Many times, the head coach can clearly see how strong a team is.
Just like Valladolid, after an eye-catching performance last season, they have no determination to maintain their competitiveness this summer.
They sold the team's top scorer Victor Fernandez to newly promoted Villarreal for 9 million euros, and top goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez to Real Madrid for 6.25 million euros.
Signings?
Save as much as you can.
It cannot be said that Valladolid lacks ambition, but as a small team, they lack such confidence.
This is a bit like starting a business. It is also an entrepreneurial project with great potential. Children of the rich second generation and farmers' families will make two completely different choices. It is not that they have no vision, nor that they are incompetent.
But the risk tolerance of two different families is very different.
Head coach Manzano is obviously not optimistic about Valladolid, so he would rather coach Racing Santander than stay on.
So Valladolid invited 55-year-old Argentinian coach Francisco Ferraro.
As a professional player, Ferraro played for Celta Vigo. After retiring, he coached in Argentina. He achieved good results and was known for his defense.
Yang Hao's biggest impression of Ferraro is that it was this guy who led Argentina to win the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands in 2005.
Speaking of this, I have to mention a very contradictory thing.
Offense and defense.
The whole world knows that Brazil is full of geniuses, but how did this country with so many superstars win the championship in 2002?
Scolari's extremely conservative defense.
When many fans mention Brazil in 2002, they will only remember the 3R in the frontcourt and the double cards on the wing.
But few people remember that before Scolari won this World Cup, his conservatism caused huge controversy in Brazil, especially the double defensive midfielder of Gilberto Silva and Kleberson. , criticized by countless people.
Ironically, Brazil relied on excellent defense and the performance of its frontcourt superstars to win this championship.
The same goes for Argentina in the 2005 World Youth Championship.
Ferraro always hoards players in the midfield and backcourt, leaving the frontcourt to Messi.
With such a conservative tactical play, Argentina once again won the World Youth Championship.
If Scolari's Brazil is relatively balanced in offense and defense, then Ferraro's Argentina National Youth Team is really conservative and takes advantage of Messi.
From the pre-season warm-up matches to the first round of this season, the same is true for Ferraro's coaching at Valladolid.
The midfield and backfield are heavily stocked with troops, while the frontcourt relies on the players' personal abilities for quick counterattacks.
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Facing different teams, Yang Hao often adopts different tactics.
For example, this season, when facing teams like Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia that are good at high-position pressing, Yang Hao's strategy is to complete the stranglehold in the midfield, seize the ball, and use the speed of the midfielders to attack. The gap behind the opponent's defense.
This summer, after Atletico Madrid completed the update, the players are much younger, but their speed and impact have been greatly improved. This has led to Atletico Madrid's playing style when facing high-position tactical teams. The method is very effective.
Of course, the premise is that the defense must be able to hold on.
The double midfielder combination of Graveson and Baraja brings rigidity to Atletico Madrid's midfield without losing organization and passing ability.
Facing a relatively conservative team like Ferraro, Yang Hao's strategy was very simple and crude.
Don’t think too much, just go up and do it!
By pressing and pressing from the high position, he directly suppressed the opponent, pinned Valladolid in the half court, and beat them hard!
In this Valladolid team, there are three players that Yang Hao is paying attention to.
One is Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo.
Paul Futre once recommended him to Yang Hao, hoping to sign him, but Yang Hao chose Edwin van der Sar.
Left back Gabriel Heinze was the Argentine star who later played for Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Tonight he faces Joaquin directly.
There is also midfielder Jose Luis Caminero, who is a legend of Atletico Madrid and the future director of football of Atletico Madrid.
There was a saying in European football at that time that Monchi of Sevilla was best at poaching players with 0 to 15 million euros, and Caminero was good at poaching players with 15 million to 30 million euros.
This is of course a joke, but in Yang Hao's previous life, Caminero made a huge contribution to the rise of Atletico Madrid.
But now, he's still a player.
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The game was as Yang Hao expected. From the very beginning, Valladolid took the initiative to give up the ball. They didn't even want to grab it. They retreated directly and formed a defensive posture near their own penalty area.
Atletico clearly knew the opponent's intentions, but Yang Hao still let the whole team press forward.
He knew that Ferraro wanted to block Atletico Madrid's offensive through defense, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
This is a test for Atletico Madrid.
Yang Hao's response strategy is to press high in the frontcourt, lose the ball, counterattack on the spot, grab the ball, and immediately launch a counterattack.
When the game only started for 4 minutes and 31 seconds, Yang Hao's strategy came into effect.
Valladolid's defenders were not used to Atletico Madrid's high-pressure tactics.
An offensive pass in the frontcourt was blocked, and Valladolid tried to counterattack, but Graveson intercepted the ball with a fierce steal near the thirty-meter area.
After Baraja got the ball, he quickly distributed it to the right.
