Chapter 21 The Road is Narrow
It is July 11th and the location is Las Rosas Football City in Madrid.
Sons had a smile on his face and a relaxed expression. Not only him, whether it was Sporting Gijon chairman Mann Berga Arango on his left, or Francisco Rubio Carces on his right, he also talked and laughed. The presidents of the three teams who fought to the death to upgrade in the Spanish Second Division last season seemed to be on the same front at this time.
Just like Lin Sen and Tapia's previous discussion, about the schedule of the new season, for several newly promoted teams, today's draw is just a formality.
The entire European football world is similar to the arrangement of the league schedule. It is nothing more than sending a questionnaire to the police of each club and its city to understand the needs of each party, and then avoiding some specific days and some heavyweight confrontations. For example, the time of the Spanish national derby is the focus of everyone's attention, so we naturally need to pay special attention. In addition, teams that need to participate in the Intercontinental League also need to make corresponding adjustments in the schedule. This is why Tapia said that the schedule has little to do with Malaga. As a newly promoted team, Malaga has almost no special avoidance points in the schedule arrangement, so naturally there is no need to consider. In order to show fairness, the schedule of the La Liga adopts a random draw, that is, the draw first determines the game, and then make corresponding adjustments based on the needs of all aspects.
At this time, the press conference was not yet on the draw stage. An official from a Football Association was summarizing the prospect of the new season last season. The general meaning was nothing more than to show his fairness, justice and openness. He hoped that all clubs would abide by the law. During this period, Numancia's chairman Carlses told Sans a "interesting" thing, that is, Lin Sen, who currently coaches Malaga, actually recommended himself to coach Numancia more than a month ago. However, at that time, Numancia had already locked in the current coach with rich coaching experience, Croatian Cresic.
Since it was an interesting thing, Sons' reaction to this was naturally just a smile, and Alango on the side also showed the same smile, just a look of fun.
Last season's Spanish Second Division, Malaga was double-killed by Numancia at home and away. Now both teams have been promoted to La Liga. Although at the presidential level, there are only absolute interests and no absolute enemies, it is unlikely to say that Sans Jr. doesn't mind at all. You should know that Sans Jr. was still the captain of Malaga just two years ago.
Malaga was suppressed by Numancia in terms of record, and the club's condition is also inferior to that of the other party. As the president of G-Breast Poherce, Gas, Carlses, is not as good as former Real Madrid chairman Florentino, who comes from the same industry, but he is also a wealthy person. He is also a promoted player. In terms of finances, Numancia is much better than Malaga.
So, compared with the record, Numancia wins, and Numancia wins. Now, Karces' joke may really be just a joke, but in Arongo's opinion, his words only reflect one fact, that Numancia wins better than the coach.
Because, the person Numancia doesn't want has become the head coach in Malaga.
Alango glanced at Sangs. As the youngest chairman in the publishing room, Sangs responded well, and he still had a smile on his face.
That's right. Last season, everyone was an opponent, for the sake of upgrading. This season, everyone was an opponent, for the sake of relegation.
At this time, as the Football Association officials finished speaking and briefly introduced some lottery rules, the press conference entered the lottery stage.
In order to show fairness, the draws were not ranked according to last season, but were drawn according to the first letter of the club's name.
The first to go up was Almeria's chairman Alfonso Garcia, followed by Atletico Madrid's Cerrezo...
When all the teams were drawn, the schedule was clearly displayed on the big screen in the front of the hall. Looking at the newly released La Liga schedule, Carlsse, who had just smiled, turned green. Numancia's first-round opponent was Barcelona, but Sans no longer cared about laughing at Carlsse at this time, because he also saw Malaga's first-round opponent:
Atletico Madrid!
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Cerrezzo never dreamed that things would be so dramatic.
After Malaga announced that Linson was the head coach, Cerezo knew that the new season of Atletico Madrid was destined to have two more special games besides the Madrid derby. But he did not expect that one of these two games would come so quickly.
, La Liga round 1, Atletico Madrid vs. Malaga.
The schedule on the screen is so conspicuous that it seems to be mocking Cerezo's self-righteousness.
Serezzo looked at the Madrid derby game again, but found that what he was thinking more was that Atletico Madrid had to face Malaga in the first round, which made him feel a little weird. Obviously, compared to Real Madrid, Malaga is really not worth mentioning. The only thing that makes Serezzo care so much about his performance is probably only one person: Lin Sen.
