[Football] Crown of Thorns

Tuesday 6 June Johannesburg Portugal vs Chile

The Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg (Johannesburg) used to be a rugby stadium. In 1982, the stadium was demolished and rebuilt. A Johannesburg city councilor named JD. Ellis proposed to convert the stadium into a football stadium. Field, so there is today's Ellis Park Stadium.

For the World Cup Organizing Committee and the local government, this square-shaped stadium has been slightly remodeled, and the overall change is not much like before.

The average temperature in Johannesburg in winter is about 18.0°C. You need to wear a coat when you go out. The climate varies greatly in the morning and evening. Therefore, although they are strong professional players, they still pack themselves in full armor before going out to warm up.

The starting lineup of the two sides for this game:

葡萄牙队：1-爱德华多、2-B-阿尔维斯、6-卡瓦略、7-C罗、10-加马、11-西芒、15-佩佩、16-梅里莱斯、19-蒂亚戈、21-科斯塔、23-科恩特朗

智利队：1-布拉沃、2-富恩特斯、5-孔特雷拉斯、4-伊斯拉、6-卡莫纳、7-桑切斯、8-比达尔、9-苏亚索、11-马克-冈萨雷斯、15、博塞豪尔、18-哈拉

"Crazy" Bielsa is a coach full of personality, but in the evaluation of the media, he is considered to be "a lion leading a group of sheep", and many media are not optimistic about the Chilean team.

"Aggression runs in my veins, and only offense!"

Bielsa commented on his leadership style in this way.

"So it's not difficult to play in such a Chilean team."

While polishing his sneakers, Gama chatted with Cohen, a classmate beside him.

Because they are both newcomers to the team, they are about the same age, and they have a good relationship in the team. Therefore, the way Cohen relaxes before each game is to chat with Gama, and most of them will talk about their opponents.

"why?"

Cohen, who was helping Gama pass the towel, asked.

Gama blew on the vamp, "Have you watched the Chilean team's last match?"

"I didn't watch the Group H match."

Cohen was unflappable.

Gama paused with his hands while wearing his sneakers, "Didn't you let it go during the tactical analysis meeting?"

"Did not notice."

"..."

Jia Ma was speechless, "Then what are you doing?"

"Uh, in a daze?"

Classmate Cohen tilted his head very cutely.

But Jia Ma just wanted to catch him and beat him up.

Tiago on the side laughed, and Gama sighed.

"The last group match in Group H is Chile vs. Spain. Originally, the Chilean team only needed to draw to secure the first place in the group and thus avoid the first place in Group G. But how could Bielsa, who has always been insulated from conservatives, choose a conservative style? As a result, Bielsa not only lost the game, but also paid the price of missing three main players for the next round, and also allowed Chile to meet the Portuguese team that defeated Brazil in the first round of the knockout round, that is, us."

Gama pointed his backhand at his chest.

"Like this, do you understand?"

he asked Coentraon.

Classmate Cohen nodded, then shook his head, "Weird person."

"People who can be called lunatics, their thoughts are really few people can understand."

Gama shrugged and got up to wash his hands.

When he came back after washing his hands, he found that Coentrao and Thiago were still sitting there chatting.

Gama stamped his feet, turned sideways and just saw Captain Captain who was arranging his hair in front of the mirror.

Watching Mr. Captain's seemingly free hairspray on his head vigorously, the oily and shiny hair is shining brightly under the light, which can definitely slip the hair of mosquitoes! You are so bright that I am blinded. blindfolded...

"how?"

Seeing his teammates staring at him, Ronaldo turned around and raised his eyebrows.

"It's nothing," Gama said after hesitating for a while, "Captain, is your hair okay after using so much hairspray every day?"

"What do you mean?"

"It means that if you continue to use hairspray like this, your hair will definitely go bald in the future."

Pepe laughed loudly from the side, and when he laughed, he proudly scratched the thick black hair on his head - Pepe must have never thought that he would always be bald in the future... Where is his hair? Where are you going?

"Tch, I know you are jealous of me."

Proudly raising his head, the captain showed a smug smile.

A group of second-hand goods!

Seeing that the Captain had been fighting with Pepe in a blink of an eye and had forgotten about him, Jia Ma sighed quietly and spread his hands.

"Xiko, Xico, come here."

Coentrao waved to Gama.

Glancing at the writhing captain and Pepe, Gama briskly ran to Coentraan's side.

It's better for him to play with his little friends. You can't guess what Captain Captain is thinking...

In the first three games, Thiago and Coentrao cooperated quite well when they were on the court, so the two are talking lively now.

"Chico, for such a Chilean team, how do you think it is better to deal with it?"

Describe the discussion between the two just now to Gama, Coentram asked.

"How should I put it?" Gama casually grabbed a tactical board that the coaching staff had thrown here just now, and began to draw what the coaching staff had told them about the Chilean team's running charts and crazy Bielsa's characteristic style formation in the past two days. , "Belsa's command is full of passion. Because of this, the Chilean team played very well under his leadership, but there is also the biggest problem, that is, winning the scene and losing the score. His style is very tough. The Chilean team looks good, but this style of crazy repetition has also created a naive style of play for the Chilean team. They control the ball, cooperate, break through, find space, and then pass the ball. They have to pass the opponent before thinking of shooting, so the offensive rhythm They often give up halfway, and their opponents can slow down or fail their offensive by interrupting the rhythm of their attack, and their embroidered style of play gives opponents more space and opportunities to counterattack."

