Chapter 256

Andrew's excitement is of course obvious to everyone, and he looked left and right and pulled Andrew up with a smile: "Come to this table to sit, the player's table is not very convenient." ”

"Huh?" Andrew was stunned, but he didn't know what was inconvenient, but since it was arranged by the staff, of course he didn't disagree with the old town.

However, the staff was afraid that he would think too much, so he coughed lightly and said: "Deportivo has a small physical activity before eating, which is used to relax the mood, and you shouldn't be too surprised when you see it." ”

The staff only made such a reminder for the second time in the process, the first time was in front of his head coach's office, he was stunned for a moment but knew that there must be something else, so he nodded and got up and stood aside.

At this moment, the table was also empty, the players did not go to eat, and they didn't know what they were waiting for, Andrew stood aside with bated breath, and the staff coughed lightly: "Is your football not yet available?" ”

"Uh, yes......" When he said this, he was still a little embarrassed, he wanted to ask as soon as he came over, but he had been visiting A Coruña, if it wasn't for the staff to mention it, he probably forgot about it.

But he's already been here to see and see the players and Juan! It's worth the trip!

"Then you wait and see." The staff smiled mysteriously, Andrew didn't understand, just turned his head to look at the situation on the players' side, but at a glance, he found that he didn't know when, Belleron had already held a golden football in his hand, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

However, the players did not move, and the coaches did not sit down, but only vaguely watched the whispers of the players around Juan as the center, and he could not make any moves, just stared at them with wide eyes.

The players sitting around there were very calm, pointing at him while discussing privately for a while before nodding at Juan's side, Juan smiled and patted Andrew on the shoulder: "Go ahead." ”

“？？？”

Andrew just took two steps forward, not knowing what he needed to do at the moment, just staring at the players in front of him who were smiling at him.

I don't know why, he felt a little out in his heart, and suddenly subconsciously wanted to look back to see what the coaches were reacting, at this time Diego López stepped forward and put something on his head as a hood, Andrew was startled, but he still subconsciously took it, and when he looked closely, he couldn't cry or laugh.

This is...... A basket?

"Later, all of our players will sit at the table, no one will be allowed to leave their positions, and we will use the way of passing headers to each other, starting with Figo." Diego López pointed to the people sitting at the table and said with a smile: "Finally, the captain, the ball is in your basket, that is your ball, and when the time comes, we will take you to the bench to watch the game, if you don't score, we can only give you a ticket to watch the game in the fan zone." ”

"Huh?" Andrew was stunned, he never thought that an unintentional lottery on the Internet would bring such an opportunity!

Andrew didn't know that at the beginning, Deportivo LaCoruna's original arrangement was to send him round-trip tickets and football tickets, and then charter a hotel for him.

When Juan arranged all this, no one thought it was incredible, and even Rondoiro tactfully reminded him that it would be a little too much?

Deportivo doesn't have such a big gift in its own lottery, why is it such a big prize when it's the turn of the public to draw the lottery? Although the public sponsorship is strong enough, Deportivo La Coruna does not need to do this......

Juan smiled and shook his head: "It's not just because of the masses...... Well, at least a little bit of weight is to give face to the public, otherwise we don't have to do this, but the most important thing is to hit our own brand. ”

"What do you mean?" Rondoiro was stunned for a moment.

"I just have this idea, it's nothing." Juan laughed, "But when the people come, we'll know if it's useful." ”

Although Rondoiro also knew that Juan had an arrangement, he was still a little unaccustomed to asking him to appear here to entertain people, but since Juan said that he had his own reasons, he didn't say much, just paid attention to the situation here, but he didn't show up.

When the situation is unclear, he will not move, and then react when it is confirmed, and he is still very chairman in this regard.

Juan laughed at his approach, he was also the chairman of his own family, and it was a good thing for him to be so cautious.

It was normal for young people to make mistakes, and it was not a bad thing for an older person to stop and think about it.

Andrew stood here nervously, his palms sweaty.

