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From Juan's point of view, this is not a big deal, but it is obviously not the case for Portillo.

As the head coach, Juan knew that he shouldn't tell Portillo, but as a friend's selfishness, he still asked Portillo for his own opinion.

Portillo was silent for a long time when he knew it, and then smiled bitterly: "Juan, are you serious?...Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"

In his questioning, Juan already knew Portillo's answer.

He still has a grudge against Real Madrid, but at the same time, he is also full of desire for Real Madrid.

Juan could understand his thoughts, but he definitely would not agree. He had already left Real Madrid and made up his mind not to go back. However, Portillo still looked forward to that place.

From the beginning, Juan knew that Portillo was willing to come to Deportivo in order to have a platform to show himself, and it was also a slap in the face of Real Madrid.

——But once that place reached out to him, Portillo's heart would definitely be shaken.

Again, Juan can understand his thoughts, and even understand that he may choose to leave, but understanding does not mean that he can accept it.

So before the game started, Juan had already said to Portillo: "If you really want to go back to Real Madrid, play this game seriously and perform better, which can be regarded as raising the price for Deportivo Opportunity, it is your last contribution to Deportivo.”

It was a bit cold for him to say that, but to be honest, he felt very uncomfortable.

La Coruña is his hard work, and Portillo is his friend. He is willing to help his friend when he is in trouble, and run his hard work together. Now there is finally a little improvement, but his friend is leaving It was—Juan felt like he had been betrayed.

Moreover, in the first half of today's game, Portillo didn't know what he was thinking. The whole audience was sleepwalking, almost invisible. Any bigger and the camera wouldn't even bother to find his position.

What is Portillo trying to do?What about serious competition?

Juan frowned secretly in his heart, but his eyes did not look in Portillo's direction. He did not want to cause psychological pressure on Portillo at this time, and after all, it was the last few games. How many games are...

While talking, Juan stopped, feeling a little depressed, but soon cheered up again and said: "...Generally speaking, you should pay attention to your body during the game, and don't head-to-head with the players on the opposite side. We all know that Bayern Munich is much stronger than us in terms of physical confrontation, everyone should pay attention."

"Oh!!"

After finishing speaking, Juan turned around and went out, and the players looked at each other.

What about incentive time?

Fortunately, Belleron saw the problem at a glance. In less than a second, he stood up and raised his fist: "Go to La Coruña!"

Seeing that the captain spoke, everyone put down their doubts and raised their hands and shouted loudly: "Go to La Coruña!"

It was only when Juan came out that he realized that he was missing something, but just as he slowed down, he heard the shouts inside, he froze for a moment, then smiled.

His team never needed him to be too nervous, after all, everyone was very independent adults with their own goals.

only……

Juan's heart was a little heavy. He never expected such a situation to happen, but since it was inside information...

He sighed softly.

At the end of this season, Deportivo may have to find a more suitable center forward.

Or use this reason directly to improve Deportivo's style of play. Deportivo's two wings can be regarded as weak points. The attack is not weak, but the defense is not strong. Either the two wings Directly develop a little more offensively, or directly focus on defense...

This is also a question that needs to be considered.

Juan thought, relying on his own efforts can be regarded as leaving Real Madrid and Portillo behind, so when the game was about to start and the players of Deportivo came out of the locker room, facing the The most important thing is the calm face of their head coach.

Seeing him, the players were obviously taken aback. After all, Juan usually stayed outside on the coach's bench at this time, instead of guarding them in the player tunnel. The players of Yaai just feel a little weird...

However, Juan's psychological quality is also strong. After realizing what went wrong, he resisted the urge to turn around and leave, and nodded calmly to the players: "At least we must keep the current score. Your only request."

Keeping the current score, the total score between Deportivo and Bayern Munich is 3:2, so Deportivo is still the one to advance.

Then, Deportivo will enter the Champions League final unprecedentedly, so that at least at the beginning of next season, Juan and Deportivo can be regarded as having a little barrier and confidence.

But to be honest, Juan is not ashamed even if he loses at this time. The opponent is Bayern Munich, and now it is the semi-finals of the Champions League. Such a result is very remarkable for a novice coach.

After Juan finished saying this, he was about to turn his head and walk out of the player tunnel, but Portillo called him from behind: "Juan!"

It wasn't the "boss" that he usually yelled as a joke, but "Juan". Juan paused, stopped and turned around.

Portillo watched him frown, opened his mouth, and finally gritted his teeth: "Just wait and see!"

? ?

What are you waiting to see?

Juan didn't know what he meant, but he nodded: "We'll wait and see."

