Green striker

Horn and Nkli being called out by Huntburn was just an episode in the day's training.

It's not a big deal. When the two of them returned to training, although they were still a little tired, they had completed the morning training conscientiously and there was nothing wrong with them.

After all, it is impossible to add a lot of training during the current league period. The daily task target is not high. If you do it honestly and conscientiously, you can fully cope with it.

Whether this can be done or not really depends on one's attitude towards training and one's own attitude towards oneself.

Basically, the first team members are all professional players, and they understand some principles.

When the time came to five minutes past eleven, the old assistant coach on the training ground blew the whistle, and the morning training ended.

The players can go to rest, arrange their own lunch, and return to the training ground around 2:30 in the afternoon.

In Tarragona, on training days, morning training is generally about maintaining physical fitness and maintaining condition.

Only the afternoon training is the real tactical training to prepare for the next game.

When the time comes, head coach Mandy will also appear on the training ground.

"Come on, Chen Yang, let's go have lunch." Abeldo called Chen Yang out of habit and asked Chen Yang to go to the restaurant for lunch together.

But today, Chen Yang shook his head and said, "You go ahead. I don't have time now. The old assistant coach just informed me that he should go to the coach's office after training."

Chen Yang was not making excuses, but Mandy actually informed Chen Yang to find him.

He should be talking to Chen Yang about something.

"Mandy?" After hearing what Chen Yang said, Abel did not think much and replied: "Then you go quickly, I will go first."

"Okay." Chen Yang nodded and walked towards the base and the coach's office.

I don’t know what workaholic Mandy and Zhao Chenyang want to talk about.

But one thing Chen Yang can be sure of is that Mandy's search for him is definitely related to Tarragona and the current team's competition.

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"What do you think of the Copa del Rey match against Barcelona in midweek next week?"

As soon as she entered the office, Mandy asked Chen Yang to sit down and poured Chen Yang a glass of water.

Chen Yang didn't quite understand Mandy's straight-to-the-point question, "Copa del Rey? What else can I say about the game against Barcelona? I'm just going to play with them."

"Really?" Mandy glanced at Chen Yang, smiled, and then continued: "Based on my understanding of you, if you have an idea like you, playing against a team like Barcelona will not be without any

An idea, right?"

When Chen Yang heard this, he shook his head while sitting in his seat, spread his hands and said, "Haha, if you really think so of me, then you must think too highly of me."

"Playing against a team like Barcelona, ​​after last night, I really didn't have any other ideas."

People need to understand their own strength.

Below, Chen Yang also explained his reasons, "From my own point of view, with the current strength of the Tarragona team, it is too difficult to expect an upset against Barcelona."

"Our match against Barcelona is not a fairy tale about Dragon Quest, it is a battle between giants and normal people."

"We are normal people, Barcelona and they are giants."

Unpopular and unpopular, doesn't Chen Yang want to be unpopular?

He did have such impulsive thoughts, but he quickly calmed down.

Chen Yang's calmness and his judgment are definitely not groundless.

Look at Barcelona's current lineup. It's really full of superstars and bright stars.

"Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Villa, Busquets, Valdés, Pique, Alves...these are the current Barcelona

Rona’s strength.”

During this period, the Meng San Dynasty was already at the peak of its generation.

"Mandy, this is Barcelona. Look at them and look at us. What can we do?"

What keeps Chen Yang calm is the strength of the Tarragona team.

Don't look at the fact that Tarragona has now won 13 consecutive games in Segunda División and has not lost a single match so far this season. But if they really want to compete with a team like Barcelona, ​​their lineup is really not strong enough. It's not just a little bit, it's not enough at all.

look!

"So your plan is to just give up the King's Cup?" Mandy clasped his hands together. He didn't take Chen Yang's words seriously and said with a smile.

In Tarragona, facing the cup competition, giving up directly has only one meaning.

That was the two-round match against Barcelona, ​​where everyone was on the bench. Needless to say, such a result would definitely not be like the first three rounds of the Copa del Rey, and there would be a chance of being lucky enough to advance.

After all, luck is something that only plays a role in football matches when the strength gap between the two sides is not that big.

