Chapter 514: Starting Center
The media speculated that Pizarro's injury would be Roy Mackay's chance, because in terms of strength, Roy Mackay was the strongest attacker on the bench.
Although he doesn't specialize in playing center, he doesn't have a problem making occasional cameos.
The media was so determined that even Roy Mackay himself felt that he would really get his chance.
Although he has been beaten into the cold palace, he has not given up on the idea of proving himself again.
He was going to make Magath regret giving him up.
Juventus is a good opponent because they are strong enough. If he can break through the goal of such a strong team, I believe that Magath will definitely realize his mistake.
Just as Mackay was excited about the opportunity to come, the half-day training session of the day before and after the race came.
In the day before and after the race, Magath usually only schedules half a day of training.
This is also the practice that many coaches of teams will do.
But Magath is Magat after all, his training time is only half a day, but the training intensity is very high.
Other teams spend a very small amount of training in the day before and after the game, mainly set-piece tactical drills and some shooting drills.
However, Magath's training sessions were fully scheduled.
There's even an intra-team match.
And this intra-team game will often reflect who will get the chance to start in the next game.
Before that, no one knew about it, except Magath himself.
The main purpose of this intra-squad game is to look at the players' state of play, after all, training state and game state are two completely different things. At the same time, it also simulates various situations of official competitions.
Generally speaking, the players who will start in the right game, they will also work together in this intra-team game to find the feeling of the game.
These players usually wear yellow training vests, so in many teams, the "yellow vests" symbolize the main team and the starters.
Before today's training game, assistant coach Genk started handing out vests to the players with a yellow vest in his hand.
He called out the name of a player, and the player stepped forward to receive the yellow vest.
Sure enough, they are all the names of the players who usually serve as the main starters.
He starts with the goalkeeper and works his way up to the striker.
Only the last name left is not called, which is the name of the center. Usually it belongs to Pizarro.
But this time Pizarro was injured.
Many of his teammates turned their heads to look at Ma Kai.
They also share the same media outlets as they believe that Mackay will be the starter. Although Magath has some opinions about Mackay, but at this time, how can personal grievances be as important as the team's prospects in the Champions League?
Bayern Munich is a team with a Champions League tradition, and their people value the Champions League more, and they represent not only Munich but the whole of Germany in the Champions League.
So the results and performances in the Champions League are more important. Magath should also be well aware of this, so he should choose the stronger Mackay.
But when Henk called out the last name, many people were stunned.
"Lucas Sutton."
Assistant coach Michael Genk said.
Glory poked Lucas next to him and winked at him.
Lucas also had a "I'm not surprised at all" expression.
But the rest of the teammates were surprised, and some didn't even have time to hide the expressions on their faces, and the surprise was all written on their faces.
Mackay himself was surprised, and he turned his head to look at Lucas in a daze.
And then all of a sudden, there was some anger, this was the anger of seeing the shady curtain - why? Why is that kid better than himself? How can I replace myself as a starter? It's okay to lose to Rong, that's a pervert! But lose to this kid...... For what? Where am I inferior to him? This player who only relied on a good relationship with Rong to get into Bayern Munich, which point is he better than me?
By the way, he has a good relationship with Rong!
So he was able to start...... It must be because of Rong's relationship! Either Rong put pressure on Magat, or Magat wants to curry favor with Rong! Just like when he went to Rong to please Rong, he actually went to Rong to ask for the team's reinforcement advice......
What the!
This team really can't stay! With such a ball bully, how can anyone who goes against him have a good end?!
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His teammates were surprised, but Misimovic was not. After training with them last night, Misimovic was not at all surprised by the result. After yesterday's experience, Misimovic feels Lucas deserves a start.
So he looked at Lucas too, smiled, and made a silent congratulations.
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Lucas took over the last yellow vest symbolizing the main force from Genk, and put it on as soon as possible, feeling like a "yellow robe".
Rongguang turned his head to find Misimovich, pulled him and whispered: "Missy, when you are playing in the team for a while, don't use the trick we practiced yesterday." ”
Misimovic was a little surprised, and he thought that Glory was looking for him to ask him to use that trick in the game.
