Chapter 222: The New Season Begins
After completing everyone's heart, it can be seen that in the next few days, the mood of several people was no longer affected by the defeat in the friendly match, and the relationship between them became closer, and the small group of five people Villarreal brought help to Santhiago outside of business.
In this way, after the last few days of training, the 09-10 La Liga season also kicked off, and the first round of opening matches came soon, Real Madrid against Racing Santander, Barcelona against Sporting Gijรณn, Atletico Madrid against Mallorca, and Villarreal against Osasuna.
Camacho doesn't hide his thoughts, and the former Spain national team boss asked his players to take a step forward and do everything they can to help the team achieve their goals. Osasuna have had their fair share of difficulties over the past few seasons and the team seems to be too loose to form a fist. โ
"There are a lot of questions surrounding Osasuna, who struggled to get relegated last season, but who have lost nine players this summer and brought in almost no players, what to expect from such a team? It is clear that Osasuna will be in a very difficult situation in the new season, and in fact the club's management knows it, although they try to convey optimism and anticipation to the team. โ
'Osasuna coach Camacho is clearly facing the most difficult challenge of his coaching career, the quality of the team is average, he has to look more at the Academy, he needs to squeeze the best out of the team. Last season, Osasuna only overtook Betis by one point to win relegation, and this season, Osasuna may have to go through a tightrope thrill. โ
"But no one expected Osasuna's first game to be so difficult, in the first round they met last season's third-place Villarreal, and it will not be easy for the Osasuna to get out of the game, even at home."
"Passing the ball quickly, we saw that the Osasuna who had the home advantage in the opening period did not fall into the disadvantage, they kept the ball firmly at their feet and did not give too many chances to the Villarreal who came forward to fight, and it is worth mentioning that the defensive solidity is the biggest reliance of this relegation team."
'Last season, Osasuna's defence was as impregnable as a wall, conceding only 19 goals in the second round after filling the holes in the back, and this solidity was also the key to the team's ability to avoid relegation.
As commentators have said, the most important reason why Osasuna can successfully relegate in the firepower La Liga is their solid defense, even against Huangsa, they have not been defeated by a big score, and even completed many clean sheets. Now against Villarreal, who is next to the firepower, the Osasuna defense, which has suffered serious blood loss in the summer window, has really done it again, and only let Villarreal introduce the fire into the penalty area once in the full 20 minutes, and this time it was completed through corner kick opportunities.
In his opinion, such tactical literacy should not exist in a relegation team at all, knowing that such a holistic approach has not been achieved by most of the opponents he met last season.
Of course, if this were the case, Osasuna would not have been a team that was relegated last season, and after careful observation and pre-match information, Santiago quickly found and identified the opponent's flaws.
Lack of goals.
Lack of goals is the most common problem faced by weak teams, Osasuna are also terrible in this regard, Osasuna players always complained about their bad luck in front of goal last season, many shots were blocked by the woodwork, countless chances were wasted, penalties were always missed, it was not so much a matter of luck as a matter of mentality, coupled with the inability to attract first-class goalscorers to join, and the emergence of talent in the academy, so that Osasuna could only fall into the dilemma of not being able to enter.
As the game drew to the end of the first half, San-Tiago finally found the most crucial players and the most hidden weaknesses in the opposition lineup.
Neikonan. The Iranian is one of Osasuna's most talented players, a key figure in midfield and a playmaker at the heart of the attack, and in Osasuna's third season, no one will question his position as the leader of the team. But because of this, Santo Tiago found an opportunity, compared to the opponent's relatively single attacking method, Villarreal began to try to quickly counterattack and look for free kick opportunities after taking the ball under the command of Santo Tiago, which naturally made the Osasuna feel a lot of headaches, and also forced the core of the team Nekonan to move back to help his teammates make up for the defense.
