Chapter 53: Halfway

On December 14, the eyes of the whole of Spain and even the whole world football were focused on the Camp Nou, because there will be a major event in this round of La Liga: Barcelona at home against Real Madrid.

It is worth mentioning that after losing 3-4 at home to Sevilla last week, Real Madrid officially announced the dismissal of Schuster, and Juan de Ramos, who had just stepped down from Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League less than two months ago, took over the role of the German. The direct reason for Schuster's dismissal was that the German with a strong personality told the truth after the defeat to Sevilla: this is the season that belongs to Barcelona.

Lin Sen, who had long known that Schuster would be out of class, knew in his heart that the Germans were just the "scapegoats" that Real Madrid was looking for for the current bad situation, but when he was interviewed by reporters as a colleague, he still "attacked" the mentality of the giant club with quick success, and praised Schuster, saying that the other party was an excellent coach Yunyun.

The sleek Linsen led the team to play a sleek game, Malaga sat at home 2-0 to beat the visiting Numancia, the starting record for Malaga is still Lewandowski, and the winner is the recent Linsen a little nerve-wracking Koke, which makes Linsen more aware of what is called happiness, on the one hand, Koke's performance is good, on the other hand, this will undoubtedly make Atletico Madrid's determination to buy back Koke more firm.

In addition, for this game, the most gratifying thing for Linsen is the backline, which has not been able to prevent the opponent from scoring in four consecutive games, and finally kept a clean sheet in this game, and Linsen has made a choice between the future and the present: Bonucci and Ranocchia continue to play as the starting central defenders. Of course, Lin Sen also has to do the work that should be done.

After losing to Deportivo La Coruna in the previous round, Linson had a brief conversation with Ranocchia and Leonardo Bonucci, not an annoying lecture or a stern warning, but simply to tell them a decision: they would be his first choice at centre-back for the rest of the season, and he hoped they would not let him regret that decision.

Then, Lin Sen let the rest of the qiē go its course.

To Linsen's surprise, this victory over Numancia actually alarmed Little Sans, the same young Malaga president personally went to the locker room after the game to congratulate the players, Linsen of course did not know what happened to Little Sans in the early season draw, he did take the initiative to apply to Numancia to coach, the other party rejected him, this is a fact, but for Linsen, this is just a small episode, and Valencia is completely different. In fact, Lin Sen has a little resentment towards Valencia, not because the other party rejected him, but because of the way the other party rejected him.

So, Numancia, for him, is just a very ordinary league, don't think about it.

And the reason why Sans Jr. is so excited about beating Numancia and is happier than beating Real Madrid is undoubtedly because Malaga finally helped him breathe a sigh of relief, because the Spanish tax rate may face adjustments, there will be a La Liga chairman's summit at the end of the year, when the presidents of all La Liga teams will be present, and Xans Jr. can't wait to see Carcse's face when he sees him.

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On December 21, La Liga held its 16th round of competition, which is also the last round of the league of the year. Málaga, who challenged Racing de Santander, eighth in the league, played 1-1 with each other in a rain match. For Racing Santander manager Muniz, the match may mean more because Malaga is the team he coached last season. Of course, it means more than regrets, and Muniz doesn't regret it either, because he knows very well that the current Malaga team is still very different from his own, and even if he stayed, Malaga might not be as good as it is now. Therefore, he is actually happier for the Malaga fans than sorry, and his departure is indeed active, but it does not mean that he will break up.

As for Linsen, he has nothing to complain about this draw, although many radical Málaga fans very much hope that Málaga can tell Sù Muniz in person what a big mistake he left, but on the whole Málaga's table is not good, and the two sides can only be regarded as half a catty.

may be more cheating, but it was actually Cork who scored that goal. This is the second game in a row that Cork has scored. So, after the game, Linson finally had to face the consequences of Koke's outbreak at the most inopportune time, and a reporter asked at the post-match press conference: There is news that Atletico Madrid is ready to exercise Coke's buy-back right in the winter transfer period, what do you think about this?

Opinion? What can I think? Lin Sen was a little depressed in his heart, and replied coldly: The transfer period has not started yet, and it is pointless to talk about these things now.

