Chapter 40: The Real War!
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This game is a reminder for Wan Sheng.
Atletico Madrid's 'B-TF' system tactics are quite rigorous and complex, and the tactical effect is also very good, but the team's use of tactics can be said to be just beginning, and many players are not too proficient in tactics.
In addition to tactics, the cooperation of various small routines in the team, and the tacit understanding between players and players, can only be said to be slowly proficient.
Atletico Madrid are still some way away from 'sweeping La Liga', and when the top teams in La Liga are playing well, it will not be so easy to beat their opponents.
At the moment, the most important thing for the team is to conduct tactical training.
On the one hand, it is to be familiar with tactics, and on the other hand, it is also to train some routines to cooperate, and at the same time increase the tacit understanding between players.
Atletico Madrid didn't have much time to summarize and improve, and just after the league match with Villarreal, the team ushered in the Spanish Copa del Rey.
The Copa del Rey is an important tournament in Spain.
The tournament has a very close connection with the Spanish royal family.
Princess Diana of England, a relative of the Spanish royal family, once praised the Spanish royal family's enthusiasm for football rather than aristocratic sports such as polo and equestrianism. When Prince Felipe of Spain announced that he would renounce the French throne that year, he also said that he would not give up his preference for the Marseille club on the premise of loving Real Madrid.
At the time, Spain was the only country in Europe that continued to honour football's elite in the name of the royal family.
In 1975, the great Spanish dictator Franco died, and the general, known for his massacre of communists, returned to Catholicism in his later years, and in endless repentance, returned power to the Spanish crown.
After the young Carlos I ascended the throne, he adopted a series of democratic measures that won the hearts of the people, and the Spanish people, in order to show their gratitude, changed the name of the "Spanish Champions Cup" that began in 1903 to the "Spanish Copa del Rey".
On June 25, 1977, King Carlos personally awarded the "Copa del Rey" to Real Betis captain Juanma for the first time at Atletico Madrid's home stadium, and the status of the cup was further recognized and sublimated.
Therefore, in the official annals of the Spanish Football Federation, the Copa del Rey has only a short history of 29 years, but the short history has not affected its glory.
In fact, the Spanish national cup began in 1902 and was named after the king from the beginning - the Alfonso VIII Cup, and the first trophy was kept in perpetuity by the Vizcaya club, which changed its name to Athletic Bilbao in 1903, and it won its first three titles.
In the following four years, Real Madrid won the title and took possession of the second trophy permanently.
Between 1914 and 1916, Athletic Bilbao won three consecutive titles and permanently won the third Copa del Rey.
Then it was Barcelona's turn, and between 1920 and 1928, Barcelona won the title five times and won the fourth Copa del Rey on a permanent basis.
The following year, 1930-1932, Athletic Bilbao won three consecutive titles, and a fifth Copa del Rey was awarded to them permanently.
In 1933, the "Alfonso VIII Cup" was renamed the "Republic Cup".
In 1939, after General Franco came to power, the Copa del Rey was renamed the "Supreme Commander" Cup, and the trophy was awarded to the champion of the year, Sevilla.
In 1945, the seventh trophy was permanently awarded to Athletic Bilbao for the fourth consecutive triple; In 1953, Barcelona won three consecutive trophies and won their eighth trophy permanently; In 1971, thanks to five more titles, the ninth trophy was permanently awarded to Barcelona; In 1976, due to the death of General Franco and the change of regime, the tenth trophy remained permanently in Atletico Madrid (because the trophy was about to change its name).
In 1977, the Spanish Cup was renamed the Copa del Rey by Juan Carlos I.
Between 1978 and 1990, FC Barcelona won five cups and the 11th trophy was awarded to them permanently.
The current Spanish Copa del Rey is actually the 12th.
