Winning the team's first victory in ten rounds, most Atlético Madrid players were very happy, after all, they had won... However, there were still many frustrated people.
After Dick took office, he quickly pulled out the old Hill's tiger skin and made a big banner, suppressed the entire team with an iron fist, promoted Belleron as the core of the offense, promoted Baraja to the main lineup, and
There are only eleven players who play in each game. Some people are proud and others are frustrated. The frustrated ones include Prince Kiko, and naturally Gamarra, who was originally the main central defender but is now taken down...
For the 29-year-old Carlos Gamarra, choosing to join Atletico Madrid a year ago was his second trip to Europe from South America - the last time he came to Europe was two years ago, when he joined
It was Benfica, one of the top three in Portugal. That trip to Europe was not a pleasant memory for Gamarra, because he only played half a season in Benfica, played 11 times and performed mediocrely, and then returned to
South America - He regained his form at Corinthians and was selected into the best defensive team of the Brazilian League. It was precisely because of this performance that he was favored by Atletico Madrid and joined Atletico Madrid again...
It's just that after joining Atletico Madrid, although he has been the main force, his performance has not been particularly outstanding. Because of his relatively tall stature and excellent header ability, he is often used as a man-marking central defender, which makes him slightly
Slow speed has become the favorite point of La Liga's forwards who have excellent skills and are not slow. The previous game against Deportivo is a good evidence-Dutch forward Ma Kai used his lightning speed and excellent
His skills almost overwhelmed him, and that hat trick was a classic example of a speedy forward defeating a slower man-marking centre-back.
Then this young head coach took office, and then he became the substitute.
After watching the game for ninety minutes, Gamarra began to think seriously - Dick strengthened the midfield and turned a single midfielder into a double midfielder, which he admired very much. Ranie took a risk
The offensive 433 formation only has Serena as a defensive midfielder, which does not provide enough protection for the defense, so Gamarra always directly faces the opponent's most threatening forwards-Makai, Raul, and Ke
Ruivert...
Gamarra was sighing when he was watching from the field. If he was serving as a sweeper, neither Rufit nor Catania would get the chance to score so easily, right? It's a pity that he is on the bench.
superior……
After a day's rest, Gamarra's mood did not improve. When he came to the training ground in a somewhat listless mood, the newly promoted assistant coach Marriner told him that the interim head coach Mr. Dick was in the office.
I was waiting for him inside and wanted to talk to him first.
"Talk to me?" Gamarra was a little dazed, but he was also a little happy, because Belleron had also talked with Dick alone before, and then he immediately changed from half main player to half substitute (Belleron was considered half in Atletico Madrid
(as a substitute, because he used to share playing time with Juninho as an attacking midfielder, and because Juninho was injured more often, he played more games) became the core of the team...
It seems there is a turn for the better. Gamala rang in her heart.
After knocking on the door of the head coach's office and hearing the shout of "come in", Gamarra pushed the door open and walked in. He saw that Dick was not sitting at the desk, but standing in the corner of the office.
In front of the tactical board, I was thinking about something.
"Carlos, you're here." Dick greeted Gamarra, as if he was very familiar with him and waved: "Carlos, come here, I have something to discuss with you."
Gamarra walked over curiously, and the head coach discussed with the players... What was there to discuss?
After walking over, he saw the player positions painted on the tactical board. It was still a 4-5-1 formation, with the names of ten players posted on it, including goalkeeper Molina, central defender Chamot, and the two wingers.
Defenders Aguilera and Capdevila, midfielder Serena dropped back to protect Beleron who was a little ahead, Baraja had "Running" marked next to his name, and Solari and Leal were on the wings.
, Hasselbaink burst forward...
"In the next game, I plan to play defensive counterattack at Valencia's home court... What they are good at is defensive counterattack, but they are not good at attacking. They also need to perform well for the top four position now, so they will be eager for this game.
If we attack more, we will be more likely to score points with defensive counterattacks."
Listening to Dick's explanation, Gamarra was a little surprised, because in the last game Dick kept emphasizing how to attack, but now he said to play defensive counterattack - does this coach have any skills?
"The primary goal now is to avoid relegation, not to come up with some inexplicable overall style... As long as we can win, it is a good tactic, whether it is offensive or defensive."
Dick seemed to see what he was thinking and said calmly.
"Yes, winning is a good tactic." As an experienced old guard, Gamarra still knows this truth.
Dick smiled slightly, then turned around: "Although offense is the guarantee of scoring points, defense is equally important. We conceded too many goals. We were able to win the last round because of us.
We had better luck, scoring two goals with a little luck to finally win... If it weren't for those two goals with a little luck, maybe we would have been able to get a draw at most in the last round...
