Chapter 78

The next morning, Deportivo La Coruna continued to train as usual, but before the training began, everyone gathered together in a rare early place.

"Eh, do you think Juan hates the cake we prepared for him?" When he asked this sentence, Thiago was very nervous, after all, he was the one who caused trouble yesterday, so he was very worried today, and if he took the initiative to step forward later, would it be the life of being abused?

"I don't think it's annoying." Belleron hesitated for a moment and said, "Wang, uh...... Fair said he still prefers the flavor. ”

Because the renaming rate of the whole team is too high, everyone has put a lot of thought into the title, but Belleron really can't call Redondo's "prince" nickname, and it doesn't seem appropriate to call him "big guy", so he can only compromise for Fair.

"What about the big guy?" David Lewis looked left and right without any psychological pressure. "Not here yet?"

"He's going to pick up Juan today." Everyone did the math, and it seems that this is indeed the case.

"Why don't we hide the cake first?" This mention was unanimously agreed by everyone, after all, today is the twenty-second birthday of their head coach! Although looking at the Arabic numeral twenty-two on the cake, most of the people present had mixed feelings......

When they managed to hide the cake, Juan and Redondo were late, but when they entered, Redondo's face seemed to contain a storm, while Juan followed with a calm face.

- And most importantly, why does he have a scar on his face?

The wound was still very new, a faint trace, but it was particularly conspicuous in Juan's pale complexion, which resembled that of a Nordic man, and this person still looked very normal, and did not seem to feel anything wrong with his face at all.

"Morning, everybody." Juan nodded calmly at everyone and began to arrange today's training tasks, while Redondo squinted his eyes as if an explosion was brewing.

Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, so they could only keep their heads down and wait for Juan to arrange the task, and as soon as Juan finished speaking, all of them couldn't help but rush out, and they didn't dare to start panting until they were on the court, and they looked at each other a little inexplicably.

"What's going on?" "It's the coach's birthday...... "Yes, but why does it look like the big guy is angry?"

Seeing that everyone had run away, Juan couldn't help but sigh and turned his head: "Big guy, you scared them." ”

Redondo didn't say a word, his eyes only stared at his face, especially the wound on his face, Juan touched his cheek, very helpless: "It's really not Igor's doing." ”

"I know." Redondo finally spoke, his voice low, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have let him go back to Madrid so easily." ”

Big guy, what's the matter with your father-in-law's resentful tone towards his son-in-law?

Juan didn't bother to complain about him, so he could only ask very weakly: "Then what are you angry about?" ”

"You haven't told me where this scar came from." What Redondo didn't say was that when he rang Juan's doorbell in the morning and saw Igor Casillas there, his first reaction was to see if there were any paparazzi around, and his second reaction was to immediately turn around and lock the door, and then glared at him...... Scars on the face.

He was suspicious of Casillas at the first time, and he didn't know when he came, but seeing that Juan and he didn't want to say more, he didn't say anything, but turned around and put the Spaniard on the plane back to Madrid, and then took the person all the way to the training camp in a low pressure.

"This scar......" Juan sighed, "it's a long story, where do you want to start?" ”

"From the beginning." Redondo crossed his shoulders with his hands, ready to listen to this man make up a reason, but he couldn't help frowning at the beginning.

Juan's surprise visit from Casillas was a pleasant night out in A Coruña, but the two of them didn't do anything - Juan emphasized that the two of them were just casual chatter, and nothing discordant.

And it was because of the two of them chatting that Juan's home was attacked.

I don't know who threw a stone in from the outside and smashed the glass of Juan's house directly, and the two of them almost immediately rushed out of the house, but the other party was really cunning, and the two cooperated to chase and intercept the person but failed to catch that person, and what was even worse was that the two of them came back to see that the house was in a mess.

"Thieves? Bandit? Casillas asked uneasily, subconsciously frowning his brow.

