Chapter 45: The Stadium is Cloudy
After everyone had blessed Prieto, Agusli coughed twice, "Everyone, forgive me for always playing the role of the Warm Moment Terminator, now it's time to talk about our plans." ”
Then, amid a loud stream of complaints, Agustsly showed off his plans on the screen – strictly a timetable with dates, strategies and goals, and the information was so clear that it was hard to misunderstand, and it was something for the players to keep in mind: how many training sessions, how many days left until the winter break, the number of games, the Copa del Rey matchups, etc.
Agusli glanced at his players and his expression became serious: "Back-to-back wins are exciting, and they also give us another chance, winning the Copa del Rey. ”
Hearing this, some players couldn't help but shout, and even Qu Jing was surprised by Agusli's idea, although the Copa del Rey is an event that giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid do not value, but as a small team that was still in the relegation zone last month, if you want to win the championship of this event, you know how difficult it is to think about it with your heels.
"Guys, as you might expect, we don't have a lot of quality and we don't have a lot of bench depth, so we're hardly going to win all the time for a long season. But the cup is different, we just need to beat the opponent in two legs, try to do the math, and it's only five times, like the five wins in a row that we just had, it's as simple as that. ”
Silence, long silence.
Then, I don't know who started it, but in short, the whole activity room was filled with a voice: "Champion, we want champion." ”
In Saturday's away game against Las Palmas, Agusli rotated his squad, with Qu Jing, Canales, Vela and Martinez not in the starting line-up.
It was supposed to be a game that was no longer in doubt, but it was the bottom-placed promoted Malas Palmas who showed unprecedented fighting spirit, taking advantage of the home advantage to take a two-goal lead in the first half, and it was not until Agusli replaced Qu Jing and Vela in the second half that Real Sociedad turned the tide and scored twice in the 71st and 83rd minutes to level the scores.
Alternating too many substitutes brought Real Sociedad's winning streak to an abrupt end, but Agusli was like a win after the game, and perhaps consistency in the dressing room was more important to him than a winning streak. Players need to play, so when facing opponents who are not strong, you also need to find a balance between players who usually can't play the main team.
After this round of matches, the biggest news in world football is not Chelsea, which has always bred jokers, nor Arsenal, which was beaten by Bayern 5:1 away, nor Real Madrid, which lost for the first time in the season, but Neymar's fairy ball when Barcelona played against Villarreal: he first stopped the ball with his chest after receiving Suarez's pass, then picked up the ball with his right foot to play the defender, and then turned around and did not wait for the ball to hit the ground and volleyed into the net. It was a perfectly imaginative goal, with every step of the process, from receiving the ball to the goal being measured, and the whole process was spectacular.
Neymar not only received a collective standing ovation from the Camp Nou fans during the game, but also received countless fans' knees after the game. Many fans who woke up their sleeping girlfriends with a "slot" rushed to make a GIF of the ball overnight, and made an in-depth comparative analysis with Xiao Luo, Bergkamp and other fairy balls, and Nei Shao, who had been thought to be "only abusing vegetables in the Brazilian league", also became an immortal and jumped into the ranks of aliens.
The following week was another FIFA matchday, so Real Sociedad had a more relaxed schedule. Qu Jing did not receive the invitation to the national team as many domestic fans expected, and the national football team also carried forward the tradition of never missing a fish belly opponent, on November 12 in Changsha, cleanly poured Bhutan a 12:0.
The nightmare that clouded football and the world took place in Paris on November 13, when five explosions and five shootings caused a huge disaster for France, and put everyone in danger for the French and German players who were playing a friendly match at the Stade de France. The KB attack also caused a stir in European football, with many subsequent friendlies cancelled.
Qu Jing was in Manchester City with Canales and Bella when he heard the news, as they prepared to watch a UNICEF charity match at Old Trafford. Soon, Agus, who also learned of this, stopped their attempt to watch the game in an almost stern tone, and they immediately rushed back to San Sebastian in despair.
In the days that followed, Agusli banned his players from going out and had the team's psychologist counsel the players, even though they didn't think it was necessary.
But Agusli proved right.
During the match day that began on November 21, many players were out of shape during the game, apparently influenced by the "Paris 11.13". Just like Sevilla, this team that has won consecutive victories against Barcelona and Real Madrid this season looked listless in the game, especially the three French players of Tremolonas, Rami and Enzozi, who seemed to be more preoccupied. The players' inability to concentrate also took their toll, as they were comfortably taken by Real Sociedad at the Anoeta Stadium.
Neither Vela nor Prieto, who scored the goal in the game, celebrated, nor did the fans, who did the same thing - to mourn the innocent victims.
Qu Jing received a wonderful assist in this game, which should have been a hot topic in the domestic media, but the news did not last long and was soon replaced by the upcoming "Spanish derby".
The "Spanish Derby" - the battle for the most expensive club in the world with players worth more than 1.2 billion has attracted the attention of fans all over the world and the media around the world.
As the focus of this game, Messi's ability to play has long been hyped by the media, and Ronaldo's remarks in the dressing room before the game have also been written.
This made Agusli very unhappy, and he said angrily in front of the players: "It was really a deformed game, it was reported like this before the kick started, and if you dare to do this to the media before the game, I will not be done with you." ”
At this time, Vela once again played his funny nature, and immediately after Agusli finished speaking, he said leisurely: "Mr. coach, this seems difficult, you have to turn us into the kind of players who will attract the attention of the world first." ”