Section 498 Dirty
It is not too difficult to understand that a team with a "colorful" defense is not enough to win the league championship, and only a team with an "excellent" attack and defense can continue to win. - And the same is true of the current Atletico Madrid team, in addition to their own defense, they are also 'outstanding' in attack, which is one of the reasons why they lead La Liga.
Looking at the video of the game, the Wolfsburg players were impressed by Atletico's defense, and they seemed to have quickly found some shadows in their attack: this time, they did not see the shadow of Dort' or Bayern's game tactics, but in the opponent, they seemed to see their own attacking characteristics.
While this Atletico Madrid team is 'outstanding' defensively, it also pays great attention to quick counter-attacking tactics. And unlike La Liga teams, which generally like to do ground ball counterattacks, this Atletico Madrid's counterattack is often handled with high-altitude balls. Compared to other La Liga teams, this Atletico Madrid team does not pursue possession, but seems to like quick counterattacks, high balls under the bottom, long passes and hanging, which is somewhat similar to Wolfsburg's tactics.
This kind of tactic doesn't look like a La Liga team. In the memory of Wolfsburg players, La Liga teams are all good at ground ball coordination, and their offense, even if it is a counterattack, is more dependent on the penetration of ground balls. However, this Atletico Madrid team obviously let them see a different style of La Liga and let them appreciate a different kind of football.
If it is normal for Wolfsburg as a Bundesliga team to like header attacks, then it is a little strange that Atletico Madrid, as a La Liga team, also has so many header attacks. As a representative of Latin football. It's unthinkable to kick a ball in the air.
But. Strange or not, this tactic is really useful.
Out of the 'color' defense. Quick counterattacks. Give up possession in the midfield, 'hand' the ball to the opponent, and his own attack is to pass through the midfield quickly without dragging the mud and water. Focusing on the attack on both flanks and the ability of the frontcourt players to head the ball to attack, such a tactic is simply to take the defensive counter-attacking tactics needed by weak teams without enough personnel to the extreme.
Compared to their neighbors, Atletico can only be said to be poor, and the poor have used their unique tactics to make their team win many games. This is already a proof of success.
They managed to build their own tactical system and make the team go to glory.
"I always feel that Atletico Madrid's current squad and style of play are more like preparing for the long-term plan for the future than Chelsea's side saying that they are preparing for new recruits and building the team's squad for the next ten years. Chelsea said they wanted to play beautiful football, but they didn't see any action, and Atletico Madrid wanted to challenge the Spanish Super League, which was a real departure. Able to target the situation that their team does not give. With such a long-term plan, Simonni is also a great coach. ”
For the tactics of this team, the players of Wolfsburg also have some sincere admiration: Si'Monny's Atletico Madrid did not play very good. However, he has an accurate positioning of his team, a reasonable tactical configuration, and a 'colorful' personnel composition. It also gave his team the strength to compete with strong teams. Admittedly, this team may not be a powerhouse. But their 'brilliant' tactics are good enough to deal with the most formidable of the enemy - actually. And they did, and their results speak for themselves.
This team can compete with the teams in the Western Super League, they are definitely not weak. Their counterattack is enough to break through the big 'door' of the strongest team. And, for an underdog like Wolfsburg, Atletico may be more than just their counter-attack.
Another even more frustrating thing when watching this team play is that although this team seems to be tactically conservative, when it comes to technical standards, they are not bad at all. Although they are not against the style of play of long passes rushing away from the wings, this team has a very meticulous technical coordination in the frontcourt. In the rib area of the wing, their players can do a very delicate work, and they can do a good job of interspersing the ribs. Not only that, but their players are also very good at passing between two or three people, ensuring that the ball is at their feet, and this allows them not to be caught off guard when facing the opponent's 'pressing' scramble.
Compared to them, Wolf Castle, which also likes counter-attacking tactics, undoubtedly looks a little rough. Although their attacking tactics have many similarities with Atletico, they are not as good as Atletico in some details.
They don't have that 'outstanding' ability to play on the wings, more often than not, they rely on their own skills, and they don't have a way for them to keep the ball through their combinations, more often they can only rely on their own strikers' ability to carry the ball. Even if it is the same counter-attacking tactic, Wolfsburg's counterattack looks a little rough in front of Atletico.
After all, Atletico's players are still La Liga players, and they still surpass the Bundesliga teams in terms of technical delicacy. The use of a large number of Latin American players and the overall emphasis on technical league environment have made Atletico Madrid choose defensive counter-attacking tactics while still retaining 'outstanding' technical ability, even if the team's main tactic is counter-attacking.
