Legendary Broker

"Rist, I listened to you and brought in players this summer. You can't cheat me."

After a lap in Holland, Rist got himself four young players.In the youth training camp in Eindhoven, Riester took care of Huntelaar, Afeilai, and Messi who he brought to the Netherlands.Then by the way, Boulahrouz, who had just been cleared out by Ajax, was dealt with.However, Boulahrouz Rist was not placed in Eindhoven, but relying on the friendship of Ruud van Nistelrooy, he put Boulahrouz in the well-connected Heerenveen Club.

Boulahrouz, who is almost 17 years old, has begun to stabilize many technical characteristics, and what he needs now is a game.If placed in PSV, his strength is not obvious at all, but in Heerenveen, his strength is more prominent.More opportunities to appear in the first team.

After staying in the Netherlands for a while, the 98-99 season started.Rist chose the same again this time, and chose Spain.But this time I am going to watch not the Deportivo game, but the Extremadura club game.Because Benitez has already led the Extremadura club to La Liga.

Rist should focus on Benitez's performance, and according to his performance, Rist still needs the support of the media.Rist is ready, as long as Benitez has a good performance this season, no matter how much Rist bribes the media, he will tout Benitez as the best young coach.

Rist is now watching the game with Extremadura president Toni Crespi.Toni Crespi is now very popular among fans because he brought Extremadura to La Liga.

"Tuney. You'll thank me after this season. You'll never doubt my vision again."

Rist is indeed becoming more and more influential in the Extremadura club now.Including Sunderland, the two clubs now even have to ask Rist for their opinions when they introduce players.In addition to doing business as a broker, many agents are just transfer consultants for this kind of club.If the imported player is successful, then he also gets a commission.If it fails, then trust will be lost.

This summer, the Extremadura club did not introduce a few players, but only signed a few powerful players, that is, players who have been back and forth between La Liga and La Liga all year round.Many of these players are free, but the purpose is to increase the team's bench.

This season, Extremadura first bought half of Jan Kohler's ownership from Riester, and then decided to buy Fan Zhiyi.Then it is to continue to loan Barcelona youth player Luis Garcia.And the biggest move was only one, buying a midfielder for $260 million.

Makelele playing in Nantes.This is what Rist recommended to Benitez and Tuni Crespi.He also signed a ticket in front of them.So the club bought Makelele for not much money.The next step is to buy left winger Vicente.It's a pity that there will never be a shortage of smart people in this world.

Although Vicente is only 17 years old now, his talent has been valued by many people.Levante club is not willing to sell cheap to Extremadura club.However, Extremadura Club's summer transfer fee has been almost used up. It bought half of Jan Kohler, Makelele, and Fan Zhiyi. The 600 million US dollars was basically used up.

The Levante club offered a high price of 160 million US dollars.Club Extremadura can no longer afford it.In fact, the 17-year-old Vicente has not yet had a professional contract with the Levante club.Because of the Spanish law, it is only possible to sign a contract with the club.However, although Vicente privately expressed his willingness to go to the Extremadura club.After all, this is a La Liga club.But he hopes to give the Levante club some compensation.

Therefore, after bargaining, the Extremadura club finally won Vicente at a price of 90 US dollars.Of course, the Extremadura club did not have enough money, so Rist and the Extremadura club cooperated to win Vicente.Each got half of the ownership of Vicente.

In this way, the Extremadura club spent the transfer fee this season.Can't say much about the changes.Makelele has a place in the main lineup.And Vicente was still too young to be a surprise soldier.

"Dududu-"

While the two were chatting, the 98-99 season of La Liga began.As a newly promoted club, Extremadura encountered a weak La Liga team Valladolid in the first round of La Liga.

Although Valladolid is a little stronger than Extremadura, he is also an out-and-out La Liga team.The most famous of their lineup is Caminero, a symbol of Spanish football a few years ago. His status in Spanish football four or five years ago is the same as Raul's status in Spain in the past two years.

In addition to Caminero, Rist has more familiar people.That is the central defender of Valladolid, the central defender Heinze from Argentina.Heinze was still young at this time, but he was only 20 years old.His partner in the central defender is the Spanish defender Calvo.

Benitez is a coach from Real Madrid and has a relationship with Valladolid.After he left Real Madrid that year, the first club he coached was Valladolid.Benitez's coaching ideas are very pragmatic, which is different from the average Spanish coach.He knew that Extremadura was not strong, so the method he adopted was an alternative defensive counterattack.

It is a 4-4-1-1 style of play.Benitez attaches great importance to one person, and that is Luis Garcia, who is on loan from Barcelona. He is completely free in the frontcourt.And Jan Koller was pushed to the front by him, and Vicente didn't play at all, sitting on the bench.After the start of the game, the Extremadura club did not retreat to defend and counterattack, but moved the front line forward in the midfield and began to fight.

At this time, Extremadura's formation became a 4-1-4-1 form.This kind of midfield fighting style disrupted Valladolid's pace.

"Camineiro, he took the ball through the midfield. The pass... Makelele breaks the ball and gives it to Rubio on the wing, a 45-degree cross!"

Makelele played right back in Nantes, but in order to be able to join the national team, Jacquet told Makelele that he needed a midfielder and didn't need a right back, so Makelele changed to play a midfielder.Some people's talents are born, just like Makelele's choice of position.After he changed careers and became a defensive midfielder, his excellent positional sense was immediately reflected.

