"Well done, boys!"

After the game, as soon as Yang Hao walked into the locker room, he immediately praised the group of young players in the team.

The 3-1 win over Sevilla was a great game indeed.

Especially in the second half.

Now, it's not just coaches and players in the dressing room, but also those who are not in the squad, such as Simeone, Aguilera and others, all present at this time, squeezing the entire dressing room into a ball.

This group of young players has really done well.

Kiko, who has retired, also made a special trip to congratulate his "beloved apprentice" Torres.

The whole locker room was full of joy and excitement.

Yang Hao also did not hesitate to praise himself, and praised Torres, Reyes, Kaka and others together with everyone, including Marcos Cena, who was on Yang Hao's praise list.

It wasn't until Parales came over to remind him that it was almost time to attend the post-match press conference.

As I walked out of the locker room, I happened to see Andrew Barrasco from the team's press and relations department.

'I've been contacted by a couple of media outlets to interview some of the young players we did well tonight.

The two walked and chatted as they walked towards the press conference hall.

"You promised?" Yang Hao asked.

Andrew Barrasco shook his head, "Didn't I ask your opinion first?" ”

The main thing is that he may not be accurate, whether this is suitable or not.

"Push it." Yang Hao pondered for a moment and said.

Andrew Barasscoton understood what Yang Hao meant.

The media and the team are like a symbiosis and interdependent, especially in the 21st century, if the club wants to promote it, it needs to use the network and energy of the media.

But there is a point in this that is difficult to control, where is the scale?

For example, many people say that England produces a lot of geniuses every year, and the results get worse every year.

Why?

Because the media proceeds from the perspective of interests, he is born with a need to make stars.

Therefore, whenever a young player emerges, he is immediately crowned with the title of XX II, a genius who has been seen once in many years, and he desperately touts and desperately lifts it.

But that's the way a young player is, he's not mature, he's going to have ups and downs, whether it's on the pitch or off the pitch, he's going to make mistakes.

So what happens when a player is in a slump or hits the rookie wall?

The media don't have the patience to wait for you, they will cater to the needs of some or most of the readers, and even create gimmicks to create this demand and "destroy" the player.

The situation is true in any country in the world.

Standing in 2023, traffic is a double-edged sword.

It can make you, but it can also destroy you when it backs up.

The false bubble will not last long after all.

So, now, the higher you blow this group of young players at Atletico Madrid, the day they encounter difficulties and don't perform well, the worse they will fall, and even collapse from then on.

Are there very few such examples?

Real Madrid's Portillo and Jesus, Barcelona's Bojan and Messi II, what kind of players were they back then?

At that age, their talent and strength are unquestionable.

The club and the fans around the world are not blind, but why did they end up like that?

Because they used to stand very high, whether it was imposed on them by their surroundings, or they themselves to themselves, they made them seriously overestimate themselves, and when they fell, they found that there was nothing under their feet at all.

Therefore, Yang Hao still hopes that this group of young players in the team will move forward step by step.

When they get better and better, they don't need to be touted to get out of the way, they just kick it out.

But at this stage, they need more protection from Atletico.

"Also, you tell them that I've not been in a good mood lately and don't give any interviews, and Mahada Hongda is too."

Yang Hao said to Andrew Barrasco beside him.

Atletico's press officer smiled wryly, but could only agree.

In fact, he knew that Yang Hao didn't want media reporters to infiltrate Mahata Hongda too much.

There was a staff member of the training base who revealed the news to media reporters in private, and there was not even any exchange of interests, but he was still fired by Yang Hao and made an example.

Sometimes, Andrew Barrasco thinks, is Yang Hao too sensitive?

However, in the previous UEFA Cup final, as well as some away games, such as the recent trip to Scotland to play Celtic, Atletico Madrid allowed many media reporters to report with the team, but these were all with Yang Hao's permission.

Therefore, Andrew Barrasco feels that Yang Hao's attention is still controllable.

……

After the second round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid rose to 10th in the league standings.

It's still not ideal, but it's at least in the middle of the stream.

The most important thing is the outstanding performance of the young players in the team when Atletico Madrid played Sevilla in this round.

Although Yang Hao praised the players within the team, he still took a cold treatment when he was external.

