Chapter 70: Days on the Bench

Walking into the door of the training ground, Marcelino walked in, although he walked around a lot, but it didn't seem to affect the person on the field, at this time the person on the field was still carrying the ball, although not as fancy as Neymar, but very skilful and practical.

Picking a random place in the dugout on the sidelines, Marcelino sat down and watched the player on the field train.

The training of the players on the field is very simple, almost all of his training is offensive things, dribbling training from the small half of the midfield, long-range shooting with the ball outside the penalty area, pushing and hanging shooting at the front of the big penalty area, his posture is very standard, and at the same time, whether it is the shooting angle or the rhythm of the mastery, it is particularly good.

Looking at the black hair, Marcelino certainly remembered that this was the team's first signing this year - Dai Zhiwei, the new Asian Footballer of the Year.

In fact, Dai Zhiwei was not in Marcelino's recruitment plan and was stuffed in by the club, but then Dai Zhiwei impressed Marcelino with his performance in Barcelona, so in the end Marcelino welcomed Dai Zhiwei's joining.

"This guy ...... Is it really a 21-year-old player? Hehe, earned! Marcelino looked at Dai Zhiwei on the field and suddenly felt his eyes light up.

Marcelino's specialty is the design and formulation of tactics, and his on-the-spot command ability is average, so he has a relatively unique vision for people.

Although Dai Zhiwei has not played an official game in Villarreal yet, his growth is his most outstanding point, so that players can train in a team like Villarreal for a season or two and become a first-class attacking player in La Liga.

"Yes, the potential for development is particularly great!" Marcelino looked at Dai Zhiwei on the field and laughed, this Chinese kid is really interesting enough, he came to train so early, he is really diligent enough!

With excellent talent, coupled with his own acquired efforts, if he still doesn't succeed, it is absolutely unreasonable!

It's just that from the fact that Dai Zhiwei was able to come to the training ground early to train, Marcelino's good impression of Dai Zhiwei has reached another level.

If nothing else, Dai Zhiwei should not be a problem in Marcelino's squad for the next game.

It's just that what Marcelino didn't know was that Dai Zhiwei was not like this at all in the Evergrande team before, although there were often individual training after daily training, but there was really no one in advance.

In fact, Dai Zhiwei came to the training ground early this time only because he didn't have any friends in Villarreal, and he was really bored, and he had to go to the training ground to vent too much energy under depression.

Standing up and patting the unwarranted dust off his buttocks, Marcelino slowly left the training ground.

Until Marcelino left, Dai Zhiwei didn't deliberately look back at him, but he knew that Marcelino had noticed him.

"Huh? I can't imagine a blessing in disguise! Dai Zhiwei scored a long-range shot close to 40 meters away from the goal again, let out a sigh of relief, and secretly thought proudly.

Although this "coincidence" was not carefully planned by him, he also learned that Marcelino had a habit of arriving at the club early on the second day of the game and reviewing the game the day before.

Dai Zhiwei has not been in the competition for nearly a month, and since the end of the third-place match of the Club World Cup, he has been training individually, maintaining his condition, and he is not sure how much he feels left in the game.

The most recent game in front of Dai Zhiwei is the 20th round of La Liga against Real Betis the day after tomorrow.

Whether he can play or not, he can't be sure.

……

"Hello, sir."

Dai Zhiwei stopped the assistant coach of the team in front of him, and he couldn't remember the name of every assistant coach until he joined the team for more than a week, "Excuse me, can you give me a copy of the player profile of the Real Betis team and their game summary in the first half of the season?" As you know, I've just arrived, so I'm not ready yet. ”

"Okay......" The assistant coach glanced at Dai Zhiwei and took a copy of the information from the side, it turned out that the thing they used to pad their luggage just now was the player information of the Real Betis team and their summary of the game in the first half of the season.

"Thanks!" Although there was some chuckling in his heart, Dai Zhiwei still smiled politely and took the information sheet in his hand.

When he first saw the list of Real Betis players, Dai Zhiwei was really shocked, Real Betis is not weaker than the Evergrande team last season, and if he encounters Real Betis, it will definitely pose a great threat to the Evergrande team.

But then Dai Zhiwei took a closer look, and he smiled, now he is not in the Evergrande team.

