ball magic

On the second day after Laotuo went crazy, Barcelona held a press conference.

Bobby Robson, accompanied by Jose Mourinho, who is called a translator and is actually an assistant coach, held a pre-match press conference.

Because of the gap between the league and the leader Deportivo, the old Robson felt pressured, but Barcelona went smoothly in the UEFA Cup, so the old Robson still sat firmly in the coaching position.

Before the press conference, Mourinho told the old gentleman in England, "They will definitely ask you about Ronnie (Ronaldo) and Rafael, and they will definitely ask you what you think about Rafael. Think of your answers ahead of time. And our injuries, you need to point that out..."

The old Robson listened trustingly. He admired Mourinho, so he brought him with him. From Portugal to Spain, he was also willing to be his neighbor and enjoy the food made by his wife.

But more is trust, and trust is accumulated little by little.

From July 92, Mourinho became his translator, and at the beginning he was only responsible for the translation work.But Mourinho liked to communicate with Robson very much, which made the old man start to give him some other jobs.

The first is to collect the opponent's information and find that he is impeccable, better than the professional scouts hired by the England national team. Robson further released his newcomers. His own training arrangements are "pointing fingers", and now Mourinho is even allowed to delete, delete, modify, and even add embellishments to his speeches in response to the media.

Yes, the old man was well aware of Mourinho's tricks, but he was willing to train him, just like training another little neighbor, Villas-Boas, who was a 16-year-old high school student at the time.

Now listening to Mourinho's chatter, the old Robson not only heard it in his ears, but also in his heart, and he didn't forget to say a few words with emotion, "John (Toshack) called me, he was a good boy, the media Shouldn't be fueling the flames, that man shouldn't be getting any attention..."

The old Robson was also tired of the media's fueling of Raphael's "biological father" incident. After complaining, he quickly praised Raphael.

Of course, even if it is a compliment, the highest evaluation that this old man who was bullied by Maradona, the Argentine, with the hand of God in the 86 World Cup, can give Rafael is nothing more than "he is not like Maradona at all." Nah, but he reminds me of Best and Garza...”[1]

Mourinho smiled and listened to the old man talking. Before walking to the press room, he raised his finger, made a "shh" gesture to the old man, and asked him again, "Have you thought about those questions?"

The old Robson, whose hair had turned gray, looked at him with a questioning tone like that of a child. He smiled kindly and walked into the press hall.

The reporters were packed to the brim. As soon as England's most outstanding national team coach after 66 years had settled down, some media eagerly raised their hands.

The old Robson said a word to Mourinho, and Mourinho said: "Please ask questions related to the game."

The reporters were disappointed.

The old Robson showed a decent smile, and praised his "translation" again in his heart.

Well done Jose!

In the afternoon, Robson Sr. led his team to fly to La Coruña.

That's right, the small town of Lacco is so annoying, and it takes two hours to fly there.

After a night's rest, the Barcelona players were woken up one by one by the team leader knocking on the door.

As the captain, Guardiola came to the restaurant and listened to everyone discussing how he had a rest yesterday.

He glanced at Ronaldo and found that he was talking to Mourinho.

Ronaldo doesn't speak Spanish very well, although he may understand part of it, [2] Enrique smiled and said after seeing it: "Our little translator is going to command on the sidelines again today?"

The relationship with Mourinho is quite good, so good that Guardiola, who often talks about tactics for hours, just smiled.

The three future marshals gathered in one room, but their status at this moment is completely different.

The game was played in the afternoon, and as soon as Deportivo's bus stopped at the Riazor Stadium, the players heard countless cheers coming together.

Although every player of the fans shouted, there is no doubt that the voice of cheering for Rafael is the loudest.

After Raphael heard it, he opened the curtain and took a look, and saw a fan holding up a blue and white banner with his face printed on it.

Fran leaned over the window and took a look, then stared at Raphael's face and said, "I'm jealous!"

Rafael looked at the captain carefully amidst the whistles of the crowd, and then said, "I can't restore your hairline even if I'm jealous."

Even Toshack laughed now.

When everyone got off the bus, everyone else was carrying their own bags, but Raphael got off the bus in a relaxed outfit, holding a silver yerba mate cup in his hand.

Facing the cheering and cheering of the fans, he was not stingy, waving to the fans all the way.

