Vol. 4 World Cup Legends Chapter 4 La Liga Debut (Part I)
Due to the direct relegation of Rayo Vallecano last season, Madrid is still three La Liga clubs, Real Madrid - representing the upper echelons, the aristocracy, the upper middle class. The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is located in the heart of the city's most prosperous commercial district; Atlético Madrid – represents civilians, workers, grassroots society. Calderón Stadium was built on the outskirts of the city; There is also Getafe, because there is no Madrid in the team name, so many Chinese fans who like Spain have given him a very appropriate name - Farm Madrid, referred to as Nongma. The Alfonso Pérez Stadium is a satellite city, which can be counted as a suburb, and compared to the civilian working class of Atletico Madrid, Getafe is more grassroots and poorer, so it can be considered a peasant class, hence the name.
Getafe is a satellite city of Madrid, and unlike the ambitious Atletico Madrid, Getafe can also be said to be a satellite team of Real Madrid, as most of the Castilla academy players have been trained in Getafe or are still working there today. In the competition between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, Getafe is also on the side of Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid have always regarded Getafe as an accomplice of Real Madrid, and they can't wait to kick him directly to La Liga. However, in the La Liga encounter, Atletico Madrid did not take advantage of Getafe, and they only won one more than Getafe in 15 games, and last season they were at a disadvantage with one defeat and one draw.
This game is the second round of Atletico Madrid's match, in the first round they drew 1:1 away with coach Manzano's original team Mallorca, this game is still away against the weak team, or a derby, Atletico Madrid must win, so as not to fall off in the championship battle, because Real Madrid and Barcelona are strong in La Liga, and they can't lose a few games in a season, and it is difficult to catch up now.
Atletico Madrid and Getafe's Madrid small derby has also attracted the attention of the world, this is the first game after Li Huan's transfer to La Liga, Li Huan has achieved brilliant success in the Bundesliga and the Premier League in a row, and now fans and reporters want to know how the world footballer Li Huan will perform in La Liga with technical flow, you must know that not all of the gentlemen who transferred to La Liga have been successful, and Kaka's performance is very different from his value.
Getafe's transfer investment this year is only 30 million, but this has been three times higher than five years ago, Getafe only had a budget of 10 million euros per year at the beginning, which cannot be compared with Atletico Madrid, and Li Huan's worth alone can buy two Getafe. In the face of such a big force as Atletico Madrid, the head coach of Getafe, Luiz. Garcia did not show weakness, admitting before the game that Getafe are far inferior to Atletico and that it will be difficult to repeat last season's victory this season, although he believes it will be at Alfonso. Atletico will not take advantage of the Pérez Stadium and Getafe will use their way to earn respect and dignity.
Manzano and Getafe head coach Luiz. Garcia, like him, was born in a grassroots team, pragmatic and low-key, and at the pre-match press conference, Manzano didn't say anything overdone, nor did he try to stimulate Garcia, just briefly introduced the team's injuries and the important surnames of the game.
No matter how calm Manzano and Garcia may seem on the surface, it can't change the intensity of the derby. Tickets for this match were sold out early, but the phone calls of Getafe's marketing department were still flooded by fans who asked if they had tickets, and Atletico Madrid fans who could not buy tickets scolded Getafe Stadium for being too small in an interview, which affected them to support their idols. On the day of the match, there was also a brawl between fans between the two sides in Getafe, which caused a lot of headaches for the police in Getafe.
Atletico Madrid's bus rushed to Alfonso in Getafe two hours before the start of the game. At the Perez Stadium, the emotions of the players in the luxury bus were high, some were talking, some were playing cards and playing for money, and only the captain of the team, 32-year-old López, was lying on the seat and pretending to sleep to adjust his body.
"Getafe is a satellite city of Madrid, a working-class area that is only the fourth largest satellite city in Madrid...... Getafe is the least experienced club in La Liga, the year of Getafe's official establishment is in 1983, such a short history can occupy a place in La Liga, in fact, the rise speed is not much worse than your old club......" Asenhuo sitting next to Li Huan chattered to Li Huan about the situation of Getafe, he said very slowly, so that Li Huan could hear clearly, because he was also responsible for teaching Li Huan Spanish. Asenjo's behavior made Falcao, Diego and others, who joined last year, feel emotional, and they did not receive such treatment last year.
Soon Getafe arrived, and as the bus drove into the city, it was followed by a large number of Atletico Madrid fans in red and white sheets and jerseys, singing the Atletico Madrid anthem and following the bus to Alfonso. Perez Stadium advanced, and when the bus drove into the field, there were tens of thousands of people around the bus, which made Li Huan feel extremely surprised.