Privately, he also explained his intentions to the players.

But that still doesn't stop the media from touting a few young players, after all, no matter which country or team, they like to tout young talents.

Freshness, normal.

After two rounds of matches, the top of the table is Celta Vigo again.

Yang Hao really thinks that this team's ability to grab the start is really strong enough, last season, and this season.

Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna are also on two wins in a row, Barcelona have one win and one draw, but Valencia is not very ideal.

With one draw and one loss, it is currently ranked 16th in La Liga.

But Yang Hao is not worried about Benitez's team at all, and the league has just begun.

Within Atletico, with the second round, the outstanding performance of this group of young lads not only won the three points, but more importantly, they sent a very dangerous signal to the team's starting lineup.

Their location is not secure.

Atletico's first-team players are actually younger, so they are the ones who can feel the threat the most.

It is precisely because of this that when the team beat Sevilla, after the team beat Sevilla, Torres, Kaka and other young players were highly praised, other players naturally felt threatened.

That threat isn't enough to make the atmosphere worse within the squad, but it's certainly more competitive.

In the training the next day, Yang Hao clearly felt the visible enthusiasm of the players.

The substitute rotation and second-team players are desperately trying to push up, while former first-team starters such as Adriano are desperately trying to run faster.

It's reflected in the training, everybody gets extra hard.

"It's a windfall." Yang Hao laughed.

Juanma Llho was convinced.

Who's to say it isn't?

If a team doesn't have internal competition, it's like a stagnant pool where everyone has to get by.

As it is now, everybody is riveting and that's when it brings out more potential and brings energy to the team.

Yang Hao has always believed in his previous life that one of the biggest problems in the first phase of Real Madrid's Galaxy Battleship is that the superstars have no competitive pressure at all, and they purely rely on self-discipline to restrain themselves.

Because they behave well or badly, no one will shake their position.

But humanity is the thing that can't stand the test.

It was okay at the beginning, but after a long time, who dares to guarantee that he will not slack off, and will not be assimilated and numbed by his surroundings?

This necessitates the introduction of competition.

"It's good like this, and I think we can really think about giving young people more opportunities." Juanma Lillo suggested.

Yang Hao nodded, "We still have to control the scale, otherwise it will backfire." ”

The intensity of competition must be controlled.

Once it passes, it is easy to cause conflicts within the locker room, which is not good.

Li Luo thought about it and understood what Yang Hao meant.

……

Since taking over the Celtics in place of Dalglish, Martin O'Neal has been impressive.

So far, the Super League giants have played 8 games, with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The defeat was in the second leg of the Champions League third qualifier at home to Ajax, who had already beaten Ajax 3-1 away in the first leg.

Back at home, Martin O'Neill opted to save some strength.

As for that draw, it was also to save strength for the Champions League qualifiers.

Arguably, Martin O'Neal has almost made the Celtics' best start in recent years since taking over.

In particular, they won 2-0 away to the top rivals of the championship, Rangers.

Celtic have been strong this season, with Chelsea striker Chris Sutton on the front line and Larsson, who just won the European Golden Boot at the UEFA awards ceremony.

Sutton's high-school striker is no easy task, and in '99 Chelsea paid a whopping £15 million to get him from Blackburn.

In midfield were Bulgarian international Petrov and former Borussia Dortmund Champions League winner Paul Lambert, who was even known for freezing Zinedine Zidane against Juventus.

This is Martin O'Neill's first Champions League game and he is ambitious and wants to make a name for himself.

The Champions League group stage is a round-robin match, and as a team in Pot 4, Celtic's signing is destined to be bad.

Juventus are a top giant, which goes without saying, Atletico Madrid, who won La Liga and UEFA Cup last season, are also extraordinary, as well as Porto, which is also a Portuguese Super League powerhouse.

Against these teams, Celtic don't have the slightest advantage in terms of strength.

In that case, you have to work on your strategy.

Juventus, with its star-studded stars, is a formidable presence for any team.

Therefore, Martin O'Neill and assistant coach John Robertson both feel that Juventus will be the top favourites to top the group, and it will be difficult for either Porto or Atletico Madrid to challenge the Bianconeri for a place in this group.

Lippi is a top coach with a lot of experience, and it will be difficult for Martin O'Neill to take advantage of him.

