Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man! - Chapter 377

c377 Real Betis, a team born from ordinary people

Chapter 378 A team of common people – Real Betis

Baptistao, who came from Rayo Vallecano’s youth training, played on loan at Villarreal last season. His goal efficiency has been average in recent years, but in the five warm-up training matches that just ended, Baptistao scored 3 goals, showing excellent form and adaptability.

And last season’s main player, Ecuadorian international Caicedo (8 goals), will partner with Baptistao on the front line in the new season, and Gerard Moreno, the substitute striker who was more efficient last year (7 goals and 3 assists), is not without opportunities.

In addition, there is Rufo Erais from Team B on the reserve list, and his specialty is the second striker.

The most famous player in the history of Espanyol is the legendary goalkeeper Zamora. Zamora, who was active in his career at the beginning of this century, won the silver medal in the 1920 Olympics and the best goalkeeper title in the 1934 World Cup in the national team. At the same time, he won the best goalkeeper title when he played for Espanyol in 1928-1929 (the first season of La Liga), and led Espanyol to win the first national championship-the King’s Cup in the same year.

The current La Liga best goalkeeper is named after him. Zamora also played for the city’s arch-rival-Barcelona, ​​and won the best goalkeeper and league championship twice when he played for Real Madrid from 1931 to 1933. After retiring, Zamora coached the Spanish team three times, but the results were not ideal.

Of course, the most well-known Spanish stars among domestic fans are from the modern era, such as “Little Buddha” De La Pena who transferred from Barcelona, ​​Tamudo and his partner David Garcia who maintain the team’s appearance and goal record (340 games and 129 goals), and the then captain Danny Jarque who died in 2009 (the name written on the vest that Iniesta took off his shirt to celebrate his goal in the 10th World Cup).

The Spaniards are ranked 7th in the La Liga history list, 11 points behind Sevilla, who is ranked 6th, but they have participated in 9 more La Liga seasons than Sevilla.

The Spaniards have not won the La Liga championship. They have entered the top 6 of the La Liga season 16 times in history, but their best result is only the third place in the league. They suffered relegation in the 61-62, 69-70, 88-89, and 92-93 seasons, but they will return to La Liga the following year. They have been in La Liga for 24 consecutive seasons (a total of 81 seasons).

In addition, Espanyol also holds this embarrassing record – the first team in La Liga to lose 1,000 games (the 1,000th game was a 1-2 away loss to Valencia in the 2011-2012 season). The second-placed Athletic Bilbao (907 losses) is still more than 100 games away from them (1,058 games). Espanyol has won 933 games in La Liga and drawn 597 games.

Espanyol has won the King’s Cup four times, except for Zamora’s victory in 1929.

There are also three championships in 1940 (defeated Real Madrid 3-2 in extra time in the final), 2000 (defeated Real Madrid in the semi-finals and defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the final), and 2006 (defeated Real Zaragoza 4-1 in the final).

Espanyol participated in the European Cup (and its predecessor, the UEFA Cup) seven times, and lost on penalties in the two finals.

In 1988, they drew 3-3 with Leverkusen in two rounds, but lost 2-3 on penalties.

In 2007, they drew 2-2 with the then defending champion Sevilla in 120 minutes, but Luis Garcia, Domingos and Torrejón missed their shots in the penalty shootout, and lost 1-3.

The current La Liga best goalkeeper is named after him. Zamora also played for the city’s arch-rival Barcelona, ​​and won the best goalkeeper and league championship twice during his time at Real Madrid from 1931 to 1933. After retiring, Zamora coached the Spanish team three times, but the results were not ideal.

Of course, the most well-known Spanish stars among domestic fans are still from the modern era, “Little Buddha” De La Pena who transferred from Barcelona, ​​Tamudo and his partner David Garcia who hold the team’s appearance and goal record (340 games and 129 goals), and the then captain Danny Jarque who died in 2009 (the name written on the vest that Iniesta took off his shirt to celebrate his goal in the 10th World Cup).