In front of Villarreal, I'm afraid that the current Real Betis is not a strong opponent at all, and it is no wonder that the team is so relaxed up and down.

Dai Zhiwei continued to read the introduction of Real Betis - Real Betis has won a La Liga championship since its inception, but it was before World War II, and the rest of the time it was mostly in the middle and lower reaches of the league.

In the 2013-14 season, Real Betis finished bottom of La Liga and were relegated to La Liga at the end of the season. However, a season later, Real Betis won the La Liga title and were able to return to La Liga this season.

However, just before this round, Betis had only five wins, five draws and nine defeats so far this season, and they have failed to win six league games and two Copa del Rey games in their last eight games, and Betis are currently 15th in the league, just five points above the relegation zone.

As a result, Real Betis, who have not tasted a win in 8 rounds, announced the resignation of coach Pepe Mel two days ago, and Mel has become the seventh coach to be sacked in La Liga this season.

Yes, Marcelino continued the main lineup of the previous team, and although Dai Zhiwei entered the 18-man team squad, he could only be temporarily substituted.

Dai Zhiwei has no resistance to not getting a start, after all, any player who has only been in a new team for 5 days, unless the team has a large number of injuries, generally no coach will be so impatient to let a new player start.

You must know that even if you are Pele + Maradona, if you want to play your strength, you must be familiar with the team's tactics and cultivate the tacit understanding between teammates.

Moreover, Dai Zhiwei was played from the bench of Evergrande, and he firmly believes that even if he reaches La Liga, the highest level of world football, he can score twice!

Therefore, even on the bench, Dai Zhiwei was talking and laughing, and he also deliberately looked at Villarreal's home love song stadium!

The beautiful Mediterranean Sea is 5 kilometers outside the Love Song Stadium, which can accommodate 22,000 spectators, but the audience is just over 10,000.

"It feels far worse than Tianhe Stadium." Dai Zhiwei muttered in Chinese, and he was not afraid that anyone here would be able to understand.

Just when Dai Zhiwei was still deserting, the starters of the two teams were also released earlier:

Villarreal starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: Areola

Defenders: Gaspar, Musacchio, Ruiz, Marion

Midfielders: Dos Santos, Triguros, Bruno Soriano, Suarez

Forwards: Soldado, Bakambu

Real Betis starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: Adan

Defenders: Petsni, Pezzella, Cabrera, Vargas

Midfielders: Petros, A-Rudiaye, Kadir, Fabian, Seyudo

Forward: Ruben Castro

"Yo, Bruno went to play in midfield?" Dai Zhiwei noticed this change, "What does Marcelino mean by this?" ”

Playing away, it was just a change of coach, and Real Betis, who had not won in the past 8 rounds, came up to the backfield as soon as they came up, obviously planning to stick to a draw and go back with 1 point.

In the 3rd minute, Cabrera pressed on Soldado when he was fighting for the top, the referee gave a free kick, and Bruno Soriano shot directly at the goal with a low flat ball, and the ball bounced off the turf and out of the bottom line.

Villarreal dominated possession of the ball in the 7th minute, and in the 7th minute, Bruno Soriano played a good pass to dos Santos on the wing, but the latter lost the ball.

Three minutes later, Ruiz sloppy at the back conceded the ball, but Vargas's stumbling break quickly returned the ball to the home side.

In the 18th minute, Suarez made a clever pass to Dos Santos, who crossed Bruno Soriano on the right, and A-Rudiaye, who was keeping an eye on Villarreal's captain, quickly shoveled the ball off the sideline.

Real Betis' patchwork defence gave Villarreal too much space to take the ball, and in the 21st minute, Gaspar easily dribbled up front and stuffed it to dos Santos, but his subsequent cross was too close to the goalkeeper and was confiscated by Adan.

A minute later, Soldado played the ball to the forward Bakambu, who fired widely from six yards, but the linesman's offside flag was raised.

Villarreal remained in control, and in the 32nd minute, dos Santos cut in from the right with his personal skills and handed the ball to Soldado, who did not hesitate to ferry to Bruno Soriano, who was inserted behind, but the ball was intercepted by a defender.

The situation that he has been unable to score on the field made Marcelino, who was sitting in the coach's box at the beginning, couldn't help but get up and walk to the sidelines.

And Dai Zhiwei's eyes lit up all of a sudden.