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The mood of the coaching staff on the bus tonight is simply confusing.

At the beginning, everyone was excited because of the victory in this game and the step closer to the league championship, but when they thought about the upcoming schedule, everyone was a little depressed...

But when he heard other people's schedules, even Juan was a little sluggish.

"Then, why don't we... fight together?"

Allen asked a little cautiously, he was already a little excited, especially now that the three generals are indeed close at hand...

Juan patted his head lightly: "Don't be impatient, calm down."

"But……!"

Juan raised his head and looked at the situation behind him.

Everyone of his players is very excited, even veterans like Capdevila and Andrade are all smiling—or maybe it is because they are veterans of Deportivo, So we can be more satisfied with the current situation.

They have experienced the brilliance of Super Deportivo, and also faced the dilemma that the entire La Coruña was sold out, and even the first eleven players were not available. Live with emotion.

Returning to the top, or even going to a higher place, is something they can't imagine.

But now, everything is close in front of our eyes, but everything is more like an illusion.

Unlike those transferred players, they have not experienced such a dilemma, all this is very unreal to these old players.

Just looking at the expressions on their faces, Juan seems to have seen how excited everyone will be when the season ends.

Just for these veterans who have struggled in Deportivo and have not given up so far, they all have to work hard.

"Well, even if you say that I am arrogant or have excess self-confidence in the future, I will admit it..." Juan rubbed his temples, "After we go back, everyone will be at full speed. The next few games will have to be carefully planned.”

"Oh!!!"

Hearing the cheers from the originally quiet coaching staff, no less than when the game was just won, the players looked at each other in blank dismay, but soon laughed.

Everyone is so happy, what's wrong?

— There are still six league rounds.

- Already reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

——The Champions League has also reached the semi-finals.

If you don't grit your teeth and work hard at this time, what else can you say?

After confirming that Deportivo will fight for it this season, when everyone came to resume training the next day, Juan gathered everyone in the hall.

When we went there, everyone didn’t think there was anything wrong. After all, Deportivo still has the habit of organizing everyone to watch videos and study together, especially after the game, watching the mistakes made in the previous game and making adjustments. Still useful for learning experience.

However, it is precisely because such battles have been seen a lot in normal times, so when they entered the door, everyone subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

For example, usually at this time, there is already a row of people standing in front of them when they first come in. Almost all the coaching staff of Deportivo will be here at this time, which is equivalent to holding a short small meeting It's just as lively, and most of the time, the meetings are relaxed and pleasant.

However, today, although the coaching staff of Deportivo La Coruña stood up for a long time, some people still didn't stand up, and they didn't talk and discuss in twos and threes like before, but were collectively silent, just looking at the door their direction.

——To be honest, although everyone is quite friendly during training, but when such a battle is put on, it makes people feel nervous when they see it.

Juan was the one who didn't stand up. He sat comfortably on the chair, and his expression could not be seen clearly under the dim light. However, his slightly squinted blue eyes were already reflected by the light of the projector. There was a hint of coldness below.

What's going on here?

Why do they have the feeling that the visitor is not good? ?

Obviously, they all performed very well in the last game, and they also heard the cheers from the coaching staff on the return bus last night. Why is the atmosphere not right when they come here this morning?

For a while, the people who participated in the previous game didn't know what to do, and looked at each other with some fear.

Is there really something wrong with them?

There were a few people who were retreating, but David Louis, who was walking at the back, closed the gate unconsciously, and everyone on the scene jumped with a "bang", just as the players turned their heads While glaring at the innocent David Louis, Juan coughed lightly.

"sit."

"..." Everyone looked around, but no one dared to sit down.

"Everyone sit down?" Juan raised his eyebrows, "Why, do you want to stand and listen to the lecture today?"

"Juan, tell us what happened first." Redondo spoke first, and he was the only one in the audience who could talk to Juan so calmly.

"It's nothing, I just have some things I want to confirm with you."

Hearing what Juan said, everyone looked at each other and didn't dare to sit down. In the end, Juan waved his hands helplessly: "It's really nothing, everyone sit down."

Everyone sat down slowly, and Juan nodded to his coaching staff.

Assistant coach Allen was the first to take a step forward, which really made everyone take a deep breath.

What is this for?

Allen looked down at his notebook: "Riquelme, there are three more yellow card suspensions; Capdevila, two more yellow card suspensions, Andrade, three more yellow card suspensions; There are three more..."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but soon understood: Allen was reporting to everyone the recent cumulative number of yellow cards in Deportivo, and some people should pay attention to it, so as not to suspend the game with yellow cards.

