After a stunning reversal at home, Madrid Pirates head coach Parotti rotated the starting lineup in the weekend's league game.
As the season progressed to the sprint stage, the players' physical fitness declined significantly and injuries increased. He also had to give up his trust and preference for the old players and frequently rotate the lineup.
However, there are still four players who have not been rotated.
The first one is goalkeeper Jonathan Haywell. As the team's main goalkeeper, unless he is injured, it is really difficult for him to be rotated. He is the top player on the team's attendance list all year round.
The second one is center back Danny Drew. Generally speaking, even if a large rotation is required, it is difficult to replace all the main center backs at once, so Danny Drew continues to start in this game, and he
His partner Riva Moreno took a break and was replaced by the "French patient" Adrian Nery.
The third person who has not been rotated is Hu Lai. Because he has to ensure that he can still participate in the Champions League next season, Hu Lai, as the top scorer, of course cannot be easily rotated. Therefore, he is still allowed to start in this game.
The reason why he was rotated in the last round of the league was to concentrate on preparing for the Champions League quarter-finals against Catalonia. Hu Lai's physical fitness was fine, but Parotti was afraid that he would be injured, so he did not let him play against Turia.
Turias was starting in the game against Stuttgart - Turias was fighting for relegation. Parotti was afraid that the players on this team would act roughly during the game and Hu Lai would be injured...
The fourth person who was not rotated was Nestor Farias, who scored the winning goal in the previous game against Catalonia United.
In the eyes of the outside world, it is normal not to rotate Farias. After all, his goal in the game was so beautiful and wonderful. As a reward, Farias will not be allowed to rest in this game.
None of these four key players have been rotated, which shows that Parotti has not given up on the league completely. At the very least, he still wants to keep the top four in the league, so that he can qualify for the Champions League next season.
Even if you win the Champions League this season, you can also qualify for the Champions League next season.
But Parotti certainly doesn't think the team will definitely win the Champions League.
He thanked Hu Lai for his kindness, but he would still stick to his own ideas.
After reversing the elimination of Catalonia, the club did not fire him in advance.
He actually has no pursuit in the Champions League and has a very Buddhist mentality.
Even if he fails to win the championship in the end, he will not think that he has any regrets in his coaching career with the Pirates.
But the league is different.
Leaving a Champions League spot for his successor instead of a mess is Parotti's work ethic.
Before he leaves, he will definitely do his best to maintain everything about the current team.
But it is a pity that the Madrid Pirates overturned in the away game against Aijer, which was ranked 18th in the league.
They lost 1:2 to their opponents. After losing 0:1 at home to the 17th-placed Turias in the last round, the Madrid Pirates once again acted as a "point boy" for the relegation team.
Farias, who scored the winning goal in the last Champions League game, had a performance in this game that was hard to describe.
His playing style is no different from the last game. He is still very hardworking and very active, trying to defeat the entire Aiheer team by himself.
The result was that the ball was given to the opponent in various ways.
With him on the field, the entire Madrid Pirates team seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to move forward.
Because it seriously hindered the team's offensive rhythm, starter Farias was replaced early in the 67th minute.
Toni went into battle.
After that, the performance of the Madrid Pirates improved, but unfortunately the early disadvantage was too great - they were already two goals behind. Even if Hu Lai scored a goal for the team, it still failed to help the team turn defeat into victory.
Fortunately, in this round of the league, Madrid Pirates' main competitors, Valendia and Sevilla Navigator, both lost. So these two teams did not benefit from the failure of Madrid Pirates.
However, Sporting Vizcaya, which was originally ranked sixth, rose to fifth place after defeating Sevilla Navigators 1:0 in an away game. At the same time, it accumulated 67 points, only one point behind Pirates of Madrid.
Although Madrid Pirates is still ranked third in the league, there are more competitors.
In addition, because in the same round of the league, the Madrid Kings defeated Real Huelva 4:1 at home, the Madrid Pirates trailed their city rivals by as many as 14 points in the league standings. With five rounds left in the league, the Madrid Pirates have basically already
Lost hope of competing for the league title.
Because of the loss and poor performance in the game, Farias received some criticism after the game.
But it hasn't reached the point where thousands of people have pointed it out.
After all, the goal he scored into the Catalan United goal was so exciting that it made people want to have more hopes for him and make everyone more tolerant towards him.
Some people took the initiative to defend him, believing that Farias played a full 120 minutes in the game against Catalonia and suffered excessive physical exertion, which led to his abnormal performance in this game.
Farias' style of play is indeed very physically demanding, so this reason makes perfect sense.
But when he still performed poorly in the thirty-fourth round of the league, the situation changed.
On Wednesday, April 19, in the 34th round of the league, Madrid Pirates faced the eleventh-ranked Pamplona at home.
Farias still started, and this time his performance was better from the beginning than in the last game.
But the good is limited.
He still frequently gets the ball and is very active. However, his possession of the ball does not help the team's offense. He can contribute several times that make the fans and commentators exclaim.
Cheers turned into sighs of regret.
Because in the end, neither the passing nor the shooting choices were very smart.
This time he lasted until the 76th minute before being replaced by Toni by Parotti.
In the case of Farias's poor performance, Madrid Pirates finally relied on Hu Lai to open up and win the game.
The score was 2:1, Hu Lai scored all the goals for the Madrid Pirates.
After losing the game, the media and the Internet criticized Farias more than after the last game. In the last game, Madrid Pirates lost, and public opinion was relatively tolerant of Farias. But this time, everyone was not
He did not choose to let Farias go just because the Madrid Pirates won the game in the end.
He was criticized mercilessly for issues such as being too attached to the ball in the game, playing too uniquely, and having fancy but impractical technical moves.
There are even media and fans calling on Parotti to return Tonini to the starting lineup:
"At least when Toni was on the court, his defensive attitude was very positive. Now that Farias is on the left, Yin Weng doesn't dare to attack at all, because Farias rarely actively returns to defense. Yin Weng's
The defensive task is very heavy. As a result, before Kamara has returned from injury, the Pirates' left and right wing attacks have been abolished..."
However, in the 35th round of the league on Saturday, April 22, Farias's name still appeared in the starting lineup for Madrid Pirates' away game against Valentia.
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"Positive side?"
After learning about the starting lineup, Yin Weng Martinez covered his mouth, lowered his voice, and asked Cardoso Tonini in a joking tone.
"You can't expect a child to recognize his mistakes so easily and correct them, Yin Weng."
"I know, but we can't afford to wait." Yin Weng lowered his voice further, "I'm not completely denying his progress. I'm just saying that if...he has to wait until next season to start to get better, then for this season
Say, what's the point? What's the point for Ettore who has left the team?"
Toni was speechless because he could not guarantee that Farias would soon correct all the mistakes he had made before.
"For the benefit of the team, you have taken the initiative to give in. Do you think self-sacrifice can make him wake up? Do you think everyone can take a step back... But that kid doesn't seem to appreciate your kindness. You are so charming,
Throw it to the blind man!"
Yin Weng shook his head and sighed angrily and helplessly.
Facing the accusations from his friends, Tonini could only remain silent.
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When Farias heard coach Parotti read his name, he looked up.
Parotti didn't notice his look at all and continued to read out the starting list with his head lowered.
So Farias withdrew his gaze and lowered his head again.
After knowing that he would still start in this game, he was not as excited as before.
Instead, he frowned:
Can I really start?
The moment he looked up at the head coach, an idea even came to his mind. Tell Parotti, in fact, you don't need to listen to Tonini and insist on letting me start...