Chapter 1656 The Pan Man's Ambition

From the day Setien received the invitation to coach Barcelona, ​​he already knew that he was taking over a hot potato.

Real Madrid's winning streak has brought great pressure to Barcelona. The talented young coach Yang Yang, who was born out of nowhere, is the most dazzling star in European football. All the players and coaches are set off in the dark, and naturally there is no famous coach. Willing to take over Barcelona.

This is a high-risk occupation!

But Setien finally came!

Unlike those famous coaches, he can never refuse an invitation from a giant team like Barcelona at any time.

At the age of 61, even as a head coach, this age is considered too high.

But at this age, Setien's coaching career is still nothing.

He spent most of his career playing for his hometown team, Atletico Santander, but also played for Atlético de Madrid, Rogrones, Levante, etc., until he was thirty-eight years old, in 1999. Retired for six years.

Five years later, he picked up the coach and coached his hometown team Santander. At that time, Santander was in the Spanish League. The league started poorly. Setien took over from the eighth round to fight the fire, but in the end it didn't work either. Get satisfactory grades.

After that, he failed to coach any team for four years until he took over Rogrones in 2006.

It is worth mentioning that in October 2006, he represented Rogrones to Equatorial Guinea to sign a cooperation agreement. At that time, it was during the African Cup qualifiers. Equatorial Guinea coach and Brazilian Dumas. Just after class, the Equatorial Guinea Football Association invited Setien to be the coach of the national team and promised to sign with him after the game.

Setien, who has been short of coaching opportunities for a long time, accepted the invitation on the spot and led the team to the away game. As a result, they lost to Cameroon 0-3. The situation has changed dramatically since then. The Equatorial Guinea Football Association never thought about it. Signing him made his national team coaching trip seem like a joke.

At Rogrones, Setien has only managed two games.

After that, he was unemployed for two years, until Lugo of the lower league in Spain invited him. This time he has been working in Lugo for one or five years. Since then, his career has gradually started. Fired Las Palmas and started coaching Real Betis in the summer of 17 years, but his coaching at Real Betis ended up being unhappy.

There is no coaching resume of any strong team and giant team, and he has not won any championships. His career is mediocre, and his coaching career has no achievements. This can be said to be the truest comment by Setien.

Therefore, when he was 61 years old, when he received an invitation to coach from Barcelona, ​​he was completely stunned.

Even though he knew very well in his heart that what he took over was a hot potato, a high-risk position that other famous coaches and coaches were eager to escape, he still accepted Barcelona's offer without hesitation like a moth to the flame. invite.

Because he knew it would be a major turning point in his coaching career.

He wants to gamble!

That kind of feeling is like a secret lover who only dared to stay behind, watching the back of the goddess from a distance, not even a spare tire, suddenly he was favored by the goddess, even though he knew that he was the spare tire in the spare tire. Fetus, even though he knew that he was the pick-up man whom the goddess had no choice but to choose, and as long as a better candidate appeared, he would be abandoned without hesitation, but he still bowed to the goddess's pomegranate skirt without hesitation.

What if there is love for a long time?

Since coaching Barcelona, ​​Setien has encountered three big tests, and the results are regrettable.

They lost 0-2 away to Valencia, lost 0-1 away to Athletic Bilbao and drew 1-1 away with Napoli.

These three games were all away games without exception, and the opponents were good, but Barcelona failed to win.

This makes Setien's situation in Barcelona start to get worse and worse. The Catalan media is like a savage mother-in-law, always looking at him as a hard-working daughter-in-law who is not pleasing to the eye, no matter what he does, it is wrong .

In contrast, the ideal Prince Charming in their minds is Yang Yang in front of Real Madrid's coach.

Thirty-three years old, the number one player in the world of football, he won the Champions League as a player and head coach before he retired, and won the FIFA Men's Football Coach of the Year Award. He has amazing commercial value. A beautiful wife recognized all over the world, and another son who is regarded as a talented player by countless people...

Business and love are both proud!

Yang Yang is like the favored son of heaven, making Setien unable to stop feeling ashamed.

But he felt unconvinced in his heart, because he wanted to prove to the goddess in his arms that the man she chose was also very strong, and he was not inferior to the prince charming in her mind.

More importantly, he began to vaguely notice that if he couldn't show any more, his goddess was afraid that he would leave him.

So, to challenge Real Madrid away, Setien is determined to win!

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The Derby of the Century, also known as the Spanish National Derby.

