Manuel Pellegrini was worried, to be exact, the day after the match against Valencia, after the team resumed training routines, his mind had been repeated. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the first half of the league, the team won a strong streak of victories, and even dominated the top spot in the standings for more than a month, but in the middle of the season, it was a waterloo and winless. Since the New Year, the team has quickly gotten back on track and returned to the previous rhythm of crazy points grabbing.

From the big to the big down, and then to the fight, this process is like a roller coaster, which stimulates people's hearts so much that they can't stand it.

Regardless, the prospect of the Submarine is still good in terms of the current league situation, at least they are back in the top four of the table, and if they can maintain this position, then the team can successfully complete the set goals of the season and return to the Champions League next season.

Of course, it is not easy to maintain the momentum of today, the league has just entered the next stage, there are still many challenges ahead, Villarreal does not have too deep heritage and rotation squad, must walk on thin ice, otherwise one wrong step, then the whole season of efforts will be in vain.

As a manager, Manuel Pellegrini has to think more and further, and planning ahead isn't just talking.

In his opinion, the team equalled the record for the second time this season, which is a good thing, but herein lies the problem. The team will be keen to continue their winning streak and set a new record in the club's history while continuing to grab points and secure their position in the table.

But it's a pity that Pellegrini has a deep understanding of his team, to put it bluntly, Villarreal is a team with strong team strength but no strong team mentality, in the face of ordinary opponents, the players can go all out, and even play at a super level, and when facing super giants, it is inevitable that they will be lacking in spirit.

This is the norm, and there is no shame in it, and in Spain, there are few teams that can maintain a normal heart when facing Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the deterrence of the giants is unparalleled, and there are endless examples of cowardice before fighting.

Villarreal are also showing signs of this, even if they have beaten the Galacticos in the first leg of this season's meeting, but at the Bernabeu, there are probably few in the team who can guarantee that they are full of confidence that they will win.

In this case, Manuel Pellegrini wisely believes that giving up, or not giving all in, to deal with this game is the best option. Don't think that this is cowardly or unethical, in the professional league, many teams have a clear positioning of themselves, the relegation team is the relegation team, and the vote team is the vote team, and the former will focus most of the focus on the same relegation team, because as long as they have more league points than their competitors, then they can be safe. The latter is also aimed at teams that threaten their own Champions League tickets, as long as they have more points than their opponents, then everything else doesn't matter, anyway, the league championship can't be their turn, so it doesn't take that effort.

There is a story about a tiger chasing two tourists, one of whom tripped his companion to the ground, and in the end, the fallen tourist became food for the tiger's mouth, and the bad tourist escaped.

Therefore, the professional league is also the same reason, I can grab the score, and in the face of an opponent who is too strong than myself, then I will simply give up, and when I meet an opponent with similar strength, I will try my best to win. That's the best way to reach your goals.

This is also the place where the competition in modern professional football is cruel and fierce, whether it is the championship, or the number of places in the European arena, and the relegation places, there are only so many, just like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, if you want not to be squeezed into the river by the opponent, then you have to be ruthless and take the lead in squeezing the opponent down the river!

Pellegrini's original plan was to be perfunctory in the match against Real Madrid, anyway, he didn't do his best and saved his strength to deal with the opponent in the future. March is a crucial time for the team, they will face Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid, which is the biggest obstacle for them to return to Europe next season, they want to fight for the top four, others want to go to Europe, in this case, they will definitely not be good to each other, and then it will be the time to really fight hard!

Moreover, Villarreal itself also has a lot of hidden dangers, with the deepening of the league process, the fatigue of the main players will accumulate more and more, at this time, if you want to continue to ensure that you do not fall behind, then a set of lineup strategy to play the world is absolutely impossible, and it is imperative to rotate the lineup.

However, although Villarreal has been buying people and strengthening the squad this winter, the time for new players to integrate into the team is too short, and it is still unknown how effective it will be. With the fierce March campaign looming, Manuel Pellegrini couldn't give the team more time to prepare.

In order to prevent the main players from having too many accidents due to fatigue, some games have to be trade-offs to get more adjustment and rest.

But then again, although I had an idea in my heart, I still had some pimples in my heart for Pellegrini to give up the game with Real Madrid like this.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a marshal is not a good soldier, a player who doesn't want to be a superstar is not a qualified professional, and similarly, a manager who doesn't want to show his coaching talent is not a good helmsman, and Pellegrini is also a little reluctant or lucky, that is, if we can beat the star-studded Real Madrid in the first leg of this season, why can't we have a second time?

Even if our strength is not as good as the opponent's, even if we go to the opponent's home stadium, it should still be possible to work hard and get at least one point, right?

Most importantly, with six wins in a row, the team is once again at a crossroads of setting new records, and if he goes one step further, his name will forever be engraved in the club's honor book - even if Pellegrini has led the team to set many new records, who would think that he has more honors? Even if you leave the town in the future, these achievements are a beautiful qualification that cannot be ignored!

Whether to give it his all and try to set a new record as much as possible, or to save energy and energy for the future and his competitors in the same division, Pellegrini wavered and continued to get tangled.

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With three days to go before his departure for Madrid, Manuel Pellegrini finally made his decision.

In the past few days of training, he has made a lot of adjustments to the team's lineup and tactical play. He didn't move at the back, but in midfield, he took Riquelme off and replaced him with new signing Mavuba.

Riquelme's organization and passing skills are very sophisticated, but his defensive ability is not too strong, and with his age, he will inevitably feel powerless when dealing with 90 minutes of intense and high-intensity play. It can be seen from the recent performance of the Argentines that they played at a very high level in the early and middle stages of the game, and after the time entered the second half, because of the decline in physical fitness, they would often be invisible on the field.

On the other hand, Riquelme's characteristics in the upcoming match against Real Madrid do not match the tactics that Pellegrini has decided to execute, and he needs a tough waist that can cover large areas of defence. And such an iron waist needs more than one.

Hosiko and Mavuba, two defenders with outstanding defensive ability, will form a solid iron gate in central midfield. With both men in line, Pellegrini is also well thought out, the latter is young, good at running, and can leave the task of sweeping in his hands, while the latter is experienced and can do the aftermath of Mavuba while intercepting, such as filling in or helping to defend.

From the change of the midfield layout, it can be seen that Pellegrini's purpose, at the Bernabeu Stadium, the Chilean engineer wants to make himself invincible, two iron waists, is to destroy the opponent's attack, even if it affects the team's own offensive ability, that is not at the expense.

Anyway, it's normal to lose, if you're lucky, maybe you can get a draw, or even use a counterattack to steal one, then the result is not too good.

In other positions in the front court, Pellegrini also made slight changes, Forlan as a single arrow at the front, while Rossi's position is more flexible, requiring constant cruising on the side and in the middle, Fan Bizhuang is almost the same, after all, his range of activity is the widest among the offensive players in the front, one of the widest, after he goes to the middle, Rossi needs to make way for him, and he is temporarily responsible for the role of winger.

Cazorla, the team's original right midfielder, dropped back and moved closer to the centre circle, and Pellegrini asked him to play the role of Riquelme as a pawn to connect the past and the future......

Overall, Villarreal, who changed to 4-2-1-2-1, switched to a formation that was extremely defensive and disruptive, and in the past few days of training, this formation has been repeatedly run-in, and Pellegrini has instilled in the team the idea that at the Bernabeu, not losing is a victory, and if you can get three points, it will be a blessing worth celebrating for a year......

That's it, Pellegrini didn't feel enough, and on the day the team was ready to leave for the city of Madrid, the Chilean engineer had a new explanation......