Chapter 330: It's the Champions League's Turn!
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The Stadio Martinez Valero is like a lonely island on the eastern outskirts of the city, surrounded by barrenness.
Aragonés joked that Real Mallorca felt like they were back at home at this stadium.
What he means is that the island of Mallorca, isolated from Spain, has a sense of belonging.
Gao Han directly ignored this kind of forceful approach to find feelings, but he didn't dare to ignore Real Mallorca.
Real Mallorca are provisionally ninth in La Liga this season, with a poor record and no big names, but they have always stuck to Aragonés' holistic approach.
That's why they were able to beat Real Madrid 5-1 at the Bernabeu.
Four-four-two, this is the tactical formation of Real Mallorca.
And the biggest change is in the front court.
After leading scorer Luque moved to Deportivo La Coruna before the season, Real Mallorca loaned Pandiani and brought in Fernando Correa from Atletico Madrid.
The former quickly became Samuel Eto'o's most formidable partner, while the latter was a qualified substitute for the team.
The midfield is in a diamond-shaped position, with Argentine Ivagasa behind the two strikers as the team's striker.
In the attacking combination in the frontcourt, Gao Han is most wary of Cheetah Eto'o.
In the last four La Liga games, Samuel Eto'o has scored seven goals and provided three assists alone, making him a standout performer and Real Mallorca's most eye-catching scorer.
Gao Han also highlighted Eto'o's threat in defence.
Atletico Madrid has the advantage in overall strength, but they dare not be careless.
The five-goal defeat at home of the Galaxy Battleship is the best example of the past.
The reason for this is that the enemy is careless.
After scoring a goal, Real Madrid thought that the victory was in hand, but unexpectedly, Real Mallorca scored two goals in a row, which caught Real Madrid off guard.
After that, the results were quite logical.
Real Madrid were desperate to fight back, and Real Mallorca persevered on the counter-attack, and the next three goals were almost identical.
The mistake made by the Galacticos, the high cold will not allow Atletico Madrid to repeat it.
Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid adopted a more prudent tactic, using its own strength advantage to steadily suppress the opponent, rather than blindly pursuing goals.
This allowed Atletico Madrid to quickly dominate the field, with Real Mallorca's truly dangerous first shot on goal not coming until the twenty-third minute.
It was a brilliant pass from Ibargasa, and Pandiani's cross from the left after shaking off Dario Srna was met by Eto'o and he jumped over the ball at the same time as Marchena, only to be cleared by Marchena.
The African cheetah was clearly disappointed that he couldn't score, but Gao Han on the sidelines was apprehensive.
"This kid is really fast. ”
"Who's to say it's not?" Cantarero was also shocked, "I was obviously far away just now, and I suddenly rushed forward, and rushed directly to the front, fortunately Marchena was in a good position this time, otherwise it would ......"
This kind of sudden back grab is very dangerous, and the slightest mistake is to lose the ball.
"The scariest thing is that this kid is improving every game. Gao Han muttered in admiration.
Because of Aragonés' connections, he can be said to have always had his eye on Eto'o.
The Cameroonian striker has not improved much in the past two years, and his strength statistics have not changed in his eyes, which can be called a strange flower.
It's no wonder that in the past few games, he seems to have had an epiphany all of a sudden, and every game has been improving by leaps and bounds.
Now, his strength is as high as one hundred and sixty-five, and he is still improving rapidly.
In terms of fame, many people think that Eto'o is a striker who has only become popular in La Liga in the past few rounds, only Gao Han knows that in terms of strength, Eto'o may have reached the level of a first-line striker in La Liga now, and has the strength to gain a foothold in all teams.
What's even more terrifying is that this Cameroonian player is young, but his characteristics are very comprehensive, he has a lot of scoring methods, his running ability is quite good, and his speed is very fast.
"Keep the momentum going, and in less than a year, he'll be one of the best scorers in La Liga and even in Europe!"
Both Cantarero and Emery were a little surprised.
Gao Han has always had a sense of knowledge, and everyone admires it very much, but is it a bit exaggerated to predict Eto'o's future in this way?
You know, the Cameroonian kid has been criticized for the past two seasons, and now he has only played a few games, as for giving him such a big hat?
Regarding the assistant's doubts, Gao Han only smiled and would not answer positively.
However, Samuel Eto'o responded on the pitch and became Real Mallorca's most dangerous knife up front.
Due to the attention paid to the cold before the game, Atletico Madrid's defense was good, coupled with the advantage of its own strength, it did not give Real Mallorca too many opportunities, and the two sides relied on their own tactics to maintain a certain balance of power on the field.
But this balance of power only lasted for more than half an hour.
