Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2021 Qualifications for starters

After a stunning reversal at home, Madrid Pirates head coach Parotti rotated the starting lineup in the weekend's league game.

As the season progressed to the sprint stage, the players' physical fitness declined significantly and injuries increased. He also had to give up his trust and preference for the old players and frequently rotate the lineup.

However, there are still four players who have not been rotated.

The first is goalkeeper Jonathan Haywell. As the team's main goalkeeper, unless he is injured, it is really difficult for him to be rotated. He is always at the top of the team's attendance list.

The second one is center back Danny Drew. Generally speaking, even if a large-scale rotation is required, it is difficult to replace all the main central defenders at once, so Danny Drew continued to start in this game, while his partner Riva Moreno took a rest and replaced His was Adrian Nery, the "French Patient."

The third person who was not rotated was Hu Lai. Because he must ensure that he can still participate in the Champions League next season, Hu Lai, as the top scorer, certainly cannot be easily rotated. So he was still allowed to start in this game.

The reason why the last round of the league was rotated was to concentrate on preparing for the Champions League quarter-finals with Catalonia. Hulay's physical fitness was fine, but Parotti was afraid that he would be injured, so he did not start him in the game against Turias - Turias was fighting for relegation, and Parotti was afraid of the team's The players acted roughly during the game, causing Hu Lai to be injured...

The fourth person who was not rotated was Nestor Farias, who scored a winning goal in the previous game against Catalonia United.

In the eyes of the outside world, it is normal not to rotate Farias. After all, his goal in the game was so beautiful and wonderful. Well as a bonus, this game won't give Farias a break either.

These four key players have not been rotated, which shows that Parotti has not given up on the league completely. At the very least, he still wants to keep the top four in the league, so that he can qualify for the Champions League next season.

Even if you win the Champions League this season, you can also qualify for the Champions League next season.

But Parotti certainly doesn't think the team will definitely win the Champions League.

He thanked Hu Lai for his kindness, but he would still stick to his own ideas.

After reversing the elimination of Catalonia, the club did not fire him early.

He actually has no pursuit in the Champions League and has a very Buddhist mentality.

Even if he fails to win the championship in the end, he will not think that he has any regrets in his coaching career with the Pirates.

But the league is different.

It is Parotti's work ethic to leave a Champions League spot for his successor rather than a mess.

before he leaves,

He will definitely do his best to maintain everything in the current team.

But it is a pity that the Madrid Pirates overturned in the away game against Aiheer, which ranked 18th in the league.

They lost 1:2 to their opponents. After losing 0:1 at home to the 17th-placed Turias in the previous round, the Madrid Pirates once again acted as a "point boy" for the relegation team.

Farias, who scored the winning goal in the last Champions League game, had a performance in this game that was hard to describe.

His playing style is no different from the last game. He is still very hard-working and very active, trying to beat the entire Aiheer team by himself.

The result is that the ball is given to the opponent in various ways.

With him on the court, the entire Madrid Pirates team seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to move forward.

Because it seriously hindered the team's offensive rhythm, starter Farias was replaced early in the 67th minute.

Toni went into battle.

After that, the performance of Madrid Pirates improved, but unfortunately the early disadvantage was too great - already two goals behind. Even if Hu Lai scored a goal for the team, he still failed to help the team turn defeat into victory.

Fortunately, in this round of the league, Madrid Pirates' main competitors Valendia and Sevilla Navigator both lost. So neither team benefited from the defeat of Madrid Pirates.

However, Sporting Vizcaya, which was originally ranked sixth, rose to fifth after defeating Sevilla Navigators 1:0 in an away game. At the same time, it accumulated 67 points, only one point behind Madrid Pirates.

Although Madrid Pirates is still ranked third in the league, there are more competitors.

In addition, because in the same round of the league, the Madrid Kings defeated Real Huelva 4:1 at home, the Madrid Pirates trailed their city rivals by as many as 14 points in the league standings. With five rounds left in the league, Madrid Pirates have basically lost hope of competing for the league title.

Farias received some criticism after the game because of his loss and poor performance during the game.

But it hasn't reached the point where thousands of people have pointed it out.

After all, the goal he scored into the Catalan United goal was so exciting that it made people want to have more hope in him and make everyone more tolerant of him.

Some people took the initiative to defend him, believing that Farias played a full 120 minutes in the game against Catalonia and suffered excessive physical exertion, which led to his abnormal performance in this game.

Farias's playing style is indeed very physical, so this reason makes perfect sense.

But when he still performed poorly in the thirty-fourth round of the league, the situation changed.

On Wednesday, April 19, in the 34th round of the league, Madrid Pirates faced the eleventh-ranked Pamplona at home.

Farias still started, and this time his performance started better than in the last game.

But the good is limited.

He still gets the ball frequently and is very active. But his possession of the ball did not help the team's offense. He was able to contribute several times that made the fans and commentators exclaim with surprises, but in the end he always turned everyone's cheers into sighs of regret.

Because in the end, neither the passing nor the shooting choices were very smart.

This time he lasted until the 76th minute before being replaced by Toni by Parotti.

In the case of Farias's poor performance, the Madrid Pirates finally relied on Hulay to open up and win the game.

The score was 2:1, and Hulay scored all the goals for the Madrid Pirates.

After losing the game, there was more criticism of Farias in the media and on the Internet than after the previous game. Madrid Pirates lost the last game, and public opinion was relatively tolerant of Farias. But this time, everyone did not choose to let Farias go just because the Madrid Pirates won the ball in the end.

He was criticized mercilessly for being too attached to the ball in the game, playing too uniquely, and having fancy but impractical technical moves.

There are even media and fans calling on Parotti to return Tonini to the starting lineup:

"At least when Toni was on the court, his defensive attitude was very positive. Now that Farias is on the left, Ion doesn't dare to attack at all, because Farias rarely actively returns to defense. Ion's The defensive task is very heavy. As a result, before Kamara has returned from injury, the Pirates' left and right wing attacks have been abolished..."

However, in the 35th round of the league on Saturday, April 22, Farias's name still appeared in the starting lineup for Madrid Pirates' away game against Valentia.

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"Positive side?"

After knowing the starting lineup, Ion Martinez covered his mouth, lowered his voice, and asked Cardoso Tonini in a joking tone.

"You can't expect a child to recognize his mistakes and correct them so easily, Ion."

"I know, but we can't afford to wait." Ion lowered his voice further, "I'm not denying his progress at all. I'm just saying that if...he has to wait until next season to start to figure it out, then for this season Say, what's the point? What's the point for Ettore who has left the team?"

Toni was speechless because he couldn't guarantee that Farias would soon be able to correct all the mistakes he had made before.

"For the benefit of the team, you have taken the initiative to give in. Do you think self-sacrifice can make him wake up? You thought everyone could take a step back... But that kid doesn't seem to understand your feelings. You are so charming, Throw it to the blind man!"

Ion shook his head and sighed angrily and helplessly.

Faced with the accusations from his friends, Tonini could only remain silent.

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Farias looked up specifically when he heard his name being spoken by coach Parotti.

Parotti didn't notice his look at all and continued to read out the starting list with his head lowered.

So Farias withdrew his gaze and lowered his head again.

After knowing that he would still start in this game, he was not as excited as before.

Instead, he frowned:

Can I really start?

The moment he looked up at the head coach, an idea even came to his mind. Just go and tell Parotti, in fact, you don’t need to listen to Toni and insist on letting me always start...