In the end, the pre-match match came to an end with a score of 2-0, and after Descartes assisted the first goal, Paguera reverted to his usual defence.

But it was clear that with Paguera's athleticism, he could not contain Descartes with conventional defensive means, and with three minutes to go, Descartes finally scored the team's second goal of the game himself, and the victory was firmly in Pavia's hands.

However, the focus of the media after the game was not the final score of the game, but the coach of the Lancian team, Gadiani, who released big words before the game.

Gadiani had sworn to the media before the game that he had found a way to "lock" Descartes, of course, there was more or less media fuel and vinegar in these reports, but he did say such things, so the media were naturally happy to see his jokes after the game.

As a result, there have been many reports in the newspapers in the past few days that ridicule Gadiani, such as:

"The upstarts of Serie C don't know the height of the sky, and they are speechless after the pre-game provocation."

"Coach Lancien let out big words, but ended up hitting himself in the mouth."

"We can freeze Descartes – the coldest joke of the year, and Coach Lancien refused to give any interviews after the game."

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As a result, many other versions of the joke were even born online:

"We can freeze Ferrari – Fiat launches a new model with a claim that the surname is comparable to the Ferrari F430."

"We've found a way to freeze mad cow disease" – the latest advertisement for a private hospital in Italy.

"We can freeze the national unemployment rate and let the people receive unemployment insurance benefits!" -- The public ridiculed the manifesto made by Berlusconi's ruling Power Party at the party congress.

"We can freeze Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo and Shevchenko because we have Gadiani!" -- Italian fans made good-natured jokes about the upcoming World Cup.

In short, during this time, Gadiani became almost the biggest laughing stock in Italy, and Descartes' performance was like a slap in the face, slapping him in the face.

However, in the face of the wave of heated discussions throughout Italy, there are only two people who have not responded positively to this matter, and that is the two protagonists of this matter, Descartes and Gadiani.

Descartes was well educated, and he didn't think it was a sign of grace to fall into a hole at such a time, not to mention, he was very aware of the virtues of the media, and Gadiani might have said something like that, but it was obviously not as offensive as the media wrote, so he didn't want to speak ill of Gadiani at this time.

On Gadiani's side, no one has been able to take anything out of his mouth because he has been hiding from the media all this time.

However, this does not mean that Gadiani would make such a move because he had no face.

In the manager's office of Lancian FC, one of the protagonists of this matter, the head coach of Lancian team, Gadiani, is in a fierce dispute with his old partner Paguera.

"Vordi, why did you make such a decision? You should know that the loss in this game is not your responsibility, and Mr. President has promised me not to pursue this matter again. Gadiani's face flushed slightly, but it was clear from his words that it wasn't who was responsible for the defeat in his dispute with Paguera.

Compared with Gadiani's anger, Paguera's expression was very calm, and he said calmly: "Andrei, you know me very well, you should know that the reason why I am ready to retire is not because I lost this game, to be honest, I only suddenly found out now that I am really old, and now it is time for young people to make room." ”

"But Wardy, you are the captain and the core of the team's defense, if you retire next season, what will happen to our team's backline, who will I hand it over?" Gadiani clearly disagreed with Pagra's words and was quick to speak out against his remarks.

But Paguera seemed to have made up his mind, he shook his head and sighed: "Andre, I know this decision was a bit sudden, but I believe that the team is not short of money, and it is not difficult to find a better defender than me." In fact, you and I both know very well that at my age, even if I stay in the team next year, and when the team is promoted to Group A, I only have the strength to play as a substitute. Like you, I've been on the football pitch for a decade or twenty and I think it's time to say goodbye. ”

"Voddy ......" Gadiani looked at his old friend's calm face, he really didn't know what to say, but his throat rolled a little, and he was very reluctant to think about it.

Paguera is not a hypocritical person, after seeing the loss on Gadiani's face, he smiled and comforted him: "Okay Andre, don't worry about this kind of decision, we might as well think about it, how to play in the next game, even if we lose this game, it doesn't mean that it is the end of the world, our team's goal this year is to rush to Group A, how can we fall so easily?" Actually, I'm a little worried about you, and now the media outside are ridiculing you for not being able to do anything, can you stand it? ”

"Me?" Gadiani laughed: "Old man, don't underestimate me too much, I don't deal with these guys for a day or two, how can I be so easily influenced by them?" I'll just think they're learning how to bark, and if I don't pay attention to them after two more days, they'll stop themselves. ”

"Huh." Pughera laughed: "If you let the reporters outside hear this, I'm afraid they will write you even more ugly." ”

"Leave them alone, as long as Mr. Chairman still trusts me, I have no interest in knowing what they write. But what are you going to do when you retire? ”

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The news that Paguera will retire at the end of the season soon appeared on the media pages again, and compared to the absence of Gadiani, Paguera's news made the media seem to have found the G spot again.

