football's most handsome

As soon as this sentence came out, the atmosphere in Deportivo's locker room instantly became colder than ice.

The midfield flaw is quite big? ? ?

They also play like this on weekdays, and today Sao Paulo is indeed a type they have never been in contact with... They really have never played against a team that is so similar to themselves. A little subtle is normal, right?

How did it become "very flawed" in the mouth of their coach? ? ?

Fortunately, Juan didn't make everyone nervous for too long, he paused, and continued: "Although Sao Paulo's style of play is very similar to that of Deportivo, even when they played head-to-head, I thought it was a mirror image game. But obviously, the opponent's player still has a big midfield flaw..."

He is familiar with this formation!I don't know whether it should be said that he was too lucky or that Sao Paulo was unlucky. Juan was not sure at the beginning, and half a time was enough for him to discern what the opponent's routine was.

"...You just said that the huge midfield defect refers to Sao Paulo on the opposite side?" Allen opened his mouth.

"That's right." Juan glanced at him, "Can I still talk about the team I taught myself?"

"..." To tell the truth, that's what they thought.

Juan got the information from the eyes of some people, and the coach of Deportivo was especially dumbfounded: "How could I say that my team is not good?"

Since he took over Deportivo, he has never said anything bad about the players in the team. Even if someone commits a fool, at most he just cleans it up. He has never spoken harshly to anyone.

...But this one doesn't need to speak harshly, most people in the team will immediately wilt when they see him.

Juan obviously doesn't know what image he is in the hearts of everyone in the team. The young coaches of Deportivo all agree that he belongs to the kind of approachable coach who gets along well with the players!

This misunderstanding was not resolved until a long time later. Pompons, the naughty king of La Coruña, said: "Boss, although we said that we train together on weekdays and do any interesting things together, but in private Everyone has a vague sense of fear towards you, and every time the game starts, this sense of fear grows deeper..."

Juan was even deeply shocked by this, but he himself had already gained a lot of power in La Coruña at that time, and he would do what he should do after a short period of depression.

Of course, at this moment, Juan is just a little depressed. The game is still more important at this moment, so after jokingly complaining, he continued: "Sao Paulo's midfielder has more than enough attack and not enough defense. Their five midfielders and We have a gap, in the five-person arrangement, only one person is responsible for defense, one person is responsible for scheduling, and three of the remaining four are responsible for attacking, this is the biggest difference from us.”

When Deportivo used the 3-5-2 formation frequently last season, their favorite midfield combination was Redondo, Riquelme, Aimar, Belleron, and Gago.

Redondo dominates the whole field and is also responsible for intercepting opponents with the backcourt; Belleron has a strong view of the overall situation and makes the most suitable overall scheduling at the right time; Enormous; Riquelme rips apart defenses, a midfield that swept most of Deportivo's teams last season.

But are there any shortcomings in Deportivo's midfield combination?

Of course there is.

Redondo and Riquelme's speed is slow, Aimar's defense is poor, Gago is too young and frizzy, and Belleron has no desire to attack. However, under Juan's funeral arrangement, the five people have a clear division of labor and make up for each other. Let their abilities have been greatly improved.

It is precisely because of the ruthless thinking about the formation in one season that Juan can quickly find out the problem of Sao Paulo.

Their combination cannot be said to be bad, and it is not a bad thing for players to perform their duties. Focusing on one skill can easily improve that skill. Now many players and teams have begun to do this. of a path.

The so-called excellent school is not as good as a top-notch one, and that is probably the case.

However, most of Deportivo's midfielders still make up for each other, not the kind of compensation where you are good at this and I am good at that, but more delicate.

Sao Paulo, as a Brazilian team, originally chose this more delicate method to integrate its own midfielder. However, the actual conditions do not allow it, and the players themselves are not good at this kind of mutual integration-this is Juan The results obtained according to their own observations.

"Amazing boss, you can see this?" Puffy was stunned, and Juan smiled: "You can find it if you observe more. Although their midfield seems to be very strong, we have plenty of ways to deal with them."

You know, Deportivo is not just a strong midfielder.