If Celtic want to break through from the group stage, the breakthrough must be Porto and Atletico Madrid.

Needless to say, Porto is a team in the Portuguese Super League, and Atletico Madrid sold Pandiani and Gravison this summer, and their strength has weakened compared to last season.

In this case, the Celtic still have the strength to fight.

Especially at home.

"Judging from the information we have so far, Atletico Madrid's Yang Hao played almost all substitutes in the league against Sevilla last weekend, and the result was 3-1, and their young players are really good."

Assistant coach Paul Robertson said.

"And what about your proposal?" Martin O'Neill asked, frowning.

As a fourth-pot team, Celtic will struggle no matter who they face.

"I think that the first game of the group stage is at home again, and we still have to find a way to grab a wave."

Martin O'Neal prepared two sets of tactical play for the Celtics during the summer training camp, one is the 442 two-forward strategy and the other is the 352 strategy.

Two strikers are standard, and this is Celtic's hope of winning, and the key is the number of people in the midfield.

352 will obviously be more aggressive than 442.

"Atletico Madrid is very good at playing on the wing, Yang Hao rotated last weekend, and in this midweek game, Vicente and Joaquin will definitely play." Martin O'Neill voiced his concerns.

"I know, but I think Alan Thompson and Didier Agat, at the beginning, while the opponent is not on a firm footing, we grab a wave first, grab a goal, let them come back, we are a back five."

The Englishman Alan Thompson on the left and the French player Didier Agaté on the right are both offensive and defensive, and they can participate in the attack forward and retreat to defend, which is still very useful.

The assistant coach's offer was tempting.

With Celtic's situation, if they still want to qualify from the group, they must win at home.

If you can't win it at home, do you still expect to grab three points away from home?

When he first faced Ajax, Martin O'Neill's strategy was to defend away from home and then attack again when he returned to his home stadium.

But who would have thought that in the first 7 minutes, Celtic would symbolically rush and get a goal.

After conceding a goal at home, Ajax went crazy and began to press out like crazy, and Agaté scored the second goal in the 19th minute.

By this moment, Ajax had almost fallen into despair.

Later, at home, Celtic and Ajax also fought back and forth, and in the end they only lost to Ajax by a small goal.

Through the two rounds, Martin O'Neill also gradually realized that Ajax's strength is not very strong.

And what about Porto? What about Atletico? Even, what about Juventus?

For Martin O'Neal, the home team must do their best, but the difference is that the 442 defense counterattacks?

Or is it 352 pressed out to attack?

Martin O'Neal hesitated for a long time, but finally made a decision.

Attack!

……

On the evening of September 11, Celtic Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid challenged Celtic away.

Witnessed by 60,000 Scottish fans, when the game reached the 12th minute, Atletico Madrid broke the ball in midfield and played a quick counterattack.

Baraja played the ball to Deco, who sent a diagonal pass to the right side of the penalty area.

Adriano is like a heavy, full-size off-road vehicle with full power, and he is thrust forward at maximum speed.

And the scene that stunned everyone in the audience appeared on the right side of the Celtic penalty area.

Their 1.86m-tall Sweden international John Maccabi was already in the driver's seat when he was trying to get stuck in his position when Adriano burst in from behind.

The Brazilian center forward rushed straight to Maccabi's side, and when Maccabi tried to squeeze him away with his shoulder, Adriano hit him straight with his right shoulder.

The tall Maccabee seemed to have hit a wall, his body completely lost his balance, and he was directly knocked out of the way, and the whole person fell directly out of control and crawled on the grass.

That posture is like the [butt backwards, flat sand and falling geese] in the rivers and lakes.

The entire stadium erupted in disbelief from Celtic fans.

Adriano controlled the ball in the right corner of the penalty area and immediately dribbled sideways.

Guinean centre-back Bobo Balde, who is over 1.9 meters tall, quickly returned to the defense and tried to block Adriano.

Unexpectedly, Adriano suddenly accelerated, cut inside laterally with the ball, and shook off Bobo Balde at once.

If it was said that just now he knocked into Maccabee and made people see his amazing physical strength, then at this moment, a single acceleration shook off Bobo Balde, making everyone have to marvel at his explosive power.

