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080 Warm-up

After a teaching match with Team B, the young Betis team created by Tang Feng finally made its debut in front of Betis fans and Sevilla media.

There is no doubt that this team has left a profound impression on fans and media.[bsp;      Since Tang Feng officially took office, the voice of "overthrowing Tang" among Betis fans has finally become smaller.

Of course, fans' doubts about Tang Feng have not been completely dispelled. He still has a long way to go to get fans from "overthrowing Tang" to "supporting Tang"!

As for the media, they also have mixed praises and criticisms of Tang Feng's team.

The Daily Sports News said that this young Betis team has a group of very talented young attackers. They predict that they will bring up an offensive storm in the new season.

As the mouthpiece of Sevilla, the sports editor-in-chief of the Sevilla Metropolis Daily, Terman grabbed Betis' fragile defense line and spoke.

Terman criticized Tang Feng for his blind reforms and ignored the fact that the defense line should pursue stability. He let go of the central defender partner who performed relatively stably last season, and then pulled the boys to find several defenders. This made the Betis team's defense line re-run. He also predicted that the Betis team will suffer a lot of losses in the defense line in the new season.

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Tang Feng only chose to listen to some pertinent opinions about the voices from the outside world. Then, he transformed the team step by step.

During the training the second day after the teaching game, Tang Feng also tried the lineup of Adriano and Villa with two forwards.

As it turns out, the effect of these two people is also good when used together.

Villa is not the kind of striker who only knows how to score goals. His comprehensive skills allow him to create opportunities for his teammates. And with Adriano, a striker with a strong impact, helps him attract firepower, it is easier for him to find some opportunities.

As for Adriano, with Villa around him and Vicente and Joaquin on both sides, he also gained more opportunities.

A spark quickly sparked between the offensive players, which also made Tang Feng feel very happy.

Now, what makes him most troubled is the defense line.

In terms of central defenders, Pablo Alfaro is the aggressive central defender, with fierce robbery, accurate and excellent physical fitness.

A central defender like this should be paired with a central defender who is good at dragging back and filling up positions and is more stable.

It’s a pity that today’s young Carvalho is not as steady as the best central defender in the Champions League in later generations. He is a little frizzy and he is paired with Alfaro, both of them like to grab it. Once he can’t grab it, he will leave a huge gap behind the opponent.

Tang Feng also tried the partner of Xavi Navarro and Pablo Alfaro. Unfortunately, Xavi Navarro is simply the young version of Pablo Alfaro.

Historically, the Sevilla central defender partner, composed of Xavi Navarro and Pablo Alfaro, was once the number one butcher central defender partner in La Liga, and was also the central defender combination with the highest card-winning rate in those seasons.

Although such a pair of central defenders is iron-blooded, its stability is somewhat insufficient.

Tang Feng still tends to let Carvalho partner with them separately. As for Carvalho's not steady enough, he can only accumulate in the game.

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After the training the next day after the teaching competition, Tang Feng fulfilled his promise and accepted an exclusive interview with Zhong Dajun.

In Tang Feng's opinion, Zhong Dajun's interview content is very uncreative.

Some of the questions he raised were basically what Tang Feng often saw in domestic sports news or magazines before traveling through time...

"What do you think of Chinese football?"

"What do you want to say to Chinese fans?"

"Do you think the Chinese team can enter this World Cup?"

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Tang Feng was blunt in these issues, and he directly pointed out some problems in Chinese football. He also said that he was optimistic about the Chinese team's ability to enter the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, but he did not forget to remind everyone not to ignore the problems of Chinese football itself because of this time entering the World Cup.

Tang Feng tried to point out these problems in an unbiased tone. He knew that in this era, the environment of Chinese football was not as bad as that of later generations. However, he also knew that although he became famous in China because he became the first Chinese coach to coach European teams, he was still absolutely slight in front of the Football Association and no one would listen to his opinions.

In this regard, he could only do his best and leave his will.

This muddy water of Chinese football...he is not going to go to the scene.

Finally, Zhong Dajun also raised a question that Chinese fans are very concerned about: "Will you consider introducing Chinese players in the future?"

Tang Feng knew that Zhong Dajun would definitely ask such a question. He smiled and said his long-prepared answer: "I believe that if the Chinese team can enter the World Cup this time, more and more Chinese players will go abroad and show up in the European League. As for me, if I have the opportunity, I prefer to introduce some talented young people."

As a Chinese, Tang Feng naturally hopes that more Chinese players can play in European football. However, if he has to take the back door to introduce a Chinese player whose strength does not meet his requirements, he firmly opposes it.

In this way, the interview that Tang Feng thought was very unnutrition ended. He could foresee that if he performed well in coach Betis, more and more Chinese media would come to Spain to conduct exclusive interviews with him.

For the otaku Tang Feng, who had traveled through time, if any media were willing to interview him, he would probably lick his face without hesitation and would definitely shamelessly advertise his novel.

