[football] walk side by side

Leo Messi sat in a coffee shop only a hundred meters away from the Dragon Stadium, a little fidgeting.

I don't know if it's his illusion, but he always feels that the waitress sitting at the cash register has already secretly glanced at this side several times, and even those waiters who are busy serving tea and water to other customers will also When passing by their table, he paused for a moment, thinking he was calm.

It stands to reason that when you come to a coffee shop, of course you want to order coffee, but at the moment there are two cups of boiled water and a cup of milk on the table.

In this way, any coffee shop will be listed as an unwelcome guest, right?If I knew I should have ordered a cup of coffee...even if I didn't drink it.

With such resentful thoughts in mind, Messi sighed, resting his cheeks and staring blankly at the other two midfielders who were chatting enthusiastically at the same table at the same time, applauding himself for being completely ignored for the first time. shed a tear.

So, I returned to Barcelona happily after the practice game, how did it become like this?Mei Tuanzi poked the still steaming glass and fell into deep thought.

Dragon Stadium an hour ago.

"There is a coffee shop nearby, let's go over there and have a chat?" said the invited Porto player.

So the chatting place shifted to this coffee shop.

When he got the menu, Cesc Fabregas originally planned to treat the guests. After all, he was the one who first proposed to take up the other party's time, and before he could speak, Cyril casually and naturally said to the waiter next to him: "A glass of boiled water ,Thanks."

"...?" Cesc Fabregas was stunned for a moment, and said with some uncertainty, "Athletes should be able to drink coffee, right?"

Cyril nodded and said, "It's not wrong to drink it, but when I have a choice, why should I choose coffee that is harmful to some extent instead of drinking plain water that is not harmful?"

Cesc Fabregas thought about it, and felt that his words seemed quite reasonable, so he nodded readily: "Then give me a glass of plain water, too." After speaking, he turned to look at his friend: " How about you, Leo?"

Messi was silent for a while, and was still defeated by the righteous eyes of "I am a principled player", hesitantly said: "Then... I also have a glass of boiled water?"

He was not sure what he said, because he clearly saw the waitress who had a sweet smile just now looked at him and Cesc Fabregas with contemptuous eyes, then shook her beautiful curly hair, turned her head and walked away .

As a good boy who is very well-behaved and conscientious in all senses, Messi is a little uneasy: "Is it really okay for us to be like this?"

"Is their opinion important, or is our own career important?" Fabregas said with a straight (face) face: "But then again, why does she only despise me and Riley?" Two people? It's not fair!"

Then within a minute, the beautiful waitress came back with a glass of milk and two glasses of boiled water.

The girl put the cup of warm milk from the tray firmly in front of Cyril with a smile, and said softly and kindly: "I heard that Mr. Slade doesn't drink coffee, so our boss specially asked me to warm a cup of it." Here comes the milk, I hope you like it."

Fabregas and Messi looked at the two glasses of steaming water on the tray and fell silent.

When the waiter walked away, Fabregas said indignantly, "Why do you say that boiled water is milk, but our boiled water can only be boiled water? Are all your waiters in Porto like this?"

"It's very simple," Cyril said slowly, holding the cup of warm milk, "Because this is Porto, not Barcelona."

The timeline goes back to the present.

Although the three of them were still strangers far apart a few hours ago, the common language of football and the small episodes when ordering food have brought the distance between them closer, and the communication between them has also changed. I have to relax.

None of the three of them can speak Portuguese (Spanish), but fortunately, their English is pretty good and they can guarantee normal communication.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Leo Messi, nice to meet you."

"Francisco Fabregas."

"I know you, if I remember correctly, according to those media, we are about to go to the same Premier League club to fight for the main position." Cyril said jokingly, showing a friendly smile: "I am Siri Earl Slade, please advise me."

Cesc Fabregas knew which club he was referring to. In fact, this club has indeed recently linked him and Cyril in transfer news frequently, but this is not the original intention of him to chat with Cyril. .

