Having just returned to Madrid from the 19th round of the league, Simeone received the good news he had been waiting for: Costa had successfully registered, and he could theoretically represent the team in next weekend's league game.

Simeone has been struggling with the lack of a strong center forward, and the news finally brought a smile to his heart.

Costa has been training with the first team since his return to Atletico last October. It was true that his form was sluggish at first, but as we entered December, Costa was noticeably more engaged and continued to climb in form. At the low point of his career, Atletico were willing to be the pick-up man, and he naturally didn't want to disappoint Simeone.

Simeone and Costa know each other well, there is no run-in period at all, and Costa is no stranger to attacking football in the past two seasons at Chelsea, and when he was still the main player last season, he and Pedro and Cesc Fabregas formed an attacking trident that was extremely threatening. Pedro and Cesc Fabregas have similar characteristics to Wen Zhihao and Antoine Griezmann. A passable and shooting midcourt core, a speed-type shadow killer, Simeone believes that Costa's ability to quickly integrate into his own offensive transformation is mostly derived from this.

After returning from the away game, after a day of adjustments, Simeone announced to everyone in the tactical training session the following day: "Today we are going to play some new tricks and play a little game. ”

Everyone felt very fresh, and with the leader's devil training style, he actually knew that education was fun......

Wen Zhihao, Antoine Griezmann and Costa were called out individually, along with five men in the back line. Godin, Savage, Jimenez, Juanfran, Felipe. Including substitute goalkeeper Moya, several people were taken by Simeone to another training ground next door.

Simeone left the rest of the team's training to his assistant Boggs, which made all the players look at each other: What is this for?

Including a few people who were called out, Wen Zhihao quietly said to Griezmann: "I'll be more powerful later, it's estimated that I will have to play." ”

"What?" Griezmann did not understand.

Costa was also quick to react, glancing at the five and understanding: "Hey, the coach still likes to be so puzzled." We have three offensive players, and those five are defenders......"

Griezmann was stunned for a second, and then shouted: "I'll go, the boss won't want us to fight three!" ”

Griezmann couldn't control his emotions, and the whole training ground heard it, and Simeone's mysterious smile confirmed everything, and the eyes of the five defenders led by Godin instantly lit up. This duel is interesting!

The other players at the training ground next door were also interested, and they all looked at Boggs with pleading eyes. Hopefully, he'll stop training and allow them to watch the fight. Although it is only an intra-team confrontation, both sides have shown real skills, and the excitement can reach the top level of La Liga, who wants to miss it?

Boggs was also old and spicy, and he could see what everyone was thinking at a glance, and he glared and shouted: "Does it have anything to do with you?" Go on! ”

On the other side, Griezmann and Wen Zhihao whispered: "Wen, I feel completely bottomless in my heart!" ”

Wen Zhihao quickly said to the two: "Big grid, Diego...... Eh, you have the same name as the leader, I'll call you Little Diego in the future, listen to my command later, OK? ”

Griezmann nodded without hesitation, and Costa hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "As long as you're sure, I'm fine." ”

Simeone split into two teams, facing each other like a kick-off in the center circle, stood in the middle and said, "You guys guessed just now." That's right, it's a three-on-five, the three of you face a back five, no matter what way you use it, break through the defender's defense, and then shoot within the goal range to win. Again, your goal is to break the ball before the attacker shoots. Each attack is limited to two minutes, and if you don't score at that time, the attacker loses, and wins six out of ten games. Note! This is a PK with punishment, I hope you all cheer up and go all out! ”

"What's the punishment?" This issue is of primary concern to all.

Simeone replied: "The loser carries the winner on his back and runs around the outer ring track!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but feel excited, and even Wen Zhihao felt that there was no way out. If you lose on your side, then you have to carry five for three, and one or two hundred pounds of strong men can be enough to carry one, let alone two or three! But the strength of the other side is also very strong, and it is not easy to win!

The Costa man was tall and big, looked back at the two people who were a head shorter than him, clapped his hands and said, "It's nothing, if you lose, I'll help you get two more points." ”

Wen Zhihao secretly praised Costa for his good heart, and encouraged on the surface: "Take it easy, a lot of people may not be useful, and we may not necessarily lose." ”

Wen Zhihao whispered to the two of them for a while, arranging a basic offensive routine.

……

Simeone acted as the referee for both sides, and the whistle blew and the confrontation began.

Jimenez rushed up at the first time, Griezmann took advantage of the situation to cut into the wing, Wen Zhihao made an overhead pick-up pass, but Juanfran judged correctly and stuck his position in advance to block Griezmann's bottom cross.

"In the first game, the attacker loses!" Simeone announced in a loud voice.

After the restart, Griezmann stepped forward more resolutely, using a feint to shake off Juanflan, but Jimenez, who had made up the defense, used the physical confrontation advantage to directly squeeze Griezmann down and successfully broke the ball.

"In the second game, the attacker loses!" Simeone frowned.

suffered two losses in a row, Griezmann adjusted very quickly, no longer relied on speed to eat, waited for Wen Zhihao to get close to himself after serving, and then crossed the bottom after playing a two-one-one on the side, but Costa and Godin did not take advantage of the battle, and after a wave of tough confrontation between the two in the air, the ball was obtained by Felipe on the left periphery.

"In the third game, the attacker loses!"

Simeone's loud voice, Boggs next door could hear it clearly, why did they always lose, wasn't his idea realistic?

In the fourth game, Wen Zhihao faked a breakthrough cross, and the low flat ball swept in front of the goal, but unfortunately no one touched it, and the ball slid directly out of the sideline.

"In the fourth game, the attacker loses!"

Simeone gave half a minute to rest, Wen Zhihao hurriedly called the two over, Griezmann complained: "Wen, don't you have a way?" How did it get to this! ”

Wen admits he overestimated Antoine Griezmann's breakthrough and Costa's ability to grab points. Breaking through a cross and then letting Costa grab the penalty didn't work.

Sweeping the two of them, and then looking at Simone with a gloomy face in the distance, Wen Zhihao's eyes lit up, and he understood Simone's intentions a little.

"Another way of thinking, little Diego, you play the fulcrum in front, press the central defender behind you, I and Da Gezi try to get as close to you as possible, and then you make the ball for us, and after the two of us burst into the penalty area with the ball, we hit the ball back to the middle, and you shoot directly in the middle."

The two looked at each other, which sounded feasible, so they didn't raise any objections. has lost four games in a row, there is no way back, no one wants to be punished, not to mention that the body is tired, it is a loss of face, isn't it?

In the fifth game, Wen Zhihao kicked off and found Costa directly, Costa pressed Godin to the side and back of the header, Griezmann scurried into the penalty area from the gap between the two defenders, attracting Savic's supplementary defense, Griezmann swept to the middle, Costa also dangled a shot in the middle, Wen Zhihao went around to the back point to hit the goal.

"In the fifth game, the attacker wins!" Simeone's voice suddenly became two points louder, and no one noticed that he nodded lightly with a smile.

In the sixth game, the three of them did the same, and Costa scored with a header from the middle.

The three on the pitch were excited, and Simeone was even more so. The aim of this game is to develop a sense of coordination in a trio. But he didn't expect the effect to be better than expected. In the face of this top back five defensive line, this set of offensive routines should be able to have a good practical effect.