A friend asked the author, why did Tristan, who won the La Liga Golden Boot back then, have no news later?
I believe that many friends will give the answer to Tristan's injury when they see this question. However, in the author's opinion, injuries are not the main reason for the destruction of Tristan, but attitude. To put it mildly, with the poor attitude of the La Liga Golden Boot, even if he doesn't suffer from injuries, his fall is only a matter of time. What's more, Tristan's injury is closely related to his attitude:
Diego Tristan Herrera was born on January 5, 1976 in La Algaba, Spain. In terms of football talent alone, Tristan is definitely at a top level. As a center forward, he is not only physically strong, but also has excellent explosiveness, which can not only carry opponents forward, but also run long distances, whether it is grabbing points or shooting from a distance, Tristan is very good at it. His physicality, as well as his position on the field, is very reminiscent of Italian striker Vieri.
Maybe it's because the talent is so good, the goal is too easy, and Tristan's attitude to play has always been problematic. The specific performance is: Tristan, who plays as a center forward, seems to be only interested in scoring goals, and is not very willing to serve as the fulcrum of the striker, and is not very willing to take on the dirty work. Also, Tristan's defensive enthusiasm is not high, let alone defending back to his own penalty area. It's the opposing defender who calmly dribbles the ball in front of him, and he sometimes can't raise the interest of defending.
Scoring goals has never been the only criterion for measuring a striker's ability. That's why he was as talented as Tristan and didn't play in La Liga until the 1999-00 season, when he was twenty-three or fourteen. However, his talent is indeed explosive. In his debut season in La Liga, he scored 18 league goals, which is quite impressive.
Such an outstanding seedling will naturally attract the attention of the wealthy. At the end of the season, La Liga giants Real Madrid preempted Tristan's contract before the rest of their rivals. Sans, who was the head of Real Madrid at the time, was very appreciative of Tristan's talent.
It's just that Tristan initialed Real Madrid on the eve of Real Madrid's general election. And Sans, who advocated the introduction of Tristan, did not win the election, but Florentino, who was not favored before, unexpectedly became the head of Real Madrid. As we all know, Florentino's idea of building a team is completely different from that of Sans. So after Florentino took the helm, Real Madrid decisively gave up Tristan and stillborn the deal.
The experience of initialling Real Madrid only to be abandoned naturally made Tristan quite annoyed. In the days that followed, as long as the Spanish local shooter met Real Madrid, he would cheer up his spirit, and once beat Real Madrid bitterly. Of course, that's all for later. As for Tristan, who failed to join Real Madrid, he was not worried about finding a home, and Deportivo La Coruna, who was quite competitive in La Liga at the time, quickly recruited Tristan to his command. The transfer fee of 17.8 million euros, which was quite expensive in those days, is enough to prove that Deportivo expects a lot from Tristan.
However, Tristan's first season with Laco was not an absolute mainstay of the team, and he was often pressed to the bench. This annoyed Tristan and publicly expressed his displeasure. The explanation of then-Laco coach Irueta was that Tristan was technically fine, but mentally immature.
Even if he is not the absolute mainstay of the team, Tristan still relies on his outstanding talent to pay a stat sheet of 19 goals in 29 league games. In the following 2001-02 season, Iruetta could only add Tristan's role. And the Spanish striker is also very competitive and has played well on all fronts.
Let's talk about the 2001-02 La Liga season, Tristan scored 21 goals and won the La Liga Golden Boot in one fell swoop; Talking about this season's Copa del Rey, Tristan not only led the team to the final, but also smashed Real Madrid's field in the final, and beat the La Liga giants at the juncture of Real Madrid's centennial celebration; As for the Champions League, star-studded Manchester United have also experienced Tristan's ......
It was with his outstanding performance in the 2001-02 season that Tristan was not only selected for the Matadors squad for the 02 World Cup, but also wore the symbolic No. 10 shirt. Camacho, the Spanish coach at the time, was once a heavy critic of Tristan, starting his first two games in the group stage. It's a pity that the performance of the La Liga Golden Boot failed to meet expectations, coupled with injury troubles, there will be no role for him in the future.
Tristan's poor performance during the World Cup is no accident. As we all know, the Spanish national team at that time focused on the tactics of flying on both wings. Tristan, on the other hand, is a player who is not willing to serve as a forward fulcrum on weekdays. And the habit of playing football has a great impact on the players. Over time, he lost the ability to do so. During the World Cup, even if Tristan wanted to take on this role, he would be powerless. So for Spain, which is on both wings, Tristan is not as good as Morientes.
Despite the disappointment and injury in the World Cup, it didn't stop Tristan's fun. It was precisely because he played too far that then-Laco coach Irueta had to publicly warn him that summer meant not only taking a vacation, but also taking care of injuries.
Playing too hard, coupled with not paying attention to recuperation, Tristan has shown obvious signs of decline in the 2002-03 season after the World Cup. Over the course of the season, he has scored just nine goals in La Liga, and his efficiency has plummeted.
At this time, there were also people who used the injury factor to defend Tristan. After all, the La Liga Golden Boot did take a break this season, playing just 23 games in La Liga.
However, in the following 2003-04 season, Tristan had almost no injury problems, playing a total of 34 La Liga games, but his league goals, only a pitiful 8, which is obviously not explained by injury factors. You know, Tristan's injuries before this were not devastating injuries.
Deportivo has the financial resources to be there, and it is not easy to bring in heavy reinforcements. Although Tristan was clearly in decline by this time, Irueta could only pinch his nose and use him. However, no matter how Irueta changed his formation, Tristan could not find his peak form.
Tristan's poor performance at club level will naturally be watched by the Spanish national team. Although Tristan was still Spain's No.10 in the summer of 2002, a year later, in the summer of 2003, Tristan was completely relegated to the fringes of the Spanish team. The friendly against Portugal in September 2003 was the final match of Tristan's international career. It's hard to imagine that it only took him a year to go from Spanish No. 10 to marginal......
So, why is Tristan's decline so fast? The reason is very simple, in fact, it is just the attitude of the players themselves. As a professional player, he is not professional at all, and being late or something can only be regarded as commonplace. What's even more reliable is that on the premise that there is a game on Sunday, he can play until 7 o'clock in the morning on Friday, and then come out of the ballroom.
In addition to this, Tristan's attitude towards training is also problematic, and he often disobeys Iruetta's arrangements. During a group training match within the team, Iruetta, as the coach of Laco, asked Tristan to pass the ball to the penalty area, but Tristan not only did not listen, but stopped the ball directly, and refuted: "There is no one in the penalty area, should I pass the ball to the opponent's goalkeeper?" ”
With this kind of disciple, Iruetana is really exhausted. So much so that there are often news of conflicts between the master and apprentice. Spanish media workers, on the other hand, tend to side with Iruetta. Because everyone knows very well what Tristan's attitude is.
By the summer of 2006, Laco's patience was completely exhausted, and he simply made the decision to abandon Tristan. And after leaving the team, Tristan, no matter which club he goes to play, he can't figure it out......