Chapter 81: The Benefits of La Liga
In the 20th round of the league, Atletico Madrid won with a set of rotation lineups, and the result was very good, but Wan Sheng only said one sentence at the post-match press conference, "We are advancing!" β
When asked in detail by a reporter, Wan Sheng said, "Don't just look at the league in front of you, competition is a season's thing, we won this one, but we are looking forward to the next game." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
What Wan Sheng said was a little incomprehensible.
But it didn't take long for the media reporters to understand what they meant, and it was clear that Wan Sheng was referring to league competition, with their direct rivals Barcelona in the limelight.
Atletico Madrid is only on a five-game winning streak, while Barcelona are making history!
In the 20th round of the league, Barcelona's opponent was Racing Santander, 3-0, without any suspense or surprise, Barcelona easily won the game at home.
There is not much to say about the game itself.
What is interesting off the pitch is that Barcelona's opponents in both rounds of the league are teams that have just been bought and changed to rich owners - MΓ‘laga, who beat 4-1 in the last round, received capital injection from the Qatari owner, while Racing Santander has just been bought by the Indian owner.
But Barcelona 'didn't give face at all', winning 3 goals each, and the Spanish media also joked, "This is Barcelona's first lesson for newcomers, shocking education." β
In this game, Barcelona has won the 17th game in a row, which has already surpassed the best club record of 14 consecutive league wins set by Rijkaard during the 2005-2006 season.
Barcelona have not dropped points in the league since being beaten 5-1 at home to Atletico Madrid in the third round of the league, beating opponents such as Valencia, Sevilla, Villarreal and Real Madrid. Won all 17 games, from 14th in the league after the 3rd round, soared to the first place in the league, scored a crazy 57 goals and conceded only 6 goals, and the ratio of goals scored and conceded was more than 9 to 1!
In the 2005-2006 season, Barcelona played a magical record of 14 consecutive wins between the 8th and 21st rounds, and it is interesting that Barcelona also had a poor start that season, with only 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the first 7 rounds of the league, ranking 7th with 10 points, 5 points behind the leader Real Madrid.
After 14 consecutive wins, Barcelona have 52 points from 21 league games. Up to 12 points ahead of second-placed Valencia!
Many media believe that "Barcelona's winning streak is even more valuable, and the 'Dream Three' has surpassed the 'Dream Three' in terms of the number of championships, the longest unbeaten record, the best half-way record, and the winning streak." β
The whole of Spain is also talking about Barcelona, so Atletico Madrid, which has the same number of points as Barcelona, can only rank second in public opinion.
As the team's manager, Pep Guardiola was undoubtedly the center of attention, and he was happy with the result after the game, especially in the cold night, "I don't know if the fans were happy or not, but I was definitely happy, the fans had the right to ask us to score more goals, but the cold weather still affected our game. When the game was decided, we slowed down the pace of the game and that didn't give us more goals. β
In addition to the league, Guardiola also cares about the Copa del Rey, Barcelona's semi-final opponent is Almeria, and he also invited the fans to cheer for the team, "We need supporters for Wednesday's game, come to Camp Nou to cheer us on because it's the semi-final of the Copa del Rey and the final is just one step away. β
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In the face of such a 'ferocious' Barcelona, Wan Sheng felt full of fighting spirit!
Barcelona reached their peak in these two seasons, they almost swept La Liga and swept all of Europe, but that was only without themselves, and now they are in Spain differently.
It's when you defeat your opponent at the top that you feel a sense of accomplishment!
Barcelona is indeed strong, but Atletico Madrid is not weak, the points of the two teams are the same, Atletico Madrid's performance has been very stable, although it is not like Barcelona, every game can play a big score, but stable results are more critical, which proves that the team has gradually matured.
Wan Sheng has confidence in the team.
As early as a month ago, Wansheng had already begun to prepare for the league match with Barcelona, which was in the round of 22, and Atletico Madrid would go to the Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona.
That game could well decide the league title!
Wan Sheng is very eager for the game, and until then, let Barcelona 'jump' for the time being.
Atletico Madrid have three games left before the Barcelona clash β the two-legged Copa del Rey semi-final against Sevilla and the league 21st round at home to Athletic Bilbao.
Every game is extremely important to Atletico Madrid now, so Wan Sheng and the whole Atletico Madrid team take their opponents and games very seriously.
So far this season, Atletico Madrid have only played Sevilla once, in the first round of the league, when Atletico Madrid beat Sevilla 3-0.
That match saw the rise of Diego Costa!
Diego Costa scored two goals on his own and he was the biggest contributor to the win over Sevilla.
After the game, Sevilla were annoyed that the team underestimated their opponents, but then they saw Atletico Madrid's performance, and they knew that the team did not lose unjustly - Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona by a large margin and beat Real Madrid three times in a row, and the three-goal win over Sevilla away was actually nothing.
