Chapter 536: Enhanced Bus

After more than half an hour of celebration, some of the staff beckoned them back to the dressing room to take a brief shower and then change into the medal uniforms that had been prepared, while others began to build the podium.

Once the podium was set, all Atletico Madrid players who met the minimum number of appearances required in La Liga were put on the podium to the almost frantic cheers of the fans, before the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Angel Angel, presented them with the winner's medal.

Whenever Angel puts a medal representing La Liga title around a player's neck, a live DJ brings to the spectators in the stands to chant the player's name.

Listening to the almost frantic voices of the crowd, the excitement of the Atletico Madrid players increased again. At this moment, a thought could not help but rise in their hearts: perhaps only by winning all the honors they can can they truly repay the fans' blazing love for the team.

After the Atletico Madrid players on the podium received their medals one by one, the last and most important part of the medal ceremony finally began.

Accompanied by the passionate singing of "We Are the Champions", captain Gabi received the huge silver trophy symbolizing the king of La Liga from Angel with an excited face.

Immediately afterwards, Gabi shouted "We are the champions" while shouting "We are the champions" in the cheers of the fans at the scene, and gathered the championship trophy high above his head.

The next moment, the red, white and blue confetti symbolizing Atletico Madrid sprayed out from all around the podium, and after experiencing the pain of relegation and suffering under the huge shadow of the city's sworn rivals for nearly 20 years, they finally reached the highest peak of Spanish football again.

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Although Atletico Madrid have already won La Liga four rounds ahead of schedule, the celebrations have been postponed until after the Champions League semi-finals due to the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea at the Stadio de Mirados in the middle of next week.

At the same time that Feng Quan won the first championship trophy of his playing career, he also got an unexpected surprise from the system.

Since the system defines the La Liga champion as a "national champion", 1 skill point is issued to Feng Quan as a reward. In addition, in order to congratulate Feng Quan on winning the championship in the football project, the system also gave him an unprecedented skill called [Full Moon Scimitar].

At first, Feng Quan thought that only when he took a free kick, he could increase his penalty arc skills. But when he opened the interface of "Obtained Skill" and learned more about this skill, his face suddenly showed surprise.

[Full Moon Scimitar]: After activating the skill, the player's "Free Kick Accuracy" is increased by 5%, and the arc of the soccer ball flight is increased by 15%.

Usage limit: 3 times per match.

Ability cooldown: 48 hours.

This is special, if Lao Tzu can improve the accuracy of free kicks to more than 95 in the future, and then use this skill, will it be possible to make the football easily bypass the human wall, and then fly straight to the corner of the goal?

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According to Mourinho's wishful thinking, Chelsea can guarantee that they will not concede a goal at Atletico Madrid's home stadium, and even if they can sneak up on the away goal, then after returning to Stamford Bridge, they will be at least 60% sure of leading the team to the Champions League final.

As a result, in the game on April 23, the Chelsea team not only chose the "big bus" tactic without suspense, but also David Luiz, who can defend the midfield, was pushed into the midfield by Mourinho, and took on the protection of the front of the penalty area with the strong John Mikel Obi and Ramires Santos do Nascimento.

As for the team's attack, Mourinho put the "bet" on Fernando Torres' counter-attack and Frank Lampard's forward shot.

However, just when Mourinho thought that Atletico Madrid, who was good at counter-attacking goals, would have a big headache with his "enhanced bus" tactics, he seemed to see a "everything under control" expression on Diego Simeone's face.

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Although the match was played at Atletico Madrid's home stadium, Diego Simeone did not demand that his players must win the game before the game. After all, as long as you don't let the opponent get an away goal, you can "return the favor" in the next round of away games.

In addition, Simeone is well aware that his team is not good at attacking positions, so even pressing too hard may not be too good. Moreover, once the player is impatient due to the long-term attack, there is also the possibility of the opponent seizing the opportunity to sneak attack.

So, in order to avoid being attacked by the Chelsea team, Simeone asked his players to keep the ball at their feet more, and then waited for an opportunity to tear apart the opposition defence from both flanks, and also tried to shoot from the edge of the box when the right opportunity came.

Considering that set-piece attack is also an effective means to crack the "bus tactic", Simeone let Feng Quan and Saul, who are good at dribbling, properly "lure" the opponent to foul when breaking through with the ball.

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Despite Ivanovic's very limited ability to assist, he is often used by Mourinho as the first choice for marking the attacking heart of opposition flanks, but he is accurate in his positioning, solid in defence, and strong and flexible.

Although Mourinho has more trust in Ivanovic's defensive ability, he also knows very well that it is impossible for the Serbian international to defend against the wind alone. That's why the Portuguese maniac will use Ramirez, who can run and steal, as a right-sided midfielder in order to help Branislav Ivanovic complete the job of marking the wind.

Not only that, Mourinho also strictly ordered David Luiz, who played as a defensive midfielder in this game, to never insert an assist, and also to be ready to cut inside from the left wing at any time.

Although some teams have used a similar approach to Mourinho against Feng Quan before this game, it has not achieved the desired effect.

However, in Mourinho's view, Feng Quan's personal ability did not reach the point where "the strength of two or three people cannot be stopped", but because the opponents Feng Quan has encountered do not have the defensive ability of Ivanovic and the other three.

Mourinho, however, has overlooked one issue.

That's right, Feng Quan's best position is indeed a left winger. But after nearly two seasons of tempering, the "King of Speed" has gradually grown into an "all-round attacker" who can play almost any position in the frontcourt.

Especially in the few games that Diego Costa missed due to injury, Feng Quan, who was not good at grabbing points in front of the goal, was "forced" to make up for the biggest shortcoming that restricted him from going further.

Therefore, even if Mourinho has made a careful arrangement for Feng Quan, with Feng Quan's figure all over the front court, only the use of fouls can prevent him from breaking through with the ball.

Considering that Feng Quan still has a good free kick, Mourinho ordered the Chelsea players to avoid fouling in the area at the front of the penalty area if they need to use foul tactics against Feng Quan, so as not to create a free kick opportunity for the opponent to score.