Chapter 42: The Dawn

Cooper stood up from his position: "This bastard! ”

Countless Atletico fans in front of the TV smashed what was in their hands: "This liar! ”

Five minutes into the game, as long as the eyes are not blind, it can be seen that Atletico not only did not make any momentum to break the boat, but put on a defensive posture after the beginning of the game, two central defenders were in the box, two fullbacks slightly retracted into the box, two full-backs returned to the side to help defend, and three midfielders lined up at the edge of the box - only Hasselbaink was cruising in the front of the field, looking so alone, so bleak......

The slogan shouted loudly before the game, but at the beginning of the game, Ya came up with a thirty-six last plan - slipped!

"This bastard! If you still lose this game, we will definitely not let you go! ”

Countless Atletico fans are roaring like this.

Cooper, on the other hand, was quite annoyed - he really didn't care what kind of manager Dick was before, and he just watched a game he commanded and made a hasty decision, and as a result, he was tricked by this twenty-one-year-old guy......

"Press on the offense! Tear through their backline! Cooper shouted at the field, he didn't know that his team's strong offensive ability could only be regarded as average, but Atletico Madrid's stubborn defense was not at all a threat in counterattack - although Hasselbaink is a top scorer, his personal breakthrough ability and speed are not very strong, a shooter like him needs to be supported by the players behind him, without support, he is useless.

Against such a team, press the attack and tear their backline, that is!

As long as you can score a goal and then keep playing with them, that's enough!

Cooper's vision is still excellent, Dick didn't plan to score in the first half, as long as he can hold on to it, it will be a victory, and of course, it would be better if he could take one or two set-pieces to score......

Valencia's onslaught is also a pretty good test for Atletico Madrid's backline, after all, Valencia's strong offensive ability can only be regarded as average, if even their attack can't be resisted, I'm afraid Dick will have to find another way to deal with the next round of opponent Barcelona - if you can't stop Valencia's strong attack, you will definitely not be able to stop Barcelona's strong attack!

Barcelona is actually very strong now, which can be seen from the Champions Cup quarter-finals - against Chelsea, they lost 1-3 on the road, and at home they were scored by Flo again, at this time the situation is very dangerous, Chelsea is now taking the Italian route, there are quite a lot of Italian players in the team, the defense is solid, but Barcelona scored three goals in the next time, and Rivaldo also shot a penalty before the end, This dragged on to extra time, but in extra time, Barcelona still relied on the attack to score two Chelsea, and finally defeated the opponent 5-1 to advance to the semi-finals.

Valencia is a litmus test, and if you can get through it, you will have a greater confidence in Barcelona!

Although there is still a considerable danger of relegation now, but at this time Dick is not only thinking about relegation - now he has three points, there is still a five-point gap, and the relegation opponent cannot win all the time, facing Valencia and Barcelona, the two championship-winning teams, Dick did not intend to get too many points on them, he focused all on the next few opponents - Real Oviedo, Sevilla and Mallorca, scoring points on these teams is the key, for this goal, Even if you sacrifice a little bit of the previous game, it's worth it.

Of course, if you can win, you still have to try to win, even if you can't win, you have to try to get at least one draw, and if you can grab a point, it is a point!

Dick has a higher goal - that is, the Copa del Rey, if he can win the Copa del Rey, even if he is relegated, I am afraid that his position will be very secure, and then even if he starts from La Liga...... With his own level and Atletico Madrid's heritage, it is not difficult to fight back, of course, that is the last way to do it.

As long as he performs well enough in the last few rounds, the fans will feel that "we might have performed better if he had come on earlier", and when the fans appeal, it will be more likely that he will stay in office.

Valencia's offense on the field began to become in full swing, although their offensive ability is not very good, but Valencia's group of players is at their peak, the four midfielders with tacit understanding to organize strongly, Lopes continues to raid with the ball, Angulo is connected to the front of the attack with a running position, although Atletico Madrid's defense has been made up for a few days, but there is still a little unsupportable.

Mendieta sent a rather threatening through pass, López got the ball after bypassing Serena, and then wiped into the penalty area, facing Chamot who pounced, López forced a breakthrough and rushed past him!

"López bursts into the box! Face the goalkeeper! ”

The Mestalla commentator shouted loudly, and the Valencia fans began to cheer loudly to celebrate the goal, however......

"What a pity! López had done well in a series of previous breakthroughs, but unfortunately his shot was missed! He looked at the turf with a frown, it seemed that there was a protrusion on the turf that affected his final shot, and it looked like Mr. Cooper was going to get the courtkeeper in trouble after the game......"

