Chapter 30: Sealing
Coaching sessions are a weekly part of every professional team. Studying the tactics of the next opponent, summarizing the training reports of the players, and even the personal matters of the individual players that may affect the state of the game are sometimes mentioned in the coaching meeting, and the importance of the coaching meeting is self-evident for the manager.
A total of six people participated in the Atletico Madrid coaching meeting. Acting head coach Linsen, assistant coach Juan, two first-team coaches Gutiérrez and Arellano, fitness coach Dina and youth coach Juanes. It is worth mentioning that Lin Sen unexpectedly wins recognition in the coaching staff much faster than among the players, the players don't care whether you have a coaching certificate or not, they don't care if you are a tactician, they want them to recognize you, there is only one way: win. The coach is different, they know very well what the coaching certificate means, although there are some dissatisfaction, but when some inadvertent difficulties in the coaching meeting are also easily resolved by Lin Sen, they will no longer create obstacles for Lin Sen, after all, Lin Sen is not exactly a stranger, he has dealt with each other more or less when he was a team doctor, and no one will have nothing to eat to add to their own blockage.
"It's good news in terms of fitness because it's all played once a week and there are no other competitions involved, so the fitness of the team has been very good. Only Sergio Aguero, who has just recovered from injury, and Motta, who has just returned from Brazil, may not be playing the full game. Dina's speech is also very simple, and each player's playing time and physical condition have a detailed number, which Dina does not need to repeat.
'The youth team is doing well and Sadiq is still the top scorer. Juanes' speech was more connotative, which made Lin Sen roll his eyes in his heart.
Since promoting Camacho and other three little guys to the first team and letting them play, Juanez's harassment of him has become even more frustrating, and he will give him a small report at every turn, and Sadiq, who is pushing the youth league sideways by relying on his body at this time, is the main target, and it is quite a bit that Sadiq will not stop if he is not allowed to go to the first team. It's just that although Lin Sen is a "juvenile control", this "juvenile" has strict conditions, who is Sadiq? Lin Sen didn't have this memory anyway. Without memory, he didn't want to live up to his reputation as the future king of Bole. So, he didn't hear Juanez's hint and just let the others start with the main content of the day.
With a national team break, Atletico Madrid will face a double fixture next week, travelling to Espanyol in midweek and returning home to Deportivo La Coruna at the weekend.
"Espanyol who have been relegated early have a good table in the last three games, one win and two draws, two wings Albert Riera (Albert Riera) and Zabaleta (Pablo Zabaleta) have been performing well since the second half of the season, Riera also scored twice in the last game, of course, the most important thing to focus on is their midfield core DeLaPena (DeLaPena), who has provided four assists in the last three games, as for striker Tamudo ( Tamudo) is in a goal drought, having not scored for more than 500 minutes. Their manager, Ernesto Valverde, may be a believer in Cruyff, but the Spaniard's tactical strategy is defensive and very effective on the counter-attack. ”
"Deportivo La Coruna have won two and lost one of their last three games, and they are still desperately trying to secure a place in the UEFA Cup, both in terms of morale and form, they are better than the Spaniards. It should be mentioned that Deportivo La Coruna's head coach Lotina was also the former head coach of Espanyol last season. And Lotina is a person who puts a lot of emphasis on defense. Deportivo La Coruna have conceded the fourth-fewest goals in the league this season, and have only conceded one goal in the last three games, which is directly related to the hardness of their midfield, Deportivo LaCoruna's four midfielders are all balanced midfielders, and Bellerón is one of the leaders, the pivotal figure of Deportivo La Coruna's offensive and defensive transitions, and whether he can effectively limit his activities is particularly important to us. ”
"The information you have is the specific number of the last five games of these two teams compiled by Pacino, and the ...... of their historical record in these two seasons and our matchups."
The two first-team coaches, Gutiérrez and Arelliano, gave a brief overview of their opponents for the next two rounds, which will be the highlight of today's meeting. Linsen, who was sitting on the side of the head, looked at the analysis of the game analyst Pacino, the two teams of Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna, the Spaniard Linsen is obviously a little stranger, but one of them is in Linsen's "future candidate list", that is, the Argentine Zabaleta, how scarce the excellent full-back is in the future Linsen knows, not to mention the kind of fullback who can gain a foothold in the giants, Zabaleta is still playing in the right midfielder position at the Spaniards, but after transferring to Manchester City, he will become a versatile player who can play almost all positions in the second half, and it is simply a copycat version of Inter captain Zanetti.
