Chapter 216: Intensive Training

"Wow!" The melon-eating crowd who were already speechless by a series of exquisite breakthroughs by St. Tei could only exclaim in vain, and at this moment no words could express their inner shock, only one person reacted, and that was the last player of Toke's group, and he struggled to pounce forward to block St. T's. But how could Stanti, who was used to seeing many scenes, let him succeed? At this time, Saintie, who completed the diagonal insertion from left to right, suddenly buckled with his left foot after two steps, and moved a backward arc with his right foot to hit the ball and shoot with his flower foot!

The ball made a strange arc in the air and rushed into the net, 1:1.

"So powerful?" As the ball flew into the net, the people on and off the field finally came to their senses and let out an earth-shattering cheer, streetball is like that, there are no specific fans, they are all gorgeous and free chasers.

When the scores of the two sides returned to the same running line, Saint and others finally played all their attention and took this game seriously, they have been clear about the strength and characteristics of the other party, although there are endless fancy moves, but the essence of wanting to break through the people will not change. How could a professional player with all his strength lose at the feet of Teucer and his teammates?

So twenty minutes later, this 5v5 small street ball came to an end with a score of 7:3, and Santi became the biggest winner with five yuan, and the "unkempt head" who repeatedly suffered in front of Teucer finally saved his face.

Banega showed off before Toke, and then everyone left the Plaza de Warno with reverence, and it was already evening, and Santiago, as the host, naturally bled out at Banega's strong request.

During the banquet, the three of them also talked happily, and the happiest of them was Banega, after all, what could be happier than raising their eyebrows? Besides, in his opinion, this street ball battle made him and Pire's friendship even more, and the three of them talked a lot, but after dinner, there was no more activity, considering that the training that will continue tomorrow is still important to recuperate.

After repeatedly admonishing Banega to be careful about his actions and not to repeat the mistakes of the past, Santi drove back to his home, washed up, fell into a deep sleep, and rushed to the training ground on time the next day.

Days went by, and soon the disruptive summer came to an end, and with the club's call-up order, Villarreal's players returned to the training ground one after another.

"Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to see you healthy after a hot summer, and you will know the reason why you have been summoned here for training this time. That's right, our yellow submarine that gallops across the continent will set sail again and start our new journey as a normal La Liga team, and this time I don't want anyone to look at the opponent from the previous results!

There are still newspapers touting us as Champions League wonders, and while we were, that was a thing of the past, and last season has taught us so well that this time we are on the same page as all the rest of the teams, nothing special. The results of the past will only be the reason why the opponents take us more seriously, and it will not help us in any way, and I hope you will know that. ”

Half a month later, at the Love Song Stadium, coach Manuel Pellegrini stood in front of all the players, staring at them and saying this. His meaning is already very obvious, he doesn't want to see his players have any sense of superiority to face the next game, and at the same time vaguely told everyone that he wants the main position? Then go for it with your own performance, no one can be special!

Today's Villarreal has gradually stabilized after a summer transaction, in the forward line are Hanit, Rossi and new signing Nirma da Silva, the midfield is led by Santiago, with the same injury return and new signings Pire, Carney, Banega and others, and in the back line except for the new Santander star has not changed much.

However, it is striking that the former team's first goalkeeper López did not return to the team immediately after recovering from injury, and according to media rumors, the Spanish goalkeeper is recently seeking a new club.

Of course, this obviously did not affect Villarreal's preparations, and after a thorough full-body check-up, the players were fully engaged in the run-in, and Villarreal also booked their first warm-up opponent for the players three days later, last season's Ligue 1 runners-up Marseille.

The eight-time French club were runners-up last season, but their fortunes have not been good in recent years.

In the summer of '05, Marseille won the International Toto Cup, beating Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna 5-3 over two legs in the final, and won the UEFA Cup for the first time in many years. However, this has affected Marseille's performance in Ligue 1, with the quality and results lagging behind teams such as Lyon, Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, and the chances of winning the title are becoming increasingly slim. It wasn't until the following season that Marseille made a strong start to the season, pushing Lyon closer to the table and finishing runners-up in the league before returning to the UEFA Champions League in 2007/08.

But soon its team member Edré revealed that before the final of the European Champions League in Munich, Marseille players had been collectively injected with unknown drugs, only German striker Rudy Worrall refused to be injected, this news made the Marseille club instantly become the target of public criticism, if it were not for the lack of stamina of Lyon and other teams last season, it is really hard to say whether Marseille can win the runner-up, plus the overall strength of French Ligue is more than one step worse than La Liga, so fans generally think that this friendly match will be a game without any suspense, But the results were very different.

Villarreal conceded their first goal just a few minutes into the game, and in the next 90 minutes their usual sturdy goal was twice breached by Marseille's players to settle the score at 3-0.

Yes, Villarreal not only failed to score a goal but also lost the game with a score of 3:0, so the major media immediately exclaimed after a short stunned moment, saying that this friendly match was simply the most incredible game of this summer. Even the French newspaper Louvre Evening News was a little aggressive in saying that the Villarreal had lost to an opponent who could have won easily.

And such remarks also represent the opinion of most fans and media about this game.

You must know that compared with the rest of the La Liga teams that are also training around, not to mention the almost invincible Real Sa, it is Sevilla, and Valencia is also blooming, only Villarreal lost by a big score.

It was only then that San Tiago finally knew the reason for the defeat in this game, and that was to underestimate the enemy.

This reason is somewhat ridiculous to say, but it is. Last season's league journey naturally does not need to be repeated too much, coupled with the return of Harnett, Pire, etc., the club all thought that this friendly match would be a slaughter, and this also created the Villarreal people's light enemy, although after conceding the first goal, the team has reacted badly, but Marseille's strong strength is something they could not expect.

Even Saint-Tiago didn't expect Marseille to be so strong at this time, standing in the stadium and looking at the bright red 3:0 on the display, he was once again confused, and he couldn't help but think of the scenes in the game.

No one expected that Marseille, who had the initiative after the start of the game, quickly instigated an attack and scored with this attack, and when the game was over, the major media and commentators looked back at the game, and they were shocked to find that the trend of the game fell into the rhythm of the Marseille team in the first minute, and fell into the planning of Marseille coach Didier Deschamps.

The former France international is no slouch, his first two spells in charge have been full of success, with Monaco taking the team to the UEFA Champions League final; In Turin, he took on the drudgery that no one wanted to take, bringing relegated Juventus back to Serie A three rounds early, and this time he moved to France, Marseille.

At this time, Deschamps, who had just taken over as Marseille manager, developed a set of tactics tailored for Marseille in response to Villarreal's characteristics.

Do you know what it means to be "bang bang"?

That's right, bang, bang, bang, bang! After the opening, Marseille launched a direct attack, running and passing in one go, five foot passes, without any hesitation, when the Villarreal players were still intoxicated with a good sense of self, and before they entered the real game state, Marseille striker Niang had already received a straight kick past the Villarreal back line to hit the far corner of the goal.

When Niang had already put his right thumb in his mouth and sucked the goal to his newborn child to the frantic cheers of the Marseille fans, did the Villarreal fans realize that their goal had been breached?

However, at this time, the Villarreal players have not yet realized the severity of the problem, they only set off a counterattack frenzy after a short period of surprise, they are confident that they can equalize or even overtake the score with attack, of course, their self-confidence is not groundless, they have an average of two goals per game They have far more offensive firepower than their opponents, and they believe that the current lag is only temporary.

San-Tiago is still active, and the co-starter Andre Pire has also put a lot of pressure on Marseille.