After Alan finished his report, Juan coughed lightly: "Players with a relatively large number of yellow cards can choose to make a little concession in the arrangement of the competition system. Of course, there are no players in Deportivo that are serious enough to make concessions... …but probably we’ll have to make some adjustments in the upcoming games, we need some guys to play on some occasions.”

After Juan said this, everyone had different expressions on their faces, some were happy, while others were worried.

After all, it is about the game, and everyone hopes that they can play.

After Juan finished speaking, he didn't care about their expressions, and then motioned for the next person to step forward. Deportivo's physical fitness coach stepped forward and began to report the physical condition of the whole team. However, after such a round, most of the main players actually got I got a little respite, so there were no major injuries.

After the fitness coach, Deportivo's offensive coach, defensive coach and goalkeeper coach all talked about the current training situation of the team and the specific personal situation of the players, even the second goalkeeper and the third goalkeeper. Almost everything is in detail, and everyone's performance during normal training is clearly explained.

While the players were still in a daze, Deportivo's team doctor stepped forward and began to report the current real-time physical condition of everyone on the team—speaking of which, they received a comprehensive examination by the team doctor as soon as they came here in the morning. At first they thought it was just a routine inspection, so they were waiting here?

After everyone finished speaking, Juan sighed softly and clapped his hands: "In order to let everyone have a more intuitive understanding of the current self, I specially organized everyone to listen to the report... just to tell you , In the upcoming schedule, I am not doing whatever I want, but I have my own considerations. Of course, here, I still have to ask everyone first—are you interested in the World Cup?"

When he asked this question, everyone couldn't help but look at each other several times.

No one would think that it would be too early for Juan to ask at this time. After all, the qualifiers have entered a very critical time at this time, and Deportivo also has a group of international players——

And there are all countries, even across echelons. If you really want the glory of the championship, you may not need to be nervous, but in essence, some Deportivo players can participate in the competition right now up.

Take, for example, Diego Forlán, Uruguay's top scorer.Without him, Uruguay may not even be able to make it out of the qualifiers, so he must go to win glory for the country. There is absolutely no doubt about it, so after considering his own schedule, Juan has already begun to reduce the number of players as appropriate. His playing time is up.

For this, Diego Forlan was very grateful, and almost turned a deaf ear to his agent's transfer instigation.

"I don't have to worry." Riquelme was the first to raise his hand. He wasn't even recruited, so there was no pressure or burden at all, and even talking about it now, he seems to have relaxed , and didn't care much about the national team's affairs, Juan smiled briefly at him.

"Looking forward to your performance in the final."

Riquelme froze for a moment, then nodded heavily.

Although he didn't know whether Juan was talking about the final of the King's Cup or the final of the Champions League, but with such a sentence, he already understood what his next focus was.

"I don't have to worry!" Romario laughed. He really didn't have to worry. He had already retired from the national team in 04. He was playing for himself at the moment. I don't have to play football for my country anymore, I am so happy.

Juan nodded and smiled: "Okay."

"Me too." Redondo said, everyone couldn't help looking at him when he spoke.

——Speaking of which, since the last World Cup, Argentina seems to lack a midfielder like Redondo, right?

But everyone knows Redondo's character, he will not go back no matter what, and it can even be said that he is a little bit of a promise, and he never breaks any promises he makes or does.

...And this year's head coach seems to be very attracted to Redondo. He mentioned Redondo repeatedly in interviews, but Redondo himself stood still, and the coach looked at him with winks. Throw it to the blind, and you will no longer be boring yourself.

"I don't have to worry!" Diego Lopez raised his arm. He didn't have to worry about the national team. His position used to be on the bench. Casillas was so stable that he was frightening. There is no chance.

Juan nodded and laughed: "Since this is the case, as long as we reach the finals, the above-mentioned players will have their positions on the court."

"Ah???" Everyone was dumbfounded, especially Romario. He stood up immediately and waved his hands quickly: "Don't, you should give the young people a chance, I don't want this old bone Always play!"

And didn't he tell Juan that he was leaving next season? !

Juan blinked at him, and tapped his tactical board lightly: "Don't worry, boss, I've already prepared someone to replace me halfway through, so you can kick it with peace of mind."

Romario sat down unwillingly, glanced at Redondo, and sighed: "What kind of club is this, with so many strange things..."

Juan answered without changing his face: "Boss, you have no right to call others weird."

There was a burst of low laughter at the scene, but it was quickly suppressed. Looking at the people present, Juan sighed softly.

"No matter what, we have reached such a critical juncture. In the next game, except for Diego Lopez, the above-mentioned players will not play for the time being. We will save strength for the next game. Our match against Valencia There's only one game, you don't need two rounds, so to get rid of them we have to do it fast."

"What kind of quick fix?" The players were a little curious.

Juan smiled at everyone: "Have you heard of 1-0-9?"

"...????"

The players were stunned, but Juan was still sitting there calmly, wagging his little devil's tail.

Of course, the 1-0-9 formation that Juan mentioned actually has a half-joking atmosphere in it, but it still shows that Juan will play a strong attack in this game.

The offensive line with full participation, leaving only a goalkeeper and a defender in the defense, Deportivo has not been without such a rough style of play this season, and to be honest, it really made Juan Dia It is also this formation that Si became famous with one goal——

In the European Cup, the last lore-level goals of Portugal and Greece were similar formations.

Such a formation is bound to be particularly offensive, but at the same time there is a huge problem-if they are attacked defensively, Deportivo can almost only rely on their small goalkeeper and the only defender.

Whether Diego Lopez can resist such a big pressure is one thing, and whether Deportivo's midfielder is so tough is another matter.

Especially at this time, Juan specifically said that Redondo should stay focused on preparing for the finals after the game, so it is definitely impossible to start at this moment.

What about Deportivo's midfield?

"It doesn't matter, I have a lot of ways..." When Juan said this, he had a very strange smile on his face, "Valencia can attack, we will fight against him, unless they want to iron Heart and play positional warfare with us, otherwise, let's fight for the front line."

Of course, he said this now, and he said the same thing in the pre-match press conference afterwards: "I admire Valencia's attacking style, so I will ask for advice, after all, there are so many participating teams in the Copa del Rey It is also a kind of fate to meet Valencia again."

Ranieri's expression is very ugly.

Who wants this broken fate? ! !

Valencia can be said to be the main force here. The backwardness in the league and the collapse of the Champions League make Valencia's feelings for Deportivo particularly complicated, and they don't know what to do.

Goalkeeper: Canizares

Defenders: Curro Torres, Carboni, Moretti, David Navarro, Aurelio

Midfielders: Albelda, Baraja, Vicente, Delos Santos

Forwards: Mista, Divaio

Deportivo can be regarded as having the best lineup they can currently produce.

Goalkeeper: Diego Lopez

Defenders: Juan Sorin, Jorge Andrade, Capdevila, Nuno Maniche

Midfielders: Juan Belleron, Fernando Gago, Juan Riquelme

Forwards: Javier Portillo, Diego Forlán, Lionel Messi

Looking at the lineups on both sides, Frank was a little worried: "I thought Deportivo would give up this game. After all, compared with the Champions League, the Copa del Rey is nothing at all."

"It's nothing." Dean is quite understandable, "The Champions League... how should I put it, it's still a bit elusive, and the opposing team doesn't know anything about it. It can be said that there are too many variables. If I were Hu For Ann Dias, I would choose to win the Copa del Rey and the league title first, and think about the Champions League."

"That's true, after all, no one knows if they can win..."

Although this is said, at the beginning of the first half, Deportivo gave Valencia a fatal blow!

While Frank was still looking down at the player lists on both sides, Dean, who had been quiet on the side, suddenly became excited and slapped the table.

"Goooooooooal!! Portillo!!"

"????" Frank looked up, only to see that La Coruña had already started to celebrate. He was taken aback, and started watching the replay without hesitation.

"Beautiful lightning goal! Belleron made a long pass in the midfield. When Valencia's backcourt didn't react at all, Portillo raised his leg and shot, and Deportivo had already sent it directly. A goal from the Bat Legion!!"

"This goal is too fast, not from the side, but directly across the entire center, relying on a beautiful long pass directly tore apart Valencia's defense! Portillo's last shot Although it is not facing an empty goal, it is almost the same as facing an empty goal!! This is his seventh goal in the Copa del Rey this season, second only to Ronaldinho who scored ten goals-it is worth mentioning Interestingly, in the La Liga scorer list, the difference between the two is also three goals, but Portillo is three goals ahead of Ronaldinho."

When Frank said this, he was actually a little emotional.

That's Ronaldinho.

After arriving in La Liga, who knew he would be so suppressed?

Even if he can't find the north of the entire La Liga defense, but in terms of goals, he is still a bit behind.

"Speaking of which, in the last game against Zaragoza, Deportivo also scored a goal so easily... Then Juan said on the sidelines, 'Football is really interesting', and what happened after that Everyone will know..."

When it came to this, the two commentators laughed.

"You mean that Deportivo will lose 1-5 to Valencia in this game?"

"...Do you think it's possible?"

"Impossible, I just want to ask what you mean..."

Dean sighed.

"I just want to say that Juan Diaz is also one-on-one in terms of learning ability. He was caught off guard in the last game, and he will use this method to fight back in this round. gone."

It was indeed a fight, Juan actually played a 4-3-3 formation in this game, obviously to fight Valencia, this game will definitely be very exciting!

"Since this season, Deportivo's broadcast ratings have been getting higher and higher. I have to say that we don't know what Deportivo will do at this moment. It's so interesting to guess what they will do today. gone."

"And what's more interesting," Dean said dumbly, "after so many games this season, almost no one can guess Juan Diaz's arrangement on the court."

His arrangements are all kinds of weird. When everyone thinks that he has figured out his routine, he immediately comes up with a new routine. When everyone at home is thinking about what he is going to do, he does something even more shocking. Come.

... I have to say that young people are young people, and they don't follow the rules at all.

"And Deportivo's formation today is very wrong..."

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"...Didn't you notice? There seems to be no one here in the midfield... Oh my god!!" Dean stretched his thighs and sighed, "Juan Diaz, he really dare……"

Why did he say he dared?

At this moment, the camera hastily scanned around Valencia's half, only to find that the number of people in Valencia's half was so crowded that the camera moved a little bit?

Deportivo's half was almost empty, with only Capdevila and Diego López standing in the back, where did everyone else go?

"Although Deportivo have used such a similar formation before, especially in games... But isn't this too exaggerated?" Frank couldn't believe it, and he also reached out and patted his thigh, "Varen If West Asia hits a counterattack at this moment, what will Deportivo do? Their team speed is so slow..."

"..." Dean gave him a complicated look. "First of all, although Deportivo has a few players with relatively slow speed, the speed of other players is fast enough, and there is..."

He endured and endured, and finally yelled: "You fucking slapped me on the thigh again!!"

The first half was spent in fierce fighting with each other, and what is even more surprising is that although Deportivo was almost counterattacked once or twice, they were still beautifully knocked off. Diego Lo Pace and Capdevila were relatively strong, and Andrade did not run far. Finally, they saved 1-0 in the first half until the halftime whistle sounded.

The Deportivo players were a little excited. They wiped the sweat off their faces and wanted to hug Juan when they left the field. However, their little cleanliness, the head coach, turned them all down.

Of course, this does not mean that Juan is not happy, he is really very happy.

This season, due to the frequent changes in the formation, Deportivo has not formed a rigid style of play, and although many people do the same job, they can change infinite formations, which makes him even more happy Yes, Deportivo are very adaptable to the current formations.

After practicing several common formations in a season, Deportivo is not at a loss.

Of course, even if Juan was happy, he wouldn’t show it. He still kept his iceberg face, looking very unhappy——of course, this was not his intention, and even now he didn’t Realized that when he put on a straight face, he was not only serious, but also had an astonishing murderous look. Many people were afraid to talk to him...

"I'm glad you guys were able to play like that in the first half."

Juan's words almost caused the entire locker room to spray water.

... Boss, can you not be so angry when you are happy, who did you learn this habit from? ?

Juan didn't notice the constipated expressions of the players at all, but continued talking.

"However, taking the lead in the first half does not mean that we can also win at the end of the game. It can only be said that we have a little more advantage than the opponent now... We must be careful about Valencia's offense. It pressed us, and if they had a midfielder who could deliver the ball, maybe we would be behind."

Among the crowd, Aimar smiled and took a sip of water.

He naturally knew that Juan said this sentence just unintentionally, but why did he feel more heartwarming the more he listened to it?

Isn't this person really fighting for him?

Juan thought for a while, and decided to say something pleasant to encourage everyone, so as not to dampen the enthusiasm of the players.

"But our side is also very good...Anyway, in terms of offense, if we don't have enough substitutes, I should have ten forwards at this moment."

"Boss, what is the difference between us and ten forwards?" Quaresma, who was sitting on the bench today, raised his hand and asked. He should have played in this game, but unfortunately, Quaresma Ma is the only player in Deportivo who has been suspended for one more yellow card, so he can only be wronged.

Amidst the laughter of the audience, Juan nodded calmly: "What you said is also very reasonable... Valencia's midfielders Albelda and Vincent are actually okay, the defense is good, and the organization depends on Barra Ha Lai, in case of being counterattacked, we will mainly pay attention to Mista, he is still a relatively powerful forward, and everyone on the defense should be more careful."