Even if he became a best-selling author in the future, when recalling this moment, he still sighed: "This is the most tense moment in my life, and I vaguely feel that my future will be changed, and everything is on that ball." ”

When writing this paragraph later, Andrew used this description -

However, Andrew obviously didn't die, and soon the players let go of him, he stood in place in a daze, holding the basket, blinking his eyes and reporting that he didn't react for a long time, and he came back to his senses when he heard the people around him laughing, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

"Okay, don't mess with our friends, there's training in the afternoon, hurry up and eat and rest for a while." Juan clapped his hands to stop everyone from continuing to watch the excitement, "We're going to face Atletico Madrid at home tonight, everyone knows what to do, right?" ”

Everyone's eyes shot a faint cold light, even Kaka, who had always looked like a sunny youth, was smiling, not at all looking nervous, Juan looked around slowly, and bowed slightly: "Let's eat." ”

Andrew didn't dare to breathe at this time, just tried his best to hold his eyes to look at the person in front of him, Juan knew that he was nervous now, turned his head and smiled at him: "Come here." ”

He nodded hurriedly to indicate that he understood.

Juan didn't mean it, in fact, his face still has a natural sense of distance that rejects people thousands of miles away, and there is a hint of sharpness in his temperament, and Andrew has a huge sense of pressure just by following him.

In fact, when he was around those players at the beginning, he also felt this way, but it was a few people who gave him this feeling, and everyone was not as temperamental as the person in front of him.

He didn't think it was strange at all about this, after all, this man was in charge of the entire club of Deportivo La Coruna, and if there was no more decisiveness in him, even he wouldn't believe it.

Andrew was also an eye-opener when eating, Deportivo is indeed a serious nutritious meal here, and there is not much on all kinds of spices, in order to avoid too much salt in the body, which leads to some follow-up problems due to the increased demand for water in the player's body, and it is not very bad in the dish, there is no fried and fried food, just like this, Andrew's eyes lit up.

Nothing else, at least in terms of taste and quality, the meal was no worse than those Michelin-starred restaurants.

After the meal, it was Deportivo La Coruna's free rest, Juan took Andrew to the edge of the training ground, and had a chat with him, Andrew was very nervous at first, but thanks to the company of several people around him, he gradually calmed down and answered Juan fluently.

"So you're from Argentina." Juan's eyes flashed with surprise, after all, La Liga teams, apart from giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, still have very few fans abroad - at most there are very few in European countries, let alone outside the continent.

After all, basically, if fans choose the team they support, they do so nearby, for example, the citizens of Madrid will choose the Madrid team to crowd, and the fans of A Coruña will find the team of A Coruña to crowd.

…… As for the Barcelona fans in Madrid, the Real Madrid fans in the Barcelona jurisdiction, it is not nothing, but they are rare.

So, a fan like him from South America is especially amazing.

"My father and mother are both from A Coruña and they went to Argentina and gave birth to me there, and under their influence I was a Deportivo fan since I was a child."

Juan nodded, it was not uncommon for Spaniards to emigrate to the outside, he understood this very well, and the round-trip air tickets were indeed not cheap, plus the weight of three people, they really couldn't afford it.

Juan patted him on the shoulder: "Speaking of which, I can show you the way." ”

"Huh?" Andrew blinked blankly, he didn't know what the little boss of Deportivo La Coruna thought, but he still nodded hesitantly. "Please."

He also knew that Juan was powerful, so even if he was older than Juan, he didn't mean to be big at all.

"I know you're not very wealthy right now." Juan smiled, "But you also told me just now that your father is a writer and your mother is a teacher, isn't it?" ”

Andrew nodded a little shyly, after all, he also knew his own family's affairs, his father was indeed a writer, but he couldn't sell anything, just contributed to magazines, and sometimes wrote articles for football magazines, maintaining his meager income.

His mother, on the other hand, is just a kindergarten teacher, and in Argentina, the so-called kindergarten and nursery teachers are no different from ordinary nannies, and their income is also not high.

He works in an auto repair shop, and although he is not very old, he should be like this for the rest of his life.

At this moment, as soon as he heard that Juan seemed to have a way, his eyes immediately lit up.

