The veteran coach Capello and the new young coach Dick had a vigorous war of words before the start of the UEFA Cup semi-finals. The war of words between them even attracted some attention from the Champions League, and the other one
The semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, although it was also a heavyweight match between Liverpool and Barcelona, seemed to be almost forgotten.
Capello watched Dick yelling with cold eyes. He was becoming more and more certain that Atletico Madrid was planning to use defensive counterattacks to deal with Roma. Anyway, it was an away game and he didn't mind getting a draw. Moreover, Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattacks may not be at the same level.
He is so outstanding, as long as he attacks cautiously and prevents Atletico Madrid from counterattacking, Roma's ability to break through dense defense is not bad. A dexterous shooter like Montella seizes an opportunity. Batistu
Both Totti and Totti have excellent long-range shooting ability, and the offensive abilities of Cafu and Candela on the wings are also quite outstanding. If it is not possible, they can send a center like Delvecchio to break the formation. Capello is not afraid
Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattack.
Dick continued to talk endlessly, "Our offense is very good, we will beat Roma to a dead horse at home." However, these words fell on Capello's ears, and he felt more and more that this kid was bluffing.
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Soon, the quarter-finals of the Champions League ended, and it was the turn of the UEFA Cup. Countless Atletico Madrid fans poured into the Calderon Stadium - Atletico Madrid's results in the UEFA Cup this time have been equaled.
It tied Atletico Madrid's best record in the history of the UEFA Cup. They were runners-up in the Champions League and won the Cup Winners' Cup. However, their best result in the UEFA Cup was only the semi-finals. This is one of the reasons why they attach greater importance to the UEFA Cup.
This can be regarded as a regret in the history of Atletico Madrid.
While Atletico Madrid fans were waiting for the upcoming game, Capello, who was originally confident, began to fall into confusion.
When setting off for the Calderon Stadium, he was given Atletico Madrid's lineup.
There is a change in Atletico Madrid's lineup. Baraja in the midfielder does not play, but Cruz on the striker plays and partners with Jardel on the striker!
The original 4-5 formation has become the current 4-4-2. Although it is just a change, by removing a midfielder with strong running ability and replacing it with a powerful center, Dick's intention is already obvious -
—That means what he said before is fucking true! Atletico Madrid plans to use offense at home to give Roma a good look!
Capello's arrangements in the past few days were to stabilize the midfield, gradually advance the offensive line, invest a certain amount of energy in defense, prevent Atletico Madrid's quick counterattack, try to be patient in attacking, and then look for more suitable opportunities.
——This tactical play emphasizes the midfielder advancing layer by layer without leaving any room, which is suitable for dealing with the tactics of recycling defense.
However, if Atletico Madrid presses forward to attack and fight, Roma's front line does not have that kind of fast striker, and it will be difficult to find opportunities from the gaps after Atletico Madrid presses. And if Atletico Madrid suppresses it,
It is very likely that they will be directly suppressed by Atletico Madrid until they collapse - the opponent's two centers are not vegetarians!
"This guy is really cunning!" Capello couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Dick seemed to know that he was very familiar with La Liga's information, and deliberately used this method to induce Capello to make mistakes in judgment, and then
This puts Capello into a passive position!
Capello was quite angry about this - this could be regarded as hunting geese all year round but being pecked blind. He originally wanted to use the trick and thought he had been fooled, but the lie turned out to be true, and he was really fooled!
"Now, we have to change our tactics."
After coming to the locker room, Capello immediately said to the Roma players: "It is obvious that Atletico Madrid wants to use offense against us at home... You have also seen their game videos, when they
When we start to press crazily in the midfield, according to our established tactics, we will suffer a big loss... Then, let us attack them! Under the back and forth impact, we will never lose.
Give it to them! They are not as perfect as us offensively, and they are not as integrated as we are defensively. This kind of confrontation is beneficial to us! Don’t forget that we are on the road. If both sides score a lot of goals, it will still be quite beneficial to us.
Things! Do you understand?"
Unlike Atletico Madrid, Roma is a quite mature team. Their signing this season is actually only Batistuta. The other players have joined them for a long time, and they are relatively outstanding overall.
, so even if it was a temporary change in tactics, there would not be much confusion. After Capello explained the reasons for the change in tactics in detail, they did not have any resistance.
After explaining all this thoroughly, Capello realized that he seemed to have wasted some warm-up time, and immediately waved the assistant coach to take the players out to warm up - he did not dare to let the team's warm-up have any problems.
You must know that for professional players, they have actually used up a lot of physical energy by this time. If they do not warm up enough, they will not be able to move well on the court, and they will easily get injured during the game, so warm up.
The activities must be done well so that players will not be easily injured on the court.