"Oh!!"

Juan sighed softly: "In the second half of the game, it is impossible for us to rely on defense to kill Valencia. After all, the opponent is also a powerful team. It is wishful thinking to kill the opponent with defense... No matter how good our defense is, there will be A fish that slipped through the net."

"Boss, Diego and I can stop it." Capdevila raised his hand and said, that's exactly what he did in the first half, and the success rate was very high.

"I don't think you can't stop, I have great confidence in you... But I hope this game will be a little safer, we can use more goals to put us in an advantage, so that even if there is one or two late We will not lose our advantage if we are neglected by Valencia."

"Remember, as long as there are goals - the capital of La Coruña's foothold in La Liga is offense. We have the top attackers! We will continue to try to tear their defense from all directions and win the final victory!"

Juan has a good habit.

He loves playing safe, especially when he's playing.

He also loves to attack.

So during the game, he would rather use offense to nip the seeds of failure in the bud.

As long as you get enough leads, it doesn't matter much about any small problems afterwards-as long as you win and score goals, you can still be forgiven!

And Valencia doesn't seem to have any intention of getting caught without a fight.

In the locker room, Ranieri was a bit heavy.

"Our season was supposed to be a perfect season... But for some reason, we lost the league ranking and the Champions League... The Copa del Rey is the last honor we can strive for this season !"

"Last season's La Liga champion, this season has become the fourth in the league? We will be ridiculed to death by all other clubs."

"At that time, the newspapers will write - 'The bat fell, Valencia fell to the Liasso Stadium', do you really want to see such words?"

When he said this, Ranieri almost roared, and the Valencia players answered him with a violent roar——

"In no mood!!"

"Then go and win La Coruna!! We want to prove that Valencia can't lose when it comes to attacking!"

"OK!!!"

"Valencia should use offense to solve the problem, even if it is the moment of death in the final charge, don't be killed by others without resistance from behind when you are defeated on the road of life..."

Ranieri almost believed what he said, but obviously his consolation still had some effect. After all, Valencia also needs a Copa del Rey for appearance.

Brother, one league championship is not enough for you? ?

This is your first season in charge! !

Thinking of Juan Diaz, these people are also a little speechless, but it is precisely because of this person that Valencia is inspired with the greatest enthusiasm and fighting spirit.

——How can you not be enthusiastic.

Their team, which has been painstakingly managed for so many years, is going to be stunned by Deportivo, who has only reorganized for a season on the opposite side?

So heartbroken! !

"In the second half we changed one man, Sissoko, and Marchena. We need impact in the penalty area now, and Marchena's exit will weaken our attack in the middle of the midfield, so we can only rely on it to make up for this. You, Baraja!" Ranieri finally said to Baraja.

"Leave it to me, no matter how difficult the task is, I will try my best to complete it!" Baraja nodded with some difficulty, his expression was resolute.

——Obviously, he agreed to this task with an attitude of seeing death as home.

Ranieri nodded and shifted his gaze to Sissoko. The teenager was already trembling with excitement, but he was not afraid. You could tell by the big smile on his face, he was completely happy.

After all, how should I put it, this game is also very important!

Ranieri patted Sissoko on the shoulder: "Sissoko, try to fight Deportivo in the penalty area, and then create space for your teammates... We also need your efforts to expand the field space!"

"Do you fight with the opponent's defender?" Sissoko was taken aback. Although this request is not difficult, and the opponent's defender looks weak, but...

For some reason, he felt that hand-to-hand combat was also very fatal.

"The halftime break is over, and players from the two teams have started to play one after another... Valencia made a substitution, and Sissoko came on, replacing Marchena?" Frank snorted.

"It's not surprising," Dean said calmly, "Marchena's performance in the first half was not very good. Deportivo's entire defensive line focused more on Baraja. , he didn't have many chances to get the ball, let alone perform... But Ranieri's replacement of him may not only be because of his poor performance, but because Valencia needs impact in the penalty area."

"Valencia needs a midfielder who can break the embarrassing situation on the field. However, they sold the midfielder who can change the situation to Deportivo. I don't know if this is a coincidence..."

Speaking of this, I don't know if it was intentional or not, the camera scanned directly to Deportivo's coach bench, and Aimar's handsome face appeared on the big screen.

The clown also seemed to have noticed that he was being photographed. He raised his eyes and glanced at the big screen, and then looked at the dark camera around him. He couldn't help but sighed, and stretched out his fingers to wrap around his bangs.

so troublesome……