Chapter 154: This Mighty Celta
Now this Celta team is definitely the top four team in La Liga in the past few years at the turn of the century, second only to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia, and the main reliance is on the Russian combination in the midfield, Mostovo and Karpin. Up front, Brazil helped Edu and Catania. In the early two years, there were also strong players such as Penev, Makelele and Salgado.
And the head coach of this team, Victor. Fernandes is also a very strong coach.
Despite his cautious personality, the game he played at Celta was flashy and beautiful attacking football.
Actually Victor. Although Fernandez was already unknown in the period before the Changsheng crossing, he was a famous coach at this time.
He is only 41 years old this year, which is very young as a coach, and 2000 is not like 2010, when managers in their thirties and early forties are flying all over the sky. At this time, the position in the coach's seat was mainly occupied by old men in their fifties and sixties.
Victor. Fernández was surprisingly young.
And he was young and very accomplished.
At a younger age, he made a name for himself as a coach.
In the 93/94 season, at the age of 35, he led Zaragoza to third place in La Liga and the Copa del Rey in Spain, and the following season he led Zaragoza to the Cup Winners' Cup.
Such a brilliant achievement. He was only thirty-six years old.
If this had been placed ten years later, it would have been hyped by the media as a second Boas.
In the face of such a strong team, from the players to the manager, they are all powerful.
Constant victory had to run out of means.
But even so, Victor. Fernandez also has self-confidence. It is possible to defeat such a strong Getafe team.
That confidence comes from his past coaching achievements and from the trust he has in Celta's team.
He doesn't even think it will take long for his team to score.
The development after the start of the game seems to be moving in this direction as well.
Victor. Bruno Fernandes' Celta de Vigo are an attacking team that will only be able to hold on to their attack.
Even if it's just a few substitutes, they are better than Getafe.
Not to mention that there are also the likes of Karpin, McCarthy and Pinto among the team's bench players.
They pretty much form the central axis of this Celta substitute squad.
Celta's bench made the most of what they usually trained, and Getafe had nothing to do with their attack.
There is no more Mostovoy. Karpin was positioned a little further down the middle, and he kept delivering incisive passes. And the fast McCarthy has repeatedly attacked Getafe's defence, and the South African striker seems to be trying to make few appearances in the league. The frustration of not scoring a goal was all vented on this second division team.
Pinto, on the other hand, was laid back and for ten minutes into the game, Getafe didn't have a decent attack, let alone a shot.
Seeing this scene, Victor. Fernandez smiled.
Ten minutes without a single shot on goal. The strength of this Getafe team is really enough......
According to the commentator Claispo, this game was the toughest test of the Getafe backline to date.
They have conceded the fewest goals in La Liga this season and are already the best defensive team in the second division.
But when they play against real first-division teams. So what?
Getafe's goal was eventually conceded in the seventeenth minute.
Although Jose. Passarella worked hard, but he was inexperienced. Especially when faced with an old fritter like Karpin, he looks too immature.
When he thought Karpin was going to pass the ball from the right side of his body. He shifted his weight to the right. Karpin was indeed looking at this side, but he suddenly passed the football in the opposite direction!
His whole body had already twisted to the right side, and it was too late to go back.
All he could do was turn his head and watch as McCarthy ran diagonally behind him, from right to left, before receiving a pass from Karpin.
At this time, he happened to be in José. Passarella and Pedro. Caniseres.
No one could go up and defend him in the first place.
The rest is much simpler for South Africa's most expensive goalscorer.
Although he hasn't scored in the first division, that doesn't mean he won't score.
Against the goalkeeper of a La Liga team, he is still very confident.
A cool low shot and the ball flew under the armpit of Getafe goalkeeper Pablo into the net!
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!” Although Claespo is a supporter of Getafe, he is first and foremost a commentator, and he is obliged to bring an emotional commentary to the fans.
So when McCarthy scored, he still let out a long roar.
