Defeating Porto with two goals at home, Atletico Madrid showed that they are indeed very competitive in the European arena. Although they have not yet encountered a real test, although Porto has not shown how good it is in the European arena for a long time.
Excellent competitiveness, but after all, they are once Europe
The winner of the Champions League, a traditional strong team in the Portuguese league, was easily beaten 2-0 by Atletico Madrid at the Calderon Stadium - anyone with a discerning eye could see that, if not for Porto's wise use of recycling in the second half.
In terms of tactics, what awaits them is likely to be three to zero, four to zero, or five to zero!
"We played well in this game, but it doesn't mean we can sit back and relax... There are also many strong teams in the UEFA Cup, including Inter Milan, who missed the Champions League, and the Champions League group stage.
Barcelona are out... We will try our best to play well in the UEFA Cup, but the most important goal now is the league."
Dick said at the press conference after the game that this made the Spanish reporters a little strange - when did this guy become low-key? Isn't he habitually high-profile? According to his previous style, it should be said
"It's normal for us to win because I directed it. The UEFA Cup championship? It was already certain that Atletico Madrid would win it from the time I led the team!"
This is not normal...
But Dick doesn't care what they think. Now that Atletico Madrid is ranked first in the league and has won two games in a row, it seems that he is qualified to do some experiments.
After returning home, Dick activated the ring, and he immediately got a status observation card - primary.
"It's just a junior level. Does it mean that the opponents who won these two games are not strong?"
Dick scratched his head and thought for a while, and then thought to himself: "Forget it, just try it out. If you don't explore it, how will you know how these things should be used together?"
After thinking this way, Dick no longer hesitated and selected the usage item on the card...
Then he discovered that this kind of elementary observation card was actually fucking random...
After flashing for a while, a series of data appeared in front of Dick.
"Julio Cruz, in stable form, plays as a forward, and has a scoring rate of 90% when using the goal card. Claude Makelele, in excellent form, plays as a midfielder, and has a scoring rate of 90% when using the goal card.
Thirty-one percent. Jose Molina, in excellent condition, positioned as a goalkeeper, uses goal cards to score goals at a rate of 6%. Juan Belleron, in stable condition, positioned as an attacking midfielder, uses goals
The card goal rate is 60%.”
"Nah, it's better not to use it."
Dick lay on the bed depressed. He thought he could specify the status of the players to observe. In that case, even if it was just a preliminary observation card, he could observe the status of the two forwards and the two wingers, and then use the advanced observation cards according to whether their status was excellent.
The success rate of ball cards is obviously much higher, but now it seems... Unless it is an advanced observation card, even if it is an observation card that can observe eight players, it is possible to observe eight substitute players...
"Well, let's use a goal card on Belleron and see what effect 60% has... But judging from this observation card, each of my players is in good condition." Dick thought in his mind.
muttering.
So in the next round of the league's home game against Las Palmas, Dick used a goal card on Belleron - according to Atletico Madrid's recent form and strength, defeating Las Palmas at home would be
A very easy thing, but the uncertainty of football was revealed at this time - other attackers had many opportunities throughout the game.
Yes, but they all missed them one by one in frustration. Belleron, who was used a goal card by Dick, failed to seize an excellent opportunity during the game. His shot in the penalty area went over the crossbar -
— And Las Palmas relied on a sharp counterattack to score a golden goal, and then miraculously overturned Atletico Madrid, which had recently appeared to be extremely powerful, 1-0 in the away game!
"Damn it, you can't even score a goal with a 60% goal rate..." Dick thought depressedly on the coach's bench. He didn't care about wasting a goal card, nor did he care about a game.
The outcome of the game, after all, Atletico Madrid is in a good situation and can afford to lose points in one game, but now it seems...
After losing this game, Atletico Madrid's points dropped to the fourth position. Next, they will face the first round of this season's Copa del Rey in midweek. Dick naturally didn't pay attention to such a game——
Atletico Madrid's opponent in this round is Salamanca from the Spanish Second Division. Even if they all come on the bench, they can win as long as they perform better.
So in the past few days of training, Dick was not thinking about any tactics, but was constantly observing the players' status - it was somewhat unreliable to place hope on the status observation card. After all, this thing is
They appear randomly. If you want to combine the goal cards, you have to better observe the player's status.
In the mid-week match, Atletico Madrid defeated its opponent with a single goal on the road without any blood, and entered the second round of the Copa del Rey - until the third round, the Copa del Rey was only two knockout rounds, and now the outcome is determined by one game.