Hearing Gama's analysis of the opponent, many teammates stopped what they were doing and listened.

The captain and Pepe, who were playing around, also sounded quietly.

"What you said seems to make sense, although I didn't understand a lot of it."

Classmate Cohen held his face and said blankly.

"I rely on!"

Jia Ma leaned back, "Waste my saliva, you!"

"Haha, Fabio is so cute~~~"

The teammates coaxed a smile.

"Xiko, what else?"

The captain asked with bright eyes.

"In my opinion, when playing against the Chilean team, first of all, you should not be impatient, but be steady. Second, you should encircle your opponents, attack them more often, hit the space behind them, make long passes safely, run long distances, and not be afraid. Repeated movement, interrupting their passing coordination, so you can control the game."

"Sounds good," the captain leaned against the wall with his arms folded, "but this style of play will definitely be ridiculed as an ugly tactic, ugly game or something!"

"As long as we win the game, it doesn't matter except that the media who don't like us will make some sour remarks."

Gama raised an eyebrow.

"It sounds like your tactical idea is to win as long as you can win, and you don't care if it looks good or not."

The captain muttered.

"Isn't it good to win?"

Gama spread his hands.

"...It's good to win."

The captain shook his head, he didn't know what he thought of, he turned and walked away.

Jia Ma gave him a strange look, then looked at Pepe.

Pepe shrugged, "Chico, have you watched the Real Madrid game?"

"Uh, seriously, I've only watched the game highlights."

"It is recommended that you have time to take a look. It would be better if you can go to watch the game live, and you will understand then."

Pepe shrugged, turned and chased Ronaldo out of the locker room.

What did I say wrong?

Gama looked at the other teammates suspiciously.

Several teammates laughed and shook their heads and came over to pat Jia Ma on the shoulder, "You're right, let's go for today's game."

Seeing his teammates sauntering out of the locker room, Gama was a little puzzled.

Until Carvalho smiled and patted him, "You really haven't watched Real Madrid's games, especially at home?"

Gama shook his head, "I've only watched the broadcast and highlights on TV. I really don't have the chance to watch the live game."

Leizi has no chance to go to Spain to watch a football game, let alone Gama, who has the opportunity and money to do those things, and he, in the half-dead training and games every day, is not easy to be a professional player.

"You really should take a chance to see the scene, it's in style."

Carvalho laughed as he spoke.

Seeing his teammates run away one by one, Jia Ma pouted, "What do you mean by mysterious, cut!"

Cohen, who had been holding back his laughter, saw that his teammates ran out, so he laughed, "Chico, didn't you know that Real Madrid is most famous for its difficult fans at home."

"What do you mean?"

"When their fans watch the game, their requirement is to win the game and win it beautifully. Otherwise, the coach will wait for get out of class!"

"What?"

Gama was stunned - he had never watched a Real Madrid game before, and Leizi was a Serie A and Brazil fan, and had rarely paid attention to La Liga before, so he really didn't know much about Real Madrid's style.

"That is to say, the requirements of the Real Madrid club and the fans for the team are to win the game, to win the game and play well. If you only win but play conservatively, then you have to get out even if you win the championship. Let's go, understand?"

"What's wrong with it! Something is wrong, this is it!"

Gama blurted out a foul word.

His words made classmate Cohen laugh out loud, "That's it."

"It's really god-like...theory!"

After thinking for two seconds, he couldn't figure out what words to use to describe the image, so Gama held back such a word to end it.

The laughing classmate Cohen patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "That's it anyway, the captain and the others were told... what, it's not easy to get along anyway."

"But everyone wants Real Madrid, right?"

Gama shrugged.

People from the Celestial Dynasty watch football matches in Europe. Except for those who are diehards, most of them just join in the fun and watch the whole game. Many people just watch a football game highlight and comment on it and dare to gossip on the Internet. Criticizing, ridiculing, insulting, and biting black fans, in fact, he just wants to have fun and has no professionalism or quality at all. Leizi loves to watch games, but besides his own training games, he also has to study and doesn't have much time to watch Europe. Later, because of his injury, he didn’t pay much attention to the news about the football matches in the district. Up to now, Jiama has worked hard to make a living and to train and play hard, so Jiama really doesn’t know much about these things.

However, he really didn't expect that the world-renowned Real Madrid club would have such strange demands on the team!

"That's Real Madrid, Galacticos!"

Coentrao turned his face towards him.

Jia Ma looked at him, "Want to go?"

"Of course. That's Real Madrid!"

…………

Going to such a team knowing that you will be abused, I really can't understand this kind of self-abuse!

Don’t guess what foreigners are thinking, you can guess and guess and you can’t figure it out~~~~

Jia Ma hummed the adapted ditty and walked out of the dressing room.

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PS: The opinion on Real Madrid is only a personal opinion, please do not give pointers or criticize the fans, the author can't bear it!