Chapter 340: Cunning Gao Bo

The day of the game against Sevilla is fast approaching.

And before this game started, there was a big event in Sevilla - they changed their manager!

Sevilla's original manager was Antonio Alvarez.

The dude had a good start to the season, but in the last two rounds, Sevilla have suffered two defeats in a row!

Especially in the fifth round of the league, Sevilla lost 0-2 to promoted Makhkus, a game that cost Alvarez his job.

In fact, at the beginning of the season, Sevilla had plans to change the head coach, but in the end, their preferred head coach did not come to the team, which actually had a lot to do with Gao Bo.

After the departure of Atletico Madrid coach Flores last season, the most closely related to the Atletico Madrid coach is not Gao Bo, but Manzano!

Manzano previously coached Atletico Madrid, and last season, he led Mallorca to the last four of La Liga, but in the end Mallorca were knocked out of the top four by Sevilla.

Mallorca's quality is certainly not the same as Sevilla's, and Manzano's ability to lead an underdog team to almost qualify for the Champions League has made him one of the most talked-about La Liga managers last season.

After Flores' dismissal, Manzano himself thought that the position of head coach of Atletico Madrid would definitely belong to him, but in the end Cerezo chose to poach Gao Bo from England.

This was even more embarrassing for Manzano, who resigned from Mallorca and was waiting to take up the post of Atletico Madrid, for which he also turned down an offer from Sevilla.

But in the end, Atletico Madrid chose Gobo, and Manzano lost his job as a result - and when he came back to try to get rid of Sevilla's coach, Sevilla decided to support Alvarez's plans for the new season.

Surprisingly, however, Sevilla made the decision to change their coach immediately after a slight setback in Alvarez's management.

Sevilla's decision has attracted a lot of criticism in Spain, because many Spanish media and celebrities believe that Sevilla's approach is really disrespectful to the former head coach Alvarez.

Regardless, Sevilla FC eventually completed the process of changing the manager.

The home game against Atletico Madrid was Manzano's first game in charge.

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"I know Gao, he has achieved extraordinary results in England and it has proven that Atletico Madrid made the right choice to ask him to coach!"

In front of the media, Manzano was very polite, he praised Gao Bo's coaching in Luton and Atletico Madrid, and even called Gao Bo "the most correct choice for Atletico Madrid over the years!" "The best candidate for the Atletico Madrid managerial position! ”

It's almost like praising Gao Bo as "the chosen one" and "that man".

It seems that Manzano doesn't mind that Gao Bo has robbed him of his position as Atletico Madrid manager and almost left him unemployed.

And Gao Bo was also very polite in his response to this game before the game.

"Mr. Manzano is a well-known coach in Spain, he is very familiar with the league, his tactical style of play is pleasing to the eye, he is one of the representatives of traditional Spanish football, and in the current football environment, there are not many coaches like Mr. Manzano who are committed to tradition and can take care of results."

Gao Bo almost praised Manzano as a national treasure of Spain.

The praise of the two made the media a little speechless.

How did they report it?

For the media, it is the conflict that catches the eyeballs, and if every game is so enjoyable, then how can they mix it up? The media is one of the institutions that most wants chaos in the world.

The two sides were calm before the game, and business blew each other, which made the reporters who were afraid of the world a little unhappy.

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Before the game, it was calm, but when it came to the game, it was full of killings.

From the first minute of the game, the game was very intense!

Manzano had apparently studied Atletico Madrid's tactics carefully, and he had just taken office, so he didn't have time to start any tactical training!

So Manzano used the simplest and most effective way - defensive counterattack!

Maintain stability at the edge of the penalty area, don't be easily pulled away by Atletico Madrid's back-and-forth passes, and stand in key positions.

No matter how Atletico Madrid passes from the perimeter, they still have to finish the shot through the penalty area in the end.

Manzano used the most conservative approach to Atletico Madrid.

Of course, this is just passive defense, and you can't win the game by relying on this!

Sevilla's midfielders also focused on Modric's attack.

I have to say that Manzano's vision is very accurate, Modric can be said to be the offensive and defensive hub of Atletico Madrid's midfield, as long as Modric is stuck, then it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid's attack to create any threat.

Luka Modric found himself in the middle of the opposition's multi-player bag at the start of the game, and that's when Modric's physical weaknesses were exposed.

Atletico Madrid's attack was in trouble for a while.

In fact, Gao Bo does not intend to make a certain player the absolute core, although the way to establish a core player in the front court can make the team form a stable offensive routine more quickly, but on the contrary, after having the core, the opponent's defense is also more targeted - unless the current Modric can have the game experience he will have after this year, otherwise, Gao Bo will set up Modric as the core as it is now, Modric is trapped, and the team's offense is in trouble.

