Football Super Manager

Chapter 13 Look at this goal!

Chapter 13 Look at this goal!

Thanks to this article, Valencia can finally breathe a sigh of relief under the pressure of the media.You know, before Charlotte's article came out, there were more than 30 resident reporters outside the Valencia training base, but now there are only three royal newspapers, Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon, World Sports, AS and Marca.This level of harassment is nothing to the players.

Soon, Valencia ushered in the first game after the storm, the 23rd round of La Liga against the Espanyol at home.Before the start of the game, with the permission of coach Elliott, Charlotte specially entered the team's locker room to cheer for the players. "The Spaniards are not Osasuna's spies buried in Catalonia or Sporting Lisbon's younger brother. Think about what you just went through. Before you get angry, you can take it out on their younger brother."

Charlotte stayed in the stands to watch the starting line.Roberto Carlos, who replaced Otero in the starting line-up, mused to himself: "It seems coach Elliott is going to tackle his opponent to boost his confidence."

In this game, Valencia did not give the opponent any chance. The two central defenders who always made mistakes in the previous games performed extremely well. There was a perfect understanding between the man-marking Stam and the delayed Desailly. The 65% possession rate made the Spaniard helpless.Thuram and Carlos became full-backs.The defensive midfielder Redondo and even the defensive midfielder Silva took the initiative to change positions and organize the goal attack at close range, which caught people off guard

Long shot.The final score of 6:0 allowed Charlotte to return to the penalty area and bid farewell to the opposing club executives.She can't find anyone.She left midway through the game.

The victory completely silenced Valencia's notorious Spain, and not just because of the win.But because the bigger news got the media attention.

"World Sports Daily" said: "Osasuna players have a big fight over salary."

"As the newspapers say," former comrades-in-arms parted ways and became strangers
"Marca" said: "Sporting Lisbon is divided internally, and the youth training and non-youth training are hostile."

The official mouthpieces of Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon broke out bad news about each other at the same time, and the headlines were noisy, which made the entire Spanish media very happy.They thought of "a good season for this season. After Charlotte, the youngest general manager in La Liga, there will be no shortage of news in Spain!"

Just as the Spanish media scrambled to find first-hand information, Valencia once again published an article about the salaries of players from Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon.Dumping a barrel of oil completely on the fire sparked the storm.When the flames reached a fever pitch, Charlotte announced Valencia's salary scale and promised a raise for next season.

In just three days, Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon had headaches.These two clubs are not Valencia, but world-class giants, attracting not only the Spanish media, but also the entire European media.You know, Charlotte is from the 21st century and he sees how outrageous and mean the sun can be.Just make up something, and you can write a big-selling article.In this way, even if there is no problem with the club, it will be fired into a problem by the media, and it will be easier to create news to provoke news.This time Charlotte and Valencia newspapers and the Sun jointly hyped the matter.

However, after seeing that the players were also paying attention to this matter, Charlotte explained to everyone after a training session, "I have done everything I can, and the rest is up to you."

In the 24th round, Valencia defeated Sevilla with two goals in an away game, while Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon were affected by the "salary" incident, and Waterloo broke out again and lost to their opponents.

Valencia, proud of this victory, returned to the top of the league by 1 point, and the defeated Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon were also harassed on a wider scale because of their losses.Although the two sessions held a press conference to clarify the news, the foreign media headed by "The Sun" did not care, and even talked about the topic of "discrimination against foreign workers".The two giants of Spain are in a mess.Charlotte even called all the players and coaches into the conference room to read the newspaper, and laughed at the two giants at the end of the team's practice and rest.

When everyone left, Elliott, knowing all the last, said to Charlotte secretly: "Charlotte, you can attack your opponent in this way. This is a big bad."

Charlotte didn't answer, just smiled slyly.

The hype around Osasuna and Sporting Lisbon continues, and La Liga hasn't stopped either,
In the next four rounds, Valencia played a wave of four consecutive victories, while Sporting Lisbon won 2:1:1, Osasuna's performance was even worse, 1:2:1, which made the Valencia increased their lead to five and six points.

