Chapter 46: Relaxed
More than a week ago, there were two people who were actually in the same mood as Royce is now. These two people are Bonucci and Ranocchia.
After decades of hard preparation, returning to the pre-liberation period overnight, this is how the two of them feel now.
Ahead of the Copa del Rey clash against Mallorca, the Italian pair were in a very good frame of mind and believed they would always get their chances. And their patience has indeed paid off. However, a Copa del Rey game almost wiped out a qiē, and the two still clearly remember that the day after that match, the local newspaper in Malaga used the word "disaster" to describe the two of them, because the two goals conceded against Mallorca were directly related to their mistakes.
In professional teams, young people get the most tolerance, but this tolerance is often built on a fragile trust. When you get the opportunity that belongs to you, if you can't seize it, then no amount of tolerance can change the fact that you have lost the opportunity. Bonucci feels this more than Ranocchia, because he comes from Inter Milan.
Wealthy, for young people, is a sweet dream, and a sweet dream is easy to wake up.
Just when the two thought that they were going to start a new round of waiting, in the past few days, Lin Sen unexpectedly made a change in training: let the two wear yellow vests that symbolize the main force in training. At first, the two thought it was just a fortuitous adjustment in training, but after a few days, when the yellow vests were still worn on the two of them for the last training session before the Valencia game, they couldn't help but wonder what it meant.
You know, according to Lin Sen's habits, his starting line is generally reserved until the last minute, but this does not mean that Lin Sen's choice of starting method is nowhere to be found, and one of the most obvious signs is that most of the players wearing yellow vests who were trained for the last time before the game will become the starters of the next game.
Since the beginning of this season, although Linsen has been deliberately mysterious, in fact, there have not been too many changes in the starting lineup, and the reason is easy to understand, on the one hand, because Malaga's front is not long, and most of the time there is no need to worry about physical problems. On the other hand, it is because it is necessary to establish a tacit understanding with the team. Of course, this does not mean that Lin Sen does not like the rotation system, but rotation has never been a means, not an end.
Since it is a means, it naturally needs to be used with discretion.
"You're going to start the two of them?" After the training session, Tapia walked up to Lin Sen's side and asked. The players know Linsen's habit of selecting starters, and Tapia, as an assistant coach, naturally has no reason not to know.
"There's this idea." For Tapia, Lin Sen had nothing to hide, and nodded.
“…… Isn't it a little rushed? Tapia was silent for a moment, then said hesitantly.
"I've agreed to Rosario's request for leave, he'll have three days off." Lin Sen did not answer Tapia's words directly, but said another thing lightly.
As Malaga's main central defender this season, Rosario's watch has always been excellent, but the training in the past two days has been a bit unsatisfactory. Go back to Portugal to take care of personal matters.
At that time, Lin Sen was a little fried, personal affairs? What is a personal matter? When Tapia was asked, he couldn't figure it out, but in the end Livermore gave him the answer: Rosario wanted a raise, but the club refused his request and only said that they would talk about it after the season. Obviously, Rosario didn't want to put it off until after the season, so there was what happened now.
For the player's contract issue, Lin Sen can't intervene, but the training problem, this is something that Lin Sen can't avoid, so he waved his pen: accurate.
Of course, this is not that Linsen supports the player to put pressure on the club on the contract issue, in fact, although Rosario's annual salary is not the highest in Malaga, it is at least above average, at least higher than Linsen himself, but Linsen can understand the other party's thoughts, the team has been excellent in recent times, and his table is also excellent, and it is not incomprehensible that he wants a better contract. It's just that on the issue of training, Lin Sen's principle has always been very clear, training is not something that cannot be delayed, after all, players are also people, football is not the only one, the so-called football is higher than life and death, no matter how you look at it, it is more like going crazy. However, training must be focused. If you can't, you might as well stop training.
What's more, Rosario's reason this time, whether it was instigated by Rosario's agent or not, was not within the acceptable range of delaying training in Lin Sen's eyes anyway.
Hearing Lin Sen's words, Tapia immediately smiled bitterly, he knew that Rosario had miscalculated at this moment, and if he wanted to return to the starter, he was afraid it would not be so easy.
"I didn't know you were so unoptimistic about the pairing of Bonucci and Ranocchia." Seeing Tapia's expression, Lin Sen smiled, "Do you also think that they should be responsible for that game against Mallorca?" ”
"Of course not, you're in charge of that game." Tapia shook her head angrily.
"That's because the opponent is Valencia?"
It turns out that you also know that the next opponent will be Valencia. Tapia thought to herself. Just didn't wait for him to reply, Lin Sen said something that made him roll his eyes.
