Chapter 377 Real Betis, a team born from civilians

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 to achieve quick results, but has built up step by step.

This team, which used to be in the lower-level leagues 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 zone), 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.

Fortunately, the team recovered its vitality in the following year. Marcelino, who was elected the best coach in both La Liga and La Liga, took over the team midway through the La Liga season. Since then, in addition to completing the upgrade, he has played at least 100 games in La Liga every season. After finishing the season in the top six, the Submarines have returned to the ranks of strong teams. But now, it is still difficult to challenge the top order of Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Real Madrid, but at least Villarreal has the ability to self-generate. Already at the forefront of La Liga.

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 the age of 30 due to injuries.

He picked up the coach three years later. Born in Sporting de Gijon, he spent five seasons in the B team of his home team and got the opportunity to lead the first team, but he failed to lead the team to La Liga.

But after switching to Huelva, he led the team to La Liga in the first season. Later, because of the team's outstanding performance in La Liga, he and Juande Ramos (Sevilla's then coach) won the Miguel Munoz Award for "Best Coach in La Liga".

Next, Marcelino achieved success in his first season with Santander (6th in the league) and Zaragoza (promoted to La Liga), and because of his success in Zaragoza His performance won the 2008-2009 La Liga Best Coach Award.

But with the failure of his second season in Zaragoza, Marcelino could hardly say he was successful whether he returned to Santander or Sevilla.

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

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

However, facing the return to the Champions League in the new season (which still needs to go through a round of play-offs), the Copa del Rey, and the third-line competition in the league, the submarine's bench depth still relies on internal tapping.

The main goalkeeper last season, French young goalkeeper Areola, who was on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, was recalled by his home team for the new season.

In response, Villarreal loaned Andres Fernandez, who played the main role in Granada last season, on loan from Porto.

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

As for the third goalkeeper Argentinian Barbosa, it is estimated that he will not get too many playing opportunities.

The defender sold Ivory Coast's young center back Bailly for 38 million. Although the net income was more than 30 million (introduced from Espanyol for 5.7 million euros a year ago), Villarreal's center back has also begun to become Somewhat weak.

Fortunately, AC Milan's transfer has not yet been decided. Musacchio, who has already negotiated a good deal with Milan City, may not leave because of insufficient transfer fees. Otherwise, the Submarine's center back partner in the new season will only be Victor Rui. Si and Italian veteran Bonera.

Moreover, in the summer window, Villarreal sent Pantic (on loan to Alaves) and Inigoues (on loan to Rayo Vallecano), who had returned from loan, out for training. It can be said that last season Musacchio, who is gradually losing his main position, can choose to stay on the team, making the team less stretched at this position.

Adrian Marin, who competed with Jaume Costa for the main left back last season, was loaned to newly promoted La Liga team Leganes in the summer window. Jaume Costa may temporarily settle into the starting lineup. Bojan Jokic, who returned on loan from Nottingham Forest, and Jose Angel, who was on loan from Porto, both need to perform better. Jose Angel's form plummeted after moving from Real Sociedad to Porto two years ago. .

In terms of right back, Villarreal's own youth training player Gaspar will definitely continue to occupy the main position. The 32-year-old Serbian veteran Rukavina will have opportunities when he fights on multiple lines.

Bruno Soriano and Terry Gross (*belonged to Barcelona and Murcia during their youth team period, but spent the entire youth team period in the C and B teams of Submarine), two Villarreal youth players A player with a training background, he became the best defensive partner in the midfield last season.

Compared with this pair, Jonathan Dos Santos still has fewer playing opportunities.

In the new season, midfielder Ndiaye (8 million euros) and Italian Roberto Soriano (15 million euros) have been transferred to Villarreal. The joining of two high-priced central midfielders, although for The "original" barrier and the placement of little Dos Santos are a bit of a shock.

But the Submarines will play in the Champions League next season, so it is necessary to strengthen the depth and thickness of position candidates. Also able to play this position is Team B's "reserve" Rodri Fernandez, who is 190cm tall.

As for Thomas Bina (8 of 27 appearances last season as a substitute) and Sergio Marcos (loaned to Lugo last season), who are no longer in the plan for the new season, they were transferred to Brugge in Belgium. (3 million euros) and Real Valladolid of La Liga (free transfer).

The return of main player Denis Suarez to Barcelona and the transfer of substitute Samu Garcia to Rubin Kazan in the Russian Super League have dealt a big blow to Villarreal's wing attack. As a supplement, the team has successively acquired young Argentine players in the summer window. Christian Espinoza (€7.2 million) and Cheryshev (€7 million) who signed back with Real Madrid.

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 Dani Ceballos, a young player from his own youth training, both performed well last season and have a chance to compete for the main position. Xavi Torres is also a good substitute.

Betis have retained all of their wide attackers from last season and have also signed Matías on loan from Villarreal.

The players who remain on the team are led by the 35-year-old veteran Joaquín, the pride of Betis, as well as Cejudo, who can play the entire right wing, Malaga youth training product Francisco Portilu, and Algeria fringe international Kadir As well as Belgian youngster Musonda who has renewed his lease for another year.

The forward line was the most painful position for Betis last season. Although Ruben Castro was immortal (scored 19 goals), his long-term partner Molina (only scored 1 goal in the last round) and a number of introductions The new forwards are all in a state of misfire.

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