During the halftime break, Cooper also made a new arrangement of the team's tactics in the second half, especially the key deployments on defense.

This is also because in the first half of the game, Atletico Madrid's defense did not satisfy Cooper. The offense of Valencia's two forwards' rotation of pulling sideways also made Atletico Madrid's defensive players a little uncomfortable.[]

Cooper naturally has nothing to explain about Mark's defense, because Mark's performance was very good in the first half. Mark was able to play a full-game tight-knit defense against Aimal in the first half.

Cooper naturally had nothing to say, because Mark's performance on the court also met Cooper's requirements, so Cooper naturally didn't need to say anything more.

"Mark, you must maintain such motivation in the second half, and you cannot be careless," Cooper said encouraged Mark.

Mark nodded, knowing that the reason why he can perform well in La Liga this season is entirely because he is a newcomer. Even though Mark has made a name for himself in the Eredivisie, La Liga players do not know much about Mark after all.

So Mark can take advantage of some advantages. For most La Liga players who don’t know Mark, they naturally cannot defend Mark better.

In fact, many players are like this. They have amazing performances in the first season, and then become in decline after the second season.

The issue Mark needs to consider now is not what to do next season. Mark has not considered the next game. What Mark needs to consider is the game in this game, and the second half of the game is the issue Mark needs to consider.

What Mark has to do is to help Atletico Madrid equalize the score and then win. Even if Mark himself cannot score a goal, if he can help others score a goal, it is something Mark is willing to do.

After Cooper's tactical arrangement was completed, the Atletico Madrid players also stood up and cheered each other up.

"The second half of the game has begun. Let's pay attention to the two sides' matches in the second half." Brother Duan Xuan's voice sounded again.

He also got a rest during the intermission period, and he had to continue his work in the second half, that is, cheering for Atletico Madrid.

"Neither side made the adjustments to substitutions. It seems that the two head coaches were more satisfied with the lineup of their respective teams in the first half." Duan Xuan said after seeing both sides sending out the starting lineup.

Although Atletico Madrid did not make personnel adjustments, their tactics have changed. Van der Fate's position is even higher. Cooper is preparing to let Van der Fate get more balls and organize the offense.

The corridor on the right where Mark is located is his own world. Right back Velasco doesn't go up and assist, so Mark still has to face the defense of two Valencia players alone, just like in the first half.

This is also a good way Cooper discovered in the first half that he could fully exert Mark's motivation. A player like Mark must use his speed and physical fitness to impact the opponent's defense.

Sure enough, after the opening, Van der Fate dribbled the ball in the midfield and organized the offense. Whenever he had a chance, Van der Fate would distribute the football to Mark on the right and let Mark get the assist.

Mark inserted as frequently as the Rockets, and then Mark broke through or passed the ball. Although Mark's crossing was not very accurate, it was not all the kind of crossing with anti-aircraft guns.

Mark basically had one of them who could find the top of the head of Atletico Madrid's forward in five crosses. Although the probability of this is not very high, it is still considered good.

"It's really strange, why is my pass probability the same as a free kick shot?" Mark was also thinking about such a question in his heart after passing these games.

Since Mark started the free kick mode, he felt that his passing ability has improved compared to before.

Such progress can be felt by Mark himself. Mark didn't think so before, but Mark also noticed these games in particular.

Especially in the last cup match, Mark thought it was a coincidence, but Mark in this game also made plans in his heart.

Basically, his crossing success rate is not much different from that of a free kick, which makes Mark a little excited.

Mark had a bold idea. If the idea was successful this time, Mark would definitely be a perfect passer, which also made Mark make up for a big deficit.

What makes Mark most upset is not his personal breakthrough ability, because Mark has the advantage of speed. Although Mark cannot do such incredible extraordinary actions on a small scale, Mark can directly use speed to force his opponents.

But after taking advantage of the opponent, Mark has no way to do it, because Mark's passing ability is very poor. Mark basically did not have the ability to pass long before. Even after Mark breaks through, Mark can only pass symbolically, or choose short passes to cooperate with his teammates.

But since Mark discovered that he had such an advantage, it was different. Mark could break through and then cross directly. As long as there were times accumulated, Mark believed that there would be no problem in scoring.

