We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 121 After Diego comes Melo, the King of Europe Championship

Eighteen thousand fans are entering the Stade Louis II.

This is the dual home stadium of French Ligue 1 team AS Monaco and the AS Monaco national football team, and hosted this year's European Super Cup.

Palermo and Porto both announced their match lineups earlier.

Palermo is focusing on stability:

Ribery, Toni, Eduardo

Modric, Chiellini, Toure

Grosso, Vidic, Carragher, Zaccardo

Handanovic

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Barzagli's closest relative has a birthday today, and He Tianqi was considerate enough to approve the holiday and replace him with Carragher.

If it were last season, the team would not have approved such a fake.

Porto:
Almeida, McCarthy
Valente, Diego, Maniche, Quaresma

Leandro, Pepe, Ricardo Costa, Bosingwa
Valle
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It’s also a pretty good lineup.

Judging from their current popularity, the two sides are very close.

They are all players who have played in European competitions and are generally in their rising period.

But if we look at it five or even ten years later, Palermo's lineup will be overwhelming.

In the locker room, Guardiola was making his pre-match opening remarks: "Porto has experienced some turmoil this summer."

"Mourinho, the coach who led them to win the Champions League, joined Chelsea and poached defensive players such as Carvalho and Ferreira."

"At the same time, their midfield core Deco also joined Barcelona."

"Their main defensive midfielder Costinha missed the game due to injury."

"Victor Fernandez is the new manager of Porto and judging from their previous matches, Victor has continued Mourinho's previous tactics."

"But compared to Mourinho's slightly conservative 4231 most of the time, Victor prefers Mourinho's second formation 4132, which is a 442 with a diamond in the midfield."

After Guardiola finished his introduction, He Tianqi took a pen and drew on the whiteboard and officially began his lecture: "In terms of defenders, Porto replaced Carvalho and Ferreira with Pepe and Bosingwa, and Pepe even wore the captain's armband."

"Pepe has a long pass and can play the role of Carvalho as a central defender. But he is impulsive and prone to meaningless fouls, which we can take advantage of."

"In addition, Bosingwa is relatively young, and compared to Ferreira, his attacking power is slightly stronger but his defense is much weaker. Ribery, get rid of him."

Toni, Eduardo, Ribery and other players nodded.

He Tianqi then circled Maniche and said, "This player used to play as a winger, but after changing to a midfielder, he is good at both offense and defense. But he is only a midfielder."

"He can't hold up with just one defensive midfielder."

"But he and Pepe are both aggressive in committing fouls, so when you play against them, you have to be more careful and protect yourself to avoid getting hurt."

"I won't talk about Quaresma. You should remember that he played well in the previous match against Barcelona."

"Grosso, you have a heavier defensive task today. Play to your strengths and put enough pressure on Quaresma. Chiellini, you need to come over and help defend more."

"As for Diego..."

Looking at this familiar name, He Tianqi couldn't help but sigh.

It seems that the twin stars of football have never played together.

The Diego in front of us is known as the new Maradona.

His equal is the new Pele - Robinho.

Football has high expectations for this first generation of Brazilian twin stars.

Both players have been recruited by major clubs.

Diego landed first and joined Porto, taking steady steps.

Robinho chose to join Real Madrid next year and make a breakthrough in one step.

Both paths are correct, but none of them really redeem one's talents.

The second generation of Brazilian twin stars are Ganso and Neymar. The latter successfully exchanged his talent and became a superstar.

Back to Diego, the player later reached the peak of his career in Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga and was elected German Footballer of the Year.

Later, he joined Juventus as the top scorer in Serie A that year, which made the Old Lady's fans think that the team's spring was about to come.

Some fans even posted a famous message saying "After Diego comes Melo, Juventus' name is hard work", highly praising Juventus' transfer operations.

I think Diego + Melo is the Pirlo + Gattuso of Milan back then.

As a result, Juventus won seven consecutive league games and hit rock bottom.

