"The goal is scored! Hasselbaink! Three goals in three consecutive games! This goal came a bit...suddenly. Aguilera's sudden breakthrough created Hasselbaink
He had a chance, but Abelardo should be the one who contributed the most to this goal. From the slow motion, it seems that Hasselbaink did not make any foul moves. He slipped and fell under his own feet. This made the Dutch
He received the ball without any defense in the penalty area. Faced with this situation, Hesp could not make a timely save no matter how fast he reacted..."
When the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands cheered loudly, Dick jumped up. Facing the Barcelona coaching bench, he squatted down and waved his fists repeatedly. Then he straightened up and faced the stands, raising his hands high.
Raise your arms!
He was answered with loud applause!
"Haha, it seems that Dick is a stingy guy. He is demonstrating against Barcelona's coaching bench! Of course, he has no conflict with Barcelona's coaches. This action is probably done to show Cruyff...
...But seeing that it took only three games for Dick to win over the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans, Barcelona may have really missed out on an outstanding head coach this time..."
Seeing Dick actually protesting to the Barcelona coaching bench directly after scoring the goal, Van Gaal's originally calm heart became angry again.
"This bastard! I want him to see how powerful Barcelona is!" Van Gaal's seemingly calm face hides endless anger...
The rest of the first half passed like this. In the following game, Atletico Madrid continued to struggle with Barcelona in the midfield, preventing them from organizing a decent attack. When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half,
When the buzzer sounded, Atletico Madrid entered the halftime break with a 1-0 lead at home.
When Atletico Madrid players came off the field, they once again received cheers from the fans. Many of these cheers were directed at Dick. Dick naturally accepted them all and kept waving his arms to greet the stands, proudly
The emotion is beyond words.
However, as soon as he entered the locker room, the smile on Dick's face disappeared.
"We did a good job in the first half and taught Barcelona a good lesson...but in the second half Barcelona will definitely have to fight hard. With Van Gaal's character, he will definitely respond to the provocation I just made to Barcelona's coaching bench.
Neither Litmanen nor Ronald De Boer performed very well in the first half. I think one of Rivaldo or Figo will play... maybe both will play, so defensively, we
We need to pay more attention to Rivaldo's long-range shooting and Figo's breakthrough and organization... However, if these two people play, it will be more beneficial to us. Their control in the midfield will be reduced a lot, so it is more important
Strengthen the pressing in the midfield and launch a counterattack immediately after stealing the ball! At the beginning of the second half, we must catch them off guard! They must have thought that we would focus more on defense in the second half, but we just didn't do that! At the beginning of the second half, we faced them
Attack! Keep the ball at our feet and let Barcelona see that our offense is as good as our defense!"
"oh!"
Atletico Madrid players shouted one after another. Compared with the previous defense, what Dick said now was more in line with their appetite - after all, they are mainly technical players. It is not that they cannot play defense, but
That is, those who need to be in a high mood or are forced into a corner can do well. They prefer to attack.
Dick controlled the atmosphere in the locker room: "But after fifteen minutes of offense, we need to switch to defense again to let their offensive players consume more energy. Do you understand? Today's game, the weekend league
, and the second semi-final of the Copa del Rey next week. We can’t treat it as three games, we have to play it as one game! What is our goal? It is to defeat Barcelona and enter the final of the Copa del Rey.
We also need to strive to score points against Barcelona in the league. These two goals are what we need to achieve, and it is not enough to achieve only one."
Dick's next words calmed down the Atletico Madrid players. They admitted that Dick was right - it does not mean that winning this game is enough. There will be four league rounds and at least one King's Cup next.
We have to play in the semi-finals, and it is not a good choice to fight exhausted in one game.
Kiko sighed slightly in his heart - this is indeed an outstanding coach, with on-the-spot command and control of the locker room... he is not an ordinary person, but why doesn't he use me? Could it be that, I
Is it really no longer suitable to stay at Atletico Madrid? My form in the past two years is indeed not very good, but I am only 27 years old! Don’t I have time to recover?
Kiko looked at Dick with complicated eyes, but Dick didn't notice this. He laid out the offensive method after the start of the second half in detail, and at the same time gave instructions on what to pay attention to in defense, until all these things were done.
After that, he waved his hand: "Have a good rest and prepare for the second half of the game!"
The second half of the game kicked off quickly.
Sure enough, Van Gaal chose to make substitutions during the halftime break, and he replaced two people at once - Rivaldo and Figo all came on the field, replacing Litmanen and Ronald Depod.
you!
Of course, there is some suspicion of being motivated. At least Mourinho raised objections behind the back of the players. However, for Van Gaal, Dick has clearly shown his hostility to Barcelona and his
If he doesn't respond to the challenge, where will his face go?
