Of course he wants to get back into the national team, even if it's a substitute! Seeing that the South African World Cup qualifiers are gradually coming to an end, if you don't get a call-up at this time, then there is no chance of returning to the national team!

You must know that if Argentina loses in the next few qualifiers, then everything is empty talk, but if it is really lucky to rush into the World Cup, then Maradona will still be the head coach of the Argentine national team!

The media has long been widely reported that once Lao Ma is unable to lead the Argentine team to qualify for the World Cup, then Lao Ma will be dismissed. In June last year, the contract signed between Lao Ma and the Argentine Football Association also stipulates that once Lao Ma leads the team to South Africa, the contract will be automatically extended until after next year's World Cup. So once Argentina really reverses the desperate situation and enters the World Cup, the situation will be that the Argentine Football Association will not be able to dismiss the old horse, who at least now seems to be leading the team chaotic, and the coaching and using the troops does not even have a clear idea and structure, after all, the old horse's annual salary is 1.2 million US dollars.

And insisting on firing the old horse will also be opposed by many old horse supporters. However, if the old horse is allowed to go his own way or even mess around, continue his stubborn and even wrong way of leading and coaching the team and philosophy, and continue to disagree with the team leader Bilardo and his assistant coach, then the Argentine team may not even be able to qualify in the group stage of next year's World Cup, so the Argentine Football Association and its president Grondona are currently in a dilemma.

Under such circumstances, the Argentine Football Association can only choose to continue to gamble and let Lao Ma lead the team to the World Cup, and can only hope for another village. In fact, before the 02 World Cup, the Brazilian team also stumbled in the qualifiers to finally advance, and Scolari, who was the coach of the Brazilian team at the time, was also scolded by the outside world, and even Scolari led the Brazilian team to defeat Honduras in a friendly match, but the Brazilian Football Federation finally insisted that Scolari lead the Brazilian team to the 2002 World Cup, and finally led the team to win the championship. Therefore, the Argentine Football Association also hopes to let Lao Ma replicate the miracle of Scolari, who was not favored that year, leading the team to win the championship.

But what makes Santi feel helpless is that although he is happy in Villarreal at this time, the team's record is not good, not only have two of the three fronts been eliminated, but the last remaining league is also in jeopardy, and now he has no capital to take the initiative to make this request, let alone what Maradona thinks!

After thinking about it repeatedly, he knew that he could only watch from the sidelines, and could not really intervene in this matter, and the only thing he could do was to help Villarreal successfully retain the Champions League qualification for next season, and everything else could only be left to fate.

After the national team match, Cazorla, Tomasson, Rossi, Godin and others who returned to Villarreal did not have time to rest, and immediately embarked on a new round of league competition. Facing the Malaga team, Pellegrini did not dare to relax in any way, seeing that there is not much hope of winning the title on any front this season, and now Villarreal is more trying to retain next season's Champions League place and strive to retain more players after the end of the season, which can also maintain a greater attraction to free agents who are hesitant in the transfer market.

After all, a team with European competitions is not the same as the rest of the ordinary teams, let alone the Champions League rather than the Europa League.

It was also in this game that the recently unsuccessful Santhiago and Villarreal teams ushered in an outburst and finally won again with a big score.

In the 18th minute, Tomasson, who received a through pass from Santiago, relied on his pace to eat the Malaga defender alive, and then stopped the ball and hit the back of the net after a one-two with Rossi to open the scoring for Villarreal.

This goal also opened the account for the Yellow Submarine, and five minutes before halftime, Santhiago suddenly found Rossi with a long ball, and he burst into the front field with a powerful long-range shot for Villarreal.

Villarreal, who led by two goals in the first half, exclaimed fans and commentators, and Malaga still vividly remembered the scene of overturning Atletico Madrid to the ground not long ago, and now against Villarreal it was scored twice in the first half alone.

Sure enough, in the second half, Malaga still regained their strength and momentum, they set off waves of offensive frenzy at the Love Song Stadium, but now Villarreal is not Villarreal before the winter transfer window closed, Saint-Tiago, who quickly occupied a main position, can both play as a forward midfielder and command the overall situation, under his excellent performance, Villarreal finally kept a clean sheet against the Malaga team, and near the end of the goal, Tomasson scored twice to set the score at 3:0.

The value of this precious victory was far from being represented by the three points, and Villarreal finally breathed a sigh of relief and retained their position for the time being, but they did not dare to take it lightly, and soon they welcomed their next opponent, Valladolid.

It is fortunate for a promoted team to be relegated in the first year, but the journey in the second year is often even more difficult, and Valladolid is now facing such a challenge. Every game of the season has been a tough one for coach Edouard Mendibar and Valladolid will be aiming to stay in the first division.

Last season, Valladolid had 11 wins, 12 draws and 15 defeats, finishing 15th in the league. In the last round of the away draw with Huelva, Valladolid took their fate into their hands and successfully relegated to complete the task.

Despite the arrival of Llorente, the top scorer with 16 goals last season, Valladolid has lost its bridgehead in attack, and last season's up-and-coming midfielder Sissy has also moved to Huelva, which has damaged the team's strength. However, Valladolid is still more targeted in terms of personnel recruitment, with the addition of Goitem and Canobio to ensure the team's attacking strength, and the club has also bought Bilbao defender Prieto to consolidate the fragile defense in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga.