Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all!

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The collision between the second and third in the league, although the two sides did not get much benefit in the end, did not change the ranking of the two sides in the league after all, Malaga is still ranked second in the league with 26 points, but has been thrown off by Barcelona who can't stop at all, and Villarreal was tied by the winning Sevilla, only ranking higher than the opponent by goal difference.

As for the standings, Lin Sen often reminds his players not to care. Everyone knows that the game has to be fought one by one, as long as the performance is good, the results are naturally good, but it is not an easy thing to really do, for the manager, this thing is like an exam score, but for the players, this is a double-edged sword. It's not good to care too much.

After shaking hands with the engineer again, it seemed that Málaga, who had survived the devil's race, could relax the nerves that had been tense for a while. However, time does not wait for anyone.

On November 23, in the twelfth round of La Liga, facing Mallorca, which has already met twice this month, Malaga, as if stunned, played 2-2 with the opponent away from home and suffered two consecutive draws. Just when it was widely believed that Málaga's previous devilish schedule "sequelae" occurred, in the thirteenth round, Malaga suddenly burst into power, repelling the visiting Osasuna 4-2 at home, and it seemed that the prodigal son would not change the money, however, ......

7 December, Liazor Stadium.

Lin Sen didn't wait for the referee to blow the whistle, he walked directly to the opponent's coach's box in advance and shook hands with Lotina, and then went back to the locker room without looking back, and less than a minute after he walked into the passage, the final whistle blew and the stadium was jubilant.

0:2。

Málaga lost their second defeat of the season and Linson also broke his unbeaten streak against last season's former rivals, losing to Lotina in their second meeting.

There is no doubt that this made Lin Sen very depressed.

The last time he lost to Barcelona, his skills were not as good as others, Lin Sen could accept it, it was not an indigestible game, but losing to Lotina, who was a normal turtle shell with him last season, Lin Sen felt a little unacceptable, because Malaga did not lose to the opponent in the attack, but actually lost to the opponent in the defensive competition. The team's current top scorer, Robert Lewandowski, was targeted by the opposition in the game and did nothing for the whole game, and Linson will not blame the attacking line for not being able to do anything, but the backline has conceded six goals in three games, almost equaling the total number of goals conceded in all previous games.

The game attitude is correct, the training attitude is positive, and the color on the field is excellent, Lin Sen doesn't know what the problem is that there is no zài in the previous games, perhaps, it can really only be explained by the reason of "not adapting to the water and soil"? Regardless, Linson now has to face a question, one that has been asked the most in the post-match press conference.

Will we continue to trust Bonucci and Ranocchia, a young pair that is clearly in shaky form, or will we reinstate our old partner?

From a personal point of view, Linsen undoubtedly prefers to continue to trust the current Italian combination, not only because Linsen knows the potential of this pair, but also because of the old saying that "good defenders are abused", if you give up at this time, then the previous trust is equivalent to going down the drain. But from a performance perspective, Linson knew that the most important thing he should do at this time was to get the pair of Rosario and Wellington back in the starting line-up.

Regarding Rosario, he actually looked for Linsen, because after he returned to Portugal, his partner Wellington could occasionally get the opportunity to rotate, but he lost the position of the main force, Linsen's explanation at the time was that the other party's training was not enough, for Linsen's explanation, Rosario was obviously not satisfied, but finally accepted, but now ......

Thinking of this, Lin Sen had a little headache.

No wonder people always say that life is a collection of troubles, and no matter how much trouble you get rid of, there will always be a new one waiting for you...... Well, this sentence was said by Lin Sen himself. Like many people, after the Devil's schedule, Lin Sen once thought that Malaga had no reason not to speed up the horsepower, but the fact is that in the next three games, Malaga's situation still did not improve, with one win, one draw and one loss.

Looking at Lin Sen, whose face was not good-looking, Tapia could only say that he couldn't help, about this issue, he had already mentioned it once, because of his position, although he often "questioned" Lin Sen's decision, but it was also because of the relationship of "position", all his doubts were only once, and he never mentioned it again.

Because, Lin Sen is the head coach, and the decision can only be in his hands.

In fact, this week, Malaga was not unlucky.

