Atletico Madrid Training Center.
In the office of new Atletico Madrid coach Simeone.
This iron-blooded coach from Argentina has an iron-fisted way of running the army, but for him, Atletico Madrid, which he just took over, has not actually had time to put Simeone's mark on it.
Former head coach Manzano actually laid a very good foundation.
Atletico Madrid's lineup is not bad.
At the goalkeeper position, there is David De Gea, a talented goalkeeper.
In terms of the choice of central defenders, there are powerful players such as Godin, Dominguez, and Ujfalusi.
In the midfield, there are international-level options such as Thiago, Reyes, and Raul Garcia.
The forwards are even more powerful.
Aguero and Forlan are both top forwards, and Diego Costa is also very impactful and has the potential to become a top forward.
It can be said that this lineup is placed in La Liga, or it can be said that it is quite high among the second-tier teams after Barcelona and Real Madrid in the first-tier.
It is precisely because the team's paper lineup does look very powerful.
So although Manzano led the team to sixth place in the league.
The ranking is greatly improved compared to previous seasons.
But the team's current chairman of the board, Enrique Cerezo, made the decision to fire Manzano after the team's 1-4 defeat to Herkus.
When new coach Simeone took office, his opponent was Malaga, which had won five consecutive games.
This seems to be putting a lot of pressure on Simeone.
At this time, in Simeone's office, he is taking his coaching team to watch specially edited videos.
It’s about Yello’s performance on the ball.
His touches, passes, passes, shots, and all other scenes with the ball at his feet were all edited out.
It didn't take long.
Because of his full play, Yelo played six games in La Liga, including five starts in the league and one substitute appearance in the Copa del Rey.
In these six games, almost every scene where Ye Luo had the ball was edited out.
In fact, there is a video of Yello's performance in the entire game, but that time was too long, and Simeone easily made a judgment after watching Yello's performance: Yello is not a person who is good at off the ball. A player who plays well.
therefore.
Ye Luo's biggest threat is when the football reaches his feet!
Simeone has watched this video many times.
For Simeone, coming to Atletico Madrid is seen as a new starting point for his coaching career.
He plans to have a big fight here!
After all, in Simeone's view, Atletico Madrid has a solid lineup on the one hand, and on the other hand, Atletico Madrid has a very good youth training system and scouting system. Their club size is also among the top in La Liga.
So Atletico Madrid has the foundation to allow Simeone to realize his ambitions.
Now in the standings, Atletico Madrid is not far behind the top four.
So for Atletico Madrid, the goal for the coming season is also very clear: compete for a qualification to participate in the Champions League!
You know, participating in the Champions League for a season can help the team get Champions League bonuses and broadcast shares from at least six Champions League group matches.
The income from this part is at least 20 to 30 million euros.
This amount of revenue is a huge sum of money for any team.
Therefore, being able to participate in the Champions League can greatly increase the team's income in a single season, and accordingly more funds can be invested in the transfer market. In addition, the exposure brought by participating in the Champions League is also beneficial to the team's recruitment—— When choosing a team, many players tend to choose teams that are qualified to participate in the Champions League.
If you can't participate in the Champions League.
Even a big club like Manchester United sometimes has trouble recruiting...
As the video plays to the end.
The TV screen goes black.
Simeone looked at his assistants and said: "Gentlemen, the key to this game is actually how to curb Yello's performance."
When several of his assistants heard this, they frowned but never relaxed.
Instead, he frowned even tighter.
After repeatedly watching the video of Ye Luo's game.
The more they looked at it, the more terrifying they felt about this little guy...
The more you look at it, the more shocked you are.
Speed, ball feel, breakthrough, and shooting are all very powerful.
That’s all.
What makes them feel the most troublesome and scary is that this little guy seems to be in full form in every game - he has almost no ups and downs!
Even the ups and downs in physical fitness that are most likely to occur for young players have not occurred.
Although it seems that Ye Luo has exhausted all his physical energy in every game.
But in the next game, it was like the game state at the beginning of the season after a month or two of rest...
This guy's physical recovery ability is really terrifying.
"Have you noticed? If you look at these few games together... you can see that the speed at which this little guy's game experience has improved... seems to be a bit exaggerated. When he played against Real Madrid, he looked like he was just debuting. A youth player, when I played with Almeria... he gave me the feeling of a mature player who has played in the top league for one or two seasons."
Simeone's assistant coach Hermann Boggs said with a frown.
"His rate of improvement is the fastest I have ever seen since I became a coach!"
"Yeah, I can't see his shortcomings in terms of technology. His physical fitness is very good, and his level of sophistication in the current game is also..." A tactical coach also shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Restrict Ye Luo?
too difficult!
Simone frowned upon hearing this.
All he thinks about these days is how to win his first game as Atletico Madrid head coach.
Winning the first game will allow Simeone to get the support of Atletico Madrid players as much as possible and boost the team's morale.
But to win.
Ye Luo must be restrained.
If Yello scores a hat trick in this game like the last game or against Real Madrid, it will be too difficult for Atletico Madrid to win.
He looked at the frowning assistants, but showed a smile.
"It seems that this little guy's deterrence is strong enough. Maybe he doesn't have much shortcomings in personal skills, but this is a football match, not a one-on-one duel! Our opponent is Ma Laga, not Yelo alone.”
Simone stood up.
Pulled up a whiteboard.
"Have you noticed...Málaga's goals include long shots, counterattacks, and breakthrough goals, but they are missing a very important link!"
Simeone turned his head and said one word heavily: "Piece!"
As soon as this statement came out.
The coaches present couldn’t help but their eyes lit up!
Malaga's set-piece scoring efficiency is indeed not high. They have no high points and no free kick masters.
"So, this means...we can increase our defensive intensity against Yelo in this area!"
brush.....
Simeone drew a large area between the front edge of the penalty area and the center line.
"Fouls are part of the game."
Simone said calmly.
He wants to turn this game into a midfield stranglehold, using constant fouls and small moves to deal with Ye Luo, giving young Ye Luo a little bit of the shock of "iron-blooded football".
