396 Alternative Genius
Four to one, Betis won a clean and neat victory in the first Champions League game in club history!
Considering that their opponent is Lyon, which now has a bit of overlord temperament in Ligue 1, such a big victory is absolutely convincing!
At the same time, the media who crazily criticized Betis for drawing two consecutive draws before had to shut up temporarily after this game.
After the game, Tang Feng also expressed his confidence in the new season with a high spirit at the press conference: "This is just the beginning"!
Of course, winning this Champions League does not mean that Betis has overcome the difficulties, because their devilish schedule is still continuing.
On the weekend after the game against Lyon, Betis welcomed the La Liga giants Barcelona in the league!
Barcelona has not invested much in the transfer market this season, and the biggest player it has introduced is Riquelme, known as Maradona II.
In the first two league games of the new season, their performance should be considered neither good nor bad.
In the first game, they defeated Athletic Bilbao, and in the second round, they were tied by Atletico Madrid, who drew with Betis in the first round.
Riquelme, who was highly anticipated by people, failed to show his status as a Boca youth.
In fact, Riquelme is not the player Van Gaal who returns to Camp Nou, and Riquelme's slow play style is also somewhat out of place with Barcelona's current style.
In the future, Argentine legend Bardano has a classic description of Riquelme: "If we have to go from A to B, most people will choose a six-lane highway to reach their destination as soon as possible. Riquelme will choose a rugged mountain road, which takes him six hours, not two hours, but is a beautiful road."
Although Bardano's words mainly praise Riquelme's gorgeous and unique style on the football field, they also point out one of Riquelme's faults, that is, slowness!
As the commander of the midfield, he had to let the entire team revolve around him, so the rhythm of the team would be dragged to the same slowness as his.
This is somewhat inconsistent with the mainstream style of European football today that pursues efficiency and speed.
Therefore, Rikelme's style destined to be difficult for him to become the leader of a wealthy family.
As a veteran, Tang Feng is very clear about this.
However, most people still don’t understand this, especially many Barcelona fans, who are still full of expectations for Maradona II!
In this focus game at the Seville Olympic Stadium, Riquelme also appeared in the starting lineup.
Obviously, when it comes to using Riquelme, Van Gaal had to consider the ideas of the club's senior executives.
Standing in front of the home team coach's seat, Tang Feng looked at the Barcelona players on the court and on the bench, and couldn't help swallowing.
Although Barcelona has not performed well in recent seasons, their team's lineup is actually very luxurious.
Cruyvert, Saviola, Ovemas, Mendeta, Riquelme, Enrique, Koku, Frank de Boer, Rezig, Marcos, etc., are all star-level players. In addition to rising stars like Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta, Tang Feng really can't figure out how Barcelona would fall to playing in the League Cup!
It seems that the turmoil among the club's senior management has a very great impact on the team. Tang Feng is also glad that he solved the problem of club ownership by cutting the knives.
Of course, the two European super giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona, had to fight to the death in the league for a Champions League qualification last season, which also proves that the internal competition in La Liga is still very fierce in recent seasons.
As a veteran, Tang Feng also knows that these years should be considered the most glorious seasons in La Liga.
Afterwards, although Real Madrid and Barcelona all included the best stars in the world, known as the Galaxy and the Universe, and performed well in the European arena, La Liga gradually became a duo of their two teams.
The gap between the rich and the poor in La Liga is also widening, making it difficult for small and medium-sized teams to survive. This is all a manifestation of the abnormal development of the league!
Tang Feng knew that the root cause of this situation was the problem of TV broadcast revenue.
The sales revenue of La Liga broadcast rights is not like that of the Premier League, and is distributed in a bundled manner, first average and then relatively floating according to the results.
With such distribution, the broadcast revenue of the Premier League champion is only 1.6 cups in the last place. Like La Liga, it was nearly twenty times the most exaggerated!
It can be said that it is because of the huge difference in broadcast revenue distribution that La Liga has basically no team that has certain competitiveness in European football except Real Madrid and Barcelona in the future.
Valencia, who has been making great strides in these seasons and won the second place in the Champions League for two consecutive years, gradually became mediocre. Super Laco, who has been incredibly glorious in these seasons, has not even fallen to the point of relegation.
