Chapter 76: Where is Jun going?

When the tee whistle blew, Gago was in a daze.

It's not that he was distracted on the court, it's just that he suddenly felt that there was no direction in front of him.

- Looking up, the opponent's half didn't even have a gradient blue, although their little coach said that there was no problem, just kick, but now who are you going to pass the ball to when the ball is broken?

However, when the whistle blew and Atletico kicked off, the Argentine realized that he was thinking too much.

No matter who he wants to pass it to later, he hasn't even touched the ball, what's the use of thinking about this?!

Sampaio kicked off, and after two simple chamfers, the ball was passed to Simeone, as a well-rounded midfielder, Atletico's former captain has always been a good player in organizing attacks, and it was he who led Atletico Madrid step by step from relegation back to the top league, which can be said to be a great credit, at this moment he dribbled the ball very lightly around Gago, and then raised his foot to distribute the ball to Salva.

"In the blink of an eye, Atletico Madrid has already passed the ball into Laco's big penalty area! Could it be that the first goal of the new season is coming so soon?! "Sky Sports' commentators are fast," Atletico should ask Laco defenders for their opinion! We can see that Capdevilla and Juan Sorin are moving closer in the direction of Salva, and the gap between the two is big enough to run a horse...... Hey, Salva passes? ”

A puzzling scene on the field is unfolding, obviously there is still some distance from those two people, but Salva directly chose to distribute the ball to Torres, who was waiting on the side, and seemed to think that Torres was in a better position? However, after receiving the ball, Torres also rarely hesitated for a few seconds before starting to dribble, which surprised everyone.

"What's going on, Atletico seem to be scorching after they burst into the box...... Dean, do you know what's going on? ”

Dean is also a veteran of the court, his eyes are very vicious, he squinted his eyes and looked at the layout of the whole field for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Deportivo La Coruna has piled up an incredible number of midfielders in the midfield, and these midfielders who can attack and defend and have the ability to intercept at the same time are like a net covering the players who rush into Atletico Madrid's own half, and there is no one to pass the ball in Torres' sight." ”

"What happened to Salva's pass before, there's still a lot of space, right?"

"It's loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it looks like there's a lot of space on the pitch, but if you look closely—" Dean pointed to the screen, where Torres was trying to break through, but even if he could get past Valente, Andrade and Juan Sorin were in the background, and Capdevilla not far away was also eyeing him, and that's only part of the screen capture, and there was Redondo in front of him, and Gago was also coming in the half!

'Everybody is involved in defending, and is a defence that looks loose really as harmless as it seems? I just wanted to get to know the guy who created this tactic, how did he come up with the idea of playing more midfield? ”

Listening to Dean talk more and more mysteriously, and even showed a fanatical expression that he had never seen at all, Frank was frightened: "Okay, okay, Dean, calm down, let's continue to observe the situation on the field now, Atletico Madrid seems to be glued to Laco's backfield, and if you look closely, the team that Atletico Madrid rushed in seems to be retreating a little bit!" ”

Obviously, no one would have thought that the opening scene would be like this, when Atletico Madrid was unstoppable, they thought they would see lightning-fast goals or strong counterattacks and tackles, and even Laco was ready to test the reliability of the new goalkeeper at the beginning of the game, but now, it seems that the person in trouble is Atletico.

"Using the midfield to press, moving more resolutely in a different position, switching spaces more resolutely, and changing direction faster and more consistently, this makes the whole backcourt look loose but solid, and the minimum number of personnel is used to maximize the defensive arrangement," Dean's eyes are shining, "It's incredible, how did Laco develop such a tactic in a month, and how did Juan do it?" ”

"How could it be Juan? It's not that you don't know, he's an attacking maniac, you can see it when you were at Manchester United and the national team......" As he spoke, Frank was also a little unsure, after all, the lineup he held was really different, and when the list was first released, the two of them took turns to ridicule this lineup.

It's all midfielders, I don't know what to call it...... Looking back now, it tastes like a slap in the face......

