Chapter 64: A year before and after, it seems like a month away
Every word Chang Sheng roared on the sidelines was like a heavy hammer hitting Reyes' heart.
"This is the professional league! Where are you going to escape?!"
"Open your eyes and see clearly, this is professional football! This is the world you have been training hard for ten years to enter!!"
"Your talent is for you to use to defeat your opponents, not to show off!"
"If you don't want to get hurt or fight, let me tell you, the best way is... you announce your retirement now!"
These words struck Reyes' heart.
He grasped the turf tightly with both hands, and then climbed up from the ground.
He still cares about Sevilla's feelings, and he is still afraid of physical confrontation.
But he had an idea in his mind - I can't always go on like this, right? I always have to move forward, right?
Even now this idea is still very weak, like a grass seed on the vast plain.
But as long as there is still the desire to move forward in his heart, then this grass seed will sprout in his heart, grow wildly, and eventually cover the entire plain.
Just like a spark, it can start a prairie fire.
Chang Sheng watched Reyes stand up and shouted from the audience: "Yes! That's it! Get up, stand up! Does such a difficulty scare you? What will you do next? You are Reyes, you don't
So weak!!"
When Chang Sheng encouraged Reyes on the sidelines, everyone else was stunned.
Especially the Sevilla players, many of them experienced the match against Getafe last season.
They know the story between Chang Sheng and Reyes very well.
Chang Sheng's attitude at that time made them want to kick Reyes' legs off and make him retire directly. They all believed that Reyes and Chang Sheng should be permanent enemies.
But who would have thought that this summer, Reyes would be bought by Valencia, a team that always wins.
And now they see Chang Sheng encouraging Reyes on the sidelines...
What's going on?
Has the butcher changed his gender, or is the end of the world coming?
At that time, those Sevilla players thought they would never see a scene like this in their lifetime.
But they see it now.
Reyes stood up, and Chang Sheng remained silent. He continued to stand on the sidelines with his arms folded.
Valencia captain Mendieta came up to care about Reyes: "Are you okay, young man?"
Reyes shook his head: "It's okay. I'm fine, captain."
Then he ran to where he should be.
Everyone's attention also shifted from the sidelines to the game itself.
Valencia's free kick did not pose any threat to Sevilla's goal. After all, the distance was too far and it was a bit biased.
Mendieta shot directly and the football was kicked into the stands behind the goal.
The game continues.
However, the Valencia players didn't seem to want to put Reyes under too much pressure, so they passed the football around him time and time again.
Did they think they were protecting Reyes?
But Reyes didn't appreciate it.
Later he raised his hand to ask for the ball!
Chang Sheng, who saw this scene on the sidelines, couldn't help laughing.
It seems to be effective.
From being afraid of catching the ball to actively asking for it. This is really an amazing progress!
Reyes took the initiative to ask for the ball, so it would be unreasonable not to pass it to him.
So the football flew to Reyes again.
This time Reyes consciously moved to the center.
The winning tactics emphasize running and there is no fixed position, so it is normal for Reyes to play as a winger in this position.
The key is that when he appeared here, he faced Harvey Navarro again.
Navarro naturally rushed forward aggressively, intending to entangle Reyes.
He believed that his previous rude behavior had a profound impact on Reyes, a sissy.
But when he rushed up, he missed it!
Reyes didn't wait for him to come up, and after catching the ball, he pulled the football behind him!
Then turn around!
He almost turned around against Harvey Navarro's body...
"Beautiful!!" commentator Moen couldn't help shouting.
Reyes, who erased Xavi Navarro, dribbled the ball forward.
Although winning requires players to pass and move, their dribbling is not absolutely prohibited, especially when playing on the wing.
The players in Sevilla know Reyes' breakthrough ability very well, so when they saw Reyes' breakthrough, they were all shocked. When this kid was in Sevilla, he was very capable in training.
I bullied these big brothers a lot.
After Sevilla thought they would win the game and scolded Reyes on the sidelines, Reyes was going to explode. So their defensive focus shifted to Reyes' side.
In fact, if Reyes continues like this and passes several people, he may be able to better prove his awakening, and just like Chang Sheng said, show Sevilla the best version of himself.
But he didn't do that.
At this time, he still remembered the specific requirements for his position in the team's tactics - disrupt the opponent's defense after breaking through. Then quickly release the ball without sticking to it.
So he didn't really break through with the ball. When Sevilla's defenders were attracted to him, Reyes knew what to do.
