Barcelona, Spain.

After the afternoon training session, the Barcelona Sports City became quiet again.

The lights are still on in coach Louis van Gaal's office.

The day after tomorrow, his team will travel to Madrid to take on Atletico Madrid away.

Van Gaal is not at all intimidated by the Sheets, even away from home.

He has been in charge of Atletico Madrid for three seasons and has lost 5-2 on the road, but that was when the league had already won the title early, and Van Gaal went away with a substitute line-up, only to be stunned by Vieri's brace and assist.

But overall, Van Gaal's Barcelona still have an advantage against Atletico.

This time, he believes the same.

Especially after Antich's dismissal, Atletico Madrid has been exhausted and has completely given up this season.

But even so, Van Gaal still didn't dare to be careless.

Barcelona are not in a very good situation right now and desperately need a win, preferably a complete victory, to revive the morale of the team.

But the funny thing is that Barcelona, nay, maybe even the whole of European football, and even the whole world, knows nothing about the new manager of Atletico Madrid, and has no idea what he did before, what he did, and what he is good about.

The only thing that was reported by the media was that he ran to meet Florentino, and after being sarcastically ridiculed by Florentino, he was thrown out.

God knows how he became the manager of Atletico?

But it is precisely because of this that the whole world is very unfamiliar with the new Atletico coach.

What tactics he prefers, what types of players he likes to use, and how he might arrange his lineup, no one knows.

You can only guess!

Louis van Gaal is a very controlling manager and he doesn't like to guess.

Especially this kind of speculation that has no scientific basis.

……

Just when Van Gaal was having a headache, there was a knock on the office door from the outside.

His assistant coach, Portuguese Jose Mourinho, walked in.

The 37-year-old is very resolute in his dealings, and although there are frequent arguments, Van Gaal still relies on and trusts him.

When he was in charge of Barcelona, Van Gaal had three assistants, Ronald Coman and Gerard van der Leem went out to coach alone, and now there is only one Jose Mourinho left, and it is estimated that sooner or later he will have to fly alone.

"What's wrong, José?" Van Gaal asked as he watched him enter the door.

"Beypur is wounded."

"Really hurt?" Van Gaal was a little surprised at first, then smiled with joy in his heart.

'The news that our scouts got was right, he didn't go midway to the game against Deportivo La Coruna to prepare for the Copa del Rey, but was injured and, according to the reliable information we received, was out of training in the afternoon.

Mourinho also looked very happy.

This Beybull is a midfielder with excellent defensive ability, without him, which head will Atletico take to fight Barcelona?

After hearing this, Van Gaal was basically convinced.

Double tournaments a week, every training session counts.

No manager would be stupid enough to deliberately let his players miss training to set off smoke bombs.

Beybur's absence from training only proves that he is indeed injured.

"Then our plans are going to change a little."

Van Gaal said, and the whole person walked back to the desk, and did not sit down, but looked directly at the match map in front of him, on which the starting lineups of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid were placed.

Of course, this was guessed by Van Gaal and his aides.

Atletico have been training for the past two days as Antich, so it's likely that the game will do the same.

442, the goalkeeper is still Molina, the back line is Capdevilla, Santi Denia, Carlos Gamara and Gaspar from left to right, the midfielders are Solari, Belleron, Beybur and Aguilera, and the double striker is Kiko and Hasselbaink.

But now, Van Gaal reached out and took the piece representing Beybur.

"Guess who's going to use him? Baraja? Fresnedoso? Hugo Leal? Or Oscar Mene? ”

Van Gaal asked several names in one go, all of them Atletico midfielders, and he knew them all by heart.

That's his job as a manager and he's always studied his opponents very thoroughly.

"You seem to look down on Venturin a little." Mourinho came unexpectedly.

Van Gaal was directly amused, and both of them burst out laughing.

The importance of Beybull to Atletico Madrid's midfield is extraordinary, and it can even be said that Atletico's defense depends on Beybur.

Now that the Czechs are injured, how can Atletico fight Barcelona?

"I was thinking, should we play more aggressively?" Mourinho proposed.

Van Gaal looked at his assistant and shook his head in his heart.

In the end, young people are good at everything, but sometimes their ideas are too radical.

At this time, for Barcelona, the most important thing is to win a win steadily, relieve the pressure that the team is facing now, and don't always want to make big things at every turn.

"Jose, I think if you have the opportunity to coach alone in the future, you will definitely be more risky than me." Van Gaal laughed.

This is not the first time Van Gaal has said this, and Mourinho laughed along.

He does feel that there is a DNA to play attacking football in his coaching philosophy.

"You are not afraid of big things when you watch the excitement, I can't, I have to take care of the overall situation."