The second half of the game soon started again. After the first half of mutual testing, the two sides almost got to know each other a little better. Even when they looked at each other, their expressions were full of confidence...

As soon as the whistle blew, Deportivo quickly launched an attack. In the 47th minute of the game, Maniche volleyed a free kick from 27 yards in the frontcourt, which made the Sao Paulo fans wipe a cold sweat , Subconsciously looked in Kaka's direction.

Maniche is indeed very good at long-range shots and powerful shots, but with such a kick, not only did Sao Paulo increase his vigilance against the defense, but also increased his vigilance against Kaka.

After all, if the nerves are always tense, mistakes will be made, and Sao Paulo made a mistake under the tension.

In the 56th minute of the game, Kaka made a high-speed breakthrough from the right. Josue was about to lose track of him. In desperation, he immediately reached out to pull Kaka's clothes. The strength of his hands even made Kaka hear that the clothes were not worn out. He was startled by the sound of a heavy load, but fortunately he quickly stabilized his footsteps.

Of course, such an action did not escape the eyes of the referee at all, he immediately blew his whistle, then raised his hand to signal——

yellow card!

Josue receives a yellow card for a tactical foul on Kaka.

The other party did not go to Kaka, so a yellow card is considered appropriate. Kaka glanced back, and Josue hugged him briefly. Looking at his expression, the other party was indeed old friends with Kaka. , no wonder there is such a reaction.

Such a yellow card will not affect anything, and it is already the final, who cares about the yellow card?It doesn't matter if it's not a red card.What's more, it can stop an attack from the opposite side, it's worth it!

In the 61st minute, Belleron made a wonderful pass from the left side of the penalty area. Luis Figo scored with a header from 8 meters in front of the goal. Unfortunately, the Portuguese was offside first and the goal was ruled invalid.

Figo was a little embarrassed, this was his second mistake!Although as a shooter, such mistakes are normal, and no one will criticize him for making two mistakes, but he himself is still a little anxious.

All in all, he is relatively old on this court, how can he be worse than these kids in performance?

But maybe God really made a joke with the Portuguese captain. Deportivo took the initiative on the field and had more chances to shoot, but he still failed to score a goal.

After Juan quickly found Sao Paulo's midfield flaws, he directed the players to press up quickly, directly cutting off Sao Paulo's mid-length supply, and instantly paralyzed half of Sao Paulo's attack.

In the 63rd minute, Morientes shot wide from 15 meters in front of the goal. The Spaniard's performance on the court today was also remarkable. be better than anyone else.

Immediately afterwards, Figo turned around in the penalty area again and shot from a small angle. This attempt was shot out of the crossbar by Rogerio Cenito.

Obviously discovering Figo's depression, Belleron decided to help his teammates a little.

In the 65th minute, Belleron drove a right corner kick into the penalty area, and Figo scored with his left foot 6 meters in front of the goal!

Including Figo himself, the Deportivo players jumped up excitedly and were about to celebrate when they heard the referee's whistle.

Long whistle, attacking the opponent's goal after offside, the goal is invalid!

Belleron was sluggish on the spot, and there were obviously no offsides or fouls in the process just now! !

He wanted to ask the referee what he thought, and his expression was very eager. On the edge of the court, Allen also jumped up anxiously, and wanted to rush to the fourth official in the next second, but he was hustled. Ann stopped him: "Where are you going?"

"Where are we going? Our goal was ruled invalid. Of course we have to appeal!" Allen couldn't understand why his head coach was still so calm?

Juan sighed: "Don't go, it's Belleron's mistake this time."

Who would have thought that Belleron, who has always been careful and conscientious, didn't notice that the football had passed the baseline before the corner kick, so it was normal for the ball to be invalid.

"Ah? But..." Allen was a little reconciled, and Juan shook his head: "Don't waste your time, the referee has obviously seen it. The referee's dynamic vision is good, and he can see it very clearly."

Allen was still a little reconciled, but it might be because he thought that Deportivo had scored a goal anyway, so he became happy again.