As soon as he rushed away from Bobo Balde, Adriano didn't hesitate, and hit directly with his left foot, unleashing a powerful and sudden long-range shot.

The ball is like a long-range missile, hanging from the right side of the penalty area to the top left corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Douglas was completely stunned!

The more than 60,000 fans in the stadium were completely stunned!

In front of the home team's coach's box, Martin O'Neill and assistant coach John Robertson were equally confused!

Damn, where did this monster come from?

No one knows better than O'Neill and Roberson about the quality of Maccabee and Balde.

Yes, Maccabees' strength was not as strong as Bald's, but it was definitely not weak.

He's a typical Nordic centre-back, big man, how strong is that?

Just knocked out of the way all at once?

And was knocked down into an ugly posture of eating?

Balde is very tall and strong, he is really not flexible enough, and his speed is not too fast, but Adriano just crashed into Maccabee and shook Balde off with explosive power in one fell swoop?

The point is, can you just kick that kind of unreasonable blast?

"it!"

Martin O'Neill is really running out of words now.

He didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment.

It's really like being struck by God.

"How can there be such a monster in this world?" Robertson was also staggered.

Completely incomprehensible!

But soon, both Martin O'Neill and Roberson came to their senses.

0 to 1, now what?

……

"This kid's physical strength has gone up again."

In front of the away team's coach's seat, Yang Hao was smiling from ear to ear.

The better Adriano performs and the better Atletico's results will be, the happier he will be.

Also happy is the strength and conditioning coach Oscar Ortega.

"I controlled his weight a bit this summer to keep his flexibility and speed in mind, otherwise it would have been even more terrifying."

Don't look at Adriano and Maccabi are only 3 centimeters apart, but in terms of body and strength confrontation, they are really not in the same heavyweight class at all, which is simply outrageous.

But this is Adriano in Yang Hao's memory.

He has always played football so violently, so unreasonable!

"Now I don't think Martin O'Neal can attack!" Yang Hao laughed.

He had known Martin O'Neill since Celtic, but the hapless guy had lost to Jose Mourinho's Porto in two seasons in a row, first in the UEFA Cup final and then in the Champions League semi-finals.

In a way, Mourinho really stepped on Martin O'Neill's shoulders.

Later, Jose Mourinho took charge of Chelsea and Martin O'Neill also went to coach Aston Villa, and the two competed a lot.

But that's all for next year and the year after.

Now, Martin O'Neill met Yang Hao in advance, and it can only be regarded as his bad luck.

……

When Adriano opened the scoring for Atletico, the Sheets' attack didn't stop there.

On the contrary, just four minutes later, Adriano turned and rushed forward with the ball when he retreated to receive the ball, and suddenly blasted a shocking blow from 28 meters from the goal.

This shot is really groundbreaking and thunderous!

Why?

Because it didn't score, but hit the crossbar directly, and the muffled sound it made seemed like the whole football was about to explode, so that everyone in the stadium felt the power of Adriano's shot.

"My God, if such a shot hits inside the goal line, what goalkeeper would dare to go? Can you catch it? ”

The narrators were incredulous.

But that's Adriano.

Martin O'Neill also sees the clues.

He is soberly aware that if he continues to play against Atletico, Celtic will definitely be beaten into a sieve tonight.

As a result, he decisively adjusted his tactics and had to let the two wings retreat and play a back five instead, temporarily stabilizing himself.

Yang Hao did not covet offense in this game.

He lined up a combination of Deco and Baraja in midfield, with Simeone dragging behind.

To some extent, this ensures the intensity of Atletico's midfield on the road and ensures the stability of the team.

Therefore, after scoring the goal, Atletico also slowed down their attack.

Throughout the first half, the Celtics didn't play a very dangerous attack, but at the beginning of the second half, Martin O'Neal was restless again, arranging for the Celtics to try to play a wave of attacks.

But in the 64th minute, Atletico made another attack, Joaquín on the right side drove straight with the ball, and on the right side of the box, Adriano drew the attention of the defense and turned the ball back.

Baraja crossed, Deco followed up with a curling shot and sent the ball into the Celtic goal again.

2 to 0!

