"The combination of wing and center attacks will ultimately revolve around Torres and create opportunities for him... to knock our opponents into the gutter!"
While Dick was explaining today's lineup and tactics, Marriner was watching with cold eyes - he was an assistant coach, and it was certainly not his job to direct the game, but after hearing Dick's lineup and explanation of the offensive tactics surrounding Torres
At the time, Marriner still nodded slightly: "Being able to clearly formulate the strongest lineup and knowing how to play Torres' role... This guy is not as useless as he seems. But this is your tactical arrangement? Too
It’s so crude!”
The tactics laid out by Dick are indeed a bit rough. They are nothing more than to stabilize the midfield and make fuss on the wings. Either pass the ball directly to Torres in the middle and let him shoot, or pass the ball high to Zasinos to let him shoot.
The ferry comes to create opportunities for Torres. To put it bluntly, everything revolves around Torres in the offense and tries to let him score as many goals as possible.
If this had been done at the beginning of the season, perhaps no one would have any objections. However, now that the league has gone through seven rounds, Torres has not scored a single goal. To rashly give him a heavy responsibility... Tsk, tsk, tsk, yes.
Don't you take it too much for granted?
Dick didn't care what Marriner thought. Anyway, in his opinion, it was his great contribution to make good use of Torres and let him adapt to the atmosphere of the second division. The second team was to provide talents for the first team.
Yes, Atletico Madrid's runner-up in Segunda División last year was certainly a great achievement, but bringing out Jose Mari, an excellent striker, is the greatest achievement.
Of course, results are also important, especially under the leadership of Hill, a chairman who despises youth training and only likes to sell stars for money. Without results, no matter how many good players are cultivated, it will be in vain.
Therefore, Dick has to let Torres regain his confidence and adapt to the team's tactics, because Atletico Madrid's second team's tactics are based on the main forward. If Torres's condition is not restored, it will be useless to achieve good results.
After laying out the tactics, Dick waved his hands vigorously: "Let's go! Guys, in today's game, we must kill our opponents and let them know that even if we are Atletico Madrid's second team, we are not like them.
The team can resist!”
These words are very popular with the players. After all, Atletico Madrid is the team that has won the third most league championships in Spain. Even if they face Real Madrid and Barcelona, they dare to confront them head-on. Facing a team that has been in the second and third divisions for a long time.
The team, even the players on the second team, also have a superiority mentality.
After the players walked out of the locker room, Dick called to Torres.
"Fernando, don't think about anything else during the game... Just play as you did in the youth team. You will definitely score goals today. I have a hunch - at least two. If you are lucky, you might be able to score a goal."
trick!"
Torres looked up in surprise at this young head coach who was only a few years older than him. He had never seen a head coach who dared to pat his chest and guarantee that he could score a goal in the game... Is it because he is really a layman?
?Still have strong self-confidence?
At this moment, Dick patted Torres on the shoulder heavily again: "Believe me, that's right! As long as you can always maintain enough confidence in yourself, then no one can stop you. Now set off and score.
First goal in your career!"
Staggering after being slapped by Dick, Torres shook his head and walked out of the locker room.
Regardless of whether it is nonsense or not, at least this coach still trusts him, even if he did not score a single goal in the first seven rounds of the league - you must know that there is already a saying within Atletico Madrid's second team, even if Torres
He is a genius, but it is too early to enter the second team at the age of sixteen. He should be allowed to continue to accumulate experience in the youth team. Next year will be a good time for him to enter the second team...
Torres is very dissatisfied with this statement - although he has a relatively good personality and will not lose his temper easily, as a talented player, he has always had a very proud mentality.
It was unbearable for him, but he also began to understand the cruelty of the football world - in just over a month, even those who shouted before the start of the season, "Let us expect a genius who is less than seventeen years old."
"Starting his great career in Segunda División", the media began to question Torres, which also made Torres hold his breath.
For Torres, he will never accept the idea of returning to the youth team to train for a period of time. Even if this approach may be better for his future development, he will not do this - do this
It means he admitted failure, which is something a proud genius will never admit!
At this time, Torres couldn't help but feel slightly moved when he heard that the young head coach who had just taken office trusted him so much.
The head coach who originally supported him has dismissed get out of class, his teammates began to believe in him less and less, and the media also began to change their tune. At this time, Dick expressed his confidence in him and said with absolute certainty that he would play in the game.
Score two goals, or at least two - although Torres will not be completely devoted to Dick after hearing this, but at least he has a good impression of the new head coach and knows that he supports him.
"You must perform well in this game." Torres thought to himself as he left the locker room.
