Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2005 Please start from me for blood exchange

"competition is over!"

As the referee blew three whistles, Turias's substitutes rushed onto the court, hugged and cheered with their teammates, celebrating their hard-earned three points on the road to relegation!

There were only cheers from Turias players and fans at Pirates Park.

Most of the Pirates fans looked toward the field in silence, and many left the field dejectedly.

On the big screen at the scene, the final score was displayed:

0:1

Playing at home, Madrid Pirates lost to Turias, who ranked 17th in the league.

The Madrid Pirates players who lost the game quickly left the field, unwilling to serve as a "background" for the celebrating Turias players.

Coach Ettore Parotti also hurriedly shook hands with Turias' coach before turning and walking into the tunnel.

The TV broadcast showed the Italian coach with his head lowered and a slightly stooped figure.

The voice of commentator Alvarez Sanchez sounded:

"In order to prepare for the Champions League quarter-round match against Catalonia in the middle of next week, Parotti made very significant adjustments to the starting lineup in this league. Even Hu did not start... So for Now for this result, I think he should be prepared.

"After losing this game, they are eleven points behind first-placed Kings Madrid in the league. With six rounds left in the league, this point difference makes the Pirates' hopes of winning the league a 'no' A possible mission'. Of course, even at the cost of giving up the league, it is also an 'impossible mission' for the Madrid Pirates to reverse Catalonia and advance to the semi-finals...

"Parotti's Pirates career has probably reached its most dangerous moment... In the last seven seasons, the Pirates are facing a disappointing season without a championship for the first time... and there is a more serious problem - the Champions League next season. Qualification. Currently ranked third, they are only two points ahead of fifth-placed Sevilla Navigator and one point ahead of fourth-placed Valendia. If they cannot win the Champions League qualification for next season, for Madrid Pirates, It is the most significant failure. It even means the end of the era of pirates..."

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Samuel Leray, general manager of Madrid Pirates Club, frowned and looked at head coach Ettore Parotti sitting across from him.

The team just lost to Turias at home yesterday, and this morning, two important figures in the club met together.

It was LeRae who proposed the meeting.

After missing out on the league title and being eliminated from the Copa del Rey, Leray believes that the team's management and head coach should agree on the goals for this season.

After all, is it a desperate gamble in the Champions League?

Or keep the top four in the league and qualify for next season's Champions League?

But the first words Parotti said caught LeRae off guard.

The Italy coach said: "I intend to resign."

This made LeRae couldn't help but think: Is Parotti threatening the club?

Seeing Leray's expression, Parotti knew that he had misunderstood him, so he explained: "Of course I am not resigning now. If the club agrees, I will coach the team until the end of the season. I guarantee that the team will win next season." qualify for the Champions League. But after doing so, I will leave the team."

Leray frowned and said: "Ettore, I really want to discuss with you how to solve the team's current predicament... Don't listen to the rumors outside. The club has not considered replacing you..."

He told a lie, because in the middle of last week, when the team lost 0:2 away to Catalonia United and half of his body was hanging on the edge of the cliff, the club management did hold a secret meeting to discuss whether to Give Parotti an ultimatum: If the team is eliminated by Catalonia in the Champions League quarter-finals, he will be fired.

However, the meeting did not reach a conclusion in the end.

I just want LeRae to communicate with Parotti again, mainly to draw a conclusion from the conversation:

As the head coach, does Parotti still have enough control over this team and whether he still has a clear plan for the team's future.

If the answer is no, then even if you don't want to, you must consider changing coaches.

If Parotti still has ideas, then take it one step at a time. At least don't rush to fire him immediately after being eliminated from the Champions League. That would make the club appear too ruthless.

Although doing so is a common practice for many teams. It's normal for this kind of thing to happen to a king, and it doesn't even attract media attention. But if it happened to the Madrid Pirates, I'm afraid it would cause cynicism from the media and protests from the fans.

As the head coach with the best performance in coaching the team, Ettore Parotti's status in the minds of most Pirates fans is still quite high.

Moreover, Parotti still has two years of contract with the club. If he is fired early, the club will have to compensate Parotti with the next two years' salary as compensation-unless he finds a new club quickly.

So in fact, LeRae is not completely lying. He is indeed here to solve the problem this time, not to solve the problem person.

Who would have thought that Parotti would get it right in one step and plan to solve it for himself.