……

When Atletico beat Celtic 2-0 away, Lippi took his Juventus to a 0-0 draw with Porto at the Stadio des Dragons in Porto, Portugal.

The two sides battled hard for 90 minutes, but neither side could find the back of the net.

I have to say that this is a very embarrassing thing.

Whether it was Lippi or Machado, this game was obviously dominated by defensive counter-attacks.

Porto at home used the 4231 tactic, while Juventus adopted the 442 formation.

On the cards, Lippi's team is clearly superior, but the Silver Fox's lineup is still leaning towards defense.

The twin strikers are Piero and Salas, and in midfield are Davies, Tacinati, Tudor and Zambrotta.

Not to mention the backline.

Just talking about the midfield, with this lineup, what kind of attack can be played in front of Porto's 4231?

Yang Hao watched this game on the way back to Madrid from Scotland, and his first reaction was that such a Serie A does not decline, and it is really unreasonable.

Can you imagine this is the small World Cup ranked No. 1 in the world?

Could it be that in the minds of these Italian tacticians, the attack is just a pile of forwards?

In Porto, Juventus played an ugly and conservative first half.

Milan Sports newspaper commented immediately after the game: Facing Porto, which has not beaten a Serie A team for 20 years, Juventus is glad that it escaped.

Milan Sport newspaper is not on the right path with Juventus?

Then look at the Torino sports newspaper.

In the post-match rating, Piero had the lowest score of the game, with only 4 points, and only one player in the Juventus team was on the passing line, and that was goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, with 7 points.

Torino Sport commented on Juventus: The Bianconeri struggled to cope with Porto, who were tactically organized in the first half, and the second half was also unsatisfactory.

Juventus is like a sleeping princess, waiting for the kiss of the frog prince to activate, but there are no such players in Lippi's team.

Of course, Lippi's explanation for himself is that Nedved's absence has a big impact on the team.

Who knows?

It is precisely under the backdrop of Juventus, a competitor in the same group, that Atletico Madrid's 2-0 away victory over Celtic is particularly exciting.

Whether it was Adriano's violence or Atletico's several wonderful attacking combinations in the game, they all won full applause, and they were considered to be much more exciting than the sleepy Juventus and Porto games.

Atletico Madrid also temporarily topped the group with this 2-0 match.

In the next round, Atletico will host Porto and Juventus host Celtic.

……

There is a saying in European football: the winning team does not change tactics easily, and it becomes a habit to win!

When will it change?

Wait until you lose.

Yang Hao's current mentality is like this, and he is very satisfied with the current situation of the team.

So, in the third round of La Liga when the team returned to Madrid and traveled to face Rayo Vallecano, Atletico continued to adopt the 4312 tactic.

But Yang Hao made adjustments to the team's starting lineup.

There is no way, just like Marcos Senna, he can only make 10 appearances for the first team this season, and if he exceeds this number, he will have to re-register, so Yang Hao still has to use him leisurely.

When he is ready to apply for Spanish citizenship, everything will be much easier.

But there are some good places, Yang Hao still retained.

For example, players such as Fernando Torres, Kaka and Xavi Alonso continued to start.

So, he lined up Torres and Diego Forlan in this game, with Kaka lying in ambush behind the two strikers and waiting for his chance.

Unexpectedly, the first attack in the opening game was less than 1 minute away, and the attack of Torres and Diego Forlan in front created opportunities for Kaka behind him.

Fernando Torres made a return on the left side of the penalty area, and Kaka burst into the box and got his foot off near the penalty spot to score for Atletico.

1 to 0!

Subsequently, Atletico continued their offensive against Rayo Vallecano.

In the 27th minute, Diego Forlan scored another goal for the team, 2-0!

Manzano's side did not dare to hold up against Atletico Madrid, and the two sides were deadlocked until the second half.

In the 68th minute, Kaka sent a clever pass when he broke through the middle of the pitch, and Torres stopped the ball and shook off the defender to get up and hit the goalkeeper again.

3 to 0!

In the end, Atletico beat Rayo Vallecano by 3 goals.

After this round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated promoted Real Betis 1-0 away, Barcelona drew 0-0 with Osasuna away, Deportivo lost 1-2 at home to Athletic Bilbao, and Valencia beat Las Palmas 1-0.