Juan was carrying a bag, and he heard these fans who had watched him grow up yelling at him, telling him to take care of Raphael, so that he doesn't catch a cold.

Juan feels sad, you don't expect me to play!

Maybe I can be a substitute today!

Raphael kept walking. He changed his clothes when he came to the home locker room. As soon as he took off his coat and was about to put on his jersey, Jaminia jumped on his back.

Raphael almost gave this guy a shoulder fall!

This time it's a heavy version!

Jaminia climbed down with a smile, and emphasized to him, "Do you remember the favor you owe me?"

Raphael raised his eyebrows after putting on his clothes, and signaled him to fart with his eyes.

In the first show, I owed Jaminia three favors, but Laoto and Rendoiro both talked to him, saying that it would be easy to cause bad influence to Jaminia, so this matter was shelved up.

"How do you want me to pay it back?" Raphael asked.

"I thought of telling you again!" Jaminia ran away in a panic after finishing speaking.

Raphael couldn't understand what the Brazilian was thinking, so he changed his equipment as usual and went out.

Fran stared at his shoes and asked Juan, "Why did he switch to Umbro? Wasn't it always Adidas?"

Juan Chao said in a low voice: "I hate how ugly my blacked-out logo is..."

Obviously, in Rafael's understanding, since Nike and Adidas can't be cheap, then I choose Umbro head office, right?This is fine.

Fran scratched his head, and after just a few scratches, he found Jaminia staring at his hairline, and he immediately stared back, what are you looking at!

The Riazor Stadium was packed today, and everyone cheered loudly when Raphael played.Rafael looked at the fans, raised his hand to signal them, and continued to warm up.

Juan was doing stretching with him, and found that after the Barcelona people came in, Rafael stared at... er, the sidelines?

Yes, Mourinho, who is directing the warm-up on the sidelines, obviously takes the salary of an interpreter, and cares about the teaching assistant.

He stared at the Portuguese twice, and then fixed his eyes on Guardiola, who was not bald. If it weren't for his thick eyebrows and big eyes, he would have thought he had misunderstood the person.

Finally, he glanced at the future head coaches such as Enrique, Armunique, Sergi, Blanc, Pizzi-yes, the above, including Prosineski and Koeman who left the team last year , Counting only the first batch of dreams, Barcelona has trained at least 8 head coaches.If you count a certain translator who is currently studying with them...

Raphael glanced at his teammates again, his eyes slightly disgusted.

No wonder he thinks these guys are idiots!

In the end, Rafael found Ronaldo, but as soon as he looked over, he found that the other party was looking at him...

The next moment, Raphael saw the other party's rabbit teeth.

A man with rabbit teeth doesn't even look like a provocation.

Juan followed Rafael's gaze and found Ronaldo. The moment Rafael looked back, he couldn't help saying: "You will be the best!"

The younger brother's flattery was very straightforward and unequivocal, but Raphael was very impressed, because of the outline of the smile, his eyes and eyebrows seemed to be tainted with youthful frivolity.

"Then I'm going to be the best of this era."

this era?

Juan looked at Raphael, but before he could think deeply, Raphael put one hand on his other shoulder and reminded him, "Change hands."

"Oh."

But Juan's mind was still stuck in that moment just now. When the warm-up was over and he followed everyone to the locker room, he was still immersed in that moment.

Because at that moment, he felt that his vision became completely different. What he saw seemed to be a brand new world, and he stood in the tide of the times.

Toshak has been preparing for this game for a long time, and he has paid a lot. At this moment, he emphasizes again that it is still the most important part.

"It doesn't matter whether Stoichkov is really injured. Today they will definitely play 4231, because Robson certainly doesn't want to compete with us in our home court!"

"The most important thing for us today, I have emphasized to you many times, clamp Guardiola! clamp Guardiola!" Toshack said and looked at Jaminia, Rafael and Rivaldo, " This guy won't handle it better than Redondo."

From Rafael's point of view, he thinks that Laotuo's tactics are correct, which means that they will have a correct starting point today.

Rafael was so excited for this game, so he naturally studied the Barcelona game this season.