Dick walked around the locker room with great satisfaction. All the assistant coaches left, and he was the only one left. He was not afraid of others saying that he was a country bumpkin and had never seen the world - you know
This is the first time he has entered the locker room of a professional team! Although it is the second team, although it is the second division...but this is also a serious locker room! Now he is standing in such a locker room,
In the future, I will stand in Calderon's home dressing room, and in the future I will stand in the dressing room of a more powerful giant, and create my own legendary road!
After feeling excited for a while, Dick loosened his fists and strode out of the locker room.
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Of course, Atletico Madrid's second team's game venue is not at the Calderon Stadium - that is the home stadium of Atletico Madrid's first team. Atletico Madrid's second team's home stadium is the Metropolitano Stadium on the outskirts of Madrid - this is another property owned by Atletico Madrid Club.
A stadium, after the successful construction of the Calderon Stadium in 1966, this stadium became the home stadium of Atletico Madrid's second team.
This stadium can accommodate nearly 30,000 people. Atletico Madrid is not worried about not having fans. The entire Madrid, even if it is as strong as Real Madrid, only has half of the fans in Madrid, and the other half are fans of Atletico Madrid. This is the charm of the rivals in the same city.
, even if they are in the same city as a giant like Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid still has the same number of fans.
Although it was only a match between the second team, nearly 20,000 people came to watch it - this shows that Atletico Madrid's appeal in Madrid has always been Real Madrid's biggest rival, and Atletico Madrid also has something to be proud of.
For these Atletico Madrid fans, when they watch the second team's game, in addition to the fact that the second team played well last year, there is also a big reason to watch Torres - although Torres is not yet seventeen years old, but
But he has always been a well-known genius in the Madrid area, especially after Raul left the Atletico Madrid youth team and became Spain's top scorer and the national team's top striker in Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid fans will also hope for everything while being depressed.
Placing their trust in this unparalleled talent, they hope that Torres will enter the Atletico Madrid first team in the near future, and then become the banner of Atletico Madrid, leading Atletico Madrid to overwhelm Real Madrid and become the best team in Madrid - just like in the 1995-96 season.
Kiko led the team to do the same thing.
Although Torres's performance in the first few games was unsatisfactory, they didn't care. In their opinion, it was enough for Torres to receive training in La Liga. As for goals... they would always come.
Knowing that Torres scored more goals in the youth team than Raul at the time! For such a genius, it is only a matter of time that he scores goals... As long as they see Torres on the court, they are satisfied, and they come to watch the second team's game
, just to see Torres!
So when they saw Torres being the last one on the team to play, the more than 10,000 Atletico Madrid fans at the scene immediately gave out huge cheers. They shouted Torres's name, "Golden Boy", "Genius" and the like.
A mess of slogans to express support for Torres.
Torres raised his arms to signal to the stands. This is one of the reasons why he is unwilling to return to the youth team. There are so many fans who like him in the second team, why should he leave? Let alone as a loser...
…
After the cheers, the entire stadium fell silent, because all the Atletico Madrid fans saw that after the players of Atletico Madrid's second team came on the stage, a young man wearing an ordinary sportswear was so calm.
He walked out of the tunnel, raising his right hand and waving his arm to the stands as he walked...
"Huh? Who is this person?"
"Is he the new head coach of the second team? He looks very young."
"The newspaper didn't seem to say that the second team had a new head coach. I thought it was Marriner who was directing the game."
"Wow, he is actually an Oriental! I just don't know which country he is from, Japanese? Korean? Chinese? His skin is not dark, he shouldn't be from Southeast Asia, right?" A man looked at Dick with a telescope.
Atletico Madrid fans marveled and said: "It seems that our boss has started to do tricks again. He actually found an Asian to coach the team..."
"The East is very mysterious, maybe they know witchcraft." said an Atletico Madrid fan nearby.
"Tsk, witchcraft didn't allow the Chinese team to enter the World Cup, nor did it allow Japan and South Korea to enter the knockout rounds of the World Cup. Football matches don't rely on witchcraft. I don't believe there are any outstanding coaches there." Another person said.
The famous fan retorted.
"Oh, no matter what. Anyway, with the speed at which our boss changes coaches, this guy might be fired soon. Why does he care?" Another fan tried to smooth things over.
"Yes, yes, how about we take a bet on how long it will take for him to be fired?" Someone immediately said with joy.
Different from the statements that Atletico Madrid fans loved to hear, the media covering this game were in a mess - they didn't know about Dick's appointment before.
What a huge shame!
"Hell, find out where this guy comes from! We don't know his information at all, it's unforgivable!" a reporter roared to his assistant. As one of the largest sports media in Madrid and even Spain,
"Marca" reporter should not have made such a mistake...
