When Dick walked out of the tunnel, there was warm applause from the stands, all from Atletico Madrid fans.
In less than two months, Atletico Madrid fans' attitude towards Dick has changed from hostility at the beginning, to hope, to love now...
To say that I worship is a bit of an understatement.
As Dick walked towards his seat, he raised his right hand and gestured towards the stands. Before he came to his seat and sat down, he made a "V" gesture towards the stands occupied by Atletico Madrid fans!
The stands erupted into loud cheers again.
"Good! It seems that Dick is full of confidence! I think we can now watch the fierce competition with peace of mind and wait for the championship trophy to be won after the game is over..." Bones said with a laugh.
Although this is a bit exaggerated, Dick has solidified this confidence with his previous unbeatable results!
Paco Flores, who was sitting on the away coaching bench, remained calm. This nearly 50-year-old head coach accepted the Espanyol midway. The situation of the Espanyol was also very bad at the time.
After coach Brindesi was fired, he put out the fire midway. It must be said that he was very successful as a firefighter. Not only did Espanyol successfully avoid relegation in advance, but he also led Espanyol to the Copa del Rey final for the first time in 42 years.
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Without Dick's sudden emergence, he would have been the most successful firefighting coach this season like Aragones, who also took over midway but led Mallorca to quickly change the situation. However, the emergence of Dick changed everything.
, Flores and Aragones both took over shortly after the winter transfer. They had enough time to adjust the team's condition, but Dick had nothing, but he created a whole new world as soon as he took office.
The winning results put all the firefighting coaches in the dark!
Flores didn't know what Aragones was thinking, but personally, he was quite unhappy with this. Since he met Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey final, it was a good opportunity to deal with them.
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Flores knows that Atletico Madrid's overall strength is higher than that of the Spaniard. However, football matches do not mean that the stronger one must win. It is not impossible for the Spaniard to defend and counterattack - the two games against Real Madrid
They have used this tactic in every game, but Atletico Madrid may not have the physical strength of Real Madrid who are fighting on the third line and will not be easily outrun by them. However, they can recover more and wear down Atletico Madrid's energy.
Let their defense have holes, and then use counterattacks to kill them - even if they can't be killed, delaying it to overtime or even penalty kicks will be more beneficial to the Spaniards. Before the start of the game, Flores dedicated a day
Come to practice penalty kicks, it can be said that you are fully prepared.
If this consumption continues, it is definitely not the Spaniard who can't bear it, but Atletico Madrid, which is more famous and has recently won a complete victory. It is eager to use the championship to wash away the humiliation of the first half of the season. Flores can definitely afford it! And Di
What about Gram? Can he afford it?
Flores knew that Dick asked the team to launch a defensive counterattack, but it also depends on who the opponent is. Facing strong teams like Valencia and Barcelona, Atletico Madrid players can be willing to do so.
They use defensive counterattacks to deal with the opponent, but in the face of the less famous Spaniard, Atletico Madrid players can endure it? Stop kidding!
Flores had a sneer on his lips - declare victory now, I'll see how you get slapped in the face after the game!
"Players from both sides have already appeared... King Carlos I of Spain is here to watch the game. He will be present at the Copa del Rey final every year... Espanyol and Atletico Madrid have taken the advantage in the two encounters in the league this season. Their home court
Defeated Atletico Madrid 3-1 and drew 1-1 away from home. Hasselbaink scored all two goals of Atletico Madrid. In this game, he will definitely be focused on by the Spaniard, and the Spaniard's
Young forward Tamudo also scored two goals in the game. This forward is the Spaniard's biggest discovery this season! Atletico Madrid deployed their usual four-five-one tactics recently, with Molina guarding the goal and Aguilera
, Capdevila, Gamarra and Chamot formed the defense, Serena, Belleron, Baraja, Solari and Juninho formed the midfield, and Hasselbaink broke out alone.
Before, this was Atletico Madrid's absolute main lineup in recent games, and Spain's is also their usual 442..."
In the commentator's explanation, the tedious rituals before the start of all games were finally over. After Atletico Madrid won the right to kick-off, the game was about to officially begin!
Huge cheers erupted in the stands at the same time. Hasselbaink passed the ball to Juninho and then ran forward.
Two Spanish forwards rushed toward Juninho, but Juninho did not carry the ball forward. Instead, he turned around and handed the ball to Belleron who was farther back.
The two forwards of the Spaniard rushed past Juninho without stopping, and then continued to press Vereron - he is the core of Atletico Madrid's organization and dispatching. How strong the press can be against him will be
It has a huge impact on Atletico Madrid's offensive threat!
At the same time, the Spaniard's midfielders have also pressed forward at the same time, faintly blocking Belleron's pass route to the side and forward. They want to force Belleron to dribble the ball forward, so that
Mistakes are more likely to occur.
Although the plan is to shrink the defense and allow Atletico Madrid to attack and then counterattack, using this kind of forward pressing in the early stages of the game can sometimes have miraculous effects or make the opponent's judgment wrong.