Portillo watched Juan walk out of the player tunnel, and couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face. Morientes patted him on the shoulder and also looked in Juan's direction.

"Don't be angry, it's not like you don't know that he is this head."

"It's because I know that I feel very angry..." Portillo murmured and shook his head. "Forget it, don't think too much, anyway, the whole team will support your offense in the second half."

Morant paused, then smiled: "Aren't you reconciled?"

Portillo glanced at him and muttered, "No."

He is now at peace. Although he was hurt because of Juan's arrangements in the locker room, he is also calm now. After all, based on what he has known about Juan over the years, he will not feel well now.

Since Juan, a self-inflicted person, doesn't feel comfortable in his heart, then why is he torturing himself so much?It's better to play well and wait to surprise Juan!

Morientes was full of ambitions below the court, but when Juan stood on the coach's bench, he was a little gloomy.

Portillo said he wanted to watch, but what did he want to see?Portillo's performance in the first half was indeed not good. There is no doubt about it. Now he almost suspects that Portillo is dissatisfied with his arrangement and is deliberately against him...

But in the first half, it was obvious that the arrangement was according to the past?

Juan is very uncertain, but he also knows that this is not the time for him to think too much. If the team is in chaos and the hearts of the people are scattered in the middle of the game, it will be even more difficult to lead. In this way, Deportivo is the real I'm doomed.

When the two teams played, Juan subconsciously looked at the situation of the players, and was relieved to find that Deportivo La Coruña was still considered peaceful. Juan knew that at least this time they focused on the game.

On the other side of Bayern Munich, the players are also full of solemn faces, and they all know that whether they come back or not depends on the second half of the game.

If La Coruña overtakes again at this time, Bayern Munich really has no guarantee that they can tie again, and even if they tie, Bayern Munich will lose on aggregate.

A season of hard work in vain?No one wants this, and Bayern Munich's task is much heavier than that of Deportivo——

They can't draw, they can only win!

And even in this game, they defeated Deportivo 1:2, and there is still a rather embarrassing place.

In this way, their total score is 3:3, and both sides have two away goals. It is impossible to compare the total score with the home and away goals.

But even if it's embarrassing, it's better than losing the opportunity directly during the game, isn't it?

Therefore, the faces of the Bayern Munich players are not only solemn, but also aggressive. Obviously, in the second half, they will also show their full abilities.

拜仁慕尼黑在球场上一般都是以防守反击的“4-5-1”阵型出现，可是不得不说的是，如果他们想要的话，这个阵型爆发出的杀机也不比主攻的“4-3-3”和“4-4-2”低，而且他们在防守上的稳固也是一大问题。

Juan is very clear about this. Defensively, Deportivo are at a disadvantage in physical confrontation, but at least they have one advantage, which is pass control.

Although Bayern Munich is also relatively good at pass control, most of their perforations are pass control on the horizontal plane, while Deportivo is almost multi-directional pass control, which is equivalent to the difference between line and surface.

The second half started and Deportivo had possession of the ball.

During the game, Deportivo was obviously a lot more cautious, especially in the backcourt. Gago has now exposed his identity as the core of the backcourt, and has been carefully controlling it. This can be said to be his first This time, he is in charge of the power alone, so he is extra cautious.

In the first half, his mistakes put the team in danger. Gago's eyes are still red now, but at least he has calmed down now.

Looking at Gago who was orderly behind on the field, Juan sighed softly: "At least he's pretty good."

Allen nodded, just about to say something, but another conflict broke out in Deportivo's frontcourt, which directly attracted the attention of everyone in the audience.

"Portillo! Portillo and Frings are facing each other, and there is a conflict between the two sides!!"

Frank suddenly became excited. After all, there are still many such situations on the court. After all, it is a sport between men, and friction is easy to occur.

However, Portillo was obviously angry when he was in midfield, and he also tried his best to bring some changes to the team on the court, but he was given by Frings as soon as he took two steps. blocked.

When Frings was intercepting, there was a little more subtle pulling on his hands. The referee didn't notice it, but there were still cameras after all, so the fans watching the big screen soon began to boo.

As soon as Portillo was in a hurry, he wanted to block Frings with his hand, but Frings also stretched out his hand unyieldingly. The German tough guy seemed to have no intention of tricking him at all. As a result, Polti was pushed Without further ado, Frings lay down on the ground, stunned.

...? ? ?

This tough guy from La Coruña, didn't the two of them still fight each other hard at the beginning, why did you suddenly lie down?

The referee noticed the situation here, immediately blew the whistle and rushed here, which made the attention of the court focus on this place, and even Riquelme, who was dribbling the ball, stopped and looked here.

