Chapter 140

“al！！ Portillo!! Deportivo always score goals when they are unexpected, they seem to be used to scoring goals at the very beginning of the game, and once the goals are scored, Deportivo will continue their crazy journey, and I would like to say that they are really unforgiving......

"That's the way it is, what's there to forgive?" Dean glanced at him and sighed, "Now that Deportivo are on the right foot, their manager is young and vigorous, and the game is not yet a foregone conclusion, do you think Juan Díaz will give up?" ”

"No, it won't." Frank replied honestly, "But Villarreal can't just give up." ”

Of course not, after falling behind by a goal, Villarreal quickly launched a counterattack, Anderson is no longer a simple striker or a second striker, he has a lot of activities in the frontcourt, although he is no longer like his prime, he can take the ball and pass several people, but his running and possession on the pitch can bring great benefits to Villarreal's attack.

Against Deportivo La Coruna, Anderson played so well that there was even a feeling that a small universe had exploded, and Frank and Dean were already speculating why.

"Do you think it's because of Juan's words at the pre-game press conference?" Frank asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Juan said a lot before the game, which one did you say?" Dean looked back at him.

"Oops! It's the phrase 'Anderson was already the best player in the world when I was a kid', and while there is no sarcasm in it, and it's true, how do I think he meant to imply that Anderson was getting old? ”

“…… No, Anderson is only ten years older than Juan, and Luis Figo, Fernando Redondo, and Sousa Romario are all more than a decade older than Juan, and they didn't say anything. ”

"You have a point......

These two commentators probably would never have thought that they actually guessed correctly on the ground, and when playing on the field, Anderson did not grit his teeth in his heart.

Juan Díaz said this, how old is he?!

Even if he is very old, it is not something to be underestimated at will!

Soon, Anderson's exquisite pick and pass at the edge of the box created a chance for Villarreal, he first shook off the chasing Capdevilla by running, then received the ball at the edge of the box, and easily picked up the pass with his left foot, the ball flew diagonally into the penalty area, and fell right in front of Jose Mali, who was diagonally inserted into the box!

Andrade, who had rushed over to fill in the position, saw that Jose Mari had taken advantage of the terrain, and he immediately subconsciously prepared to go up to a flying tackle - this situation is half against half, if you can accurately tackle the ball, this is a good defense, but if you tackle the opponent's foot......

Seriously, Diego López is great in athletic battles, but he doesn't do very well when it comes to saving points......

And Deportivo basically doesn't have any flying shovel lessons at this time, and when Andrade goes down like this, let alone Juan, even Alan can't help but cover his eyes.

Don't touch anyone!!

"Oh!! Didn't touch anyone, didn't touch the ball!! Jose Mari dodges Andrade's flying tackle!! ”

"Today's game was really exciting, the two sides switched attack and defense very quickly, and Villarreal's counter-attack had hit the 30 meters in front of the Deportivo goal...... Jose Mari crosses, Furland shoots from distance - crossbar! What a pity! ”

Furlan hugged his head and sighed loudly.

His shot went around Diego López's hands, but he was defeated by the crossbar!

The goal sent a loud gasp in the stands at the Estadio Riazolo, and Diego López lay on the ground, looking at the trembling crossbar above his head, with a moment of palpitations.

The shot came so suddenly, he thought the yellow submarine's main striker would choose to pass the ball, so he wasn't ready to make a save...... Thankfully, fortunately!!

Not only did Diego López have palpitations at this moment, but Allen's heart almost jumped out of his throat just now.

He saw the football pass over the ill-prepared Diego López and thought he was going to score!

However, at this time, Allen glanced at his own little coach standing on the edge of the court, he still looked very calm, his whole body was shrouded in a frightening expensive outfit, and he looked incompatible with the atmosphere of the court.

"Juan, aren't you nervous?"

"Huh?" Juan subconsciously turned his head, and Alan realized that there was a dullness in his eyes that had not yet eased up.