Hearing LeRae's words, Parotti smiled slightly: "I am just solving the problem. Because as the head coach, I should be responsible for the team's current situation. This does not just mean that I should be responsible for the team's poor results, but also Said that in order to completely solve the current problem, I should leave, otherwise there would be no way to solve the problem.

"What is the problem with the Pirates this season? In fact, we all know that when it is time for this team to be updated, it is not replaced. But why is it not replaced? Oh, it is not that it is not replaced. The club has also introduced some young players. , but their playing time under me is really small. The criticism of me in the media is correct. To be honest, I really don’t trust those young people..."

Samuel LeRae twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard Parotti say this.

Although Parotti was coaching the team, it was the time when the club's performance was the most glorious, but it does not mean that the two sides were close and there were no conflicts.

It was indeed the honeymoon period at first, when both parties were close, respected each other, cooperated tacitly, and cooperated happily.

But after Parotti led the team to win three consecutive Champions League titles, this honeymoon period ended.

After the restructuring of the Champions League, no one has successfully defended the title, let alone three consecutive championships.

And this history was completely broken in front of Parotti's Madrid Pirates.

Even Parotti, a "good guy" with a warm-hearted personality, became ambitious in the face of such an achievement.

Parotti, who coached in La Liga, was originally just a head coach. He only had the right to suggest but not decide on the club's signings.

Now he wants to have more say in player transfers and completely control all aspects of the team.

But the Madrid Pirates Club did not agree to Parotti's request.

It is a general trend in football to firmly hold the power of signings in the hands of the club. Even in the English football world that used to have a "manager-responsible" system, few would now hand over transfer rights to the head coach. Especially for Premier League teams, the head coach is the "Coach" instead of the "Manager" who had all the power in the past.

After three consecutive Champions League games, the club began to consider gradually updating the lineup.

But the problem is that the players introduced by the club are not what the head coach wants.

Parotti wants to introduce a defensive midfielder to gradually replace captain Juan Ramirez.

But the club believes that Ramirez is the spiritual totem of the club and cannot be easily touched. In addition, they feel that the team's second captain Joaquin Vela can perfectly replace Ramirez.

But in Parotti's plan, Joaquin Vela is the central midfielder, and what he needs is a pure defensive engineer.

The club did not choose to introduce engineers, but spent a huge amount of money to introduce 17-year-old Argentine left winger Nestor Farias for 80 million euros - of course, the transfer fee was divided into four years. It was just given out, but it still caused a sensation in European football.

Farias became famous at a young age, already famous in Argentina at the age of fifteen, and attracted the attention of European giants.

The fact that the Madrid Pirates were able to sign Farias before a number of giants such as Madrid Kings, Catalan United, Tramed, Stan Park Rangers, Blue and White Munich, etc., can completely make the club general manager Samuel Le Lei Chui’s beautiful operation for a long time.

In particular, he successfully defeated his city rivals, Kings of Madrid. You must know that the star of the Madrid Kings is Argentina's number one star Melly Banega. For Farias, who is also an Argentine player, he should be more attractive. The Kings thought so too, so they sent Mellie went to work as a lobbyist.

But in the end Farias chose the Madrid Pirates, the king's mortal enemy.

Nestor Farias has therefore become the most valuable Argentine player under the age of 18.

Farias, who came to Madrid Pirates, was placed in the B team by Parotti to play in the Spanish second division B league - the third level league in Spain.

At that time, Farias was thin and lacked the ability to fight. Although he had outstanding skills and could play football well with his feet, it was difficult for him to play directly in a wealthy team with a mature lineup like Madrid Pirates, so he was allowed to play. Going to play for the B team is not a big problem.

Farias performed very well in the B team. He proved that the talent that the European giants are chasing is not in vain.

Although he is a newcomer, he has become the absolute main force of Team B as soon as he comes up.

After one season, he scored 34 goals and six assists in the Spanish Second Division, creating a total of 40 goals.

He helped the Madrid Pirates B team win the Segunda B league championship and advance to the Segunda División as champions.

The media praised Farias's performance in the B team.

Throughout the 2031-2032 season, although Farias played in Segunda B, his name appeared in the media many times.

Some media described Farias's decision to play in Segunda B as a "dimensionality reduction blow". He should not have played in Segunda B, but should have gone directly to La Liga. He also tactfully criticized Parotti for being too conservative in using Farias. For such a super genius, he still let him adapt to European football step by step in the B team. It was simply a waste of resources!

Others say that the joining of Farias has allowed Madrid Pirates to find the key to continuing the team's dominance in Europe.