"It's really a narrow road for enemies."
Serezzo subconsciously sighed in his heart.
But as soon as the words came out, his feeling was even more strange: Enemies? Why did he think of the word Enemies?
It is true that Lin Sen is the former head coach of Atletico Madrid, but the breakup between the two parties is a peaceful breakup in the final analysis. There is no dispute. It is just that the contract expires. Lin Sen left by himself. At that time, he even tried to keep Lin Sen for a while. No matter how he looked at it, it was not as good as an enemy. However, why did he subconsciously feel that this was natural when the term enemy appeared?
Sensual nature, rational weirdness.
The contradictory mentality made Cerrezzo smile with a hint of self-deprecating smile.
It seems that I lost too much last season.
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That night, the official website of the Spanish Football Association officially announced the schedule for the 0809 La Liga season.
Just as hundreds of millions of eyes focused on the Spanish national derby, many people also noticed a trace of other smell hidden in the first round of the new season, such as Atletico Madrid fan Barr, such as Rhodes, and Atletico Madrid chief physical fitness coach Dina...
When Atletico Madrid met Malaga in the first round, Rhodes' first reaction was to jump up, without any exaggeration, and then he hung his excitement on his face clearly, making the editor-in-chief of the Independent newspaper, Cape thought he had won the lottery and almost wanted to invite him to the entire newspaper.
"Did you smell a little revenge?"
Bar, as soon as Rod saw Barr, he sat next to him and said, then shouted to the bartender, "A glass of beer."
"I don't know when revenge becomes so cheap." Barr glanced at Rhodes, sneered, and said, "Do you still think Malaga can win?"
"Why is it impossible?" Rhodes smiled, and then a soft knife, "It's like Atletico Madrid has never lost to a relegation team."
"Of course, Atletico Madrid was a piece of shit last season." Barr sneered, "But don't forget that Atletico Madrid is not a team like Malaga who can take revenge at will."
"Suite?" Rhode picked up the beer pushed from the bar, took a sip, and said, "I didn't say Suite, but don't deny that Atletico Madrid will be a very interesting game against Malaga in the first round."
Barr snorted coldly and finally stopped answering. Rhode didn't bother and asked, "How is Jimmy?"
"Discharged." When Barr's stinky face calmed down when he mentioned his old friend.
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"You are so lucky when you meet your old club in the first round of the league." On the other side of the phone, Dina's voice smelled like pity.
"Don't rush to gloat." Lin Sen said helplessly, "Anyway, I'll encounter it sooner or later. There is no big difference between the first and the last round."
To be honest, Lin Sen did not expect to meet Atletico Madrid in the first round of the league. He joked with Tapia before to bet on the first round of the opponent. Now Tapia is probably secretly glad that he didn't bet with him because it was a little dramatic. However, since the schedule has been set, Lin Sen did not intend to waste time on lamenting that fate is so wonderful.
"So open-minded? Are you sure to defeat Resino?"
"Haha." Lin Sen smiled, instead of answering Dina's question, he asked back, "Have you met Resino? How do you feel?"
"Simply put, it's a very old-fashioned person. It's a bit of fun when you're a head coach."
"That's great thanks for the praise."
"You're welcome." Lin Sen seemed to be able to see Dina wave her hand, and then she heard her say, "So, you must do it well. I'll go to you next year."
"You are planning to betray Resino in just a few days?" Lin Sen smiled, "Have he provoked you?"
"I'm not provoking it. Hello, are you spying on me for military information?" Dina said in a dark heart.
"Sister, you called me, right?" Lin Sen couldn't help laughing and crying.
"Hmph. Actually, it's okay to tell you. Anyway, this is not a secret. If I don't say it, you will know sooner or later. Don't look at the team's introduction of several defensive players, Resino actually attaches more importance to offense. I really can't believe that he was actually a goalkeeper before."
Pay more attention to offense? It's good.
Lin Sen's heart moved when he heard Dina's words.
From the perspective of the card, Atletico Madrid is indeed far better than the backcourt. Lin Sen thought that after Resino entered Atletico, he would notice this obvious problem, but now it seems that he is focusing on the center and frontcourt. Espanyols are indeed full of artistic atmosphere in their bones, even Resino, who is a goalkeeper, is no exception.
After hanging up the phone, Dina stretched and continued to help the team formulate a pre-season physical energy reserve plan. Lin Sen on the other side called the phone to Louis Martinez, who was responsible for game analysis.
Chapter completed!