Van Gaal looked at him and smiled a little proudly, and immediately laughed and scolded again.

'Let Cocu start at centre-back, Pep Guardiola in the number four role, and we'll try to settle the fight in the first leg away from home!'

This is also the result of Van Gaal's thoughtful thinking.

Barcelona's central defenders are also inferior in terms of height, and Cocu is relatively tall.

And as a versatile player, Cocu's attacking power is very good, he sits in the backline, can effectively help the team to move forward, suppress Atletico's overall formation, and let the midfield reap better results.

After Mourinho heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement and immediately recorded it in his notebook.

"Still haven't heard about Atletico's new manager?" Van Gaal asked suddenly.

Mourinho shook his head, "No, there is no news from the media, so they just ignored it." ”

Van Gaal couldn't help but be surprised, and it was a bit strange that the media couldn't even get the slightest bit of information.

"I heard a reporter from the Daily Sports newspaper mention that the person seemed to appear out of thin air, very strange, what I can hear so far is that he accidentally fell into the water a few months ago, fell into the river of Madrid, and was rescued."

"Later, I went to fool Florentino and was driven away by the other party, and then this time."

Van Gaal nodded, "Where did you get his coaching certificate?" ”

Anything else can be faked, but the certificate can't be faked, right?

"Don't you really say it, his certificate is real, including UEFA, including the Coaches Association, there are relevant records, but no one remembers, when there was such a number one, is it strange to say?"

"What about the Cologne Institute of Physical Education? Doesn't it mean that he graduated from the Department of Sports Management? Van Gaal was even more puzzled.

"Yes, there are also reporters who inquire, there is this person, he did graduate, but no one remembers him, and even the teacher is not sure whether he has ever gone to class."

When Van Gaal heard this, he was a little skeptical that he was watching a thriller.

"Isn't this person's sense of existence too low?"

"He's like an invisible man, if he hadn't been pushed out this time, no one would have remembered that there was such a number one, and there were reporters who ran to interview Florentino, and guess what Florentino would have answered?"

"Don't remember?" Van Gaal laughed.

"That's right, Florentino said directly, who? I don't know this guy! ”

Both burst out laughing.

Atletico Madrid's new manager is indeed too non-existent to be ignored to such an extent.

But this also goes one step further, convincing all media reporters that he is really the unlucky guy who was pushed by Atletico Madrid and bears the infamy of relegation.

Otherwise, how to explain that Atletico would use such a person as a manager?

"I can already imagine the chaos in the dressing room at this moment at Atletico Madrid, and the panic in the heart, I think the Copa del Rey semi-final should be secured."

Mourinho looked at Van Gaal deeply.

In the three years he has been in charge of Barcelona, Van Gaal has won the La Liga title for two consecutive years, although the Champions League has not been able to break through, but the results are brilliant, and this year may not be able to snatch the league title from Deportivo La Coruna.

If he can win the Copa del Rey, Van Gaal's position should still be retained.

At the very least, win the championship every year, it's okay.

Van Gaal certainly understands what Mourinho means, but it's not uncommon for the unruly Dutchman to use this method in exchange for retention.

It's Mourinho......

"Jose, I've heard that there are teams in the Portuguese Super League that are interested in you?" Van Gaal asked suddenly.

Mourinho didn't hide it and nodded directly, "I'm still thinking about it." ”

"Go ahead, after the end of the season, there will be a chance to coach alone, you can go!" Van Gaal persuaded.

He has always felt that Mourinho is not willing to be subordinate, and he can be an assistant for three years, more because he is learning.

I've learned almost, and sooner or later I'm going to have to fly solo.

"I'm a little worried when I think about it again." Mourinho said with a wry smile.

Van Gaal laughed, "It's not like Atletico's new manager, right?" ”

Mourinho suddenly laughed again, "No, no, I'm not so miserable." ”

As an assistant coach of Barcelona, if he goes out to coach alone, he should at least be a strong team in the Portuguese Super League, and he must be in charge alone.

Like Atletico Madrid's new manager, Mourinho might as well stay at Barcelona.

……

When Van Gaal and Mourinho were in Barcelona Sports City, teasing the manager who couldn't even name Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao was still working overtime at Mahada Hongda's training base.

He had just met with a few of the first-team players who were about to start, listened to some of their opinions and ideas, and also explained his tactics and ideas for the game, as well as some of the tactical routines he wanted to play against Barcelona.

After the meeting, he specially left Baraja and Pablo García behind, and it was appropriate to teach them face-to-face alone.

Especially Pablo García.

"You all said that you were willing to work hard for me, so now, the opportunity to fulfill your promise has come!" Yang Hao stared at the two of them and said fiercely.