Although the decline of competitors is a good thing for Betis to achieve good results in China. However, from the perspective of the competitiveness of the entire league, Tang Feng does not want La Liga to continue to develop in history.
In his opinion, as long as La Liga solves the problem of broadcast revenue, it can develop into a situation where four giants like the Premier League, or even the seven Serie A sisters compete in the peak period!
As long as the league's competitiveness increases and the game is good, there will naturally be more and more fans watching La Liga, and the broadcasting fee will be further increased. With sufficient broadcasting income and the team's finances are guaranteed, the league will fall into a virtuous cycle.
Of course, the issue of league broadcast revenue distribution is far beyond what Betis and Tang Feng can change now.
Tang Feng and Betis need more results to gain more say in order to gain more voice!
Combining the appeal of Betis in small and medium-sized teams over the past two seasons, it is not impossible for Betis to bring some small and medium-sized teams to complete a revolution of broadcasting rights!
However, these are all later stories.
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Since he played in the Champions League with Lyon three days ago, Tang Feng made certain adjustments to the lineup in this game.
On the front line, Tang Feng sent Diego Milito, while Maxi Rodriguez and Ronaldo were on both sides.
Louis Garcia also got the opportunity to face her old club!
Captain Xavi Alonso continued to start, continuing his Iron Man's magic. Another midfielder, Cascro, was the one sent by Tang Feng to defend Riquelme in close combat.
Vidic released the ban and returned from the defense line, and Tang Feng also gave him another chance to perform. He will face the long-standing Cruivet on the court today!
When Betis fans learned that Vidic started again, they felt a little bit bored.
Obviously, Vidic was defeated by Torres in his first league appearance, and then he also received a red card and left the court early, leaving a not very reliable impression on Betis fans!
And today, what he has to face is Cruivet!
Although Cruivet has not met his expectations over the years due to private life reasons, no one can ignore his scoring ability. He is still one of the most threatening strikers on the planet!
Vidic also held his breath today and wanted to prove himself!
The first time he started in the league for Betis, he met Torres, the speed striker he disliked the most. He was defeated by Torres, and he not only scored two goals, but he ended up with a red card. This was definitely a nightmare debut!
However, since childhood, Vidic is very strong in Serbia, which has been turbulent for years.
If it were an ordinary young player, after experiencing a nightmare debut like Vidic, he might have been in a slump.
The best example should be Pavin. In the Super Cup last season, as a young rookie who was very optimistic by Real Madrid, he was missed by Tang Feng's targeted tactics arranged by Tang Feng in the game, and finally got a red card.
Now, this former successor of Jero has become nothing more than everyone else.
But after experiencing similar things, Vidic not only did not lose confidence, but instead performed very hard during the training these days, ready to try his best, eager to get another chance to show himself.
Tang Feng also took all this into consideration. He also knew that the emotions of young players like this should not be kept in place for too long. In addition, he originally trusted Vidic's strength, so after Vidic lifted the ban, Tang Feng immediately let him start!
After the game started, Cruivet was depressed to find that the tall central defender in front of him seemed to have a grudge against him, not only followed him all the time, but also seemed to be on fire when he looked at him.
Cruivet tried hard to search for memories in his mind, but he didn't realize that he had a holiday with this guy!
As the game deepened, the Dutch striker was depressed to find out that it was just the beginning!
After playing in La Liga for four seasons, Cruyvit believes that his body is very effective in La Liga, which is relatively technically focused. However, in front of Vidic, a strong man who is 189 and weighs nearly 90 kilograms, Cruyvit's slightly tall and thin figure is a bit difficult.
In the first 20 minutes, Cruivet did not even compete for a single goal above Vidic's head.
This obviously disproportionately disproves his Dutch national team's center forward!
In fact, Cruivit's dilemma on the court is also the abbreviation of Barcelona's situation on the court.
In the middle, Riquelme has not performed much under the close defense of "dog skin plaster" Cascro.
Most of the time, Barcelona can only look for opportunities through two sides.
But high center forward Cruivet was tightly restricted by Vidic, and the little rabbit Saviora was too cold in height, so the effect of crossing from the wing was also very average.
However, Betis' offense is full of rules and regulations, constantly testing Barcelona's goal!
Finally, the first goal was scored in the thirty-two minutes of the game!
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Chapter completed!