The camera also happened to be given to Juan, who was already standing on the edge of the court at this time, with his hands in the pockets of his suit pants, his ice-blue eyes looked like a calm lake without waves, and there was no clue at all from his demeanor, as if everything on the field had nothing to do with him, which made Frank and Dean look at each other, very helpless.

"This person has learned quite well from the lord in terms of being quiet."

Juan watched the court calmly, even though everyone was already standing up and nervous, he just squinted his eyes to see if there was any problem with everyone's movement.

He has a lot of confidence in Laco's current lineup, and in order to surprise everyone today, Laco has been preparing for more than a month.

It can be said that since the team had a prototype, everyone has been practicing three sets of basic tactics.

The 4-3-3 formation can be offensive and defensive, and the attack is strong, which is mostly played in today's football, such as the Portuguese national team and Atletico Madrid in front of them; A 4-4-2 formation, relying on a strong midfield, which can support the strikers in the front and the defenders in the back, and control the tempo of the game, such as Manchester United; The third set, the 4-6-0 formation, is also the formation that Laco has practiced the most so far.

Laco has an outrageous number of midfielders, and what is even more rare is that the six midfielders can almost all cooperate at will, such as Redondo, a midfielder with a strong midfield dominance with one or two wingmen is enough, but a novice like Gago, or a midfielder with a soft style like Aimar, there must be a strong defense around him to help him resist some of the pressure, which is also a supplement to the defense.

"Is this really possible?" Assistant coach Allen didn't know when he walked to his side, a pair of eyes were staring at the court very anxiously, this was the first game of the new season, and it was also the first game of the new Lako, although it seemed to have a very good performance at the beginning, but it had been ten minutes like this!

Atletico Madrid's offensive can't get in, and Laco's pass is also slow, it seems to be a little confusing, several times there are already opportunities and gaps, but because of the hesitation of the ball carrier led to the loss of the ball, but fortunately, the midfield is still solid in this aspect.

"I have to say that Laco hasn't conceded a single goal so far, maybe in the end it's thanks to their midfield pile-up, if it weren't for the big stars in the midfield who intercepted it, the consequences would be unimaginable." Frank was a little worried: "What is Portillo doing, why is he staying so behind, why is he not waiting in front of the field to receive the ball and stay in midfield?" ”

Obviously, he is not the only one complaining, and Laco's official fan forum is simply full of complaints.

"If there had been a striker, we would have scored a goal!"

"It's not like we don't have strikers, but who let the strikers stay in the center circle, it's just a mess!"

"Why didn't Juan stop it yet?"

"Hehe, when you look at him like that, he must have no idea."

"Laco's first game of the season isn't going to be that ugly...... Don't, how sorry is Laco's lineup? ”

'Dias must have his own ideas, so let's keep watching.'

Of course Juan has an idea, Portillo has looked at it several times, and that look is asking him if he wants to step forward, but every time Juan looks like he is not moving, and when he is bored, he shakes his head at most, signaling him to still stand by.

Portillo stood there almost with his back on his back, and he could naturally sense that the other people were looking at him wrong, but generally Juan's request would not go wrong, he just had to stand here.

It didn't take long for Portillo to know what his reason was for standing here.

The football finally passed from the direction of Gago, and Spain was startled as soon as he subconsciously looked up after receiving the ball.

At first, he didn't feel much when he practiced on his own court, but now that he started playing, he noticed that when the ball was at his feet, he was almost surrounded by his teammates, which was sour~~

Porti is very careful when he dribbles the ball, to be precise, he is afraid that the ball will be broken, but once the opposing player really wants to break the ball, then he only needs to pass the ball to the side of his teammate, the biggest feature of this tactic is that he can't defend at all.

A defense has to face two or three players, and almost every round is a two-one, how can you defend it?

"This ...... Laco is very calm. Frank was dumbfounded, and finally passed the ball out of his own half, why did they still pour their feet to each other so slowly, looking like they were not worried about Atletico Madrid's interception at all, conscience, even Real Madrid next door to Atletico Madrid didn't dare to fall so slowly in front of their own brothers in the same city, who knows if it will be wasted?