Modric is not the core, the reason why he has more balls in recent games is because the current Atletico Madrid's fast-pass-fast attacking mode is still very difficult to run-in, so Gao Bo deliberately strengthened Modric's number of balls, allowing the playmaker to play with other players in the midfield.

Gao Bo had long been prepared for Modric to be forced to be snatched by the bag.

So he whistled on the sidelines, followed by a gesture.

Soon, the players at Atletico Madrid knew what the manager meant.

Antoine Griezmann pulls back into midfield!

Antoine Griezmann is more than just a wide raider, and it would be a waste of Griezmann's talent to use it only as a wide raider!

He can also act as a bridging player in the front court!

When Modric was limited by the pack, the Atletico Madrid players passed the ball to Griezmann more!

And Griezmann, who returned to the middle, did not have any discomfort, he received and passed the ball in the middle, like a fish in water!

Now the Sevilla players are a little uncomfortable, and they still focus on Modric, but the key to the problem now is that Modric has taken the ball a lot less during this time, and he has even pulled to the side to give way to Griezmann.

Manzano had just wanted to get Sevilla's players to change the focus of the defense, and his team conceded a goal!

In the 25th minute of the game, Griezmann received the ball in the middle and went straight to Aguero!

Sergio Aguero stopped the ball and turned around to show off his skills in the box, and he quickly showed his shooting skills to the Sevilla players!

A clever shot from inside the box! The ball passed between the two centre-backs, drew a small arc on the ground, hit the inside edge of the far post and bounced into the goal!

1 to 0!

Atletico Madrid took the lead in the first 25 minutes, which completely bankrupted Sevilla's counter-attacking strategy.

However, the cautious Manzano did not let his team rush to attack, he knew that Atletico Madrid's morale was high now, and it was not a matter of death to press it at this time.

He still asked his players to continue to strengthen the defense, and since Griezmann is in the middle, it is better to focus on Griezmann.

Manzano is indeed a quality manager, and in just a few days in charge, he has put together Sevilla's defence in a good way.

Atletico Madrid dominated the attack in the first half, but they failed to find the back of the net in the end.

In the second half, Gao Bo began to deploy troops.

Diego Costa came on and he replaced Reyes.

Atletico Madrid's formation was adjusted to 442, which was the team's second plan.

Gao Bo naturally won't play a set of 433 to the end, and when it's time to make changes, he will still change!

And Atletico Madrid also have a good 442 condition, Modric and Raul Garcia are very good in crossing, and the two full-backs insert the attack, which is also a requirement that Gao Bo often makes in training.

Atletico Madrid's second goal was scored by the full-back.

In the 67th minute of the game, Raul Garcia won the ball in the midfield and then scored a point on the side.

Sandro came up to fight the opponent's speed, but the Brazilian's speed was still very fast, and he rushed to the left-footed cross before the defender arrived!

Diego Costa's role was evident when he came on the pitch, and his height of 188 cm was also able to be used as a high school striker.

Diego Costa smashes the defender's header in the middle!

Two to zero!

Atletico Madrid scored the second goal, and when the game got to this point, Atletico Madrid basically won the game.

In the final stages, Sevilla FC changed their attacking players to try to give it a go, but it was too late.

And Gao Bo finally replaced Mario Suarez and Mane one after another, replacing Aguero and Griezmann, who ran a lot in this game.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Sevilla 2-0 away to make it six consecutive league wins.

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After the game, Manzano took the initiative to come up and shake hands with Gao Bo.

"I didn't expect you to keep a hand, Griezmann's performance in the middle is even better than his on the wing!" Manzano said, shaking his head.

Gao Bo smiled.

"Don't rejoice too soon, high! I've just taken office, and the next time we meet, I won't make you so proud! Manzano said, shaking his head.

The Spanish coach was clearly unconvinced.

"My dual-core tactics are hard to break!" Gao Bo smiled even brighter.

Manzano nodded, as if it were so.

The Chinese in front of him is too cunning, and he actually hides a core.

Modric plus Griezmann dual-core, this is indeed a headache.

Manzano frowned, thinking about how to break the enemy.

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"How did I not know that we had two cores?" Assistant coach Moya Boggs was also puzzled.

"Of course we don't have two cores, and the purpose of our tactics is to weaken the tendency to rely on the attacking core." Gao Bo smiled.

"Then you're still—" Moya's eyes widened.

Gao Bo smiled like a fox: "Moya, soldiers are not tired of cheating!" We're going to have Sevilla this season, so I don't think it's going to be easy for us to win against them, and I've heard that Manzano is a very cautious guy and I'm just going to give him a problem! I estimate that for a long time in the future, he will be thinking about how to break our so-called dual-core tactics! ”

Mo Ya also laughed: "You are so cunning, Gao! ”

Gao Bo shrugged.

Soldiers don't get tired of cheating.