Chapter 323 Warm-up - Mainz

On a playing field at the Espino training base.

Outside the stadium separated by barbed wire, many fans lay in front of the barbed wire fence and watched the stadium, and many reporters also came here with long guns and short guns.

It's a pitch on the outside of the training base, and there's a small stand next to the stadium, but there aren't many people in the stands, and only some member fans with season tickets for the team are allowed to enter.

This field is not used for training on weekdays, but for warm-up matches - Atletico Madrid doesn't have to go to Calderón to warm up or something, and the maintenance of the stadium is very expensive.

The team has been training for more than half a month now, from the very beginning of the physical reinforcement training, and then the training plan has been steadily progressing.

Today is the team's first warm-up match of the season against Mainz from the Bundesliga.

Mainz happened to be in Spain for summer training, so Atletico Madrid invited the other party to come over for a warm-up, and Mainz naturally gladly accepted. After all, in pre-season you always need a little bit of a game to give the players a feel.

Outside the stadium and in the stands were Atletico Madrid fans, but when the game started for a while, the fans were a little confused.

This Atletico Madrid team played.... It's too confusing.

In previous seasons, there have been many criticisms of Atletico Madrid's chaotic play, but that kind of mixed round refers to the team's tactical thinking mixed round, but in specific games, no matter how tactically played, Atletico Madrid can at least give people a glimpse of what the manager wants to be able to play.

But now Atletico Madrid is like a headless fly, and this game is also like an amateur game - Atletico Madrid makes a mistake in passing, counter-grabbing, grabbing the ball, and continuing to make mistakes!

"There were too many mistakes..."

A reporter on the sidelines shook his head.

"What the hell is this Chinese doing?"

This is the person who is obviously very dissatisfied with Gao Bo's entry into Atletico Madrid.

Most Atletico Madrid fans are also frowning, although this is the first warm-up game of the season, but the team will not play so much.... Messy, right?

Gao Bo was standing on the sidelines, and he was still shouting!

"Positioning!! Movement!!!! ”

Gao Bo gestured in his hand!!

"Cork !! Answering !!!!! ”

"Mario!!!! Don't run too sideways!! ”

It wasn't until Diego Costa picked up the ball and fired a long-range shot off the crossbar that Gao Bo had time to come back for a saliva.

"Time is still too short, and it is not easy to run in a new set of tactics." Moya handed Gao Bo a bottle of mineral water, "We still have a month, it's good to play like this now, at least we are doing a good job defensively. ”

Gao Bo took two sips, then shook his head: "Time is not waiting, Moya." ”

He turned his head to look into the arena.

The scene is still chaotic.

Gao Bo shook his head slightly, the overall offensive and tactical training has only been carried out in the past two days, and the players are not too skilled, which is also normal.

And in order to strengthen the training effect, Gao Bo also specially exchanged some training cards.

[Training Card (Green): Increases the effect of passing training within 15 meters by 15%]

[Training Card (Green): Increases the effect of physical fitness training by 15%]

[Training Card (Green): Increases the training effect of defensive positions by 15%]

[Training Card (Green): Increases the effectiveness of Defensive Formation Retention Training by 15%]

......

Gao Bo almost redeemed most of his lottery chances in one go.

Because he still has a trump card in his hand. After winning the Europa League last season, the task of the Europa League road was naturally completed.

In addition to the 15,000 experience points that made Gao Bo one step closer to leveling up, he also got an orange card exchange ticket!

Now Gao Bo is naturally not in a hurry to use this ticket, this is still the highest-level card he has gotten! So he must be cautious about using it.

And now it's also a warm-up match, and Gao Bo didn't use any cards, because the purpose of the warm-up is not to find out the problem and then solve the problem.

And now the problem is obvious, in the case of Gao Bo's demand for faster passing, the pass error rate has also increased significantly.

But fortunately, the team did a good job in another aspect, which was pressing high.

After conceding the ball, the on-the-spot counter-attack was very intense. This made it difficult for the Mainz side to organize an attack.

So the game became like an amateur game, both sides couldn't control the ball, the ball was exchanged frequently, and there was quite chaos on the sidelines.

Gao Bo looked at the player sitting on the bench.

Sergio Aguero returned from leave last week, but he was out of action for more than a dozen days, so he certainly won't be able to start this game.

However, a player with the ability of Aguero will definitely be used as the main force next season, so Gao Bo is still very concerned about whether Aguero can be integrated into the tactical system.

"Ah Kun!" Gao Bo beckoned to Aguero.

The Argentine immediately ran over: "Boss!! ”

"Do you see anything on the bench?"

"Our movement is so messy! And there are a lot of mistakes! ”

"That's right!" Gao Bo nodded.

"Wait for the second half of the year when you go up, pay attention to the receiving position!!"