The commentator teased Lopez's mistake, Cooper raised his head in disappointment, and Dick was shocked - if he conceded the ball within ten minutes of the game, then he would be a fart!

"Carlos! Fuck you remember what I said before? Concentrate and get it! ”

There were swear words from Dick on the sidelines, and if you change to a grumpy player, you might immediately be dissatisfied with Dick, but it's okay - Atletico Madrid's players are not unruly, and Gamara is not such a person, he just waved his hand apologetically to the audience, saying that he would do better in the future......

Seeing that Gamarra apologized, Dick retreated, he was not a very unreasonable person, scolded and scolded, and it was over when he was done......

"The young manager still has a big temper, but Atletico may need such an iron-fisted manager...... Now they are much more active on the field. The narrator commented.

After this attack, Atletico's defense is really stronger than before, the three midfielders are constantly running back and forth, Baraja does not hesitate to block everywhere, and Serena is in his position, stuck in the route of the opponent's attack possible last pass, Belleron is also running, but also looking for the opponent's flaws.

Dick gave him the task of not only defending, but also the first step of the counterattack, when he got the ball at the back, he needed to pass the ball to the front of the court as soon as possible, not only to score, but also to harass the opponent's attack.

He's just looking for an opportunity right now.

Gamarra, on the other hand, was more active, he stayed in the penalty area, constantly loudly directing his teammates to go up and block, and once the opponent broke through the front line, he would go up to block as soon as possible.

With the efforts of all the Atletico Madrid players, they continued to block Valencia's attack, and once Lopes almost formed a single knife, but Gamarra, who was accurately killed, fell to the ground and broke the ball off the sideline, causing a sigh in the stands.

"That's right, just keep fighting!" Dick shouted loudly from the sidelines.

"Do you just want a point? Or is it pinning the scoring on certain situations? Cooper bit his lip and thought to himself.

He really wants to be right, Dick's idea is to get a point if he can, defend first and then think about counterattacking, Valencia's strong offensive ability is average, they definitely can't leave any chance for Atletico Madrid, because they are not good at this at all!

In the 21st minute, after being beaten passively for 20 minutes, Atletico finally organized a successful counterattack!

Gerrard, who had the assist, struggled to shoot from distance, but Gamarra was blocked with his body, and Chamote risked falling to the ground to shovel the ball out of the box before Lopes could get the ball - why risk? Because now Gamarra is still lying on the ground, if he shovels the ball to the feet of the opposing player, and the two central defenders are lying on the ground, who will defend?

Luckily, he shoveled the ball to his teammates' feet in this tackle!

The retreating Baraja received the ball from outside the penalty area and immediately passed it to the feet of Bellerón as soon as possible!

Belleron took the ball and turned around, and before Farinos was ready to press, he immediately passed the ball directly out - the object of the pass was Hasselbaink, who was almost forgotten in the front court!

Hasselbaink got the ball at the top of the circle in the middle of his own half, and Belleron's pass, although hasty, showed his skills, he got the ball smoothly, and then turned to break through!

Valencia's backline instantly contracted to defend, Djukic was in front of him, Pellegrino was on the side, and they quickly formed a defense - they were born from defensive counterattacks, and they naturally had a lot of experience in defending the opponent's defensive counterattacks.

Hasselbaink was a little panicked as soon as he looked up, he is not a striker who is good at breaking through with the ball, how can he be sure to break through in the face of such a steel defense line!

Luckily, at this point, Solari on the left had already rushed up from the left, and at a glance he was missed, and Hasselbaink immediately passed the ball.

The ball fell in front of Solari, who began to accelerate towards the ball, and the opposition right-back Angnoma followed suit.

As I said before, Solari's speed is not very fast, but Angnoma is also not a fast defender, and the two of them began to chase after me, until they reached the area close to the bottom line, Angnoma relied on his physical advantage to force Solari, and Solari saw that he couldn't break through, so he simply kicked the ball to Antnoma's body, a corner kick.

"Go up and attack!" Dick's eyes flashed, this was the opportunity he was waiting for!

Chamot went up, Baraja went up, Hasselbaink was in the box, Solari was ready to take a corner, Belleron was roaming outside the box - Atletico Madrid's players went up five in one go, of course, the rest of the players were still defending in the back - and he was also worried that Valencia would use the opportunity to play his counter-attack!

Valencia's defenders naturally returned to defense quickly, but Dick knew that Valencia's back line was still slightly inferior in defending high-altitude balls, and their scavenger Yugoslav Djukic was an object that could be used!

After being beaten passively for a while, Atletico finally saw a glimmer of light.