That is, the moment he retreated, Santhiago suddenly cut in to the right, directly on the top of Nekonan's position, and then took advantage of the opponent's unstable footing to find Harnett who was moving on the wing with a high pass.
At this time, the Turkish knife also understood, he pretended to continue to cut in quickly, but after attracting Osasuna's defenders, he made an inverted triangle with Santtigo, and when the ball returned to Santi's feet again, the Osasuna players at this time were too late to defend, and could only helplessly see Santiago easily push the far corner of the goal to open the scoring for Villarreal.
Santi, who scored his first goal of the season in the first round, was also very excited, laughing and hugging Harnett after the goal, and then celebrated with his teammates who came one after another.
After taking the lead at 1:0, Villarreal gradually opened up the situation, and everything followed logically, and finally Villarreal finally relied on a corner kick opportunity in the second half by Pire to assist Senna's header to set the score at 2:0.
After the game, Santiago once again showed Villarreal fans the value of being a core player with a goal and a pass with a 97 per cent success rate, as well as eight dangerous goals.
A fresh start not only helped the Yellow Submarine get the jackpot, but also made the Panda Chinese Restaurant, which officially opened the next day, directly full and full.
In view of the popularity and popularity of giant pandas abroad, Santiago named his Chinese restaurant Panda while also adding many close elements to the decoration, as expected, with the pressure of Chinese cuisine and Villarreal's multiple names, for three consecutive days this restaurant called Panda Chinese Restaurant is the focus of conversation among Villarreal's people, and the booming business and super high reputation make Santiago and their partners happy.
The profit of nearly 50,000 euros in three days made everyone more confident, knowing that Villarreal is just a small town with a population of tens of thousands, Rao is still making such a huge profit, which makes people can't help but look forward to the plan to go to the whole of Spain.
However, Santhiago was very calm in this regard, and after exchanging opinions with Isabella, Santi asked the person in charge to pay attention to the promotion and development of dishes, focusing on taste, rather than opening the market with too much of his own fame, as for the other Santi is wise not to interfere.
After all, for many clubs and cities in Spain, if they really develop the market purely with their own fame, then there are many people who believe that they don't buy it, so Santi does not want to be brought into the subjective fan will in this regard, and he is not an international superstar now, a household name, and it will obviously not last long to really rely on fame.
After hearing Santi's answer to himself, Rodriguez and the others, who were still excited, couldn't help but look at Santiago again while calming down, and I have to say that this guy really has a little idea in his stomach. Everyone carefully agreed with St. Tei's idea, of course, they also did their part in other aspects, under their leadership, their friends, teammates and even celebrities often appeared in the store, and the taste of Chinese food also made people who have been here linger, every time there is a new discovery.
After going through the business matters, Santi and his teammates threw themselves into a new round of competition, and in the second round of La Liga of the new season, they returned to their home stadium against the invading Deportivo La Coruna.
This is not an opponent to be overlooked, but the former Super Laco this season is clearly not the man to pull Villarreal's grip.
Deportivo La Coruna is still sticking to a small business strategy, and the club's president, Rondoiro, is known as the "Iron Rooster", and his unassuming personality has become more and more evident in the difficult economic situation.
In the transfer market this summer, Laco can be said to have done little for the better. Apart from a couple of players who have returned on loan, Laco has actually brought in only two players, a 30-year-old Brazilian defender Huka from Partizan Belgrade, and a 19-year-old Colombian left-back Angulo from Portugal's Lecheo.
Statistically, Laco was the least invested among the top seven teams in La Liga last season.
The reason why Laco has not been able to fight with the Yellow Submarine this season is that on the one hand, there is little investment, on the other hand, there is a brain drain, the departure of forward Berdu and the main defender De Guzman and the main central defender Amo has a very big impact on Laco. In the pre-season warm-up game, Laco did not win a game against a team of the same level, which can be said to have exposed a more serious problem.
To say that Villarreal's winless run is due to the arrival of new signings and the return of injured players, it is really sunset.