However, the warm-up time must be reserved, and some time was wasted before, so there is not much other preparation time left before the Rome game - this makes Capello a little irritated. Dick's approach has given him a lot of time to prepare for the game.
It also caused great trouble.
"Did I underestimate that guy? But it doesn't matter. In the attack, even if we lose the game, as long as we can score enough goals in the away game, we can still take advantage! I will not underestimate you in the second round.
Dick smiled and said to Marriner: "It seems that they were scared... Guys, Roma is nothing special, we will definitely beat them at home. I really want to see them discover us when the game starts
What will his expression look like when his tactics are defensive and counterattack..."
The players who returned to the locker room laughed one after another. Of course, they knew that Dick was practicing defensive counterattack tactics during this period. The difference from usual times was that he deployed double centers for defensive counterattacks, which might make the defense more defensive.
The strength of the attack is not as strong, but on the counterattack, the lethality of the high center combination of Cruz and Jardel is also quite huge.
Both Cruz and Jardel have good foot skills and strong coordination ability. Such a pair of high forwards is the dream of all head coaches, but Dick usually uses Cruz as a substitute.
To use it, Cruise also accepted this position, which made people unknowingly ignore his power. Now it seems that Rome will become the first victim.
"We can attack them at the beginning, and when they start to attack, we will prepare to counterattack...create more set pieces. Their defense on set pieces has big flaws. According to what we have trained during this period,
Stun them with set pieces and high-altitude balls! The average height of their defense is not very good..."
Except for Zebina, who is 1.3 meters tall, the other Roma defensive players are only about 1.8 meters tall. This height is certainly enough under normal circumstances, but in this game, Dick sent two centers just because he wanted to
If you want to use set pieces and height to deal with Roma's defense, you have to observe it from the field to see what effect it can have.
Dick sent Marchena and Thuram to partner as central defenders in this game. There are no changes in other positions. Roma is still in a 442 or 4312 formation. When players from both sides appear in the stadium, the stands
Atletico Madrid fans immediately burst into cheers.
Dick's previous performance did not deceive Atletico fans, but when they saw Cruz and Jardel playing at the same time, they had the same idea - Dick didn't use double centers much before, as long as he used
With two centers, most of them play offensive football. At this time, Atletico Madrid fans have the same idea as Capello - it turns out this guy is serious!
Atletico Madrid, who took the first kick-off, immediately launched an attack!
After receiving the return pass from Cruz, Belleron began to organize the attack - Baraja was not on the court in this game, so his position would be further back, but this was no problem for him.
He is also used to launching attacks in such situations.
With the ball at his feet, and seeing the opponent's two forwards rushing towards him, Belleron did not choose to break through by himself, but distributed the ball to the wing - Roma's midfielder has three midfielders, naturally wide
The defense will be slightly worse - it will have no impact on the offense. With three outstanding midfielders back and forth to fill in, Cafu and Candela can unscrupulously display their offensive characteristics.
Hector took the ball on the right and started to dribble forward. Totti ran over from the middle to block him, but Hector quickly passed the ball to Belleron, who had already run out of the gap in the middle. Belleron
Long received the ball and turned around. When the opponent's three midfielders were about to form a flank attack, he immediately raised his foot and distributed the ball directly to the left!
Vicente cut in from the left at high speed, and the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands began to shout loudly - they have now fallen in love with this heroic young man who chases the wind. Although his skills are not gorgeous, when he
When the power is flying on the wing, it can make everyone feel excited and excited!
Lifting his foot to remove Belleron's pass, facing Cafu who came from the side to fill in, Vicente was filled with pride - even if you are the captain of the Brazilian national team and the number one right back in the world, I will
There will be no fear!
Besides, you are famous for your offense, not your defense...
As the two sides approached, Vicente first lowered his shoulders to the right, then quickly poked the ball toward the baseline with his feet, then suddenly accelerated and forcibly rushed toward the baseline!
Beat the old master to death with a blind fist.
For an experienced player like Cafu, he was embarrassed by Vicente's rush. He didn't expect that Vicente just used his own speed to rush forward. When he turned around, he was already a step slower. At the same time, here
In this pure sprint situation, his speed may not be as fast as Vicente. Although he is chasing closely behind him, he still cannot prevent Vicente from making a cross immediately!
When Vicente caught up with the ball and raised his foot to pass the ball into the penalty area, Atletico Madrid's two centers had already rushed into Roma's penalty area at the same time. It was Jardel who took the lead to grab the first goal. He faced
The ball jumped high, using his body advantage to overwhelm Samuel, and then rushed towards the top of the ball!
Antonioli jumped up hard, but still couldn't touch the ball. Amidst the cheers that suddenly reached a high point, the ball hit the top of the crossbar hard and then flew out of the baseline!
There were sighs from Atletico Madrid fans in the stands.