This is not a very good result... Our defensive problems did not just appear now. We have conceded quite a few goals throughout the season... Carlos, what do you think is the reason?"
"The defender's performance is not good?" Gamarra said with a wry smile. He knew that his performance after transferring to Atletico Madrid has not been very good, but there is no need to ask himself. Isn't this a slap in the face...
"Well, Atletico Madrid is really full of honest kids..." Dick sighed in his heart. If he had replaced a defender with a bad temper, he would have quarreled with him long ago, including the fact that he had won Kiko as soon as he came.
, I am afraid that other players would have been furious, but Kiko chose to wait and see silently, which also allowed the implementation of his tactics to have the greatest effect.
"If it hadn't been like this, it would have been really difficult." Dick also knew that these Atletico Madrid players basically didn't have much personality, so he would show toughness as soon as he came on stage, otherwise it would only make things worse.
It's getting worse.
Facing Gamarra's wry smile, Dick shook his head: "The defender's poor performance is only one aspect... Carlos, modern football does not rely on one defender to form an iron-clad defense line. A team's defense must be better.
, it does not mean that it can be achieved by stacking four top defenders, it must have excellent defense organization and tacit understanding. Our defenders should have no problem with the tacit understanding. After the season has been played so far, no matter how hard the tacit understanding is,
I've gotten used to it, but I can't defend well, why is that?"
"Because we are not good as a whole?" Gamala heard something.
"That's right, overall it's not good." Dick clapped his hands and said: "In terms of individual abilities, our defenders are not only the best in La Liga, they are also the best in La Liga... Aguilera and Chamot are both experienced.
As a defender, Capdevila has great potential, and you." He raised his head and glanced at Gamarra: "There are not many sweepers in La Liga better than you, Real Madrid's Hierro, Mallorca
Nadal of Nadal, Djukic of Valencia, Frank De Boer of Barcelona...well, Donato of Deportivo may be considered one, but he is too old and cannot be better than you. But
Is that guy Ranieri really an Italian coach? What does he think when he lets you play as a man-marking centre-back!"
Gamarra looked at the young head coach in a daze as he complained about his former head coach, and then he heard something...
"Carlos, what do you think about the idea of letting you play sweeper? The next league game is a test time. If we perform well, then we will have greater confidence in dealing with Barcelona."
Dick did not let Gamarra continue to guess, but said it bluntly.
"Sweeper?" Gamarra was stunned again. He was very familiar with this position. He was in this position in the Paraguay national team. It was him who swept in front of Chilavert in the 1998 World Cup and made Paraguay an iron-clad team.
Defense, if it weren't for the golden goal of French national team captain Blanco, would the French national team want to enter the semi-finals? It would still be difficult... And at Corinthians, he also played the same position, using only one
This season, he entered the best defensive team of the Brazilian League. In this position, he has absolute confidence!
"No problem, boss. In the position of sweeper, I will definitely use all my abilities!" Gamarra replied loudly. Ranieri emphasized that both central defenders can mark people and can play.
As a sweeper, both him and Chamot performed poorly. Now it is obvious that Dick intends to let him directly hold back and let Chamot fight in the frontcourt. This arrangement is suitable for the two of them.
Characteristics - Chamot is fierce in attacking, but he is steady and seasoned. With him filling in from behind, Chamot has less worries when attacking, and with Chamot pressing in front, he doesn't have to directly attack.
Facing the opponent's forward's rapid attack...
"Okay, that's it! The next game against Valencia is just a warm-up. Let Claudio Lopez and Angulo test you. If you don't reveal too much when facing their impact,
If we find the loopholes, we will be much more confident when dealing with Kluivert, Figo and Rivaldo!"
Dick clapped his hands and laughed, then he winked at Gamarra: "It would be too boring just to avoid relegation. How about we work harder and come back with a King's Cup? This is also a championship.
ah!"
Gamarra was shocked again. He didn't expect this young head coach to have such great ambitions. You know, everyone is thinking about how Atletico Madrid can successfully avoid relegation, and they simply ignore the King's Cup. Although Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid has reached the semi-finals, but everyone knows that Atletico Madrid has never encountered a truly strong team in the previous knockout rounds. What are the other three teams in the semi-finals this time? Barcelona and Real Madrid have another team that is not strong enough.
The weak Spaniard, Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona in the semi-finals. If they want to win the Copa del Rey, they almost know that they will have to run into two giant teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid...
In the past, Atletico Madrid was able to compete with these two teams, but now Atletico Madrid...
Looking at the surprised Gamala, Dick laughed again: "Don't let it out. Whether you can go crazy at the last moment depends largely on whether you can become the defender in my mind."
You are an organizer... If you can perform well, maybe we can really do it!"