"Actually, I want to discuss with you about the position of the midfielder." Fabregas restrained his hippie smile, and his expression became serious: "If you don't want to talk, you can also refuse to answer."

Cyril listened quietly.

"In today's practice match, I have always had a question." Fabregas thought for a while, as if trying to organize his words: "That is, you are clearly standing in the position of the midfielder, but what you did was organized." Work? Isn’t the defensive midfielder always used as a defensive midfielder?”

Cyril's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he glanced at Cesc Fabregas in a little surprise.But soon he was relieved. After all, he is a product of the youth training of La Liga giants. It is not surprising that he is so keen.

For a long period of time in modern football, European football has always adopted the method of organizing the front midfielder and defending the midfielder.Because the former is closer to the striker in the frontcourt, it is more suitable for attacking and organizing offenses. The same is true for the latter. Because it is close to the defense line, teams often use defensive midfielders to play the role in order to strengthen defense.

In other words, the organization of the front midfielder and the defense of the back midfielder are the mainstream of European football.

In Mourinho's tactics, at the beginning he also chose to organize through the midfielder, but the appearance of Cyril and AC Milan, which has a brilliant record this season, gave him different ideas.

Thinking of this, Cyril pondered: "Have you noticed this year's European Champions Cup?"

"Of course, a month ago, AC Milan defeated Juventus in a penalty shootout at Old Trafford to win the championship." Organization." At this point, his face became weird: "You Porto will not follow AC Milan for this reason, right?"

"..." Cyril suddenly had the urge to smear his face.

"If you are talking about AC Milan, I think this is understandable," Mei Tuanzi, who has been ignored all the time, couldn't help interjecting: "Pirlo's organization on the back midfielder can just completely release Kaka's attack on the front midfielder. Offensive ability, and Kaka itself is more inclined to attacking midfielders, if played, the number of goals may not be lower than that of forwards."

"In this regard, I think the situations of Porto and AC Milan are similar," Messi said while thinking, "In Porto's lineup, both you and Deco can organize, and Deco is more versatile. Playing at the same time, the coach will have more changes in the choice of tactics, and your presence can also release Deco's other abilities, whether it is defense or offense, it can be determined according to the actual situation of Porto."

"You're right. This is indeed the reason why Mr. Deco and I often start at the same time. However, this is only one of the reasons why we choose the midfielder organization." Speaking of this, Xi Lili paused, intentionally He glanced at Cesc Fabregas inadvertently, and then continued: "I have discussed this issue with my husband before, and finally we found through some actual combat that in the case of the whole attack, the defensive midfielder organization is indeed more useful than the front midfielder organization. .”

"..." For some reason, Cesc Fabregas always felt that Cyril's glance just now was full of some kind of disgust. He looked at Cyril seriously again. The Porto boy still had a faint smile and was extremely patient. The way he looked, he even smiled at Fabregas when he noticed his gaze.

It must be an illusion, right?

"During the game, many teams will choose to freeze the organizing midfielder to interrupt the midfielder's shell support to the frontcourt. Compared with the front midfielder, the midfielder is less likely to be frozen." Cyril said: "From this point of view, although the current European football is still organized by the front midfielder, I think that in the near future, the center of gravity of the organization will definitely shift back to a more free midfielder."

Fabregas nodded, and suddenly asked another question: "Do you think midfielders can become the core players of a team?"

Cyril said without hesitation: "If the core you mentioned refers to the core on the field, I think that in any team that can win the championship, the core is almost always a midfielder." He shrugged: "At least In Porto, our core on the field has always been Deco. As for when Deco is not there, you have seen it in the practice match just now."

Fabregas was silent.

After a while, he finally said as if he had made up his mind: "I have...one last question."

Messi's eyelids twitched, vaguely understanding what he was going to ask.

"Arsenal's head coach Wenger once went to Barcelona to talk to me. He told me that he would build a new tactical system with me as the core. In addition to this, he also told me another possibility," Fabregas looked at Cyril and asked him seriously: "I think we can also form a good midfield partner like you and Deco."

"So, do you want to consider going to Arsenal with me?"