303 Death to Spain! I can't play this European Cup! [10,000 words, kneeling and begging for subscription]
When Yang Hao came to the Madrid headquarters again, Cerezo, Little Hill, Carlos Leao and others all had their eyes shining when they saw him, as if they were not the most influential top coach in world football today.
It's the God of Wealth who exudes invincible golden light!
That's awesome!
I still remember that 3 months ago, in this headquarters conference room, everyone was persuading Yang Hao to sell Apple's shares quickly, but Yang Hao not only did not sell at that time, but persuaded them to follow suit.
At that time, although they didn't say it, they were all waiting in their hearts to see the tragic situation of Yang Hao losing his underwear.
The result?
In less than three months, Apple's stock has risen like a rocket.
Although it is still some way from the peak of $202, it has now risen to around $190.
This is simply outrageous!
"You guys, you're really too tyrant, money is fed to your mouth, you are not rare, there is no way."
Yang Hao fell into the well and "hit" them.
Who made them wait to see their own jokes?
No, it's a joke now, right?
"Do you have any inside information?" Little Hill is really convinced.
It's too ups and downs, isn't it?
I lost more than 200 million in the first three months, and I earned it back in the next three months.
Apple's stock is a rollercoaster ride.
Carlos Leo also had to convince that he was the one who urged Yang Hao to hurry up.
"From the current point of view, Apple's stock price is stuck at $190, which is similar to their past period, frequently launched notebooks, iPods and other products, and a new generation of iPhone supporting 3G version will also be launched in the near future."
"This has allowed Apple to rebound against the trend in the face of many U.S. stock markets, but it is expected that the benefits are almost exhausted, and the outlook is still difficult to predict."
The stock market looks at expectations, and when you are good, people will cash out and ship at a high level, and it will naturally fall.
So many times, it's the blockbuster that is good and the stock falls sharply.
"I don't care about that, as I said before, I'm not going to sell Apple shares for the next dozen years."
Are you kidding?
If Yang Hao remembers correctly, when he crossed in his previous life, Apple's stock price was about $190.
It doesn't look like it's going up, does it?
But there are two stock splits in the middle, one 1 split 7 and one 1 split 4.
In other words, the same $190 stock, Yang Hao has risen 28 times now in more than ten years.
Fools only cash out at this time, isn't it fragrant to keep it for the New Year?
By that time, Yang Hao would be worth an astonishing amount of money relying on Apple's stock.
When the time is ripe, sell Apple's shares and return to China to invest in new energy, isn't it cool or crooked?
The most important thing is that this kind of thing is effortless and does not need to be tossed.
If Yang Hao likes to toss and has to throw it at the time of the subprime mortgage crisis, then the question is, the so-called subprime mortgage crisis, from 07 to the present, Lehman Brothers is not finished, who knows what will happen to the stock next?
It's like what was said in the movie "The Big Short", everyone knows it's going to be over, but no one knows when it's going to be over.
Some people have an early time to act, and the stock market is not finished yet, he is finished first; Some people are late, the stock market is rebounding, he just makes a move, and he is still finished.
Even if it is the male protagonist in the movie, it seems that he earned it in the end, but how difficult is the process in the middle?
Yang Hao is not a stock investment expert, and he doesn't even know what trend he can see through the K-line chart, so he uses the simplest way to hold on to Apple's stock, and doesn't care about the rest.
This seems to be the most conservative and stupid way, but for Yang Hao, it is the wisest choice.
Unless the whole world changes drastically, Apple will continue to rise.
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After the La Liga game, except for Real Madrid and Barcelona, who participated in the Champions League final, and Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna, which participated in the League Cup final, all other teams have been disbanded.
Next up is the much-anticipated European Championships.
And during this time, there was a news in Spanish football.
Telecom Americas from Mexico has acquired Rayo Vallecano in Madrid for 100 million euros.
It has been rumored for a long time that the world's richest man from Mexico has finally made a move.
According to Marca, the reason why Rayo Vallecano is worth 100 million euros is that in addition to the team's smooth promotion from La C to La B this season, it is very important that the new broadcast contract will be fulfilled in the new season, and La Liga places are getting more and more expensive.
Everyone knows that promotion to La Liga with an income of at least 50 million euros a year is not a small amount for any team.
At the press conference on the successful acquisition of Rayo Vallecano by Telecom America, the new president, Patrick Slim Hedomit, officially announced that Mexican coach Javier Aguirre will be the head coach of Rayo Vallecano and will lead Rayo Vallecano to La Liga in the new season.
Rafael Marcos, captain of the Mexican national team at Barcelona, Mexican striker Carlos Vela at Arsenal, talented teenager dos Santos at Barcelona, and Mexican midfielder Andres Guardado at Deportivo La Coruna......
