Chapter Twenty-Three: Ignore Them
Knowing that what Dick needed was to be able to have a good conversation with other people in the quickest possible time, Pedro immediately set up a quick way to learn.
"In terms of life, I need you to talk to me in Spanish all the time, and boldly talk to each other when shopping, even if it's just a simple expression, just stick to Spanish."
"As for football, I'll teach you a lot of words, and I'd like you to talk to me about some of the games, in Spanish, and I'll correct them for you little by little."
To put it bluntly, Dick doesn't want to be a Spanish writer, all he wants to know is the daily conversation with the courtside, and the rest is okay if you don't learn it for the time being, Pedro's mind is still quite flexible, and the method he proposed can be said to make Dick be able to use Spanish proficiently in life and work in the shortest time.
"By the way, there's another problem, I probably don't have a lot of time to study." Dick concluded.
"Then start with words. Fragmented words, then short sentences, don't be shy, say boldly to everyone, and you will gradually understand, speaking, is a very simple thing. ”
Pedro's confidence was high, and he seemed to be very capable, and soon, the shops around the Atletico Academy, as well as the players in Atletico Madrid's second team, began to fall under Dick's word bombardment.
"Teresa, auntie, sandwich."
"Hand sanitizer, toilet paper, money, how much?"
"Right! Transmit! Stop, don't! Shot! Direct! ”
Words like these kept popping out of Dick's mouth, so much so that for a while, the shops around the academy thought the young Oriental was a stammer.
The players were laughing and rolling on the ground at first, but then they got used to it, and Dick showed himself to be extraordinarily cheeky......
Soon, two days passed, and every day Pedro came to teach Dick two hours, mainly words, Spanish was not particularly complicated, and Dick had to learn only a part of the common words, at least before the game against Albacete, Dick was able to express his intentions to the players in short words.
In this case, Dick and Atletico Madrid II welcomed their opponents in the league, Albacete, who is known as the strongest defense in La Liga.
Although Albacete is now ranked within the top 10, while Atletico Madrid has just risen to 18th, the recent two consecutive wins have made Albacete dare not have any slack, and they themselves rely on defensive counterattacks to eat, so they also set up an iron bucket formation on the road, with at least eight players defending near their penalty area, leaving only two strikers ready to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
"Well, it's still a relatively rudimentary defensive counterattack, and it's not particularly difficult to deal with." Dick thought to himself.
For Dick, he thinks that the most difficult defense is the kind of defense used by Mourinho in the later generations, especially in the year when he led Inter Milan to win the treble, their defense can be called an iron wall, area defense, man to man defense, concrete defense, the overall defense can be called the extreme, and in the counterattack is a small range of two or three people to quickly pass the counterattack, relying on this tactic Mourinho led no one to win the glory of the treble, compared with that kind of defense, Albacete's practice of concentrating superior forces in the backfield and relying on the individual ability of the strikers to launch counterattacks in the front field can indeed only be regarded as the initial stage.
However, this tactic can be continued, naturally has its advantages, football games, the number of people on the field is equal, and the offense is more difficult than the defense, the best way is to concentrate superior forces to deal with the opponent's weak defense area, and in the case of shrinking the defense, no matter how you are involved, you will face the opponent's superior strength and sufficient defenders, except for the strong attack, there is no other way.
In the case that the player's personal ability does not have too many advantages, it is not very easy to break the opponent's gate through a strong attack, in the ancient battlefield, siege has always been the most headache thing, with the help of the advantage of the fortified city, the defenders can kill and injure double to triple the enemy, any famous general is hoping for a field battle, not hoping for a siege.
It's the same on the football field.
In the case of the opponent's active contraction, the players of the Atletico Madrid II team easily controlled the midfield, and then continued to attack, for this situation Albacete players are already very adapted, after all, they are used to being surrounded by people.
This time, however, something is different.
Atletico II didn't have the usual high ball from the flanks and then bombarded them like the traditional dense defences – the kind of attack looked enjoyable and intense, but in reality it was difficult to make the opponent's organised defence go wrong.
The Atletico Madrid second team also attacked from the wings, but whether it was Domingo and Carlos on the wings, or Outes and Erbari who inserted assists in the back row, they often did not cross the ball closer to the danger area, but forced it into the penalty area, or broke through to the bottom line near the penalty area, and then vigorously passed the low ball into the penalty area, trying to take advantage of the chaos to score.
This kind of attack made Albacete's defenders seem a little uncomfortable, especially the players of Atletico Madrid's second team took the ball and broke through like crazy people in the penalty area, constantly forcing breakthroughs, as if they were looking for a penalty.