Just a few days before the match against Deportivo La Coruna, the draw for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey was announced, and Málaga's opponent was Almeria, who had beaten this season, and the unlucky person in this draw was Recino.

The Copa del Rey has always been a hotbed of upsets, in the 1/16 finals, Real Madrid was unexpectedly eliminated by the little-known team Real Federation in the two-legged match with less away goals, so that everyone fell through the glasses, after looking at the promoted team, Resinau, who burned his eyebrows in the league, once saw the hope of a breakthrough in the Copa del Rey, but he didn't expect that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and waiting for him was a basin of cold water: Barcelona.

Compared with Recino, Lin Sen's luck is much better, of course, this can't solve Lin Sen's current problem.

Just when Lin Sen was worried, he unexpectedly received a phone call, a call from a stranger.

On the other side of the phone, the opening sentence is a very polite self-introduction: Hello, Mr. Lin, I hope my call will not bother you, my name is Jorge Mendes.

Jorge Mendes?

Lin Sen was stunned for half a second, and finally reacted: Mendes? That Mendes?!

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In today's European football, there is one profession that clubs love and hate, and that is the agent. And for a long time to come, there are also two agents that various clubs love and hate.

One, called Mino-Raiola. The other is Jorge Mendes. The former does not need to be mentioned for the time being, while the latter is known as the world's No. 1 football agent, because under his hands, not only Ronaldo, Falcao, Di Maria and other level stars have gathered, but also coaches of Mourinho's level. Of course, these are hard qualities, and the most admirable thing about Mendes, and what distinguishes him from Raiola, is that he always maintains a good relationship with the club to which his players or coaches belong, even if they have left. A day in Mendes was once described by the media as follows: breakfast with Inter President Moratti in Milan in the early morning, lunch with Chelsea President Abou Abou in London at noon, and then flew to Madrid in the evening to drink wine and laugh with the President of Real Madrid......

To put it mildly, he is Mourinho among football agents. Because the two have similarities in both personality and experience. Both are Portuguese, both have unrecognised playing careers and both have humble beginnings, not to mention Mourinho, Mendes' agent kingdom, which started out as a football video rental shop, and now, both are outstanding in their respective fields.

For such a person, suddenly calling himself, Lin Sen's first reaction was to wonder, how did he know my phone?

Then, Lin Sen began to wonder which players in his team were Mendes' players, and it seemed that Apono was one of them, well, Rosselio seemed to be ...... Could it be Rosario's problem? Lin Sen just thought that he had thought of the purpose of the other party's call, but soon, he vetoed his own idea: he is the head coach, this is Spain, although he is in charge of the transfer of Malaga, but if there is any problem with the treatment of the player, the person Mendes needs to find should be Livermore, not himself, even if it is a problem of playing.

Sure enough, Mendes didn't talk about Rosario, but after a brief introduction of himself, he explained the purpose of his call: he wanted Linson to be able to contact him if he needed an agent.

It was a huge surprise.

To be honest, Lin Sen has no good impression of the agent, not to mention that he learned from the mouth of the old Cruz a while ago that the rent of his current residence is twice as high as that of the previous one, and it is clear that he was placed by a real estate agent, and the real estate agent is actually a kind of agent. Not to mention, from the moment he became the head coach, all the agents have actually been pulled into the "anti-wolf list" by Linsen.

Because, the deposit of the agent profession is simply synonymous with vampires for head coaches, especially managerial head coaches. In the near future, when Lin Sen's subordinates are almost certain to gather a large number of future superstars, Lin Sen has imagined more than once that he is at odds with unscrupulous agents.

It's just that Lin Sen never thought that the first conversation he had with his agent: the content, it was actually himself? Moreover, the subject is still Mendes.

Why?

Lin Sen was silent for a long time, Mendes on the other end of the phone seemed to be very patient, and he didn't have any urging, always quietly waiting for Lin Sen's reply, and then, Lin Sen asked the first question.

Lin Sen knows very well what kind of person is on the other end of the phone, Malaga is certainly an excellent player this season, but to say that Mendes noticed him because of this, Lin Sen is still a little unconvinced, because his profession is destined to make him not the object that can maximize the interests of his agent, the player is, Mourinho? That's an exception.

Well, there must be a reason.