The original format of the Spanish Copa del Rey, because of the knockout round of the four levels of Spanish clubs "regardless of whether they are high or low" mixed matches, was rated by the media as a cup competition to assist small clubs, and the second division, third division and D division clubs that passed the qualifying round have the opportunity to compete with the first division clubs, which stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs, and many lower league teams can earn enough for a year's expenditure by virtue of a game against La Liga teams.
However, in 2005, the Copa del Rey format was reformed, with lower-division teams having to go through a few knockout rounds before meeting the First Division.
This reduces the number of games played by La Liga teams and reduces the likelihood of upsets, but it also significantly reduces the income of many lower-tier teams.
The reformed Copa del Rey format is complex, but it is beneficial for top-flight teams, and under the new format, La Liga teams that do not participate in European competitions can directly participate in the fourth round.
Atletico Madrid is one of the 'La Liga teams that cannot participate in European competitions', so their Copa del Rey only started on October 27.
In this round, Atletico Madrid's opponent was Las Palmas.
This is an established team in La Liga.
Las Palmas have been playing in La Liga since 2002 and have now been in the middle of the second division for eight seasons, during which time they have not been promoted or relegated.
In the face of such a team, Atletico Madrid can completely let go and send a substitute lineup.
But Wan Sheng still attaches great importance to the game.
Although they only ran into a team in the second division, Wansheng hopes that the team can fight for the Copa del Rey, and when the tactics are not yet stable, it is not surprising to send a substitute lineup, and lose the game away, after all, the cup has always been the cradle of the underdog.
In order to ensure the victory of the game, Wan Sheng still let Ozil start to lead the team's attack, and Diego Forlan was also sent up front.
Mesut Ozil and Forlan were enough to keep the team attacking.
In addition, Wan Sheng also began to train newcomers, Rafael Varane, Isco, Wang Qiuming three young players all appeared, the midfield also sent Suarez, Domingos to rotate, substitute goalkeeper Roberto also had a chance to play.
Under the leadership of Mesut Ozil and Forlan, Atletico Madrid have been doing well in attack.
After the final 90 minutes, the team scored a total of four goals.
However, there are too many young players, and the substitute lineup's unfamiliarity with tactics and other problems are also highlighted, and the team does not do a good job in the transition between attack and defense, and there are some holes in the defense.
Las Palmas are a La Liga side but will also want to fight against Atletico Madrid, and they are doing quite well at home stadium.
They seized their chances and scored a goal in each half.
The final score was fixed at 2-4.
Atletico Madrid beat Las Palmas away to advance to the next round of the Copa del Rey.
In the game, Atletico Madrid exposed a lot of problems, such as the instability of young players and substitute players, the team's overall inability to use tactics well, the difference between the strength of the substitute lineup and the main lineup, etc., after the fourth round of the Copa del Rey, many media also analyzed and pointed out the problems of Atletico Madrid, and criticized it.
Wan Sheng is certainly aware of the team's problems.
These problems are actually a 'newly formed' team, and they can also be called heritage problems.
Atletico Madrid was originally only a mid-league team, there are some strong players in the team, and there are also players with average strength, even if half of the squad is eliminated, there are still some players whose strength does not reach the 'top standard', and now Atletico Madrid is competing for the championship, and the ability of these players is naturally relatively poor.
The same goes for young players.
Young players such as Isco, Raphael Varane and Koke, who are a little less capable and less experienced than the first-team players, are the future of the team, but not now.
At the tactical level, even the team's home team lineup, which has gone through several rounds of games, is not mature in the use of tactics, let alone the substitute lineup.
It is normal for Atletico Madrid to have a huge gap between the main players and the substitutes.
Wan Sheng is very comfortable with this, because Atletico Madrid has not had much pressure this season, the team does not need to participate in European competitions, and there are only league and cup competitions in the country, while La Liga teams have much fewer events than Premier League teams.
There is not too much pressure of the game, and there are some problems that can be slowly reformed.
The team still has a lot of time.
In the ninth round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid still sent a semi-substitute lineup to play.