"I don't know if I guess this is the case." Mark also thought to himself: "You will know when you return to the dream space after the game is over."

After the start of the second half, Mark's attack on the right brought great restrictions to Valencia's defense. Valencia was like a paralyzed, and one arm was suppressed by Mark. Valencia, who was attacking on the offense, was more attacking on the right.

They dare not attack on the left side anymore, because of Mark. Only Mark's speed can limit Valencia's left side attack.

Moreover, the right-back of Atletico Madrid behind Mark is Mark's fill-up position after he pressed the attack. Even if Mark cannot retreat in time, then Velasco can still stand well to block Valencia's left off attack, and then wait for Mark to return to defense in time.

"Aimal is really not good. My Vicente has not recovered from injury yet." Ranieri also saw the situation on the field getting closer to the side that is favorable to Atletico Madrid.

Ranieli was also a little anxious. At this time, Ranieli's conservative thoughts occupied his brain and he was ready to defend.

Ranieri made an adjustment to substitution during a dead ball, with the midfielder Mohamed Sissoko, who replaced the left forward Aimar.

Sissoko debuted in a small French local club. At the age of 14, he decided to use football as his career. Later, he was attracted by Ausser's scouts [5] and started his career in Ausserl in 2002, but could not squeeze into Ausserl's first team. But just one season later, Sissoko, 18, left Ausserl and transferred to Valencia, Spain. At that time, Sissoko was regarded as a striker, but at that time Valencia's new coach Benitez thought he had quite potential and could be transformed into an energetic midfielder, which is where he plays now.

In September of this year, when Sissoko was in Valencia, it caused a controversy. The incident happened that after representing Mali in the 06 World Cup Africa Peripheral match against Senegal, he was late to return to the team for training. At that time, he claimed to the leader Ranieli to participate in a friendly match against Kenya. But Spanish media soon discovered that the game was not held at all. Sissoko went home to visit his father because his father was sent to the hospital. Ranieli forgave him and said: "He is very young, so he made a mistake."

Ranieli also attaches great importance to Sissoko's personal strength. He defines Sissoko as the Noviera. Although Sissoko's personal skills are very bad, he has abundant physical fitness and fierce defense, and he definitely has the potential to become a world-class midfielder.

It was just because he was still young, so Ranieri put him on the bench and prepared to train him well. Mark's outstanding performance in this game also reminded Ranieri of this Mario.

"This big black guy is coming up, I don't know how strong it is." Mark thought to himself when he saw Aimal being replaced.

Mark does not know Sissoko because although Sissoko plays in Valencia, he is still relatively young. Mark only knows the superstars who have become famous earlier or those who have been geniuses since childhood. Sissoko has nothing to do with both sides, so Mark naturally doesn't know him.

But Sisoko's tower-like body also made Mark a little alert. Mark immediately felt that if this big black guy defended him, his next game would not be so easy.

As Mark imagined, Ranieri sent Sissoko to the court to mark Mark, and Mark felt the pressure.

"Damn, are you playing with me?" Sissoko just came on the court and put Mark on the ground with a tackle. Mark said with some dissatisfaction.

The referee awarded a free kick, but because the foul was at halftime, Mark had no chance to shoot at all, so Mark could only complain.

After Sissoko fouled, he didn't even look at Mark. He ran away directly. This unfriendly behavior did not make Mark very angry, because Mark sometimes looked like this.

Mark also looked at this big African black player who was a little taller than Mark. Sissoko's movements under his feet were very fierce. Even if he was beaten by Mark, he would immediately commit a foul and he did not hesitate at all.

Moreover, Sissoko also has an advantage over Mark in physical terms. Mark was able to use his body to bully Aimal before, but after Sissoko came on the court, Mark was bullied.

Although Mark was at a disadvantage in physical confrontation, he could not stop Mark's desire to attack. Mark would not be injured, which is definitely a good thing for Mark.

"Didn't you kick me just to make me afraid? Then I will tell you that I'm not afraid of kicking me, because I won't be hurt at all. I'm Superman," Mark stood up and walked to Sissoko and said to him.

Sissoko has been in Valencia for more than a year, so he can naturally hear clearly what Mark means, but he didn't speak. Sissoko was like a wooden man.

