Start with an extraordinary experience card

Chapter 11 Starting List
Compared with Pique's experience, Alba's growth journey looks more inspirational.

From West C to West B, then to La Liga, and finally returned to Barcelona, ​​it took him 7 years.

Only he himself knows the hard work and sweat he put in.

He saw the young man who was less than 18 years old in front of him, collapsing on the floor after hard training, and suddenly thought of his time when he couldn't talk about it with outsiders.

Pique rubbed his head, said with a smile:

"Don't brag, Qin is a very good young man, he is much better than you were back then!"

"Humph!"

Alba gave Pique a white look, and the sad look made the two laugh from ear to ear.

Valencia, nicknamed the "Bat Legion", is a veteran team with a long history.

However, their recent situation has not been very good.

Previously, in order to build the Mestalla Stadium, the club was once on the verge of bankruptcy.

Later, Singaporean Chinese businessman Lin Rongfu agreed to raise funds to take over the club. Everyone thought that Valencia's situation would improve, but they didn't expect that this was the starting point of falling into the abyss.

In order to raise funds to repay the arrears, Valencia has sent away Ferran Torres, Rodrigo, Carmelo and other key players at a discount in the past two seasons.

At the same time, in order to compress the salary space, the club also rejected the renewal of the contract with veterans such as Parejo and Garay.

In the absence of players to make up, and lost a large number of backbone, Valencia can only struggle around the relegation line for two consecutive seasons.

Facing such a turbulent opponent, the atmosphere in the Barcelona team seemed very relaxed.

The last tactical training session before the game.

Koeman taught his players his tactical arrangements for the game.

"Tomorrow's opponent Valencia's common formation is a parallel 4-4-2. They like to cause trouble for their opponents on the wing. But at the same time, their defense in the center will lack a sense of hierarchy!"

Koeman drew a circle heavily on the tactical board with a marker pen, and inside the circle were the two central midfielders of Valencia.

"Therefore, our three players in the midfield must strengthen their connection. After breaking through the defense of the opposing midfielder, they can either choose to cooperate with the wing, or directly launch an attack in the center."

Koeman glanced at Pedri and De Jong. In this game, they need to be the initiators of the offense and take on more responsibilities.

In fact, Busquets in the midfielder position is also very important, but in Koeman's heart, he is not worried that something will go wrong with this experienced veteran.

"Of course, both of our full-backs have to dare to fight, both in defense and in attack."

In Koeman's tactical arrangement, this game can foresee that the two sides will have a fierce fight on the two sides.The performance of left back Alba and right back Durst is likely to be the winner of the game.

Just when everyone thought that Coman would continue to say something, he unexpectedly looked at Qin Ming who was standing in the back row.

"Qin, we have just received a report from the team doctor that Aguero's previous calf tendon injury is likely to recur. He will not be able to play in this game. You will get the chance to start. I hope you can prepare well!"

Coman's deployment stunned everyone present.

Especially Dembele and Braithwaite, they all stared at Koeman dumbfounded, and seemed to want him to give an explanation.

For a world-class club like Barcelona, ​​even though it attaches great importance to the output of youth training, it is not easy for young players to be promoted.

For a young player like Qin Ming who is still underage, if he wants to be selected for the starting lineup of the league, it may only be because of the injury of the opposing player, or those games at the end of the season that have nothing to do with the outcome.

According to common sense, a better solution to Aguero's injury is to put Depay in the middle, and then Braithwaite on the left or Dembele on the right.The other wing is handed over to Griezmann, who can adapt to both sides.

However, Koeman did not play his cards according to common sense.

In the current stage of the league where every point counts, Koeman actually chose Qin Ming as the starter, which really surprised everyone.

However, Coman didn't seem to intend to explain to everyone why he made such an arrangement, but just looked at Qin Ming with a serious face:

"Qin, I am looking forward to your performance!"

The coach is the master of the team, the coach is the only one who can make decisions.

Although he couldn't hear an explanation from Koeman's mouth, but with Fati's example first, no player dared to ask him for an answer.

In the following training, the whole team was shrouded in a strange atmosphere.

But apart from Pique, who is still laughing and joking, Alba and De Jong also seem to be in a good mood.

Barcelona vs. Valencia at home, the game kicked off at 7:30 pm Spanish time.

Three 10 minutes before the game.

The UK's most important live sports TV station, SkySports Sky Sports, ushered in two heavyweight review guests——

Former Valencia manager Gary Neville with his on-air partner Jamie Carragher.

As soon as the live broadcast started, the program team began to work.

"I have already got the starting lists of both sides here. A name that surprised me appeared in the Barcelona list. Guess who he is!"

The host waved the roster on his hand and looked at Neville and Carragher sitting on both sides of him.

"My rich coaching experience tells me that this person should be Ousmane Dembele!"

Neville was very confident and answered before Carragher.

Carragher smiled, tilted his head and showed a funny expression:

"If I remember correctly, your rich coaching experience is basically a memory of failure."

During Neville's coaching period, Valencia only won 16 games in 3 league games, and only won 28 games in a total of 10 games in all competitions.

Carragher's mockery of Neville's coaching experience made the host laugh.

In his career as a player, Neville played for the "Red Devils" Manchester United, while Carragher played for the "Red Army" Liverpool. The two are out-and-out rivals.

Sky Sports just took a fancy to this point, and let the two become partners to fight each other on the show, which really attracted many fans who love to watch the excitement.

"Hey, Jamie, who do you think this person could be?" the host asked, looking at Carragher.

Carragher thought for a moment and said:

"Recently, I have actually paid attention to the Barcelona club. I know that a young man full of magic has emerged from them."

"Well, it's him, Qin! I think he will enter the starting list for this game!"

Carragher nodded, his tone very sure.

Depressed Neville heard Carragher's judgment, as if he had found the target of the attack, his eyes lit up, and he quickly said:

"Your judgment is like shit!"

"This young man from the East is as thin as a monkey. If I were to defend him, I would bump him into crying and begging for mercy!"

"He was just lucky in the first two games and made some small achievements. If I were the coach of Barcelona, ​​he might not even make the squad!"

The fierce confrontation between Neville and Carragher made the host very satisfied. He smiled and took out two jerseys from nowhere.

One is a Liverpool jersey with Carragher on it and the other is a Manchester United jersey with Neville on it.

"Since everyone's opinions are not unified, how about we make a bet? Whoever guesses wrong has to wear the opposite jersey!"

The host put the two jerseys in the middle of the host stage, and looked at the two guests with a smirk.

In British culture, football is something that is equated with faith.

Once most fans choose to support a certain club, they will basically stick to it.

For them, wearing the jersey of their rival club is a slap in the face and an insult.

The host obviously found the wealth code, and his proposal made the live broadcast room more and more popular, and the number of viewers was rising at an astonishingly fast rate.

Afraid that Carragher would take the lead, Neville grabbed the Liverpool jersey on the table and said first:

"Why don't you dare, I bet!"

Carragher didn't say anything, just smiled and picked up another jersey on the table.

When the host saw this scene, he was very excited:
"Ohhhh!! The audience in our live broadcast room will feast their eyes today. Everyone will see a Manchester United legend wearing a Liverpool jersey, or a Liverpool legend wearing a Manchester United jersey!"

"So, what is the correct answer?"

(End of this chapter)