Chapter 28: The Power of Youth Training

On Saturday, November 7, at 20:00, in the twelfth round of La Liga B, Castile Liga travels to the Campo de Deportes Stadium to take on La Roda C.F., located in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha.

The history of this team is very distinctive, it was founded in 1966, but after two years of participating in the regional league, it was disbanded due to poor results and poor management, and it was not until 1986 that it was re-established to compete in official competitions. But when he stumbled and stood firm until 95 years, he lost his qualification for various reasons and was revoked. The current La Roda team was technically founded in 1999 and after years of hard work in La C, they finally won their group and qualified for La B B.

La Roda has been out of luck this season, with just two wins after 11 league games, and eight points have put them in 16th place in the table, just one step away from the relegation zone. In the face of Castile, the team was even more unlucky, the last round of shopping just before the 0-8 defeat to Castilla Ibro, although the score of 1-0 to get the second victory of the season, but the price paid is extremely miserable. In the same 4-2-3-1 formation, the three main players on the attacking line except for the strikers were all injured, and one of the central defenders and central midfielders each accumulated yellow cards and were suspended, and the eleven main players were suddenly reduced by five. From another point of view, Ibro can be called Li Mudi's lucky star, not only contributed a wild victory to boost Castile's morale that was a little low because of poor form, and then crippled Castile's opponent in the next round, this kindness is really higher than the sky, deeper than the sea! This also set the stage for the carnage that followed.

La Roda's home stadium is not a standard venue that can host international competitions, because the size is very strange, the width of the pitch is very prominent, which is similar to the square, which is very conducive to the tactical play of the wings, and the length of less than 100m is not conducive to defensive counterattacks, which just provides a very large space for Castilla who does not have Mbappe and starts with Mariano.

Castilla's starting line-up for this game: goalkeeper Yáñez, right wing-back Forlan, central defenders Bernabeu and Linhardt, left-back Abnell, central midfielders Odegaard and Fabas, forward Enzo, right winger Alvaro, left winger La Left, center Mariano.

Before the game, Li Mudi arranged the whole offensive tactics for the team, and what else was polite in the face of many opponents who were absent from the main force and had very weak substitute strength. The two very powerful full-backs are both reckless men with high aggression values, and the tactics of luring them to play cards can be completely put to death. As for the opponent's attack, the main center Antonio Megías (Antonio Megías) is not bad in terms of numbers, but he has not scored a goal in ten appearances this season, so what is there to worry about. So, let's enjoy the offense in this game.

After kick-off, the visiting midfielder launched an attack with a slight dip, and after a one-two with Odegaard, he drew the attention of the opposition defender in the middle and distributed the ball to the left wing. After receiving the ball on the left and cutting inside, Raroda's right-back Ramon did not dare to rush down, retreating as the opponent advanced, and sought the central defender to come and attack. Just before the two defenders were about to form a circle, Pull Left stopped dribbling and kicked the ball into a large open space on the left, and the left-back Abner who was inserted in the back received the ball unimpeded and sent a low cross from the bottom, and the other central defender in the middle of the home team, Chaguia, was obviously unprepared, and was grabbed in front of Mariano, unloading the ball almost without interference, and then pulling out his feet and shooting angrily, because the distance was too close for the goalkeeper to save. Castilla took the lead on the road just 26 seconds into the game, the fastest league goal of the season so far.

Conceding a goal in less than half a minute of the opening kick-off clearly disrupted La Roda's pre-match tactical plan, and the players were hit hard by it, and it took a long time to recover. The home team, cheered on by the 3,000 fans in the stadium, wanted to turn the situation around as soon as possible, so they stepped up their attack. It's a pity that none of the eight league goals scored by the team before were scored by the players on the field now, and the absence of the five main players has had a fatal impact on the team's offensive ability.

Seeing that the opponent took the initiative to attack, Castilla was very cooperative, moving the formation back for a distance to attract the home team players to open three lines, and then the midfielder pressed and actively scrambled, and after winning the ball, he used the open space on the two wings to continuously impact the opponent's ribs. Twelve minutes into the first half, two of the home team's defenders were booked. Enzo took a free kick near the corner spot, was pushed out of the penalty area by the opposing defender, was waited by Odegaard who was waiting outside, and volleyed the ball head-on, the ball passed between the thighs against the ground and went straight into the corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper did not react. This is really an eye-opener, the Norwegian youngster's previous 11 long-range shots have been missed, and the remaining three are too positive, who knows that the first kick of today is to record the world wave.

This very unexpected goal made the personnel inside and outside the field of La Roda feel that they were very unlucky today, and they were very likely to have a cup, so they immediately adjusted their tactics and retreated in an all-round way, so the field became a big display of Castilla's half-court offensive tactics.

The home team was knocked two times at the beginning, and it was understandable to stabilize the defense first, but the defensive ability of the players on the field was really poor. And the width of the field is very suitable for the besieging team to spread out the formation, Castilla's passing is extremely powerful in such a wide space, so Laroda, who was originally going to temporarily retreat and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, was pressed in his own half and has not been able to turn over.