Unexpectedly, this sentence also made the reporter drill into a loophole, and the other party quickly asked: You didn't deny that Atletico Madrid has the right to repurchase Cork, so is the right to repurchase really exist?

At this time, Lin Sen frowned a little, knowing that his answer just now was not clear enough, so he simply lied: I didn't deny it, and I won't admit it, since you say yes, then take it as such.

For Lin Sen's irresponsible answer, the reporter who had just been whetted up suddenly felt a little painful, and only after a while did the reporter ask again: Just after the game, Koke said that he would never ignore the call from Atletico Madrid, what do you think about this?

This time, Lin Sen was silent for a while, and only replied after a while: Koke is an honest young man, he has spent much more time at Atletico Madrid than here, and Atletico Madrid has cultivated him, so I don't think there is anything wrong with his words.

Subsequently, the reporter still wanted to continue to ask, but Lin Sen no longer planned to give them another chance, and gave Barkasse a look to the present, and the helpless Barkasse had to end the press conference early on the grounds that the question time had ended.

Lin Sen was actually a little irritable, and he knew very well the reason for his irritability, although he told the media at the press conference that Coke's answer was normal, but he still couldn't let go of it after all. It's not that Linsen is dissatisfied with Coke's undisguised remarks, Cork is the best player in the game, and his interviews are routine, and Linsen absolutely believes that it was only the unscrupulous reporter's ill-intentioned guidance to the pure boy that made Cork say such things.

It's just that, in any case, he actually knows the thoughts of his players from the mouth of the reporter, which is undoubtedly wrong, so Lin Sen feels the need to talk to Koke, he must know the real thoughts of the little guy.

Before the Christmas holidays.

With Christmas approaching, La Liga will have a short break, and the next round of the league will start on January 3 next year, so depending on the arrangements of each team, players will generally have a break of seven to ten days.

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With the end of the last round of the league in 08, the current La Liga shape shì is also becoming clearer.

The first group with Champions League qualification as the standard, Barcelona is currently ranked first with 13 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in 16 rounds, with 41 points, and is the undoubted winter champion. Pep Guardiola, who was named Coach of the Month for two months in a row after Linson, will almost certainly be La Liga Coach of the Month for the third time in a row after winning the national derby.

And after seven consecutive wins, Malaga has almost never used a winning streak, relying on the advantage of the early stage, although the state has been up and down in the recent stage, but still occupies the second position in the league with 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses with 34 points, but it is already a seven-point difference with the leader Barcelona. Although Lin Sen, who is the youngest head coach in La Liga, has been controversial for a while, his success cannot be erased by anyone. Ace reporter Angel Angel's argument at the beginning of the season that Linson could not lead Málaga to relegation became a laughing stock in the mouths of Málaga fans early on, and now, they just want to wait for Málaga to get 40 points from La Liga, and then plan to repeat the feat of Manchester United fans in the stands to fight back against Alan Hansen.

Malaga is followed by Sevilla and Villarreal, with a small difference of 32 points and 30 points. In the second group, which is based on qualification for the UEFA Cup, Valencia, which was once in the top three, has retreated to fifth, followed by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid......

The most disappointing team is undoubtedly Real Madrid, President Calderon is obviously a little anxious, the "hole" of the summer transfer has not been filled after all, coupled with the strength of the sworn enemy Barcelona, Real Madrid's fans' dissatisfaction with Calderon is on the verge of breaking out, fans are dissatisfied, for Atletico Madrid only need comfort, but for the membership-based Real Madrid, it is about to kill Calderon, who is aiming for re-election, perhaps to urgently let fans know that the summer is not reluctant to spend money but just didn't have time to spend itBefore the winter transfer began, Real Madrid booked Huntelaar from Ajax early......

As for Atletico Madrid, after the initial series of heavy losses, Recino seems to be slowly stepping into the role, winning two and drawing one of the three games in October, which finally pulled Atletico Madrid back into the second group.

In general, in the first half of the season, Barcelona has a faint sense of riding the dust, and the other teams that followed, the basic points are tightly bitten, and none of the teams in the front and back of the rankings can lead by more than two points. I'm afraid that apart from Barcelona, from Malaga to Atletico Madrid, there is still no one who dares to say that they will definitely not drop the chain in the second half of the season.