"Nope." Juan was silent for a moment, now standing in front of the smashed window, carefully examining his surroundings, and soon found the culprit under a chair - a small arrow with a stone tied to it.

Juan untied the ribbon that bound the stone and looked at it over and over again.

"Igor."

The Spaniard, whose name was called, subconsciously looked over, Juan smiled bitterly, and handed him the stone in his hand: "It seems that someone really wants me to die." ”

The stone had the words "Die" written on it, and the red paint was deliberately used, and it looked like it was intended to send Juan directly to hell, and it was not at all a joy to receive such a gift in the early hours of his twenty-second birthday.

"You can call the police, right?" Cassie is simply on fire, after all, no matter what, his sweetheart is threatened on his own turf, isn't it a very funny thing?

"No need to call the police," Juan took a deep breath and patted the couch, "Actually, I know who it is." ”

Casillas, who originally wanted to sit down, immediately jumped up: "Who is it?!" ”

And at this time, Redondo also asked in a deep voice: "Who is it?" ”

Seeing that the person in front of him had begun to continue to be angry, Juan smiled helplessly: "I won't say the name of that person until there is conclusive evidence, but once there is evidence, I will let him get the price he deserves." ”

Obviously, Juan was already confident, and no matter how he looked at it, he looked like he was already full of energy and ready to do something, Redondo sighed and softened his expression: "Since that's the case, I won't say anything more, you can do it yourself." ”

"Okay." Juan smiled and was just about to leave the locker room, when he heard Redondo ask unhurriedly behind him, "But you haven't told me yet, what's the matter with the wound on your face?" ”

"......" Juan paused, then looked back and smiled: "If I said that I accidentally fell when I went out to chase someone, would you hit me?" ”

"You fought the man?" Redondo immediately grasped the possible point.

"No, I fell on my own." Juan replied firmly.

......Seeing that this person really didn't want to tell the truth, Redondo could only stop there, and Juan could be regarded as escaping, but during training, Coach Laco found that everyone's attention would still focus on his face, and I don't know if the scars on his face were too obvious.

Does it really look that scary?

Juan touched his face in frustration, and just as he was thinking, someone next to him began to make a fuss, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Thiago Silva walking towards him with a blushing face.

Although he didn't know what was wrong with him, Juan had a way to calm him down immediately and speak well: "What, Special Training? ”

Sure enough, the Brazilian youngster's face turned white almost immediately, but he was very firm, and after subconsciously shaking his head, he still stayed in place and did not move, which surprised Juan, after all, at this time, everyone who has a problem runs away.

"Well, that, I'm here to apologize for my mistake yesterday." Thiago closed his eyes and said quickly, but the person in front of him didn't react at all, which made his heart sink deeply.

If Juan doesn't react at this time, what will he do later? TAT

Thiago wept bitterly in his heart, but on the face of it, he was still a good young man who was nervous: "So, I would like to make up for my mistakes......"

Juan understood, at this time, the basic training has ended, and although the day's training session is long, it is almost over, this kid is going to automatically add classes to tutor?

Alas, how else he just likes this kind of diligent and conscious player!

Juan realized that he had already gotten the Brazilian youngster's point, so he patted the youngster's head: "I'm sorry, Thiago, although I would like to train with you too......"

Thiago: No, I don't want to train with you at all!

"But, you saw it too." Juan continued, with a face full of regret, "I came today in a suit and leather shoes, which are not suitable for football. ”

- No, you expected that you might be beaten by Brother Dong today, so you just ran away?!

"Why don't I get you a few other people to practice?" Juan rolled his eyes, and at a glance he took a fancy to Messi on the side, he opened his mouth and was just about to scream, Thiago was so frightened that he immediately opened his mouth to grab a white meal: "No need!!" I, I just wanted to say that I ......"

"What?" Juan's expression was a pleasant face.

"Me, I just want to say, is there a big problem with my technology?" Thiago mustered up the courage to speak, and he did his best to attract Juan's attention!