But Laco was good, looking unhurried, a few people passed the ball in the midfield, and then sent the ball into the opponent's half of the court little by little. "The fans here are going to fall asleep!" The on-site commentator was very dissatisfied and shouted, "Is Deportivo hypnotizing the audience?" ”

The camera showed Juan standing on the sidelines again, but this time they were surprised to find that this person seemed to be counting something?

Young Marshal Lako's lips moved slightly, looking at the slowly moving forward and cautious appearance on the court, gradually soothing his brows, and the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile.

"Eighteen...... Nineteen...... Twenty! ”

Before the words fell, the audience erupted in huge boos, and Juan turned his head regardless of it and hugged his already sluggish assistant coach Allen: "Alan, are you unhappy about scoring a goal?" ”

Alan opened his mouth, his face full of incredulity: "This is the goal?" When did you get in? ”

"Just now." Juan reluctantly patted him on the shoulder and motioned for him to look at the big screen, while the Laco bench behind him only reacted at this time, jumping out of the shed one by one and cheering.

“gooooal！！！ Portillo! Frank couldn't help but exclaim, "Suffocate me!" I can finally shout, I'm almost asleep! At first, I thought that Laco would use a quick game to fight, but they actually came to such a slow tactic? It's just unreasonable! It was at this time that I had the passion for football!! ”

Dean was very open: "After all, the season has just begun, so Juan used a more secure style of play, which is understandable, you see even the goal just now, Laco almost passed to the opponent's small penalty area, and then Portillo hit the goal, the whole process is not thrilling at all, but it shows Laco's stability!" ”

"It's true that Laco also has players who are good at speed, but most of them are either injury-prone or slow, especially the Argentine midfielders, both of which are accounted for, and it is unlikely that they will attack quickly."

"This one is so safe, it's not like a tactic that a young man would come up with, scoring a goal in twenty minutes, and he can figure it out!" Dean added, "And it's a way of playing that minimizes physical conflict and is good for most of the players on the team." ”

"The midfield is down-footed, in our previous opinion, this is just a tactic to delay time, but this formation uses the cooperation of the back-to-foot, almost bloodlessly dismantling Atletico's attack, this approach is ......" Frank sighed, "too old and spicy!" ”

The Deportivo fans, who finally reacted to what was happening, began to cheer, although they were still a little confused about this goal, but what about him!

With twenty minutes to go, Deportivo broke the deadlock!

Portillo excitedly immediately ran to the sideline to celebrate, and before his teammates could catch up, he hugged Juan Díaz directly......

Fortunately, they still knew that the game had just begun, and after celebrating for a while, they ran away one by one, Portillo was pressed inside and couldn't break free, and finally had a chance to breathe, he took a deep breath and asked directly: "What should I do next?" ”

Juan told them that they had to be safe at the beginning, and when they scored a goal, they would think about anything else.

"What to do?" Juan was relieved at this time and glared at the person in front of him. "Keep up the good work, won't this ball work well?"

"That speed is ......" Portillo looked at it dumbfounded, Juan thought for a while, and directly clapped the board: "You go in one more, and I'll tune it up for you at halftime." ”

"Good!" Despite the envious and hateful gaze on the bench, Portillo came on the pitch with great energy, and after scoring a goal, Atletico seemed to be on their toes, so they were terrified of who got the ball, and they were able to find the key defenders this time.

Portillo~ All in all, let's put this forward to death first!

However, as it turned out, they were on the wrong side, and when the Argentine trio of Aimar, Riquelme and Redondo flew past Portillo with the ball, not only the Atletico players, but also Portillo himself collapsed.

I'm the front!! I'm a striker!! Where are you going, coming back!!

The ball of those three people is notoriously difficult to break, Simeone has been in the midfield before, and now he has run a small half with Riquelme, but every time he can't break the ball - the main reason is that Laco either doesn't go out of the half, one out of a nest, no Riquelme and Aimar, no Aimar and Redondo, the ball in control of Belleron are his own players on all sides, and the pass is called a peace of mind and happiness.

