Chapter 40: It's good if you win
Evening, September 9, 2000. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Polla de Serro, Estadio Ebayu.
It's a very humble course.
There are no electronic scoreboards, no sideline barbed wire fences, not even the most basic stands.
There are just the terrible turf, and there are the fans standing on the sidelines, who can be counted on two hands.
This is the home of the semi-professional team Chero.
But Gao Han still didn't dare to be careless.
At the beginning of the game, he used the three-star attack card and the three-star attack card in one go, and acted on the two players of Torres and Villa at the same time, asking the team to press and attack.
As a result, in the eighth minute, Atletico Madrid II took the lead in scoring the goal of the Serro team by Villa.
It was certainly a good start to the game.
After that, the game was played safely under Gao Han's control, with goals each scored by Fernando Torres and Gabi in the 31st and 78th minutes respectively.
The score was finally locked at 3-0!
Atletico Madrid's second team has won two consecutive victories!
On the way back to Madrid after the team's victory, Gao Han received a phone call from Matayana.
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"What?"
Gao Han's face was full of surprise, and he couldn't believe his ears.
But on the other end of the phone, Matayana, who was far away at the Calderón Stadium in Madrid, repeated what he had just said on the phone again.
"The first team has lost again!"
This time, Gao Han heard clearly.
"What's going on?" Gao Han was a little puzzled.
It stands to reason that Atletico Madrid's strength can completely crush Huelva, and it is a home game, how can it lose in the presence of tens of thousands of fans?
"The whole game was a mess. ”
Matayana sighed on the other side of the phone, "Zambrano started with a rush to suppress Huelva, but failed to break through the opponent's goal, and in the 35th minute, the opponent seized a chance and successfully counterattacked. ”
After that, Atletico Madrid became more and more anxious, and even in the 83rd minute, Salva was sent off twice for yellow cards. ”
Gao Han smiled bitterly, Atletico Madrid is in big trouble this time!
The opening two consecutive defeats are undoubtedly a blow to the Sheets who want to return to La Liga in one go.
What is even more unexpected is that after the game, Zambrano gave an interview to the media and publicly criticized the players, believing that some players did not do their best at all and lost their Atletico Madrid jerseys. ”
After hearing this, Gao Han could only shake his head.
At this time, Zambrano actually chose to come to this trick, I really don't know what to say!
It's just killing yourself!
"Two consecutive defeats, the team is currently at the bottom of the standings, Zambrano is dangerous!"
Gao Han did not respond to Matayana's words.
"By the way, what's the score on your side?" asked Matayana with concern.
"Three to zero, there is no danger!"
Matayana laughed twice, feeling somewhat comforted.
Gao Han hung up the phone with Matayana, and Cantarero and the players, who had been listening quietly on the sidelines, immediately looked over.
"What's going on?" Cantarero asked with concern.
"The first team has lost again!" Gao Han replied with a wry smile.
"0-1, I still can't attack for a long time, and I lost the ball by counterattack!"
In a word, the air around it suddenly seemed to condense.
Although the first team and the second team are separated, in reality, everyone knows that the first team does not perform well and does them no good.
Even if the first team continues to be so turbulent, they will suffer.
Who doesn't want to play for a team in the top flight?
At the very least, there's hope, isn't there?
"Zambrano is going to be finished!" Cantarero let out a long sigh, full of embarrassment.
It is absolutely unforgivable to lose two consecutive games in the opening game, especially in the second round, to Huelva.
"It's all his own doing, with his kind of character, sooner or later. Gao Leng shook his head with a smile.
It's a bit of a no-brainer to say that, but who's to say it's not?
Everyone around them was silent.
They are indeed a little hesitant about the current state of the team.
Originally, everyone thought that after the team was relegated, it should be able to lie down and bottom out.
Unexpectedly, a two-game losing streak made the shadow of the team's turmoil last season strike again.
In this silence, Gao Han's mobile phone rang again.
Caller ID, Lin Xia.
"Gao Han, is the game over over there?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Lin Xia's voice was immediately heard, and the tone was quite concerned.
"It's over. ”
"Win?"
"Well, three to zero, there is no danger!"
"Whew, that's good!" Lin Xia seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Gao Han smiled slightly, it felt good to be cared for.
No, after the game, no one in the club's management called to ask, but Lin Xia and Matayana were more concerned.
"I just watched the game live and your first team lost again. ”
"Well, I got the message too. ”
Lin Xia smiled, "Anyway, it's good if you win." ”
Gao Han also smiled.
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Atletico Madrid's two consecutive defeats have greatly affected the atmosphere of the team.
The entire sports city of Mahada Enda seems to be shrouded in gloom.
Even the fans who like to come to watch the team's training on weekdays have become much less.