"Technology." Juan pondered for a moment, "It's true that you have a little problem with advancement, but it's not a big problem. ”

If a player like Roy Keane only needs to adjust a few minor issues, then trust like Thiago needs to be carefully and seriously adjusted from the beginning, otherwise it is easy to take a detour, and Juan has high expectations for the Brazilian youngster.

When he stood on the sideline and guided the Brazilian youngster very seriously, he didn't notice a few people sneaking into the dressing room, and then sneaking out with a small cake, and when Juan turned around, he saw Messi standing at the front with the cake, and a group of people around Laco in the back???

Juan was a little confused, what is the situation?

But he soon learned what was going on, and when David Lewis pressed everyone's "Happy Birthday" with an out-of-tune voice, almost everyone looked at it with a single line in their eyes.

Don't sing the boy, it's not a happy birthday if you continue, it's "We will always remember you" (a must-have song for funerals)......

"You're going to give me a birthday?" Juan couldn't help but laugh. "Actually, no, yesterday's victory was a good birthday present."

When it came to last night's game, everyone's eyes began to be unfriendly again, but Juan still didn't say anything more with dignity, but organized everyone to share the cake together, after all, it was a yogurt cake, which would not add much burden to their bodies.

Messi seems to love these high-calorie foods, Juan looks at Messi's empty plate, and then at the big mess cake that everyone has made, and generously hands over the cake that he hasn't touched much.

"No, I've got enough." That being said, Messi's eyes were shining, and Juan helped him block the sight of the Argentine stars very righteously, and handed the plate over again: "You're welcome." ”

His birthday was spent in such a harmonious environment, but what made Juan very concerned was that his sister and aunt didn't send him a text or a phone call all day, which was really a rare thing.

Have they forgotten? Juan pondered for a moment, unsure, and finally decided to forget about it.

While strolling home, Juan received a "gift" from his sister, a phone call.

"Why don't you sue me if this happens?" Eugenia was obviously very angry on the other end of the phone, and Juan was also a little helpless about this: "Is Igor suing you?" ”

"And I checked it myself, thanks to the fact that I usually pay attention to the dynamics on your side, otherwise would you want me to know about it from the newspaper?" Eugenia is about to explode, her brother is not worried at all, and if he is wronged, he will talk to her sister!

"I'm not going to let the newspapers report it." Juan smiled helplessly, "Today is my birthday, don't you want to wish me a happy birthday?" ”

"Hmph." The woman on the phone snorted coldly, "Someone smashed the window on your birthday, and you can still go to work so calmly, aren't you afraid that someone will steal everything for you?" ”

"I've locked the door properly." Juan was helpless, and his sister seemed to treat him like a child.

"Okay, I trust you." Eugenia said reluctantly, and the sister and brother chatted for a while, and Eugenia said casually as if she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I forgot to tell you, I just found out that someone is putting up = interest-loan, and it turned out to be a drug-dealer." ”

“？” Juan was stunned, "So? ”

What do these things have to do with him?

"The guy who borrowed loan sharks to buy drugs = products, he used to be a player, he played in Casstilla, I checked it a little, he retired a long time ago, and since then he has been in a slump and has embarked on the road of drug trafficking." Eugenia said meaningfully, "Do you think it has anything to do with you?" ”

Juan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but start smiling bitterly.

"So, he's really doing some kind of illegal trading now."

"Yes, and it seems that there is something wrong with the goods, and now it is being chased by two people, so you should be careful yourself." Eugenia said when she sensed something was wrong. "'Indeed'? Looks like you have it in mind? ”

"I know a little bit." Juan sighed softly, "He came to me last night, smashed my windows, and rummaged through my house. "Shall I say that fortunately he has nothing of value in his house?

"Sure enough, it's him!" Eugenia snorted, and Juan could even feel the murderous aura overflowing from the other end of the phone. "And then?"

