Chapter 87: Unlucky!

The arrival of the domestic film crew did not disrupt Atletico Madrid's preparations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the one hand, they come with a learning attitude, coming to the sports city every day earlier than the Atletico Madrid players to set up, and only after the training is over, they start to clean up.

On the other hand, Gao Han's prestige in the team also gave them great convenience.

At first, the filming team was a little worried that the stars of Atletico Madrid would not cooperate, but on the first day of settling in, they deeply felt the status of Gao Han in the hearts of the players.

It's not just a five-game winning streak, but more details on weekdays.

The coaching staff also did not change their plans because of the arrival of the filming team.

After the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, it will come to an end for the time being.

Because Barcelona is going to participate in the UEFA Cup, coupled with La Liga, the games are arranged very intensively, and the Copa del Rey can only accommodate the schedule.

Therefore, when the semi-finals will be played depends on Barcelona's performance on the European stage.

But in this way, Atletico Madrid is only left in La Liga, and there are one games a week, so you can breathe a sigh of relief.

Just three days after the Celta de Vigo game, the Sheets welcomed Garn at home.

This team is currently ranked fifteenth in La Liga, three points more than Atletico Madrid, but the strength is not strong, especially the defense, which is even worse, so Gao Han did not be polite to him, and took advantage of the home advantage at the beginning to attack aggressively.

In the twelfth minute, Xavi Alonso opened the scoring with a long-range shot from the edge of the box.

Four minutes later, Villa scored again.

But just seven minutes later, Torres made another move.

In less than half an hour, three goals were scored in a row, and Atletico Madrid played a hearty offensive at the Calderón stadium.

But even more impressively, Portuguese talent Hugo Leal provided two assists for the team.

Xavi Alonso's goal also came from a cross from David Villa after his pass.

After the rematch in the second half, Atletico Madrid's offensive continued unabated, and in the 52nd and 89th minutes, with goals from David Villa and Kiko, they finally beat Gahn 5-0.

With six consecutive wins after Gao Han took over the team and three consecutive wins in La Liga, Atletico Madrid's performance has changed considerably from before, and its ranking in the standings has also improved one step further.

After twenty-four rounds, the Sheets Army finished in 15th place with 28 points, five points more than Compostela in 19th, and temporarily avoided the danger of relegation.

Not only that, Atletico Madrid is on the same points as Garn in 16th, Ferrol in 14th and Leganes in 13th, all with 28 points, five points behind 13th Córdoba.

In just three rounds, from the original relegation zone, to the fifteenth place in one go, Atletico Madrid's performance is not eye-catching.

After this round of matches, almost all the Spanish media gave the Sheets Army an extremely high rating.

Head coach Gao Han also confidently said at the post-match press conference that the team has found the key to victory.

"Next, we will attack the top three in the league!"

Gao Han's remarks caused controversy in the media, with some supporting and some opposing.

But the fans of Atletico Madrid stand firm and support it unconditionally!

Seven days later, Atletico Madrid travelled to Compostela in the relegation zone.

As a result, no one expected that it would be another 5-0, away slaughter!

Portuguese genius Hugo Leal scored a hat-trick of assists!

David Villa and substitute Kiko scored twice, while youngster Fernando Torres started with a pass and a shot.

Atletico Madrid's attacking group was shocking, especially Hugo Leal.

After the game, when a reporter interviewed Hugo Leal about his recent hot form at Atletico Madrid, the Portuguese talent attributed his resurgence to the manager's arrangement.

"He doesn't allow my teammates to pass the ball to me in his own half, but he tries to pass the ball to me in the opposition half, and at the same time he doesn't allow me to dribble meaninglessly, he doesn't allow me to shoot, he encourages me to pass the ball more, so ......"

For a while, Gao Han's use of Hugo Leal was immediately appreciated by the media and fans.

Although this is a bit outrageous, judging from Hugo Leal's almost crazy state, Gao Han has indeed used him to life!

At the end of the 25th round, Atletico Madrid moved up one place in the rankings, pushing Elche down to 14th place in the league.

Another week later, Atletico Madrid welcomed Real Betis at home.

It's an uphill battle.

Real Betis are currently ranked second in La Liga, second only to Sevilla, and their offensive and defensive abilities are excellent, especially the youngster Joaquín on the right side, who is even more impressive.

Gao Han looked at it with his keen eyes before the game, Joaquin's potential was as high as one hundred and eighty, and his strength had also reached one hundred and thirty-three, which was similar to Villa, Torres and Xavi Alonso and others who were cultivated by Gao Han.

Moreover, this player is only nineteen years old!

Therefore, Gao Han is very sure that the future of this player is limitless.

In the game, even though Atletico Madrid focused on Joaquin's right side, Antonio López still couldn't restrain Joaquin, and was played by Joaquin's breakthroughs again and again, until Gao Han pulled Zoran Nigus over, which barely limited Joaquin's outstanding performance.

However, Joaquín still assisted his teammate to score in the 37th minute and equalized the score.

Because in the twentieth minute, Atletico Madrid opened the scoring by Villa.

Since then, the two sides have been attacking and defending each other, and Atletico Madrid played again in the second half.