Beleron obviously didn't expect the problem to be here, and he was stunned. When he came back to his senses, he wanted to apologize to Figo, but the Portuguese boss was obviously not in the mood at this moment. very good……

He adjusted quickly, and when the whistle blew again to announce the continuation of the game, Figo had already packed up his emotions, just like when he first started the game.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Figo's strong shot in the penalty area was saved by Seni, but the football was not thrown far. After the players from Sao Paulo and Deportivo scrambled, the football returned to Deportivo very quickly. players' feet.

One minute later, Belleron took the lead and gave the ball to Morientes. The Spaniard instantly judged the situation in front of him and quickly hit the goal. Unfortunately, Ed Carlos followed closely. Under the interference of the team, the football did go towards the goal, but it just passed the goal. Deportivo once again missed a good chance to score in front of the goal.

In the 77th minute, Capdevila made a pass from the left. Morientes shot 16 meters above the crossbar. Sao Paulo seemed to have discovered that the best offense is defense. Facing Deportivo's Players, regardless of whether Sanqi 21 is swarming to defend, even the players of Deportivo have a feeling that it is quite difficult to act.

Of course, if Deportivo was really trapped so easily, it would not be Deportivo.

Looking at the current situation of Deportivo on the field, Juan thought for a while, and then made an unexpected adjustment.

— Substitution!

As we all know, Juan Diaz doesn’t really like to make substitutions in the middle of the game. More than one season of the game has passed, unless the player is suddenly injured on the court, or the scene in Deportivo There is nothing to worry about, and he will be replaced.

Deportivo has never been so urgent that it is necessary to change someone to change the situation on the court, and the boys who can change the situation as soon as they come on the court are still young. At present, they just want to change Nothing can change the state, so Juan has always adhered to the concept of "players can't change if they can't change on the court" in the game.

But today, he chose to take the initiative to substitute!

"It's Deportivo who thinks they have the chance to win now? But a one-goal lead is not safe..." Frank was a little worried, but Dean was very optimistic about this.

"Look, Juan must have his own ideas."

Juan did have some ideas of his own. He made adjustments to the lineup on the field, and made three substitutions at once——

Messi replaced Aimar, Portillo replaced Morientes.

David Luiz replaces Nuno Maniche.

Just now, Pompons couldn't believe his ears when he heard the roll call.

he? ? !

really him? !

Could it be that he has come to the end of all hardships? !

The look on Pengpeng's mouth was so stupid that Juan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows with a smile: "I said, Pengpeng, if you don't come out to warm up and get ready to play, I'll call someone else."

"Here we come!!" Pengpeng jumped out of his seat immediately, and sprinted to warm up energetically.

"Is it okay to go to Pengpeng?" Alan looked at his back very worried.

"It's okay, don't underestimate Puffy." Juan raised his lips slightly. "Besides, if he can't do it this time, why don't we give him extra training when we go back?"

"..." Allen opened his mouth, he always felt that this was the ultimate goal of the boss...

When substitutions came on the field, not only were the fans in a daze, but even the players who were substituted were in disbelief—of course, they were not in disbelief that they were going to be substituted. What about rotation?

They were just surprised that it was Puffy who played this time...

"Deportivo replaced two teenagers in one breath, and also replaced Portillo! What does Dias want to do?!" Frank obviously couldn't understand, but he was used to it—Juan Dias Si often makes some arrangements that ordinary people can't understand, but every time they will find that such arrangements have profound meanings.

But after all, people still have some bad habits, such as "forget about the pain when the scar is healed", Dean couldn't help but started his own death journey again: "Juan Diaz thought he had a chance to win Well, he replaced the youngsters and wanted to let them experience the taste of the international competition? Ha, if this is the case, his abacus is completely—”

"Goooal! Lionel Messi!!" Before Dean finished speaking, Frank yelled loudly—he couldn't help but yell, after all, he had to take care of him after working together for so long The face of my partner.

... Before Dean could finish his words, the teenager from Deportivo had already scored a goal.

This story tells us that when nothing happens, don’t act dead. If you still do it knowing what the consequences will be, then you can’t blame others for the pain in your cheeks after that...

At the last moment of the game, Deportivo attacked wildly. Messi's shot after he came on the field obviously drove Sao Paulo crazy. They launched a fearless attack.

