Acknowledgments before the chapter: Thank you for the reward from the book friend ngstone.

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Is Villarreal a strong team?

The answer to this question is now yes. Not only because of the excellent results of the Yellow Submarine in Europe in recent years, but also because of last season's Yellow Submarine, which finally beat Barcelona and won the highest La Liga ranking in the club's history: runner-up. And for Villarreal's rise, manager Manuel Pellegrini undoubtedly plays a major role. To put it mildly, his status in the Yellow Submarine is now almost second only to the Godfather.

This is Engineer's fifth season in charge of Villarreal, and it looks like he's already in love with the team, but Linson knows that this will also be the Engineer's last season here, because at the end of the season, "Galeries Lafayette" Florentino, who will be restored at Real Madrid next summer, will make him the commander of the second phase of the galaxy.

For Pellegrini, Linsen's impression has always been good, no one will hate people who are both diligent and low-key, plus the engineer said a lot of good things for himself last season, Linsen almost wanted to hint that Pellegrini should not go to the troubled waters of Real Madrid, but in the end, he still chose to shake hands with the engineer silently, because he knew that it was useless to say it.

In this football world, there are not many clubs that dare to really call themselves rich and handsome, some are high, but they are in the middle, such as the historic Nottingham Forest, some are rich, but they are not tall by nature, such as the current largest local tyrant Manchester City, some are handsome, but they are gradually shy in their pockets, such as the Milan duo, which is known as the world's first derby. Therefore, Real Madrid is one of those who can really be called tall, rich and handsome, and it is one of the more perfect.

From Zinedine Zidane to Ronaldo in the past, to Kaka to Cristiano Ronaldo in the future, whether you like or hate Real Madrid, you can't change the fact that for many players and coaches, Real Madrid is so attractive. In Lin Sen's words, it is just not acceptable.

What Cinderella doesn't look forward to her own Prince Charming? Unless born hostile like Barcelona, there aren't many people who can stand up to his **. Not to mention Pellegrini, even if it is Linsen, a traverser, if Real Madrid really makes a call, he is not sure that he will be able to refuse. It's not that he loves vanity much, it's just that he really can't find a reason to refuse. Loyalty is the best reason, not challenging is the worst excuse, so why say no?

Like last season, Linson and Pellegrini praised each other again, but unlike last season, Pellegrini's praise this time was undoubtedly much more sincere. Villarreal has been a leaky season and Manuel Pellegrini persuaded the board to retain last season's main squad in the summer, and the team has grown from the previous season, but even so, Pellegrini's side still lag behind Malaga.

Villarreal, who are currently third in the league with seven wins, two draws and one loss, have become the third team that Malaga has faced in the last three rounds of matches to finish third, and interestingly, this is all thanks to Malaga's help.

For Linson, how to beat Villarreal has been a topic he has been studying since last season, when he seized on the aging problems of the opponent's backline, chased after it, and finally staged a Jedi counterattack. This time, Manuel Pellegrini is clearly not going to let his team fall twice in the same pit.

Uruguayan defender Godin and Spanish right wingback Angel replaced Fuentes and Venta respectively to become the main force in Villarreal's backline this season, and these two changes alone are enough to make Linsen unable to continue to make a fuss in the opponent's backline, but, naturally, Linsen can't make Malaga like Atletico Madrid last season, in the first half.

But there is one thing that Lin Sen does not want to change, and that is the mad dog mode.

If you want to deal with Xiucai, either you have to be at least a high-level lifter, or you just be a **. Malaga, who started in defense, naturally couldn't compete with the opponent in terms of experience, so he had to honestly lower his identity and play what he was best at.

It's better to be famous than to meet.

Manuel Pellegrini has watched countless footage of Málaga's games this season, but it was only then that he truly appreciated the Málaga-style difficulty.

When attacking, they play exceptionally concisely, not obsessed with possession, pay attention to one-foot passing, and each attack they can finish in the shortest possible time, whether it is completed or not, and this is one of the reasons why Malaga is rarely counterattacked, because when they attack, it is difficult for the opponent to break the ball from their feet. When it comes to defending, Málaga's defence is never easy to grab, but at the same time, their midfield is nothing short of flesh and blood, and Matthias Fernandez, who has been the heart of Villarreal's playmaking this season and has a delicate style of play, quickly got lost in the opposition's defense......

This time, it was Malaga who was the first to pry open the opponent's door.

What is used is the most helpless way for the manager to score goals, free kicks.

That's a perfect arc.

