erva's defensive ability is also quite strong. In the following time, Deportivo not only withstood the counterattack of Real Betis, but also almost caused a lot of trouble for the opponent.

David Silva's performance was quite eye-catching. In just 10 minutes of playing, he contributed three steals and three fouls, and handed in a pretty good answer sheet.

At the final whistle, Deportivo beat Real Betis [-]-[-]!

Deportivo, which won this victory, is still quietly occupying the first position in the league. The second place is Real Madrid. After changing a coach, they came from behind and overtook Barcelona with a record of seven consecutive victories.

Behind them are the four teams of Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Villarreal and Sevilla who achieved a small victory [-]-[-]. Atletico Madrid was surprisingly forced by Athletic Bilbao. It became a two-to-two tie and only ranked seventh.

"We won. Congratulations." In the post-match press conference, Juan chose this sentence as his opening remarks.

"Problem? I don't think we have any problems. There are new players in the main lineup of this game, and there are also players who have not played much in the past season. Not the strongest Deportivo."

"What do you think about Real Madrid's seven-game winning streak? Sorry, I'm not Real Madrid's coach."

"The game was not good? To be honest, the most important thing is that we got three points. Also, is this game really not good? You speak with your conscience, is it really not good?"

"Fernando Redondo is human, and his own age is also placed here. It is impossible for Deportivo to ask him to be the core of the battlefield in every game. After all, we all know that the core will encounter more on the court. attention."

"The core of Deportivo in this game is that there is no core!"

"If there is one...Juan Belleron, his comprehensive coordination ability in the game is the strongest, and no one can replace the captain of Laco."

"Sell Belleron? Nonsense! Deportivo will never sell their captain even if they have no money!"

Regarding the issue of the league, in fact, everyone is not very concerned about it. After all, Deportivo will go to Arsenal in the next game! !

"As a novice in the Champions League, what is your goal for the Champions League?"

Juan said without hesitation: "Of course it is to win!"

After a pause, he continued: "I have good memories in England, Arsenal are very strong, they have the best strikers - Henry, Bergkamp... plus Van Persie, Fabregas, Ljungberg , Vieira and other talented players, it can be said that this is the most hopeful opponent of Deportivo, we Deportivo like to fight against strong opponents, only by defeating strong enemies can we taste the wonderful fruits of victory."

The media reporters at the scene didn't know whether they should scold the man for his wild words first, or accuse him of disrespecting his opponents and Real Betis first, but most of them are not fools and can remember In the first half of the season, the head coach of Real Betis also said that Deportivo was not good, especially for Juan Dias.

Well, this master has always kept it in his heart, the backhand is a pair of double kills, hitting people speechless.

The reporters in the audience also had old fritters, and immediately stood up and asked: "Is this your psychological warfare? I want the people of Arsenal to hear your wild words, and then at the Highbury Stadium on the weekend, Arsenal made a big move. Going up, your team can use the speed advantage to hit the opponent's counterattack, which can easily take away the victory, right?"

Juan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Reporters nowadays really know how to fight psychological warfare. May I ask which high school you are in?"

The other party replied immediately: "Don't dare, this is a reporter from The Guardian, please answer my question truthfully."

"The Guardian, it's from England." Juan nodded, "Since it's from England, you should know who I'm from."

The reporters let out a burst of low laughter—who doesn't know that Juan Diaz was born out of Alex Hairdryer, the Premier League's top tearer, the king of psychological warfare, Ferguson?

Juan went on to say: "Besides, think about it from another angle. Don't Arsenal focus on attacking at home? Will they be conservative in the face of the young Deportivo? Sir, I just said To be honest, I can't say that Deportivo will be happy if they go to the away game and get a draw?"

The reporter smiled and asked back: "Even if Deportivo's formation has not been adjusted yet, you still firmly demand that the team must win tomorrow?"

Juan fiddled with the microphone in front of him, and coughed lightly: "I rarely give orders to the team as a whole, requiring them to win a certain game, or to defeat a certain opponent, because my requirements for the players They are all different, my standard is to judge according to their performance, some people can achieve 9 points, but only 6 points in the game, then even if we win, I will not be satisfied."

"So for the weekend game, I will only ask the players to perform better than usual. As for the victory, I believe that as long as they do what I ask, the final result will be what we hope to see."

After that, Juan unceremoniously fought back the argument that "Deportivo didn't play well in this game and it was just a narrow victory. Without a star, Deportivo is nothing." Come out, why is the entire Spanish football world now targeting himself with the same hatred?

Afraid that my grades are too good to embarrass Spanish football and those older head coaches?

Moreover, Deportivo has already had such a lineup since last season. At most, it is just one more Morientes. It is simply too bad to suddenly start promoting Deportivo's "star" or something. Okay?

Juan didn't really care much about this. After all, those people said, everyone can see the current situation in La Coruña. This also just shows that many people are watching his jokes. The more victories he has, the more they win. The more I expected him to fall the worse, but so what?

Anyway, he is just beginning to lead the team now, and the contract time is still very long, and there is plenty of time to make these guys speechless.

Only after a head coach has led the team to win the championship can he become tough in front of other head coaches!

——A few days later, Deportivo went to Wembley Stadium to play against Arsenal at home.

The start of the Premier League has always been very early. When La Liga has just finished two rounds, the Premier League has passed three rounds and nearly four rounds. Before the start of the game, Juan Diaz had a little chat with Wenger. The atmosphere was not as enthusiastic as it was before the lottery results came out.

Ahem, because the Sir was by his side at that time, um.

Wenger's expression was very solemn, and he seemed to be very concerned about the game. Juan looked at his face and smiled helplessly: "Mr. Wenger."

"Ok?"

"Please don't be so nervous, it's just a Champions League."

Wenger was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a helpless smile.

Speaking of which, Juan is the one who should be nervous, right?After all, there has never been such a young coach galloping in the Champions League.

After the conversation between the two, Juan straightened his collar and sat down, quietly waiting for the start of the game.

Players from both sides began to enter the field.

"Good evening, audience friends!! The first round of the UEFA Champions League round of [-] is about to start. Deportivo will challenge Arsenal as a guest! Both teams are also victorious generals. Only ended his own winning streak, and Deportivo has not stopped winning until now!"

"It is indeed expected that such a strong dialogue will kick off the Champions League football feast. It is a pity that today's Millwall has undergone earth-shaking changes compared with last season's Super Deportivo. We can hardly see the veterans of Deportivo in China. It can be said that it is thanks to the existence of former Deportivo players such as Belleron, Capdevila and Andrade that there is no Deportivo player. Coruña became a team that we were completely unfamiliar with and knew nothing about."

"Let's see Deportivo's starting lineup!"

"In this game, Juan Dias did not make too many adjustments. Andrade and Capdevila partnered again in the defense. Dias needs them to adapt to the current tactics as soon as possible. Juan sent Juan Sorin in the back position, and Jorge Valente appeared in the left back position. He is a versatile player in the back line, and he can play in all positions on the back line. In this game, Juan Diaz seems to not intend to let Vereron play, even if he is an iron man, he does not need to use it like this."

"In terms of midfield, the four midfielders that Deportivo played in the last round of the league, all played except Belleron, and the striker partner was added by Portillo and Morientes. Quaresma, Looks like another aggressive lineup."