Although the owner Fernando Roig is a billionaire, since he took over Villarreal in 1996 (then in the fourth-tier league), the team has never spent money for quick success, but has built up step by step.

This team, which was in the lower-level league before the 1980s, has only experienced two relegations (1998-1999 and 2011-2012) since it entered the La Liga stage at the end of the last century (1998), and has won the league runner-up once (2007-2008), entered the top 6 of the league 9 times (European competition area), and the best result in the European competition was the semi-finals (2005-2006 Champions League, 2015-2016 Europa League). More importantly, Villarreal’s youth training system has taken shape, which is the cornerstone for the team to truly gain a foothold in La Liga now.

In the 2011-2012 season, the Submarine, as a team participating in the Champions League that season, was suddenly relegated to the Second Division. Unlike its first season in La Liga (1998-1999), the team’s overall strength is no longer the same.

However, fortunately, the team recovered in the following year. Marcelino, who was elected the best coach in both La Liga and the Spanish Second Division, took over the team in the middle of the Spanish Second Division season. In addition to completing the promotion, he finished at least in the top six in the La Liga season. The submarine has returned to the ranks of strong teams. It’s just that it’s still a bit difficult to challenge the top order of Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid now, but at least Villarreal has reached the forefront of La Liga in terms of self-sustaining ability.

Although he was a member of the Spanish National Youth Team and the National Olympic Team during the team period, Marcelino chose to retire before he was 30 years old due to injuries.

And took up the coaching baton three years later. Born in Sporting Gijon, he spent five seasons in the B team of his parent team and got the opportunity to lead the first team, but failed to lead the team to La Liga.

But after moving to Huelva, he led the team to La Liga in the first season, and then won the Miguel Muñoz Award for “Best Coach in La Liga” together with Juande Ramos (then Sevilla coach) for the team’s outstanding performance in La Liga.

Then Marcelino succeeded in his first season in Santander (6th in the league) and in Zaragoza’s first season (promoted to La Liga), and won the 2008-2009 Segunda División Best Coach Award for his performance in Zaragoza.

But with the failure of the second season in Zaragoza, Marcelino could not be successful whether he returned to Santander or Sevilla.

Starting from the 23rd round of the Segunda División in 2013, he started coaching Villarreal after being unemployed for about a year, and achieved 13 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses in the remaining games, rising from 10th to 2nd, and successfully returned to La Liga.

And entered the Europa League for two consecutive seasons, and reached the semi-finals last season.

However, facing the return to the Champions League (which still needs to go through a round of play-offs), the King’s Cup, and the league in the new season, the submarine’s bench depth still relies on internal potential.

Goalkeeper Areola, the main force last season, the young French goalkeeper who was loaned from Paris Saint-Germain, was recalled by his parent team in the new season.

In response, Villarreal loaned Andres Fernandez, who played as a main player on loan in Granada last season, from Porto.

However, if former Atletico goalkeeper Asenjo can maintain a healthy body, he is still likely to compete for a main position.

As for the third goalkeeper, Argentine Barbosa, it is estimated that he will not get too many opportunities to play.

Defender Bailly, the young central defender of Côte d’Ivoire, was sold for 38 million. Although he earned more than 30 million in net income (introduced from Espanyol for 5.7 million euros a year ago), Villarreal’s central defenders have also begun to become a little weak.

Fortunately, AC Milan’s change of flag has been delayed. Musacchio, who has already negotiated a good deal with Milan, may not leave because the other party’s transfer fee is insufficient. Otherwise, the submarine’s central defender partner in the new season can only be Victor Ruiz and Italian veteran Bonera.

Moreover, in the summer window, Villarreal sent Pantic (loaned to Alaves) and Iñigoes (loaned to Rayo Vallecano) who returned on loan to train again. It can be said that Musacchio, who gradually lost his main position last season, can choose to stay in the team, so that the team is not so stretched in this position.