This experience is enough to prove Diego's shortcomings.

He has great skills but poor vision.

He is good at dribbling, but his physique and speed are not great, so he lacks the ability to advance vertically when facing high-intensity, high-level defense.

In Porto, which mainly relies on defensive counterattacks, his presence slows down the counterattacks.

So Porto, who introduced him, thought he could perfectly replace Deco, but in fact he is far from Deco.

Finally, Diego’s defensive ability is not good.

The prerequisite for defensive counterattack is to be able to defend it.

This wave of personnel changes in Porto has weakened the team's defensive capabilities.

In addition, without Mourinho, who was most familiar with this tactic, to provide on-the-spot command and fill in the gaps, He Tianqi did not think that this team was Palermo's real enemy.

After He Tianqi's analysis, Palermo's morale boosted.

The players felt like they had already won the championship.

This gave them some of the demeanor of a great general.

When the players from both teams appeared in the player tunnel, the camera swept over them. People who did not understand last season's results thought that Palermo was the Champions League champion and Porto was the inferior UEFA Cup champion.

……

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Both sides actively fought for the ball at the beginning, wanting to be the more proactive side.

Five minutes later, the scramble was still going on, but the ball was already in Palermo's hands.

On the sidelines, Porto's new coach Victor was directing Quaresma and Diego to fight actively.

He Tianqi was stunned by this scene.

These two are typical technical players and are also the offensive core of the team. It would be a waste of them to use them as engineers, right?
The main thing is that even if they really fight hard, it doesn’t make much sense.

They are all new players and have not been trained in Mourinho's defensive and tackling system. Chasing them around blindly will not have any pressing effect at all.

Considering that these two guys have suffered many injuries in their careers, it will be difficult for them to play a full season according to Victor's usage.

In the ninth minute, Toni, Chiellini and Modric surrounded Diego.

Palermo's pressing was systematic, directly blocking all of Diego's passing routes.

In the end, Chiellini completed the steal.

Modric passed the ball straight to the left.

Ribery counterattacked with the ball, started with a third-gear sprint, accelerated continuously, and ate Bosingwa alive to win the 30-meter sprint championship.

This resulted in Eduardo, who was originally offside on the right, no longer being offside.

Eduardo rushed into Porto's penalty area.

boom!
Ribery made a curved pass and the ball crossed the green grass and flew into the penalty area.

The Porto goalkeeper rushed out, thinking he could grab the ball before Eduardo.

As a result, after the football entered the penalty area, it began to move away from him and rolled towards Eduardo.

This is a long time.

The Porto goalkeeper could only stop and prepare to save.

Eduardo shot the ball with all his might.

The opponent's position was so bad, full of loopholes, that the ball went into the net easily.

"GOAL! One to zero!"

"Palermo played a great counter attack! They beat Porto the way they do best."

"Diego's mistake was the key to Porto's goal."

"Eduardo's finishing touch always makes people feel at ease."

After Eduardo scored the goal, he turned around and looked at Pepe who was chasing him, and the two made eye contact.

This made Pepe very unhappy.

In this ball, he was just Eduardo's background, chasing after the opponent.

People who don’t understand football would think that Pepe couldn’t defend against Eduardo.

But in fact it was because Ribery's breakthrough was too fast.

This goal made Porto players realize the offensive power of Palermo.

They subconsciously began to shrink back.

He wanted to stabilize the situation first, and then find the opponent's weakness and counterattack under Mourinho's command.

As long as the boss is here, we will be able to... wait, the boss has gone to coach Chelsea!
In the 14th minute, Palermo's attack became stronger.

Grosso got the ball after running in from the left and made a cross.

Pepe jumped up and headed the ball away before Toni.

In the 17th minute, Porto launched a counterattack. Diego dribbled the ball to challenge Zaccardo. As long as he got past him, he would directly threaten Palermo's goal.

