Chapter 028: Team
"Do you know why I won two championships in Argentina in a row?"
Leaning into the aisle, Simeone was not as serious as the press conference and the coach's bench.
Ding Yue looked at this Simeone, who was different from his impression, and he didn't have much guard in his heart, so he naturally replied, "I don't know, but I think, the player is too powerful?"
"you. Simeone unlocked his phone, read the message, and then looked up again, "I'm optimistic about you, boy." ”
Simeone's accent is still so hard to understand, but what he means is not hard to understand. Ding Yue also stood up straight against the wall.
"I know, Boss. "Ding Yue wanted to say that I am also optimistic about you, but I still held back.
'As a player, I think football is a war and we have to destroy our opponents, of course, it's just a metaphor. Simeone smiled.
"But in my philosophy, we do have to be stronger, run more, squeeze the space of the opponent and beat them in the end. ”
Ding Yue listened carefully and nodded from time to time. He didn't know why he pulled him to say this at Sesimone, maybe he had said it to everyone, but... Maybe not everyone.
"Football is a bit like street fighting: there's a moment when two tigers are glaring at each other, and that's the best time for you to sweep him. You don't have to be the better side, sometimes you're even the worse one, but you can arouse their fears and you can have the last laugh. ”
Simeone's face suddenly turned hideous, clenched his fists, and then patted Ding Yue's shoulder.
"I've seen your performance in Ligue 1 and you can be very aggressive, so I'm not worried about whether you can fit into my tactics. ”
"Coach, what do you mean?" Ding Yue was indeed a little puzzled.
Simeone put his phone back in his pocket and motioned for Ding Yue and him to continue walking towards the locker room.
"Now Pep Guardiola's Barcelona have made the whole world fall in love with their football, and no one can deny that. I also think they did a good job before. But if you look at La Liga this season, Mourinho looks like he's going to upend Barcelona's rule. ”
Ding Yue still nodded and listened carefully.
"I mean, there's no one tactic that can dominate the field forever. Do you agree with that?"
"I agree. ”
"But simply learning from others, or even copying others, is not my style, I want to make our own mark on La Liga and even European football. What do you think?"
Of course, Ding Yue knew that Simone succeeded in the end, and no one could deny this.
"Of course you can, Boss. And I'm willing to fight for you!"
Simone walked into the locker room with Ding Yue in his arms.
Once a son of heaven and a courtier, Simeone wants to build his own Atletico Madrid team, and he can't just rely on his own strength. For him, he needs a group of players who are willing to go up and down for him.
Ding Yue belongs to the type where others dig out their hearts for you, and he will give people a desperate job.
Sometimes, many people can confirm each other's sincerity without saying too much.
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Falcao got into a fight with Turan in the locker room.
As soon as Ding Yue walked into the locker room, he heard a bit of fried reggae music, and you can't believe that Turan would like such music.
Falcao must have satirized Turan's taste again.
Seeing Ding Yue and Simeone walking in, Falcao immediately changed from a tiger to a good cat.
As the first player to have contact with Simeone, Falcao's gratitude to Simeone is different from Ding Yue's. In fact, it was at River Plate that Simeone gave him the opportunity to play in the first team, as well as the Chilean Rosanchez who now plays in Barcelona, and gradually transformed them from an unknown player to a star who is now dominant.
Simeone didn't have to communicate much with Falcao. Because he and Falcao are inseparable from each other and know each other very well.
In the summer of this year, Atletico Madrid paid 45 million euros to buy Falcao from Porto, setting a record transfer fee for the club.
Atletico have high hopes for Falcao, as the super-strikers Foran and Sergio Aguero, who once brought glory to Atletico, have switched to Inter Milan and Manchester City. It didn't take long for Falcao to integrate into Atletico Madrid, and after the 5th round of the league, Falcao's league goals were only lower than Messi and Ronaldo, and public opinion believed that he was the third striker in La Liga, and was even expected to impact Messiro's hegemony over the La Liga Golden Boot.
It was precisely because of the wind in the tree that Falcao soon fell into a low ebb.
In the league from October to November, Falcao only scored a total of 2 goals, which was widely questioned. His father, Falcao Sr., once told the media: "My son doesn't like to complain, but I want to tell you that every time I see him when he plays for the Colombian national team, I can see the scars on his body." However, I'm not worried about his goalscoring ability at all, I'm just worried about whether he will lose his stamina at the end of the season if he is doing his best at the moment. ”
At Atletico, Simeone is like Falcao's father.
Today's starters are still Falcao and Adrian at the front, Turan and Ding Yue have been able to continue to start due to their excellent performance in the last game, and Gabi is the kind of midfielder Simeone loves and also occupies a starting position. However, Thiago was replaced by Diego, and in the away counter-attack, perhaps Simeone took into account Diego's clearer thinking, wider vision and more delicate ball control skills in the counterattack.
The back line is also only slightly tweaked in the central defender position, with Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Felipe lined up all the time. As for the goalkeeper... Courtois doesn't have too many team-mates to compete for.
With the jokes and slapsticks these days, Ding Yue also has a clearer understanding of this lucky Belgian boy.
Born into a volleyball family, the boy was raised by his parents to play volleyball, tall and long-armed, thin and well-proportioned, with the physique of a male volleyball player, but Courtois eventually chose football, and he began his professional football career at his birthplace of Bray, where he played as a left-back until 1999, when Courtois moved to Genk FC as a goalkeeper.
It was also from this time that Courtois's football life began to flash on the fast lane.
Everyone loves genius, what is genius, is it to lift weights, it is a flash of inspiration, it is to write like a god, it is to stand on the goal line to make the opponent desperate... If he was born with a starting line drawn at his feet, the genius was that his parents gave birth to him directly at the finish line.
In April 2009, at the age of 16 and 341, Courtois made his Ligue 1 debut. Due to the departure of two goals from the football club during the winter break, Courtois entered the first team of Genk. During his time at Genk, Courtois helped the team win the 20102011 season of the Ligue 1 title, which was the first time in nine years that FC Croatia won the title, and Courtois was also a regular for the first time this season. Courtois has conceded just 32 goals in 40 league games and kept a clean sheet in 14 games for his outstanding contribution 20102011 season, and has been named Belgium League Goalkeeper of the Year and Genk Player of the Year.
Thibaut Courtois moved to Chelsea Football Club from Genk last summer and signed a five-year contract with Chelsea.
After joining Chelsea, he was loaned to Atletico Madrid.
Then, now is it.
Sometimes when Turan Falcao brags, he thinks of every step of Courtois's football road with his parents' good genes to enter the industry, with good training conditions and enlightenment mentors, a smooth journey under the layers of pushing, successful sprinkling of flowers, blessings from the sky, every time halfway through the conversation, Falcao remembered that he was bullied by various friends in order to play football when he was a child, and his feet were full of blood but he still had to force a smile at home, and suddenly felt that his whole body was sweating, and he couldn't wait to immediately use the shortcut keys on the phone to dial the kid, and he didn't say anything, just scolded him"You're!"
"Okay, okay! I'll still say that! The game should be played one game at a time! Go ahead! Let the opponent fear us! Take the three points back to Madrid!"
Simeone clapped his hands and cheered on the players at the last minute before taking the pitch.
Falcao and Ding Yue stood up at the same time and walked out of the locker room side by side. In the direction of the players' tunnel, the shouts of the fans were heard.