…… It turns out that the little coach will be scared too!

After a while, Juan realized that it was Allen who was speaking, and he took a deep breath.

"Alan, help me remember."

Alan familiarly took out a small notebook: "Add what?" ”

"Andrade, with the lesson 'On the Dimensions and Angles of Flying Shovels', although the penalties are now stronger, Deportivo still needs to have a man who can tackle...... Since Andrade is so fond of flying shovels, let him do it. ”

Juan's words were cold, and Alan couldn't help but draw a cross in his heart for Andrade.

Andrade is your teammate and senior in the national team, are you really so kind to him?!

Of course, this is not the end, Juan looked at the situation on the field and continued: "Diego López, coupled with the training of the ball, is Deportivo too comfortable in the midfield, so that he dares to relax in the back? Go back and talk to Subisareta and give him some special training. ”

"Good ......"

Alan looked down to record, while Juan looked up at the court.

In this game, Deportivo La Coruna's main attacking and defensive transition points were Bellerón, Aimar and Riquelme, and most of the attack had to be fed to the front line through their feet.

However, unlike Bellerón and Aimar, Riquelme is more of a playmaker in central midfield than a dribbling front to score, although he is not weak in scoring and has excellent set-piece skills.

The most important link in Deportivo Deportivo's defensive system is not captain Bellerón, not the back line, and not the still immature Diego López, but Fernando Redondo.

His sniping form in midfield is almost the key to the success or failure of Deportivo LaCoruna's defense.

Deportivo has Fernando Redondo and Villarreal has Arua Barena, Redondo is physically strong, but he also has a delicate kick that doesn't match his body, and his defense looks like a beautiful painting at a glance.

And Abu Abarena's defense mainly relies on his own body to rampage, and people who don't know think that he is from which Premier League team he came from.

One is better than experience and technique, the other is young and physical, although the two have no direct dialogue on the court, but they have a wonderful performance on both sides of the attack and defense.

Deportivo La Coruna have five midfielders – and of course, that's just what it seems, at least in terms of player ability, Deportivo can say seven in this game – makes it even more difficult for Villarreal to understand.

With 20 minutes into the game, Deportivo La Coruna and Villarreal seem to have reached an inexplicable stalemate, with the two teams evenly matched, as can be seen in the midfield.

The game is now in a delicate balance, with both sides attacking with heavy firepower and quick transitions, and it looks like there are plenty of chances, but neither side can take them.

Deportivo La Coruna held high the banner of attack, trying to extend the lead before the end of the first half, while Villarreal also played a very hard defensive front, hoping to withstand Deportivo LaCoruna's attack, and then rely on counterattacks up front to try to gain an advantage.

It's actually very effective to play like this, Anderson can give great planning and passing, Villarreal has Furlan on the wing, and Jose Mari, who has good technical speed in the middle, and this kind of frontcourt combination is actually very interesting to counter-attack.

Villarreal haven't scored a lot of goals in their previous games, but for good reason.

In the previous rounds, Villarreal needed to face middle and lower teams, and those teams that were swaying in the relegation zone and soy sauce zone all year round naturally would not be stupid to suppress the attack, and then let the backfield reveal a huge gap to be chased by Villarreal, and Deportivo La Coruna is not necessarily......

Deportivo La Coruna's attack was very strong, and they created a lot of shooting opportunities in the following period, Morientes turned and shot from the edge of the box was blocked, and Gago burst into the box and fired a shot that was saved by the opposition goalkeeper.

A number of Deportivo players up front played a brilliant and clever combination, and in the end Portillo's volley went over the crossbar, and Deportivo won a corner, but in the end it was not scored.

Such an oppressive attack continued into the thirtieth minute, and Villarreal's goal was in jeopardy, and it looked like it could be breached at any moment, but they miraculously supported it.

In fact, every opponent of Deportivo La Coruna this season has played very tenacious, probably because of this young coach of Deportivo La Coruna.