Juan froze for a moment, frowned and took two steps forward, but he stopped his steps under the eyes of the lineman who was staring like a tiger - he was about to leave the command area, even if this was his home court, he would very likely Was sent off.

But he couldn't see what was going on at Portillo's place. The players surrounded him all at once, and they didn't know what was going on...

Soon, the players dispersed, and the referee didn't look very good, but he didn't raise his card. Juan immediately understood that it should be a warning.

Why?

Juan frowned and was about to go up to reason, but Aimar happened to be close to his side, so Juan frowned and beckoned him over: "Aimar, what's going on?"

Aimar coughed lightly, a little embarrassed.

"Frings was at fault for pushing, but... Javier also flopped."

"..." Juan was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at the bench, and the people on the bench suddenly shrank their heads.

"Messi, go warm up."

"..." Under everyone's silent gaze, Messi stood up silently, and moved to the side step by step to warm up.

"We can see that Messi has stepped aside to warm up. It seems that Juan Diaz wants to make a substitution adjustment on the pitch?"

Belleron's next handsome general glanced at the situation on the edge of the court, and after a moment of silence, he signaled to Riquelme. Riquelme got the signal and turned his head to look in Juan's direction. He was startled, and immediately Run in the direction of Portillo.

Portillo was gnashing his teeth and looking in Frings' direction at this moment. He also knew that his fall was not very professional, but it was a pity that he didn't earn a yellow card for Deportivo!

But he was still thinking about what to do later, when the people behind had already rushed up, he turned his head in some surprise and saw that it was Riquelme.

Why is Riquelme here at this time?

Portillo was still a little surprised, but Riquelme said quickly and in a low voice: "Be careful not to play it off, Messi is warming up."

Portillo subconsciously glanced to the edge of the court, and immediately understood what he meant.

Juan obviously misunderstood him a little bit at this time, and he was also to blame, knowing that Juan was such a paranoid temper and still going to tease him.

Polti smiled wryly, coughed lightly, and waved his hand: "Okay."

Of course, now is not the time to explain, and his explanation can only be said after the game is over.

If it doesn’t work, let’s speak with actions!His friend has always been like this, seemingly indifferent, but in fact he is as paranoid as his master.

However, thanks to Riquelme's reminder, Portillo poured a basin of cold water on his head, and immediately became sober.

This is not the time to pick a fight, and he also knows that he needs to show his performance at this time.

Otherwise, if he was really replaced by Juan, how embarrassing would that be?

Football is now being passed at the feet of Bayern Munich. They were obviously also a little bit tempered by Portillo's flop just now, and all of them were sullen, obviously wanting to wait for an opportunity to retaliate.

Ballack was not among those people. After all, in the first half, he was a little confused by the German of the two Argentines, and now he is a little upset, but these things are not within the main consideration.

Now, with the ball at his feet, he needs to be undivided.

When Ballack was dribbling, Deportivo were also very nervous, to the same extent as Bayern saw Riquelme dribbling. Ballack may not be as special and domineering as Riquelme technically, but at least One thing's for sure - he's a goal threat.

In the last round, the Deportivo players were most concerned about Ballack's shocking long-range shot. In the first half of the game, Ballack received Guerrero's goal and made a lob shot...

Deportivo's two goals conceded started from him, no wonder most people pay attention to him.

Of course, Juan also knew that the players were afraid of Ballack, and he had done most of the special training for the team before the start of the game, but after all, he was not facing the real person of Ballack, and there was a little deviation in the south.

The only thing he expects now is that such a little deviation is not enough to affect the progress of the game.

Fortunately, God still loves Juan. When Ballack led Bayern Munich's players to attack, Deportivo's players stood up in advance and gave Bayern a strong interception!

You know, although Redondo didn't sit in the backcourt to command in this game, this is equivalent to liberating his combat power.

No one dared to underestimate Redondo's interception ability. Although he spent most of his time in the backcourt organizing the players' offensive and defensive transitions and their defense, no one forgot——

Fernando Redondo, as the most classic defensive midfielder, what he can do is to intercept the opposite person during the match, and it is also under such circumstances.

Ballack was stunned when he saw Redondo approaching him, but after all, he could be regarded as Bayern's vice-captain, so he quickly settled down and prepared to have a wonderful match with Redondo. One to one!

and then?

Then there is no more.

The last superstar who wanted to take the initiative to have a one-on-one with Redondo was Zidane. At that time, he was still in Juventus. Redondo led Real Madrid to directly block Zidane's movements, and came heartily A big 3:0 win.

After Redondo intercepted the ball, he didn't choose to stay at his feet too much. After all, it was a game at this time. He knew his strengths and weaknesses, and now football...has gradually become unsuitable for him.

