Chapter 47: Repression
With an indispensable veteran on one side and an unstoppable team hero on the other, it was a really tangled problem for Bosque, and he would feel sorry to give up on any of them.
But both for the sake of the team as a whole and with the challenges ahead of him, Bosque has to make a choice.
Thankfully, after much thought and reference to the performances of both players in training in recent days, Bosque finally made a decision.
On the training ground, the Spanish players are doing regular running training under the leadership of the assistant coach.
"Three days to go! The quarter-finals are just around the corner! β
"Win and advance to the Final Four!"
"Guys, work hard, we've got to get all the milk out of the energy!"
The players were running and shouting with themselves on their own, full of energy.
After the defeat in the first round of the group stage, the Spanish team won three consecutive victories, not only from the group smoothly out of the top spot, and now it is neatly advanced to the quarterfinals, the winning streak brings the team more morale and self-confidence, for whether it can make a difference in this World Cup, Spain, which was originally extremely strong in strength and lineup, has increased confidence in such a good momentum.
And for the next quarter-final with Paraguay, they are also full of expectations.
In the crowd, Fan Bizhuang was jogging with the team, and Ramos behind him suddenly accelerated, ran up, almost tied with Fan Bizhuang, while running, he looked left and right, and mysteriously lowered his voice.
"Fan, have you heard?"
"What?"
Fan Bizhuang responded suspiciously.
"Somebody over there, he's completely recovered, I've heard. The manager seems intent on getting him back into the starting line-up. Ramos lowered his voice and pouted at the Barcelona camp that was running diagonally in front of him, and the meaning was self-evident.
That's a BarΓ§a player, a guy, not to mention Fan Bizhuang knows who it is.
"Oh."
Fan Bizhuang responded lightly, in fact, Villa's injury was not serious, after two games of cultivation, there was basically no major problem, in the game with Portugal, the Barcelona striker entered the eighteen-man squad, but he didn't get the opportunity to play.
Van Bizhuang is not worried that Villa's return will pose a threat to his main position, his performance and form are here, as long as he is not blind, then Bosque will not give up his consistent scoring point of continuous goals, and choose a player who has just recovered from injury and whose form is unknown - even if the opponent is also an extremely good goalscorer and has made a lot of contributions to the team.
Seeing Fan Bizhuang's unmoved and indifferent appearance, Ramos was a little anxious, and he almost shouted at the top of his throat.
"Hey, I said man, how can you act like you don't care? Do you know? Your starting position is in jeopardy! Someone's coming to grab your starting spot! Damn, why didn't you react at all, shouldn't you be showing anger at this time? β
Fan Bizhuang rolled his eyes helplessly, Ramos looked even more excited than he was dancing. But Fan Bizhuang can also understand why his friends reacted like this, firstly, the two are friends and play in the same club, and secondly, the Spanish national team in recent years is basically built by Real Madrid and Barcelona as the keynote, but in this team, Barcelona is the main attacking side, and the responsibility of Real Madrid's generals is more to "defend the country".
Although it is said that the division of labor does not distinguish between high and low, the team is a whole, and no one can do it without it, but in the past, Real Madrid has been in turmoil and reconstruction in recent years, and there is no excellent local attacker who can do it, and now there is Fan Bizhuang, who has proved himself in several games that have been played, which greatly increases the face of the Real Madrid system, and also increases the status and voice of the Real Madrid department in the national team. The players in the Real Madrid camp are naturally unhappy, and maybe there will be some kind of trouble.