These are definitely the two most important games of each season in La Liga, and the significance is self-evident.

Even now that the situation has become clear, this showdown still attracts the attention of the whole world, not to mention the national attention in Spain.

The formation of the two coaches, Yang Yang and Setien, was also somewhat surprising.

Affected by the Champions League knockout in midweek, Real Madrid had to rotate, and Yang Yang showed surprising courage.

The goalkeeper Courtois, the back line Marcelo, Ramos, Varane and Carvajal, the midfielder is behind Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Modric are in the middle, and the front field is It's Vinicius, Suarez and Valverde.

This is a very surprising starting lineup.

The classic combination of Toni Kroos and Modric has reappeared, but the most important thing is that the teenager Valverde actually started at the front wing position, which has to be said to be very surprising.

Setien's Barcelona starting lineup was also quite unexpected, abandoning the traditional four-three-three and adopting a more balanced four-four-two. The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen, and the back line is Alba and Umti. Ti, Pique and Semedo, Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur and Vidal in the midfield, Griezmann and Messi in the front.

Anyone can see that Setien is under pressure and hopes to seek stability away from home.

In fact, as long as Barcelona can stop Real Madrid's winning streak, it will be considered a victory.

But Real Madrid wanted obviously more, and Yang Yang hoped that the team would continue their winning streak.

So, at the beginning of the game, Real Madrid showed an aggressive momentum and actively pressed forward.

Yang Yang's starting tactics are mainly aimed at Barcelona, ​​and the left side is a combination of two Brazilian players, Marcelo and Vinicius.

Marcelo has recovered significantly recently, and Vinicius has made great progress this season. This makes the left wing composed of two players the most impactful line in Real Madrid's offense, and it is also the main attacking line for Real Madrid in this game.

On the other side, Yang Yang started with Valverde in order to suppress Alba, and at the same time exerted Valverde's running coverage and pressing ability, allowing him to be at the forefront and helping Suarez suppress Barcelona's back line.

With Valverde at the top, Carvajal's rear plug has a shield to protect it.

As for the midfield, the combination of Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro is more about stabilizing the midfield.

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After the opening, both teams were slightly cautious.

Real Madrid is in a large rotation, and Barcelona is playing away, but the confrontation between the two sides is very fierce and full of gunpowder.

In particular, Vinicius on the left side of Real Madrid was extremely active, but he was also a little too excited. He was shown a yellow card for a foul in a frontcourt press.

Not long after that, Carvajal and Alba had a contest on the wing with two players, and there were some conflicts. The referee received a yellow card for each of the fifty major boards.

Such a strong smell of gunpowder made the game heated from the very beginning.

Real Madrid pressed and pressed from a high position, while Barcelona steadily retreated and counterattacked.

One of the obvious phenomena is that Real Madrid had more chances to enter the 30-meter area of ​​Barcelona, ​​but there were problems in the last pass, mainly focusing on Vinicius.

The Brazilian teenager has been very active this season, and this game is also very exciting, but Setien arranged for Semedo to restrict him specifically, which put Vinicius under more defensive pressure.

He runs back and forth again and again, creating opportunities. He is the most dynamic player on Real Madrid's offensive line, constantly pounding the opponent's defense, making Semedo miserable, but also actively participating in defense, teaming up with Marcelo , limiting the right of Barcelona.

But at the same time, I have to say that Vinicius' biggest problem now is the handling of the last pass, which seems reckless and immature. This is also a common problem for young players, especially when he faces huge defensive pressure. When in a hurry.

Fortunately, in the thirteenth minute, Vinicius tried to break through on the left. After Semedo stabbed the ball away, Marcelo stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area, adjusted it, and passed it directly to the back point. , Valverde beat Alba, headed back to the middle, Suarez grabbed before Umtiti and Pique, and shot near the penalty spot.

The ball went straight to the lower right corner of the Barcelona goal!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Suarez took the lead in breaking Barcelona's goal!"

"The header from Valverde was ferryed, this assist was very beautiful!"

"Alba feels helpless, because he is really no match for Valverde because of his height and header."

"Yang Yang's change tonight gave Real Madrid the lead in the thirteenth minute."

"Setien looked a little helpless, because he really didn't have a good way. He used almost all the players he could use, but the result was still unable to stop Real Madrid, especially Real Madrid after a large rotation."

"You know, Mbappe, Hazard, De Bruyne, Rodrigo and other players are still sitting on Yang Yang's bench, which shows that tonight will be Real Madrid storming Barcelona."