Chapter 35 The Dark Horse
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"I want to congratulate Malaga, they played a great game."
At the end of the game, Shuster, who failed to avoid the reporter at the first time, didn't say much, but he still maintained his due demeanor and generously congratulated his opponent on his victory. Then, he closed his mouth and turned away. He did not comment on his team's performance, nor did he make any comments on the performance of the players on both sides. He also directly asked his assistant coach to take over the class at the press conference after the game.
Compared to the depressed Schuster, Linson was full of energy. For Malaga, this was of course a great game, because the opponent was Real Madrid, a giant that they could never look up to. Moreover, because the score was four to three, Malaga was fearless from beginning to end. Of course, the most important thing is that this victory made Malaga, a team recognized as the goal of relegation, stand at the top of the La Liga standings for the first time after four rounds!
Four wins in four games have accumulated 12 points, scored ten goals and conceded four goals. Currently, the only team in La Liga has won all the best!
What team is Malaga? They are the poorest team in La Liga, and they are even in the financial supervision period. Their summer budget is less than one million, and they even have to make money by selling their strikers. Their head coach is Atletico Madrid abandoned the coach. His coaching experience is less than half a year. Most of their players are even less than 20 years old. They are the team with the lowest average age in La Liga...
But it is such a team that has created a miracle that is not big or small, which is a prediction that even the most daring fans dare not make!
Behind Malaga is Villarreal. The "Engineer" team is currently unbeaten, with three wins and one draw of ten, followed by Sevilla and Valencia... and the two most eye-catching teams, Barcelona, who swept Sporting Gijon for six goals in the last round, won this round, but they had no choice but to fall twice in two rounds in the first round, and currently ranked sixth with only seven points. After losing to Malaga, the situation was even worse and ranked tenth.
"Shameful Loss!" Ass, who has always been known as Real Madrid's team, has a rare tone of the defeat in this game, because this is the first time Real Madrid has lost to Malaga in history. They did not attribute the loss to Guti who was sent off by a red card, but believed that head coach Schuster should bear all the responsibility, because it was he who gave up the 442 formation that played well last season, but instead insisted on changing the formation and playing 433, which led to Real Madrid's almost disaster defense this season. You must know that Real Madrid only conceded 36 goals throughout the season, but only four games this season have conceded goals, which has caught a quarter of last season.
"Schuster reaps the consequences." Compared with Ass, although the title of Marca is more targeted, the content unexpectedly lets the Germans go. Real Madrid played four games this season, two of which were four-to-three, one wins and the other loses. Poor defense is naturally the cause of defeat, but it is not without luck. At the same time, their fingers directly pointed at Real Madrid's chairman Calderon, accusing Calderon of his poor transfer work in the summer as the source of the disaster. Schuster did not get the players he wanted, but instead lost the general he didn't want to lose.
In addition, Maca praised Malaga's performance, believing that they are the biggest dark horses this season, especially their head coach Lin Sen, who has become the most promising young coach in La Liga. Of course, their praise is not for no reason. At the end of the comment, Alfonso, the reporter who had interviewed Lin Sen, unsurprisingly mocked Atletico Madrid: Sons should really send a thank-you letter to Atletico Madrid, because it was them who sent Lin Sen to Malaga.
"Crazy..."
Xiao Hill threw out the newspaper in his hand, his face full of anger.
These damn texts**. Are you going to be the strongest young coach in Europe in just a few games? If you win a few more games, then you won’t be the number one young coach in the universe? What makes him most angry is that the other party once again regarded Atletico Madrid as the target of being shot. Now, Lin Sen has become the opposite of Atletico Madrid. As long as Malaga wins a game, these damn media will help him slap the Atletico Madrid management in the face.
But if you want to come back, Atletico is blamed for being unsuccessful. Hill is also a little annoyed by Resino now.
In four games, not to mention the game that lost to Malaga, he actually lost to Valladolid in the second round. In the third round, he had a 4-0 victory. He thought he was finally on the right track, but he didn't expect that he was tied by Getafe in the away game again. Now, Atletico Madrid's ranking is even lower than last season. Now fans are still tolerating it, but if it continues, it is probably not far from the fans' rebellion last season...
Thinking of this, Xiao Hill's mood became a little darker again.