Of course, Juan has earned a lot of attention as a coach of Deportivo La Coruna, and at the same time, it has also generated huge profits for the club, but after all, it will also make Deportivo a target of public criticism.

Because Deportivo La Coruna "doesn't play by the rules", let a young rookie coach who has nothing to do with Deportivo La Coruna take over.

When facing Deportivo La Coruna, almost all teams are unwilling to rest on their laurels, thinking completely about coming up and covering the ground, maybe they can win?

Everyone wants to show their strength in Deportivo La Coruna, a seemingly unbeatable little coach, and let him know that coaching is not so easy to do!

I have to say that Juan's treatment in Deportivo La Coruna and the results he has achieved so far are enough to make most coaches in the world feel jealous, and the head coaches of other leagues can only look at this little demon with angry teeth, but since he is already in La Liga, does the head coach of La Liga still have to roll up his sleeves and want to come over and rely on the old man to beat him?

There are a lot of veteran coaches here who want to teach this young man!

And even if Juan Díaz wins the game now, there are many people who are not convinced - they are not with giants, and they don't have big names like Redondo and Morientes in their team, they have only lost two games, and if they are replaced by a qualified coach to coach Deportivo La Coruna, they will definitely do better than Juan Dias!

Juan is also very clear about the hostility of La Liga as a whole.

If you want to bring the crown, you must bear its weight, since he has become famous, he will definitely cause more trouble, human nature is like this, I can't see anyone around me who is unusual, or sudden.

However, Juan believes that this is not necessarily a bad thing for the team.

After all, if the opposing coach really wants to embarrass him, he will definitely let his players show their full strength, and Deportivo La Coruna's players need to be more focused on the game at this time, and they need more pressure to let the team get a better run-in, and then score goals through better cooperation.

It is under such pressure that the potential of Deportivo La Coruna's players can be squeezed out and drive the whole team to make a qualitative leap!

While Juan was still thinking from the sidelines, Deportivo launched an attack, which was a surprise attack, and Villarreal was about to test Deportivo La Coruna slowly, but Redondo couldn't hold back.

He played a long ball directly at the back and the ball found Morientes on the wing.

Redondo was very comfortable, and Morientes' stop was perfect, and he took advantage of the momentum of stopping the ball to get past Villarreal defender Gonzalo who came to defend him without hindrance!

Villarreal's defense breaks through and is in a hurry in front of goal!

Morientes looked up, calmly glanced in the direction of the goal, and then changed direction to accelerate.

Portillo in the middle raised his arms to follow, and Venta and did not dare to slack off, following him closely in front and back.

Arua Barena is chasing back at high speed, and his target is Morientes.

Now that Morientes is shooting at a very small angle, everyone thinks that he must be passing, after all, even if Portillo is seen dead at this time, there is still Gago outside the penalty area, and he is almost unmarked during this time.

As long as Morientes is bold enough, he can create an unmarked opportunity for Gago, but will Morientes pass the ball?

To be honest, although Morientes is a good person and looks a little stupid, it doesn't mean that he is really stupid, and it is a little difficult for him to pass the ball to others when he is unmarked and he is also in the penalty area.

Morientes looked up again.

This time he wasn't looking for someone, but checking the goalkeeper's position and the angle of his shot.

At this moment, he had slowed down his pace, and An An adjusted the football under his feet.

Arua Barena leaped into the same way Andrade had done a few minutes earlier – he wanted a flying tackle!

And obviously, he didn't think about whether he would hurt Morientes with this flying tackle!

At the same time, Morientes strained his calf slightly, and his toes poked on the football, which instantly brought up strong kinetic energy.

The ball almost went out in front of Arua Barena's toes and was caught off guard by Villarreal goalkeeper Reina!!

The moment the ball was played, Morientes leaped to his feet and avoided Arua Barena's potentially fatal tackle.