Juan smiled at him and said a word, Andrew was stunned for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he frowned; "This ...... Is it possible? ”

"Don't worry, Deportivo La Coruna and I will help you." Juan laughed. "And I've read the manuscript written by your father, it's pretty good, and you, as his son, are not bad either."

"But that's not a manuscript thing......" Andrew said anxiously, Juan was very calm, and waved his hand, "It's okay, you just think about it slowly, don't rush to agree." ”

After a pause, Juan smiled, "Or, should you watch tonight's game first?" ”

As soon as he talked about the game, his eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately nodded, Juan smiled and got up as well: "Wait a while for the players to come back to train, the training intensity in the afternoon will not be very large, after all, it is much better when playing in the evening." ”

The intensity of the afternoon training was indeed not very large, and Andrew sat on the edge of the court and watched with relish, and did not feel that there was anything boring, as if he could just watch it all the time.

Alan leaned over with some concern: "Juan, the chairman asked me to bring you a word. ”

"What?" Juan looked at the situation on the court very casually, the corner of his eye was still paying attention to Andrew's direction, but his answer did not show a casual appearance at all, he was very focused, and Alan coughed lightly.

"Whatever you do, he said, as long as it's not harmful to A Coruña."

Juan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "I want to ask the chairman, when did I do something to harm Deportivo La Coruna?" ”

When he asked with such a smile, Alan also coughed lightly and said quickly: "Of course I know, so tell the chairman, relax, just look at your situation here." ”

Juan raised his eyebrows: "Okay, Alan, it turns out that you are here to find me happy?" ”

Seeing that the two coaches on the sidelines of the stadium began to talk and laugh, the players were full of slander, but none of them dared to slow down.

Of course, who dares to slow down, the head-on is to choose a person to do one-on-one special training, even if it is Figo and Rui Costa, they are afraid of others, but when they think that their original child is standing there and looking at him with a smile, he suddenly has no idea.

How can you lose face in front of your own juniors!!

After the training session, Juan gathered the players together for the final speech, Andrew watched from afar, stretched his neck, this he also wanted to feel once, but he also knew that the team was classified at this time, and he couldn't step forward.

When Andrew felt that he was already looking forward to it, he was tapped on the shoulder, and when he looked back, the staff member who had been leading him was standing behind him with a smile, and handed over a sign with a smile: "Not here yet?" ”

“？？？” Andrew took the sign, only to feel a dizziness in front of his eyes.

An internal work permit for A Coruña! Although it was only a temporary sign, it was enough for him to be excited.

Soon it was time to go to the Riazor Stadium, and everyone began to prepare to get on the bus, but because it was in their own home stadium, most of them traveled lightly, and Andrew originally wanted to make a cameo appearance as a baggage officer to look at the luggage, but at this time staying in the logistics was also full of red light.

Speaking of his profession, it is not very important, just to fetch water for the players on the side of the field, and if the players' jerseys are torn, they will be given to change the jerseys, but he is still so happy that he gets carried away, but he has never had time to go to the locker room, and only after he has finished moving his things down is he was grabbed by others: "Oh, why are you still here, the players are about to enter the field!" ”

Andrew hurriedly followed the footsteps of the staff and ran quickly through the staff passage, and was soon sent to the edge of the court.

As soon as he came out of the narrow and even somewhat deep passage, he was greeted by the tsunami-like cries and cheers, this time not through the TV screen, but directly down in person, Andrew was stunned on the spot, almost so weak that he couldn't walk, the staff in front of him had long been used to it, so he looked back at him in surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

In his opinion, although Argentina is not as prosperous as La Liga, it is also a big football country, and the stadium there is much bigger than Deportivo La Coruna.

Originally, the Riazo Stadium was a medium-sized stadium, not big, and it could only be said to be barely enough, many fans wanted to change to a new stadium, so the Deportivo staff didn't think about it in this direction at all, and thought that he didn't know what to do next, so he was a little dazed and pulled him: "Let's go, let's go to the coach's seat and wait." ”

Andrew nodded hurriedly, followed the person and ran up, and when he arrived at his coach's seat, he happened to catch Juan and strolled back after saying hello, and noticed the current appearance of the two of them, and was suddenly a little surprised: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's a little wrong in the middle." The staff wiped a handful of sweat and said without changing their faces.