When he first took over Barcelona at the beginning of the season, the old Robson was very cautious. He adopted the 433 that Barcelona players are more adaptable to and easier to accept.It is said that in order to let the top management of the team accept his philosophy, the old man invited the senior management to attend his tactics class, just to promote the change of tactics. In the end, he succeeded. Barcelona started to play 442, sometimes 4231, and even played 5113. !

But no matter what lineup is played, the core of this Barcelona team has never changed, and this is Guardiola.

It is also because of this that Laotuo wants to restrain Guardiola.

Guardiola is the captain of Barcelona. The "King of Camp Nou" has not become a top midfielder in his career. He is not comparable to half-step kings like Zidane and Ronaldinho. There is also a certain gap in honor and skills compared to several major defensive midfielders.

So why can he enjoy the title of "King of Camp Nou" in Barcelona?

It is still because of the most special "position 4" in the Barcelona system.

After Cruyff took over Barcelona, ​​he personally created this special "4th position".

In Cruyff's mind, this position has a defensive midfielder that is different from other teams. It not only requires players to have an excellent overall view, excellent passing ability, can control the rhythm of the game, and have a good escape. Ability...Of course, you still have to be able to defend.

With so many demands, no player can satisfy them all.

Guardiola was a surprise that Cruyff discovered in his own youth training camp.Only limited by his body, Guardiola can't do everything well, but he is already one of Barcelona's best "4th position" options in this era.

After Guardiola became the head coach in the future, Harvey was used to take on the offensive responsibility, while Busquets was in charge of defense, but in January 97, Guardiola still had a "hair" and was a bit handsome You have to carry it alone.

If Guardiola can handle it, Barcelona will definitely play extremely smoothly in this game, but if Guardiola is robbed and can't get the ball, he can't get rid of it by turning around in circles. As long as the luck is not too bad, this game has already won. It's half down.

Of course, it is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, because it is impossible for the old Robson not to give Guardiola some protection.

Toshack then focused on reminding Ronaldo's defense and Figo's restrictions. Of course, when he said this, Lao Tosh seemed to be drooling, but Rafael felt that the old man was a bit resigned.

Sure enough, in the end, Lao Tuo began to emphasize offense and offense, such as "Rafa, you can play more freely today", "Valdo, you can move closer to the middle, and Rafa will cooperate with you", and finally it became "Fran, you can't easily let Figo do whatever he wants in your territory..."

Fran nodded helplessly amid everyone's laughter.

Watching the captain make a fool of himself is their favorite!

After emphasizing the tactics, I saw Raphael finally adjusted his shin guards, which seemed to have become his habit.

Others have long been accustomed to Lao Tuo's eyes looking at Raphael with a soft light filter, and they couldn't stand it, rolled their eyes, or mouthed Lao Tuo.

Fran was already ready. He was wearing an armband, and his butt was dawdling on the bench. The reason why he didn't stand up was because Raphael was still dawdling to adjust.

After Raphael managed to pull on the non-slip socks, he was about to get up when he found that the boy had pulled a hair tie from his wrist and put it on his forehead.

At this glance, he suddenly realized that Raphael's hair was actually long.

Compared with when he was promoted to the first team, he obviously looks like an Argentine player!

He looked at Raphael's shoulder-length hair, and then looked at his side face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this kid is really damn good-looking, why doesn't that ugly monster look in the mirror to see what he looks like? ?

Raphael finally cleaned up, and Juan immediately took out a small mirror. Now Fran and Toshack couldn't help laughing, and Raphael was also amused, and smiled and slapped Juan on the head. Slap, Raphael glanced at it before standing up.

Rivaldo was already a little impatient and wanted to go out early, but now he pushed Rafael forward and said, "Why do you grow your hair long?"

The rest of the people also stretched their ears, and they heard the Brazilian continue to complain, "Like a damn Argentine."

"I'm sorry," Rafael said sorry, but looked at him without apology, "I am the most hateful Argentine in the eyes of you Brazilians."

Rivaldo, Jaminha, Mauro, and Conceicao, the Brazilians, immediately laughed.

South American brothers and family?nonexistent.

Throughout South America, Brazilians will support all brother teams except Argentina, and coincidentally, the Argentines think so too.

In the player channel, Rafael saw the Barcelona players again, but this time he did not squint, standing shoulder to shoulder with Ronaldo.