After Joaquin stopped the ball close to the right sideline, he faced the goal diagonally, forming a one-on-one with Heinze on the wing.
The Spanish teenager was very bold and kept approaching Heinze with the ball, forcing the Argentinian defender to retreat again and again.
Seeing that Valladolid's midfielder Caminero was about to run over to form a flanking attack, Joaquin suddenly dribbled the ball to his left side. He was about to grab the support of the two double-teams and break through the encirclement laterally.
This made Heinze move too.
Joaquin is a right-footed player, but in the game, he can also complete some simple technical actions with his left foot.
For example, this time, when he was about to break through, he suddenly thrust the ball towards the baseline with his left foot. He quickly stopped and started, rushing towards the baseline, leaving Heinze behind.
By the time the Argentinian defender turned around to catch up, Joaquin had already made a pass from the right side of the penalty area.
In the middle of the penalty area, Adriano leaped high after a run-up, overwhelmed Bolivian central defender Pena, headed the ball from close range, and sent Joaquin's cross from the right into Ricardo's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Less than 5 minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid scored first!"
"Still an 18-year-old Brazilian youngster, Adriano!"
"My God, this young player is unstoppable. He scored twice in the last round, and he opened the scoring again tonight, scoring 3 goals in 2 games."
"Adriano is not only tall and strong, but also has excellent foot skills and is very fast."
"Many media and professionals believe that Atletico Madrid has found a treasure!"
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With Adriano's goal, the situation of the game did not change.
Yang Hao did not give up when he saw the situation was good, but motioned for everyone to continue pressing forward.
In fact, with the help of the spirit of scoring a goal shortly after the opening, Atletico Madrid behaved even more aggressively.
When the game progressed to the 13th minute, Atletico Madrid's crazy pressing at the front of the penalty area forced Valladolid's defender to make a passing error. Baraja calmly sent a direct pass, Deco's front After stopping the ball, he broke into the right side of the penalty area and calmly scored with a low shot, giving Atletico Madrid another victory.
2 to 0!
Yang Hao smiled on the sidelines and applauded the team vigorously, applauding Deco and the players' performance.
So far, 13 minutes, 4 shots, 2 goals, which is very efficient.
But Yang Hao still did not change his tactics and still signaled the team to continue pressing forward.
After the second round of the league, Atletico Madrid will have a week of rest, so in this game, Atletico Madrid can output full firepower.
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The game completely entered Atletico Madrid's rhythm.
The Sheets Army was like crazy, constantly bombarding Valladolid.
Whether it was Adriano and Deco in the middle, or Vicente and Joaquin on the wing, Graveson and Baraja also came up and took long shots.
Even Evra, who was active on the left, dared to dribble into the penalty area and show off his forward's footwork and shooting skills.
The most threatening one occurred in the 28th minute. After Evra completed a beautiful breakthrough on the left, he rushed all the way to the frontcourt and passed it across to Vicente, who then passed it across to the penalty kick. point.
After Adriano suppressed the defensive player with his body, he turned his back and stopped the ball with his left foot. The whole process was connected very beautifully, and he was about to score again.
In order to stop the ball with his left foot, the Brazilian did not make the best choice at the time. After turning around, he had to pull the ball with his right foot and hit it with his left foot. As a result, he missed the best chance to shoot.
But near the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid stole the ball within 30 meters of the opponent's area. Deco quickly distributed the ball to the left wing. Evra cut in at high speed along the left sideline, stopped the ball and sent out a Foot cross.
Adriano in the middle attracted the defensive attention, and Baraja stepped in from behind and was unguarded, and hit the goal with a header from close range.
3 to 0!
The entire Soria Stadium was stunned by Atletico Madrid's wave of offensive!
In the impression of Valladolid, Atletico Madrid has not won at this stadium in the past three years.
But now?
In just one summer, the bed sheet army was completely transformed.
The fierce pressing and pressing, the sharp and efficient lightning attack, these made Valladolid a little unable to withstand.
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In the second half, although Atletico Madrid slowed down their offense and the pace of the game, they still firmly suppressed Valladolid.
Especially in the 61st minute, it was the cooperation between Evra and Vicente on the left. After receiving Evra's pass from the left side of the penalty area, Vicente dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and hit hard with speed. Shengsheng suddenly reached the small penalty area and made a cross.
Adriano in the middle fell to the ground and tackled the ball under the entanglement of two central defenders, but the ball hit goalkeeper Ricardo and bounced to the right.
The unguarded Joaquin followed up and hit the ball easily, sending the football into Valladolid's goal again.
4 to 0!
This was also the last goal of the entire game.
In the last half hour, Yang Hao replaced three substitute players, including Xavi Alonso, Reyes and Carvalho, to familiarize them with the rhythm of La Liga games and also give them some opportunities to practice.
In the end, Atletico defeated Valladolid 4-0 in an away game.
After the game, the entire Spanish football world exploded!
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(End of chapter)