But Zaccardo's kick was accurate and quick, and he kicked the ball out of the sideline.

Porto kicked the ball out from the sideline, Diego made a straight pass along the sideline, and Valente caught up with the ball and made a high-quality cross.

Vidic overpowered Almeida and destroyed the ball.

But Porto's counterattack did not affect Palermo's offensive desire.

They were still pressing forward on a large scale under the command of He Tianqi.

If facing Mourinho's Porto, He Tianqi might let the team play a little more conservatively.

But Porto, whose defensive ability has greatly declined, cannot stop Palermo's attack.

There is no so-called defensive counterattack.

In the 23rd minute, Palermo made continuous passes in front of Porto's penalty area, looking for opportunities.

After receiving the pass from Grosso, Modric dribbled sideways and moved to the attacking side.

Ricardo Costa is experienced and directs Maniche to intercept.

Once this lateral dribbling is intercepted, there will be a great opportunity for counterattack.

If it was Porto's main defensive midfielder Costinha, he would have passed the ball without saying anything.

Maniche lacked some defensive sensitivity, so when he passed, Modric was ready.

One tap and one click.

Modric passed the ball to the outside of the penalty area and passed by Maniche.

boom!
Send a horizontal pass.

Eduardo, who likes to run around and stir up trouble, withdrew from the penalty area and met Modric.

boom!
Eduardo rushed out and turned and sent a straight pass with his left foot without stopping.

One-touch pass!

This pass obviously exceeded the expectations of Porto's defense.

The football rolled into the penalty area.

Toni, who was competing with Pepe for position, exerted force and ran towards the football.

Pepe is much faster and more explosive than him, but Tony has the positional advantage and suppresses Pepe so that he cannot speed up.

He also put his arms behind his back and used Pepe's strength to complete the start.

boom!
Toni caught up with the ball, held up Pepe and made a quick low shot into the far corner.

Don't charge up, otherwise Pepe will destroy it from behind.

Porto's goalkeeper dived for the ball and successfully touched the ball.

But the ball still rolled into the goal at the far end.

"GOAL! Two to zero! Palermo's positional warfare attack has also been launched!"

"Eduardo's pass was exquisite! In a small-scale attack and defense, this kind of pass challenges the limits of human reaction!"

"Eduardo played very smartly today!"

"He Tianqi put him at the center position in several previous games. It seems that he wanted to train Eduardo's supporting ability and let him serve as a technical fulcrum."

"So the players still have to rely on the coach to train them. Look at Eduardo, isn't he trained well?"

As luck would have it, after Tony scored the goal, he turned around and met Pepe's eyes.

Pepe's eyes turned red.

He just rammed Tony with his chest.

Tony is the man to take the lead.

The referee immediately came over to stop it and warned Pepe.

"Oh! Pepe was very upset with Tony. There was a fierce confrontation between the two sides on this ball, but Pepe was pressed behind Tony, so he failed to interfere successfully."

"In this situation, the defensive players will definitely be depressed."

"Pepe is the best among central defenders in terms of movement, turning, tackling and aggression. But taking on big center forwards is obviously not his strength."

In the 27th minute, Pepe successfully took revenge.

He rushed forward and poked the ball away from Eduardo's feet, completed the steal, and launched a counterattack with a long pass.

Directly connected to forward McCarthy.

Unfortunately, the linesman raised the flag before McCarthy could stop the ball.

Offside!

McCarthy raised his hand helplessly and complained.

The three defenders, Vidic, Carragher and Zaccardo, high-fived each other.

Carragher successfully integrated into Palermo's offside tactics.

This is also one of Vidic's responsibilities as the core of the defense.

He has to pay attention to the height of the defense line at all times, direct his teammates to create offside, send Carragher out to steal the ball, judge whether to steal the ball or make up for the position, and so on.

It's a great test of brain capacity.

In the 36th minute, Modric tried a long shot from the outside, but unfortunately it was too straight and was caught by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Porto goalkeeper Valle signaled his teammates to move forward and prepared to kick the ball.