Juan raised an eyebrow.

Going the wrong way? This is more familiar with the Riazor Stadium than him, and there is no complicated distance in the whole stadium, so he doesn't believe it at all.

But since this person has already given a reason, the game is at the head, Juan is not a person who can't figure out what to do, he glanced at him and Andrew lightly, nodded, and then turned to look at the players' tunnel, obviously not paying attention here.

The staff breathed a sigh of relief and patted Andrew on the shoulder, and the two of them immediately sat down on the bench with their waists bent.

Andrew took a deep breath and looked up to the left and right, and this was indeed the best place to watch the team play...... The closest to the stadium and the deepest feeling.

And at the front of them is Juan Díaz.

Seeing the back as tall as a green pine, Andrew breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been clenched since yesterday, miraculously calmed down at this moment.

He looked left and right, at this time Deportivo LaCoruna's substitutes had not yet played, and basically the logistics staff were still busy here, but everyone had a smile on their faces, and it was clear that they were not nervous about the game at all.

Indeed, what's there to be nervous about? On the opposite side, Deportivo is not afraid at all!

On the contrary, they still have an account to settle......

Ze Castro came to their captain Figo immediately after the last game, and expressed his apology, vaguely saying that it was not his own wishes, Figo and Juan both understood and did not mean to embarrass him, but they all wrote Murcia in their hearts.

And this game is clearly the time to settle scores.

In the last game, they saved face for Atletico - although it was a big win, but it did not produce an extremely terrible scoreline, at least on the side of Deportivo La Coruna, it seems to be very face-saving, what Atletico Madrid's top brass and Murcia himself think is not under their jurisdiction.

Obviously, the last game made Atletico Madrid's side hold a grudge, originally it was logically said that the last game was already four goals behind, and there was no possibility of a detour in this game.

That Coruna is the grandmaster of turning the tables, and it is basically impossible to turn over their games in front of them, which should be known even if Atletico Madrid is carried away......

However, I have to say that they are really dazed at the moment, and they still sent a team of main forces, obviously this is to continue to fight to the death with Deportivo La Coruna, seeing this, Juan immediately wanted to sneer.

Andrew was looking around, but he heard a person next to him, sneering and saying, "If you don't know what to do, you have to have a limit......

He looked back and suddenly wondered, "Why are you here?" "The person who spoke was Allen, and he should have assisted each other in front of Juan at this time, as an assistant coach, shouldn't he be waiting by the head coach's side at this moment?

Alan saw what he was thinking, shook his head and smiled and pointed to the person in front of him: "Look at our head coach, is he the kind of person who needs someone else to come up with an idea?" ”

Andrew opened his mouth, speechless. He certainly knew that throughout A Coruña, the name Juan Díaz represented one meaning – "to say one or the other".

Alan smiled at him, "Trust me, and trust Juan, he's going to put on a good show for us." ”

Andrew nodded, his expectant gaze on the figure standing on the edge of the pitch as tall as a green pine.

Juan didn't feel the eyes of the people behind him, but he didn't care, his eyes were staring straight at Murcia's body, staring at the other party like a man's back.

Murcia himself is also a fierce person, and after being stared at by him, he also glared at him fiercely, at least on the surface, Juan smiled.

After some pre-match preparations, the players of both teams finally stood on the pitch and guessed the coin, this time with Atletico Madrid.

Simeone ran on the pitch with caution, he knew how powerful Deportivo La Coruna was, and he also knew that if he stepped forward so rashly at this time, it was very likely that the ball would be cut off, but he didn't know what kind of arrangement Deportivo was on the other side or what kind of arrangement, so he could only make some temptations.

- That Coruna changed the formation again today, and then everyone watching felt a little confused.

Deportivo on the opposite side seemed to have changed teams, and if it weren't for their goalkeeper or Diego López, and their captain Juan Bellerón had calmly guessed the coin, everyone would have thought it would be incredible.

