Chapter 90 Heavy
Guardiola knew Lin Sen was making a fool of himself.
When Lin Sen's words at the press conference reached his ears, Guardiola was not surprised. He knew his own media's moral character, and he also knew Lin Sen's personality. Both sides were like water and fire, and one side would be in trouble. However, Guardiola would not envy Lin Sen. Although Lin Sen seemed to be able to occupy the upper hand every time, don't forget that the reporter was the one who was sucking in, while Lin Sen was a coach.
In Guardiola's opinion, Lin Sen may have forgotten that when he was suspended, the wall fell and everyone pushed him, that is the media. For the media, as long as you take the call, they will be invincible. When you succeed, they may add icing on the cake, but if you fail, they are kind to the point of not being able to help in time. Therefore, Guardiola never competes with the media because there is no need.
Of course, the Portuguese is an exception, but even he regards competing with the media as a means.
"Pep, to be honest, do you think that is Lin's true thought?" The next day, when Barcelona was adapting to the local area, assistant coach Biranova asked Guardiola. Biranova, whom he knew from Guardiola during his time as a player, was his deputy since the latter was the head coach of Barcelona B team last season. The two not only have similar personalities, but also have very similar understandings of football, so there is no need to say more about tacit understanding.
"Make all of his tactical intentions public? I don't think Lin is such a person." Guardiola looked at the stadium and said lightly.
"I think so too." Biranova said with a frown slightly, "but, if this happens, I really can't think of Lin's intention."
Barcelona can be said to be invincible in the world this season, but in Bilanova's view, only two opponents really make Barcelona's coaching staff difficult. These two teams have a very distinctive feature, that is, their tough defense. One is Chelsea, who was just eliminated by Barcelona in the European arena. If it weren't for bad luck, Chelsea led by Dutchman Hiddink almost made Barcelona miss in the Champions League. At that time, even Guardiola went up early to shake hands with Hiddink, but he didn't expect Iniesta to succeed in the final moments. As for the other team, it is Malaga now. Although Barcelona remained unbeaten against Malaga in two rounds this season, in fact, Barcelona's unfavorable offense has never really destroyed Malaga's defense in these two games.
Barcelona will encounter a tough blockade from Chelsea. Although Hiddink's tactical arrangements are also because Chelsea has the strongest midfielder in Europe, Essin, Barack and Lampard, all of them are the top all-around midfielders in football today, but there is no such midfielder in Malaga. Gabby is a relatively prominent one. His partner Abno can only be said to be a good player. It is obviously too reluctant to say that the top level is, so the question is - why should Malaga compete with Barcelona?
"Just bomb." Guardiola turned his head and smiled at his old friend.
Vilanova's worries are actually very clear in Guardiola. A draw with Mala is a wake-up call. Before this game, he carefully studied Malaga's tactics, and even he was a little surprised because Malaga's most powerful weapon this season is the same as Barcelona, which is the oppressive counter-attack in the frontcourt.
The difference is that Barcelona plays with the seemingly higher-end pass line compression, while Malaga plays with the space compression. One is the line and the other is the surface. There is undoubtedly a higher requirement for players' awareness and tacit understanding. Although the surface covers a larger area, it pays more attention to the advantage of the number of players, and the requirements for players are simpler. To put it bluntly, you must be more diligent. When Malaga superimposed this defensive method on the backcourt, you can imagine what kind of defense Barcelona faces.
Originally, the closer it was to the game, with Lin Sen's personality, it was logical to conduct closed training, but he opened up the training openly. Not only fans could go in and visit, but the media didn't hear that they would stop half of it. It seemed that the whole world knew what he was practicing, but Guardiola knew that the final was not decided in the past few days. There was really any targeted training, Lin Sen had already finished it, so why bother to practice in these few days? So Guardiola said this was a smoke bomb.
However, even though he knew it was a smoke bomb, Guardiola still didn't know what Lin Sen was hiding under the smoke.
The court is the battlefield. The soldiers never get tired of cheating.
If you can't guess thoroughly, then Guardiola's idea is very simple: to respond to changes in the same way.