All of these players are part of Rayo Vallecano's recruitment plans, and all three of them have Spanish nationality, with the exception of Vela.
Patrick Slim revealed that Rayo Vallecano's goal in the new season is to be promoted to La Liga, and for this reason he will increase his investment in the transfer market, and he also believes that Aguirre can lead Rayo Vallecano to achieve his goal.
It is generally believed that Patrick Slim's recruitment ideas are quite reliable, and there should be support and advice from Aguirre or others.
Rafael Marcos and Dos Santos, for example, are two Mexican players who have been relegated to the bench at Barça, even to the bench, especially Marcos.
In Jose Mourinho's side, he didn't get a lot of playing time.
From the current point of view, as long as Rayo Vallecano can come up with a transfer fee of around 15 million euros, it is not a big problem to take Rafael Marcos, as for the other players, they are either young or substitutes.
This means that as long as Rayo Vallecano is willing to give money, he can take it, and the transfer fee will not be expensive.
From the information revealed, América Telecom is still inclined to bring in Mexican players.
"According to the information I have received, they want to demolish the stadium in Rayo Vallecano and rebuild the La Pennetta stadium, and they are communicating with the Madrid city government and several major construction groups in Spain to discuss cooperation."
Cerezo is a long-sleeved dancer, and he is the chairman of the board of directors of La Liga, and he is in a key position, so he can always get some information that the outside world has not yet obtained.
Yang Hao was reminded of Atletico Madrid in his previous life, and he vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Atletico Madrid built La Pennetta Stadium, and the contractor was the famous Fortune 500 company FCC Construction Group in Spain, and the major shareholder at that time was the richest man in Mexico.
In those years, with the European debt crisis, Spanish enterprises had difficulties in operation, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Soros and other investment predators have landed in Spain and acquired many high-quality projects.
China's small-target richest man also landed during this time and also invested in Atletico Madrid.
Slim also thought about buying Atletico Madrid at the time, but later failed to do so, and gave a low-interest loan, which helped Atletico successfully build the new stadium.
Combined with the memories of his previous life, Yang Hao does not think that the acquisition of Rayo Vallecano by Mexico América Telecom is a whim.
Of course, Yang Hao doesn't know what specific people want to do, let alone care.
Where can ordinary people like Yang Hao understand the affairs of the world's richest people?
People are running businesses that cost billions at every turn.
"Actually, Telecom America is still quite shrewd, La Liga's budget review has just begun to be implemented, starting with La Liga, which is not yet in La Liga, so they bought Rayo Vallecano, who was promoted to La Liga, and introduced a group of players at the right price to strive for La Liga."
"From this point of view, they must have a whole set of plans behind them."
And the reason why the acquisition of Rayo Vallecano is quick is because Rayo Vallecano is privately owned, unlike teams such as Valencia and Espanyol, they all have many small shareholders, and it is very troublesome to buy.
And it is said that the purchase price of 100 million euros does not bear the debt.
That's a pretty good price.
It's all bottom-taking, and Atletico Madrid and MSM Group are still in a stalemate.
MSM Group has approached Atletico Madrid several times, but it refuses to let go in terms of price, so Atletico Madrid is naturally unwilling to let go.
But Atletico's god of wealth, Fernando Vázquez, has given an ultimatum, and the payment due by MSM Group has been delayed for half a year, and if it is not paid by June 30, the project may face a halt.
In this matter, Atletico Madrid can be regarded as benevolent.
As for the financial situation of the season, according to Fernando Vazquez's preliminary statistics, in the 2007/08 season, Atletico Madrid's revenue is expected to reach 450 million euros, an increase of more than 100 million euros from last year, and the growth rate is very amazing.
Judging from the results, because this season's Champions League stopped in the semi-finals, the income in the Champions League is not as good as last season.
While the league's broadcast revenue is about the same, Atletico Madrid's broadcast fee revenue is declining overall.
The growth came from two parts, one is business operations and the other is matchday revenue.
Although the team is renewing the contracts of players one after another, and many players, including Messi, Kaka and Torres, have redrawn their contracts, in general, Atletico's current salary level is not bad.
"Judging from the current situation, it is not a big problem to come up with 100 million euros of funds."
To copy MSM's old base, Atletico Madrid is expected to spend 300 million euros, in addition to the cost of building two twin towers.
This is actually not easy for Atletico.
But Atletico is now strong and financially strong, so the banks are happy to lend to Atletico at very low interest rates.
In this case, Atletico's finances are no problem.
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As soon as the league was suspended, the training camp preparation of the Spanish national team began to enter the agenda.