Wan Sheng began to deliberately train in the league.
Atletico Madrid's opponent is Almeria, a team whose name will be unfamiliar to some long-time fans, in fact, as a team from the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, Almeria FC was only born in 2001, when the former Almeria Sports Club and Almeria FC were merged.
Almeria's predecessor, Ad Almeria, had two years of La Liga experience.
From 2001 to the present, it has only been nine years, and the history is only 9 seasons, Almeria's results are very stable, they won the second place in La Liga in the 2006-2007 season, and were promoted to La Liga, and this unconcerned Andalusian team has been successfully relegated for three consecutive seasons, which surprised many people.
In the past three seasons, Almeria have not only succeeded in relegation, but 'early' relegation, which is a testament to their consistent performance.
This season, the Spanish media's expectation for Almeria is also to be able to enter the middle of the table.
Compared to Atletico Madrid, Almeria's results are nothing, in the face of such a relegation team, under normal circumstances, Atletico Madrid will not lose easily, most of the media think so, after all, Atletico Madrid has been strong since the beginning of the season.
When the media saw Atletico Madrid's semi-substitute lineup, they all felt that Atletico Madrid did not value the opponent, so some media also thought that 'Almeria has a chance'.
However, they all guessed wrong.
Atletico Madrid's bench lineup, although there are many problems, but several of the main players who played - Aguero, Morris, Raul Garcia, Godin, Kasmirski and others, are still very strong.
These few players alone can bring more than enough threat to Almeria.
Atletico Madrid is not a problem at all in attack, although the defense is a little worse, but Almeria's forward line is not strong.
In the end, Atletico Madrid won 1-0 against Almeria.
It is worth mentioning that Sergio Aguero, who started the game, scored the only goal.
It was Sergio Aguero's first start for the team since his return to the first team and his first goal of the new season for Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid's forward competition is still relatively fierce, Diego Costa, Diego Forlan and Klose are in good form, but the latter two are a little older and it is difficult to really play the whole game, so Wan Sheng still gave Aguero a chance.
The Argentine star seized his chance.
It was in the 63rd minute of the game that Sergio Aguero received a pass from Raul Garcia and shook off Jacobson to score the ball.
When the football flew into the goal, all the Atletico Madrid fans cheered, not just for the goal, but for Aguero's goal.
Sergio Aguero played for Atletico Madrid for four seasons, helping the team average 15.8 league goals in a single season.
That's a very efficient number for a player who has played in La Liga since the age of 18.
Sergio Aguero is undoubtedly one of the top strikers in Europe among Atletico Madrid fans, and now that he is back in the team and helping them score goals in the league, every Atletico Madrid fan is very happy.
Sergio Aguero once again enjoyed the feeling of being in the limelight.
Now the Argentine star no longer wants to bow his head to Wansheng and admit his mistakes, and he feels that he has made the right choice to return to the first team.
To be popular with the fans, to be in the spotlight is what he wants, and he runs on the pitch to vent his joy.
As long as he gets enough playing time, he believes he will be able to re-establish himself in the team.
After the game, Sergio Aguero was the real protagonist, he became the man of the match and was interviewed by journalists.
At the press conference, Wan Sheng also praised Aguero's performance, "He is a brilliant young man, as long as he is given time, I believe he will perform better." ”
Wan Sheng praised Sergio Aguero in order to promote the competition for the forward line.
He saw Diego Costa's eager eyes in the middle of the match, and the Brazilian was eager to perform.
Now the rivalry between the two has begun.
Wan Sheng hopes that both of them can perform well, so that the team's forward line does not have to worry.
However, after this game, the media focus was not on the past games, but on the long term and directly on the Madrid derby a week later.
That's the real Mars hitting the Earth!
Not to mention this season, even the usual Madrid derbies are hot.
A hundred years of rivalry and hatred between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will erupt in the derby.
That's the real war! (To be continued.) )