When analyzing this round of games, the national newspaper believes that Yang Hao's rotation system, especially the reuse of young players, has made Atletico Madrid show a better competitive state, especially several young players in the team, such as Kaka, Torres, and Xavi Alonso in the midfield, have left a deep impression.

In addition, when the team changed to 4312 tactics, Torres and Diego Fran pulled on the side, the long pass in the midfield, and the back insertion of Evra and McConn on the two wings, all let people see Yang Hao's adjustment skills at the tactical level.

Fighting on two fronts, especially the successive matches after the national team competition, has repeatedly suffered blows and threats to strong teams.

Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruna have both suffered heavy blows, while Real Madrid and Valencia have won but have struggled to win.

Only Atletico look to win more easily.

After this round, Real Madrid leads the La Liga standings with three consecutive wins.

Atletico are fifth in the table with six points.

……

Three days later, at the Calderón Stadium in Madrid.

In the second game of the first group stage of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid hosted Porto.

Yang Hao continued his previous tactics and lineup, and continued to have Adriano, Vicente and Joaquín partner in the attack.

But this time, Machado was clearly more cautious when he visited Calderón.

Porto still adopt the 4231 tactic, Costinha and Paredes formed a double midfield, Russian player Alennikov played in the front, and the three midfielders firmly defended the middle of the field, and they were defensive.

In contrast, Atletico Madrid's 433 tactics were more liberal, coupled with home advantage, controlled the situation and possession, and formed wave after wave of attacks against Porto.

And the most outrageous thing is that in the 38th minute of the first half, seeing the dangerous situation of the team's backline, Machado made another substitution, replacing left winger Ruben Júnior with central defender Ricardo Silva.

Centre-back Andrade was pushed into a central midfield position and turned into a back three.

Porto changed the 4321 tactic, with Alennikov and Capjo on the wings and Pena as the striker.

In this case, no matter how Atletico Madrid attacked, they never could knock on Porto's goal.

Machado is clearly still hoping to hold on to a draw as he did against Juventus.

Yang Hao continued to encourage players to strengthen their attack, especially at halftime, Yang Hao repeatedly asked the two wings to be wide, and in the 65th minute of the second half, he even won Simeone and replaced him with Diego Forlan, using a double-forward tactic to continue to strengthen the team's offensive in the frontcourt.

The manager showed a strong determination to win, and the players did not dare to relax on the pitch.

But Porto was too tightly guarded.

The Portuguese Premier League side even largely gave up on counter-attacking.

This makes it look like the game is going to be a draw.

……

When an attack up front failed to hit, Deco, who had just crossed the halfway line, had to turn around and walk back.

Yang Hao, who was on the sidelines, noticed that the Brazilian midfielder was panting heavily, and the consumption of the game was very large.

After the game against Celtic, Martin O'Neill assessed him as Atletico Madrid's Zinedine Zidane.

As a result, Machado specially arranged someone to keep an eye on him in this game.

Yang Hao knew in his heart that Deco's performance tonight was really bad.

But if you replace Deco and the game continues to play like this, you will really be forced to draw by Porto.

Against his old club, Deco wants to put in a better performance.

Before this game, Yang Hao did a deep study of Porto's backline.

Jorge Costa is the backbone of this team's defence, with plenty of experience, a tall and strong body, and an excellent matchup.

Ricardo Silva is a left-footed centre-back who is about the same size as Jorge Costa, but far less capable of it.

Both of them are 1.88 meters, and they are characterized by slow turning, not fast, and their bodies are not flexible enough.

Porto's main centre-back this season is Jorge Costa alongside Andrade.

Andrade is not tall, but he is relatively fast, his body is more flexible, but he does not have enough strength to fight, and his foot skills are good, and he can play in the midfield position.

Machado took a fancy to this, so he pushed Andrade to the front.

Thinking of this, Yang Hao immediately walked to the sidelines and shouted Aurelio.

'I let Adela come out a little bit, between the midfield and the backline, attacking the area of Costinha and Andrade, and you were in charge of moving diagonally from the left, avoiding the Porto midfielder, and passing the ball to Ade.

Aurelio is smart and has excellent footwork, both from the left and with long diagonal balls, both very threatening.

Just listening to the manager, he knew how to play.