Palermo players retreated one after another.

But Valle kicked a ground ball directly to right center back Ricardo Costa.

This should be due to the consideration of the height of Palermo's defense. They believe that a long kick will give away the ball, so they want to be more cautious.

But Palermo's players were very aggressive, and Eduardo rushed towards Ricardo Costa like a wild dog.

Ricardo Costa made a mistake in controlling the ball under pressure and the ball went a little further.

Eduardo knocked the ball aside and was knocked to the ground by Ricardo Costa.

The referee made a gesture in favor of attack.

Modric rushed forward and made a surgical pass.

Ribery cut inside without the ball and left Bosingwa behind.

Pepe rushed sideways towards the football.

Ribery kept accelerating.

Both were approaching the football quickly.

But Ribery obviously got the ball earlier.

Pepe made a direct tackle.

Ribery caught up with the ball but pushed it to the right.

Passed by Pepe.

boom!
Ribery made a lob shot.

Although the scimitar pass mainly increases the passing attribute, it also increases the arc attribute.

The football went straight over the goalkeeper's fingers and flew into the far corner.

"GOAL! Three to zero! Porto was completely defeated by Palermo!"

"Another low-level mistake!"

"Ricardo Costa has taken on the responsibility of playing as a ball-playing centre-back since Carvalho left, but he has not yet adapted to the position."

"Pepe's defensive choice was too radical. Although he couldn't stop Ribery from touching the ball, he could retreat early and help the goalkeeper block Ribery's angle to the far corner."

"This young man didn't trust the cooperation between the central defender and the goalkeeper, and the end result was that Ribery was given the perfect space to shoot."

In one game, he became a background figure three times in a row.

Pepe, who still has curly hair, really can't hold it anymore.

He looked viciously at Palermo's front three.

One time per person.

Fake!

In the 42nd minute, Eduardo again withdrew from the penalty area to receive the ball.

Pepe rushed over and knocked Eduardo down.

This was a very obvious foul. Eduardo stood up to complain, but Pepe continued to push him, and Eduardo immediately fought back.

Palermo players also quickly gathered around.

Since the Battle of Patton, their style of play has become much tougher.

He Tianqi asked nearby players to support their teammates immediately.

In the end, Toure and Toni helped the referee control the situation on the field and suppressed the Porto players.

The referee showed Pepe a yellow card and seriously warned him to pay attention to his defensive actions.

This also heated up the game between the two sides.

As the lagging side, Porto's actions were naturally more rough.

In the 45th minute, Ribery broke through with the ball from the wing.

Bosingwa was unable to hold on alone and was defeated by Ribery after two false moves.

However, as soon as Ribery returned to the court, he was knocked out by Maniche who rushed from the side.

Ribery fell to the ground and rolled over.

Modric immediately rushed over and spread his hands: "Hey! You're going after people!"

Maniche turned and was about to leave.

Modric immediately blocked Maniche's way.

Players such as Grosso, Chiellini, Vidic and others came up one after another.

Maniche, who was 1.73 meters tall and narrowly defeated Modric, was "scared" by the tall lineup and took the initiative to push Modric, wanting to leave.

Modric was struck by lightning and fell to the ground, covering his cheek.

But the replay on the big screen showed that Maniche pushed him in the chest.

Chiellini was furious and knocked Maniche to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle repeatedly.

In the end, Maniche was shown a yellow card.

The Porto players were very angry and thought Chiellini should also be given a card.

But the referee said that Maniche was the instigator, and Chiellini was just protecting his teammates and did not make any additional attacks.

If the first half of the game had not been over, the situation would have continued to deteriorate.

……

During the halftime break, He Tianqi asked Ribery to reduce his breakthroughs.

Next, the team will focus on passing and controlling the ball to reduce the risk of player injuries.

After all, they were already leading 3-0.