His speed is very slow, but the development of football is getting faster and faster. He knows that it is time for him to retreat bravely.

But leaving like this is obviously not his style!

Lei Dongdo glanced at the situation in front of him, raised his foot in an understatement, followed by a soul-stirring long pass!

No one expected that Redondo would choose such a risky move. After all, everyone knows that most of the time in the game, the pass will still choose the nearest pass, especially in Deportivo. A team that often makes short-distance high-frequency passes back and forth.

But it is precisely because of this that when the ball was sent, no one from Bayern Munich reacted, and even if they did, Redondo's kick was so fast and ruthless that no one had time to stop it.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the football crossed the entire half and landed in front of Portillo.

Porti was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the situation in front of the goal. The shooter's instinct made him choose to shoot immediately, but he still stopped his movements.

Calm down, Javier Portillo.

You have two options in front of you now, one is to shoot immediately, but there is Sagonor and Lucio in front of you; there is another option, which is to pass the ball to Morientes, and there is only one Lizarazu beside him, According to the comprehensive view of the two games, it is obvious that he is not a smart enough player. If you want to deceive him, Morientes is enough.

Faced with such a situation, Portillo didn't even hesitate. He looked at the running position on the pitch, took two steps across and pretended that he was about to shoot, and then immediately jumped when the Bayern Munich players moved. Lift your foot and send the football out!

Deportivo was caught off guard again. This time even Morientes was a little surprised. After all, it can be seen from his position that Portillo still has room to shoot. As far as Portillo's shooting skills are concerned, this football is not impossible...

But he chose to pass?

Now that he is in the middle of the game, it is inconvenient for him to think too much, so he can only choose to catch the ball immediately. Lizarazu was shocked and wanted to press over, but obviously, Morientes moved a little faster.

He turned around, and then the football flew from his feet like an arrow from the string to the direction of the goal!

"Gooooal!! Fernando Morientes!! La Coruña overtook the score! I have convinced them, it was like this in both games, right?" Frank slapped his thigh excitedly, wishing to put his face close to Di In front of En, "Dean, do you think that La Coruña is like an indomitable fighter who can survive in the face of adversity?"

Dean's face was almost purple.

"Whatever you say is what you say... Also, if you slap my leg again, I will fight you!!"

"Don't care about these details!" Frank laughed, and continued: "Speaking of which, in these two games, La Crugna's overtake was like this? I can see that my heart is about to jump out...Can they stop doing this?" Thrilling?"

"No team is guaranteed to win against another team, unless the gap between the two teams is too big...but it doesn't happen often in the top league. Something, isn't it?" Dean's face finally returned to normal, and he coughed lightly.

In fact, he has been a little excited until now. Deportivo's counterattack is always full of surprises, and every time it is a surprise attack, it always catches people off guard.

"However, what I am more worried about now is Deportivo... It seems that most of the cases are relying on the output of superstars, but what if there are no superstars in the future?"

"How could it not? You are worrying too much." Frank said carelessly.

The worry in Dean's eyes flashed away, and he whispered: "Really..."

Everyone else can consider it, but Redondo's age is there. Who will bring such a breakthrough and development to Deportivo in the future?

He didn't know, and none of the Deportivo fans knew about it. The only person who knew was standing on the sidelines of the field, smiling and applauding with a relieved expression on his face.

When Morientes was celebrating, he flew past the teammates around him, and ran directly in front of Juan to give him a big hug. The teammates who had been chasing after him saw that they were looking at their head coach. All of them rushed forward without even thinking about it.

Juan originally wanted to avoid it, but at this time, Morientes covered his mouth with his hand and said softly: "Juan, forgive Javier, for the sake of this assist."

Juan raised his eyebrows and was just about to speak, but soon realized what he had done——

He was distracted listening to Morientes' speech, but when the players in front of him rushed forward, he didn't have time to deter the players at all, and it was Deportivo's young coach who greeted them miserably on the side of the court. Wave after wave of shocks...

cough cough.

All in all, when Juan was almost crushed to the ground, the reserve team behind rushed forward and joined in the celebration with great insight, and Juan was saved from the tragic fate of being used as a human cushion by a group of people.

But even so, Juan was still a little embarrassed. When the players calmed down and saw Juan's face, they scattered in an instant. Before Portillo on the periphery had time to react, he was caught His teammates stretched out their hands and pushed them forward to block the guns.

Portillo was a little confused. After all, he didn't want to face Juan face to face at this time, which would easily cause misunderstandings. However, Juan glanced at him and hugged him with a smile.

"Nice job, Javier."