"The big thing to watch on the pitch right now is who Juan Bellerón will pass the ball to." Frank said very bluntly, "Football often moves outside, but most of the time it still goes back to the feet of Belleron, in terms of organizing the attack, he and Redondo are almost complementary to each other, one is suitable for opening the field, the other is suitable for tearing up the defense, it is simply a natural pair!" ”

"Actually, what I want to know is who will do the last shot this time." Dean held his breath. "It's close, Laco has already entered the box with the football, the shot will be generated in the next few shots, who will do the final one? Oh – Portillo scored twice!! ”

Portillo is indeed a goal-oriented striker, and when Atletico goalkeeper Aragoneses focused all his attention on those Argentinians, he quietly cut along the touchline, and at first Redondo and Bellerón did not notice him, but when the last shot was about to be generated, the two men were almost blessed and noticed his presence at the same time -

Just around the corner of the small restricted area, good location!

Riquelme divided the ball, and Belleron subconsciously transferred it to Redondo, at this time there were two people in front of Redondo, Anthony López and Velasco, Atletico Madrid's right-hand man, not casually evaluating the ability of these two people, with Raul's single breakthrough, it was basically impossible to pass these two people.

However, no matter how tight the defense is, there are gaps and flaws, and the Argentine midfielder found the gap almost instantly, and before the players on the field reacted, the ball had passed between the legs of the two men, and then was sent into the goal by Portillo, and the only thing Alagoneses could do was to hopelessly raise his hand and watch the ball pass through the five fingers and fall into the net.

"Oooh oh !!" The hundreds of Laco fans who came with him were excited, and they jumped up with joy and roared with red heads.

Who would have thought that Deportivo La Coruna, who everyone was not optimistic about before the season, already led by two goals in the first half!!

There was an ecstatic atmosphere on the entire bench, as if it was a holiday, Juan calmly took out snacks and chewed them, and his face still had a light breeze that made Atletico Madrid's teeth itch, but at this time Laco fans already loved him to death!

"Juan, aren't you happy?!" Allen and Pompons hugged and twisted for a long time, and finally noticed that their head coach was not involved, to which Juan smiled back: "Happy, so I'm thinking about how to change it later." ”

"Change what?"

"Change the formation."

"......" Alan was dumbfounded.

Changing formations in the middle of a match? It's also thanks to their head coach who came up with this stubble!

"What's wrong?"

“…… No, it's nothing ......" Alan thought about it, for the sake of his three views, it was better not to speak at this time.

At halftime, Deportivo La Coruna's players entered the dressing room with bright smiles, who would have thought that the beginning of the season would be so smooth, although they were a little flustered at the beginning, but after gradually adjusting their pace, they actually played more and more smoothly! Especially Belleron, when he returned to the locker room, he sighed with Capdevilla.

"It's been a long time since I've tried to feel like this." When he said this, everyone laughed and turned around and joked to him: "What does it feel, the heart is racing?" "I think it's bloody, although we didn't have much excitement in the first half...... "yes, I didn't feel the two goals, why did they go into the net?"

"Portillo, how do you feel?"

The person who scored the brace was in a trance, and when he heard someone ask him this, he subconsciously replied: "I scored just now?" ”

Everyone looked at it, and even the scorer himself still looked ignorant, not to mention the others.

At this time, Belleron spoke slowly.

"It's not excitement, it's not heartbeat, it's mainly because I haven't had my teammates around me for a long time, and when I turn around, I feel like I'm all relying on it...... And it's very stable and reassuring, and I feel like I'm in control. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone suddenly said: "Yes, it seems to be like this? ”

"yes, it's nice to be surrounded by teammates, and you don't have to worry about being shoveled or fighting alone!"

"Cool?"

"Yes!" When Portillo agreed, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the people in front of him were hurriedly bowing their heads, or drinking water or going to do something immediately, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Juan with a smile on his face.