As for Deportivo La Coruna, Lin Sen's impression is still more in the team known as "Super Laco" back then, and it is obvious that things are different now. It's just that what makes Atletico Madrid a little sad is that if it weren't for the relegation tragedy that year, Belleron in the opposing team should have become the core of Atletico Madrid's midfield, and the super Laco team of that year may not have appeared.
In the case of Espanyol, the advice of the coaching staff was to focus on attacking the front, but in addition to that, the control of the midfield was also something that needed to be strengthened. The reason is very simple, since the opponent is playing defensive counterattacks, if you can break the opponent's defense, then naturally there is no counterattack. No matter how bad it is, you must stifle the opponent's counterattack in the midfield.
Linson agreed with the coaching staff, but he added one more item: set-pieces.
Cracking the dense defense is the same as Goldbach's conjecture, it is a worldwide problem, and there are only a few effective ways, not that there is no confidence in Atletico Madrid, but Linsen does not intend to bet all on one place, in his opinion, in addition to luck and long-range shots that bet on character, the easiest way to score goals and the most can completely ignore the tactical characteristics of the opponent is the set-piece.
As for Deportivo La Coruna, as soon as Linson's opinion was put forward, it was echoed by the coaching staff: follow the good example of the Spaniards......
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Rhodes didn't know why he was so enthusiastic about the young Chinese.
In Spain, anyone in the media who is linked to sports knows that if you want news, there are two directions that are the easiest: one is called Real Madrid and the other is called Barcelona. For neutral readers, there are only these two keywords for them to watch the news, and it is an exaggeration to say that even if these two teams change an old janitor, their news value may be greater than that of other teams changing presidents. Not for anything else, just because this old man has Real Madrid or Barcelona on his title.
Perhaps it was the sentence that I would not apologize for my profession that moved Rode, and after that, Rod set his sights firmly on Atletico Madrid, or rather, on Atletico Madrid's interim acting coach Lin Sen. After that, Rhodes found that Atletico Madrid's luck seemed to be on the verge of a sudden decline, first with a stunning comeback away to draw with second-placed Villarreal, then at home to a comfortable home win over relegation rivals Huelva, and just yesterday, Atletico Madrid, a guest at Espanyol, won again.
3:0!
A crisp score.
It was a bit surprising that all three of Atletico Madrid's goals came from set-pieces, a corner, a free kick, and a penalty.
Two wins, one draw and two losses in five games.
This is only a passing grade. However, if this passing score, coupled with the background of Atletico Madrid's four-game losing streak, and Linsen's status as a manager before, this result is obviously far higher than the hopes of Atletico Madrid's top management. To this end, Rhodes even launched a vote on the Independent's official website: Should Linsen get a contract extension?
Before the match with Espanyol, the number of voters was more than 600 people, and the people who chose to renew their contracts and those who chose not to renew their contracts were 73 open, that is, 70% of people did not think that Linsen should get Atletico Madrid's contract renewal, and this ratio changed after the Espanyol game, so far, the number of voters has increased to thousands of people, and the proportion has also become four or six open, close to five or five.
The situation is still not optimistic, but it is conceivable that if Linson can lead Atletico Madrid to win the next two games, he will almost certainly win the support of the majority of the people.
Of course, that's not what interests Rhodes the most.
What makes Rod feel a little puzzling is that to this day, no Atletico Madrid player has made any statement on whether Lin Sen will stay or not, even Camacho and others who Lin Sen has single-handedly promoted into the first team. In Rod's view, there are only two explanations for this situation: one is that Lin Sen still failed to win the trust of the players. This is unlikely, judging from the situation of Atletico Madrid's last two games, even if Linsen has not completely conquered the team, there is absolutely no doubt about the initial control, not every coach can let the players who were replaced by themselves take the initiative to shake hands with him after a few games, not to mention, this person is still a player who has refused to play.
Yes, this man, that is, Reyes. Reyes who scored a free kick in this game!
Then, if it weren't for the first point, combined with Atletico's almost public search for a new manager, it could only be another explanation, that is: Atletico's top management has privately given a gag order to the players!