And Tarragona is the main force of the first team. When playing Barcelona, ​​you have to consider whether it will be a few versus several and whether you can strive for a draw.

If we just give up and use all the substitutes to face Barcelona, ​​there is absolutely no need to say anything. We can just consider that conceding a few goals in the game will be a bit embarrassing.

"I don't suggest giving up directly." Chen Yang refuted Mandy's opinion and evaluation of him.

"So, that is to say, do you think you can play half the main team and half the substitute?" Mandy looked at Chen Yang with a smile on her face.

"…………"

Seeing this, and having been dealing with this workaholic for so long, Chen Yang still didn't know that this person was joking again.

He had already heard the joke in Mandy's words.

Chen Yang looked at Mandy speechlessly.

At this point, Mandy became serious and said seriously: "Okay, no joke, I came to you today just to ask for your opinion. Do you have any ideas about the King's Cup game?"

"No matter what your thoughts are, you can generally express them. Regardless of whether they are correct or not, just speak freely."

Chen Yang was indeed thinking well. Mandy came to talk to Chen Yang about things, and they were talking about the team's game tactics.

Now Mandy no longer treats Chen Yang as a normal player. It is similar to the relationship between a head coach and an assistant coach, but this is not a job, but more like a like-minded friend, like a mentor who makes progress together.

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As for Chen Yang, does he have any ideas?

Under Mandy's gaze, Chen Yang nodded.

To be honest, he does have some opinions of his own, which is just a superficial discussion.

Chen Yang nodded, he thought for a moment, organized his words and then said: "Although judging from the current strength on paper, on the bright side, our Tarragona will face Barcelona. After two rounds, the probability of advancement is

If it accounts for 1%, the probability of losing is 99%."

"However, in the cup competition, Barcelona may not really use the set of absolute main players I mentioned before to deal with us. Judging from Barcelona's current situation of training young people, when the time comes and

Our game will most likely be a game between a few main veterans plus substitutes, as well as newcomers."

"So, from a practical point of view, if we play against Barcelona, ​​our chances of advancing will be greatly improved, at least to 10%."

If Barcelona really had a full lineup and played against Tarragona for two rounds, then Chen Yang would have put his hands on his hips and looked up to the sky laughing.

Because in that case, Barcelona looks too high on Tarragona.

After all, in a game like this, with all the main players in two rounds, it means the lion fights the rabbit and they try their best.

But the possibility of such a situation happening is too rare.

"So with this understanding, at least the possibility of us winning Barcelona has gone from being almost impossible to being possible."

"Nine-one open, Barcelona nine, us one, this is my most conservative estimate of who will advance in the Copa del Rey."

But after listening to Chen Yang's words, Mandy expressed her opinion midway, "Open on September 1st? This probability, the gap is really too big."

"How much do you think it will be?"

"At least eighty-two."

Eighty-two open?

Chen Yang smiled, "Okay, if you say 82, it's not impossible."

"As long as we can keep the goals conceded to three goals in the Nou Camp in midweek next week and we can score an away goal, I personally will give my best to this game.

It is possible to advance from 91 to 82."

"Three goals, one away goal?" Mandy listened to Chen Yang's words. He was a little surprised by Chen Yang's strange statement, "Why do you say that?"

Chen Yang's answer is simple.

"Because of my confidence in the team's defense, facing Barcelona's offensive firepower in the first round."

Defensively, Tarragona's current low-profile lineup is really not good enough when facing Barcelona.

"Because if nothing else, in the first round against Barcelona, ​​I'm sure players like Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and Villa will definitely play, especially Puyo.

You are like this."

"If Barcelona doesn't win in the first round, they won't give us even the slightest chance in the second round."

"This is a psychological factor. So, this is what I want to say, against Barcelona, ​​even if we go all out, it is too difficult to get an upset. Really only Barcelona gives us a chance."

There is no nonsense in Chen Yang's explanation, it is completely true.

Barcelona, ​​which has continued to dominate in La Liga from the beginning of this season, and also in the Champions League, has no reason to allow itself to stop early in the domestic Copa del Rey before reaching the finals.