Because Atletico Madrid's opponents in the next few rounds will almost cover the most powerful teams in La Liga: the next round, Sevilla, the next round, Barcelona, the next round, the Madrid derby, and finally, Villarreal...
When he thought of the most likely bad consequences in these games, Xiao Hill felt that his eyes were getting dark.
Subconsciously, he couldn't help but find the schedule and deliberately looked at Malaga's opponents in the next few rounds. However, as his fingers counted one by one, he suddenly felt the urge to curse.
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Valladolid, Vilva, Getafe... This is Malaga's opponent in the next three rounds.
Of course, Lin Sen didn't know the comparison of Atletico Madrid and Malaga, which made Hill almost want to swear. However, as the team's head coach, he naturally knows the team's schedule very well, because it is related to the team's plan. Each team has its own judgment of its strength, and at the same time, it also has a strength comparison of every opponent in the league, which stage should be scored and which games to give up. Although these things will not be mentioned in the open, every head coach and even the club have a clear idea.
Of course, the game still has to fight one by one.
After defeating Real Madrid, Lin Sen suddenly found that he had a dream start in Malaga that he could not have imagined, with four consecutive victories and leaders... These things have brought him countless praises, and various names have also followed, making Lin Sen a little fluttering in an instant, but after just a while, he hit the ceiling.
Gundoan is injured.
I feel sad again.
Just an ordinary acceleration during training, Gundogan directly grinned and supported his waist to signal that he could not continue training.
After the on-site team doctor Marcelino was examined, he initially thought it was just an ordinary strain, but Linsen still directly asked Gundogan to undergo examination. In Marcelino's view, Linsen's move was for conservative reasons, but only Linsen himself knew that Gundogan would often suffer from back injuries in the future, and even rumors jeopardized his career.
It’s not that Lin Sen didn’t look at it with his eyes, but in this case, he didn’t dare to be too sure.
For football players, back injuries are not more common than knees. Basketball players are more troubled by this part, but one thing is certain that once an injury occurs, both are actually troublesome. Back injuries generally refer to back muscle strains, but on Gundogan's body, Lin Sen's eyes did not see any problems with his back muscles. This means that Gundogan's back injuries are likely to be related to another more troublesome part, that is, the spine.
This is also the reason why Lin Sen directly asked Gundoan to undergo examination. It is good that any injury can be prevented before it happens, but since it happens, we can only prevent the problem from happening.
Gundo's injury also forced Lin Sen to consider the adjustment of the starting lineup.
At that time, in order to make the transfer smoothly, Lin Sen gave Reus and Gundogan a guarantee of the position. It was not that Lin Sen wanted to break his promise, but his original intention was not to let the two start so soon. It was just a warm-up match. Regardless of the physical condition, Gundogan performed well in the position of the front midfielder, and Lin Sen took the opportunity to let him start.
Judging from the data, Gundogan, as a midfielder, is not as good as Reus, who serves as a substitute, and has not even had an assist so far, but the entire coaching staff is very satisfied with his performance. Of course, this is not because of his likableness, but because of his excellent tactical execution and understanding ability. Therefore, it is easy to find a player with the same position to replace Gundogan, but if you want to find a player with the same characteristics, there is really no one in Malaga.
Whether it is Reus or Isco, they may be able to do more offense than Gundogan, but in terms of offense and defense coordination, Gundogan is irreplaceable. Not to mention that the first two are not yet physically compatible.
Thinking of this, Lin Sen had a headache. Because no matter whether Gundogan could catch up with Valladolid, Lin Sen had to find a solution for the issue of replacements. Moreover, this solution would be best practiced within one month.
This is because of the schedule.
For Malaga, although the opponents are weak in the next few games, the schedule is the schedule, and the opponents are always there. The more weak teams you meet, the more strong teams you encounter later. After the next three rounds of games, Malaga's next schedule is exactly the same as the schedule that Atletico Madrid will face now.
Sevilla, Barcelona, Valencia, Villarreal.
So, after the Devil's schedule, Malaga has only two situations.
Either Malaga continues to "miracle" and faces the devil's schedule at the best state, and then establishes his position in the league in one fell swoop. Or Malaga loses its dark horse color and fights honestly for relegation after the devil's schedule.
Chapter completed!