Facing the opponent's pressing, Belleron did not pass the ball forward or break through with the ball, but turned around and passed the ball backward again!
The ball fell to Gamarra's feet. The Paraguayan did not pass the ball forward, but directly stopped the ball at his feet, as if waiting for the opponent to come up and press...
The Spanish players were a little stunned - continue to press forward? That is a relatively deep place. It is useless to rely on just one or two people to press forward like this. The defense can pass the ball back and forth to you.
It's like walking a monkey. If there are more people, the number of people in the midfield and backcourt will be reduced a lot. Then it will not be the counterattack of the Spanish against Atletico Madrid, but the counterattack of Atletico Madrid against the Spanish!
Seeing the Espanyol players wanting to go up but not daring to go up, the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands burst into laughter, while the Espanyol fans looked depressed - aggressively trying to force the opponent.
As a result, as soon as the other party sent the message back, everyone was stunned. This was too embarrassing...
Seeing that the opponent did not come up to press, Gamarra also smiled inwardly, and then passed the ball to Chamot, who passed the ball to Aguilera, and Atletico Madrid as a whole began to move forward slowly.
Passing back and forth, constantly passing, gradually pushing the front line forward, this is Atletico Madrid's tactics.
This tactic Dick plagiarized the tactic of the later Barcelona Dream Team, which is the so-called tiki-taka tactic. The distance between the three lines is extremely close, and the opponent's defense line is separated through continuous back and forth passes.
Then he took the opportunity to score a goal - of course, the tactic used by Dick just took advantage of the characteristics of fewer mistakes in passing back and forth and the characteristics of the compact formation. It is still very different in other aspects. The main difference is that
Goal - The purpose of passing the tiki-taka tactic back and forth is to score goals, and Dick's purpose of using this tactic is to not lose the ball. As for scoring goals? Leave it to those two goal cards...
Faced with Atletico Madrid's seemingly extremely cautious advancement tactics, the Spaniards felt that it was exactly what they wanted. Although the pressing and pressing just now had no effect, the opponent played so carefully, which was in line with what they had set before.
The tactics of delaying time and making the opponent anxious coincide with each other. As long as the opponent continues to delay like this, the Spaniards feel that it is not them who can't bear it first, but the "rich club" Atletico Madrid!
Sometimes the word "rich" not only means glory, but also represents pressure. Atletico Madrid now belongs to the kind of people who still have the label of being rich, but no longer have the strength to match the rich. At this time, the status of the rich becomes even more embarrassing.
, because in many cases they can't find the shame to do some embarrassing but very effective ways of playing - Atletico Madrid has played so poorly this season and it is inevitable that they also have this mentality. Ranieri's training has made Valencia stable.
After the Italian head coach of the defense came to Atletico Madrid, he actually played a risky lineup of 4, 3, and 3 - not so much 4, 3, 3, but rather a crazy 4, 2, 4, because Solari often appeared on the wing.
Positionally, and Antic also emphasized using gorgeous offense to win victory after taking office, but he didn't know that Atletico Madrid now has a fairly bright coat, but the inside has already been completely wiped out.
Still putting on the airs of a wealthy family is just asking for death!
After Dick took office, he didn't care about this. His sense of crisis was stronger than that of all head coaches. Missing this opportunity meant that he would not have many opportunities in the next few years, so he adopted the strategy against Malaga.
They used hand-to-hand offensive tactics, but against Valencia and Barcelona they used ugly iron barrel defensive tactics - people must survive first, and then they can pay attention to face...
So in Atletico Madrid now, some players may not be able to bear it, but Dick can definitely bear it.
So in the next game, everyone started to yawn, because Atletico Madrid passed the ball back and forth, and the Spaniard's running back and forth to leave no gaps in the defense was really boring. Atletico Madrid just passed the ball back and forth, without a chance.
Absolutely no threatening passes, and the Spaniards did not step forward to attack. They just constantly changed the focus of defense and did not give Atletico Madrid an opportunity...
This kind of game now is like a fight between two people. One person is just circling the other person outside, and the other person is turning wherever the other person turns. Neither of them takes action...
"Come out!"
"Come here and fight!"
"I don't believe you can keep changing the focus of defense without causing any problems!"
"I don't believe you keep passing the ball around without making any passing mistakes!"
For the players on both sides, such a game is of course very tense, and it leaves them no time to observe other things. But for the fans in the stands, it seems very boring. The supporters of both sides may not feel it yet.
What, but those neutrals are basically Real Madrid fans, and they dare to boo if Real Madrid doesn't play well, let alone these two teams - so after twenty minutes of the game, boos came one after another in the neutral stands.
When it was uploaded, they were both booing Atletico and Espanyol...
"Damn it, what does it have to do with you, hush." Dick glanced at the stands and curled his lips.
You can boo if you want. Anyway, all I want is victory, and nothing else...
