When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Valencia City Stadium was boiling!

On the field, some players are excitedly celebrating the team's good start, while others are holding their heads in high spirits, like defeated roosters. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The same is true on the sidelines.

Although they were also promoted to the first team in the summer, the two managers reacted very differently after the game.

In front of the home team's coaching area, Levante's new coach Granero was hugging his assistants, full of red light, indescribable spirit, and endless ambition.

In the away team's coach's box, the head coach of the away team Atletico Madrid, Zambrano was bruised and did not dare to take the lead.

In this way, he is hiding from the cameras of reporters and TV broadcasts.

On the scoreboard at the Valencia City Stadium, there is a surprising scoreline, four to one!

In international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.

It was a complete fiasco!

At the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid showed a strong desire to win, dominated by the opponents, pressed hard, and successfully used the exquisite combination of two center forwards, Kiko and Salva, to break through Levante's goal and take the lead.

But after taking the lead, Atletico Madrid did not slow down the tempo, but continued to press, intending to expand the score.

But at this moment, Levante launched a counter-attack, and striker Keku seized the opportunity and scored the equaliser.

After a miserable equaliser, Zambrano still did not choose to retreat, but continued to ask the players to increase their offensive investment.

On the other hand, Levante stuck to his own half and adopted a steady counterattack tactic.

Finally, in the 26th minute, Levante seized the opportunity again, and after Kaiku successfully countered offside, he burst into the penalty area, crossed in front of the goal, and assisted his teammates to score and reverse the score.

Conceding goals in a row, Atletico Madrid is unstable.

At halftime, Zambrano shouted at the performance of the players, demanding that in the second half, they must increase their offensive efforts and equalize the score as soon as possible, or even reverse it.

But what I never expected was that Levante's defense was surprisingly tenacious, but the counterattack was extremely sharp, and in the 52nd and 68th minutes, two counterattacks resulted in goals, and finally locked the score at 4-1.

This is a result that no one would have expected before the game!

But it just happened!

Zambrano sat in the dugout, and he didn't even walk over to shake hands with the players as they were done when they walked off the pitch.

The anger that comes from the distrust, suspicion, and even accusations of the players that keeps him out.

"You bastards, you don't work, think I can't see it?"

"If you work a little harder, the back line will be so easily breached?"

"If you fight a little bit more on the court, Levante can get a chance so easily?"

"Now that you've lost the game, you're going to blame me, doubt me?"

"Damn, I'm not done with you!"

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Despite Zambrano's desperate attempts to avoid the camera, his angry expression was captured on live television and presented to all the fans.

That's the downside of having live broadcasts!

Gao Han naturally saw it too.

"Zambrano is too anxious, too obsessed with winning!"

This is Gao Han's opinion after watching the live TV broadcast of the whole game.

"Hmm. Cantarero also agreed, "The overall strength of the first team is still better than Levante, if Zambrano can slow down the pace appropriately after taking the lead at the beginning, it is estimated that Levante wants to counterattack, it will not be so easy." ”

But Gao Han didn't see it that way.

'I think the main thing is the ageing of the back line and the mentality of the players. ”

Atletico Madrid's first team is ageing at the back, which is a serious problem.

In fact, this problem has persisted for the past few years.

Don't look at Atletico Madrid's style of play is relatively simple and rough, but in fact, this is a very typical La Liga team, which attaches great importance to the team's attack, and it can even be said that Atletico Madrid's tactics themselves revolve around strikers.

From Kiko and Penev during the Double, to Vieri, to Hasselbaink, and now Salva.

In Atletico Madrid's tactics, a strong central striker always occupies a crucial position.

Therefore, even if they are relegated and sell Hasselbaink, Atletico Madrid will immediately do everything possible to poach Salva, the top scorer in La Liga.

Suppress the opponent's central defender with a strong center, threaten the opponent's goal, and then through the forward movement of the back line and the overall pressure of the midfield, the opponent is firmly suppressed, and then the advantage of the strong center is maximized.

But there are two major risks associated with such a tactic.

First, the back line moves forward, which is more demanding on defenders, especially to achieve quick up and down.

But now Atletico Madrid's backline is full of veterans, and it is clear that they cannot adapt to such a tactical style of play.

Zambrano stuck to the team's traditional style of play, and did not adjust the tactics according to the characteristics of the players.

In the 88th minute, in the final stage of the game, the red card of the veteran central defender Fernandes is the best example.

"The other thing, and most importantly, is that the hearts of the players are scattered. ”

Gao Han shook his head, "At least in terms of team pressing in the midfield, I don't see the players doing their best. ”

Team pressing in midfield is the foundation of Atletico Madrid's traditional style of play.

Without this link, the back line rushed to press, but allowed the opponent to play the ball easily, that is purely looking for death.

Therefore, in the game, Levante counterattacked, almost a hit and a target!

"I've heard that after Zambrano was promoted to the first team, he had a very unpleasant relationship with a group of veterans in the team. Sergio Garcia said with a sneer.