The camera sweeps back and forth between the two of them, and the language of the camera is full of suggestiveness.

Aimar is watching with Saviola at his home for what could be the most important match in La Liga this season.

But when the camera pans away from Raphael, he's visibly absent-minded.

The little friend poked him, "Doesn't this kid look all right? You don't have to worry about him."

"He's older than you," Aimar corrected his friend, "He's half a year younger than me, and a year and a half older than you. You have to respect him."

"For the sake of the recipe, I'll call him Raphael next time, but do you think he can really grow taller?" Saviola asked suspiciously.

Because Aimar enshrined everything in that notebook, and even copied a copy by himself and gave it to his mother, so that his mother could also cook for him.

"I don't know," Aimar scratched his head. "It doesn't matter whether you can grow taller. It says that it can reduce illness and make you stronger, but I think the training method written on it is more effective. I will prepare for it after I raise my salary next month." Buy a computer and send him emails..."

What the hell!Saviola looked at Aimar a little jealously. This guy didn't even want to buy a mobile phone before, but now he actually wants to buy a computer, just to send damn emails?

He decisively changed the subject, "I want to play in Barcelona in the future!"

With such wild words, Aimar just nodded slightly in agreement, "You can go."

"What about you?" Saviola looked at him and emphasized, "You can't go to Real Madrid! Do you want to be my teammate?"

"Of course, of course I want to," Aimar laughed, but looked at the TV again, pointing to Raphael who had just finished taking a photo, and said, "We can be his opponent."

Saviola looked at Rafael, who was wearing the blue and white Deportivo jersey, and felt boundless fighting spirit in his heart—he had to work harder, work harder, and one day in the future, he would beat him together with Pabrido !

The "Devil King" Rafael was standing in the middle circle at the moment, looking at Ronaldo who was not far away, and then fixed his eyes on Guardiola.

It's easier to beat him than to deal with Redondo and Simeone.

After all, this guy is neither as skilled as the former, nor as fond of playing hooligans as the latter.

The next moment, the referee blew the opening whistle, and Barcelona launched an attack without stopping for a second!

The author has something to say: ?

[1] Best and Garza: Best is George Best, one of the three saints of Manchester United, a wonderful genius who plans to retire at the age of 26, drunk, free and unrestrained, Sir Busby can't restrain him, he can only watch He exiles himself.

Garza: Gascoigne, the disciple of the old man, is also the most talented player in England after the 80s, but he also tends to degenerate himself.

[2] Although it is said that Portuguese and Spanish are very close, it should still need to be learned.Regarding Ronaldo's Spanish ability, there is such a rumor: On the bus to the stadium, the team striker Enrique was telling a joke to Guardiola, and some very "earthy" words always broke out during the conversation , Enrique teased Mourinho: "Jose, please translate this joke to Ronaldo, his mood will determine the outcome of our game." The Spaniards in the car laughed secretly, knowing that it was Enrique I was embarrassing Mourinho, but fortunately Mourinho is really proficient in Spanish, so after a little consideration, he spoke in English and Portuguese, which made Robson and Ronaldo laugh.

[3] About the best teams of this era: Juventus, Milan, Barcelona.

Before Barcelona won the first Champions League in 92, it was hard to be called a giant compared with Real Madrid, but Cruyff changed everything. He led Barcelona to Europe for the first time and brought Barcelona unprecedented glory. .Barcelona fans are really good at boasting about themselves. After winning the Champions League, they boasted that they have become a "dream team".

Milan was considered a dynasty at that time, but in the text and at this time, it was a period of weakness and pain in Milan.

Real Madrid don't complain because they have no face.Real Madrid hadn't won the Champions League for almost 30 years.

Generally speaking, the UEFA Champions League before the restructuring was really only the Champions League.Only league champions can participate, so Serie A is also the only seedling. After all, if one is not good, it will die, and the winning rate is not that high.So in this era, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup also have a high gold content.

In the end, I just want to sigh: You can be the president in Milan, and you can be the coach in Barcelona!Really cultivated too many trainer birds!

PS: Actually, I don’t want to talk about history either, actually I don’t want to, because I have to do my homework and read the materials.But I think even if you are writing a cool article, you have to know the opponent you defeated and what kind of team it was in that era.What kind of existence are those players?