And such delicate technology will also bring a lot of trouble to Wolfsburg: because of the delicate enough technology, although this team focuses on rapid counterattacks, but their foot cooperation will not be too bad, compared to Wolfsburg's forwards, I am afraid that they will still have a lot of breakthroughs, and these are enough to give Wolfsburg a headache.
It's a nightmare enough to play against a counter-attacking opponent who is not only experienced and capable, but also has the ability to play technical football. Considering that this team has competed with the two powerhouses in the Western Super League for a season, it is obvious that they also have a good psychological quality, such a guy has top tactical, technical, and psychological qualities, which makes it difficult for Wolfsburg players to find out what to evaluate.
"I can't imagine how Atletico did all this, the defense was 'good', the attack was sharp, and the technique was not bad...... We didn't do these things, and Dort 'Monter' didn't do them either, so how did they do it? How did they keep their quality in the game? Could it be that their technology is really much better than ours? ”
Watching the game, Turan also casually said his opinion, and Shahin also opened his mouth to answer his discussion.
"I don't think it has much to do with technology. Atletico Madrid is a team that can play so well, it seems that they are also playing a little ......"
Shaheen paused for a long time, trying to find a suitable word, but he couldn't find it, and Perisic on the side directly added, "Dirty." They kicked it dirty. ”
Perisic's words were so polite, but the evaluation of this sentence made Shaheen also stop. Perisic is indeed right, the reason why Atletico Madrid's tactics can play so 'brilliant' is largely related to the dirtiness of their football.
In addition to attacking and defending, the biggest impression of this Atletico team is that in all games, all their players seem to be full of all kinds of small actions, putting pressure on the opponent. These small actions are not big, none of them seem to be in the category of giving cards, but they are full of the whole game, this kind of play, Wolfsburg players have never seen it, looking at the video, almost all the players frowned.
Wolfsburg itself is not a white lotus 'flower', and there are not a few times when they foul. But even if Wolfsburg itself commits a lot of fouls, most of them are focused on defensive players, and this Atletico Madrid, starting with Costa in the frontcourt, seems to be very fond of fouls, which is rare.
Moreover, they must have been uniformly planned for their fouls, and this team has a lot of fouls, but very few of those dangerous fouls. They seem to enjoy 'pressing' in midfield away from the penalty area, or near the sideline with the ball at the back. In these positions, generally speaking, the player with the ball will not accelerate, and the two sides will not have a confrontation, and the harm will not be very great, so these fouls of Atletico Madrid will not be taken seriously by the referee - however, when there are many such fouls and insist on the whole game, their opponents will also feel very difficult.
Such a foul may not hurt the opponent, but it can definitely 'disrupt' the opponent's rhythm, and at the same time make the opponent unable to play calmly, especially some of Atletico Madrid's fouls are not for the game, and some of their actions in the game seem to be deliberately provoking the opponent and deliberately provoking the players' emotions, which is also an eye-opener for the Wolfsburg players.
Fouls are not recommended in football by any means. And Atletico Madrid has turned fouls into tactics, which can be regarded as an ability. And their ability to control the rhythm of the game all the time and not be suppressed by the opponent is largely due to their ability: if the skills are insufficient and the personnel are not good enough, then they will use fouls to make up for it, and use reasonable control fouls to achieve their own victory.
This kick made Atletico Madrid's victory and let people see their dirtiness. This practice of treating foul play as art is an eye-opener.
For a long time, when people talk about playing dirty, the Premier League is often the first thing that comes to mind. As the league with the loosest whistle in the whole football world, the Premier League players are dirty, which is already a well-known thing, and some people even say that when La Liga teams reach the Premier League, it is estimated that they will not be able to make up the lineup until Christmas. However, such a thing may be something that a team like Barcelona needs to worry about, but this Atletico team certainly does not have to worry about such trouble. They went to the Premier League, and if they had a more relaxed whistle environment, I am afraid that they will be truly unstoppable.
Born in South America, Simonny, in addition to bringing his own offensive and defensive tactics to Atletico Madrid, has clearly brought the characteristics of South American football to Europe. And compared to the squalor of South America, it seems that European football is a little worse.
This team, playing very dirty. However, it is precisely because of this squalor that they have an advantage in many places. And now, among the difficulties that Wolfsburg players need to overcome, there is also this question: how should they play in the face of such a dirty opponent?