Chapter Ninety-Five: Strong Team Style
Updated: 2013-04-02
"Vicente breaks down the wing...... Oh, that's fast! Angnoma stuck in position, Vicente should not be able to fight against the Frenchman in the confrontation, but he has dexterous speed! Swing out of the gap, cross! β
"Jadel crashed through Pellegrino in the air and flicked his head at goal! Canizares made a beautiful save and Ayala immediately cleared the ball with a big foot! β
"Baraja...... Having the upper hand in the tussle with Zakhovic, Belleron catches the ball! He started to move forward with the ball, Deschamps and Albelda surrounded him at the same time, and Belleron passed! The ball passed between the two and fell to Camoranesi! Aguilera flanked on the flank, Camoranesi didn't pass, but shot straight from distance! It's a pity that it missed! β
Camoranesi waved his hand vigorously, then quickly ran back. [Full text reading. γ
Dick looked at his watch, fifteen minutes have passed in the first half, at this time Atletico Madrid's offensive is weakening, but Valencia's defense has also begun to show a tendency to be distracted - this is a normal thing, no player can maintain enough attention for 90 minutes, if the opponent's attack is still so ferocious, it may be able to maintain it forever, but the opponent's offensive is weakened, and it is inevitable that he will involuntarily breathe a sigh of relief.
And Dick's first chance to score was now.
The place he is targeting is not in the opponent's penalty area, although the opponent's scavenger has changed, but with Ayala's ability, his time to integrate into the team will be very short, which is not enough to be a place that can be used, and the place that can be used is the place where the front of the penalty area is protected by the back.
Last season, Valencia's midfielders were Farinos and Gerrard, these two people organized a forward and backward sprint, which was quite similar to the back-to-back combination of Baraja and Belleron in the last few games of Atletico Madrid, and last season was also the best season for these two people, and then they began to decline, but it is undeniable that in that season, the midfield combination composed of these two people should have surpassed most of the top midfield combinations, and now, these two are gone, Cooper turned the duo in the middle of the midfield into a trio, but among the three, Deschamps and Zakhovic are new signings, and Albelda was last year's substitute.
What Dick wants to play is to look for opportunities in the middle of the opponent's seemingly well-numbered middle, taking advantage of the opponent's lack of cooperation and lack of strength - although Deschamps is the captain of the French national team, he is now thirty-two years old, and his form has also declined very quickly, his performance at Chelsea last season can only be regarded as average, Zahovic is more focused on attack than defense, although Albelda will be the mainstay of Valencia in the future, but he is still young and inexperienced, There is something for both of them to take advantage of.
Belleron retreated to get Capdevilla's pass near the center circle, looking up and looking up as if looking for a hole in Valencia's defense, Atletico Madrid's other players were not as active as before, Valencia's midfielders began to rush up to better stop Atletico's attack, invisibly, there were some traces of disconnection between the midfield and the backfield.
Belleron was keenly aware of this, and on his side, Baraja had begun to cut forward to catch Deschamps' attention, while on the flank, Camoranesi was quietly moving down the middle, especially with Aguilera getting forward to attract Carboni's attention......
That's when Belleron passed the ball!
A very insightful through stopper, the ball flew past Albelda accurately, the young Spanish midfielder fell to the ground and tackled, but it was still a little short of breaking the ball, the ball flew directly to the gap between the Valencia midfielder and the defender, Camoranesi suddenly accelerated, and then stretched out his foot to stop the ball!
"Good!" Dick couldn't help but wave his hand, Belleron's straight kick was risky - Albelda almost broke the ball halfway, but how could he make a high profit without taking risks? This is the characteristic of Belleron, he can send that kind of penetrating pass, and there is a great risk of being broken by the opponent in the middle of the ball!
However, after success, the rewards are multiplied!
Camoranesi received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and then he quickly turned - this series of actions appeared to be in one go because no one interfered, Deschamps turned to try to defend, but he was a little far away from Camoranesi, and he couldn't stop Camoranesi from doing the next series of actions for the time being......
Camoranesi adjusted his pace as soon as he turned, and then began to dribble forward, with only two Valencia centre-backs in front of him, and Jadel in the box to help him......
Ayala came up and Jadel began to run in the box, using his body to suppress Pellegrino, at which point Camoranesi chose to pass the ball, and the ball flew diagonally into the box!
Jadel stopped the ball with the outside of his right foot, continued to carry Pellegrino behind him with his body, so that he could not interfere with himself, and then quickly picked up his right foot and quickly swept away near the penalty spot!
The ball flew straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, Canizares was still a step too late to save, the ball flew in front of his hand, and then flew directly into the corner of the goal!