“al！！！ Fernando Morientes!! An unexpected shot to give Deportivo a two-goal lead over Villarreal! ”

Deportivo seem to have gotten used to starting to take the lead in the first half and then just maintain the score in the second half, or expand it, so a lot of commentators are now ridiculing Deportivo La Coruna's game.

"I feel like Da Laco only lives in one half, and in the other half they are mainly responsible for lazily yawning, or just to save a little face for the other side, it seems that even if Juan is not favorable, he will still save a glimmer of face for the opposing team."

"yes, except for Barcelona and Real Madrid......"

“……”

Between the two commentators, Villarreal began their own counter-attack, and their midfielder Roger Garcia cut across the ball and handed it to Batalha in the middle.

Juan Sorin and Capdevilla immediately stepped up their guarding of the two strikers, but Battaglia slashed the ball to Sonny Anderson, who received the ball and dribbled it into the box.

Andrade pounced to defend, but he had already passed the ball away!

The ball slid in front of goal, and out of caution, Diego López didn't attack, but he soon paid the price.

Battaglia followed up at the back point with a direct volley!

The ball flew upwards, passed through Diego López's five-finger pass, and then plunged headlong into the gates of A Coruña!

"......" Alan cautiously looked at Juan's expression, originally he thought he would hear Juan say to continue training, but Juan just calmly looked at Villarreal's side of the celebration, and the expression on his face did not change in the slightest.

"Uh, Juan, did you forget something?"

He asked very cautiously, for fear that his words would add some training to Diego López's poor baby.

"Nope." Juan glanced at him very naturally, "López's training is good enough, and the person who continues to die doesn't know who it will be...... What's more, it's impossible for a goalkeeper to never be scored, right? ”

Battaglia was quick, but the goal shouldn't have been generated.

If Andrade sees Anderson, don't rush out, leaving a large gap behind him; If Juan Sorin and Capdevilla could fill in in time instead of defending the two strikers in their positions......

Of course, there are no ifs in football games, these are all afterthoughts, Juan sighed lightly, turned around and said to Allen: "Tell our tactical analyst when we go back, this ball will be explained in training." ”

With that, he walked quickly to the touchline, first whistled to keep the team on notice, then raised his hand and pointed it at Villarreal's goal.

"One goal, one more!"

Deportivo players' eyes lit up.

At half-time, Juan added what he meant by the phrase he shouted in the first half: "Remember, we have to continue to attack, although Villarreal's defense in the first half was good and tenacious, but they have reached the edge of not being able to support it, otherwise they would not have conceded two goals immediately because of our immediate counterattack, and continue to attack in the second half, the collapse of Villarreal is imminent." ”

"And what about Anderson?" Someone asked a question.

"Leave it to Andrade." Juan chuckled twice, then squinted his eyes at his national team seniors: "How is it?" ”

Andrade knew that he had made a lot of mistakes today, and he nodded busily at the task that Juan had given him instead of punitive measures.

No matter if you go to defense, everyone is better than coming back to train!!

Under Villarreal's main attack, Deportivo La Coruna's counterattack was even sharper.

When Verran's cross from José Mari's header was picked up by Diego López, he rushed to the edge of the box with the ball in his arms, and then threw it into the feet of Bellerón, who was running forward from the right flank.

Belleron did not dribble after taking the ball, but chose a direct pass, Morientes responded in front, and directly chose to cut inside after taking the ball, and the speed of the wind could not be stopped.

When the Villarreal fans in the stands were worried that the team would concede again, Morientes' through ball from outside the penalty area did not expect to go with Gago, who thought that Morientes would come with a ball at his feet, but Morientes came up and said a through ball without saying a word, and Arua Barena easily caught up with the ball and passed the ball to Roger Garcia.

Morientes and Gagos glanced at each other, Gago pointed to his feet, and Morientes sighed helplessly.

The tacit understanding is not enough.

