Chapter 12: Humiliation
Linson sent on Peña to replace Mista. So, 442 became 451. Then, he gave the only request at halftime: to hang Betis's wings at any cost!
Specific instructions were given to two people: Antonio López, who moved forward after Peña came on the pitch, and the other was Maxi Rodriguez, the captain of the field.
What Lin Sen didn't expect was that his adjustment caused him to encounter the biggest boos since the opening.
The boos were like locusts all over the world, rushing towards Lin Sen, who had just walked out of the passage, making Lin Sen a little stunned and a little helpless.
"It seems that the home fans don't like Lin's midfield adjustments, Atletico Madrid has almost no achievements in attack throughout the first half, and Lin has made an adjustment to replace a center forward with a defender, he seems to care more about his defense than attack, has he forgotten that this is Atletico Madrid's home stadium?" The narrator joked gloatingly.
On the stands, Barr's face was gloomy, saying that ten years of fans and half a coach, not to mention decades of old fans, for Linsen's midfield adjustment, in fact, the purpose of Barr is very clear in his heart, almost all of Betis's offense in the first half is launched from two wings, as long as these two wings are contained, Betis's offense will be wasted for the most part, but understanding is one thing, accepting is another. Although Atletico Madrid has no desire, Atletico Madrid's fans have lost their eyes, and at this time, any spark may ignite this dynamite keg. In the eyes of most fans, replacing a defender with a striker is the table of the nest, there is no other explanation, and there is no need for any other explanation at this time, when does Atletico Madrid need to show weakness to a team like Betis?
Regarding Lin Sen's adjustment, Chaparro's face was calm, and it was obvious that clamping down on his team's wings was not a new move.
However, Chaparo anticipated Lin Sen's intentions, but he did not anticipate Lin Sen's determination to do so.
No matter what it takes!
The hapless Odonkor was the first to understand the meaning of this sentence, and compared to Mark Gonzalez on the left, he was directly cared for by the opposing team's two regular full-backs, which is as uncomfortable as being pinched in the middle of the run for a player like him who slipped to the bottom of a sideline. Once in a while, I can hold back, and if I come a few more times, I'm basically on the verge of collapse.
Sure enough, after Odon Cole received the ball and was just started by Antonio Lopes with a half-foul to break the ball out of bounds, Odon Cole rushed straight at the opponent like an enraged bull......
1 yellow card.
Chaparo on the sidelines is not calm now.
A full twenty minutes have passed, although the opponent has not created any decent scoring opportunities, but there are not a few decent crosses on his side, especially on Odonkol's side, not to mention the bottom, even if it is a 45-degree oblique cross, it is not once, which is also outrageous: the opponent is planning to fight with himself on the side?
Chaparo finally began to look at the young Chinese standing on the sidelines in a different light.
Frankly speaking, he is not optimistic about this young man from China, in recent years, with the rise of Japan and South Korea, the East has finally gradually gotten rid of the notoriety of football desert, but that is Japan, South Korea, China? Swap it to football geography, what is that place? Besides, when I was a coach, you didn't know where this sentence might be ironic if it was said by others, but if it were said by Chaparo, who was in his sixties, it would not be an exaggeration at all. Age is there, seniority is there, and people can't admit it, time has always been the biggest truth. It's just that when you get older, your personal sense of victory and defeat will fade, and you will try to use a tolerant gaze when you look at people and things, Lin Sen is not an amateur coach in the eyes of the media, nor is he a lucky team doctor, just a junior, that's all.
But now, standing next to him is obviously a junior with ideas.
Compared to Odonkol, although Mark Gonzalez was also suppressed, the pressure was significantly less than Odonkol, and although he was not as fast as the German, he could have created more chances if it wasn't for Barrera's hard work...... In other words, this is the head coach of the other side? When I looked closely, I realized that I was so young, not a few years older than me, right? Mark Gonzalez looked at Linson out of the corner of his eye as he ran.
Mark was looking at him, and Lin Sen was looking at Mark.
The Chilean winger, who has just moved from Liverpool in the Premier League to La Liga, should have been his best two years ago, but this is not what Lin Sen cares about, Lin Sen cares about his current attack. The Chilean was not as fast as the German, but the technique was much better, and there was the occasional fatal in-cut, and Maxi Rodriguez didn't seem to follow his instructions exactly, or in other words, he ignored the weight of the words at the cost of a single qiē.
Alas. Isn't that a trick on me?
Lin Sen looked at Atletico Madrid's captain with a little pain.
This is...... Flying Mark Gonzalez's kite? Or the legendary eye defense?
Soccer is sometimes like a game of poker, where the cards are important, but the order in which the cards are played is crucial. Chaparo's cards are not as good as Lin Sen's, but what people say is what the card is, you Lin Sen has to see whether you want to play a card, which is why Lin Sen even if he replaces the team's main central defender partner to stuff those seven people into the starting lineup, it is not just to release any signals and punishments.
