Chapter Fourteen
Updated: 2013-03-05
As a time traveler, Dick certainly knows the importance of verbal guns - his eloquence is not bad, but what he knows more is that as an airborne head coach, just using verbal guns is looking for death, because the players are not fools, and he is a newcomer and has not established his prestige among the players. He wants to build confidence in winning through a few words... Even if he is a big fool, the player is not Chef Fan.
If you want the players to have confidence in him, you have to come up with something else.
"Lerida's offense is actually not outstanding. They were able to score two goals in the first half, mainly relying on the personal breakthrough of the No. 20. His technical speed is quite good, but he is more accustomed to personal attacks. So David, you continue to make up for the sidelines in the second half, especially when Ottos goes up to assist. If they counterattack and find the No. 20 point, you have to go up and force him to make it impossible for him to break through at high speed. This is very important, and it depends on whether our offense can be carried out without any worries."
"Curro, you come on the field in the second half and replace Lima. Your task is to defend this point when we attack-" Dick turned around and drew a circle less than ten meters from the middle circle arc on the tactical board: "When the opponent counterattacks, you must stand in your own position and block their attack so that their fast attacks cannot be hit at all! Do you understand?"
Curo Baccas, who had finished warming up, was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied excitedly: "I understand, sir!" Lima, who was replaced, had his face collapsed - no one wanted to be replaced by himself, even a young player was no exception.
"Don't think your importance has decreased, Lima, this is just a tactical change. We need attack and a more stable defense now."
Dick said to Lima—he felt this was a good opportunity to win people’s hearts.
Lima agreed in a muffled voice. The Senegalese player is a young player who Atletico Madrid has found from Africa this season. See if he can use it in the future. His physical fitness is indeed very good, but his game awareness is a little bit worse. This seems to be a common problem for African players.
After comforting Lima, Dick began to arrange offensive tactics: "In terms of overall strength, we are better than them, whether it is cooperation or personal ability, so after the second half, we have to attack. The offensive method is the same as the beginning of the first half, quickly passing through the midfield and then using it to return to find opportunities. Fernando is still the main scorer, and all the offenses must be carried out around him. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
The answer was not loud, but it was still neat. The goal in the first half made Torres break the goal drought, and also made his teammates feel confident in Torres. You should know that although the players of the second team are not old, they actually know that it is probably difficult to gain a foothold in Atletico Madrid's first team with their strength. Their task is to play well in the second team and then get the opportunity to be favored by other teams. If you want to achieve good results, you have to rely on those talented players. Torres is such a talented player.
But Torres' consecutive goals were not scoring before, and they also had questions - can this kid under seventeen really lead them forward? Yes, Pele was only seventeen years old when he participated in the World Cup, but there was only one Pele. Seventeen-year-old Maradona missed the World Cup, and Seventeen-year-old Ronaldo sat on the bench for seven games in the World Cup - would Torres be similar to these people? Don't joke...
I have to say that Torres, who just turned 16 in March this year, was just a teenager, entered Atletico Madrid's second team so early to play, which is not a good choice. In some aspects, Torres has not yet fully grown up, his body has not matured, and the confrontation has not become too outstanding. A large part of his ability to enter the second team is other reasons. After losing Raul, Hill urgently needs another genius to recover this loss. Torres appeared at this time, and he seemed to be better than Raul, so Hill couldn't wait to let Torres enter the second team, hoping to get him to receive training in professional competitions earlier. When he performs well, he will be another golden sign for Atletico Madrid to fight against Real Madrid!
It is precisely for this reason that Torres, who was sixteen, joined Atletico Madrid's second team, and Hill even used a lot of connections to allow him to pass the registration of professional games. You should know that according to regulations, in Spain, players under the age of seventeen cannot sign professional contracts and often cannot play professional team games. In order to make Torres appear in the Spanish Second Division, Hill also spent a lot of energy.
Under such high expectations, when Torres' performance was not satisfactory, although most rational people knew that a player under the age of seventeen should not be demanding, unknowingly, many people began to feel disappointed with him - this was a subconscious behavior, including his teammates.
This goal in the first half effectively alleviated this question. Now there are no Atletico's second team players who have any questions about Dick's tactical arrangements - Torres scored the goal, which is a simple and straightforward proof that Dick's trust in Torres is correct.
Seeing the players answering their words neatly, Dick nodded with satisfaction. Although the score is still behind, he felt that the situation is constantly improving - at least the assistant coaches around him are still quite conscientious, and the players are also more obedient - after all, they are all young people around the age of 20 and still have enough respect for authority.