"Of course, if the opponent commits a malicious foul and wants to kick someone instead of the ball, then we shouldn't be so rigid, do you understand?" He Tianqi showed his fist.

The confidence of Palermo players immediately increased.

If a real fight breaks out, the coach can beat ten people alone!

Compared to a year ago, almost all the old players can feel the change in their state of mind.

Facing Patton's anger and helplessness.

Facing Pepe and Maniche's calmness and counterattack ideas.

Iron-bloodedness does not mean shouting "I am not afraid of pain".

But I have the courage to fight back.

Palermo's iron-blooded gene has already taken root.

The second half of the game begins.

Quaresma did not live up to his reputation as Portugal's top right winger talent.

He dribbled past Grosso and made a cross pass.

McCarthy scored a goal and equalized the game for the team.

Three to one!

He Tianqi signaled to the team on the sidelines to stay calm, pass the ball more, and lure Porto out before launching a fatal attack.

In the 55th minute, Porto gradually pressed forward.

After Modric received the pass from Zacardo, he suddenly turned half way and shot!

Yaya Toure in the frontcourt headed the ball and made a forward run himself.

Eduardo retreated and headed the ball, passing it to Toure after it hit the wall.

Pepe, who followed Eduardo, exerted force from behind and knocked him down, then turned and chased Toure.

boom!
Toure took the lead and made a 45-degree angle pass into the penalty area.

Tony heads the ball into the goal.

But Toure's pass was a little too forward, Toni didn't head the ball correctly, and the ball went over the crossbar.

The next moment, the camera turned to Pepe and Eduardo.

After being knocked down, Eduardo did not put on any show, but instead stood up and tried to rush into the penalty area.

But after seeing Toure complete the pass, Pepe knew that he couldn't stop what happened in the penalty area, but he could stop what happened around him.

So he pushed with his backhand again, knocking Eduardo over again as he passed by him.

This time, Eduardo rolled on the ground, then got up and rushed towards Pepe.

Scholars can be killed but not humiliated.

You knocked me down twice in three seconds. How am I going to survive in the future?
"Fuck it!" Eduardo pushed Pepe, but there was no obvious pattern.

Pepe also became furious instantly. Being experienced in fighting, he reached out to open Eduardo's arm and prepared to fight back.

But before he could push, he was ambushed by another player who joined the battle.

Modric ran up and pushed Pepe, knocking him down.

Small people have big energy.

Pepe's eyes were really red this time.

He seldom suffers any loss on the court, how the hell can he tolerate this?
Pepe got up and started working.

However, players such as Toni, Toure, Chiellini, Grosso and others came up to support.

Together with the Porto players, a large group of people clashed on the field.

During the pushing and shoving, Pepe clearly felt that someone had hit him twice again.

Although he didn't know who did it, he suspected it was Gargamel from Palermo.

Modric: ???
Finally, with the efforts of all parties, the conflict was resolved.

The referee showed Pepe a red card without mercy.

He should have been given a card both technically and disciplinaryly.

Porto players had no way to fight for Pepe, because even if it was a yellow card, Pepe would be sent off with two yellow cards and one red card.

At the same time, Modric also received a yellow card.

He spread his hands to express his disbelief, and the big screen image of him rushing over and knocking Pepe away appeared in the same frame, jumping back and forth between the little white rabbit and the big bad wolf.

Porto coach Victor was speechless on the sidelines.

He kept asking the bench and the head coach "Why".

Obviously, he couldn't understand why Pepe kept pushing Eduardo down.

Especially the second push.

Pepe obviously has a better choice, he just chooses it casually.

Can Eduardo still hit you?

The team was about to catch up with a goal and was on the verge of improving, but now they were suddenly one man short.

How is this different from surrender?
Porto then made a substitution.

Seitaridis replaced Maniche, who had a yellow card, and played as a central defender.

This player was the main right back of Greek Mythology in this year's European Cup and won the Delaunay Cup.