Dick didn't care about this result, it was only right to achieve such results.
After this round of the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid ushered in the thirteenth round of the league and challenged Villarreal away. This newly promoted team has performed quite well this season. Although it is currently ranked
Although he is in a lower position, there is no danger of being relegated for the time being - but Dick did not collect information about this opponent, but was constantly observing the status of the players...
After a week of observation, Dick felt that this approach was not ineffective. At least he was more sensitive to observing the players' status. Among several forwards, he noticed that Jardel's status seemed to have declined somewhat. On the contrary,
After not playing much for a while, Cruise seems to be in pretty good shape...
"Well, let's use a goal card on Cruz and see how my observation skills go."
In the next round of games, Dick came up with a completely new lineup based on his own observation of the situation - Thuram and Marchena partnered as central defenders, and Capdevila stepped up to play left midfielder.
, David serves as the left back, and Hector replaces the captain Aguilera. In the midfield, Makelele and Baraja partner in the center, Camoranesi is still the right midfielder, and Belleron sits
As a substitute, Jardel and Cruz served as double centers...
Such a large rotation made Atletico Madrid players very uncomfortable during the game, but they performed well on the court. Cruz even scored the only goal of the game in the second half.
Helped Atletico Madrid to retreat in the away game, 1-0, Atletico Madrid defeated its opponent in the away game, tied Valencia with points in this round, and returned to third place.
The performance of Atletico Madrid in these two rounds was somewhat up and down, which made Atletico Madrid fans a little worried, but Dick was not worried at all - because he knew that his judgment was quite accurate.
"Molina is the goalkeeper and Makelele is the midfielder who doesn't score goals very much. They are in excellent form and can only increase their scoring rate by one percent, while Cruz and Belleron are in stable form.
It can increase the goal scoring rate by 10%... The more offensive players are, the more likely they are to score goals when they use the goal card when they are in good condition. As a midfielder, Makelele is in good condition, but
It only increased the goal rate by one percent, which should also be related to his technical characteristics - because he is almost a midfielder who does not shoot! If it were replaced by Baraja, the goal rate would probably be much higher.
More... Another issue is tactics. If the tactics are against each other, using goal cards will increase the success rate of scoring goals. Thinking about it this way, it is more reasonable now and it can also train my abilities."
Dick silently thought in his heart that the role of goal cards should be better with the support of tactics. For example, if he sets a tactic and it is against the opponent, one of the players will get more points.
Scoring opportunities. However, in games, opportunities often arise but cannot be grasped. At this time, the goal card can act as a catalyst. Only in this way can you direct the game.
The ability has become more outstanding, instead of being like before, as long as you use the goal card, you will definitely get a goal - that approach will not be of any benefit to training your commanding ability, but will make you better.
He relies more and more on goal cards and eventually becomes a mediocre head coach.
After thinking about this, Dick began to be grateful for this revision - if it weren't for this revision, I'm afraid he would really rely more and more on goal cards. After all, using two goal cards in an important game is basically useless.
You can win it. This temptation is too great, but now? If you want to use the goal card, you must observe the player's status, collect the opponent's intelligence, and set up more targeted tactics... And in
After completing these three aspects, are you still worried that you won't be able to score goals? At that time, the goal card will only serve as a catalyst or a prop that makes victory easier to obtain, rather than something that must be relied on!
"Being a coach is really not an easy thing."
Dick let out a long breath. In the process of really trying to make the goal card play its role, Dick realized how many things a professional team head coach has to do - just to make the goal card work.
The role of the goal card becomes greater, so he needs to observe the status of his team's players, and then set targeted tactics based on the characteristics and tactics of the opponent's players, so that the goal card can be effective - such as the previous one
A goal card was wasted because he just saw that Belleron was in good condition, so he used it on him, and the result was wasted. In the round of the game just past, although the goal card brought a goal
However, Dick knows that if he arranges targeted tactics well, he should be able to win even if he does not use the goal card - that is to say, the goal card can be used in more important places.
When you are sure, using the goal card can have the greatest impact!
What's more, he also ignored one thing before. For example, he used two goal cards on Torres, and then Torres came on - what if he was taken down in the first five minutes? That would be a waste of two goal cards...
...After thinking about it, I can only say that the old man didn't think too much at first and didn't expect that there would be so many bugs. That's why he made an upgrade after the Madrid Derby to eliminate these bugs. At the same time,
It also brought better opportunities for Dick to exercise.
"This road may be long, complicated and difficult, but I will keep going!" Dick stroked the ring on his finger and grinned.
