Chapter 15
Standing in the distance, Agusli silently watched the Sutra, his heart fluctuated.
There's not a manager who doesn't like a player who trains hard, and that's a player who has been on the pitch for a long time.
Agusli watched as he kicked the ball far away, and a list came to mind: Karpin, Kovacevic, Alonso, Arteta, Griezmann, these rising stars who had grown up at Real Sociedad had all pinned their hopes on the San Sebastian to become the king of the Anoeta stadium.
But commercial interests ruined it all.
When these talented players leave San Sebastian, the teams built around them will invariably fall into the quagmire of relegation. Agusli didn't want to repeat that situation, after all, the club's contract with Qu Jing was only a one-year deal.
This young man from China is an enigma to Agusli's mind: he has an extraordinary sense of the big picture and reading ability on the court, he always makes the right choices, and he has a near-perfect success rate for breakthroughs and interceptions.
It shouldn't be a quality that a young player has.
Judging from the daily training and today's game, with Qu Jing's talent and training attitude, he should firmly occupy the main force of the team, and what is even more rare is that he seems to be able to stimulate the potential of his teammates, Sans, Capilla, Batista, Rodriguez, etc., all benefited from him in the game.
But the question is, if there is no Qujing, who can replace it?
Oyazoun in the same position has shown a huge gap with him, and for such a player who can make the game simpler, if he is not on the field, who can stand up and bear this sense of absence?
Agusli doesn't want this kind of absolute core player in the team, which is the same for many teams. When the head coach and the players put their hopes on the single core, it is tantamount to a huge gamble, winning the spotlight, losing a defeat, and what is even more terrible is that once the core is lost, it will cause a fatal blow to the team.
It's not good for a team to build.
After the second round of La Liga, the summer transfer window officially closed on September 1. In stark contrast to the €572 million spent on transfers across La Liga, Real Sociedad has made a staggering low-key move on transfers.
Contrary to the optimism of manager David Moyes and club president Stephen Hawking, Real Sociedad fans have expressed deep concerns about the team's prospects on the club's official website and on some social media, citing Moyes' time at Manchester United as an example of the close relationship between team results and transfer spending.
Some fans also expressed doubts about Moyes's tactical use: the English style of play he is good at has obviously encountered problems in La Liga, which advocates fine play, although there are proud moves of repeatedly defeating the top three in La Liga, but if you just blindly use "infinite crosses**", and do not solve the offensive problems against middle and lower teams, it is obviously not enough to support the whole season.
Moyes, who has been insisting on moving forward and never showing weakness, still maintains the same old appearance, in the vow of "tomorrow will be better", Real Sociedad lost to Real Betis and Espanyol one after another, after four rounds of league games, Real Sociedad is in the penultimate place with 2 points, but the B team led by Agusli has been soaring, ranking second in Group B of Division C with three wins and one draw.
Although in normal training, Agusli will set aside at least half time to divide him into the main lineup, but in these two West C games, Qu Jing did not appear, and even the fans in the stands couldn't stand it during the game, and always kept chanting "QU~QU" when the team situation was unfavorable.
Regardless of Agusli's considerations, his number one priority at the moment is training, training, training, and he spends almost all the time he can on the training ground, improving as much as possible every day in terms of fitness, technique, set-pieces, and mid-distance passing.
Zhang Lei called twice, and the two chatted about the progress of the Qu Jing and talked about the two World Cup qualifiers played by the Chinese team during this period: after an unexpected draw with Hong Kong, the Chinese team's situation in Group C is not optimistic.
Qu Jing didn't pay much attention to the Chinese team's game, and he thought it was far away from him. It's not that he didn't think about the possibility of being called up to the national team after establishing himself in La Liga, but what good is it? It's like even if he officially enters Real Sociedad, putting aside his great luck, it is difficult to play Real Madrid and Barcelona on the field, and the overall level of the players is behind, relying on one or two players is obviously not enough to reverse the decline.
Zhang Lei does not agree with his point of view, he successively cited Sweden's Ibrahimovic, Bulgaria's Berbatov, Ukraine's Shevchenko, Wales' Bale, Poland's Lewandowski, Austria's Alaba, etc. Their impact on international football and the inspiration they have for the next generation in their country are even more important. Just like Ukraine, although Shevchenko is gone, the rise of Yarmolenko and Konopryyanka has given Ukrainians more hope for the future.
Zhang Lei wants Qu Jing to be the "spiritual guide" of Chinese football, and write a strong stroke on the road of Chinese players studying abroad for more than 20 years.
"I, Mr. Shen, Qianbao Company, and even the whole of China, are behind you, looking at them deeply and hopefully", this is what Zhang Lei said before hanging up the phone, which made Qu Jing feel chills for a while. But after thinking about it, what Zhang Lei said is not reasonable, people's encounters are mysterious, perhaps, this is his mission.
Before the start of the fifth round of La Liga, Lewandowski of the Bundesliga giant Bayern had just set a super record beyond the scope of human beings in an official match: after being substituted in the second half, he scored five goals in nine minutes!
The world's media led by "Bild" and "Der Spiegel" were in an uproar, and fans from all over the world also expressed their exclamations on the Internet, and there was a strange feeling in football on this day: "The whole world wants to go to Lewandowski." ”
Unlike Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and David Moyes are in the midst of a 'fire and ice', with Jose Mourinho, who led defending champions Chelsea deep into the relegation zone after a 2-0 win over Arsenal on Saturday, to give himself a respite, while David Moyes continues to struggle.
The newspaper "As" used a large comparison photo of Guardiola and Moyes, and Guardiola's expression of surprise with his head in his hands contrasted sharply with Moyes's melancholy face, and the content was very ridiculous: "Moyes is obviously more elaborate on goals, Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes, and Moyes took nine games." ”
Marca, on the other hand, believes that Moyes is on the verge of being sacked, and their headline is even more unkind: Moyes is drifting away from Real Sociedad.