"Tomorrow is the game against Catalonia United, so today we will have a confrontational training match."
After the warm-up was completed and training began, head coach Parotti announced the training plan.
Then assistant coach Jesus Valentin started calling names.
Anyone whose name was called stood up and received a yellow vest from second assistant coach Enzo Naher.
Everyone knows that these people are likely to start in tomorrow's game.
That yellow vest, just like the yellow robe... is the target that all players compete for.
Then Valentin read Farias's name.
Ion looked at Nestor Farias who was standing diagonally in front of him, five people away from him.
The boy looked indifferent and took it for granted.
This made Ion even more unhappy, and he couldn't help but snort.
Although Tonini's performance has been widely criticized after losing to Catalonia United in the first round. If the head coach wants to reverse the situation in the second round, he will definitely have to make adjustments to the starting lineup. So it is not wrong for Farias to replace Tonini in the starting lineup.
What a surprising thing.
When Valentin called Farias's name, there was no uproar in the team. Obviously everyone had already guessed this.
But Ion was still unhappy.
I'm not happy with that kid's calmness, as if he deserves to start...
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After the teams are divided, everyone enters the stadium and prepares to start the competition.
Tonini, who became a substitute, found Alejandro Lopez, the right midfielder who was also a substitute: "Alejandro, let's change positions. I'll come to the right."
Lopez was a little surprised at first, but when he saw Farias opposite him, he suddenly understood.
He thought that after Tonini was squeezed out of the main position by Farias, he was very unconvinced and wanted to cause some trouble for Farias in the competition. Maybe he could regain his starting spot?
Although he is a young player, Alejandro Lopez, who has joined the Pirates since he was a child and has been promoted step by step from the Pirates' youth training to the first team, has a deep affection for the team and those who have helped the Pirates win three consecutive Champions Leagues.
The veterans also have deep feelings.
He is on the side of the "old school".
So without saying a word, he changed places with Toni.
Tonini and Lopez's change of positions and their choice to face Farias were watched by everyone, including the players and coaches.
But no one said anything.
Everyone thinks this is normal.
The relationship between Toni and Farias was not good, they were in direct competition.
Tonini didn't want Farias to take it too easy in training and find ways to cause trouble for the opponent. They all understood this idea.
Farias saw it too.
He hummed in his mind:
Why do you take the initiative to give up the starting lineup? It's obviously because of poor performance, physical injury, and just finding a way out for yourself. 'Consider the overall interests of the team'... It sounds nice, but don't you still feel very unhappy now?
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Farias took the ball at his feet and faced Tonini who was waiting in front of him.
He looked at the opponent who had lowered his center of gravity and was almost lying on the ground, sneered in his heart, and then moved the football to the outside with his left foot.
But just as he pushed the ball away, he knocked it back with the inside of his left foot!
Then he kicked the football with the outside instep of his right foot, trying to move the ball to the inside.
At the same time, he was not looking at the football, but his eyes were fixed on Toni.
If Tonini pounces to the inside, then the ball with the outside of his right foot will just be a false shot and will not actually touch the football.
Then he would quickly switch to using the inside of his right foot to push the football directly into the penalty area behind Toni.
But Toni was unmoved by Farias's series of fake moves and continued to guard the center.
Farias saw that his intention was guessed by Toni, so he simply "fake it for real" - he really pushed the football to the inside with the outside instep of his right foot, and then started chasing the ball by himself!
Tonini seemed to have guessed that Farias would do this, so when he moved the ball, Tonini turned and crossed.
After Farias started, he bumped into Tonini's back, fell to his knees, and Tonini took the football away.
Ion, who originally rushed over to respond, saw this scene, spread his hands and shouted in complaint.
Seeing that Farias was defeated, Ion was actually very happy. But he could not blatantly applaud Tonini, so he could only express his dissatisfaction to Farias in order to "save the country" and "yin and yang":
Rubbish! The ball was intercepted so easily. It cost me my trip!