"I know that you are for the stability and unity of the team, so you choose to swallow your anger and wronged yourself. Fan, speaking of which, I'm really going to lecture you, you guy, sometimes you're just too kind. β
Seeing that Fan Bizhuang was silent, Ramos's eyes rolled, and then as if he understood something, he waved his hand, and continued to lower his voice, "Don't worry, if you really receive any unfair treatment, we will not stop." It's a big deal, I've already said hello to Igor and them, and Santiago and them...... It's not just our side, it's from other clubs, and the big guys are not happy with that. The national team is not a team of one person, no one can say anything, if the coach really does this, since he can put a better you out of the starting lineup today, he can eliminate other players tomorrow, and no one wants to be at the mercy of others for no reason. Look at it, if that happens, let's strike and protest together! β
Ramos bites the word "strike" very hard, the meaning has been clearly expressed, if the matter really reaches the point of no return, Ramos and a team of national team players who he has already contacted will definitely stage a "good show" - maybe they also know that the sudden outbreak of civil strife before the quarterfinals will definitely be a catastrophe for the team, but professional players have their own thoughts, and no one will give in in the face of personal fate and future. Anyway, if you want to make trouble, you will make trouble together, the law will not blame the public, even if someone investigates it afterwards, it doesn't matter, so many players participate, no one can do anything with them, it doesn't matter if you have a stiff fight with the coach, anyway, the last person to leave will not be them - I have never heard of it, in front of the head coach and more than half of the players in a team, there are still people who will choose the head coach.
There are so many outstanding champion coaches in the world, without Zhang Butcher, is it possible that there is no Li Butcher Wang Butcher? But if so many international players are kicked out of the national team, that will be a real earthquake.
Fan Bizhuang glanced at Ramos in surprise, he didn't expect that Ramos's reaction to this would be so intense, and these words were obviously not just talking, he looked back, Casillas nodded to him from a distance, and in other directions, Cazorla and other old friends were also bowing their heads, even some players from other teams, such as David. Silva, Llorente and others are also looking at him.
As soon as he saw this scene, Fan Bizhuang understood. Ramos is right, not only Real Madrid players are involved, except for the Barcelona players, almost all the internationals are on Van Bizhuang's side this time.
Think about it, Fan Bizhuang's outstanding performance is obvious to all, if he wins it for no reason, what will this make other players think? It's okay to kick Van Bizhuang off the bench, but if you can do that to the hero who saved the team today, you can do it to the other players tomorrow.
The construction of the Spanish national team was originally based on the two factions of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the international players of other small clubs did not have many opportunities to play, but at least there was one hope, if the ability was enough and the performance was excellent, they would also be able to compete for the starting position, but if it was really a "black hand" to Fan Bizhuang, this was tantamount to a signal - the head coach did not look at who performed better and who was better, but cronyism and according to his own preferences.
Is there a day before this happens?
If the Real Madrid players are complaining about Fan Bizhuang, then the internationals from other clubs are angry. If the head coach doesn't give them a "way to live", then no one should think about it, everyone will sink together on the land of South Africa, and then the media and fans, including the Football Association, will settle accounts and see who is unlucky first!
After figuring out the joints in this, Fan Bizhuang was a little shocked in his heart, but he didn't expect that the attitude of these teammates was so resolute and tough. In his opinion, this is just a trivial matter, the rumor is more like chasing the wind and shadows, and it is not a side matter at all, and Bosque will not do such a thing that will cause public anger unless his head is broken.
But now, he is fully aware of the seriousness of this matter. One is not good, and the civil strife in Spain will erupt with a bang. It's really going to be like that, not to mention the goal of winning the championship before the competition, and in the next quarterfinals, it is estimated that the players have no heart to play.
"I see."
After a deep groan, Fan Bizhuang nodded. He also thought very clearly, Bosque is not confused, everyone is safe and sound, if Bosque really wants to put him back on the bench, then there is nothing to say.
If you want to cut off my future, then I still need to give you face? Go to the overall situation of the special, go to the national honor, sorry, I am not the kind of moral model who sacrifices himself for others, I will use my feet to fight for what I want, but if you don't give my feet to use, then everyone should not think about it!
This is the time to fight for his own interests, Fan Bizhuang will not be ambiguous, he is naturally on the side of the big guys.
"It's not certain, it's just rumors. So Sergio, don't cause trouble, if things really get to the point of no return......"
The next words, Fan Bizhuang did not explain, but Ramos has nodded to show that he understands, although he is sometimes prone to blood and impulsiveness on the field, but he is not really stunned, he nodded: "I understand, after all, we don't want to cut off the World Cup in a good situation, it's just ...... Just in case. β
Fan Bizhuang nodded, stopped talking, and ran slowly with his head down.
Ramos, on the other hand, slowed down and exchanged words with his teammates behind him.
It's still the same training scene as before, it's just the atmosphere, but it seems to be a little more dignified and depressing......