With that goal, Rosato has now scored three goals this season, all from free-kicks.

Linsen on the sidelines did not make any celebrations, but he was relieved in his heart, Villarreal's three-board axe last season is still vivid, although it is different from the past, but after all, there are still some shadows, now, the first goal, the pressure is on Pellegrini's side first. Lin Sen glanced at the Chilean standing near the sideline.

Pellegrini was holding his chest with one hand and his chin with the other, not knowing what he was thinking, compared to last season, the light above Pellegrini was even more blazing, and Lin Sen believed that the transformation of the engineer was only the last film. It's just that Lin Sen himself doesn't know how to break through this layer of film for engineers.

Like Unai Emery in Valencia in the last game, Pellegrini chose not to move, but this time, luck was not on Linsen's side, and the new centre-back partner, who continued to be entrusted by Linsen in this game, finally made a mistake, and a rash rush by Bonucci allowed Cazorla to find an opportunity to send a through ball, and Mexican striker Franco fired a low shot.

The score of 1-1 was maintained until the end of the first half, before returning to the dressing room, Pellegrini deliberately paid attention to the footsteps of the Malaga players when he got off the field, brisk and confident, which made Pellegrini a little disappointed, but also a little curious, disappointed that Malaga did not seem to be affected by much of the equalizing score, the second half may not be as good as it is, curious, why can Malaga such a promoted horse not be affected?

At present, there are two young coaches in La Liga who are in the limelight, because both coaches can be regarded as fledgling, one is Pep Guardiola and the other is Linsen. Guardiola has not played Pellegrini in a bad comment, but for Linsen, Pellegrini has a certain say, because he is one of the few coaches who have played against Linsen. It is worth mentioning that the head coach who played against him last season, regardless of whether he won or lost before, has not escaped Linsen's clutches this season. Pellegrini clearly doesn't want to be next.

What impressed Pellegrini the most about Linsen's commanding characteristics was undoubtedly his ability to grasp the key points. Villarreala had a defence problem that everyone knew about last season, and it was for Linson to play a draw after three balls. Valencia, who played the last game recently, died on the wing of what she is best at.

Once he grasps the key point, Lin Sen will definitely try to enlarge this key point infinitely, which can be regarded as a kind of ability. It's just that just like Linsen's evaluation of Pellegrini's team, most of Xiucai's teachers will not have a good impression of **, and Pellegrini also doesn't like Linsen's football philosophy. Of course, he is different from other people who shout that they should be punished for crimes of non-our race, he appreciates Lin Sen more personally, and he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and those who ask for beautiful football at every turn simply stand and talk without backache.

However, Pellegrini does not envy Linsen's current results, on the contrary, he is somewhat sympathetic to Linsen. The honeymoon period of dark horses is generally not too long, and the real challenge is to come. Lin Sen jumps very high now, he always has to fall, the higher he jumps, the heavier he falls, if Lin Sen doesn't handle it well, it is not unheard of to have a tragedy like a thousand miles of collapse.

In the second half, both sides retained the original team of the first half and continued to live and die.

Villarreal still maintains his routine, the offensive organization is unhurried, the defense is not leaky, what makes Linsen scratch his head the most is that Villarreal and Malaga have one thing in common, that is, they attach great importance to the protection of the defensive line in the midfield, and Pellegrini only set up Senna as a defensive midfielder last season, and now, there is one more: Edmilson.

Unlike Valencia's two half-hearted midfielders, Pellegrini's addition of a defensive midfielder is clearly not intended to add to the midfield's creative force. In fact, Pellegrini's move is also a helpless move, Pires, who was still cheap last season, is a year older, and it is imperative to renew, but compared with the French, Fernandes is obviously much more immature in terms of experience, and the engineer has to increase the number of people to escort him.

Therefore, compared with last season's Villarreal, the team that Linson met this time has a slight decrease in offensive ability, but its defensive ability is much higher. As a result, there is no suspense in the midfield and it has become a position for the two teams to strangle each other.

Linsen scratched his head, Pellegrini also scratched his head, Linsen substitution, Pellegrini also made a substitution.

Reuss, Isco and Rondon came on one by one, and Linson almost played all the offensive cards in his hand, but it was still difficult to break the deadlock again, and in the end, the game had to end in a draw.

However, despite the draw, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, the Rose Garden Stadium erupted in applause, and the fans told their team with their actions that they were satisfied with the game.

They do have reason to be satisfied that Malaga has survived the devil's schedule.

Four games, one win, two draws and one loss. Optimistically, they only lost one.