"Rest assured, Valencia is just an ordinary opponent."
"You, sure, sure?!" Tapia looked at Lin Sen and said word by word.
"Of course." Lin Sen didn't seem to care about Tapia's tone at all, and laughed.
The expression is relaxed.
Seeing that Lin Sen was not as easy as a hypocrisy, Tapia, who was still a little gritted his teeth just now, shook his head helplessly, but he couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart.
In the past week, the Malaga manager has endured all sorts of criticism and ridicule from the Catalan media because of what many at Camp Nou saw as a completely "masochistic" move, however, after returning from Barcelona, Linson seems to have forgotten what he had done, and apart from the extra day off, you can't even tell from his expression that he is any different from when he won seven in a row.
Lin Sen really doesn't have any evaluation of himself in the unexpected world? Not necessarily. But Lin Sen's purpose for doing this, Tapia was very clear.
After Malaga suffered its first defeat in the league this season, not many media paid attention to the game, let alone the Catalan media, and even other media chose to say a word about the game, and focused on Linsen's "provocation" against Barcelona. What "Mourinho believers", what "anti-football pioneers"......
Gimmicks, if true, are no longer the preserve of gossip.
Tapia didn't believe that the media couldn't see why Lin Sen did that, but they still willingly fell in.
Is this a game of wishful thinking? Such a strange thought popped into Tapia's mind.
Playing with is obviously not a compliment. It's just that this kind of play is obviously not something that everyone can play. At least Tapia didn't think he had the courage to make that move at the Camp Nou, let alone be as easy as Linson would be after doing it.
----------------
A habit is called a habit because it can always do something beyond the process of thinking. Because of the lack of training, Lin Sen planned to sleep for a long time, but when the time came, he still opened his eyes on time.
Lying in bed is not a good habit. So, as usual, Lin Sen got up and washed up, then changed into sportswear and went out for a morning run. Lin Sen's morning running route is very simple, in short, it is to run to the beach for a lap and then run back, the total distance is less than five kilometers, the distance is not long, it is important to persevere. When he came back, Lin Sen saw the old Cruz sitting in a rocking chair with a pipe in his mouth and basking in the sun leisurely, and he smiled and said hello.
The old gentleman took off the pipe he was holding, replied with a smile, and said, "There is a game today?" ”
"Yes." Lin Sen walked to the door of his house, took out the key and replied as he opened the door, "Valencia." ”
"Come on. Your Aunt Belda has been nagging to watch your game, and I'm going to accompany her to watch it in the evening, just at home, of course. ”
"Thank you." Lin Sen opened the door and said with a smile, "I hope I won't let you down." Also, if you want to go to the site one day, please feel free to tell me. ”
Old Cruz smiled and nodded in agreement.
Back at the accommodation, Lin Sen took a shower and began to make breakfast, he didn't have a fixed recipe for breakfast, if he had time, he would cook some millet porridge and make a few side dishes. I don't have time to add milk and bread, and I obviously have more time for breakfast today.
Half an hour later, Lin Sen was already sitting at the dining table, watching TV and enjoying his breakfast.
As the weekend came, football was a staple on Spanish television, and Linson picked a random station and quickly learned the results of the first three games played last night.
Barcelona just beat their own team in the last round of the game swept Valladolid with six goals at home, Messi scored a hat trick, obviously, other teams want to shake Barcelona's position, the possibility is really small, even the open Linsen does not dare to hope that Malaga can turn the tables in the future, because Linsen can maintain confidence in his team, but there is no way to help other teams be confident, counting on the current Barcelona to make mistakes? The wings of this butterfly are obviously not big enough for the time being.
In the other two games, Real Madrid beat Getafe by three goals away and temporarily returned to the top four, but it is obviously still very early for Schuster to lift the crisis of confidence. Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, continued their poor form, drawing away to Osasuna, and with one more game in the table, they remain in 11th place, and if Schuster's ass is only smoking, then Reshino is clearly feeling the burning breath behind his ass at this time......
Lin Sen was still drinking the porridge unhurriedly.
Tapia has always wondered why Linson can be so easy, even against the mighty Barcelona, even if the opponent is Valencia, who has humiliated him, and the reason is on the TV set at this time.
Why does Linsen need to be nervous?
His "relegation team" has won games they should have won and games they shouldn't have won, and now they are second in the league, so what reason should he be nervous?
There is a famous saying: When I die, I don't care if it floods.
Lin Sen was not so irresponsible, he just thought: There are so many people in dire straits, so I won't join in the fun.