In the 36th minute, Atletico Madrid played a delicate combination in front, the ball passed back and forth, and on the left side of the road Villa and Jankulovski, picked up the pass in front of the goal, Kaka inserted a header to score, opening the scoring for Atletico Madrid, 1-0.
After breaking the deadlock, the first half continued to maintain the pre-goal level.
But in the second half, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, Real Mallorca suddenly played a wave of attacks, especially Eto'o, who was quite active, first received a pass from Ibargasa, shook off Marchena, and almost formed a single knife.
But at the critical moment, Carvalho calmly made a tackle and defused a crisis.
Just five minutes later, it was Samuel Eto'o who picked up the ball on the left and shook it past Dario Srna and Marchena in quick succession, but Cech reacted quickly and tipped the ball over the crossbar with both hands to keep it in the back of the net.
Atletico Madrid were quick to return the colours, with Villa, Deco and Dario Srna netting very dangerous shots to send Real Mallorca into a wrench.
Especially in the 73rd minute of the game, Kiko, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from Deco in front of the goal, and the header was ferried to the left side, and Villa followed up and scored another goal for Atletico Madrid, 2-0.
At this point, the suspense of the game has been completely lost!
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"We tried our best, but we still lost, damn it!"
As soon as the match was over, Aragonés came over to congratulate Gao Han for the first time, but the first thing he said was to complain.
The Spanish coach, who bears the distinctive mark of Atletico Madrid, is not in a bad mood despite losing.
Throughout the game, he did his best, but his skills were not as good as others.
It is an indisputable fact that Atletico Madrid's overall strength completely overpowered Real Mallorca.
The Bernabeu's 5-1 slaughter of Real Madrid is unattainable, but it is impossible to repeat.
"Listening to your tone, I don't seem to be convinced. Gao Han asked with a smile.
Aragonés shook his head, "Of course we can't be convinced, we could have done better, if Samuel Eto'o had scored a goal, it would have been a completely different result, but unfortunately we weren't very lucky. ”
In this regard, Gao Han can only hehe.
He would love to remind the stubborn Spanish boss that Samuel Eto'o doesn't seem to be an absolute goalscoring opportunity, right?
But if you win, you have to give people a little step, right?
"La Liga and the Copa del Rey are in hand, and then it's the Champions League. ”
When Aragonés said this, he suddenly looked at Gao Han with a very envious look, "You kid can have a snack, in the history of Spanish football, no team has won the treble, if you take it, it will be ......"
But whatever it was, Aragonés didn't say it, but Gao Han understood in his heart.
Receiving this honor will completely establish his status in Spanish football and even European football.
No matter how long it takes, there will still be countless fans who will remember him.
In the final analysis, professional football is also about seniority.
"AC Milan are not easy to play against at the moment. Gao Han said with a frown.
"Last weekend, when we played Deportivo La Coruna, I had a special chat with Irueta and guess what he would say to me about AC Milan?"
Aragonés suddenly became interested, "What do you say?"
AC Milan have the most luxurious attacking combination in the world, but they play the most conservative football in the world, but if you don't pay attention and show a little flaw, they will eat you without mercy. ”
The flesh on Aragonés' cheeks twitched slightly, and he nodded in agreement.
A team like AC Milan is only possible in Serie A.
Shevchenko and Inzaghi are among the world's leading scorers, while Seedorf, Rui Costa, Rivaldo and Andrea Pirlo are all considered the world's leading tens.
If you want to say that this set of lineups is put together, it can be regarded as a top-ranked attacking lineup in European football.
But in Ancelotti's hands, it was rigidly kneaded into an extremely conservative defensive counterattack.
To add insult to injury, they don't just defend, they can quickly hit sharp and lethal counter-attacks once they are given the opportunity.
The 4-0 win at the Stadio Riazor was a case in point!
"Serie A teams are really difficult to play, and AC Milan are the toughest ones, especially in the Champions League final. Aragonés was also helpless about it.
AC Milan were able to go from finishing second in the group stage in two stages to reach the knockout stage and beating a number of strong teams all the way to the Champions League final, which in itself is a testament to the strength of the Rossoneri.
If Ancelotti hadn't had some housekeeping skills, he wouldn't be where he is today.
As for Atletico Madrid, it is not easy to break through the AC Milan goal and avoid being attacked by the opponent's counterattack.
As it turned out, no team could do it after Ancelotti adjusted their tactics.
Deportivo La Coruna, Juventus and Inter Milan all died at the hands of AC Milan.
Although Atletico Madrid is in good form and has a lot of momentum, it will still be difficult to beat AC Milan in the Champions League final.
Moreover, the Sheets are young and have reached the Champions League final for the first time, and they may be slightly inferior to AC Milan in terms of experience, patience, and even overall stability.
Therefore, it is not completely unreasonable for bookmakers to give odds on half open. (To be continued.) )