Leon saw Juan Mata in Spain's Under-19 starting line-up, while Carlos was on the bench, while Sporting Gijón's substitute goalkeeper Robert was not named in the squad for the game. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Leon is not surprised by this, Mata is not the first time to be selected for the Spanish youth team, he has been selected for the Spanish U17 national team when he was in the U17 echelon of Real Madrid, so it is normal for Mata to start this time.

Carlos and Robert are both in the Spanish youth team for the first time, one is on the bench and the other is not in the squad, which is also normal.

Spain's Under-19 national youth coach Petrogi has placed Juan Mata in a midfield position, which has intrigued Leon, and he can take the opportunity to observe Mata's performance in the midfield position.

Once the game started, Juan Mata in the midfield position was a little uncomfortable, and he would subconsciously move closer to the right wing.

"It's a habit I've developed at Sporting Gijón. ”

Leon pondered that this season, Leon has pulled Mata back from the front line and switched to a wide midfield.

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This is a tactical position that Leon has tailored for Mata, in fact, in today's football, there is no such thing as a full-field for the time being, so Leon is the first person to eat crabs and create this new concept of football.

In this position of wide midfielder, when Di Natale drops back to get the ball, it not only attracts the attention of the opposition defence, but also means that he can show off Mata's excellent forward ability when he is free, in addition, Mata's agile style of play also ensures that he can play around fierce opponents near the touchline, and he can also change the team's attacking tempo with detours and sideways when he encounters pushing resistance. These characteristics are Leon's most perfect requirements for Mata, although Mata's distance from such a requirement, but Leon has confidence in Mata. This is a player who really plays with his brain, he has an extraordinary rhythm on the pitch, he passes and receives the ball well and always tries to handle the ball in the most reasonable way.

In particular, Leon arranged Mata to appear on the right side, which can take full advantage of Mata's backfoot inward cut.

Leon believes that over time, with more and more games, Mata will become more familiar with the position of 'wide midfielder' and be able to understand the tactical role of this position more deeply, and the concept of "wide midfielder" is also destined to cause a sensation in football. Now, all to do is wait and wait for the day when it will blossom and bear fruit.

It was precisely because he knew Mata's characteristics that Leon finally decided to tailor the tactical position of Mata as a wide midfielder, and did not let Mata play as a midfielder.

Therefore, at this time, he saw Petrogi arranging Mata to play in the front midfield, which was curious and questionable.

Sure enough, Mata's performance in the forward midfield position was not very good, and of course it cannot be said that it was so bad, but Mata, who was full of spirit on the right side of Sporting Gijón, became a little mediocre.

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In the first half, the Spanish U19 national team and the German U19 national team played 0-0.

Not long after the start of the second half, David Silva sent a wonderful pass, and Leon's proud disciple Callejon at Real Madrid successfully countered offside and scored with a low shot to break the goal guarded by German Under-19 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Leon was also in front of the TV to cheer on the goal.

Silva's pass was clever and Callejon's movement was smart.

Leon was a little greedy at this time, he had tried to bring in Silva from Valencia, but Sporting Gijón only showed this tone, and was sternly rejected by Valencia, who regarded Silva as a treasure.

After Spain's Under-19s took a one-0 lead, the Germans began to burst with great energy, and the young Germanic chariot rumbled to bombard the Espanyol gates.

In such a situation, Leon saw Carlos on the bench start to warm up.

Leon nodded, in his opinion, Petrogi's choice to consider sending Carlos at this time is extremely correct, so to speak, Carlos's style of play is very different from traditional Spanish players, his foot skills are more average, but his sweeping ability in the midfield can be said to be not possessed by other players in the current Spanish national youth team.

At a time when the team's backline is under extreme pressure, it was the right choice to bring in Carlos, who is like a meat grinder that can make it difficult for the tough Germans.

Two minutes later, Carlos came off the bench.

The camera shows this young man who came from the slums of Madrid, was swept away by Getafe, and was excavated by Leon, brought to Sporting Gijón and cultivated by himself.

Carlos took a deep breath, drew a cross on his chest, and strode onto the field.

"Dididi!" Leon's cell phone rang, and he picked it up to see that it was a text message from Alice, "Juan is on the scene, I'm so happy." ”

Leon could already imagine Alice's red eyes in front of the TV, she must be wiping her tears again, for the two siblings who came from the slums and depended on each other, the younger brother was the happiest thing for the elder sister.

"Be proud of this kid, he's working hard!" Leon replied.

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He continued to watch the game, and after Carlos came on the field, sure enough, with Carlos' sweep in the midfield, the German team's offensive was curbed, and the danger in front of the Spanish goal was alleviated.

Leon nodded, he had a gut feeling that the head coach of the Spanish U19 national team, Petrogi, had carefully studied the game of Sporting Gijón, because he saw that Petrogi's use of Carlos had a shadow of his use of Carlos at Sporting Gijón.

After thinking about it carefully, Leon somewhat understood, it should be like this, Carlos's style of play, Gijon's 'little Gattuso' can be said to be a very alternative player in Spanish football, since Petrogi has recruited Carlos, then, we must consider the use of Carlos, whether such a player can integrate into the Spanish team that pays attention to smooth cooperation, this is a problem!

And if you want to solve this problem, obviously, there is a ready-made role model, and that is to watch the game of Sporting Gijón and see how Leon solved it, and Sporting Gijón's recent games have not only won but also played beautifully, which is obviously very valuable for research.

Leon nodded, Coach Petrogi is a very pragmatic and courageous person, if he were to be replaced by other more stubborn and conservative Spaniards, he might even look down on Carlos's style of play and scoff at Carlos's characteristics.

What's interesting is that after Carlos came on the field, I don't know if it was because the two of them had a tacit understanding in Sporting Gijón, or because Carlos was in charge in the midfield, which made Mata feel calm, and Mata's performance began to improve.

This made Leon happy, and his players were doing well, which naturally satisfied him.

It was then that Juan Mata's inside break with the ball was a brilliant pull past the interceptor, who was tenacious and didn't give up, he caught up from the flank. (To be continued.) )