Acknowledgments before the chapter: Thank you for the tips from Aferwe and OS.

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Of course, Linsen didn't know that his team had accidentally become Pellegrini's interview question, otherwise, he might not have given Pellegrini a worldwide problem.

This problem is dense defense.

Cracking the dense defense is a compulsory subject for all managers, but it is also the most unsolvable subject, even if Guardiola has just led Barcelona this season to blow the "TIKI-TAKA", when it comes to this problem, you have to frown, and to solve this problem, there are only two recognized methods, and they are also quite two kinds of character, one is long-range shooting, the other is set-pieces.

What makes Pellegrini's brows furrow deeper and deeper is that Linsen's team has even limited these two ways of looking at faces, almost equivalent to setting up another line of defense at the front of the penalty area, Malaga does not give Villarreal a chance to shoot from a distance at all, let alone a free kick opportunity, there are not many teams that play three back three in La Liga, but it is not nothing, just let the three back three become sweepers, then there is really nothing.

Therefore, Pellegrini on the sidelines can only count on the third way except frowning, and that is the opponent's own mistake.

However, for this, Pellegrini may still be disappointed.

Consistent attacking does have the potential to increase the defensive pressure on the defender and the psychological pressure on the defender, and when the pressure continues to be unleashed, mistakes become inevitable. So, pressure is key. However, whether or not it can generate pressure actually has a lot to do with whether the defender is active or passive defense, if it is passive defense, then there will indeed be pressure, and it is exponential pressure, but if it is active, it is the opposite effect. A typical example is the match between Inter Milan and Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals that I don't know if it will happen next season, and Inter, who have one less person, has the last laugh in front of the powerful Barcelona.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

For Villarreal fans, the team played vigorously, with a possession rate of more than 70%, a pass success rate of 80%, and the game almost became a half-court offensive and defensive drill, however, in the eyes of Baldano in the stands, Villarreal played lively, but it was the defender Malaga who took the initiative on the field, because Villarreal's offensive rights were not "fought", they were "sent" by others.

When someone else gives something, they either owe you a favor or have bad intentions.

Sure enough, in the seventy-sixth minute of the game, Málaga, who had been "abused" for most of the game, showed its fangs for the first time, leaving a bloody scar on Villarreal's body: Senna forced a long shot from a distance of more than 30 meters from the goal, Godia easily picked up the ball and launched a counterattack, Gabi transitioned to Reus, Reus passed the ball with a goal, and Lewandowski successfully went to the meeting in an offside position.

In the blink of an eye, the love song stadium seemed to be choked by the throat, and there was a dead silence.

The Oriental man standing on the sidelines, who didn't seem to be his team who scored the goal, looked calm, just applauded a few times when he scored, then turned back to the coach's box, and then sat down in his seat, turned his head and said something to Tapia next to him.

Baldano in the stands shook his head.

He thought that Pellegrini should have made a change in this game earlier, but the fact is that Pellegrini has not made any substitutions until now, Baldano understands the Chilean engineer's thoughts, whether Villarreal's offensive power is not conceded by the opponent, it is his team that attacks on the field, as long as his team is attacking, then, his team is invincible. Football is not a basketball game after all, and Villarreal only needs one chance to be able to decide a game.

Unfortunately, luck wasn't on Villarreal's side, the goal did happen, but it wasn't theirs, it was Malaga.

Villarreal have shot dozens of times so far, only twice in the woodwork, and have failed to score, while Málaga have had just three shots so far on target, all three on target and one goal.

For Villarreal, it's luck. And for Malaga, that's efficiency.

With stoppage time, Villarreal still had nearly 20 minutes to equalise or even overtake, but Valdano thought the big picture was decided.

The comeback is an exciting drama in football. But reversal is never luck. Physical fitness, momentum, and tactics cannot be said to be indispensable, but at least you have to be able to completely overwhelm the opponent, and the current Villarreal, physical strength is not dominant or even at a disadvantage, and there is no way to take the opponent tactically, even the momentum that should have occupied an absolute advantage was hit hard by the goal just conceded.

Pellegrini wants to win? Why?

In the final stage of the game, Pellegrini made a final effort, Pires, Nihat, Ibargasa and other attacking players successively substituted for the midfielders, while Linson did the opposite, simply removed two wing attacking players, replaced Alba and Alvaro Silva, this time, the turtle that originally stretched out his feet from time to time and kicked a few times is equivalent to simply retracting his feet into the turtle shell......