In the 88th minute, Junior crossed the header from the middle, Amoruso made a cross from the left, and Aloisio pushed and scored in front of the goal!

—Unfortunately offside.

Sao Paulo originally thought that he could finally win a victory before the end, but he still fell into the offside trap of Deportivo de La Coruña. Aloisio frowned and recalled what was wrong, only to see a tall and thin The tall man with the exploding head ran quickly in front of him, and when he passed by, he stuck out his tongue and smiled at him: "Hello!"

"..." What the hell!Is that the offside trap you set up? !

Aloisio almost rolled his eyes in anger, but luckily he held back.

In the end, Deportivo 2-0 Sao Paulo won the game and also won the Club World Cup.

Although the process of this game was difficult, the result was still very beautiful.

Generally speaking, Deportivo have benefited a lot from this match against Sao Paulo. For example, they also took this opportunity to review Deportivo's midfield and make a self-summarization.

This game, if I have to say it, can win or rely on the unique skill that Deportivo has used again-the defense is aggressively pressing up, which slightly compresses Sao Paulo's attack and space. In the end, Sao Paulo is almost suffocating. I'm angry.

Why are you holding your breath?

Because of the pressure of Deportivo's army, they have no room to breathe, and Deportivo itself has a lot of room to stretch.

Of course, Sao Paulo is also a strong force in Brazil after all. It is impossible for Deportivo to fight calmly and oppressively. It also has the ability to rebound from the bottom several times, and it has also brought several dangerous situations to Deportivo.

In the history of the Toyota Cup, the predecessor of the Club World Cup, Sao Paulo won twice, defeating Barcelona in 1992 and AC Milan in 1993. This also proves from the side that Sao Paulo has the need to let Deportivo go all out.

Fortunately, the opponent is not familiar with Deportivo's triangle tactics, and Deportivo's coach seems to know the Latin American style of play inexplicably. Whether he does mental calculations or not, Sao Paulo's players can't compare to how exquisite the cooperation is. Sophisticated here in Alto La Coruña.

Instead of joining the reveling players as they lifted the trophy, Juan went to the lobby for the post-match press conference - he would have really liked to have done it in the mixed interview area if he could, but obviously neither the organizers nor the hosts They are all very interested in them. Not only will there be a pre-match press conference, but even a post-match press conference.

Fortunately, Deportivo won the championship, and Juan still had something to say, otherwise it would be really embarrassing...

"São Paulo is a very strong opponent." Juan said word by word, and found that the eyes of the people around him became very dignified. The little coach of Deportivo raised his eyebrows, "Why, what's wrong?"

"...You seem to have said before that you would not say such polite words to your opponent. You think it is an insult to your opponent..."

Oh.

Juan didn't change his face: "Yes, but this does not prevent me from expressing kindness to my opponent after going all out, doesn't it? Sao Paulo is a very amazing team. This team once cultivated Cafu , Kaka, Luis Fabiano and other players have brought countless joy and excitement to football, and I cannot but express my respect to Sao Paulo."

The eyes of the reporters and the spokespersons relaxed.

...But think about it carefully, wouldn't Juan do that kind of thing to mock his opponent?

Even in the past, he had had conflicts with some coaches, but most of them were provoked by the other party first-the entire football world now has a certain understanding of Juan Diaz.

This person looks full of coldness and aggression, and looks like a person who can only attack directly, but in fact his team is flexible and changeable, and most of them use softness to overcome rigidity.

Many psychologists said that if you want to know what kind of person a football coach is, then you only need to see what kind of team he coaches, which is clear and clear.

The media have always felt that this is very useful, such as Ferguson and his Manchester United, Wenger and his Arsenal, Mourinho and his Chelsea, the team is full of the personal style of the head coach.

...but Juan Diaz...

To be honest, they always feel that the contrast seems to be a little too big, and it is a little contradictory?

How can a man be cold and tender, serious and rambunctious, adventurous and cautious, both ice and fire?

The man sitting in front of them, even if he won the trophy, his expression at this moment is calm, and that face can't make people believe that he is the head coach of the team.

As Juan himself was talking, the reporters at the scene felt a little nervous.

... Seriously, he would rather everyone rush to ask questions than be so deadly silent...