"Are these fans local or are they coming from the city of Madrid?" Li Huan asked Asenjo.
Asenjo smiled proudly: "Most of them are local fans, you can just listen to their pronunciation, the vast majority of residents in Madrid are either Real Madrid fans, or Atletico Madrid fans, Getafe fans are very few, they only have 9,000 members, which is decreasing every year, and the stadium has only 17,000 seats and is not satisfied, the year before last, in order to attract fans to register as members of the club, the Getafe club did not hesitate to use spoofs and pornography to shoot a promotional video calling on male fans to donate sperm, In order to attract fans to register. ”
Li Huan was speechless, if this is in China, wouldn't it be a big mess in the world, but the Celestial Empire is not even allowed to watch love action movies at home.
Manzano was in the locker room, didn't say anything, just explained a few words to the fullback Reyes who was playing with Li Huan, told him what to pay attention to and went out. In terms of coaching style, Manzano and Wenger have similarities, they both focus on their usual training, and their ability to adapt on the spot is slightly inferior.
The time for the game soon came, and Li Huan followed the team out of the locker room and began his journey in the Iberian Peninsula.
After the opening, the home game of Getafe did not play conservative at all, they are located in a corner of the Madrid region, in the gap between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the two giants of 'selling blood, meat, and soul' to survive, and most of the small towns are just workers' residential areas, but this has developed the characteristics of the team's rugged bones, they dare to go all out in the face of all kinds of strong opponents, it is a difficult hard bone to deal with. In the 06-07 season, in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, the first leg was defeated by Barcelona with a score of 5:2, and Messi scored a goal from Marshall, shocking the world, but the second leg returned to Alfonso? Perez Stadium, Getafe's three military lives, Guiza, Casquero and others are like gods, and they scored four goals in a row, although they lost to Sevilla in the final, Getafe has won the respect of the world.
Getafe's former coach Kik? Flores, Schuster, Big Laudrup, Louis. Garcia and others have their own surnames, and under their dedicated tuning, the team has gradually formed the characteristics of a tight defensive formation, smooth passing and receiving, and sharp counterattacks. And this characteristic is precisely to restrain Atletico's nerve-knife style of play, which is why the powerful Atletico Madrid have not had the upper hand in front of Getafe over the years.
Atletico Madrid's players have a strong fighting spirit, and after Li Huan joined, they were more confident, and launched a fierce offensive at the beginning, hoping to beat Getafe by surprise, but Getafe's Alfonso. Pérez was so small that it was difficult for them to find a flaw in Getafe's tight formation, and Getafe's sharp counter-attacks allowed them to solve the problem of repeated exhausting back-defenses.
In the opening 8 minutes, the protagonist of the game, the focus of hundreds of millions of people's attention - Li Huan performed very steadily, did not have many assists, and rarely stayed away from his own position, looking like a traditional right-back, which made the right-back Silvio sitting on the bench a little depressed, he couldn't stop muttering in his heart: If you play like this, I am no worse than Li Huan, it seems that he can play the main force because of his boss.
Reyes, the right winger who played with Li Huan, also secretly complained that he did not break enough alone on the right side, and wanted to cooperate with his teammates, but Li Huan rarely came up, and Reyes was broken off and counterattacked because of his forced breakthrough, fortunately, Li Huan's defensive level was extremely high, and Reyes had not yet chased back in time, so Li Huan easily blocked Getafe's side counterattack.
Li Huan didn't have an assist at the beginning because he wanted to observe the opponent, and at the same time observe the running habits of his teammates, this stadium can only accommodate 17,000 people, which is too small, which is very disadvantageous for the attacking side, especially the team that likes to break through. Li Huan needs to adapt to all aspects of the situation, and then give the opponent a fatal blow.
It may be that the fans of Atletico Madrid are looking forward to Li Huan's performance too much, and they all feel that the eight minutes are very long, and they spontaneously stand up and chant Li Huan's name, hoping that Li Huan can show his extraordinary skills when he was at Hoffenheim and Arsenal.
The commentator at the scene also kept urging Li Huan to attack, "8 minutes, 8 minutes!" Li Huan still hasn't shown his strength, the level he is showing now is only equivalent to 20 million euros of players, and he is still far from the world's No. 1 value, we don't know what he is thinking, he can't be a stage fright? ”
(To be continued)