The New Manager
“Miracle at Allianz Arena!” Bayern Munich defeats Barcelona 3-0 and advances to the semifinals!
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich avenged their 4-1 first-leg loss to Barcelona with a 3-0 victory, securing their place in the semifinals. After the match, Barcelona’s manager Diéna shocked the world by revealing in an interview that their star defender Amira had refused to play against male player Ryu Ha-neul...
Damn, but no matter how you look at it, they still got reversed? He’s just blaming the players instead of himself?
Exactly, so this guy is blaming Amira because she said she couldn’t play with Ryu Ha-neul and that’s why everything went to hell.
Ha-neul is so pitiful…
The Blue House has a petition to sentence Amira lol
Diéna’s manager is a martyr lol It must have been hard to expose this, involving religious issues. Shouldn’t we call Diéna manager to Korea? I became a fan this time.
Barcelona, Diéna dismissed on the spot!
Barcelona announced the dismissal of Diéna. Club president Mariana said, “Barcelona does not tolerate any form of discrimination, whether it is between men and women or religious. Diéna’s interview contained parts that deviated from the direction Barcelona is trying to go, so we decided to dismiss her.” Regarding internal team issues, she countered, “Diéna exaggerated. Amira, being Muslim, may have felt uncomfortable playing with a man like Ryu, but it wasn’t that serious a problem.”...
Diéna, Mariana is a liar!
Diéna, who was dismissed from Barcelona, said, “President Mariana is a liar. There was a serious problem in the team and I tried to solve it.” She countered Mariana’s words, “It’s understandable to dismiss someone for the team’s defeat, but President Mariana is ignoring the team’s problems.”...
Barcelona appoints youth overall Angela Lopez as interim manager!
Meanwhile, Barcelona appointed Angela Lopez, the youth overall in charge of the youth team, as the interim manager for the first team. This internal promotion for the interim manager position received positive reviews from Barcelona locals...
Angela had risen through the coaching ranks at La Masia and was appointed interim manager. She had debuted for Barcelona in the 1987-88 season and played until the 2004-05 season as a one-club man, excelling as an attacking midfielder. She scored 213 goals in 480 La Liga appearances and won the Golden Boot in the 1998-99 season.
She also won four consecutive league titles, seven league championships, four cup titles, and one Champions League title with Barcelona. In 1999, she won the Ballon d’Or...
Angela and Ryu Ha-neul connection.gif
(In Fly Football King, Angela praised Ha-neul’s play)
(Angela from the Ha-neul documentary)
(Angela and Ryu Ha-neul watching the Champions League final together)
(Young Ha-neul on Angela’s SNS)
Ryu Ha-neul scouted Angela, and she was the one who cared for him when he came to Spain at a young age.
You know Angela played with Ryu Ji-hye at Barcelona, right? So Ryu Ji-hye trusts her and entrusted Ha-neul to her.
She basically raised him by letting him sleep at her house since he was little.
Moreover, the person who created the current Barcelona framework is Mariana, and Angela is like a Maria’s daughter. In the Dream Team 1 era, they won the Champions League together and did four straight league titles. The documentary shows she constantly gave him personal training in her spare time.
Ha-neul is basically Angela’s little brother.
And since Ha-neul has worked in the youth overall department since he was little, she knows his style well?
Honestly, I don’t know if she can coach well, but Ha-neul will step up under Angela.
“Hello? Ahem. It’s a bit awkward. Anyway, I’m Angela Lopez, the new manager. Please take care.”
Angela greeted the players in an awkward tone.
The players weren’t awkward either. There were players who had played with her in the past like Luciana Albaria, and players like Nilla, Lorenza, Arnal, Joaquina, Wasila, and more than half the team from La Masia including Ha-neul and Camila, who had received guidance or counseling from her, so they knew each other well.
Although they knew she would eventually be the manager, it felt strange to be in this position.
Of course, she was prepared. It had been Angela’s long-held dream to be the manager at Barcelona.
She was still interim, but the condition to become the official manager was to win at least one more competition. Angela thought that with the players she had learned from and the Barcelona squad, it wouldn’t be difficult, so the fact that she was interim didn’t weigh on her much.
But there were problems that needed to be resolved first.
“Anyway, please take care.”
“Yes, Manager.”
Among the players welcoming her, one player with a confident expression was looking at her.
How dare you…
Seeing Amira, who she had treated like her son, looking at her confidently after doing such a thing to Ha-neul, anger surged inside Angela, but she held it back because if she sided with Ha-neul, the already bad team atmosphere could fall apart.
“Also, Amira.”
“…Yes.”
“To the manager’s office.”
She wanted to send her to the second team and sell her immediately in the next transfer window, but considering the remaining matches, Amira was still a necessary player. The club had agreed internally to sell Amira in the next window, but here she needed to show Amira some respect first.
To reduce the backlash from other players close to Amira.
The two entered the manager’s office and began discussing the situation.
“Amira.”
“……”
“I already know that what former manager Diéna said is true. And you have two choices. Either you sit out for the rest of the season without playing, or you obediently listen to me and play in the matches.”
“……”
“Of course, I can respect your religious beliefs. But I hope you consider what would be better for your remaining professional career.”
“It’s fine.”
“…Huh?”
“Playing in the locker room with men doesn’t make sense. Just think of it as not happening. After all, I will leave of my own accord next season, so you don’t have to worry. Whether I am shirking or not.”
It was a good thing. To win the championship, the team needed to be one unit, and if such a player was disrupting the team atmosphere, no matter how good the players, they couldn’t win.
Moreover, like Amira said, when Amira made a mistake, Angela couldn’t help but think Is that girl shirking? so Angela secretly hoped Amira would reject this proposal.
“…Alright, if that’s your wish, there’s nothing we can do. But thank you for your dedication shown by the club during this time.”
“…Is that it? Between me and Ryu. In the end, you chose Ryu. Hah, you even changed position to center back as the team wanted…. Well, that’s the kind of club it is.”
“Yes, you don’t need to come to training from tomorrow. And there will be disciplinary action from the club for the discriminatory remarks, so keep that in mind. I won’t report it to FIFA considering your remaining playing career, but if it negatively affects other teammates, I will report it, so be careful with your words.”
“…It came out too harshly.”
“Accepting money without doing anything is unethical.”
Amira left the room with a slam after Angela’s cold words.
Now I need a defender who can give Tiana some rest. …Valentina would be best. With Valentina’s level of ball skills and defensive ability, she should be able to handle at least mid to lower tier teams.
After resolving the biggest problem in the team right after taking over, Angela returned to the place where the players were waiting, thinking about the next plan.