In the 27th minute, Enzo scored directly from a free kick 24 meters from the goal, which was also the team's first direct goal this season, 3-0.

In the 39th minute, Alvaro broke through on the right and was pulled down by Laroda's left full-back Hector, causing the opponent to receive a second yellow card and be sent off, and the home team played one less and became more passive.

There was only one minute of stoppage time in the first half, but in the middle of those 60 seconds, the visitors scored a corner from centre-back Santiago Bernabeu.

At half-time, Castilla, who were playing away, led Raroda 4-0 with one man less. Although this result was somewhat unexpected by most people, it was very reasonable from the perspective of the performance on the field.

Before the start of the second half, the home side brought on a centre-back and switched to a 5-3-1 campaign to try to defend the goal more thoroughly and then see if they could score a goal to regain some face.

But reality tells them: it's impossible! In the fiftieth minute, Mariano was kicked by the opponent while protecting the ball in the penalty area, and after Abnell's penalty was saved, La Zuo, who followed up with the shot, kicked the ball into the empty goal, 5-0, Laroda's wishful thinking failed.

The goal conceded made the home coach recognize the current situation, replacing the inactive center forward Maggias with a midfielder, and all five defenders and four midfielders came back to defend, and when they grabbed the ball, they kicked as far as possible, completely giving up the attack. The fans, who had been cheering on even the team's passiveness, quit, and the long boos and Spanish national curses were dedicated to La Roda coach Mario Simon.

In the 63rd minute, right wing-back Ramon was also sent off the pitch with two yellows and one red, and Laroda, who could only play with nine men, completely lost the desire to continue playing.

In the 74th minute, substitute Grau scored his first career goal with a follow-up shot.

In the 80th minute, Abner made up for his mistake and scored the second penalty of the game.

In the 84th and 85th minutes, Cederes and Muñoz scored twice in a minute.

In the 89th minute, Forlan flanked the back post and scored with a header.

In the end, when the referee blew the final whistle of the game, the visiting team Castilla thrashed La Roda 10-0. Half an hour after the game, the news of Mario Simon's resignation came from the official website of La Roda, and the first victim of Li Mudi's future "Coach Terminator" name was born.

The next day, when he returned to the Castile base, Li Mudi was blocked by a large number of reporters, and various microphones and recorders almost pierced his nose. What makes the media so excited is that a record has been broken, and it looks like there is little chance that a new record will be broken again. That is: one team scores the most goals in a single game. The 10 goals scored in the last game were scored by 10 different players, which is simply appalling! What's even more exaggerated is that these 10 players are all Castile youth training, and they have all risen step by step from the youth team, and none of them are "foreign". Combined with the previous article about youth players in the newspaper "Marca", it completely shocked the entire European continent.

Real Madrid's youth academy (i.e. Castilla academy) has once again stood on the cusp of football, and it is true that there have been world superstars such as Raul and Cassie here before, but the last time there were batches of mass-produced excellent players like this is the Five Eagles period in the eighties, and since then only Manchester United's 92 class and Barcelona's dream team have had a similar scene. Although a game can't prove anything at all, but now is the information age, this game is a super event that can attract the attention of the audience, who will care what will happen to him in the future, just seize the present.

Li Mudi was not lost by this game, and did not tout how good Castilla's academy was in the interview, but responded very calmly: "Yesterday's game was just an accident and it doesn't mean anything; I am sorry for Mr. Simon, who has only encountered a particularly difficult situation and I wish him the best of luck in the future; Five eagles? No, these lads of mine are not yet on par with the famous ones, and they are still far from it; Of course, it is very important to pay attention to youth training, which does not conflict with the introduction of superstars, but youth training is the foundation of a team, a country or even the entire football circle, without which you can't do anything; Vázquez's situation in the first team? No, I have a lot of respect for Benitez, I'm not going to point fingers at him, he's doing a fantastic job at the moment, you should note that after Benzema's injury, Jesé is in the squad, that's one of the successes of our academy system; Of course, I have a lot of confidence in these lads and I think a few of them have what it takes to be promoted to the first team; No, you misunderstood, I said it, I'm not going to point fingers at Mr. Benitez, just make a promise to him as the reserve manager: these lads will be his strongest support when he has problems with people; Mbappe? Yes, I think he's full of talent and as long as Mr. Benitez can activate him, I promise that he won't disappoint. ”

It took Li Mudi a full two hours to deal with these media reporters, but fortunately there was no training today, otherwise it would have delayed the big event. After sending away these uncrowned kings, Li Muddy went back to his room to have a good rest, he didn't sleep well in the hotel in La Roda last night, and his head was still a little heavy.

Early the next morning, Li Mudi, who was about to go to the cafeteria to eat after washing, took his mobile phone, and walked out of the door while turning on the phone.