Midfielder Ruler

In the end, River Plate beat St. Martin's Academy 5-0 at home.

But what made Diego Simeone depressed was that the team's midfielder Augusto Fernandez was fouled by the opponent before the end of the game and was sent to the hospital on the spot.

In just half a month, all three players of River Plate were injured, which is very unfavorable for the next game.

According to the past schedule, the first round of the Copa Libertadores 1/8 finals will start at the end of April or early May, and the second round will be held a week later.

But this is not the key point. The headache for Diego Simeone is the league game between the two Copa Libertadores 1/8 finals.

Of course, there is no problem if the league opponents change teams, but the problem is that the league opponent in the two 1/8 finals is the century-old enemy Boca Juniors.

Countless statistics once showed that the game between River Plate and Boca Juniors was called the most popular and craziest national derby in the world. Can't lose game.

The three injured generals will definitely miss the national derby, which means that River Plate is weaker than Boca Juniors in the lineup. In addition, the away game of the Youth League was defeated by two goals. If the first team loses again, it will be true. It means losing the future and losing the present.

So for Diego Simeone, those three games are the most important three games since the beginning of his coaching career.

Although the game was won by a big score, Diego Simeone couldn't laugh at all. It was his assistant Jorge Gortillo who pulled him up from the coach's seat: "At least... let's enjoy the game first." Victory, the next game...let’s talk.”

"Yeah." Diego Simeone was not very interested, just nodded lightly, and then walked to the court to share the joy of winning and advancing with the players, but when he thought of the next devil's schedule and the injured faces of the three generals Just got up, as if the loser was the river bed.

On the second day, the Argentine media not only reported that the five teams participating in the Copa Libertadores in the Argentine First Division all advanced to the top 16, but also reported the possibility of each team advancing to the next round.

As the absolute giants of Argentina, River Plate and Boca Juniors cannot be ignored, especially the national derby between the two 1/8 finals, which attracted a lot of media attention and speculation in advance.

Because the Copa Libertadores 1/8 final draw does not have the same football association team avoidance rules, there will be an extreme possibility.

As the defending champion of the South American Copa Libertadores, Boca Juniors did not perform well in the group stage. They just got a second place in the group, while River Plate won the first place in the group without any risk. The final draw does not have the same avoidance rules of the Football Association, and it is very likely that River Plate and Boca Juniors, the century-old enemy clubs of Argentina, will be drawn together.

In other words, there will be three consecutive Argentine national derbies...

This possibility was reported as headline news in many domestic Argentine media, especially in more South American countries as the draw approached.

Fortunately, River Plate's next two league opponents are not strong, they are Rosario Central and Argentine Youth.

So Diego Simeone can focus on Boca Juniors after two rounds of the league, but when he thinks of this national derby, he has a headache.

"Jorge, what do you say... What about the national derby between the two Copa Libertadores 1/8 finals? The successive injuries of Augusto and Oscar made our defensive depth in the midfielder insufficient. .” Diego Simeone rubbed his temples with his hands, his face full of sorrow.

"How about... change?" Jorge Gortillo suggested.

"No." Diego Simeone denied this suggestion immediately: "No matter how you change,

It is impossible to ignore the decline in our midfield defensive ability, especially when we are going to the Candy Box Stadium, the defensive pressure will be infinitely magnified, and there may be a collapse if we change blindly. "

"Then?" Jorge Gortillo said, "How about going to the reserve team and finding a defensive midfielder?"

Diego Simeone thought for a while, but still shook his head: "The two strikers of the reserve team are fine, but the defensive midfielder...is not good enough."

"Since the reserve team is not good, then..." Jorge Gortillo looked at Diego Simeone.

Meanwhile, Diego Simeone also looked to Jorge Gortillo.

Then the two said tacitly: "Youth team!"

Many teams are like this. When the first team is short of players, they focus on the reserve team or the youth team.

But Jorge Gortillo was a little hesitant: "...You said, would it be bad to mention Tang to the first team too early?"

"What's wrong?" Diego Simeone stood up from the chair, put his hands on his hips, and looked out of the window, his eyes full of nostalgia: "I played the main position in Banfield when I was seventeen. Entering the national team at the age of 20, I believe... Tang can do the same."

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Since Igabi Fabiani's inexplicable hostility towards Tang Zheng disappeared, the atmosphere in the youth team has improved a lot, and occasionally some jokes that made everyone laugh out loud appeared during training.

Head coach Igabe Fabiani and assistant coach Christian Pizzi turned a blind eye to the game a lot, sometimes even joined in.

Of course, the emergence of such a relaxed atmosphere is inseparable from the team's performance. Now the River Plate youth team has won a wave of victories since Tang Zheng returned to the main lineup, and has already ranked first in the youth league with a two-point advantage.

According to the current state, it is just around the corner for the River Plate youth team to win the youth league championship this season.

But in the not-too-distant future, head coach Igabe Fabiani feels the world is about to abandon him...

The first training session of the new day has just begun, and youth team coach Igabe Fabianni is rubbing his right eye.

Christian Pizzi asked curiously: "What's the matter?"

"I don't know what happened, since last night...my right eye has been twitching." Igabi Fabiani said.

"How about... see the team doctor?" Christian Pizzi suggested.

Igabe Fabianni waved his hand and refused: "Forget it, let's keep an eye on the training of these bastards first, and then go to that old guy Daniel after the training is over."

About half an hour later, the first team coach Diego Simeone, accompanied by the youth training director Nicolas, walked to the youth team training ground.

The sharp-eyed Honas saw the well-dressed first-team coach Diego Simeone at a glance, and immediately exclaimed: "Look, that's the first-team coach!"

The head coach of the first team and the director of youth training came to the training ground of the youth team at the same time, even a fool can guess some clues.

Now that River Plate's first-team midfielder has a large area of ​​injuries, coupled with the previously hoarded wounded, if it weren't for the hot state of striker Falcao, River Plate's performance during this period would have been disastrous.

All the youth team members swallowed their saliva, including Tang Zheng.

Recently, it has been rumored that the head coach Diego Simeone will find someone from the reserve team or the youth team to fill the vacancy in the lineup, and judging from the direction Diego Simeone is coming from, it is from the reserve team!

What do you train hard every day for?

Isn't it for the purpose of being promoted to the first team one day, becoming famous, improving family living conditions, and then using the springboard of the Arab League to land in the five major European leagues and become a real big star.

This is the dream of every young player in Argentina!

"Huh? His eyes stopped twitching." Igabi Fabiani just took a sip of water, and his right eye stopped twitching.

But he soon discovered that the players stopped training without giving orders. Just as he was about to blow the whistle, he saw the youth training director Nicolas walking in from the training ground door accompanied by the first-team coach Diego Simeone.

The configuration of youth training director + first-team head coach, even Igabe Fabianni can guess the problem with his toes-the first team is short of people, and the youth team needs people.

Out of courtesy, Igabe Fabiani and Christian Pizzi greeted Diego Simeone and youth director Nicolas shoulder to shoulder.

Only then did Igabe Fabiani know why his eyelids had been twitching from last night to this morning.

It turned out that the first team came to the youth team to ask for someone!

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