After all, Morientes is a player who only transferred during the winter break, and the people in the team are not very familiar with him, only Portillo can clearly know his intentions and passing preferences, such as when he assisted Portillo for the first time, Portillo ran forward, he passed the ball in front of Portillo, and the ball was nine out of ten.

In a counterattack, whether it is a straight pass or a ball under the feet, if the teammates do not show tacit understanding, then the passing mistakes will be frequent.

Before Deportivo could lament that a well-balanced, well-balanced counter-attack had not been completed, Villarreal had already broken through the defence and right wing-back Gonzalo was driving forward with the ball.

Portillo was originally fighting with Batalha, but Gonzalo took the ball forward and never passed, for the safety of the team, he gritted his teeth and harassed the opponent, Gonzalo finally chose to pass.

Just as Portillo stepped up, he picked it up and passed the ball behind Portillo.

Furlan dribbled in a cross from a 45-degree angle, Sonny Anderson grabbed the spot, headed it to Jose Mari, who looked like he was about to get up again, Capdevillaric came in front of him to block the space, but Jose Mari chose to pass the ball when it fell.

He tried to get the ball back to Anderson, but the ball hit Capdevilla's calf and the ball changed direction and rolled towards Furlan.

Juan Sorin defends Furland head-on, Furland pulls the ball again 45 degrees at the moment of receiving the ball and turns forward again, Sorin is an Argentine player, often facing this kind of small, fast, and smart opponents, but unfortunately this ball is really unexpected when it rolls over, his extension is a step slower, Furland takes two steps, and shoots at the goal at a small angle!

"Furlan shoots! Diego López – oh no, Anderson scored a stoppage! Deportivo La Coruna has been pulled back and now the two teams are in the same balance! ”

Diego López fell to save Furran's shot, but Anderson, who had been in front of the attack just in front of the goal line, fired a stop-out shot into the back of the net.

Anderson grabbed the ball and ran back immediately after the goal, high-fiveing Furlan on the way.

It's not easy, it's finally equalized!!

A certain manager over there can see clearly that he Sonny Anderson is not yet old!!

Juan didn't think much of it here, after all, this goal was not a problem with Deportivo Deportivo's defense, but a sudden burst of attack from Villarreal itself.

Deportivo can almost guarantee that they will not concede a goal when facing teams in the middle and lower tiers, and when playing positional battles, Deportivo can almost guarantee that the possibility of them being breached by the middle and lower teams is almost non-existent.

But against the top seven teams in the league, even if Deportivo closes the game, there is a possibility that the opponent will be penetrated, and the stronger the opponent, the higher the probability, which is a normal thing, unless he replaces all the players in the backfield with full-time defensive players - as he did against Real Madrid and Barcelona.

But such a grand battle, just put it once or twice, and if there are more, people will see the flaws, not to mention that Deportivo itself is an attack-oriented team, and if they always fight positional battles with others, the restless souls of their own players can't be appeased.

After losing the ball, the mentality of the players is still stable, there is no need to worry, play steadily, no need to panic.

A Coruña will surely be the winner!

Villarreal equalised and their morale recovered a lot, and they refused to waste a single second in the rest of the game, and as soon as Deportivo La Coruna kicked off, they all pounced on it.

Seeing that Villarreal on the opposite side was a little hungry, Belleron made a decisive long pass, Portillo carried Arua Barrena on the front line, and the Villarreal defender jumped up to head the ball clear, but the football fell at the feet of Morientes.

Roger Garcia went to grab Morientes as soon as possible, and the Spanish striker accelerated to start and shook him off.

When Morientes came to the penalty area with the ball, the attack was cleared by a header from the Villarreal side, and his two receiving teammates were not in good positions, and the two were parallel, so Gonzalo gave up defending Gago and went to press Morientes instead.

As soon as he stepped up, Morientes immediately chose to plug behind him, Gago took the ball, faced the goalkeeper with one hand, and easily pushed the ball into the goal.