Adrian Marin, who competed with Jaume Costa for the main left back last season, was loaned to La Liga promoted Leganes in the summer window. Jaume Costa may temporarily secure the starting position. As for Bojan Jokic, who returned on loan from Nottingham Forest, and Jose Angel, who was loaned from Porto, both need to show better performance. Jose Angel’s state plummeted after transferring from Real Sociedad to Porto two years ago.

As for the right back, Gaspar, a player from Villarreal’s own youth training, will definitely continue to occupy the main position, and the 32-year-old Serbian veteran Rukavina will have a chance to fight on multiple fronts.

Bruno Soriano and Trigros (* belonged to Barcelona and Murcia during the youth team, but spent the entire youth team period in the submarine’s C team and B team), two players from Villarreal’s youth training, became the best partners in the midfield defense last season.

Jonathan dos Santos’s chances of playing are still less than this pair.

In the new season, the beast waist Ndiaye (8 million euros) and Italian Roberto Soriano (15 million euros) have successively transferred to Villarreal. The joining of the two high-priced central midfielders has some impact on the “original” barrier and the position of the little dos Santos.

But the submarine will play in the Champions League next season, so it is necessary to strengthen the depth and thickness of the position candidates. The “reserve” of the B team, Rodri Fernandez, who is 190 cm tall, can also play this position.

As for Thomas Bina (27 appearances last season, 8 of which were substitutes) and Sergio Marcos (loaned to Lugo last season), who are no longer in the new season plan, they transferred to the Belgian Club Brugge (3 million euros) and the Spanish Second Division Real Valladolid (free transfer) respectively.

The return of the main player Denis Suarez to Barcelona and the transfer of the substitute Samu Garcia to the Russian Super League Rubin Kazan have dealt a heavy blow to Villarreal’s wing attack. As a supplement, the team has successively taken in the Argentine teenager Christian Espinosa (7.2 million euros) and signed back Cheryshev (7 million) who played for Real Madrid in the summer window.

Among the players who stayed, Castillejo had gradually emerged last season. Considering that Cheryshev will not be fully recovered until September, Castillejo may compete for a starting position on the wing in the new season.

As for other wingers or winger departures, Alfonso Pedraza, who was promoted from the B team, was loaned to Lugo for training, and two players who returned from loan, Javier Espinosa (from Elche) and Moi Gomez (from Getafe), were free transfers to Levante and Sporting Gijon respectively.

Although it was once reported that a Chinese Super League team was interested in Villarreal’s Congolese striker Bakambu, with the closure of the Chinese Super League summer window, the rumors eventually became rumors.

The combination of Bakambu (scored 22 goals and assisted 4 goals) and veteran Soldado (scored 8 goals and assisted 15 goals) can be said to complement each other last season.

Although Adrian Lopez (loaned back to Porto) and Leon Baptistao (loaned back to Atletico Madrid and then loaned to Espanyol) left the team in the summer window, the Brazilian veteran Pato, who is looking forward to proving himself in the European arena, joined Villarreal’s forward strength. As for another new player, the first Qatari player to play in La Liga, the 19-year-old talented player Afif, Villarreal first loaned him to Sporting Gijon to train and see if he can adapt to the rhythm of the European arena.

Bruno Soriano (393 games) surpassed Senna (387 games) last season and became the player with the most appearances in Villarreal’s history, and he will continue to break his own record in the new season.

He is also the player with the most goals for Villarreal (26 goals). The most goals in the team’s history is Italy’s Giuseppe Rossi (93 goals), but in the new season, striker Bakambu (22 goals) will definitely surpass Soriano’s goal record.

Villarreal’s four historical records are related to Real Madrid: the biggest home and away defeats.

