After a relatively long international break, Simeone's first opponent is not his next league opponent, Rayo Vallecano, nor is it Zenit St. Petersburg, the first opponent he will face in the Champions League group stage just two days after this game... It's a virus.

As the name suggests, in the case of the increasing intensity and density of professional football matches, the national team and the club will inevitably have conflicts in the employment of personnel, and the injuries and fatigue of players in the national team will affect the club's performance, which is also jokingly called "virus" by fans.

In fact, the big clubs have a long history of hating the national break, and the club's players have to go through long flights, matches, jet lag and so on to participate in international competitions, which can easily cause fatigue. More seriously, these players can get injured in international matches. As a result, these internationals who return to club after the international break tend to be sluggish.

Falcao was injured, not very seriously, but injured... The team doctor's initial diagnosis was a calf muscle strain, which was absent for at least a week.

That means Falcao will miss three games.

Others, such as Godin and Miranda, flew halfway around the world to play in South America, and Ardaturan played two games in just seven days for the Turkish national team, playing a full 90 minutes.

Kicking the ball is the ball, of course. The ball is of course important. It's just that...... What else does no one play?

Simeone's current deck of cards, most of them from the previous Atletico Madrid coach left by the stall, although this stall is not bad, it took more than half a year, Simeone also played this deck of cards well, but the front trident that followed him Longtan Tiger's Den, now the tip of the halberd is wasted.

Looking at the list of people who replaced Falcao, he was still not satisfied, and thought about it... Or decided to use the seven-wound knife.

If you use it well, it will naturally hurt the enemy, and if something goes wrong... It hurts oneself very deeply.

Diego Costa.

A mysterious, prosperous beauty.

When Ding Yue heard that Costa was finally going to get the starter, he couldn't help but laugh out loud on the spot.

So, on September 16, Atletico Madrid hosted Rayo Vallecano, and the fans of the Sheets finally couldn't see Falcao's long hair fluttering for the time being, but they were fortunate to... Appreciate the beauty.

The new trident in the frontfield, Diego Costa in front, Ding Yue went to the left side, the right side was handed over to the veteran Rodriguez, Pogba Coke Gabi is still the three fierce men in the midfield, Felipe Miranda and Godin were pressed on the bench by Simeone in this game due to the long flight distance, and Cata Diaz and others were on top. Courtois is injury-free, so there are no days off.

Half past nine, for Spaniards, is not even the beginning of the nightlife.

But this is not a bad time to kick off.

Rayo Vallecano started in a 352 formation.

This is not very common in La Liga. At the turn of the century, the 352 formation was all the rage on the football field. Among them, the 01 Serie A champion Roma and the 02 World Cup champion Brazil have used the 352 or 3412 formation like a fish in water.

To borrow a commentary from the famous Han Qiaosheng: "Suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, Serie A has three popular defenders" The "small World Cup" of the Serie A league during that period has led the tactical innovation of football many times. Even the Serie A field, which attaches great importance to defense, has once blown a whirlwind of three defenders!

In this system, one of the three centre-backs will often play the role of "scavenger", while the other two centre-backs will be responsible for marking the opponent's two strikers.

Perhaps Rayo Vallecano's head coach Parker was concerned about the speed of Atletico Madrid's two wingers, especially Ding Yue, so he discharged such a formation.

Simeone was a little surprised, but decided to play first, with me as the main player.

"I'm a little nervous. Diego Costa gently wiped a few drops of drink from his jersey, looked at Ding Yue and said calmly: "But I know that as long as I am given a chance, then whether it is Real Madrid Barcelona or this little Rayo Vallecano, there is no difference, I can score!"

"I'll pass you the ball. Ding Yue was silent for a while and said: "You are indeed a good striker, believe me, the head coach I have always been like you as a striker." ”

Many years after his previous life, he left Atletico Madrid and returned from Chelsea. Costa and Atletico Madrid, and Simeone, are a match made in heaven. Ding Yue knew this.

But Costa wasn't sure, Simeone wasn't feeling it yet.

So Costa was also a little surprised.

When the club ended his loan, he had no choice.

Every day in training, against his first-team team-mates, he uses a real knife and a real gun, fighting for every ball, showing no mercy in every tackle, and using all his strength to shoot every shot.

Some teammates who don't have such a stiff relationship with him asked him why he worked so hard, and he said that he didn't like the perfunctory pressing of traditional centers, in fact, there was a sentence in his heart that real men should do those fierce men!

During his first three years in Spain, Diego Costa was loaned to Celta Vigo, Albacete and Valladolid. In the past three years, his number of goals has been the same as his disciplinary news, no more, no less, tepid.

However, it was in Valladolid that he met the first coach who knew how to tune him, José Luis Mendiliba. Mendiliba allowed Costa's bravery to be more useful and allowed him to focus more on the pitch. The coach, who has a penchant for reinvention, defended Costa's outrageous behaviour by saying that it was these experiences that taught Costa to become a true professional. He added: "Costa is a player with character, which is necessary for every striker, and he is better able to use his strengths. At the same time, he focuses on himself and doesn't change his traits much, which makes him stand out from the rest. ”

Although almost every manager will protect his players, compared to these, a player is luckiest to meet a coach who understands him... Know his characteristics... Or more accurately, to have his instruction manual in hand.

A full year has passed since last season's loan, Costa has completed his transformation, getting a glimpse of the true meaning of La Liga defenders' defense, and finally qualifying to enter the front line of the big team and enter Simeone's eyes. He doesn't want to be loaned anymore and he doesn't want to be a second-rate team.

Today is a great opportunity for him.

As soon as the referee blew the whistle, Diego Costa was more like a tiger than Falcao, and went straight towards the opponent's midfielder who had the ball.

The opposing midfielder Trasolas hurriedly passed the ball to the central defender Amat as the central defender of the three central defenders, Amat had enough vision and enough passing space, but Diego Costa rushed straight towards him as if he didn't see it.

The corners of Ding Yue's eyebrows moved, looking at Costa's heroic posture, and silently thought in his heart, no matter what the outside world says about this guy... can climb to the position of the starting center forward of the Spanish national team, this guy is by no means just dirty!