In the 61st minute, Palermo, with one more player, won the ball and organized an attack. Grosso could now press forward without restraint.

Bosingwa was pulled away by Grosso.

Ribery dribbled sideways, attracting Setaridis and Diego.

boom!
Ribery made a cross pass.

Modric raised his foot and fired, hitting a world-class goal from the top of the arc.

Show the true qualities of a heavy gunner.

Swish!
The football went into the net decisively.

"GOAL! Four to one!"

"Modric's long-range shot killed the game!"

"Compared to Pepe venting his anger on Eduardo, Modric's use of goals to express his dissatisfaction with Porto is obviously more sensible!"

"Seitaridis was only a guest player after all. He easily lost his position and gave Modric the opportunity to shoot from long range."

On the sidelines, He Tianqi threw three farmer's punches while starting a substitution.

Young player Di Maria replaced Ribery who scored a goal and made two assists.

Mascherano replaced Modric, who scored a goal and made an assist.

Argentine brothers come on stage.

One of them is tall and thin, while the other is short and fierce. They are affectionately called the "Headless and Unhappy" of Palermo by domestic fans.

Some fans also think that they should be called "Thin Monk and Short Monk", "Small Head Dad and Big Head Son", etc.

Di Maria's name clearly means Angel, and Mascherano is called the "little boss" and "little leader" of River Plate, but he ended up getting this name.

But Modric thought it was very good, because the level of angels was too high, too close to the Pope and God, higher than him, the Grand Master of the Knights.

Over the next ten minutes, Palermo's attack slowed down.

Just like in the previous few games, if Ribery and Modric left the field at the same time, Palermo's offensive system would be almost paralyzed.

Neither Mascherano nor Di Maria can shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

But both of them have made some progress.

In the 72nd minute, Di Maria changed direction continuously at the left front of the penalty area.

His change of direction looked very awkward and gesticulating.

He doesn't have the demeanor of a master at all.

But Bosingwa gradually lost himself in this quick change of direction and finally had to commit a foul to prevent Di Maria from entering the penalty area.

He also received a yellow card for this.

He Tianqi said to the players on the bench: "This is the advantage of hand movements. Use your hands to drive your body and complete the pre-change movement."

"This way your changes of direction will be quicker and smoother, without the appearance of any swaying forward or backward."

“Just like a player’s arms naturally swing after a shot.”

"This is a kind of leveraged force, which is suitable for players with longer limbs."

Ashley Young, Valencia, Pedro, Van Persie and other players attended another master class.

Palermo doesn't have an absolute free kick expert.

Usually it is taken by Ribery or Modric.

In addition, the free kicks of Eduardo, Grosso and Toure were also good.

Because the ball was on the left side outside the penalty area, Eduardo stepped over with his right foot.

"Di Maria, you also stand over and cover Eduardo." He Tianqi called Di Maria on the sidelines and quietly made a gesture.

Di Maria and Eduardo looked at each other, then stood to the right side of the football.

Tall players such as Toure, Vidic and Grosso gathered on the right side of Porto's penalty area, ready to score.

This forced Porto's wall to allocate some manpower to defend.

That way, they only had a four-man wall.

"Eduardo and Di Maria were standing behind the left and right of the ball respectively."

"Eduardo should have shot directly at goal."

"But if Di Maria took the penalty, he would most likely kick the ball to the right side of the penalty area, allowing his teammates to compete for the header."

"Palermo have an advantage in the air and they won't give up such opportunities."

"This poses a problem for Porto's goalkeeper. Palermo's set-piece tactics are very complicated, even Buffon has fallen into it before. I wonder what will happen this time..."

Before the commentator could finish his words, Eduardo rushed towards the ball and...

Jump across.

The next moment, Di Maria rushed towards the football and kicked it with his left foot.

The football bypassed the wall of people who had already landed and flew to the left side of the goal.

Porto's goalkeeper was stunned.