And the first La Liga game and the first La Liga goal: 0-5 loss to Real Madrid at home in the second round of the 07-08 season, 6-2 away loss to Real Madrid in the 23rd round of the 09-10 season, 1-4 loss to Real Madrid in the first round of the 98-99 season, Karai Obeanu scored the first La Liga goal for Villarreal in the third minute.

The retired Uruguayan star Diego Forlan won the La Liga top scorer during his time at Villarreal in the 04-05 season, which was the only La Liga individual honor the submarine won.

In addition, Forlan also holds the team’s record for the most consecutive goals – 7 goals in 5 consecutive rounds from the 15th to the 19th round of the 04-05 season.

Won the league championship before the Spanish Civil War (1934-1935), and won the King’s Cup championship before Franco stepped down (1976-1977). If it hadn’t won the King’s Cup for the second time in 2005, Real Betis’s Hall of Fame can be said to be a portrayal of the process of modern Spanish history.

Although the best season in recent years was also eliminated by the city’s arch-rival Sevilla in the UEFA Cup, and although it returned to La Liga again last year, Real Betis still has a deep dignity and heritage as a veteran team. Whether they can get out of the relegation group as soon as possible in the new season is worth looking forward to.

Well, compared with Sevilla, Real Betis is indeed a little shabby, just as their fans claim, “We are a civilian team.”

Uruguayan Poyet seems to be famous in the Premier League, but he is no stranger to La Liga. He spent the peak of his career in Zaragoza. His contract with Betis has been renewed until 2018. The team spent 20 million euros on signings in the new season. Poyet wants to ensure that the new club will no longer linger at the bottom of the list.

There is no change in the goalkeeper position of Betis in the new season. Adan, who was born in Real Madrid, will continue to fight as a main player in his fourth season with the team. Veteran Dani Jimenez and B team youngster Pedro Lopez are on the bench.

On the defensive line, Betis let go of Molineiro (transferred to Getafe), Westermann (transferred to Ajax), Barrera (transferred to Oviedo) and Montoya (loaned back from Barcelona), four players who rotated last season.

The only signing was 4 million euros to sign their central defender Mandy from Reims (a French Ligue 2 team but relegated last season).

Among the players who stayed in the team, Argentine Pezea and Bruno Gonzalez may compete for a main central defender position.

As Peruvian veteran Vargas is getting older, Betis has gradually become younger this season and has also made adjustments to the full-backs. Danish international Durmic came from Brondby for 2 million euros and Alex Martinez returned on loan.

Betis has three players who can play left back, and only Italian youngster Piccini and youngster Rafa Navado who was promoted from the B team can play on the right.

The biggest loss of Betis in the summer window was that the main player, Senegalese international Ndiaye, transferred to Villarreal for 8 million euros last season.

Correspondingly, Betis bought Chilean international Felipe Gutierrez from Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie for 3.5 million euros and introduced Jonas Martin from Montpellier in the French Ligue 1 for 3 million euros, both of whom are potential stocks of the Mesozoic era.

In fact, Betis still has enough personnel in the central midfield, and it is even a bit bloated.

Among the players who stay in the team, Argentine Pezea and Bruno Gonzalez may compete for a main central defender position.

Brazilian Petrus and young player Dani Ceballos, who came from the team’s youth training, both performed well last season and have a good chance to compete for the starting position. Javi Torres is also a good substitute.

Betis retained all the wing attackers from last season and also loaned Matias from Villarreal.

The players who stayed in the team were led by Joaquin, the pride of Betis, 35-year-old veteran, as well as Cejudo who can play the entire right side, Francisco Portilu, a product of Malaga youth training, Algerian marginal international Kadir and Belgian teenager Musonda, who renewed his lease for one year.

The forward line was the most painful position for Betis last season. Although Ruben Castro is still as good as ever (scored 19 goals), his long-time partner Molina (only scored 1 goal in the last round) and a group of new forwards introduced were all in a state of silence.

Real Betis had to almost rebuild its forward line in the new season.