Albacete's players are not fools, and seeing the attitude of the players of the Atletico II team, it quickly understood what they were playing with their ideas - they naturally had to be more careful in defense with this approach, and the players of the Atletico II team are not crazy with the ball, the kind of genius who can dribble the ball alone to shake four or five players...... There may be such people, but they will definitely not be in the team of Atletico Madrid's second team, and even Torres is not known for dribbling the ball.
So Albacete's defenders are still steady, just a little more tired than usual.
Seeing the situation on the field, Albacete's head coach Cesar Fernando breathed a sigh of relief, at first when he saw the players of the Atletico Madrid II team sprinting into the penalty area like moths to the fire, he thought that the Atletico Madrid II team had already dealt with the referee - and they were at home after all, and it was normal to have a little preferential treatment, but it was also a relief to see the players coping well.
"Looks like this guy just wants to take set-pieces?" Fernando thought in his heart that he has led Albacete for two years, and in these two years he has built Albacete into an excellent defensive system - although he is a Spaniard, but in recent years, Spanish football has been moving in the direction of learning from Italy, Capello, Sachi, Ranieri and other Italian coaches have entered the Spanish team, which is a weather vane, so now La Liga teams have put a lot of effort into defense, and many Spanish coaches have been affected, Fernando is one of them.
Fernando is still very proud of the defensive system he has created, Albacete's reputation in La Liga defense in the past two years has risen because of his transformation, Fernando is confident that with Albacete's ability, it will be a difficult bone to gnaw in La Liga, but the overall strength is weak is a big problem.
But in La Liga, no team can break through their doors - since the start of the season, Albacete have scored only six goals in the first eight league games, but they are in the top 10, thanks to their excellent defense of only three goals conceded in eight rounds!
"This kind of attack, want to break through our gates? No kidding! Fernando thought confidently.
The only thing that makes Fernando a little depressed is that although the attack of Atletico Madrid's second team seems to be very ferocious, they are also very cautious in the midfield, one of the two backs is in a stable position, and the other is running back and forth, constantly destroying Albacete's already small counterattack, plus the two central defenders rarely press assists, Albacete's counterattack is difficult to play, even if the two forwards receive the ball, they will be controlled by the Atletico defenders who are in a numerical advantage.
"This young man is really good, he actually knows us so well."
Fernando thought in his heart, it is obvious that Dick is not ignorant of Albacete, at least he still has a lot of vigilance against Albacete's counterattack, which almost makes Albacete's offense no threat, because their own offensive ability is insufficient, the overall strength of the team is limited, and it is already Fernando's ability to adjust the defense, and then the offense is demanding...... That's a little too demanding.
"If you can't get three points, you can get one point."
Fernando doesn't care much about this, he has always had this mentality with Albacete - it is best to win, if you can't win, don't lose, if you can get a point, it's better than not getting a point, I'd rather live in a nest than die violently......
So Fernando is still very satisfied with the current situation on the field.
"If you want to break down our defenses, it's not very useful to make temporary adjustments." Fernando thought to himself that he was quite confident in his team's defence, at least at the level of La Liga.
The situation on the field is similar to what Fernando thought, although Atletico Madrid II has the advantage, it is difficult for them to create any chances, Albacete's players are quite careful in defense, not giving Atletico Madrid II too many chances, and the defense of Torres is also quite tight, at least one defender always follows Torres every inch - Fernando does not have any contempt for this talented teenager who has scored five goals in the previous two league games and is in hot form.
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands kept shouting, but they were not able to get their team to score, Atletico Madrid's attack did not pour out, and they have always retained enough numerical advantages in the backfield to prevent the opponent from attacking, which also made some of the more impatient Atletico Madrid fans dissatisfied.
"Hey, attack! Send more offensive players on the field! Did you hear that? If you send so many people to attack, how can you tear through the opponent's defense! Forget how you got your players to attack in the first two games? ”
Listening to the shouts coming from behind him, Dick directly took these shouts as air - the first time he commanded an official game, he didn't mess up in the boos in the stands, not to mention that it was time to accumulate a few games of command experience, at this time listening to the shouts of the fans to do it was nonsense, and the head coach must have his own judgment and persistence.
"Those guys are a little too much."
Even Marriner couldn't help but say something to Dick, and in his opinion, these guys were a little Dick......
"Ignore them, when we get ahead, they'll just cheer." Dick replied with an impassive expression.