In the 57th minute, Antonio López burst into the penalty area and after receiving a through ball from Hugo Leal, he exceeded the score again.

After that, the two sides failed to score again, and the score remained 2-1 until the end.

However, in the 79th minute, midfielder Zoran Nigus went off injured during a marking of Joaquin and was diagnosed by the team doctor that he would be out for at least four weeks.

Entering the second half of the league, Atletico Madrid also began to expose the hidden dangers of injury.

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Sitting on the sofa in the office, Gao Han looked at the tea tray in front of him in a daze, and the boiling kettle was smoking.

In training just now, central defender Ibic was also injured.

After the winter break, Atletico Madrid played on two fronts in La Liga and the Copa del Rey, with a tight schedule, insufficient squad depth, and the main players were generally physically fatigued, with great injury risks.

This has to attract the attention of Gao Han.

As soon as a professional player is over 30 years old, his physical function declines, and the risk of injury increases greatly.

Captain and veteran Aguilera, main midfielder Oscar Mena, center forward Kiko, left-back veteran Tony Muñoz, and veteran Carlos Lerens......

These players are over 30 years old!

But who is a professional player who doesn't have some injuries?

If it is not handled well, the situation will be worse.

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Knock ~ knock ~

There was a knock on the door, and Gao Han looked up, "Come in." ”

I saw Gao Han's two assistants, Carlos Cantarero and Sergio García, open the door and enter.

"How?"

Cantarero shook his head, "The muscle strain in the right leg is estimated to take at least two weeks." ”

What a stroke of luck!

In recent times, the team's performance has improved greatly, not to mention winning one after another, the offense and defense are also orderly, and the offense is also sharp.

Everyone in the team is holding back their energy, intending to attack the top three in the league again.

But at this juncture, the injury came.

And they hurt both of them as soon as they were injured!

Gao Han nodded slightly, "As for the central defender, Pablo Ibañez can play, and he has performed well in the second team." ”

The Spanish homegrown central defender was quickly promoted to the first team by Gao Han after joining Atletico Madrid, but he has always played with the second team and is currently the main central defender of the second team.

Cantarero agrees, "Then when I train, I arrange for him to partner with Marchena. ”

"Well, they had a tacit understanding before, so it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Pablo Ibañez has been training with the first team for a month and has certainly had no problem with his team, and he has been in good form lately, with a quality improvement of 115, five more than when he first joined.

There is a cold Samsung defense stuck, and it is not a big problem.

"What about the midfielders?" Cantarero asked again.

'Aguilera can play in midfield and try to drop back to play right wing-back. ”

Roberto is a right midfielder, tall and strong, both offensive and defensive, with decent skills at his feet, and he is quite hard at football.

As for captain Aguilera, he used to play in midfield for a while, and it wasn't a big problem.

"In addition, Gabi from the second team will be drawn up. ”

Gao Han is also quite optimistic about Gabi, but after a few players were transferred in one go, in order not to affect the second team, Gabi could only continue to stay, but now, the team has a problem, and it must be transferred.

Sergio Garcia immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away." ”

"Carlos. ”

Gao Han looked at Cantarero, "You have to pay attention to the training in the recent period, and the players' bodies are generally tired. ”

"I see. ”

Looking at Sergio Garcia again, Gao Han was a little helpless.

He's just acting head coach and doesn't have that authority, otherwise he would have invested a sum of money in Sergio Garcia and let him be free to study the player's stats.

You know, physical data is the easiest of all player data to get your hands on.

Statistics and analysis of these physical data can completely prevent player injuries to a certain extent.

It's a pity that he doesn't have this authority!

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Cantarero and Garcia soon left, each going about their own business.

But the team doctor, José Maria Bellerón, arrived.

Gao Han asked him to complete a physical examination report of the first-team players as soon as possible, and to provide a simple assessment of the players every day in the future, and even to submit a copy before and after each training session for the injured.

Belleron also understands Gao Han's work, the team is just improving now, and he can't be beaten down by injuries anymore.

Moreover, March and April have always been the peak of injuries, and he has to be cautious.

But the roof leak happened to rain overnight, even though Gao Han and Atletico Madrid were cautiously prepared, but seven days later, in the away game against the relegation team Ferro, Oscar Mena was brutally fouled by the opposing player in the 43rd minute of the first half and went off injured.

According to the preliminary test of the team doctor, the Argentine midfielder will be out of action for at least a month.

Fortunately, at the most critical moment of the second half, Kiko's goalkeeper and a long-range shot from veteran Aguilera helped Atletico Madrid win Ferro 2-0 away and maintain the winning streak.

At the end of this round, Atletico Madrid's ranking rose again, surpassing Córdoba, with 37 points, the same point as Ebar, but because of the disadvantage of goal difference, it was forced to rank 12th.

A week later, Atletico Madrid sat at home and beat Badajoz 2-0 thanks to a brace from Villa.

After this round, the Sheets surpassed Badajoz, Levante, Murcia, and Sporting Gijón with the same number of points in the standings, ranking ninth in La Liga.

It was also in this round that Real Betis, who were originally ranked second, drew again and lost points, falling to third in the league with 49 points.

At this point, the gap between Atletico Madrid and the right to qualify is only nine points.