Strong-fisted head coaches are often headstrong. The more such a head coach is, the more likely he will not change anything after making a choice!
"Damn, there are actually two substitutes. It just so happens that I can use up the physical energy of you two main players. Otherwise, it will be a bit troublesome to wait until the weekend league."
Seeing that Van Gaal changed two people in a row, Dick was not surprised but happy - if Van Gaal could keep his composure, even if Dick beat Barcelona to a pulp in this game, I'm afraid it wouldn't have much effect.
After all, if the league loses to Barcelona, it is likely to have an impact on Atletico Madrid's relegation - we can't expect Numancia to keep losing. If Atletico Madrid loses to Barcelona in the next round, Numancia's character will break out and win.
The gap in the three league rounds has once again widened to five points, making it difficult to catch up...
Now that Rivaldo and Figo are on the court, Van Gaal must have used a thunderous attack to tear apart Atletico Madrid's defense in the second half. Let you take a look at how strong Atletico Madrid is without shrinking its defense.
strength!
To say that Atletico Madrid's offensive strength is naturally not bad, but compared with Barcelona, there is still a big gap. However, Atletico Madrid has two advantages. First, their current morale is very high. From the beginning,
They plan to compete with Barcelona, but Barcelona is somewhat underprepared. Even their head coach Louis van Gaal believes that Atletico Madrid will give up the cup and concentrate on the league. Second, Barcelona is preparing to face Atletico Madrid's ironclad in the second half.
Barrel formation, I almost never thought that Atletico Madrid would launch a crazy attack in the second half. Despite the ebb and flow, there is still a fight!
Another thing that gave Dick confidence - through the first half of the game, he had already seen who in the team had a status bonus and who among the opponents had a drop in status - Aguilera was
He showed outstanding form during the breakthrough. This player who had already failed to be selected for the Spanish national team showed a state similar to that of his peak period in the first half. Obviously, the state bonus card played a role, and Abelardo
The fatal mistake in the first half proved that the Spanish national team central defender was not in particularly good condition...
For Dick, this situation gave him some surprises. What showed off before was the central axis he established. They will definitely be the key targets of Barcelona, but Aguilera is not very eye-catching. In the second half
Using him as the focus of the offense will definitely catch the opponent off guard, and Abelardo's poor condition is a very fatal factor. Think about it, a central defender who is not in good condition may make a low-level mistake at any time. What is this concept?
Even if it is a team with strong defense, it will be very scary if the main central defender is not in good condition, let alone a team with average defense. Barcelona has such a bomb in the defense, even if it is
It’s hard not to lose the ball!
Things developed just as Dick had guessed.
When Atletico Madrid kicked off the second half, they did not stick to the midfield, but immediately launched a fierce attack with Belleron and Juninho as the core!
Aguilera's position is almost as high as the full midfielder position - Baraja is filling in for him, and Solari is the main player on the left, plus Belleron's scheduling and frontcourt
After Juninho's breakthrough, Atletico didn't seem to have many offensive players, but they quickly organized a very high-level offense!
Barcelona, which was completely unprepared, was suddenly suppressed by Atletico Madrid in the half court and unable to move.
The cheers of Atletico Madrid fans in the stands were like a landslide and tsunami - look at the situation on the field now! Atletico Madrid is controlling the ball and attacking! They are constantly controlling the ball and attacking! And what about the powerful Barcelona team?
?What about Barcelona, which claims to be even stronger than the Dream Team? They can only passively defend in the half court, and can't even organize an offense with the ball!
Barcelona was not too vigilant at first. The four attackers in the frontcourt were still waiting for their teammates behind them to deliver shells, but they were directly suppressed by Atletico Madrid.
Completely out of touch with the backcourt!
In this case, Atletico Madrid's offense began to become more sharp. When Juninho's breakthrough attracted most of Barcelona's defensive forces to concentrate in the center, the Brazilian quickly distributed the ball to the side.
road.
Aguilera was inserted on the right, and he began to dribble forward - Sergi, who was broken by him in the first half, did not dare to neglect this time, and faced him face to face. From the side, Cocu came to fill in, behind him
And Rivaldo who returned to defense...
Three people double team!
However, Aguilera surprisingly controlled the ball, and then when a fake move for a forced breakthrough caused the opponent's defender to retreat, he quickly dunked the ball back, then raised his right foot and passed the ball in
Restricted area!
Abelardo followed Hasselbaink unswervingly this time, but Aguilera's cross was passed to a place farther behind. Baraja jumped high after inserting in the back row.
, overpowering Frank DeBoer, who jumped hastily, and dived to the top!
The ball flew into the goal quickly! Hesp only had time to wave his hand!
Only three minutes into the second half, Atletico surprisingly expanded its lead after a furious attack!