When he heard Juan's words, Portillo's eyes flashed with joy, and he tightened his hands. Before Juan could speak, he said bluntly: "I told my father that I want to be in Lara. Coruña stayed on."

Portillo's father is his agent. This is a very common situation in football. Of course Juan knows it. After all, when Portillo was signed, a large part of it was his father. credit.

"Uncle agreed?" Juan's eyes widened. At this moment, he looked like a young man. Portillo finally explained, and now he is very refreshed. Seeing his friend's expression like this, Immediately he laughed: "Guess?"

After finishing speaking, he let go and ran away, leaving Juan alone in place, dumbfounded.

He didn't know what happened to Portillo, but to be honest, he felt a lot better after hearing what Portillo said.

...But, didn't he always want to go back to Real Madrid?And when I found out for the first time, I clearly showed a strong desire to go back to Real Madrid...

Juan fell into new doubts, and on the other side, Messi wanted to cry.

Seeing that the crisis is resolved, can he go back and sit down?It's tiring to warm up here all the time...

But obviously, Juan had forgotten him for the time being, and those who didn't dare to go back and sit down without Juan could only sigh silently, feeling that they were all bad.

Juan really didn't notice Messi, he is still watching Portillo's situation carefully on the field, Portillo suddenly sent a goal, so he couldn't help but feel Portillo's situation Evaluation was made again.

Of course, Portillo also felt that Juan was chasing his eyes all the time below the court, and he was secretly proud of himself-how many times has he been punished by Juan over the years?

The world has reincarnation!Finally it was his turn to make trouble for Juan!

When the game was over, Portillo maintained a very high mood. Until the end of the field, Juan and Magath shook hands. Portillo who was close heard Magath asked: "Since Messi is not for sale, what about Portillo...?"

When Portil heard this, he was shocked, and turned his head in fright, and met Juan's half-smiling gaze.

"..." Portillo said that he was willing to bow his head to the boss's power, and only asked the boss not to scare him...

Juan withdrew his gaze and shook his head slightly at Magath: "Portillo's first competitive echelon has Real Madrid."

Hearing what he said, Magath immediately understood-he said everything else, but if the youth training team came, then other teams would have no chance. This is a normal thing, so Magath just I gave up with a little regret.

Many people here in Deportivo are very greedy, but these players are more difficult to poach, and even if some leave, they are only marginal players. None of the core players in Deportivo have expressed their willingness to leave. That was of no use either.

"Go to the press conference together?" After regretting for a while, Magath called Juan to go with him. Juan froze for a moment, and wanted to smile bitterly.

To be honest, he didn't really want to go to the press conference, but obviously Magath and he hit it off... Maybe it was destined that freaks attract freaks, so Juan actually had these usual football matches The coaches who are not very easy to get along with are quite easy to talk to.

This is the case with Magath, and so is Benitez.

For such a purely well-intentioned peer invitation, Juan refused, so after hesitating for a while, he nodded and walked side by side.

When they arrived at the mixed interview area, the reporters saw that the two of them came here together, and there was an uproar. After all, they knew Magath and Juan's temper, which is notoriously difficult to serve in football, but now The football world has inexplicable and extraordinary tolerance for young people like Juan Diaz in this regard, but it is easier for a coach who is really of the right age like Magath to not make false statements.

These two people appeared together, and they were in a mess, but after all, they are reporters, and they still have some ability to deal with such emergencies. Soon they found out their formation, and began to throw their own weapons at the two of them. question.

"Díaz! How do you feel about the game?"

"Magate, what do you think of Juan Diaz?"

"Dias..."

"Magat..."

So many questions were thrown at once, even Juan and Magath, who originally planned to turn a deaf ear, frowned subconsciously, stopped their steps and turned to look at the reporters in front of them, but the two hesitated for a while. After the circle, walked in two directions——

Just like most teams have their own familiar and trained reporters, Bayern Munich also has them, and Deportivo has recently trained a few.

One of them is Tom from the "Guardian". He is indeed one of La Coruña's own people now. Since Juan was willing to sell him a piece of news last time, he has already tasted the sweetness and expressed his willingness automatically. Provide information to Juan.

Seeing Juan approaching, Tom greeted with a smile: "Hello Juan, wonderful game! Did the information I gave you last time help?"

When talking about this, Juan, who had a smile on his face, was taken aback for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth became a little flat, even the joy of victory was diluted a lot.

…Speaking of which, he already knew about this matter after he won the King's Cup, but it has not been resolved until now. There are mainly two reasons.

First, this matter is not suitable for him to intervene, so he has been silent.

Second, Cristiano Ronaldo, kid, got awkward remotely.