Chapter Forty-Nine: Scenery
Lin Sen is once again in the headlines.
The headlines here naturally do not refer to the local media in Malaga, because if you count the local media in Malaga, then Linsen's headlines can't stop at all, you know, this is the eighth victory in Malaga's ten games, in Malaga, a "small place" that is insignificant in the Spanish football map, this is an unprecedented feat, in the words of the local newspaper: it is Linsen who is creating a zào miracle. Today, Lin Sen is a household name in Malaga.
Linsen's first real headline of the season appeared in Marca, when Malaga was on a seven-game winning streak and had just been named Coach of the Month for September by the La Liga Football Federation. The second headline was last week, when he appeared on the front page of the Daily Sports newspaper as a "megalomaniac", and the picture of "looking up" took up almost half of the page. This time, it was barely the third time, because this time, it was the Free Newspaper, whose circulation was far inferior to that of newspapers such as Marca.
'Beating Valencia at home, Malaga was the first time it was a bit of a daunting. When the Chinese coach of Atletico Madrid came to Málaga, no one saw what he could achieve here, and some even concluded that he could not lead Málaga to relegation. When Linson took revenge on Calderón, some thought it was just luck. When Malaga beat Real Madrid by a heart-wrenching score at home, some said it was because of Real Madrid's underdogs. When Linson led Málaga to seven wins in a row, it was still said that it was simply because Malaga had a good schedule, and the defeat to Barcelona seemed to prove that, however, now Málaga beat Valencia to end their nine-game unbeaten run.
What to say this time? Nothing needs to be said.
Because after Valencia, we found out that Malaga is actually close to going through their most difficult period, and in the last ten matches they have faced Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla...... And the answer given by Lin Sen is ten games and eight wins!
Although there is a phrase that has been mentioned more than once this season, at this time, we still have to ask again: Atletico Madrid, do you regret it? ”
The only one who can spare no effort to praise Linson and Malaga is naturally Rhodes.
Did Atletico Madrid regret it? Of course, no one will really answer Rod on this question, but he knows that Barr, who is a die-hard Atletico Madrid fan and has always been dismissive of Linson, is now very secretive about Linsen's name when facing him. And isn't it another form of expression that is difficult to let go?
Is your own the best?
Pep Guardiola is a definite example of this, as a player, he is an icon of Barcelona, and as a coach he is becoming a legend of Barcelona. It's a pity that Atletico Madrid is not Barcelona, Recino, or Guardiola, the same ten games, Recino has lost half of them, including even a 1-6 defeat to Barcelona, but Recino is still insisting, Atletico Madrid's top management is still patient, but Atletico Madrid fans have begun to be unbearable...... They began to miss Linsen, who had undoubtedly succeeded in Málaga, and even Aguirre had become the object of rehabilitation.
What you lose, you know to cherish, this sentence is not necessarily true, it should be said, what you lose, you start to be unlucky to know how to cherish.
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It's not just Lin Sen who is glamorous, in fact, there is one person in the Malaga team who is in the limelight for a while.
This person is Lewandowski, who has just scored a hat-trick.
Compared with the vague praise, Lewandowski's value increase in the just-updated famous German website "Player Transfer Network" is undoubtedly more eye-catching, and his latest value is 8 million. This may not seem like a very large number, but considering that the Poles came to Malaga for only 400,000, it means that in just a few months, Lewandowski's worth has skyrocketed to 20 times.
It is worth mentioning that among the top 10 players with the fastest increase in value announced on the website, Malaga alone occupies four seats, in addition to Lewandowski, the other three are Gabi, Reus, and Gundogan.
Gabi, two million at the beginning of the season, now six million.
Reuss, who was not worth anything at the beginning of the season, is now two million.
Gundogan, who was worthless at the beginning of the season, is now 2.2 million.
The soaring value of players has also made Malaga the team with the fastest increase in the overall value of the entire European team, and there is no one.