When Belleron went straight to Camoranesi at the front of the penalty area, the shouts in the stands suddenly increased by a few decibels, and when Jadel received the ball in the penalty area, the sound raised a notch, and finally when the ball flew into the goal, the shouts of the entire stadium reached its peak, and the cheers of countless Atletico Madrid fans poured down from the stands, at this moment, CalderΓ³n Stadium became the mecca of the home team and the grave of the away team!
Jadel's eyes followed the direction of the ball's rolling, and it wasn't until the ball finally flew into the goal that he immediately straightened his waist, and then rushed out with open arms!
After rushing to the bottom of the stands, Jardel's raised right hand waved down violently, and with the movement of his arm, the stands let out a huge shout, collectively chanting Jardel's name, so that Jardel felt the pleasure of being admired by thousands of people at that moment......
Dick shook his fist, then raised his right hand high and high-fived Marina: "Go in beautifully!" β
Cooper shook his head - he still underestimated Atletico Madrid, the attack just now, Zhang Chi has a way, it is definitely not that the cooperation between them has reached this level, it must be this tactic that Dick practiced in advance, and then used the personal ability of Belleron and others to play such a beautiful attack, Dick took a clever way, that is, to try to give full play to the player's personal ability to get through this run-in period, this style of play also requires a certain amount of luck, the last game of Atletico Madrid was not very lucky, and this one ...... Their luck seems to have returned!
"This tactic can be used once."
Cooper stood up with a sneer, and then made a gesture to strengthen the attack in the field - the opponent just scored a goal, at this time, he must also slow down, immediately launch a counterattack, and then strive to get back the score, and then the next is the moment when the two sides are maneuvering!
After receiving Cooper's instructions, Valencia immediately launched a counterattack, although they failed to win the Champions Cup last season, but to be able to enter the final, but also allowed Valencia to accumulate a lot of strong team momentum, such a team, will not be temporarily behind and defeated.
Mendieta has been in excellent form since the start of the season, scoring his only goal against Real Madrid in the first round and scoring twice in the second round to help Valencia completely crush Mallorca, and he is also in excellent form this game.
Mendieta is a strange existence, he has been the number one in the world for two years, but after a year he quickly declined, compared to most Spanish players, his foot skills are not very good, but his work ethic and tactical execution are top-notch, in Cooper's lineup, he can play at the highest level, but in other circumstances, it leads to poor performance.
Dick knew that Mendeta would slide down quickly, but now Mendeta was very inexplicable.
He began to get some chances by constantly running and pulling, Mendieta rarely dribbled the ball, but his passing and running were quite difficult to defend, Vicente would not be much of a help in defense even if he returned to defend on this side, Capdevilla was difficult to defend Mendieta's run, and after Valencia's attack, Mendieta's threat became more and more great.
In the 37th minute, it was Mendieta's forward cut, he received a pass from Albelda, dribbled all the way to the edge of the penalty area, and then cleverly distributed the ball to Juan in the box? Sanchez, Sanchez immediately started to shoot with his feet, and the ball drew an arc in the air, flew in front of Molina's hand, and hung in the corner of the goal!
"Valencia equalised! Their attack is really better now than last season, and it was difficult for them to find a shot against Atletico's defence last season...... Atletico didn't make a big comeback after the goal, but Valencia's ability to equalise quickly proved how good they are now......
Dick pinched his nose and made no sound.
He didn't expect this game to win the same game as last season, you must know that last season he relied on the help of the goal card to achieve such a miraculous victory, and this game he hopes that Atletico Madrid can better stabilize his strong team style, the result is not particularly important, if in the back and forth attack, in the face of Valencia such a first-class team does not fall behind, Atletico's self-confidence will really be established.
Whether it is sending a large number of substitutes in the first round of the league and the UEFA Cup, or using the attack against Valencia, these methods can only be done by a strong team with a lot of confidence, and Dick uses this method to build a strong team style of Atletico Madrid in the shortest possible time, that is, you can lose, but you can't lose face - it is completely different from last season, whether you want to save face or not, getting points is the most important situation, that is completely different.
After equalising through a series of attacks, the two sides began to fall into some stalemate on the field, the midfielders on both sides were very good, Atletico Madrid's midfield was more technical, and Valencia's midfield was not lacking in top players with excellent individual ability, and the two sides were entangled until the end of the first half, and they were unable to get too many good chances.
"The first half was over, it was 1-1...... Although the score is the same as last season, but from the process of the game, Atletico Madrid's confidence is indeed much more than last season, and the scene is much better, let's look forward to the start of the second half! β