Perhaps there aren't many Sevilla people in the mood to reflect on their first-round defeat in the league because they have had a tumultuous season.
Within two weeks of losing to Atletico Madrid in the first round, Sevilla FC announced on its official website that it had dismissed head coach Antonio Alvarez and former Mallorca coach Manzano took over.
Manzano is a 'legend' of Spanish coaching, he has no professional experience and is a pure 'academy' coach.
In addition, Manzano has a bachelor's degree in psychology, as well as a psychiatrist's license, and for this reason, he has the nickname "Professor" in the Spanish coaching community.
It wasn't until 1989 that Manzano officially became a professional coach, starting with Uvida in the D League, and it wasn't until 1999 that Manzano entered La Liga and became the manager of Valladolid.
Manzano has coached seven La Liga teams with more than 400 La Liga games, the most successful of which is the island team Mallorca, where he won the Copa del Rey for the first time, which is the only trophy worth mentioning in Manzano's coaching career, and his second time in charge of Mallorca, Manzano won the Coach of the Season award for the Spanish magazine "Footballer" magazine in the 2007-2008 season.
In May 2010, Mallorca announced that he would not renew his contract with Manzano due to financial difficulties, and Manzano has been idle at home since then, he originally wanted to take a season off and find a job next season, but he did not expect Sevilla coach Antonio Alvarez to be fired early, so Manzano took over the coaching whip of Sevilla.
So far, Manzano has led the team to a solid run, with Sevilla also finishing sixth in La Liga and re-emerging as the contender for Champions League qualification.
This is a testament to Manzano's ability.
In the Copa del Rey, Manzano also hopes to lead the team to the final to win a title for the team.
Perhaps, more for yourself.
In Manzano's coaching career, the championship is a big stain on him, because he has only won one Copa del Rey and can't explain anything at all, so it is difficult for him to gain the trust of the big teams, so he can only coach the 'second-rate team' at most, Sevilla is already his limit, if he wants to go further in his coaching career, he must lead the team to fight for the championship.
Atletico Madrid became a stumbling block on the way to the title in Sevilla.
Manzano also fought hard for the championship, and he took the lead in shooting at Atletico Madrid before the game, "I don't want to offend anyone, but our goal is to win the Copa del Rey!" So are they, so we are competitors and at the PizjuΓ‘n Stadium we will not show mercy! β
Wan Sheng's face darkened a little when he heard what Manzano said, and he immediately replied, "We didn't ask their men to show mercy!" They'll just play as hard as they can, maybe this game will reach the level of our training. β
This is a direct mockery of Sevilla's strength.
Sevilla were not willing to be ridiculed, and their core player Fabiano stood up and said, "They treat the game as a drill? That's great, and I hope the opponent will underestimate it so we can win easily! β
Wan Sheng shook his head and said no more.
If Sevilla were replaced by Barcelona, he would still be in the mood to spit a few words with the other party, Sevilla?
They're not qualified!
Wan Sheng doesn't want to discuss too much on the topic of who wins and who loses, just go to the game to watch.
There are two interpretations of Wansheng's attitude, one is that Wansheng looks down on Sevilla and doesn't take his opponent seriously at all, "This is simply the biggest insult to Sevilla!" β
The other believes that Wan Sheng is a little weak-hearted, and he is not very sure about the game, so he will not say a word.
But no matter how the media analyzed, Atletico Madrid did not respond.
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In fact, Wan Sheng made a lot of preparations for the game, and Godin, who had just returned from injury, was placed on the bench.
Godin has just recovered from injury and is recovering, his form is still unstable, Wan Sheng does not plan to let him play, just let him readjust to the atmosphere of the game, but if there is a crisis in the game, Godin will definitely still play.
Godin is a big defender and he comes on to at least make the defence a little more stable.
Wansheng pays the most attention to the front court!
It's like the day before the game, Wan Sheng said to everyone, "In this game, I need you to use attacks to defeat the opponent!" β
Offensive!
Simple and straightforward!
'B-TF' is an all-attacking and all-defensive football, but it is more offensive, and against Real Madrid, it is forced to adopt a solid style of play that is biased towards defense, but it is different against Sevilla, Sevilla does not have the same offensive ability as Real Madrid.
Since the opponent is not capable, then the team has to show the attack.
Wan Sheng also believes that Sevilla FC will not play conservatively because they are an attacking team in their own right.
This is also one aspect of what Wansheng likes about La Liga.
Many teams in the Spanish league have an offensive style, so the game will be very good-looking, not like the Premier League, when leading Manchester City to meet opponents one by one, the first thing to think about is 'how to break the dense defense', in La Liga there is no need to do so, only a limited number of teams are defense-centric, Atletico Madrid just let go of the attack, it will definitely be a wonderful offensive drama. (To be continued.) )