The game was as Yang Hao expected.

Louis van Gaal's side went on the offensive from the start.

With a 3331 formation, 4 attackers in front, plus Cocu and Xavi who are actively pushing and pressing behind them, Barcelona has put at least 6 players in the front.

When the whistle blew for the start of the game, the Barcelona players rushed to Atletico's defensive position like a dam.

The Sheets laid out the defensive line near the halfway, and everyone was like a stake, firmly entrenched in the half.

When the flood of Barcelona came, the wooden stakes were still standing and had not been shaken for half a minute.

Yang Hao watched with fear on the sidelines.

He now finally understands why heart disease is the occupational disease of professional managers.

It's too frightening to watch.

In particular, Barcelona's stars come to a delicate cooperation from time to time, and almost break Atletico Madrid's defensive position every little bit, but the players of the Sheets Army are extremely tenacious, whether it is fouls or small actions, they always do not let Barcelona rush past.

When Atletico set up their defence near the halfway line, Kluivert, Rivaldo, Zenden and Figo were all pushed out of the most dangerous areas.

Barcelona's attacking phalanx is indeed very luxurious, but there is one problem, which is speed.

Zenden's speed is indeed fast, but Kluivert, Rivaldo and Figo are not known for their speed.

It can even be said that there are no advantages.

This is also the reason why Yang Hao is reluctant to arrange the defense line inside and outside the big penalty area.

It's too close to the goal, and without considering Atletico's fear of heights, how dangerous is it to rush at the super individual abilities of Kluivert, Figo and Rivaldo, and just come and cooperate with each other to form a shot?

It's safer to push the defence out and keep them away from the goal, as it is now.

In this case, the speed of Cenden on the left side will be more threatening, so Yang Hao arranged Gaspar to defend Cenden full-time in this game to limit the attack of the Dutch.

In front of Gaspar, Yang Hao still arranged Fresnedoso to start.

The biggest characteristic of this player is that he has both offense and defense, and Yang Hao asked him to return to the midfield in time.

Pablo Garcia and Baraja's midfielders, who have to keep an eye on Rivaldo and take care of Cocu's back, are under a lot of pressure and need the likes of Fresnedoso to assist.

This is also a characteristic of the Barcelona midfield.

Pep Guardiola is basically dragging on the last organization and planning, Xavi is only 20 years old now, and he is still very immature, let alone being the core, he can't even make the accuracy of passing as stable in the future.

In Yang Hao's previous life, Xavi partnered with Deco in the midfield during Rijkaard's coaching, coupled with age and experience, he gradually found his senses, figured out his own path, and gained a firm foothold in Barcelona.

Now, Xavi's other youngster, Gabry, is not as good as the other youngster in the team.

Therefore, the task of Barcelona's midfield insertion is basically on Cocu.

Yang Hao arranged Fresnedoso to start, in addition to assisting the double back defense, a very important point is to recharge Aguilera, if the game is as Yang Hao expected, then Aguilera will come off the bench in the second half.

That is Yang Hao's killer feature tonight!

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In recent days, many people have been researching and analyzing, what has Atletico Madrid experienced from a three-month winless streak to a recent three-game winning streak, and why has the player changed so much?

If Yang Hao himself is concerned, it is that the team has gradually found a stable and reasonable style of play, the players have gradually regained their self-confidence, and their mental outlook on the court has undergone a huge change.

On the pitch, the players' tactical execution and enthusiasm for the game have been greatly improved.

In Yang Hao's view, it cannot be said that the previous tactics of Ranieri or Antich were very crotch-pulling, or that Atletico Madrid's strength was too bad, and more importantly, the players' hearts were scattered.

There is a saying that is very true: people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

No matter how good the manager's tactical arrangement is, no matter how strong the overall strength of the team is, and the players are on the field, the morale is low, and the tactical execution is too poor, how much can it play?

On the other hand, it's like tonight, at the Camp Nou, everyone's defense at Atletico Madrid is not the kind of pretense, bravado, let alone pretending and coping, but they really want to defend the attack and steal the ball.

So on the field, it can be seen that Atletico Madrid's players are really fierce, even Belleron, who has only been on the field for more than ten minutes, is so dirty that he fell to the ground several times.

This is a very typical distinction.

In the past, everyone had to get by, how your head coach arranged, we did what we did, whether we did it well, whether it was not implemented properly, no one cared anyway.

But now, they want to win from the bottom of their hearts.

And this really allowed Atletico Madrid to hold Barcelona's flood of offensive in the opening stage.

Barcelona wanted to replicate the start against Chelsea, and exploded directly at the beginning, catching Atletico by surprise.

But when it came to the game, they found themselves hitting the iron plate.

Atletico's players are always defending at the extreme.

These wooden stakes are always running and moving at all costs, echoing each other, reminding each other, and cooperating with each other, forming an unbreakable integral defensive formation.

Yang Hao stood on the sidelines, and he found that he couldn't command anything at all, to adjust anything.