After listening to Chen Yang's words, Mandy also thought about it, and it seemed... that it did make some sense.

If Tarragona is at Camp Nou, assuming it defends a goalless draw through tough defense, let's look at it from Mendy's own perspective and from the standpoint of Barcelona coach Guardiola.

When the league and the Champions League are going smoothly, there is no way that in the Copa del Rey, against a team like Tarragona, overturning will be allowed.

If you were not able to defeat Tarragona in the first round, you will definitely not relax at all in the second round. You will definitely continue and even try harder to advance.

But if you lose, you will have a greater chance of advancement. This is the truth...

Mandy looked at Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, I think this is a bit too sci-fi. There are not many teams that lose in the first round and come back in the second round, like us."

"So Mandy, what do you think?" Unconsciously, Chen Yang asked the head coach what he thought.

"In my opinion, in the two rounds of the game, we should focus on defense and then seek to counterattack. It is best to draw two rounds, drag the game into overtime, and then decide the penalty kick." Mandy said eloquently.

But Chen Yang raised his eyebrows at Mandy's view. He pointed his finger at the desk and said with a joking smile: "But this honest first-round draw is a draw against a team like Barcelona.

If you want to keep a clean sheet in the second round, or even take a penalty kick into overtime, isn't it science fiction?"

"For the Tarragona team, if they want to eliminate their opponents in the cup match with Barcelona and advance to the next level, isn't it difficult to achieve in the eyes of outsiders?"

With the same sci-fi idea, Chen Yang also responded unceremoniously to Mandy.

After hearing this, Mandy patted her leg in amusement, "Haha, indeed, what we discussed has nothing to do with reality."

"Our ideas are all very good, but in terms of the possibility of implementation, they may not be successful."

"so………"

When Mandy said this, he paused for a moment, then he reached out and took the calendar placed on his desk. After flipping through two pages, he placed the day of November 10th in the middle of next week on the front of the calendar.

Come to Chen Yang.

Mandy continued: "So, I think we should be mentally prepared for the game against Barcelona, ​​that is, even if the strength of the lineup, skills and tactics are completely overwhelmed, we can still remain positive.

mentality.”

“During the game, we just have to do our best.

Regarding the result of the game, it means preparing for the worst and hoping that the best miracle will happen."

Mandy suddenly answered so seriously that Chen Yang didn't react for a moment.

But this is not over yet.

Mandy took the calendar and turned the days forward a few more pages.

After stopping again, the calendar date that appeared in front of Chen Yang was already November 6th.

Three days later, Tarragona will play Tenerife at home in the eleventh round of La Liga.

However, what Chen Yang saw was not only that, there were also three lines of blue pen writing on the page number of the date.

"11th round of Segunda División, home court, Teneferry."

"If we win, we will have 11 consecutive victories in the league, and we will accumulate 33 points and continue to be first in the Spanish Second Division!"

"Tie, 31 points, winning streak ended, undefeated in 14 games."

Why didn't you lose?

Mandy looked at Chen Yang and said seriously: "In the next game, it is best if there is no option of losing."

"In the 11th round of the league, we will continue to go all out and strive to win."

"Chen Yang, the cup is certainly good, but the league is more important to us. I hope you can understand."

Chen Yang took a look at Mandy, who looked solemn at this time.

This is not a lie, it is the reality now.

As for Chen Yang, all he could reply to this was, "As for the next game, I can also explain something to you. I will definitely give everything I have, as long as I play and am in the game."

"That's good!" Mandy said with a smile on his face, "Let's keep working hard. Now, we are only 20 points away from relegation in the second division."

20 points, plus the current 30 points, that’s 50 points.

50 points is more than enough to avoid relegation in Segunda División!

As for the 20-point game, they only need Tarragona and the others to win seven more games in the following games.

It's just...it's just after the tenth round of the league, so relegation arrangements have been made in advance.

This season, does Tarragona really just... want to avoid relegation?

After Mandy finished speaking, Chen Yang looked directly at Mandy, as if to see what Mandy really thought.

The two just looked at each other, and then laughed at each other.

There are some things that you know and I know, and everything is left unsaid.