"Be careful, de la Pena, he's the soul of the Spaniard's midfield, limit him, don't give him an easy chance to get the ball. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Leon said, glancing at Carlos as he spoke. As the team's strongest defensive barrier in midfield today, Leon handed Carlos the task of defending De la Pena.

Leon didn't notice the nervous Benzema, in fact, he included Benzema in the team's eighteen-man squad today, mainly to let Benzema feel the atmosphere of the game up close, Benzema has almost no chance to play, because even if there is an injury to the striker, there is still the veteran McGur Pihra on the bench, unless there is really no one available, it is not Benzema's turn to play.

Therefore, Li Ang just noticed Benzema's nervousness and would not say anything, which is exactly what he asked Benzema to feel on the bench and feel the game up close.

"This is our home stadium, we won away against Zaragoza, but we haven't won at home in the new season, the Spaniards don't have to be afraid, give them a little bit of a look, guys!" Leon grinned and clenched his fists.

Seeing the manager's confidence, the atmosphere in the dressing room became enthusiastic.

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The race has begun.

Li Ang sat in the coach's box, don't look at what he said in the locker room, it seems to be a little relaxed, but he knows that this game is not easy, and if he wants to win, it can even be said that it is more difficult.

If he remembers correctly, the Spaniard had an exceptional 2004/2005 season and was the dark horse of the season, finishing fifth in La Liga by just one point behind Real Betis.

However, for this opponent, Leon stayed up late for several days in a row, and he consciously analyzed and studied it more thoroughly, in other words, he felt that he had his finger on the pulse of Spain - he had found the weakness of the Spaniards!

On the court, after De La Pena got the ball, a beautiful escape made Carlos who defended him a little embarrassed, however, Carlos then strode up and hit it directly with his body, De La Pena fell to the ground, and Carlos used a tactical foul to stop an offensive from the Spaniards.

Leon's eyes narrowed, and as he expected, De la Pena was the Spaniard's most dangerous player today. Carlos' tactical foul was timely and smart, though. For such a foul, the referee will not play a card, but he can prevent an offensive of the opponent very well.

Now 29 years old de la Pena debuted very early, Ronaldo was basically the main force when he played for Barcelona, and many of Ronaldo's goals can also be seen in his figure.

In the first season of Dutch coach Louis van Gaal's first season at Barcelona, that is, in the first half of the 1997/1998 season, when Pep Guardiola was injured, Van Gaal's 343 squad was still in the run-in period, and the team's attack was weak.

However, since the start of the second half of the season, there has been a conflict between De La Pena's overly strong core awareness and Van Gaal's tactical thinking: Van Gaal's requirements for the No. 4 position are nailed in the center circle, combing the control and advancement of the backfield, while De La Pena is more inclined to participate in the attack, especially De La Pena's forward pressure to occupy the forward position to implement key planning and final passes, the result of such a conflict, Van Gaal soon banished De La Pena to the bench, preferring to use Celades, who has mediocre personal ability but abides by Van Gaal's tactical discipline. Later, Van Gaal promoted Xavi, and there was no place for De la Pena.

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Or to put it more bluntly, De La Pena is not a European team player, talented but requires his teammates to keep up with their thinking, and has a strong sense of randomness, which is basically intolerable for a coach like Van Gaal's strict procedural control flow. Movement off the ball and defensively are not comparable to Xavi.

In terms of individual ability, De la Pena has slightly better skills but physical fitness, and can only play around the front midfield, but not just front, and the lack of teamwork ability and no defense will be more obvious when he retreats.

Therefore, Leon specially arranged for Carlos to 'take special care' of de la Pena, and Sporting Gijón's 'little Gattuso' is a good weapon against de la Pena.

In Leon's eyes, de la Pena was the sharpest weapon of the Spaniards, but it was also the most vulnerable!

In terms of attack, the Spaniards mainly rely on two people, De La Pena and Tamudo on the front line, but as long as De La Pena can not play a role, Tamudo on the front line will be difficult to support.

The strongest point of the Spaniards, if Sporting Gijón handles it well, can turn this strongest point into the weakness of the Spaniards!

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Benzema sat on the bench and the young French boy watched the game with surprise and nervous eyes, and for him it was the first time he had been so close to a first-team game. For a sixteen-year-old, it's a fantastic feeling.

Of course, he was still nervous. To be more precise, nervous and excited.

He stole a glance at the head coach of the coach's box, Li Ang, and the kid was wondering, would the coach send him on the field?

The game went reasonably well, and although it cannot be said that Sporting Gijón were in control of the game, they were constantly trying to threaten the Espanyol goal.

Sporting Gijón and the visiting Spaniards fought in the midfield, and the core of the Espanyol midfield, De La Pena, was caught in hand-to-hand combat with Carlos, but it was clear that this was not de la Pena's strong point, and without the organization of La Pena, the Spaniards were not able to develop.

When the opponent's attack is temporarily unable to threaten the defensive line, it is time to show the strength of the attack.

Before the game, Leon told Ribery and Mata that what they thought in this game was to keep breaking through on the flanks and constantly torturing the Spaniards, especially Ribery on the left, and Leon gave him the task of using Ribery's speed and breakthrough to make the Spaniard's right-back Pochettino collapse.

Thirty-two-year-old Argentine veteran Pochettino, Li Ang is very familiar with this person, in fact, many Chinese fans are also familiar with this person, fans who watched the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, they will definitely remember this Argentine defender, in that World Cup, Pochettino was the main defender of the Argentine team. But he tripped Owen in the box with an outstretched foot in the box against England in the group stage, which led to a penalty for David Beckham. And it was this penalty that allowed Argentina to lose to England and failed to break through from the group, and Pochettino was once considered the sinner of Argentina's premature exit.

The Argentine veteran is 'old', and his slow turn is his shortcoming, and Leon makes Ribery frequently burst Pochettino, which is obviously full of malice.

Thirty minutes into the game, Pochettino gasped for breath, he felt tired, even though he had only played 30 minutes, but he felt as if he had played half the game, tired, not only physically, but also mentally.

The little man with a terrifying scar on his face at Sporting Gijón frequently broke through his side, like the tide of the sea, wave after wave, wave after wave, endlessly...... It made him a little breathless.

ps: The third update, you are big, weak and ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket in December.

This chapter is supplemented by 9/44. (To be continued.) )