"Big man, are you a wood? Or are you a language idiot? Do you know how to speak Spanish? I can also talk to you in Dutch?" Mark was still chattering there.

Mark is to make Sissoko angry. If he is angry, he will easily become impulsive. Under impulsiveness, his defensive movements will be deformed. Mark knows that the movements of black defensive players are very large. If Mark can continue to do Sissoko, Atletico Madrid can fight one more person.

"I will defeat you." Sissoko finally said these words in her mouth.

"Okay, then try it. Do you move faster or my move faster?" After seeing Sissoko speaking, Mark knew that Sissoko had listened to what he said just now. Mark knew that his words had already worked.

In the following Sissoko's defensive movements were getting bigger and bigger, and Mark was often knocked to the ground by him even dribbling the ball.

"Referee, don't you give me cards?" Mark quit after being knocked down by Sissoko again and again. Mark sat on the ground and protested against the referee.

I don’t know if it was Mark’s protest that really worked or if Sissoko’s moves were too big, and the referee couldn’t stand it anymore. No matter what he said, the referee finally showed Sissoko a yellow card in the 68th minute.

"Sisoko was shown a yellow card. His foul on Mark was too big. The referee should have shown a yellow card long ago." Duan Xuan was also standing up for Mark.

After seeing the referee showing the yellow card to Sissoko, Mark nodded with satisfaction. This was only about the tenth minute of Sissoko's appearance. He could get a yellow card in ten minutes of playing, which shows that Sissoko's defense is fierce.

Mark's socks were also slid by Sisoko's shoe nails, and his clothes were broken in some places under Sisoko's pull. Although Mark was not injured, it looked very pitiful. Perhaps it was because of this that the referee gave Sisoko a yellow card warning.

The referee also warned Sissoko, asking him to be careful of his feet in future games, otherwise he would give him a red card.

"Pay attention to your movements and stop eating cards anymore," Ranieri shouted at Sissoko.

The reason why Ranieri dared not let Sissoko be the starter is because he is very frivolous in defense and is prone to cards. If it weren't for the fact that there were no other good candidates in Valencia's lineup, Ranieri would never let Sissoko play.

Sissoko can be said to be a time bomb on Valencia's field. If it is used properly, it will definitely limit Atletico Madrid's attack and completely block Mark. If it is not used properly, Sissoko will be furious and directly fouled at Mark, then she will be sent off.

Ranieli also summoned Mista to Valencia's left side to help defend, leaving only one player Divayo in the forward position.

Cooper also watched the team's offense not improving for a long time and planned to make a substitution, but at Atletico Madrid only had those players, and he didn't know who to replace it to be better.

Cooper seemed very helpless. He was waiting for Atletico Madrid's lineup to have a chance to make up for the players after the winter transfer, but Cooper could be more at ease in the rotation of players.

However, Cooper still made the first substitution adjustment in this game. Glenshare was out and Nano came on the court, serving as the left forward.

Cooper is also planning to replace a new player to rush to share the pressure on Mark's offensive. Although Nano is not as strong as Glenshare, his physical fitness is more abundant than Glenshare, so using him to replace Glenshare is also a helpless choice for Cooper.

After all, Atletico Madrid does not have many players who can play left winger, and there are even fewer registered players. You should know that La Liga has restrictions on registered players. There are only twenty-five registered players in a team that can play. In addition, there are three registered players from the reserve team that can be used as alternate players at any time.

The previous main left forward of Atletico Madrid team, Musampa, has been sold by the club. Although he has not transferred, he will not appear on the first-line list of Atletico Madrid.

Cooper was also considering whether he would also introduce a full-time forward player, but Cooper also knew that as a head coach, there should not be too many requirements.

Cooper had asked to introduce two Argentine players before. If he asked to introduce more players, the club would not only not agree, but the previous two Argentine players would not come again.

"Damn, this big black guy doesn't seem to care about the yellow card at all." After Mark got the ball again after the game started again, he was knocked down by Sissoko.

Mark remembers a joke that someone told before. When God created black people, he asked black people whether they wanted brains or j8. Then black people chose the latter, and after they were born, they became black and hard.
Chapter completed!