When a late corner flew off the touchline on the other side, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

1:0。

Malaga wins.

Pellegrini looked at Lin Sen who was walking towards him quickly with a complicated expression, and he had mixed feelings in his heart. Two draws and one loss, and finally, he still fell below in the competition with him.

In the first match, Pellegrini won the tactics with his sophistication, winning half of the game on both sides, but unfortunately losing the physicality, so the game was a draw.

In the second match, the tactics of the two sides won and lost each other, Pellegrini's team had the physical advantage, but unfortunately the momentum was on the opponent's side, so the game was still a draw.

In the third match, both sides were evenly matched, both in terms of physical fitness and momentum, but for the first time, Pellegrini fell below tactically, although this was related to the two teams' decisive different positioning of this game, but the score will only reflect the most objective things, so Pellegrini lost the game.

Lin Sen, who came over, just shook Pellegrini's hand and didn't say anything, and then the two walked into the corridor one after the other.

Manuel Pellegrini quickly adjusted his disappointment, for him, a league game is only a league game, and no matter how difficult it is to digest than being knocked out of the Champions League before. In his post-match press conference, he was frank in admitting that the team's shape before the game had influenced his tactical set-up and that he had taken the blame for the team's defeat on his own. At the same time, this time he finally stopped performing a "mutual praise" show with Linson, and instead focused his appreciation on the players in Malaga, especially Lewandowski, who scored the goal, praising the Poles as the biggest discovery of La Liga this season.

Manuel Pellegrini's praise did not divert the subject, and Linson knew no matter how well he was not enough for his team.

Frankly speaking, the current Malaga, in the eyes of Linsen, except for Barcelona and Real Madrid, is not inferior to any team in La Liga, even Valencia, which has the duo of David. Lewandowski, who was praised by Manuel Pellegrini, had a second full-body flash in the game, and Linsen didn't know how many flashes a player needs to go through from star to superstar, but it was clear that Lewandowski was gradually becoming the striker Linsen remembers.

In addition to Lewandowski, there are two other players in the Malaga team who have made their first flash, one is Gabi and the other is Gundogan, and that's not counting Koke, who has already left. As for Royce, who is favored by Lin Sen, although his appearance has always been good, there has been no flash so far, and this situation is in line with a law of players, that is, the opportunity to play determines a qiē.

Whether it is Lewandowski, Gabi or Gundogan, the biggest difference between them and Royce is that their position has been relatively stable since the beginning of the season, while Reuss only established himself after Koke left, not to mention a minor injury during the period.

After the win against Villarreal, Malaga remained unchanged in the league standings, but the shape was already good.

Although the top two teams Barcelona and Real Madrid won all this round, Sevilla, which ended the game at the same time as Malaga, lost 0-1 to Getafe at home, and now, although they are still in front of Malaga, they have been tied in points, leading Malaga only by virtue of the win-loss relationship, and the next two chasers Villarreal lost to Malaga in this game, and Atletico Madrid was forced to draw by Deportivo La Coruna away, and the gap has further widened, reaching a three-goal gap.

With only eight rounds left in the league, La Liga's shape is already very clear.

The first group completely shook off the entanglement of the second group, Barcelona will be the champion of the season if there is no accident, and the only suspense left for the first group is who will participate in the qualifying round. The second group will undoubtedly be fiercely contested, with Atletico Madrid, Villarreal and Valencia currently sitting in five to seven places, but Deportivo La Coruna in eighth and Espanyol in ninth are within a goal of a goal.

Similar to the fierce competition for Europa League qualification, is the most brutal relegation battle, except for Huelva, who has won only five goals so far this season, which is almost certain to be relegated, the teams that currently have zài relegation possibilities play seven more teams, except for the second-to-last Numancia and the third-to-last gap is two goals, the other six teams, the points gap is within three points, heaven or hell choice, will make these teams stage the final madness.

However, for Lin Sen, who has ended the devil's schedule, it is already a matter of concern. Although Málaga has to play a life-and-death game with a few of the remaining eight rounds, competitive sports, in the final analysis, are all about a few joys and a few sorrows, and happiness is always based on the pain of others.

Back in Linsen, Málaga, I received another email.

Not from Rinardi, but from someone who almost made him forget: Tang Hua.

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Correction: The match against Villarreal was supposed to be the thirtieth round, not the thirty-first round, and the mistake in the previous chapter has been corrected. Apologize.