Chapter 64: Pressure

Four straight league draws!

It's an embarrassing record for everyone up and down the town, from the players to the fans. It is incredible www.biquge.info to think that the runner-up of the league last season, defeated the galaxy battleship Real Madrid, and beat the yellow submarine of the powerful Barcelona, and actually started the season in four rounds without a win!

What is even more incomprehensible and uncomfortable than the four consecutive draws is that in these four games, Villarreal's shooting statistics are very high, and the pass success rate is also very high.

But everything is the same, no goals, no wins, everything is empty talk!

The truth is, Villarreal not only have not won a game, they haven't even scored a goal! They didn't score anything in four games, and all four games were 0:0!

When it comes to scoring goals, the Marines' most hardcore and loyal fans are dumbfounded.

There were even pessimistic fans who even shouted ironic words similar to ridicule after the game-

"No one can walk away a win from Love Song Field!"

"Including ourselves!"

The new season's Champions League has just passed, Villarreal proved their strength with an excellent game, originally fans were expecting the team to return to the league, to bring a happy victory to the small town, but they didn't expect that the draw, another damn draw!

"What's wrong with the team?!"

"What the hell is going on with Villarreal?!"

Questions like this are not only sad and lingering in the hearts of fans in small towns, but many reporters have also published such headlines in newspapers to discuss or criticize.

The attack of Valencia Sport was intuitive and fierce, and they unceremoniously dissected and questioned the submarine: "In fact, this is the real strength of Villarreal!" Don't think that their excellent performance last season proves that they are a real strong team, and it will not be easy to continue their amazing performances! ”

"They became the runners-up in the league, they reached the Champions League, which exposed their strength to more people with hearts, the opponents will pay more attention and vigilance to the submarine, they will continue to study the tactical play against the submarine, if they can't solve this problem and always follow the routine of last season, then Villarreal's poor results are bound to continue!"

Although the comments of "Valencia Sport" are very fierce, but there is a certain amount of truth, after all, Villarreal's performance last season was so good, such a team, any opponent will face them with the most vigilant mentality, and their tactical play will also be targeted to study and deal with, Villarreal wants to win the game easily, will inevitably face greater difficulties.

Since you are a strong team, everyone will continue to study you, and since you have to enjoy the flowers and applause, then you have to bear the corresponding pressure.

Of course, this is not absolute, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and other La Liga hegemons, their strength has always been proud of the top of La Liga, and they are always being studied and targeted by their opponents, but in fact, how many teams can study them thoroughly and contain them?

The reason for this is that Villarreal does not have the same deep heritage as both, to be exact, not yet the consciousness of becoming a real strong team!

If they can strengthen their strong hearts, do not bow their heads in the face of any difficulties, and persist in walking, then they may not be able to run fast again on the right track.

It's a difficult time now, and if you get through it, Villarreal will surely shine back into their glory, and if you can't get through it, then it will easily be reduced to a mediocre country team again.

The Iberian Evening News focused its crusade on the two core figures of Villarreal, one is Manuel Pellegrini, the head of the club, and the other is naturally Van Bizhuang, the core of the team.

"Maybe it was last season's outstanding performance that has made Fan lost in flowers and applause, as a core, shouldering the hope of tens of thousands of fans in the small town, Fan needs to work harder, he must do better and more!"

'As for Mr. Manuel, first of all we have to admit that he is a very capable manager, as evidenced by the fact that he has brought an obscure country side to the Champions League. But past exploits can't hide his current incompetence, our advice is that he must make appropriate changes to his tactical play, and when your opponents are studying you, if you are still indifferent, then the only thing that awaits you is defeat! It's always the same routine, even if you're an idiot, I'm afraid you know how to deal with it, right? ”

Le Monde Sport: "We think Villarreal's board should make a decision, maybe they should try to change the style of football? ”

This "suggestion" is really "vicious" enough, although it is not explicitly stated, but the subtext is, change the style and change the coach?

At a difficult time when Villarreal's results are not good, and in the face of all kinds of pressure and crusades, they also "suggested" that the submarine change of coach is completely to make trouble, and it is not a big deal to see the excitement - it seems that the Catalans are still full of resentment against Villarreal last season, and they will not give up if they do not make the submarine more turbulent......

Spanish Football Newspaper: "The new season has only just started and everything is still undecided. We remain convinced that Villarreal are a quality team that can bring even more surprises to the league as they did last season......

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There was a lot of noise from the outside, but inside Villarreal's team, the atmosphere was not much different from usual, the players were still training and training, they were resting, everything was business as usual.

Although the doubts and criticisms of the media and fans have made everyone feel a lot of pressure, Villarreal is not the ignorant country team before, they have seen a lot of ups and downs, they understand a truth, the more difficult it is, the more insistence, it is useless to explain too much, and if you want to make the doubts disappear, you can only speak with your feet. Difficulties will not always exist, and after they are overcome, they will be a brilliant rainbow.

These words have been constantly mentioned by coaches in recent days, and head coach Manuel Pellegrini has continued to cheer up the players, so that the players should not be affected by external factors and do their own things.

The manager's relief and support for the players is nothing less than a reassuring pill, which is the key reason why they can handle it calmly in the center of the storm.

Speaking of which, the players of the submarine still felt a little surprised, after the game with Racing Santander, the big guy originally thought that he would once again usher in the coach's angry scolding and reprimand, but he didn't expect that the head coach calmly accepted the team's four-round winless result, no scolding, no angry scolding, but peaceful persuasion and comfort everyone, which made the players surprised and felt a little confused.

You must know that before that, the team drew in a row, and Pellegrini was angry more than once, and even doubled down on training to punish the team.

But now...... The players were a little skeptical that their coaches were too confused by the embarrassing record of four consecutive draws.

Is Pellegrini really stimulated to his mind?

Apparently not.

In fact, Manuel Pellegrini is also deeply in the middle of a deep state of thought.

During this time, he also read the reports in the market, and although many of the comments were fiercely worded, somewhat black for the sake of black, some opinions from some newspapers and periodicals still caused him to think deeply.

He can't help but introspect himself, if the first draw and the second draw, he can still explain that the team is not in good shape and the players can't work, then what about the third and fourth draws? It's not just the player's problem, it's the team itself, or the problem himself.

As some newspapers have said, other teams are improving, and he is still sticking to the same style as last season's team, albeit breezy but standing still.

One is moving forward, the other is standing still, like a boat against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, the team will have the embarrassing and bad results now, and they also have a certain responsibility.

For a few days, Manuel Pellegrini has been looking for weaknesses in the team and finding ways to improve and make up for them.

Pellegrini has put a lot of effort into this team, and now that the team has not only achieved excellent results in the league, but also reached the Champions League, it is time to make a big difference, and he does not want the bright future of the team to be ruined.

No matter how many problems there are, no matter how many doubts there are, he has turned the direction of this submarine, and it doesn't matter if he takes the wrong way, it doesn't matter if he takes a corner, if he makes a mistake, he will change it, as long as the course can get back on track, then everything is not a problem.

When Pellegrini was trying his best to correct the team's tactical play, a seemingly ordinary interview completely blew up the Chilean coach, and because of this interview, he was completely involved with the media.

The story is very simple, because Villarreal's record has been poor in recent times, and there are always many reporters from various newspapers around the training ground, generally speaking, Pellegrini has an attitude that he can't afford to provoke these "uncrowned kings", especially on the cusp of this storm, he is even more reluctant to be interviewed by reporters, the more he says, the more wrong, he doesn't want to leave the media with any excuse to attack his team.

But no matter how careful he was, he was still stopped by a sports reporter who asked him an extremely embarrassing and unbearable question.