"McCarthy! He finally scored his first goal of the season! But alas, it's not a league goal! The mighty Celta took the lead with seventeen minutes into the game! They have proved with their actions that they are invincible! ”
When Claispo said this, he also felt in his heart that no matter how hard Getafe struggled, it should be impossible to defeat Celta.
They conceded a goal in only 17 minutes, and with 73 minutes left, even if they conceded a goal in 20 minutes on average, how many goals would they have to concede?
The difference in strength between the two sides is too big, even if Celta is on the bench...... That's not something that the Getafe team can compete with today.
After McCarthy's goal, he ran towards the corner flag with open arms. He then turned to Karpin, who was giving him the assist, and Karpin and the rest of his teammates swarmed to him. Celebrate this goal with the lead.
Their celebration wasn't too intense, though.
Because for these Celta players, even if it's an away game. But it's a matter of course to be ahead of a second division team, and you don't need to be ecstatic.
Getafe started the game with a stubborn hold, and even then they only lasted seventeen minutes. Now the situation has been opened.
The next games will only be better.
Even in Celta's coaching box, the celebration seemed restrained.
Victor. Fernandez just stood up from the dugout and applauded. Even the facial expressions did not change significantly. It looks a little arrogant.
His team is on good momentum in the First Division, but it would be too bad to be too happy to be ahead of a second division team.
Seeing McCarthy score, the Getafe fans weren't too disappointed. I just sighed in my heart.
Really!
With our strength, even if we all have the main players, we still can't compete with a first-division team like Celta......
In this game, it was right to give up early with a regular win.
In such a game, you will have a hard battle with the other party that you can't win at all. It can only be thankless.
Even the local media in Getafe in the media gallery are thinking this way.
But there is a kind of schadenfreude mentality in the other media - aren't you calling for wind and rain in the second division, which is very awesome? Don't you want to be promoted to the first division?
Then this is the perfect opportunity to shatter all your dreams!
Don't think that the First Division is some kind of heaven, for a team like you, it's hell!
A mid-table team can take the lead with such ease. Do you still think that if you go to the first division, you will have good fruit to eat?
I'm afraid that after a season of failure. It's going to roll back to the second division and slump!
These reporters don't hate Getafe, but they hate Chang Sheng, so they hate Wu and Wu. Let's hope that Getafe is unlucky. Constant wins are the head coach of Getafe, who is unlucky. Then the end of winning is not much better.
Someone has already cast his eyes on the dugout on the sidelines, wanting to see what Chang Sheng's expression is.
But it's a pity that the press box is behind the coach's box. They don't see the winners.
Because Chang Sheng was sitting in the coach's seat and didn't even get up, the reporters only saw the roof of the coach's seat.
But they always have other ways to see the winning face.
Instead, they turned their light to the television set in the media box.
Through the TV, they can see the expression of Chang Sheng.
The TV broadcast seemed to understand the minds of these people very well, and gave Chang Sheng a close-up.
At the same time, the Getafe players on the pitch also set their sights on the manager off the pitch. After they conceded the goal, it became a habit, as if one look at the manager who was not afraid of the sky could draw strength from it.
But this time, they were disappointed.
In the eyes of reporters, in the eyes of the players, in the close-up of the TV broadcast, Chang Sheng sat in the coach's seat with a blank face.
"Hah! I'm afraid I've been scared! Someone in the press gallery laughed disdainfully.
The local reporter in Getafe glared at him, but he didn't see it at all.
However, the local reporters in Getafe did not take the other side and could not help it.
Now Getafe is indeed behind, and the constant victory is not showing any performance, even if they want to counterattack, they have no strong weapons.
can only watch the other party humiliate their own team so nakedly.
It's just that there's a fire burning in everyone's heart.
It was the flame of unwilling to admit defeat like this.
But the flame was unstable, swaying in the wind, as if it could be extinguished at any moment.
Because even if they are unwilling to admit defeat, the facts are in front of them, telling them that no matter how unwilling they are, they must accept the result in the end.
So the fire burned, but it was faint and could not provide warmth and light.
Engulfed in darkness, almost negligible.