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This time Farias ran into space to catch the ball. When the football was passed, Tonini also rushed over.
When Farias caught the ball, he used the outside instep of his right foot to move the ball forward with force. He was already swinging his legs and waving, but when he touched the ball, he suddenly withdrew his force and then used the outside instep of his right foot.
Move the football to the inside.
At the same time, he made an emergency stop and cut inside!
This time he finally got rid of Tonini successfully.
But after he took two steps inside, Tonini chased him from the side and was still stuck inside, preventing him from having a chance to break through into the penalty area.
Farias raised his right foot, as if he was going to shoot into the far corner.
After Tonini was deceived and stretched out his foot to block the ball, he dunked the ball into the penalty area.
Turn around at the same time!
After Toni discovered that the opponent was making a fake move, he immediately retracted his legs and turned around.
Although his steps were a little staggering, he was still stuck on the inside of Farias.
This time Farias switched to raising his left foot to make a fake move.
After shaking twice in a row, and seeing the angle getting smaller and smaller, he chose to force his kick and shoot.
Tonini did not block the shot, but it hit the leg of center back Antonio Betia, who came up to defend, and bounced off the baseline.
Then Vukovic shouted dissatisfiedly from the middle: "What are you doing? Why don't you pass the ball?!"
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This time Farias' shot from the left finally escaped the interception of all defensive players.
Neither Tonini nor the central defender or goalkeeper were able to touch the ball he shot.
But he didn't score either.
The football flew close to the turf and flew towards the back corner, then missed the back post...
After finishing the shot, Farias lost his balance and fell to the ground. Seeing this, he punched the turf in front of him in displeasure.
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Facing the joint defense of Tonini and the right back, Farias tried several methods but failed to break through.
In the end, he could only pass the football out, and he was looking for Hu Lai in the middle.
But because he has been entangled with the opponent's defensive players on the wing for too long, he has lost the best opportunity to pass the ball.
Hu Lai was surrounded by people.
The ball didn't even reach Hu Lai's feet or head accurately, and was cleared by the defensive player...
Hu Lai was also speechless. He shouted to Farias: "Pass it on soon!"
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Of course, in the contest between Farias and Tonini, Farias is not always the loser.
There is also a scene where Tonini, after being teased by Farias, could only watch the other person leave.
Although some opportunities were wasted, Farias still scored two goals and sent an assist in the match.
To be fair, the performance isn't too bad.
But Farias was not satisfied with his performance.
Because according to his idea, he should crush Tonini in all aspects in this competition, letting everyone know that he should be the absolute main force in this position.
what's the result?
As a result, he and Tonini, who played as a guest right midfielder, had a very stalemate, with back and forth...
If it weren't for the fact that Toni was not good with his right foot and had to tip the football to his left foot every time during the attack, which delayed a lot of things, then Toni's performance in attack would have been even better.
So although Farias' statistics are impressive, it feels like his performance is not as good as Tonini, who has been put on the bench...
Maybe some people think that judging from the performance of this match, it was a wrong decision to let Farias wear the yellow vest that represents the starting qualification.
Farias put his hands on his hips and never understood why Tonini behaved like this.
Wasn't he injured again?
He cast his doubtful eyes on the blue muscles of Toni's thigh.
At this moment, Hu Lai quickly caught up with Tonini, hugged his shoulders, looked down at his thigh, and asked with concern: "How is it? Is your leg okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Tonyni smiled and shook his head, "I'm using this to prevent strains."
Hu Lai suddenly said: "Oh. I have medicine to treat muscle strains here. It was specially prepared for me by an old doctor in my hometown. If you need it, I can give it to you. It has a particularly good effect on muscle strains.
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"I know, I won't be polite to you if necessary." Toni said with a smile.
The two of them walked past Farias with their arms around each other, talking and laughing.
Farias almost couldn't control his expression:
You weren't hurt?
If you're not injured, why don't you compete with me for the starting spot?
