Chapter 163: Praise and Criticism from Santa Malaga Teammates
After winning the game, Pellegrini was in a good mood.
With two consecutive victories, Malaga will be able to qualify from the group and enter the knockout rounds as long as there are no major problems in the subsequent games.
You know, this is the first time in history that Malaga has participated in the Champions League.
He then answered reporters' questions. When talking about the use of Li Chuanqi, he explained why Li Chuanqi failed to get the starting position:
"Because he is still too young, young people need a process and need to observe the game from the bench. This will be of great help for him to play."
He then said: "With this performance, I think he has met the requirements for starting, and that day will come soon."
After Pellegrini left, Anderlecht coach Vanden Brom came on board.
The Dutchman's mood was not very high. He thought the second half of the game was bad and his team failed to withstand Malaga's attack in the second half.
"Our failure to guard Lee was the biggest reason for tonight's failure. There is an objective reason that needs to be explained: in the game videos we got, Lee always played as a left winger, but he played as a right winger tonight.
During the pre-match preparation meeting, we focused on him playing as a left winger, but Pellegrini asked him to play as a right winger.
Another reason is that we analyzed from the video that Li is not a player who likes to pass the ball, so we formulated a double-team tactic.
But he changed his style tonight, and in many cases we thought he was going to break through, but he ended up passing the ball."
What should I do? The other party doesn't play the cards according to the rules.
This is the biggest reason the Dutch think they lost.
But his explanation was ridiculed by reporters.
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Although Malaga is in financial distress, it still doesn't have the money to stay in a hotel for one more night.
Besides, it was already very late after the game.
Lying on the bed, Li Chuanqi had time to look at her phone.
After opening his phone, he found that there were many messages.
The one with the most information is the Santa Malaga chat group.
He looked through the unread messages and found that his teammates had been paying attention to tonight's game.
MiG even conducted a text live broadcast!
When Li Chuanqi came on the field in the second half, the whole group started to get excited.
When Li Chuanqi created a penalty kick, all the diving teammates came out to speak.
When he scored the first goal, Miguel sent a voiceover of himself roaring excitedly.
When he sent an assist to Saviola, Pablo thought that he had improved, but Liag thought that Li Chuanqi should not pass the ball and should break through and complete the shot by himself.
"Although Vasilevskiy is desperately chasing back, there is only Deshanxi as a defender in front of Lee. Why can't Lee break through on his own?
So I don't think he's improving, maybe there are other reasons that made him change his style."
Several people quarreled over this issue, and finally Pablo, the close friend, came out to settle the dispute.
When Li Chuanqi cut inside and scored with his right foot in stoppage time, the crowd exclaimed.
Liage believes that this goal is where Li Chuanqi improves.
"In the past, we rarely saw him shoot with his right foot. This shows that he must have been practicing hard on his right foot skills after entering Malaga! This is where he has improved!"
After the game, Miguel suggested going out for a drink, and everyone agreed.
After reading the information in the chat group, he began to speak: "Thank you teammates for your attention."
He @Liague said: "After every training, I practice extra. As you know, this habit has already been formed when I was in Santa Malaga.
During extra practice, I spent half the time practicing shooting with my right foot."
Thousands of miles away in Malaga, Santa Malaga players gathered around a large table to drink.
Miguel held up his mobile phone and shouted: "Li has replied to the message! Liage, he @ you!"
Liage immediately picked up his phone. Before he could open the chat group, a teammate read out what Li Chuanqi said.
"As for why I passed the ball to Saviola, it was just a momentary decision, there was no other reason.
I don’t remember who said it. It seemed like Antonio said that the game is about learning to change and not staying the same unless your level reaches the level of Robben or Messi.
At that level, even if the other party knows what you are going to do next, they will not be able to intercept it.
As you have seen in the previous few La Liga games, I basically made breakthroughs after getting the ball, but the effect was not good.
So I wanted to change it."
Liag responded: "As a technical forward, you must have the courage to break through all opponents, even in a small space, even if you are faced with double-teaming or siege, you must have the courage to break through.
I watched the last few games and I think you did a good job, just like you should.
Although this may cause dissatisfaction among teammates and coaches, do we need to pay attention to their dissatisfaction?
Someone once said a very famous saying - as long as a forward can score goals, he is a good forward.
So as long as we can keep scoring goals, they can only accept it!
Are you scoring fewer goals now?
Why should you care what they think?"
Liag still believes that Li Chuanqi chose to pass the ball because of the pressure from his coach and teammates.
As a professional player, which one is not proud, and which one cannot break through? Why do you only know how to break through when you get the ball?
Do you know how many opportunities you miss when you break through?
Do you still have teammates in your heart?
Do you know that football is a team sport?
Li Chuanqi didn't know how to respond to Liage. Although what he said was very egotistical, it still made sense.
Pablo, the close sister, stood up again: "Liag, that's enough. You started telling him these truths when he was thirteen years old. He doesn't know anything about it. It's just a pass, there is no need to extend it so much."
Liage responded unconvinced: "Since you followed me when you were thirteen, why didn't you listen?"
After everyone's persuasion, Liage stopped criticizing Li Chuanqi.
Li Chuanqi was not angry, but felt warm. His teammates did not change their attitude towards him because he became a professional player. They still regarded him as their apprentice and hoped that he could improve.
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The next morning, Pellegrini held a post-match summary meeting at the hotel, where he praised Li Chuanqi.
Praise him for learning to pass the ball.
"This is Li's biggest improvement last night!"
After hearing this, Itura's face darkened.
Two goals, one assist, and a penalty kick were not praised, only passing was praised.
This shows that in Pellegrini's mind, that damn guy and those dazzling statistics are nothing, they are just normal operations.
It is conceivable that that damn guy's status in Pellegrini's mind is already very important.
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At noon the next day, Malaga boarded a plane to Malaga. After a long journey, they returned to Malaga at five o'clock in the afternoon.
There were no fans to greet them at the airport, only some local Malaga reporters who knew the exact time of their return were waiting for them.
Pellegrini arranged for the three scoring heroes to be interviewed by the media.
All three were very satisfied with the result of the game. Joaquin and Saviola praised Li Chuanqi by name, thinking that he was the most important contributor to the victory.
Li Chuanqi was very humble when facing reporters. He believed that the main reason why the team won was because the overall performance was good. As for himself, he just did what he should do.