"For what?" He didn't understand very well.
"Because we're going to surprise everyone!" Rong Guang said with a wicked smile.
Misimovic sometimes understands Glory's thoughts, and this behavior is almost like a child who has not grown up. But he didn't refuse, anyway, just do what the glory wants.
"Okay, no problem." Misimovic said.
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After training their skills, the Bayern Munich team took a bus to their hotel to rest and concentrate on preparing for tomorrow's Champions League group stage without interruption.
Magath, on the other hand, went straight to the Allianz Arena for a pre-match press conference.
At the press conference, Magath announced the squad and starting line-up for the second day's match.
The injured Pizarro is not in the squad, which is normal.
Everyone thought that Mackay would be in the starting line-up as the starting center.
But when the starting list was announced, many reporters were taken aback, because the name in the starting center position was ...... "Lucas Sutton"!
Lucas Sutton?
Is there such a man in the Bayern Munich squad?
That's the first reaction of a lot of journalists, but they quickly react — oh yes, there's such a person.
However, he has occasionally appeared on the bench before, and sometimes he has not even made it to the eighteen-man squad...... He has yet to play even a minute in an official match for Bayern Munich since his transfer to Bayern Munich in mid-August...... Why would Magath choose him to start?
Could it be that Magath really wants to keep Mackay firmly on the bench?
Has the contradiction between him and Ma Kai become irreconcilable to such an extent?
Reporters didn't even think about what Lucas could start for, and their minds were full of irreconcilable contradictions between Magath and Mackay......
It can be seen how much they don't pay attention to Lucas.
Of course, in the star-studded team of "Bundesliga Hollywood", Lucas Sutton is really a nobody. It's normal that no one is paying attention.
When he first joined Bayern Munich, there was a media introduction, but the content of the introduction was very simple, after all, he was not a well-known star, everyone knew very little, and he was not interested in getting to know him - it was too late to understand the big stars, how could he have time to pay attention to the nobody?
Lucas didn't get a minute to play after arriving at Bayern Munich, which seems to justify the media's contempt and disregard for him.
There is even a saying that Lucas was able to come to Bayern Munich mainly because of glory. The implication is that Lucas was able to come to Bayern Munich because Bayern Munich FC gave glory face......
Immediately after Magath announced this starting lineup, reporters raised their hands to ask questions.
"Excuse me, why didn't you choose Roy Mackay to start?"
Magath's answer was succinct: "I think Lucas is better suited for the position. ”
"But Roy Mackay is stronger......"
"Lucas is better suited for the position." Magath repeated his answer.
Everyone looked at each other and found that Magat was determined to completely block Ma Kai. In fact, they wronged Magath, because in the position of center forward, Magath really thinks that Lucas is more suitable than Mackay.
Mackay is better at scoring, but in terms of tactical support, he really doesn't play as well as the little-known Lucas.
'But the game against Juventus was crucial to start a player who had never played a minute for the team yet...... Wouldn't it be too risky? ”
Another reporter asked a question.
Magath shook his head: "No, although Lucas has not played, he is ready to play in training. ”
Again, the reporters looked at each other. That's a stupid excuse......
Ready for training?
That's probably all ready in training.
This answer is equivalent to saying nothing.
A reporter lowered his head again and looked at the name on the starting list.
Lucas Sutton.
A name with the same surname as England star Christopher Sutton.
Does that mean he'll be as big a deal as Rostov Sutton, who moved to Chelsea for £10 million?
Christopher Sutton has only been a standout season in his entire career, scoring 25 goals in 41 league games, and with this performance he moved to Blackburn, where he formed a strike with Alan Shearer and then won the Premier League title.
Four years later, Blackburn Rovers were relegated and he moved to Chelsea for £10 million. In 28 appearances in a single season, he scored just one goal.
After this season, he went to Celtic in the Soviet Super League and completely disappeared from the mainstream football scene in Europe.
It's really unlucky to have the same surname as this big parallel import......
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