He stood between the midfielder and the defender, and just now Camineiro's pass was accurately intercepted.And the most important point is that Makelele never hesitates, and is very decisive in the position of the midfielder.After stealing the ball, it was quickly handed over to Rubio on the wing.Rubio's strength is average.But his basic skills are okay.So immediately it was a 45-degree cross.

This kind of cross is absolutely rare in Spanish football.Because Spanish players are more used to walking on the ground, but Extremadura players are different.After cooperating with Jan Koller for a season, they are very used to this style of play.

It was Calvo and Heinze who defended Jan Koller.Among them, Calvo is 23 years old and Heinze is 20 years old.It is very young in itself.In addition, Calvo's height is only 1.8 meters.And Heinze is only 1.7 meters nine.And what is the height of their opponent Jan Kohler.That's [-] meters.This is a gap of twenty centimeters.

With such a height gap, even if Calvo and Heinze were in a good position, they would not be able to guard against Jan Kohler.Jan Koller was not a player like Crouch in England later on.On the contrary, Jan Kohler is a very good header player.Therefore, in the face of the pass, he didn't exert much force, and he already overwhelmed Calvo and Heinze to hit the ball.

With a very simple cooperation, Jan Kohler's header was accurately passed to the feet of Luis Garcia who came up behind Jan Kohler.Because Calvo and Heinze had never encountered a center like Jan Koller in Spain, they were all brought in by him, forgetting to defend Luis Garcia.

"Jan Kohler, header... Luis Garcia, he went in and was already facing the goalkeeper. Shot!!!!!!!"

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the home stadium of the Extremadura club, and the fans are very happy that the club can be upgraded.Now that the game has just started, Extremadura is already one goal ahead of Valladolid.The atmosphere in the stadium became hot all of a sudden.

"Six minutes, the newly promoted Extremadura Club is already ahead of Valladolid in just 6 minutes of the opening. Jan Koller, we have to say that this center from the Czech Republic is really good at controlling high-altitude balls. Too strong. He is a huge threat in Valladolid's penalty area at his height. How are Calvo and Heinze going to defend him?"

What a way to defend him.Extremadura club play is very simple, Benitez did not use too complicated tactics.But it is still very uncomfortable to play Valladolid's defense.

In the first half, Jan Koller had a [-]% victory in the high-altitude ball confrontation, winning nine of nine headers.This kind of heading ability left the commentators dumbfounded.

"It's such a pity. If the Extremadura club has wing masters like Figo and Poboski, I believe that even if Jan Koller completes a hat-trick in this game, there will be no problem at all. Balla Dolid obviously didn't expect to meet a high center forward like Jan Kohler. It's a pity, it's a pity."

The narrator sighed again and again.Because he has explained La Liga for so many years, it is also the first time he has seen such an air-combat center with such air combat capabilities.In La Liga, a league that attaches great importance to technology, there are very few centers in the form of Premier League and Bundesliga.Even with a center forward, they are not as powerful in the air as Jan Kohler.

Even the experienced commentators were surprised, not to mention the young Calvo and Heinze.It hasn't been long for the two of them to play in La Liga, and they have never seen a player of this type in Jan Koller.

In fact, if Jan Koller was in the Premier League or the Bundesliga at this time, the advantage would definitely not be so obvious.Because in the Premier League and the Bundesliga, those defenders play aerial combat all day long.Those defenders with a height of 1.9 meters can be found everywhere, and each of them has excellent jumping ability, header ability, and positioning ability.Will not give Jan Kohler so many comfortable opportunities.

But for the Spanish defenders who are more accustomed to walking on the ground, especially the young Calvo and Heinze, Jan Koller's style of play is too different.The two of them didn't know how to deal with him at all, they could only be bullied by him continuously.

Calvo and Heinze had been knocked out of the air by Jan Koller.Sometimes even if they stand in a good position, they will be grabbed by Jan Koller's huge height advantage and header advantage.Valladolid want to create a chance on goal and they need a lot of steps.Because Benitez puts a lot of emphasis on defense, it is difficult for them to get some chances.But Extremadura's attack is much simpler, a few passes and then a shot can be formed.

Rist smiled slightly in the box.Benitez's biggest problem is that he has a bad relationship with the upper echelons of the club, and there are also problems with the handling of the locker room, but in terms of tactical ability, he is the top in world football.What Rist has to do is to help Benitez stabilize those club executives, and then give him more direct players to support him in the locker room.Let him give full play to his talents.

Look at Valladolid, who was overwhelmed by Benitez's simplest moves. For the 38-year-old Benitez, this is his way to become a famous coach.Although he led Valladolid to play in La Liga more than three years ago, Benitez is now starting his career as a coach.Sometimes simpler is better, especially when it comes to the puny Extremadura.Just like Extremadura's tactics in this game, Benitez wiped out Valladolid with a few simple plays.

One to zero, Extremadura did not continue to score.Relying on a sneak attack at the beginning of the game, Extremadura won the first victory in La Liga this season with Luis Garcia's goal.The three-pointer was firmly in hand.

Rist even believes that Valladolid's head coach will not be convinced by this defeat.Because it is estimated that he didn't even know how he lost, so he lost to the newly promoted Extremadura in a daze.

"Congratulations, Tuni. Extremadura got the three points."

"Happy together."

Although the game was ugly, it didn't look like a La Liga club at all.But in the game, it was Extremadura who threatened to attack more.Tunny Crespi was smiling now.Because I got three points as a newly promoted horse, I couldn't be happier than this.

"Tuni, Raphael will create new history for your Extremadura club." (To be continued...)