However, after the goal, Gago only heard a whistle to signal that he was offside, and Gago turned his head and the linesman held the flag to signal him to be offside.

It was a cautious play by Villarreal's defender just now, and defender Venta knew that as long as Gonzalo stepped forward, it would definitely be too late for him to mark Gago again, so he chose to take a gamble to see if he could make an offside position!

He won the bet, and his position with Gonzalo was premised on the fact that Gago, who was in an offside position when Morientes was in a straight stop, was just a position away, but he didn't even notice it.

The fans of Deportivo La Coruna were excited, and they rushed to the stadium with huge boos from the stands, and the small stadium of more than 30,000 people was not timid at all, it was still full of passion!

Juan accepted this reality very calmly, and he did not fail to see the running position of Venta and Gonzalo, for this offside, Deportivo La Coruna was made so convincing.

Deportivo used to be a master of offside playing, after all, the new team still needed to hone in that time, and "doing bad things" – such as making offsides, such as fouling - is precisely the way to make it easier for the whole team to come together from the inside out.

It is said that doing bad things together can quickly shorten the distance between two people, so what about doing bad things together?

Anyway, Deportivo has been doing well for more than half a season, and everyone's performance is remarkable, and except for the new Morentes, most people are used to Deportivo LaCoruna's policy at this time, and they are all good at passing and receiving the ball.

Villarreal were set to bounce back in the second half.

In the first half, they were beaten by Deportivo La Coruna, but they relied on Anderson's two outbursts to score two goals, and Deportivo suppressed the whole game, although the field was very good-looking, but it should have consumed a lot.

Not to mention the "law of the half" of Deportivo La Coruna, all of which proves that the second half should be Villarreal's time!

Villarreal's head coach is Manuel Pellegrini, known as the "Chilean engineer" and a coach who has been known for a long time, and his feelings for Juan Díaz have to be complicated enough.

Like most La Liga managers, he has a wait-and-see attitude towards Juan Dias, or he also wants to see Dias's jokes, but now that it is their old guys who are being treated as jokes, so where are their faces to be placed?

Manuel Pellegrini had prepared his tactics for the second half, but he seemed to have overlooked one point -

A Coruña consumes a lot, but Villarreal will only consume more than A Coruña!

Deportivo La Coruna has always been a team that is good at draining the opponent's energy, and when they were mainly responsible for attacking today, everyone thought they had changed their character, but in reality it was still the same.

Villarreal, as a defensive side, has been pressed and beaten like this, although there will be less running, but the mental pressure is not ordinary.

Juan knows how tiring it is to concentrate his spirit and tense his nerves all the time in the 90-minute game, so at halftime, Juan still maintained his usual policy - attack, attack big!

Don't be afraid of conceding the ball, that's something to worry about at the back, don't be afraid of being tackled, we'll just get it back!

If the opposite side equalizes, then they will score one more!

Aimar ran to the right and drew the attention of Villarreal's defence, Riquelme's side naturally lacked defensive strength, and Belleron saw the moment and delivered the ball accurately in a timely manner.

Riquelme, who stepped forward, stopped the football firmly at his feet, but surprisingly, he did not stop the football not far in front of him to facilitate his own cohesion, but directly stopped the football at his feet and did not move!

"This stops the ball......" Frank stopped for a moment.

He wanted to say that Riquelme's stop was not very good, although the visual effect might be shocking - a long pass of more than 30 meters, so stable! This man's mastery of football has also reached a certain point!

But what? This stop is actually not conducive to any of his next moves, according to the colloquial word, it is to "stop himself", and Arua Barena must have thought the same, he thought it was a good opportunity to break the ball, so he rushed up without hesitation.

And at this time, Riquelme suddenly stabbed the football that was stopped at his feet with great force, and the force was very great, and the football rolled out far away!

Is this a pass?

No!

Riquelme started quickly after poking the ball out, bypassing the somewhat stunned Arua Barena! 166 Reading Network