Aguero nodded, he has been trained enough these days, in addition to completing regular physical training, Aguero has not fallen behind in the overall tactical training of the team.

It's the equivalent of these days he's taking new classes while making up classes.

But how else to say that a genius is a genius. The team's other two centre-forwards, Diego Costa and Immobile, have been much less impressive in comparison since Sergio Aguero arrived at the training ground.

So Diego Costa on the field at this time is very hard, he doesn't think he will lose to Aguero, this season he returned to training earlier than Aguero, Diego Costa believes that the team will still rely on him at the beginning of the season, after all, Aguero participated in the World Cup, his physical condition needs to be adjusted, and this is his Costa's chance!

He's going to use this pre-season and a few games at the beginning of the season to establish himself as the main player!

What about Aguero?

As long as I give Lao Tzu a chance, I will still let you be a substitute!

Costa is confident!

And what made Diego Costa even happier was that Gobo started him in the team's first warm-up game before the start of the season!

This makes Diego Costa even more motivated.

However, Diego obviously didn't get many chances in the first half, and the first half was 0-0, and the two sides shook hands.

In fact, Gao Bo did not send all the main players in the first half, for example, Kante and Modric were on the bench, and Griezmann started the game, but the other player on the side was the teenager Mane.

At this time, the midfielder is the partner of Raul Garcia, Koke, Mario Suarez.

At the back, Godin started with Boateng on the bench, then Juanfran at right-back and Antonio López at left-back.

In the second half, Gao Bo simply replaced all the starting eleven on the field, and Diego Costa was not satisfied with his performance in the first half, so he was still quite annoyed when he came off the field.

Now in the right winger position, Gao Bo has always wanted to find a substitute for Antoine Griezmann.

Immobile has not yet learned Spanish, and the Italian doesn't seem to be very good at languages.

However, Gobo Italian can barely communicate.

"Chiro! You go up and kick the right! Pay attention to the way you play and connect with the midfielders and centre-forwards! Gao Bo explained.

For the team's two wings, Gao Bo is not used in a different way.

On the left, it's more about cutting inside and breaking through, and both Reyes and Mane are the kind of wingers who have a strong ability to break through.

On the one hand, he must connect the center and the midfielder, and on the other hand, he must often enter the penalty area to receive the ball and shoot, playing the role of a finisher.

So on this side, Gao Bo chose Griezmann, but who Griezmann's replacement is, Gao Bo is still a little undecided.

He decided to let Immobile try it first, because Immobile has a keen sense of smell when playing football, and such players generally have a relatively high ball quotient, so let Immobile play on the right side, on the one hand, he can give full play to his advantages in flexible running, and on the other hand, Immobile's shooting ability is also quite strong.

At the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid played a little more fluidly.

In the second half, it was Thiago Cardoso, Luka Modric and N'Golo Kante who partnered in midfield.

With Luka Modric in charge of the midfield, the team's passing errors have decreased a lot, and the team's attack has played a little bit.

Tuchel, who was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, couldn't sit still.

Gao Bo didn't know that Mainz's current coach was actually Tuchel, so he was quite surprised to see Tuchel's familiar face.

Now that the situation is gradually under Atletico Madrid's control, Tuchel sees Atletico Madrid's tactics taking shape.

They kept passing the ball in midfield, with the centre-forwards and both sides taking turns to pick up and receive the ball.

And then...... Modric suddenly made a through stopper, diagonal pass found Reyes in the anti-offside position!

Reyes dribbled into the box and crossed!

Aguero, who followed up in the middle, easily scored the ball!

It was just a warm-up game and Tuchel didn't react after conceding the goal, thinking about the series of attacks that had preceded Atletico Madrid.

In retrospect, Atletico Madrid doesn't look like they're running regularly, but it's actually there.

When Modric gets the ball, there are at least two receiving points around him to pass the ball, and the same goes for the likes of N'Golo Kante, Thiago.

Atletico Madrid players with the ball will be able to find the target of the pass no matter what.

It's a bit like the Barcelona way of playing, but Atletico Madrid is faster, more concise and full of desire to pass forward! As soon as there is space, there will be players to attack the defence!

Tuchel looked at Gao Bo not far away, this Chinese is really very two-handed.

......

The game went on and this time the goal made the players very happy because they had just played what they were on the training pitch and it was a boost to the players.

But the inspiration seemed to be fleeting, and it didn't take long for things to start to get a little problematic. Mistakes also began to increase.

Atletico Madrid played a good game at the start of the second half, but then it seemed that something went wrong with the team's tandem.

Sergio Aguero's goal was also the only goal of the game, as Atletico Madrid won their first warm-up game of the season with a 1-0 win over Mainz.

When the match was over, Gao Bo's brow tightened, and he didn't feel joy because of the victory in the warm-up.