"Since you're so cool, let the brothers go up and be cool." Coach Laco gave him a smile back, and then coughed lightly, "In the second half, everyone be careful, Atletico Madrid is crazy and everyone plays, pay attention to protect yourself...... Aimar rested in the second half and replaced Maniche with the rest of the game. ”

Aimar does have to take turns to rest, he has been in La Liga for so long, everyone knows that he is easy to get injured, and the injury is slow, so whoever uses it is very careful, Ranieri also knows, but he really doesn't have the patience to use the joker slowly, which gives Juan Ke the opportunity.

"I guess I'll have to take a little rest too." Redondo also spoke, and everyone subconsciously looked back, the big guy was sitting there without blushing and panting, looking like he didn't play just now and just went for a walk, which made several people speechless for a while.

"Uncomfortable?" Juan asked with concern, and the Argentine back pinched his thighs and said in a deep voice: "It's a little tight." ”

Redondo played an official match dating back to the 26th round of Serie A last season, and it is true that he has not played like this for a long time, not to mention that he has suffered a major injury before, although he is now healed, but he still needs to pay attention.

"Got it." Juan nodded in a deep voice, then subconsciously swept the people he had brought, and was suspiciously silent for a moment.

"Thiago, get ready to warm up."

"Huh?" Thiago Silva pointed at himself, his mouth wide open and looking dumbfounded.

"I said, get ready to warm up and play in the second half." Juan patiently repeated, today's bench he brought almost all of Laco's strikers, and the defense also brought Thiago Silva and David Luiz, at the beginning he was ready to change the strikers to go 4-3-3 if the tactics were unsuccessful, who knew that everyone was so powerful, and they scored in the first half.

"Oh, oh, good ......" Seeing the Brazilian teenager walking hand and foot, everyone was speechless for a while.

Children are too nervous, right?

Eventually, Juan sighed and patted him: "Thiago." ”

"Yes!" The twenty-year-old jumped up directly, and the frightened look on his face made his old-timers unbearable to look at him.

"Is this necessary......" Romario's muttering was obviously heard by him, so Thiago looked like he wanted to cry even more, Juan sighed and rubbed the young general's head: "Don't be afraid, just go forward boldly, just train like usual, I believe in you." ”

"Good ......," Thiago Silva agreed.

"In that case, we'll have to pay attention in the second half." Juan clapped his hands to focus everyone's attention, "Make some fine-tuning, Thiago and Marceno came on and dragged back to defend, Riquelme moved to the midfield to partner with Belleron, Portillo stepped forward to the front of the penalty area to be determined, the others remained the same, and in the second half, everyone paid attention to speed up." ”

As soon as it was said to speed up, everyone present laughed tacitly.

In fact, Laco is really a team with both offense and defense, the stability of the defense is simply amazing, the connection of the midfield is smooth, and the front court is a little more powerful, what is so difficult about scoring goals? It's like those two goals in the first half, it's like eating and drinking!

In terms of goals, it is not Portillo who blows, he is the one who broke Raul's youth record, and Spain must have his way to go in the future!

"Okay, that's all I have to say, I've trained enough in my usual life, now it's enough to play boldly," Juan smiled and stretched out his hand, "Go ahead A Coruña!" ”

"Forward A Coruña!"

"Dean, what do you think of Lako's performance in the first half?" Frank asked heavily, and Dean replied seriously: "If it's just a matter of individual performance, I'd give Laco an overall score of eight." ”

That's a high score based on the total score of 10 on the football field, and Frank replied with understanding: "Those two points are deducted for spectacle?" ”

"It's not." Dean shook his head: "Those two points, one is for spectacle, and the other is for the players...... We can see that Laco seems to rely on those experienced veterans to lead the adaptation to this tactic, such as Fernando Gago has been in a relatively dazed state, of course, this may also be related to his failure to adapt to the European battlefield, but I personally think that the star of this game has no shining point; But the overall coordination is very high. ”

"You mean, if this game were played by a group of young players, it might not have such a big advantage?" Frank asked very sensibly, after all, in the matter of football analysis, it is still his partner who is the most reliable!