"Then I caught up with him and wrestled with him a bit." Juan saw the scar on his face in the window, and he subconsciously stroked it, and his voice was very cold. "His mental condition is indeed abnormal, and he even threatened me that if I don't give him 100 million in three days, he will kill all of Laco's players one by one."

The voice of gasping on the phone was very obvious: "He means to exchange the lives of these twenty-three players for 100 million euros?" ”

"I don't know what he's thinking." Juan said softly, "But I know that there is a way to deal with him." ”

Eugenia was silent for a moment before speaking, "Juan, leave this matter to us. Don't rush to shirk it yet, after all, this person is a citizen of Spain, and if he counts him, he is also a Castilian, which is our shame. ”

-- At this time, the Castilian is not only referring to Real Madrid's youth training, but also referring to the Spanish ethnic race, which is indeed a standard Castilian.

"What do you want to do?" Juan asked helplessly, "Whether from the perspective of the law or any other point of view, he is at most a sentence, the kind of forty years in prison." "There are no life sentences in Spain, and even imprisonment is divided into several categories, which are very complicated, and most importantly, there is no death penalty.

Eugenia naturally knew it, so she was subconsciously silent, and it took a long time before she asked, "Then do you have any ideas?" ”

"There's one." When he said this, the expression on Juan's face was very indifferent. "But maybe I should ask my aunt for her opinion."

When Eugenia's mother and daughter were on the phone, her mother also learned about what happened here from another channel, and she was still very concerned about this young man, who was raised almost like her own son, in a place she didn't know, and after a while, the woman asked: "I heard that there are a few ace reporters on the average TV station?" ”

Eugenia was stunned: "Indeed, they are basically more experienced and powerful reporters, or they are the signature of this newspaper...... You mean? ”

"He's in a lesser-known newspaper now, right?" The woman replied in a casual voice, the cold light in her eyes flashing, "Let's see what can be done to make him famous." ”

-- This is not a well-intentioned thought, and although it seems to be good, it actually puts oneself in the greatest danger.

This person can carry two acts of "drug trafficking" and "high interest - loan", which are absolutely illegal in Spain.

Prison, this person is seated, but whether the punishment can be increased as appropriate, this is what they have to study.

"And if he wants to keep a low profile, or to escape the pursuit, there will always be a time when he is cornered." The person on the phone sneered twice, "It's hard to spend money to get a person fired, but isn't it still easy to get him promoted?" ”

Now that someone has come to help him with this, Juan puts it aside for the time being and concentrates on preparing for the game, in fact, because Laco is the first team to start the schedule, they still have an important tournament to prepare for in between the first and second rounds of the league.

Copa del Rey.

The format of the Copa del Rey is very different from that of the league, which combines the four divisions of Spain in the knockout rounds, with La Liga, La B, La C, and the D clubs in the qualifying round playing together, with the third division earning enough money for a year with a single game against a La Liga team.

Broadcast fees, ticket income, and the opportunity to get in touch with big names at zero distance, great value!

Clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia don't attach much importance to the Copa del Rey because it can be said to be a cup competition to assist small clubs, and what does the development of local football and the operation of small clubs have to do with them? And if your baby player is not injured in the league, but he is injured to a D club, how unjust should it be?

→ one of our players against your first team of players, can you afford to lose?!

With this belief, most La Liga teams send substitute players or their own youth academy to train when they participate in the competition, which plays a role in training, and Deportivo La Coruna is no exception.

Juan looked back at his uncles, and a few of them were reluctant to play in the league, just waiting to be careful in the Champions League, let alone the Copa del Rey?

So in the club's second game, the youngsters got the opportunity to play, and this time Thiago still played, which made the opposing club very full of expectations.

Maybe they can have an own goal?

Thiago, of course, didn't know that he was expected so much, and in fact he was almost tossed to death at the club these days.