The Argentinian media praised Farias' performance, claiming that after Meli, Jule and Cabangka, Nestor Farias will become the leader of the new era.

Argentine fans are beginning to look forward to the 2034 World Cup in China. By then, Farias, who has been fully trained and grown in Madrid Pirates, will form the most threatening offensive line in world football with Melli. Farias will also be the final piece of the puzzle for Argentina to win the World Cup.

Madrid Pirates fans are looking forward to next season. After Farias is promoted to the first team, he will form the strongest striker combination in Europe with Hulay and Kamara, and will have the entire European football world at his feet.

But after a successful season with the B team, Turias was promoted to the first team as he wished, but he was not fully promoted to the first team...

Although he was registered by the first team to participate in the league and Champions League squad, he rarely got a chance to play.

Most of the time, he trains with the first team, but on weekends he has to go to the B team to play in the second division...

In the first half of the 2032-2033 season, various rumors surrounding Farias began to fly.

Today he said he was ostracized by the locker room, tomorrow he said he had a dispute with Parotti, and the day after tomorrow he said he regretted coming to Madrid Pirates and was seeking a loan or transfer.

What was supposed to be the highlight of his career, turned out to be a major failure in the career of club general manager Samuel LeRae...

The club put pressure on Parotti to give Farias more opportunities.

Parotti did not have any disputes or conflicts with the club. Instead, he followed suit and immediately started Farias.

But Farias didn't perform well in that starting game, maybe he was too excited.

Fortunately, in that game, the performance of the rest of the team was not greatly affected by Farias. With Hulay's two goals, they still won.

However, when Farias made his second consecutive start, the team lost, and Farias still did not perform too well.

In the third game, Farias sat on the bench. The Pirates ultimately won the game.

So the lineup returned to what Parotti was most familiar with.

Farias can only play in some insignificant games or times.

Especially when playing important games, key battles and tough battles, Parotti still trusts his old subordinates more, rather than entrusting young players represented by Nestor Farias with heavy responsibilities.

Unless someone gets hurt.

In this way, Farias finished his first season in La Liga awkwardly.

His situation seems to be turning around this season - at the beginning of the season, the main left midfielder and left winger Cardoso Toni was injured and missed three months of the game.

During these three months of competition, Parotti had to use Farias.

The Argentine winger has scored six goals and assisted one in all competitions in the first three months of the season. Considering that he is only nineteen years old, these statistics are very impressive.

His potential is indeed very good. If he can fully realize his talent, the transfer fee of 80 million euros is not expensive at all.

But such a report card did not allow Farias to become the main player of the team.

After Tonini recovered from injury, he actually started a rotation with Tonini - Tonini started in some games, and Farias started in some games. And the more important the game, the more Parotti trusts Toni.

Since that time, there have been more and more rumors that Farias was not happy at Madrid Pirates and that he and Parotti were strangers.

Everyone knows that these are not just rumors.

Finally, after the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of last week, the pent-up anger burst out.

Shortly after Madrid Pirates lost the match, Farias's online social media account liked a fan's post.

That tweet said:

"If Parotti had started Farias, the Pirates would have defeated Catalonia away from home, but he didn't, so the Pirates lost. This is entirely the responsibility of head coach Parotti, and he should resign!"

To be honest, when the team lost to Catalonia United in an away game and had little hope of promotion, such an angry message was not uncommon, because at that time many Pirates fans expressed their anger and dissatisfaction in various ways, which made Par There was also the sound of Roddy finishing get out of class.

What this fan said is no big deal.

But here’s the thing… Farias liked it!

Although the Argentinian canceled his likes after an hour, someone still took a screenshot of it and re-uploaded it online, causing an uproar.

Farias later issued a statement on his online social media account, explaining that his phone had been taken away by his sister, and that the like was clicked by his sister, not him. This is just a prank and does not represent his true opinions. In any case, he always respected the team's head coach, Mr. Ettore Parotti.

However, many Madrid Pirates fans don't buy it. They call on the club to punish Farias. Some people say that the club should sell Farias. He is just a spoiled little kid in Argentina.

But there are also those who side with Farias. They understand Farias's emotional venting. After all, Parotti did not treat Farias fairly - he performed well at the beginning of the season, but suddenly became a rotation player. No one can stand this. .

Moreover, in the first round match against Catalonia, Tonini's performance in the starting lineup was indeed not very good. Otherwise, why would he be replaced by Farias in the 60th minute?

