The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 416
416 Troublesome Seville
The fact that Sevilla are here today has a lot to do with the fact that they have a very smart and clear-headed president.
The president of Sevilla is Delnido.
Delnido, a lawyer by profession, is a close friend of Barcelona president La Polta, both of whom are well-known Spanish barristers.
Delnido was also the defense attorney of Atletico Madrid’s president, Old Hill, and the case he dealt with was Hill’s corruption and fraud case.
He is very famous in Spanish politics and law circles.
Such a person was naturally very smart. From the moment he took over the Seville Club, he had a very clear position for the Seville Club. Their Club was the kind of team that relied on the semi-finished products of their stars and nurtured their own young players to defeat the world.
Delnido, for example, sold Real Madrid their main player, Julio Baptista, for a high price at the start of the season, while the club’s emerging superstar Ramos was sent out of Real Madrid.
These transfers cost Sevilla more than 40 million euros, while Delnido spent less than 15 million euros on restructuring the club in the summer, but it was the cheap players who helped Sevilla rank in the top six of La Liga for the second consecutive year.
Mareska, the absolute midfielder at the centre of the squad, has spent just 3 million euros on him. He got the best striker in the league from Juventus. Martti, who has a pair of backs with Mareska, arrived on a free transfer from Tenerife three years ago.
The duo’s back-to-back partnership, with a solid defense and excellent offensive grooming, is a very powerful combination of two backs. It is hard to imagine that they spent a total of 3 million euros on Delnie.
Moreover, Martti is not the only zero transfer fee player in the Sevilla lineup. Captain Navarro, main goalkeeper Palop and left-back David have joined the team on a free transfer. Argentine star Javier Saviola is also on loan from Barcelona.
You can see how smart Delnido is when you look at the fact that almost half of the main lineup is free.
Of course, the Sevilla squad also has players with high transfer fees. But even their title-winning striker, Kanut, is only spending € 6 million on them. At the same time, the Brazilian striker Fabiano is only worth 3.5 million euros.
Of course, 3.5 million euros is only 35 percent owned by the Brazilian striker. However, the Brazilian has already played in the Seville Array and scored quite a few goals. Seville are not at a disadvantage at all. On the contrary, there were countless people who claimed that Delnido was shrewd and that the old fox knew how to calculate!
Apart from that, the Sevilla Formation also has some excellent young players from the Sevilla youth training system, such as the winning goal that brought the team to Puerta, Holland, and, most importantly, the famous winger Navas in the country.
Many claim that Navas will be the next Reyes!
Alves, who is also on the right, has taken over from Ramos this season and has performed astonishingly well. It is said that Barcelona have taken a fancy to the young genius.
Looking at Sevilla’s main lineup, it’s not hard for you to see Sevilla’s formation and Mr. President’s shrewdness.
Looking at Zhong Cheng’s starting lineup, Zhong Cheng couldn’t help but praise: “This Delnido is indeed worthy of being a smart person. No wonder he would give Sevilla such a gift on the centenary of the club’s birthday!”
Yes, today is the 100th year of the Seville team!
This year coincides with Sevilla’s centenary, and Delnido naturally hopes to present Sevilla with this season’s UEFA Cup title as a birthday present.
In Zhong Cheng’s memories, Sevilla had indeed won the UEFA Cup this season. This was also the first European championship in the history of their club, and it was also the road to glory for them to change the name of the UEFA Cup to the Sevilla Cup!
Looking at Delnido, Zhong Cheng knew that Seville was not easy to deal with.
Looking at Sevilla’s starting lineup, those people in the lineup weren’t famous figures in future generations. Look at Canute and Fabiano in the vanguard. Which one of them is not a super killer?
There were also Saviora and Navas, all famous generals.
Now, Zhong Cheng’s gaze was on the man called Mareska in the middle.
Mareska, born in Campania, Italy, on February 10, 1980, is 26 years old.
He looks young, but he has played for seven different clubs in three countries and is a typical homeless man in world football.
Mareska started his football career at a small local club and joined Cagliari at the age of 16, but he has never played for the first team and his career in Cagliari has been unsuccessful.
At the age of 18, Mareska left his homeland for England and joined West Bromwich Albion. He got the chance to play here and played there for 18 months. Maresca then returned to Italy and joined Juventus.