First of all, he was the sparring partner of the big guy group, facing one big guy after another, he only took three days from being flattered at the beginning, trembling to numbness, during these three days, he can be said to be crawling and rolling, wandering between tiredness and immobility every day, and I don't know where Lako's rehabilitation teacher dug it from, and there is a way for him to continue to be whipped the next day......

However, it is obvious that such massive training still has a certain effect, at least he is very confident now.

Nonsense! If he didn't have the confidence to be nervous, he wouldn't have been beaten to death by the bigwigs! Especially in Romario, the Brazilian lone wolf said very righteously: "We Brazilians, we must have the consciousness of 'even if I can't play football, I can continue to play with peace of mind'!" ”

The Brazilian teenager looked up at the tall but majestic figure of his predecessors, and finally didn't say the sentence "Isn't this shameless" for a long time.

This game is away again, Deportivo is against Real Orvieto, a La Liga team, not a very weak opponent, perennial and Castilla compete for the title of La B champion, but now that Castile has been promoted, and they continue to crawl in La B B.

As a sign of respect for Royal Orvieto, Juan released several small beasts that had been confined to the training camp.

"The starting line-up for the Copa del Rey is—" Juan looked down, "Lux; Pablo Ibanez, Angelos Basinas, David Luiz, Thiago Silva; David Silva, Fernando Gago, Juan Bellero; Diego Forlan, Diodorus Zagorakis, Leo Messi. ”

A few newcomers, except for a few, Ibanez and the two Silvas lack a lot of game accumulation, Belleron as the captain can stabilize the morale of the army when necessary, and with David Silva and Gago to grow, it is also more opportunities to learn, as for the three in the front, he is not worried at all.

Zagorakis is the captain of the Greek national team, his reading skills on the pitch are not bad, the only thing that limits him is his nationality, and Diego Forlan is also a very spiritual young man, Juan found out when he was in Carrington, as for Leo Messi -

Juan is not worried at all, this thing is definitely a fierce beast of fierce beasts, a fighter of fighter jets.

A few little monsters that lack the game and are waiting to be fed are released to play, and there are a few seniors on the field who don't want to take off, and the bigwigs are in the mood to go to the away coach's seat with him, which can be regarded as a town, basically this match is still very reasonable.

Although sometimes, when he deliberately went to someone else's home stadium, Deportivo La Coruna's bench was more eye-catching than the game on the field......

Juan sat calmly on the bench and shared snacks with Riquelme next to him, although he only had a little coaching experience, but basically everyone knew that he had a habit of eating in the middle of the game, and everyone was used to it.

"A Coruña is really calm, I don't know if they will usher in a three-front battle, what will they do then?" The reporters at the scene said worriedly, in fact, the matches in the second division are generally not concerned, but who called their opponents so topical?

"I think with the situation they have on the field now, it is necessary to play on three fronts." His partner looked at the situation on the field and sighed, "You said that it was supposed to be a good game, and it was really good to give Deportivo a one-sided hanging?" ”

"But this is really surprising, I didn't expect that there is also a group of demons on the bench of Deportivo such a dragon and a crouching tiger."

As he said this, the ball had already passed from Juan Bellerón's feet to the front court, this time Laco was a very common 4-3-3 tactic, and most of the players who came up were still unknown, and everyone thought it would be a boring game, but looking at it, the whole audience was going to be enthusiastic.

Compared with the cautiousness and step-by-step action of the bigwigs in the league, these children are too enthusiastic!

Especially the number 25 of A Coruña, the young man who is not tall and has long hair, how can he be so agile in the movements of his feet? I can't see what he did in the blink of an eye, and the person has already been left behind!

In his familiar formation, Fernando Gago played his ability, as a player with a very similar style of play to Redondo, his main task is to intercept in the midfield, although he did not say that he blocked all the ball at once, but he also shared a lot of responsibility for the defenders, and Juan looked at the situation on the field and raised his eyebrows: "Do you say 4-3-3 is too ordinary?" ”

Riquelme was helpless, why does this person like to toss so much, isn't it better to be quiet than to play once? "So what formation do you think is unusual, 1-1-8 or 4-6-0?"