Shortly after Barcelona left, Malaga entered the stadium to adapt to the venue. In fact, Lin Sen once expressed dissatisfaction in adapting to the venue. As we all know, adapting to the venue is nothing more than adapting to two aspects. One is to adapt to the turf of the venue. Because the characteristics and length of the turf may affect the players' judgment of the ball path. The other is to adapt to the lighting of the game field, because the lighting will affect the players' judgment of the high-altitude ball landing point. This game happened to be held at night.
But now, the adaptation site is arranged during the day, so there is no way to talk about the adaptation of the light.
However, Lin Sen's dissatisfaction can make it fast and quickly, and the reason is very simple: Barcelona's adaptation venue is also during the day.
The Malaga players who adapted to the venue seemed very relaxed, and the pressure of the competition did not seem to affect them. Thanks to Lin Sen. Guardiola said one thing correctly. Lin Sen had already started preparing for this final. Just as Barcelona was tightening their nerves and running around in the two lines of the Champions League, Lin Sen was already brainwashing and practicing variously for his players.
So, Malaga's preparation time for this game is not three days, but a whole month.
Looking around this familiar and unfamiliar stadium, the players shouted from time to time in their ears. The empty Calderon Stadium gave Lin Sen a strange feeling for the first time. He seemed to have a special fate with this stadium. Lin Sen remembered what he said after leading Atletico Madrid to play the last game of the stadium last season. He said that this was not his last game at Calderon. At that time, Dina agreed with him, and then, in the first game of the new season, Lin Sen fulfilled his words.
This is the starting point of his coaching career, and now it will witness the first final of his coaching career.
At this time, there are less than ten hours left before the official start of the Cup final of the Kings REE.
Just as the whole Spain's sight began to focus on Calderon Stadium, in Madrid, a press conference suddenly snatched the attention of almost all Spanish media. This time, not because they had a high sense of smell, but because they all received the same invitation, invitation, from one person: Florentino.
At 11:30 on May 14th local time, Florentino, the Ritz Hotel in Madrid, officially announced his participation in the Real Madrid presidential election this summer.
One stone stirs up a thousand layers of waves.
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The time when Florentino announced his candidacy was chosen well.
Less than two weeks ago, Real Madrid had just lost to his arch rival Barcelona 2-6 at home. Real Madrid fans' dissatisfaction with senior executives reached its peak. Florentino's personal assistant Manuel Redondo "privately" revealed that Lafayette will participate in the Real Madrid presidential election. A week ago, his arch rival Barcelona eliminated Chelsea and entered the Champions League final twice in four years. Zidane, who had been exposed by the media for several meetings with Florentino, publicly stated that he had only one possibility for his return to Real Madrid, that is, Florentino became the chairman of Real Madrid.
Now, arch rival Barcelona will likely win the first championship trophy of the season tonight. Florentino finally stood in front of the camera and announced that he was about to return. Not only Spain, but the whole of Europe has turned its attention to Madrid, but not because of the upcoming Copa del Rey final.
At the huge press conference, the background was arranged as the Bernabeu Stadium. Florentino, with an elegant smile, talked to countless cameras. In front of him were major European media, Effie, Reuters, and European news agency... This seemed to have exceeded the scope of football.
Linson learned about this big news after he finished the venue adaptation.
His reaction was the same as others, first stunned, then a surprised expression.
Of course, Lin Sen's surprise was somewhat different from others. Lin Sen had known for a long time that Florentino would definitely return this summer. He was surprised that Florentino actually chose this time to announce his election. There is no doubt that this would steal the limelight in the Copa del Rey final. However, for Malaga, although they are also the side of the final, the original limelight was not on their heads, so naturally it doesn't matter whether they grab it or not. The most unpleasant thing is undoubtedly Barcelona. Because no matter whether they win the game tonight or not, tomorrow's headlines are destined to be unable to monopolize them.
The history in Lin Sen's memory seems to be about to repeat itself.
This summer is destined to be a lively summer.
After a brief surprise, Lin Sen quickly lost interest, unlike the enthusiastic discussions among the players who had learned the news one after another. This is not surprising. For him, this is not news, it is just a replay, not to mention that he is just an outsider.
At this time, Lin Sen did not expect that Florentino's run for election was just the beginning.
In this game, he is not an outsider, although he is not the protagonist.
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Chapter completed!