Because he was already moving towards the right side of the goal.

The human wall blocked the left side and he guarded the right side.

Eduardo shoots for the left side but misses.

Then Di Maria made a cross and the ball landed on the right side.

In any case, the goalkeeper made the right move.

As a result... Palermo actually chose the most outrageous way.

Di Maria shoots directly with his left foot!

You know, if the football is on the left side outside the penalty area, it is easy to get it in with the right foot.

The left foot will easily send the ball outside the goal.

This……

The next moment, there was a swish!
The football, which had clearly flown out of the goal range, came back and flew into the upper left corner of the goal, and was then hit on the side net by the Porto goalkeeper.

"GOAL! Incredible!"

"Five to one! Palermo is still scoring goals!"

"Argentine youngster Di Maria scored directly from a free kick, a crescent-shaped left foot, a fatal blow!"

"Too accurate! The quality of this shot is so high!"

"Compared to the Argentine genius Leo Messi, who has been a great blowsmith in Barcelona but has yet to start in the first team, Di Maria's rise is even more unexpected."

"You know, Di Maria is eight months younger than Messi!"

Last November, Barcelona and Porto played a friendly match during the international match day, and Messi, who was only sixteen years old, came on as a substitute.

This year, he has trained frequently with the first team and if nothing unexpected happens, he will make his debut for Barcelona's first team in an official match in October at the age of only 114 years and days.

His penalty clause of 30 million euros also sparked heated discussion.

Although compared to the future Messi, 30 million euros is almost free, but at this stage 30 million euros is already the highest price.

No matter how excellent the youth training is, the actual value is unlikely to exceed 5 million euros at this time.

Playing as a substitute in the Eredivisie, Portuguese Super League or the top five leagues for one or two years would be around 10 million.

Barcelona's penalty clause is more like an advertisement, allowing more people to know Messi, become interested in him, and pay attention to him.

This is a way to create stars, and it will work again and again in the future, but apart from Messi, no one in Barcelona has ever emerged through this method.

So it’s not their methods that are clever, but Messi himself.

Yet they are still addicted to it, entertaining themselves to the tune of 300 million, 500 million, or 1 billion.

Back to Messi, his debut at the age of sixteen was a very legendary experience.

But now, the sixteen-year-old Di Maria came off the bench in the European Super Cup and scored a goal against Porto.

Same opponents, same age, more exciting performances, better data.

Di Maria stepped on Messi's shoulders and became famous with one goal!
After scoring the goal, Di Maria rushed towards He Tianqi and hugged the head coach to celebrate.

He knew better than anyone that without He Tianqi, there would be no goal.

Because this free kick tactic was specially set up for him by He Tianqi.

That's right!

When he first joined the team, he was almost the youngest player, an absolute substitute and a marginal role.

However, He Tianqi gave Di Maria the right to take free kicks, just like Eduardo, Grosso, Toure and others.

Even if Ribery and Modric were on the field, Di Maria might have the power to shoot directly from a free kick at the signal of He Tianqi.

As for the rest of the players, no matter how solid their status as main players is, if they are not in this sequence, they will not be eligible to participate in this free kick tactic.

On the bench, Van Persie looked at the excited Di Maria and Valencia who was about to come on the field, feeling sad.

He also scored a goal as a substitute in the Italian Super Cup.

Considering the strength of AC Milan and the weakness of Porto, and the completely different situations of the team when he and Di Maria came on the field.

Van Persie was clearly the better performer.

But after that game, he has been on the bench for two consecutive games and has not gotten any playing time.

He also realized for the first time how serious the consequences of a wasted shot and laziness in defense could be.

Palermo's tactics are too strong, they are able to create too many opportunities, and they have won too many games by big scores.

Most forwards can shine in this system.

And once they shine, there will be no room for Van Persie.

Van Persie has never been so eager to talk to the head coach and tell him, I will definitely listen to your arrangements in the future, please let me play!

(End of this chapter)