Deportivo La Coruna's starting line-up for today -

Goalkeeper, Diego López.

Defenders, Juan Sorin, Capdevilla, Pablo Ibanez, Thiago Silva.

Midfielders, David Silva, Juan Bellerón, Kaka.

Front, Portillo, Morientes, Postiga.

Yes, Postiga!

The Portuguese youngster is finally back on the pitch after a lengthy period of surgery and recovering from training, and Deportivo La Coruna's official Weibo congratulates him.

He can see it himself, he knows that after half a season, everyone has made all kinds of progress, so when he is a newcomer, he sharpens himself, his personality is much more stable, and he is meticulous in training, Quaresma was a little unaccustomed at the beginning, and then he gradually got better.

Now Postiga is also back to the team, and he has been training normally for more than a month, although he has not had the opportunity to fight, but in the team's simulation game, Postiga performed very well, so Juan directly replaced him temporarily - originally his idea should be to use Diego Forlan.

However, Diego Forlan himself was calm and did not show any objection to this, but Juan himself felt that he owed her something and took the initiative to let him play in the next European Super Cup.

As for why not play that game for Postiga?

…… Just kidding, Sevilla's famous reputation is known throughout La Liga, and if Postiga just came out of the hospital and lay back a few days later, how would it be good?

In this game, although Atletico Madrid hated Deportivo La Coruna, Juan who felt that he had the help of Atletico Madrid players was not afraid.

To be honest, Deportivo La Coruna's lineup is really heart-wrenching.

…… Young, too young.

Now almost all La Liga teams know that Deportivo La Coruna has a tradition of old people with new players, and now there is indeed an old player in the front, middle and back field......

But the current lineup on the court is a little too young, although the lineup used is 433, but can it play the power of 433?

I'm afraid it's a little hard, right?

Simeone obviously felt the same way, he squinted his eyes and looked at the front of the court, and his colleague assessed La Cruña's current lineup, and suddenly sneered in his heart.

After Redondo's retirement, Deportivo La Coruna's interception ability plummeted, so they had to find another formation to rehearse, which is something everyone is sure of, but take a closer look at the line-up and formation in front of them.

The interception ability of the three people in the front court is almost not placed in him, and the three people in the midfield are all strong in attack and weak in defense, even if that Gago is a little more balanced, let alone in the backfield......

Capdevilla can also be regarded as a veteran of Atletico Madrid, Simeone thinks he knows him very well, and this person has absolutely no possibility of stopping him!

As for the other three, the only one he needed to be afraid of was Juan Thorin, and the other two boys were directly ignored by him.

But two lads in their early twenties, or defenders, what can they do?

So he concluded that there was no one in the scene who could stop him!

Soon, however, Simeone paid the price for his contempt.

When the football was snatched from under his feet, he was even a little stunned, only to look back, the other party even had the strength to smile at him before leaving, with the ball rushed two steps and then crossed, the football flew far to the left front, controlled by Belleron at his feet.

Simeone took a deep breath and turned his head again with a very serious expression. "I didn't expect you to progress to this point now."

The person who stopped him was Capdevilla, and when he heard his words, he couldn't help but laugh: "What he said is so unreasonable, don't I have room for improvement?" ”

Simeone was speechless for a while, after all, the miracle that Deportivo created last season is obvious to all, everyone was waiting for Deportivo to plant a big heel at the beginning of the season, so that the other teams can balance their minds, but Deportivo La Coruna does not seem to have any intention of doing so, and slapped Atletico Madrid in the face in three or two.

Simeone didn't say much, took a deep breath, and immediately prepared to turn his head and leave, when Capdevilla immediately stood in front of him.

Simeone frowned: "You can't stop me." ”

Capdevilla nodded happily, he still had this self-knowledge: "I don't need to stop you, as long as you stay here for a minute or two." ”

A minute or two? Can you do an achievement in a minute or two, let him send something?

Simeone frowned, and before he could figure it out, he just turned his eyes and saw a scene that made him shocked.