The game gradually entered the final stage, but the scene was still in a state of stalemate, even the first half because of the opponent's rapid advancement after the occasional quick counterattack opportunity is gone, defense is this kind of thing, far less bright and gorgeous than the offense, fans can see your gorgeous breakthrough in the offense, but absolutely not see your neatness in defense, for defense, there is no bright spot, is the biggest highlight. But the fans didn't care about that, and the boos in the stands grew louder and louder.
Lin Sen felt that he was also irritable, and he took a few deep breaths to slowly calm himself down, and it was at this time that the deadlock was broken.
Sisko burst forward with the ball in the middle, Raul Garcia did not lose his position, and Sisco, who had fought with him for most of the game, did not choose to continue to hit the wall this time, but pulled to the left and faced Varela......
Lin Sen chuckled in his heart, he turned his head to look for Maxi Rodriguez, and when he saw that the captain of Atletico Madrid was still far away in the opposing half, and the opposing Mark Gonzalez was already speeding up from the side like a small plane with all the engines running, he suddenly lost his thoughts.
Sisco successfully took away Varela, Mark Gonzalez was unguarded, he didn't just go down the cross to Odonkor, and went directly into the penalty area, Pablo had no choice but to hurry through the middle to make up for it, but Mark Gonzalez, who entered the penalty area, had already decided that the tall Pablo did not dare to act rashly, and he left him behind with a change of direction and accelerated, facing Abbiati directly......
Pablo was left with only two options, either direct execution or a suspended execution, and he chose the latter.
Calderón finally fell silent.
After a few minutes, the score on the scoreboard changes.
Seeing the color on the top of Chaparro's head turn green, Lin Sen knew that he didn't have many options. He turned back to the bench and prepared to play the last two cards.
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When Sisko scored the penalty, Simao's expression did not change and he seemed indifferent.
Figo II, like many others, eventually became the Flying Pigeon II. However, even if he can't become Figo, he is still one of the few wide attackers in La Liga, and since arriving at Atletico Madrid this season, in addition to injuries, when has he been a substitute? And now, this damn Chinese actually put him on the bench directly?
Late for a meeting? Willing to gamble and lose?
Simang sneered in his heart, and then, he saw the person walking in his direction, and suddenly, the sneer in his heart was at the corner of his mouth.
Next to Simao, Reyes' eyes were on the pitch, but the focus was not on the game.
As a wide player who arrived at Atletico at the same time as Simao, he doesn't think he is much less capable than the Portuguese, but he is not as pretentious as the Portuguese and he does not rule out substitutes.
But accepting a substitute does not mean accepting anyone's arrangement.
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NO!
What answered Lin Sen were two shaking shakes that he hadn't expected at all.
Even when Jose insulted him in person, even when little Hill was playing with him, he didn't feel that his feelings were so uncontrollable.
Simão looked at him with a smile, then shook his head.
Reyes just gave him a side face and shook his head in the same way.
Lin Sen knew that there must be many cameras facing him at this time, and there must be countless eyes watching him, so he was so difficult to control his feelings, afraid that he would make some irreparable move if he was not careful, after a while, Lin Sen looked at Simon with calm eyes, then looked at Reyes, then nodded, and calmly turned around and walked away.
"Let's guess what happened? Lin seems to be planning to let Simão and Reyes play, which is in line with the current situation at Atletico Madrid, but, look at what happened, you must not believe it, whether it is Reyes or Simão, they both shook their heads, yes, shake their heads, we can't make up any facts lightly, but everyone knows that shaking their heads only means one thing. Oh, poor Lin, this is only his second game in charge......" The camera was exceptionally clear, and the commentator began to scream excitedly like a fly that instantly smelled something fishy.
That's what he wants! That's what all the media want! Race? Betis won and their ranking rose to eleventh? Atletico Madrid lost and they dropped to twelfth in the standings? To hell with it.
The boos over the pitch grew louder again, and seemed to be mixed with countless curses.
Race? The game is over.
Lin Sen walked towards the passage with an expressionless face, and at this time, a person came over and stopped him.
"Young man, don't be discouraged." Chaparo held out his crumpled hand, but his tone was unusually sincere.
Lin Sen stretched out his hand and shook it with him, just smiled, didn't answer, and turned around and walked into the passage.
Whether Chaparro's reassurance was as sincere as his tone, Linson didn't want to speculate that the winner could show his demeanor on the football field, but the loser had no reason to accept any excuses.
Looking at Lin Sen, who was walking quickly towards the passage, as if he wanted to block out all the boos out of the passage, Chaparo sighed, and immediately began to think in his heart: Well, with this victory, it is not impossible to fight for the qualification of the Toto Cup, right?!