"Do you know what I'm talking about, Ferran?"
Not getting any verbal response from Escribá, Mati spoke up again to confirm.
"...I know. Of course I know."
"So?"
"Let's not talk about this."
Escribá pushed Mati away. "The draw results came out half a year ago. We should have known what was coming back then."
"There's no changing it now, okay? We came here to play football. We just need to play well. Whatever Tom does is his business."
"..."
Spain's head coach was already starting to ramble incoherently. After saying that, he walked away, leaving Mati standing there alone in thought.
Maybe he shouldn't have brought it up?
Or had Ferran actually figured it out long ago?
Hiss...
Mati took a deep breath.
If it was Ferran...
Maybe the moment he saw the draw results, he had already imagined the scene they were facing today?
There was nothing to be done about it.
Mati only felt that Escribá was pitiful now. The Espanyol coach was an extremely pitiful man. He wanted to make a name for himself in international football, only to be targeted by FIFA.
And himself too!
Mati was pitiful as well!
They were all pitiful creatures, victims of the draw results!
Reposted from FourFourTwo: An in-depth analysis of the possible tactics China and the Netherlands might use in the World Cup proper:
The article was indeed very long, around two thousand English words. But for Chinese fans, they could simply ignore the half about the Netherlands, leaving only a thousand words.
The FourFourTwo expert said that although China had only played one friendly so far, there was still plenty to observe.
"It is certain that the current China national football team is better than it was during the World Cup qualifiers. It is surprising. Judging