Belleron has passed the football to Kaka at this moment, and the Brazilian teenager will ask for the number 22 as soon as he arrives, and at this moment, it is this aqua blue No. 22 who is rushing into the opponent's penalty area, and no one can stop him in terms of light speed and destructive power.

Deportivo La Coruna's jersey this season has changed a little bit, and there are basically no changes, except that the color of the jersey has become lighter, but in order to distinguish it from the Argentine national team, it has not been deliberately made sky blue, and the stripes are thinner.

A simple home shirt colour like Deportivo La Coruna is also uncommon in La Liga, and many have set their sights on Real Madrid in an attempt to find a similarity between the two teams, but neither Juan nor Florentino have given them that chance.

Kaka's expression was very calm, and his task in this game was to cause great problems for the opposing team.

It may seem like a strange task, but it's actually quite simple.

When Kaka was young, his bone age developed slowly, which led to his fear of physical confrontation when he was a teenager, and later although his body gradually improved, and he grew to a tall figure of 1.87 meters, the impact on the enemy at that time still remained.

When he was young, he was not in good health, and he didn't dare to make physical confrontations with the other party at all, but it was precisely because of this that his ball awareness, blocking, running and ball protection were much better than other peers, and he was taken care of by a lot of demons when he was in AC Milan, and no one could stop him after his body grew up.

…… For example, three of Atletico's defenders have come out of the four, but none of the three and Kaka have been able to catch him or even stop him.

Seeing that something was about to happen, the three of Atletico Madrid looked at each other, gritted their teeth and were about to use foul tactics, Kaka of course couldn't let them succeed, just a little attention knew that they had such thoughts, and immediately did not stick to the ball, and passed the ball directly to the front.

Atletico's defenders were stunned.

When the three of them came up to chase and intercept Kaka, before they knew it, they were actually transferred out of their position by him, and a large area was vacated - mainly because Kakaten moved too fast, and he couldn't make people react, and they thought they were still in the familiar realm.

It's good now...... One-on-three! And those three people are all good shooters, no matter who gets the ball first, Atletico can only ask for more blessings at that time.

Unless the person receiving the ball is their own family, then they can still have a little hope......

But soon something happened that made them feel a little hopeless.

The person who received the ball was not his own family, but Postiga, it seems that although Kaka passed the ball very calmly just now, he didn't notice the direction of the ball for a while, otherwise, he would definitely pass in the direction of Portillo or Morientes, not the direction of Postiga, who has not played for a long time.

But is that really the case?

Postiga was also a little tired when he received the ball, and he subconsciously looked at Portillo, only for the Spanish team-mate to shake his head at him, so Postiga looked at Morientes again, who smiled at him.

Postiga saw him smile, and his heart suddenly loosened and wanted to pass the ball out, but who knew that his two eyes were delayed, and Atletico Madrid's defender was about to pounce, and Postiga, who immediately knew that it was not good, immediately took two steps back cautiously with the ball, and the shooter's instinct made him subconsciously look in the direction of the goal.

However, it was this glance that he was stunned for a moment, and then he realized something in his heart.

- Originally, after returning to the team, everyone showed a warm welcome, except for Juan himself, he was still worried in his heart, thinking that Juan was going to see his own ability before deciding to stay, and suddenly he didn't dare to get too carried away and encouraged training, so he got the opportunity to play.

But at this time, Portillo and Morientes were in a better position than him, but both of them looked like they had no intention of scoring goals, and they both looked at him with smiles, and the meaning was self-evident.

Postiga's heart was hot, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.

What he thought was nothing more than his own cranky thoughts, Juan told him in his own way - welcome back!

Taking a deep breath, Postiga no longer hesitated, and stared at the person in front of him calmly with the football, the other party was also very cautious, obviously to prevent him from passing the football out, so he was very close.

Postiga smiled, took a deep breath, the muscles in his calves tensed, and the speed exploded instantly!

The ball arced in a rainbow, and Postiga came through it like a wisp of smoke, and before everyone could react, the arch of his foot was already whipped on the ball like a whip.

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