He made a move to cross the ball, which caused the Sevilla defender beside him to throw away his center of gravity, and a gap appeared in the encirclement.
He suddenly passed the football back diagonally.
It fell right at the feet of Guardiola who stepped in.
Guardiola made another diagonal pass and accurately found a loophole in Sevilla's defense on the left side.
Because Reyes is active here, their defense on the other side is almost useless.
At this time Mendieta received the football, and he was basically unmarked!
"Here it comes! This is the characteristic of Valencia's new tactics this season! They can always use a series of seemingly meaningless passes to accurately find the loopholes in the opponent's defense. Then let the players receive the ball almost without defense.
To the ball...just like now!"
Mendieta is now very accustomed to this kind of attack. All he needs is to keep running, and then go to the right place at the right time. Then, as the best midfielder in Europe last season, what should he do?
Simple.
Mendieta took a shot, and the football rushed into the goal from the hands of goalkeeper Olsen!
"Mendieta! Mendieta! Here we go again! His signature powerful shot! Valencia finally broke the deadlock and took a 1:0 lead in the away game!"
After scoring the goal, Mendieta ran towards Guardiola who assisted him. Guardiola motioned for Reyes to come over and celebrate.
Because the moment that broke the game was created by Reyes.
Without Reyes' beautiful swing and passing, which attracted the attention of Sevilla defenders, how could he transfer the ball so easily and find the space with one kick?
Reyes saw Guardiola's action and he knew what it meant.
But he shook his head and rejected Guardiola's invitation.
After all, Valencia defeated the team he has played for for many years, and he does not want to celebrate now.
Guardiola was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Reyes was thinking.
So he smiled, no longer forcing the boy, but turned around to celebrate with Mendieta and the other players who rushed towards him.
Teammates rushed to the captain who scored the goal.
Reyes was quiet on the wing and seemed to be ignored, but that was exactly what he wanted.
Just when everyone was celebrating, he turned his head and looked down the field, looking at the visiting team's coaching bench.
A year ago Chang Sheng pointed at Reyes at this position and shouted: "Scoop his legs! Shovel his legs!"
Now, one year later, Chang Sheng is still standing in this position, but he smiles at him and gives him a thumbs up.
Reyes experienced two completely different stories in the same place, which made him feel as if he was in another world.
In the end, Valencia won Sevilla 1:0 in the away game thanks to Mendieta's goal.
After the draw with Barcelona, the team won another consecutive victory.
But that's not important at all.
The important thing is that Reyes performed well in the game, shattering previous doubts that he was not good at confrontation, was afraid of competition, and could not adapt to the first division league.
After the game, Sevilla head coach Caparros also specifically mentioned Reyes' performance.
He half-joked: "Had I known that Reyes would perform like this, I think Sevilla would definitely not sell him to Valencia."
But now, it's too late to say such things.
The team had a winning streak and everyone was happy.
Everyone thought that their head coach was in a good mood and would cancel the decision not to take a vacation after the game, or simply forgot that there was such a thing.
But what surprised and disappointed them was that the memory of winning in this regard was quite good.
He announced immediately after the game that tomorrow’s holiday would be cancelled.
"As I said, until that person comes forward or is found out, this rule will continue until I leave Valencia." Chang Sheng won the game and was indeed in a good mood when he said these words.
, with a smile on his face, smiling.
But the players were wailing.
They were excited about winning, but they were poured cold water on their heads.
"Don't sigh. If that person had stood up earlier, none of us would have had to suffer this. You must know that you can't take a vacation, which means our coach can't take a vacation either!" Assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez said next to him.
Put on a bad face.
If Chang Sheng always says this kind of thing, the players' hatred will inevitably be focused on him alone. As a good friend of Chang Sheng... ah no, he is a good assistant, Rudy Gonzalez.
Naturally, we have to share the pressure for constant victory.
It's better for him to jump out and play a bad role than to let Chang Sheng continue to be a bad guy.
"I think the truth is very clear. Matters within the team must be resolved internally and must not be passed on to the media. If everyone ignores this rule, then the team will not be in chaos in the future, and any trivial matter can be
Go to the media. Don't you really want to see the media hype that you have a bad relationship with a certain player? So, who is that person? Come forward and come forward. Man, don't you just accept the punishment? It doesn't cost your life.
What’s the big deal?”
The players looked at each other and looked at each other.
Everyone seems to want to find the informer from around them...
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