His Juventus career has made Mareska famous, but he has failed to gain a foothold in the Old Lady’s team. Instead, he has been on loan at Bologna, Piacenza and Fiorentina. Although he has performed well in Piacenza and Fiorentina, Mareska has always been in a good condition at Juve and can only be cleared.
In August of last year, Mareska left his homeland again and came to Spain.
Mareska joined Seville for 3 million euros, where he saw an explosion. As soon as he arrived, he steadied himself in the starting line-up and became the centre of the team’s midfield. Now the Italians have not only conquered the southern city, but Seville fans call it Andalusia’s Guardiola.
Delnido has signed a four-year contract with Mareska and the Italian will be part of Sevilla at the peak of his career.
The reason Zhong Cheng valued this person was because he was Sevilla’s midfield brain, the hub of the Sevilla midfield, he was incomparably important in the Sevilla formation.
Sevilla coach Juan de Ramos commented on Mareska: “He is the absolute core of our midfield. With him, our team can work well. Yes, he is our Guardiola!”
This rating was very high, and that was why the fans were so cowardly, “Andalusia’s Guardiola!”
Although Mareska only scored one goal in the UEFA Cup this season, he is indeed the best shooter in the Seville League. As an organisational defender, Mareska can be the best shooter in the team, which speaks volumes.
Zhong Cheng had seen the video of Seville’s match wrongly. He was even more aware of this man’s talent in attacking organizations. To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng was a little jealous of Delnido. This fellow had found a treasure.
Moreover, in the foresight of all the major media outsiders, Mareska was the most dangerous person.
These media believed that Seville’s biggest threat was Mareska, if Leeds United could not restrict Mareska, then Leeds United would have little chance.
Moreover, there are media claims that Mareska will be the key to this match. He will dominate the game and kill Leeds United.
Zhong Cheng couldn’t help but glance at the name of the reporter who wrote the report, thinking that he was shocked.
In his previous life, Zhong Cheng had seen this match before, and he remembered it very clearly. Sevilla defeated Middlesbrough, who were supposed to reach the final, and what was even more shocking was that Sevilla had actually slaughtered Middlesbrough 4-0.
More importantly, Mareska’s performance in this match was so shocking that many people even claimed that Delnido spent only 3 million euros to buy a UEFA Cup title.
Because of the four goals in the final, three of them were directly related to Mareska, because he scored twice, and Kanut’s goal was his shot saved by goalkeeper Schwarzer. The remaining goal was also related to Mareska’s group organization.
It’s not that Delny overpaid for a Champions League title, what is it?
That was why Zhong Cheng cared so much about Mareska. Although he had his own butterfly, Zhong Cheng had no choice but to guard against it.
Mareska was indeed formidable. In this Seville formation, he was like a fish in water.
It could be said that Seville had achieved the current Mareska, and it was only here that he fully displayed his talent. It seemed that he was born for this Seville team.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng believed that Mareska would be able to play well in the upcoming match.
Zhong Cheng was thinking about how to limit Mareska’s performance.
To be honest, Mareska’s greatest characteristic is his score. He has a good grasp of the timing and footwork of the score. He is an organizer who can maximize the strength of Sevilla’s two wings.
Yes, the Sevilla attack is mainly from two wings.
Navas and Adriano on both sides of Sevilla are both fast players. They are practically track and field athletes. Also, full-back Alves is not slow, he also often inserts forward, giving more changes to the wings.
The other full-back’s assists weren’t big, almost all of them staying in the backcourt, allowing Alves to step forward to assist. He and the remaining two centre-backs formed a three-man defence to prevent the opponents from counterattacking.
Along with Mareska, who could divide the ball in time, it made sense for Sevilla to be able to go so far.
Moreover, they also had a very comprehensive high center like Canute, a fast Saviola, and a skilled Fabiano underneath their feet. As expected, Delnido’s words were echoed: “This is the strongest Seville team in history!”
Looking at this Seville team, Zhong Cheng was naturally very serious!
After all, the current Leeds United team was not the Leeds United team before, because there were too many injuries in the Leeds United Formation, and these injuries were almost all the main players of the team, which had a very, very great impact on the strength of the Leeds United team.
Zhong Cheng not only looked at Mareska, he also looked at Marty. This guy was Mareska’s bodyguard. With his strength in Mareska, he could maximize his strength. More importantly, Marty was not without organizational ability. He also had the ability to score.
This Seville team is not easy to deal with!