Because everybody is doing their best, everybody is trying.

That's the biggest change from the last three wins!

Before, how bad Atletico's troughs, how much humiliation and ridicule the team and players endured, now how strong their morale and fighting spirit are.

Because they are all famous stars, they all have their own blood and backbone.

They all want to prove themselves!

Barcelona's stars kept trying, individual breakthroughs, one-twos, straight passes, air cuts, direct long-range shots......

There were a lot of tricks, but they couldn't really threaten Atletico's goal.

Time is passing bit by bit, and the Barcelona players are gradually starting to get a little anxious.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Barcelona passed the ball to the midfield again, strangled with the Atletico midfielder, and was forced to pass back to De Boer, but the Dutch central defender hastily stopped the ball and was tackled by Hasselbaink.

Boy!

The Dutch center forward broke the ball by himself, counterattacked by himself, and rushed to the door of Barcelona with the ball in one go.

As a result, he was kicked at the door, and he was beaten away.

At times, Hasselbaink's ability to squander chances is as much loved and hated as his ability to score goals.

But this counterattack also had the effect of reminding Barcelona that Atletico really didn't have the ability to fight back.

Subsequently, Barcelona was really a lot more honest.

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At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona launched another wave of onslaught, but the effect was still limited.

Atletico are now more confident as they defend themselves.

Especially at halftime, Yang Hao emphasized the most on defense.

Entering the 60 minutes, Van Gaal made two substitutions in just five minutes.

First, Simão replaced Cenden, who was not very good on the left wing, with Simao, wanting to strengthen the attacking ability on the wing.

Immediately afterwards, Luis Enrique was brought on to replace the team's midfielder Xavi.

Barcelona changed their tactics to 3232, that is, Cocu and Pep Guardiola dragged behind, Luis Enrique was in the middle, and in front of him was the double striker of Kluivert and Rivaldo.

When Yang Hao saw this lineup, he felt a sigh in his heart.

Louis van Gaal, Luis Enrique, Pep Guardiola, Xavi ...... All of them are future Barcelona managers.

There are also De Boer and Cocu, who are also famous coaches who can be named in European football in the future.

At this stage, Dutch football and Barcelona are really star-studded.

But the reverse can also be thought of, because Barcelona caters to the future of football, so they have the opportunity to emerge and become the backbone of European football in the future.

In this regard, Cruyff's contribution is unquestionable.

But Yang Hao soon felt proud, because so many famous coaches gathered together, but still failed to break through Atletico Madrid's defense.

If he had the opportunity to post this report card on the Internet in 2023, how much discussion would it cause?

When he thought of this, Yang Hao's heart suddenly remembered two people, and a very interesting idea was born.

Not to mention, the more Yang Hao thought about it, the more excited he felt.

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In the 75th minute, Yang Hao made a substitution adjustment and replaced Fresnedoso with Aguilera.

At first glance, it was a match-up substitution, and Fresnedoso played two games in a row, which was quite a drain.

Especially tonight, in the face of Barcelona's onslaught, his performance was okay.

At the very least, his efforts and dedication are commendable.

After going up, Aguilera was mainly active on the right wing.

It was a weakness for Barça tonight.

Reziger is a right-footed player playing at left centre-back, which further exacerbates Barca's defensive pressure on the left flank, especially against Aguilera's low crosses, which can be very disadvantageous.

Yang Hao just wants to hit this point!

But Van Gaal also reacted immediately, realized the problem, and immediately made adjustments, and Cocu's position was closer to the side, obviously to help defend the left wing.

The Dutch midfielder is left-footed and versatile.

At this point, Van Gaal really deserves to be a famous coach in Europe, reacting quickly enough and adjusting decisively enough.

But when Aguilera came up, the physical advantage made him more active, and Atletico's overall performance created opportunities for him.

First, Baraja's long pass tried to hit the back, but Reziger took the first step to stop it, but the Dutch defender was pressed by Aguilera from close quarters, and the right foot clearance was not in place, and the ball was kicked to Atletico Madrid's Belleron.

Belleron got the ball on the right side of the periphery of the penalty area, and was immediately caught by Cocu and Pep Guardiola, plus De Boer on the central defense line, and the three almost locked Belleron firmly.

Spain's Zinedine Zidane blocked Pep Guardiola with his body, dribbled the ball with both feet, and without waiting for Cocu and De Boer to come over, he sent a deadly through ball from the middle of the two Dutch players.

Instead of looking for Hasselbaink at the top of the arc of the box, he went straight to the right side of the box.

This change happened very quickly, everyone was still aware one moment that Barcelona were about to complete a siege and the next moment, Belleron had already passed the ball.

By the time everyone reacted again, Aguilera appeared on the right side of the penalty area.

I saw that after the captain of Atletico Madrid stopped Belleron's pass with his right foot, he just avoided the goalkeeper Hesp who hit halfway, and hit directly with his left foot.

After kicking the goal, he turned around and cheered and rushed out of Barcelona's penalty area.