Everyone, from the head coach and team manager to the most ordinary employees, has become extremely cautious and sensitive.
Fortunately, the training area of the second team and the first team is separated by barbed wire, and Gao Han and Zambrano have always been on the same page, so there is no contact at all, so the second team has not been affected much.
After the game, you should rest, and you can train how you should train, and it hasn't changed.
But the first team has changed a lot.
Although it was far away, Gao Han could still hear the roar from the first team's training ground, Zambrano.
It's not as loud, powerful, and confident as before, but he's still roaring as hard as he can.
It was as if this roar could help him maintain his last majesty.
If the Spanish media showed mercy to Zambrano's men when they lost in the first round, this time they were firing with all their firepower and showing no mercy.
Almost all the media believe that with the overall strength of Atletico Madrid, it should not be played like this at all.
The defeat away from home in the first round can be said to be an accident, but the loss at home to Huelva in the second round should definitely not be.
The newspaper As, known as the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, has directly criticized Zambrano, believing that he should take full responsibility for the team's two consecutive defeats and should resign.
Gao Han's good friend Matayana also wrote a column in the newspaper Marca, although he did not criticize Zambrano in a down-to-earth manner, but also believed that Zambrano's lineup in the first two rounds was debatable.
It is worth mentioning that at the end of the commentary, Matayana used a paragraph to mention the second team that has won two in a row.
However, it is not clear how many people will notice.
In the face of the overwhelming accusations and criticism from the media, the management of Atletico Madrid also stepped up.
Technical director Paolo Futre said in an interview with the media that the team still supports Zambrano.
"We are confident that he will be able to adapt quickly and lead the team out of adversity. ”
As for the reporter's question about how the management will respond if Zambrano loses again in the third round of the league, Paul Futre said that there is no plan for this at the moment.
But the day after Paolo Futre's interview, the Spanish media immediately broke the news that Atletico Madrid had begun to prepare a second-hand plan, that is, to fire Zambrano.
There is also a manager to replace Zambrano, and that is the former manager of Sevilla, Marcos Alonso.
The player has played for Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in his career, starting his coaching career at Atletico Madrid as an assistant coach of the first team, taking over La Liga promotion Rayo Vallecano in 95, and leading the team to relegation.
After that, he moved to his hometown team Racing Santander, and performed well in the first season, leading the relegation team to 13th place in La Liga, but the results fell in the second season, and he was also sacked halfway through the class.
After class, he took over Sevilla, which was relegated to La Liga, and led the team to La Liga in the first season, but in the second season, that is, last season, he failed to help Sevilla succeed in relegation, and was finally relegated, and he was also dismissed.
Marcos Alonso is currently at home and ready to take over the team.
The media spread the word, and even the candidates for the replacement came out, so no one could not believe it.
This has clearly had an impact on Zambrano as well.
At the very least, Gao Han felt that Zambrano had been more grumpy on the training ground since the media broke the news about Marcos Alonso.
During that training session on Thursday afternoon, he even got into a heated verbal altercation with the team's centre-forward, Salva.
The manager accused his players of not making that stupid mistake in the final stages of the game, receiving a red card for nothing and not being able to play for the next game.
However, Salva blamed the manager's line-up and felt that the team's tactics did not give him enough support.
The two sides quarreled on the training ground, and almost everyone in the entire sports city heard it.
In the end, if it weren't for the players and the coaching staff separating them, the two would have had a big fight.
Although the incident quickly subsided and first-team leader Carlos Pena quickly stepped in to stabilize the two sides, the whole thing still made everyone uneasy.
When the team is doing well, everything is going well and the problems are covered up.
But once the team's results are bad, all the contradictions will quickly surface.
For what happened in the first team, Gao Han can only learn from it, but there is nothing he can do.
He's the second team manager, he only cares about the second team.
After playing the second round, Atletico Madrid II returned to their home stadium, the Estadio Espino, to face the visiting Ávila in the third round of the league.
Like Serro, Avila is also a semi-professional team promoted from the second division this season.
But even so, Gao Han still didn't dare to be careless.
Because he clearly realized that he could not afford to lose in the high cold than Zambrano!
At least, Zambrano is a local coach, but what about him?
It's just a rookie!
Fighting at home, with the advantage of strength, coupled with the blessing of the skill card of the coaching system, Gao Han led the second team of Atletico Madrid, at the Espino Stadium, with two braces from Torres and Villa, to beat Avila 4-1 at home, and won three consecutive victories!
In the game, young players such as Torres, Villa, Xavi Alonso, Antonio López and Gabi continued the wonderful performance of the first two rounds and won the unanimous recognition of the fans.
And the team's ferocious offensive and dominating play also received a wave of applause from the fans.
At the same time, Atletico Madrid's first team is away to challenge promoted Mahaan in La Liga.