After giving the players a break, Dikk pulled Marina over and muttered to him.
"The coaching staff still has a lot of things to do now... Robert, I hope that after each game ends, within one day, the information about our opponents in the next game and the video of the last game of at least one game will be placed on the desk of my apartment. If we weren't familiar with our opponents, we wouldn't be like this in the first half."
Marina nodded, knowing that this was his dereliction of duty: "I understand. Every time I play in the future, I will collect information about my opponents... The coaches used to collect it themselves, and I thought you were the same."
"I can't be distracted before the game starts." Dick said with confidence, which made Marina feel speechless - but who makes people the head coach? No matter how much work you do, you can't win the team, and you're still a life of dismissal. No matter how lazy you are, as long as you can lead the team to win, you will still have a stable position.
No one sees that you have no credit or hard work. If you have no credit, even if you are so tired that you vomit blood and have a heart attack, no one will sympathize with you. You will only say that you are not a good coach...
When the fourth official came in to remind them that the second half was about to begin, Dick stood up and waved his hand.
"Set out and beat those guys up, they're just that little ability!"
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Nacker Bueno stood in the middle circle and prepared to kick off.
He was full of confidence in this game. He was loaned out by Barcelona this season. Nacker felt that it was a good opportunity to prove himself. Especially in this game, facing the genius Torres, who is recognized by Madrid, Nacker believes that if he can perform well, it is just around the corner to return to Barcelona to become the main force. Although Barcelona's first team has deputy captain Figo in his position, Nacker feels that he can still be competent for a substitute...
Maybe he can do this, but unfortunately, he encountered a Dick who also wanted to prove himself in this game, and unfortunately, Dick was the protagonist...
"I am the protagonist, I am the most awesome." Dick thought so.
After the start of the second half, Nacker began to perform more actively and wanted to help Lerida gain a thorough advantage.
However, he immediately fell into the defensive quagmire of Atletico Madrid's second team.
Atletico Madrid's second team is not weak. Although others are not geniuses like Torres, they are also professional players who often play in the Spanish Second Division. They have a very strong ability to execute tactics. Otherwise, they would not have won the second place in the Spanish Second Division last year. Nacker is not a super genius. He can dribble the ball alone and break through the siege and shoot and score. If he is such a genius, he would not have been loaned to the Spanish Second Division team by Barcelona to train...
Cupino has almost become a left forward now. With the help of Ultras, the two of them joined forces to stare at Nakel. Nakel did not choose to pass the ball. He is not a player with a good sense of passing the ball, and is more accustomed to using his personal abilities to create opportunities, and then he hit a wall.
When he forcibly broke through Ultras, the ball was a little bigger, and Cubino, who was filling up, was waiting there. He hooked the ball down with a slight kick and passed it to Carlos, who was receiving the ball in front.
Atletico Madrid quickly launched a counterattack. Carlos passed the ball to Domingo who was inserted on the right. Domingo made a cross, and Zasinos headed the ball to Torres who ran out of the open position. Torres directly shot and was blocked by the opponent's defender.
"Just like this!" Dick clapped his face and shouted to the field.
He began to think that commanding the game was not too difficult, because now Lerida doesn't have many offensive methods, and her overall strength is still weaker than Atletico Madrid's second team. The only thing she can use is Naker's personal ability. Now that he is entangled by two Atletico Madrid players, Naker's personal performance is limited, and Atletico Madrid's second team has taken advantage of the situation and gained the advantage on the field!
Their attack is still very simple. It is nothing more than passing through the middle lane and then dividing the sides, and then passing from various high altitudes and ground crosses to create opportunities for the two forwards.
After the continuous counterattack was fruitless, Nacker became a little smarter. He began to plan to attract the opponent's attention and pass the ball to the player in the middle to launch a quick counterattack. However, Bacas, who came on the bench, nailed it to the center circle like a nail. He could always delay the opponent's counterattack speed and give his teammates a chance to return to defense. In fact, it is also very fast to return to defense. If you actively return to defense, you will be enough to return to defense within ten seconds.
As for the troublesome guy who bypassed the middle lane, he passed the ball directly to the other side... Not to mention whether the teammates on the other side can quickly respond, Nacker does not have the ability to pass accurately for a long time - this was observed by Dick in the first half of the game. From now on, what he observed has begun to be gradually realized.
"Next, it depends on when the goal will be scored... Torres, you guys give me some strength." Dick thought to himself.
Chapter completed!