"How? Are you sure? ”

"I can pass it in place." Aurelio said very confidently.

The reason why Yang Hao had this idea was because he suddenly remembered that when facing Deportivo La Coruna last season, Argentina's right wing-back Scaloni always played this kind of large-scale diagonal pass transfer, and the landing point was very accurate, which caused Atletico Madrid a lot of trouble.

Now that Porto has been pressed back by Atletico Madrid, it should give full play to the advantages of pulling and transferring.

"Well, you tell Deco to move forward when he sees his chance, and play small games on the edge of the penalty area."

"Okay."

Aurelio said yes and quickly ran back into the stadium.

Yang Hao exhaled heavily.

When Machado took office this summer, he threatened to lead the team in attacking football.

Domestically, he's played well, especially against some of the weaker teams, but he's always been very cautious when it comes to strong conversations.

Because the 52-year-old Machado, if he wants to achieve results in the Champions League, he must pay attention to defense.

And Atletico Madrid will have to break through this defence if they want to beat Porto.

……

Aurelio was quick to bring the manager's changes back to the pitch.

The players were also quick to learn about their respective tasks and adjustments.

Adriano understood the manager's intentions and wanted to move the ball from high to the edge of the penalty area, so that when the opportunity came, he would get up on his own or cooperate with his team-mates.

Diego Forlan will still be in the big penalty area, and Deco will be on the side at any time.

Thinking of this, Adriano began to observe his teammates non-stop.

When he saw Deco quickly split to the left after a ball crossed the halfway line, Aurelio stepped forward to catch the ball and raised his hand.

Here it comes!

Adriano was right on the right side of the penalty area and immediately withdrew quickly.

Almost at the same time, Aurelio curled a ball with his left foot.

The ball crossed a graceful arc and landed precisely on the edge of the Porto penalty area.

It's an awkward position, just between the centre-back and the midfielders, but closer to Costinha.

In Andrade's midfield, Porto's two centre-backs were not fast and were slow to turn, so they would have been more cautious in their attacks.

What's more, the ball landed closer to the midfield.

Adriano spotted the opportunity and quickly rushed in front of Costinha, leaping high and stopping the ball with his chest.

Costinha is also not a fuel-efficient lamp, desperately pushing behind Adriano when he can't get it, while also waiting for the moment when the football will hit the ground.

"Here."

Deco shouted, and the man rushed forward.

Adriano understood, and without waiting for the ball to land, he volleyed directly into the air.

He's a left-footed player, he pads the ball with his left foot and Costinha can't stop it at all.

At about the same time, Ricardo Silva was also ready to come up to grab the ball at Adriano's feet, and was rushing halfway through.

Adriano sent the ball out to Deco and rushed forward quickly, just in time for the on-the-way Ricardo Silva to the right side of the box.

At this moment, the front of the Porto penalty area is full of people, very dense.

But Deco managed to stop the ball in the middle of the gap and delivered a diagonal pass.

The ball slid through Ricardo Silva, who was on the up, and Jorge Costa, who was dragged in the box by Diego Forlan and left of the penalty spot, and cut through Porto's defence with precision like a scalpel.

At this moment, everyone clearly felt a very sharp and cold feeling.

Adriano burst into the right side of the box, caught up with Deco's pass, and scrambled with his right foot between the attacking goalkeeper Baia and stopped the ball towards his left foot.

Baia pounced, immediately changed direction, and pounced on Adriano's left foot.

But the Brazilian stabbed the ball first.

The ball slid quickly towards the far end of the goal.

At this moment, no one knows whether the ball will go in or not.

But the next moment, when Diego Forlan appeared like a ghost at the back of the net, he pushed the ball towards Adriano and sent the ball into the Porto goal almost in front of the goal line and the left post.

Diego Forlan turned and ran.

Behind him, the entire Calderón Stadium cheered!

Atletico's players were even more frantically shouting and celebrating.

Yang Hao was on the sidelines, and the whole person jumped high with excitement.

In the 79th minute, Atletico finally scored!

Sorry yesterday.,There's really something going on.,There's a chapter today.,Strive to come out in the afternoon.。 The timing and codeword rhythm have been disrupted for the past two days, and I have to readjust, please understand.

(End of chapter)