At this time, the attention of the Spanish media shifted to the La Liga stadium, because after a long period of speculation, the internal news about the two giants did not attract the attention of the fans.But when everyone turned around, it was found that Valencia had secretly climbed to No.1 in the league, and opened a certain gap with No.2.

In the 29th round, Valencia played away against the mighty Spanish Benfica.Charlotte has a lot of respect for this team.Their tradition is to use only players of Basque origin.This tradition has not changed even in the 21st century.Under Charlotte's deliberate low-key attitude, the top executives of the two clubs made initial contacts.

However, the game was very difficult.In the 23rd minute of the game, Stam, who just ran into the central defender group, suddenly fell down during the game, his left leg rolled over, and his expression was extremely painful.The team doctor sent him to the hospital immediately.Elliott was forced to replace Otero.Taking this opportunity, Athletic Benfica launched a fierce attack.In the 44th minute, before the end of the first half, he scored a goal from a corner kick.

At halftime, the atmosphere in Valencia's dressing room was tense.Stam suffered an injury, likely a torn thigh muscle.It will be at least two months of suspension, conceding a goal at the end of the first half is very frustrating for us.

Seeing the atmosphere, Elliott began to adjust the atmosphere, saying: "Well, you can't make Yap feel that you can't play football without him. Worship him with victory!"

"In the second half, Mauro retreated to the midfielder position. Fernando, you and Claude a little earlier. Mauro is in a triangle position. Pay attention to stability. Yuri, you go deeper and organize with Fernando. The roads on both sides must be squeezed. Don't worry about the back. Someone is going to take your seat. This is our chance. We should raise our spirits and grab it." Elliott told every player this game is not important but it is important against Valencia .In the two important games that ended yesterday, Sporting Lisbon lost to Atletico Madrid and Osasuna drew with Valencia.This is a good opportunity to widen the gap with the two giants.Elliott didn't want to miss it.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Valencia seemed to wake up and launched a fierce attack.The two defenders were completely pressed and launched a round of impact on Benfica.

However, the Benfica race, known for its toughness in Europe, is not vegan.The two sides launched a hand-to-hand battle from the Benfica penalty area to the midfield in La Liga.For a full 20 minutes, both sides were turned upside down, but it was Valencia who were finally on top when the tall Desailly charged into midfield to fight.

In the 27th minute, Redondo equalized the score for Valencia with an extremely tricky long shot from 30 meters away.

In the 41st minute, Redondo sent off a direct free kick created by himself to overtake the score for Valencia.

Charlotte even ignored the Benfica higher-ups and cheered loudly when Redondo scored the second goal.He knew what that goal represented.But when the game kicked off again, he awkwardly apologized to several other executives in the penalty area, notably Benfica.

Fortunately, Valencia and Benfica are not on vacation.Although the opponent lost, they also understood why Charlotte was so excited and took over the matter after two jokes.

After the game, the club members who were still at the Benfica Circuit rushed to the largest local hospital at the Benfica Circuit for the first time.They got the news that Stam's left thigh muscle was severely torn, and he has been suspended for at least three months, and this season can basically be reimbursed.This is Charlotte's first major injury since taking charge of Valencia.Fortunately, Professor Levy Schmidt, the founder of the Valencia Lab, also came to Benfica.He operated on Stam for the first time and began to develop a recovery plan to ensure that Stam can fully recover in the shortest possible time.

However, the league is still going on and the current momentum is very good.Elliott led the team back to Valencia after discussions with Charlotte.Charlotte and several team doctors are in Benfica looking after Stam.Charlotte didn't leave until Stam's family arrived the next day.Before leaving, two special security guards were specially hired to take care of Stam, and the expenses were reimbursed by the club.Half a month later, Stam's injury was stable.After his wounds healed, he returned to his home in Valencia to practice.

(End of this chapter)