"Oh?" Gao Han then remembered that his assistant and Zambrano seemed to have formed a bond.

"That's what I heard, too. Garcia shrugged his shoulders and said disdainfully.

"Zambrano entered the first team and went straight to training and at the same time put higher demands on the players in terms of tactics, with veterans led by captain Aguilera reacting on behalf of the team, and the result was ...... He insisted on going his own way. ”

Gao Han nodded, this is indeed very similar to Zambrano's style.

Moreover, Zambrano publicly stated in his first press conference after the promotion of the first team that he would vigorously promote rejuvenation reforms in the team, especially at the back. ”

After hearing this, Gao Han shook his head and smiled, "He's too self-righteous!"

There is no doubt that Zambrano's coaching record in the second team is indeed impressive, but that has nothing to do with coaching the first team.

Sometimes there are things that can be done, but not said.

It's like he's going to promote rejuvenation, right? Does it make sense?

Yes, very right, very reasonable.

But the question is, if you say it so blatantly, the media and fans will be happy and think you are good, but what will the veterans think?

Professional footballers are also human beings, and they will have all the emotions of ordinary people.

Zambrano is indeed clumsy in dealing with this issue.

Perhaps, he had thought of it, but he was too optimistic about his prestige.

Optimistic, he felt that even if he said it, the players would still die for him.

But, is this possible?

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The heavy defeat in the first round of the league soon affected Atletico Madrid.

Early the next morning, Gao Han arrived at the sports city, and it was obvious that he could feel the change on the club's faces from top to bottom, from the security guards at the gate to the staff in the sports city.

It gives people a very depressed and depressed feeling.

When Gao Han came to the youth team's training area, he saw that the team's equipment manager was moving things to the first-team training area.

"Hey, Anthony. Gao Han passed by and said hello casually.

Anthony Rilalandi looked up and saw that it was Gao Han, and squeezed out a stiff smile, "Hi." ”

"Didn't the first team rest today?" asked Gao Han curiously.

Rila Randi shook her head, "It's customary to rest, but...... Zambrano changed plans. ”

"Oh. Gao Han nodded.

"I won't tell you, they rushed to set up the training ground. ”

Watching Rila Randy leave with his things, Gao Han looked at the first-team training ground from afar.

Inside, Zambrano was directing the coaching staff to set up the training ground, but strangely, no one spoke.

This is professional football!

It's brutal and realistic!

But Gao Han didn't have the leisure time to pay attention to others, because he knew very well that if he lost, the situation would definitely be worse than the current Zambrano.

Even at that time, the first to attack him was Zambrano!

He will never allow Zambrano's mistakes, to happen to him!

So, he's going to win!

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Atletico Madrid beat Toledo 5-0 in the first round to take the top spot in Group 1 of the second league, but it was inconsistent.

Rounding off at the top of the table is Real Madrid II.

The team's performance in the first round of the game was also quite eye-catching, with Portillo's hat-trick at home, beating Fuenlabrada 4-0, and also made a good start to the season.

Sporting Gijón II also beat Caudal 3-1 at home, with Pinault scoring a goal.

After a round of league play, Atletico Madrid II also collected first-hand information, coupled with Cantarero's familiarity with the second league, according to the experience he provided, Gao Han can already preliminarily judge the strength of the opponent.

If nothing happens, the real challenge to Atletico Madrid II should be Real Madrid II, Sporting Gijón II, as well as Zamora and Ourense, who won in the first round and performed well last season.

As for Toledo, despite the heavy defeat in the first round, Cantarero still has a high opinion of this team, believing that as long as it adjusts, Toledo will still be the strongest contender for the group title this season.

On the contrary, Fuenlafrada, Alcocón and Deportivo II performed poorly in the first round and were not favored.

In the second round, Atletico Madrid II will travel north to Pora de Siero, south of Gijón, to take on promoted Masiero away.

This is a semi-professional team that has been established for more than 80 years, and has previously been in the lower leagues, and has been promoted to League Two for the first time this season, drawing away from their opponents in the first round without any intelligence.

Because of this, Gao Han didn't dare to be careless at all.

Because he knows that the more such opponents are often the same, the easier it is to capsize in the gutter.

While Gao Han is concentrating on preparing for the second round of the league, Zambrano is also actively preparing.

This time, both teams play on the same day.

The opponent of the first team is Huelva.

Interestingly, last season, Huelva finished 21st and had already been relegated.

However, Atletico Madrid was relegated from La Liga to La B, and Atletico Madrid's second team, which was originally in La B, was forced to be relegated to the second league.

As a result, Huelva, who should have been relegated, stayed in La Liga instead.

And everyone also felt that facing Huelva at home would be a great opportunity for Atletico Madrid to get out of the shadow of a heavy defeat in the first round.

Therefore, this battle has attracted the attention of everyone up and down the club.

On the contrary, the second team is unattended.