Although many insiders at Lancian FC understand that Paguera's decision to retire is due to age, journalists don't write that!

If the newspaper says that "Paguera, the captain of the Lancian team, is going to retire at the end of this season due to his age", it would be boring, and at most it would be just a piece of paper the size of dried tofu.

However, if it is written that "the core of Lancien's defense lost the confidence to continue playing because of being blown out by Descartes, and finally chose to retire", then the result will be different!

I don't know how many good people will care about such news, how good Descartes is, he can actually beat the opponent's guard directly to retirement, this is simply unprecedented!

That's why it's a selling point!

So the next day there was a lot of this in the newspaper."

"The captain of Lancien was forced to retire after the game because of a fierce argument with the head coach due to his poor defense of Descartes."

"Paguera, the core of Lancien's defense, was psychologically shadowed by Descartes and decided to retire from football!"

"How good is Descartes? Puguera tells you: Because of him, I chose to retire."

"Superstar finishes Serie A veteran, £12 million? No, we don't sell £20 million either! - Pavia head coach Donatoni said. ”

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These news, combined with previous articles about mocking Gadiani, will not be uncontroversial in the Italian media for two weeks, and it is in the midst of their hype that Descartes and his teammates ushered in the fifth round of the League Cup.

Their opponent is the Novara team led by Mr. Tesel who secretly went to prepare for "learning a hand" last time.

This round of the tournament in Pavia is home and away, which means that the first meeting between the two sides will be in Pavia's home stadium at the Municipal Sports Center.

When the whistle blew for the game, the Pavia club suddenly discovered an embarrassing problem, that is, Novara actually put on an exact turtle formation on the road.

Due to the existence of "Cartesian dependence", Pavia clubs generally choose to defend with all their strength in the first half, and even rarely counterattack, so when the average team encounters them, they either choose to attack in the first half and lay the victory, or choose to defend in the second half and keep the draw.

But there are very few teams like Novara, who start with a stubborn posture.

Because everyone knows that Pavia will choose to defend in the first half, since the opponent takes the initiative to shrink his head and let you punch and kick, can you resist not kicking a few times? Even if the other party may suddenly stick out his head and bite you, but without Descartes, who will take Pavia's counterattack to heart?

So even if the team is down, when it encounters Pavia, it will always rush out to play for a while in the first half, anyway, Zhou Yu plays Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, and if you don't attack white, you won't attack.

It's just that Novara doesn't take the usual path, and he has to put on such a position, so what is this? You've heard of the offense on the football field, you've heard of the game, but who has heard of the defense?

You're only a midfielder, I'm only a midfielder, so what will football become?

It's like this now – when a Pavia player gets the ball, he suddenly doesn't know what to do.

Because the opposing players are at most pressing near the halfway line, as long as Pavia's ball is passed back to the half, they will not chase it at all, and Pavia frequently turns the ball upside down in the backfield, and in the end even their own players feel a little frustrated - people simply ignore you, are you practicing passing here?

You know, although the fans don't mind defending, it doesn't mean that they don't mind that their players are not aggressive at all. If you defend to withstand the opponent's offensive and find the right time to counterattack, then the fans will cheer you loudly, but now that the opponent has made it clear that he doesn't want to attack at all, what are you still defending, and who are you going to defend?

There were some sporadic boos on the sidelines, which made the Pavia players finally a little untenable, and after passing the ball for a while, they slowly took the initiative to move up the formation and began to put pressure on Novara's half.

Seeing all this, Novara's head coach Tesel had a smile on his face, and he carefully arranged this layout in order to lure out the Pavia club in the first half.

He took advantage of the fact that this was Pavia's home stadium, and it was impossible for the fans to watch their team not want to make progress, so he lined up this formation that was stubborn from the beginning, in fact, in order to completely nullify the defensive tactics of the Pavia club in the first half, forcing them to press out to attack without Descartes.

And after this, Tesel also arranged another good game, that is, the only striker left by the team in the front court, Nikola. Ventola.

Yes, this is the famous striker Ventola, who has played for Inter Milan and many other Serie A clubs. Although he has now lost his past edge due to injury, he is actually only 28 years old, and in terms of individual ability, he is definitely more than a notch above these opponents in Serie B group. Novara, who has signed him on loan from Atalanta this season, has scored 13 goals in the last 15 league and cup games and is the team's top scorer.

Tesel is all about getting Pavia to press out and then use Ventola's individual ability to counter-attack, and as long as he can take the lead in the first half, he doesn't care about turning the current "suspected iron bucket" formation into a real "iron bucket" in the second half.

Attacking with all his might when the opponent's attacking core is not playing, and shrinking the defense when the opponent starts to attack, in fact, Mr. Tessell's basic strategy is no different from those other teams, but the difference is that he wraps his "attack" in a "bucket" coat, and now it depends on the Pavia club not to be fooled.