He was just joking, and he didn't take it seriously, but the person next to him stood up thoughtfully and walked near the sideline.

"Oooh, now in the game, Juan Díaz has finally let go of his snack bag and gotten up from the bench!!" The reporters got excited, "He's wearing a training uniform today, is this going to play?!" ”

-- The reporters are also thinking a little too much, Juan is really retired, he has written off his player certificate, and he is at ease to be a coach.

In fact, he was just squinting at what was going on on the field.

Deportivo La Coruna's defence was solid, there was no doubt about it, and in this game too, David Luiz and Thiago Silva were on the left and right, with Ibanez and Basinas supporting Fernando Gago in the middle.

It's just that in this game, David Luiz and Thiago Silva are quite idle, because the midfield trio is too old-fashioned, and basically has no intention of sending the ball to the opponent, so it can't have the effect of exercising at all!

Juan thought for a moment and shouted, "Puffy!" ”

David Luiz was very close to the touchline, and as soon as he heard his coach call him, he ran over to him: "What's the matter, coach?" ”

David Lewis is really afraid of this coach who is a few years older than him, but he is still dazed when he sees this person and those big guys, and the "education of love" is too many times, as soon as he sees the person in front of him, he thinks of the little salary he has left, and his heart is bleeding......

"You and Silva cut in from the flanks to assist the attack," Juan said calmly with a calm look that almost made the Brazilian youngster explode, "and if necessary, you can take charge of the attack." ”

“？？？” David Lewis was stunned.

Although he is young, it has been more than ten years since he started to contact football, and it is the first time he has heard that a coach has such a request! Aren't the average coach just letting them stay in the back with peace of mind?!

"Why, you don't participate in the usual shooting training." Juan looked at it with a smile in his eyes, "And Thiago, wasn't that kick very precise last time?" López didn't receive it. ”

Oh...... Don't mention the own goal, the distant brother and daughter-in-law are crying!

Thiago was watching ahead intently, unaware that the sidelines had begun to criticize his goal again, his back number was 21, because he had the same surname as the Silva in the team, the abbreviation was D. Silva, and the Silva in the team had the same name as David Luiz, so in the end, he had Thiago Silva on his back, David on his back, and Luis on Pomp's back, so he finally avoided the confusion of the title.

So when he heard someone in the team call Silva, he knew it was calling him, so Thiago subconsciously looked up, only to see his manager pointing in the direction of Real Orviedo's door.

He subconsciously looked over, but the corners of his eyes subconsciously twitched.

-- On the left touchline of Deportivo La Coruna, there is a gradient blue that is speeding in the direction of the front, and if you look closely, the back number is a big 23.

Louis's back number......

Thiago took a deep breath and chased after him.

"Puffy! Where are you going?! Come back to the backfield?!! ”

Ponpong didn't hear the heart-rending cry of his friend, he was beckoning desperately at Zagorakis, the Greek captain subconsciously hesitated, looked up at the score, they were already 0:4 ahead, and just now Juan called him to the sideline, everyone saw it, since it may be Juan's meaning, he passed the ball over.

And at this time, Thiago also rushed to the front, and Ponpong saw that Thiago's position was better than him, so he quickly transferred the ball, and Thiago subconsciously raised his foot.

“Goooal！ Thiago Silva! This time, the Brazilian youngster finally found the right goal, and congratulations to Deportivo La Coruna for making such a brilliant start in the first game of the Copa del Rey!! ”

- Did he score again?

Thiago Silva, who was surrounded by his teammates to celebrate, was directly stunned on the spot and did not react for a long time.

David Lewis started jumping up and down with him in his arms, very happy: "I knew you could, you are in a much better position than mine!" ”