"Personally, I think so." Dean pondered for a while and said, "If Deportivo replaces those two youngsters in the second half, it may be a bit of a bit of a look." ”

"Those two young players brought in? I'll see...... Thiago Silva and David Luiz, two Brazilians? Silva is 20 years old this year, Luiz is 17 years old this year, they are both young, two defenders, maybe there is a real possibility. ”

As he said this, the halftime break was over, and the players of the two teams began to walk out of the tunnel one after another, and the two people they mentioned just now were also brought together under the camera, and it can be seen that the tall man with his unkempt head on the shoulders of his teammates, covering his mouth as if to say something, and Thiago Silva ......

"God, that poor boy is on the same hand." Frank sighed sympathetically, "From the Portuguese Super League reserve team to the first team in La Liga, this Brazilian teenager has completed such a triple jump in one transfer period, and it may be because of this that he is so nervous now." ”

"But at least it proves that he's going to play in the second half." Dean blinked, "I'm a little curious about the youngster's performance. ”

"Me too." Frank laughed, "Deportivo La Coruna has bought a lot of children, at least let's take a look at one for now, in addition to those 'seniors', what other good goods Laco has hidden!" ”

Of course, Juan knew that Thiago Silva was nervous, but he didn't expect this person to be so nervous, and seeing him like this, Juan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Thiago."

"What's the matter, Coach?" The young man was very nervous when he spoke, after all, this is also his first time on the stage of the top league, this is his debut!

"Don't be afraid." When he spoke, the expression on Juan's face was very soothing, especially now that he spoke softly, just like when he was on the training ground in the past, for a while, Thiago relaxed a little, but he finally calmed down a little, and listened to his head coach say in a very brisk tone: "I'm nervous too, why don't we go back to practice?" ”

"No, no, no!!" Thiago rushed directly to the side now, and didn't even dare to turn back, in this regard, Juan said: Now the young man, saying that the wind is the rain, alas :)

Although Juan helped to adjust, but when he came on the field, Thiago Silva still wanted to play straight with his legs, although he also knew that the team was in the lead now, as long as he didn't make big mistakes, there was no problem, he also knew that the defenders were trained and couldn't make mistakes, so he ensured that he stayed calm no matter what, keeping a close eye on everything on the pitch, in order to make himself play better.

It's impossible to start, but at least you have to ensure a main substitute position!

Thinking so optimistically, Thiago Silva held his breath and stayed behind.

The second half of the game started again, without Redondo's pressure on the field and Aimar's breakthrough, the pressure on Atletico Madrid was sharply reduced, and it was a little more stable, ready to organize the attack again.

Laco was also prepared at this time, Fernando Gago finally got a little smoother in the second half after experiencing all kinds of discomfort in the first half, Maniche and Valente, the pair of national team partners, can also intercept one or two on the field, as for the other directions are basically unable to go, so the players of Atletico Madrid set their sights on Thiago Silva after a bit of wandering left and right.

Torres took the ball and unhurriedly approached Thiago Silva, a player he had never heard of before, and who looked about his age, and who was clearly nervous, and could see the sweat on the tip of his nose from so far away. The Spanish golden boy laughed silently and whispered a word in his heart-

Welcome to La Liga, rookie.

Start, accelerate, Spain's golden boy almost flashed a golden phantom under the light, Thiago Silva was caught off guard, subconsciously took two steps back and stretched his feet, the shadow in front of him changed direction almost immediately, caught off guard, Thiago quickly raised his feet.

With a "bang", the whole Calderón fell silent, and everyone's mouths opened wide, especially Romario, the lone wolf who had always been lazy and widened his eyes for the first time.

The net was raised high, accompanied by Diego López's stunned face, Thiago Silva's heartbroken expression, and Torres' unhappy eyebrows.

There was silence for several seconds before Frank stammered.

"Come, from Thiago Silva's ...... Own goal! 166 Reading Network