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The doubling of Malaga's value has not changed much for Lin Sen, he is still the same, in public, he is like a sword out of the sheath, with a sharp edge, as if he doesn't mind being alone against the whole world. And when he turned around and went back to life, he seemed to have become an otaku again, not caring about how much trouble he had caused to the world and how much trouble he had caused to the outside world.
The devil's schedule in Malaga is not over, and Linson has another opponent, and an old one, Manuel Pellegrini. However, before facing the engineer, Lin Sen once again encountered the problem he had just encountered, the Copa del Rey. Three days later, on November 13, Malaga will travel to Mallorca for the second leg of the Copa del Rey.
Due to the first leg against Mallorca, Málaga lost a troublesome scoreline, 1-2, allowing the opposition to two away goals, which means that if Málaga do not want to give up the Copa del Rey competition, then they must win by more than two goals at the Stadio San Mois.
Unlike the last time, this time, after beating Valencia, Málaga's morale was high, and Linsen naturally didn't want the team's morale to be hit by the Copa del Rey exit at this time, so he gave the team a must-kill order.
So, in the midweek Copa del Rey game, Manzano, who had expected Málaga to drop the Copa del Rey, made an unexpected discovery that he was facing a side that was almost identical to the one they had faced against Valencia three days earlier.
Lin Sen made only one tweaking to the starters: Gabi, who was suspended against Valencia, and Gundogan rested.
In this game, the style of play was almost completely different from the previous game, and Mallorca suffered from the beginning. The in-form Robert Lewandowski repeated a second-half against Valencia, setting the tone for the game with a volley just three minutes into the game.
In the 31st minute, Reus broke through on the left flank, and the German, who had become the grass of the Malaga team, unselfishly passed the ball to Duda who was following on the other side, and the Portuguese scored with an empty goal. Before the end of the first half, Malaga completely threw the burden of promotion on Mallorca.
In the second half, Málaga, who had no pressure to score, played more easily, while Mallorca, who switched roles with Málaga in an instant, was in a mess, and Manzano failed to save Mallorca's defeat by changing three people in five minutes. In the end, Malaga defeated Mallorca 2-0 away to advance to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey with an aggregate score of 3-2.
Manzano's disappointment after the game was palpable: "I don't know what magic Lin used, this Malaga team today and the Malaga team two weeks ago are two different teams at all.
Lin Sen smiled secretly in his heart at that time: Of course it's different. Last time, the Malaga was a swollen face and a fat man, and ** silk pretended to be rich and handsome. This time, it is a true performance, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. Where can it be the same.
Shun lì advanced to the Copa del Rey, this is not the most happy for Lin Sen, what makes him the happiest is that in two consecutive games, Malaga's new central defenders have partnered with Bonucci and Ranocchia, although there is still a distance from being excellent, but compared with their debut, it is already a world of difference. If this pair can continue to do so, then Rosario, who still doesn't seem to be able to get a new contract from the club, wants to return to the starting line-up? I'm afraid I'm really going to have God's help.
In addition to Bonucci and Ranocchia, Reus's progress has also surprised Linson. The young man seems to be getting more and more accustomed to the rhythm of the start, at the beginning he only had half the physical fitness, this game has not been exhausted until more than 70 minutes, for Linsen, this is a plus, once Reuss can start, then, Reuss will also change from a special weapon to a conventional weapon, then Malaga will also have more offensive means, in addition, he will also liberate Gundogan.
Because in Lin Sen's mind, the best back partner is not the current Gabi and Apono, but Gabi and Gundogan, and now Gabi's partner Apono, in fact, has a little bit of Gabi's "weakened version" in the characteristics, willing to participate in defense, but the offensive ability is still lacking, especially in the current Malaga most important offensive and defensive conversion This link, it can not fully meet Lin Sen's needs for the definition of this role, in comparison, Gundogan, who is more excellent in both vision and transfer, is undoubtedly more suitable. It's just that because Reus can't start for the time being, and Isco is far from mature, Gundogan has always been put in the position of the forward midfielder by Linsen.
After the win on Mallorca, Linson could not rest yet, because it was also three days later, and there was the last stop of the devil's schedule: Villarreal.