Farias still worked very hard when he played, and it was obvious that he wanted to score. If Parotti can give him more playing time, even if he can't really win the game as the netizen said, at least he won't be "shaving his head."

0:2 and 1:2 are completely different. One ball may determine life or death.

Obviously Parotti himself knows the problem, but he just doesn't change it. He would rather drag the team into the abyss of elimination than change it.

In this case, don't blame Farias for being unable to suppress his anger. After all, Farias is not yet twenty years old, how can he not be young and vigorous?

Since the beginning of this season, Madrid Pirates fans have gradually been divided due to Farias's outstanding performance at the beginning of the season and his attitude towards him.

Conflicts also arose within the team.

Farias is the representative of the interests of the "newcomers" who have joined the team after three consecutive championships, while the old players stand on the side of coach Parotti.

Of course, the conflicts within the team are not as obvious as between the fans. On the surface, everyone still has to maintain the harmony of the team. At least they can't really make noises and fights in the locker room, right?

But everyone knows who is on which side.

At this point in the story, it seems that Parotti is the culprit that caused the team to get into trouble and is the representative of the stubborn and conservative villain in this story.

But there is another side to this story, the B-side.

Nestor Farias is just the only bright spot in the club’s recruitment efforts in recent years.

Moreover, Farias is also a young genius who has already become famous. This does not prove Leray's vision. It only proves that his transfer operation methods are indeed very powerful and he can sign top talents that so many wealthy clubs are competing for.

The signings in other positions are a bit difficult to describe...

So far, Ramirez's successor has not been found.

If you want Joaquin Vela to succeed Ramirez, you have to find someone who can replace the vacancy left by Joaquin Vela, right?

Not found either.

The successor found for center back Riva Moreno turned out to be a glass man. After joining the team for two seasons, he only played a total of twelve times for the team. The rest of the time was spent recuperating from injuries, and he still earns 400 yuan per year. A salary of 800,000 euros…

So much so that Parotti had to continue to let 37-year-old Riva Moreno play the main role.

So why do so many fans still support Parotti until now?

Because everyone sees how well the club's recruitment work is done.

They ridiculed the Madrid Pirates for "recruiting with their feet" and did not believe that the current situation of the team was the responsibility of the head coach Parotti, and that the club management should bear greater responsibility.

Parotti noticed the little movement of Le Lei's mouth, and he laughed: "I'm not mocking you, Samuel. At this time, it actually doesn't make sense who is right and who is wrong, and I can't say that I am right. . Farias is an excellent player, his talent is really outstanding, I do have problems with his use... I will go to him to talk to him alone, you don't have to worry about him anymore .”

Samuel LeRae sighed when he heard this: "So you have made up your mind?"

He could hear Parotti's determination to leave the team from these words. After all, he was willing to admit in front of himself that his treatment of Farias was wrong... He was not even willing to argue with himself about this matter.

Why?

Because there is no need to argue, he will not continue to coach the team anyway, so what is the point of competing?

"Yes, I have made a decision. If I fail to lead the team to the Champions League semi-finals, the club can fire me. But if the club does not fire me, I will resign at the end of this season. Of course I promise that I will Let this team keep the top four in the league...I am still confident in this, after all, we still have Hu."

The league has played for thirty-two rounds, and the situation in the league standings is as follows:

The first place is the Kings of Madrid, with 79 points.

Catalonia United is second with 75 points.

Third place Madrid Pirates, with 68 points.

Valentia is fourth with 67 points.

Sevilla Navigator is fifth with 66 points.

Sixth-placed Sporting Vizcaya has 64 points.

The competition is quite fierce.

Hulay has currently scored 30 goals in the league, temporarily ranking first in the league's scorer list.

Some media have calculated that without Hulay's thirty goals, Madrid Pirates' league points would be 21 points less than they are now.

What is the concept of missing twenty-one points?

Forty-seven points can only rank ninth in the current league standings.

Not to mention the Champions League, they don’t even qualify for the Europa League, and they can’t even qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

After LeRae was silent for a while, he suddenly asked: "If...if we can reach an agreement on the transfer, wouldn't it..."

Parotti didn't wait for him to finish his words and shook his head: "Then I won't either. Samuel, I coached this team for nine seasons and won all the honors that a club head coach can get. To be honest, I myself lack the motivation to continue to lead this team into a new era. Ultimately, the problems this season may be caused by my loss of motivation..."

Finally he said firmly:

"This team should have been cleaned up and replaced a long time ago, and it is only natural that it should start with me as the head coach."