However, for Tang Feng, who had traveled through time, he knew that as long as he could do well, he would not lose fame or profit in the future. Therefore, now, he is more willing to focus on his work!

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Three days after the teaching match against Team B, Betis ushered in his first official warm-up match this summer.

The opponent is Toledo, who just dropped into the Western Conference C last season.

The game was also played at Betis' home court, Lopela Stadium.

Although it was just a warm-up match, this game still attracted many fans to watch the game on the spot.

The team's outstanding performance in the last game obviously made many fans see hope.

In this game, Tang Feng also tried to let Adriano and Villa start together. Arteta was placed on the bench.

Although Toledo is the bottom team in the Spanish Second Division last season, the gap between their points and their relegation zone is only seven points. In addition, they have basically retained the team's main framework this season, so their strength is still considered to be at the quasi-Spanish Second Division level.

Facing such an opponent, Betis still has no reservations.

As soon as the game started, a fierce attack was launched.

One is a relegated team in the Spanish Second Division and the other is a relegated team in the Spanish La Liga. Toledo obviously dared not fight against Betis. Therefore, they fell into a passive position from the beginning.

In this way, not long after the game began, it became Betis' offensive performance.

Watching the Betis team's attacks one after another, the Betis fans in the stands were also excited.

Finally, after about twenty minutes of attack, Betis won the first goal.

This is a cooperation between the two forwards.

After Villara got to the outside of the penalty area, he took the ball to the front right and shot, but in fact he stuffed the ball into the penalty area!

Adriano understood and inserted it. He shot hard against the ball, and the ball was straight at the upper right corner of the goal!

Eight minutes later, it was the cooperation between the two people again, but this time there was a role exchange between the assister and the terminator.

Adriano made a wall for Villa. After the two hit a two-pass one, Villa broke into the penalty area and easily pushed and shot.

The game lasted less than half an hour, and Betis led 2-0.

This made Tang Feng on the sidelines very satisfied!

Before, Tang Feng had also been worried. That is, if this young team can make a name for himself in the Spanish Second Division, he will feel relieved after thinking about it carefully.

Although most of the young people in the team are very talented.

Moreover, there are many players in the team who have played in the Spanish Second Division or even La Liga. Therefore, they are not as lacking in experience as people imagine.

In the next game, Betis became more and more courageous.

Before the end of the first half, Vicente also received a pass from Villa, breaking into the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area and scoring a goal. 3-0!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Tang Feng also made several personnel adjustments.

However, Betis' offense did not end there.

Arteta, who came on the bench, expanded the score by one hour with a long shot to four to zero.

Unfortunately, before the game ended, Betis's unstable defense was inflicted again. Toledo grabbed the gap between Betis' two central defenders and formed a single goal to score a goal.

Even so, Betis finally won another big victory 4-1!

This warm-up match at Lopela Stadium saw more fans than the first teaching game.

This also made more and more fans discover the strength of this team, and Betis fans gradually opened their hearts and accepted this "baby army"!

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After the game against Toledo, Betis also arranged five warm-up matches.

Among them, most of the warm-up opponents are teams of the same level or low level.

Tang Feng had no objection to this.

In his opinion, during the days before the start of the season, the most important thing is to get the team in line up and build confidence. Therefore, he will not expect the club to arrange some high-level teams to play warm-up matches.

The Betis team, who gradually found the feeling, continued to perform well in the following warm-up matches.

On August 12, Betis defeated the Western Conference team Orlens in the away game.

Three days later, when he returned to home court, Betis defeated the same-level team Vilva in three to two.

On August 18, facing the strong rival Trerife who was rushing to the Arctic, Betis shook hands with his opponent two to two to make peace.

Betis played the last two warm-up matches from August 21 to 23rd, within three days. The opponents were Levante and Murcia.

The team won two-to-one and three-to-one!

In this way, Betis won six wins and one draw in the six warm-up matches and one teaching match before the season!

There is no doubt that the team's outstanding performance has caused the outside world to question the young Betis team much less.

Of course, as the mouthpiece of Seville's team, Seville City is still unswervingly "reversing the Tang Dynasty". They said that the performance in the warm-up match does not mean anything.

In order to satirize Tang Feng and Betis, he even satirized his national team. The editor-in-chief of their sports version Terman said in his column: "If the results of the warm-up match and qualifiers are also effective, the Spanish team would have won the World Cup long ago!"

Obviously, Terman is using the title of "King of Qualifiers" of the Spanish national team to ridicule Betis... Camacho was really shot while lying down!

Tang Feng didn't care about the media's flattery or doubts.

Because, his attention has been focused on the Spanish Second League that will start in a few days.

Obviously, he also knew that the results of the warm-up match did not explain the problem.

The key to whether he can stay in Betis's coaching position is also the team's performance in the league...

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