According to Yang Hao's previous plan, the team will train in Las Rozas Sports City in Madrid and then travel to Austria in early June.
During the training camp in Madrid, Spain will play two warm-up games, one against the Gallic Roosters France and the other against the United States, both of which will be played at home.
The list of 23 people selected by Yang Hao this time can be described as painstaking.
Goalkeepers: Casillas, Reina and Valdés;
Defenders: Ramos, Pepe, Puyol, Arbeloa, Albiol, Marchena, Capdevilla and Antonio López;
Midfielders: Xavi Alonso, Andres Iniesta, David Silva, Xavi, Marcos Senna, Cazorla, Cesc Fabregas and De La Red;
Forwards: Fernando Torres, Villa, Reyes and Fernando Llorente.
It stands to reason that the only surprise in the list of 23 people is Llorente, a high school striker from Athletic Bilbao.
It was his first time playing for the national team and he was in the European Championship as soon as he was selected.
I have to say that this was unexpected by everyone.
When announcing the list, Yang Hao specially explained the reason.
Over the years, he has been looking for a good striker for Spain.
From Morientes to Llorente, his ideas are also in the same vein.
I have tried Raul Tamudo and Guissa before, and both of them have performed well in the league, but they are not particularly ideal with the team, especially difficult to achieve the tactical effect that Yang Hao expects.
Raul Tamudo himself is not a high school forward, and Guiza is more of a scoring player and less tactical.
Originally, there was also a Morientes, but what turned out?
The Spanish veteran scored 6 goals in the first 11 rounds, and performed well, when Yang Hao also recruited him into the national team, but after the 11th round, to the end of the league, he lost his main position, not to mention, the substitute performance was also very average, only scored 1 goal.
In this case, it is really difficult for Yang Hao to put him on the list.
Fernando Llorente was a discovery in the second half of the season.
Before the training camp of the Spanish national team in February, he had not performed much, and this season he only scored 2 goals and 1 assist in La Liga, playing as a main player, but his performance was average.
After playing Athletic Bilbao away at Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao talked to Llorente, and he hoped that Llorente could show a better and more positive performance, because now the national team is really short of manpower in this position.
So, from that time on, he ushered in an explosion, scoring in 4 consecutive rounds and scoring 5 goals in 6 games.
By the end of the season, he had scored four goals in four games, and his performance was also very eye-catching, and he had already played the main team.
In this case, Yang Haoli overrode public opinion and recruited Llorente, who was only 23 years old, into the Spanish national team for the first time.
Aside from Raul Tamudo and Guiza, who have performed well in the league, they use a Llorente, and fortunately this player is not from Atletico Madrid, otherwise, the controversy on Yang Hao will be aggravated.
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In the Copa del Rey final, Valencia narrowly beat Villarreal 3-2.
Carlo Ancelotti's side have won the Copa del Rey!
After this match, internationals such as Raul Albiol and Marchena returned to report from the national team.
The first thing the player did after reporting was to go to Atletico Madrid's Mahada Hongda training base for a series of very detailed physical tests, which were fully responsible for the laboratory and Yang Hao's coaching staff followed the whole process.
The purpose is clear, that is, to grasp the physical condition of the international players and prepare for the next development of the players' physical reserves.
Not only the players who returned early, but also the internationals of teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona after the Champions League and UEFA Cup finals, have to undergo a comprehensive and detailed medical examination.
During the training camp of the Spanish national team, Yang Hao refused the invitation of Wenger and Mourinho in turn, and did not go to Russia to watch the Champions League final.
Who doesn't know their little thoughts?
Can Yang Hao be fooled by this?
Valencia, who had just won the Copa del Rey final, surprisingly lost 1-2 to Deschamps' De Corporal Deportivo in the subsequent UEFA Cup final.
This game can be regarded as a big upset.
Valencia dominated the whole game, but just couldn't knock on Super Laco's goal.
On the contrary, it was Deschamps' team, who carefully deployed a defensive counterattack before the game, which paid off in the game, first taking advantage of Valencia's defensive mistake and scoring a goal by Diego.
Subsequently, after taking advantage of the Bats conceding a goal, they were eager to equalize and sneak attack again, Valencia involved the right side, and Pienal and Diego completed a beautiful counterattack in the middle and on the left flank, and Pinal scored a goal.
Valencia didn't score until the second half through Villa.
After that, no matter how much the Bat Legion attacked, they couldn't knock on Deportivo La Coruna's goal again.
Didier Deschamps has finally lifted the trophy this season after missing out on the UEFA Cup last season!
This small city in the northwest of Spain has finally won the title of European football!
Even though it's just the UEFA Cup, it's enough to make Deportivo fans feel uplifted and excited.
Later, in the Champions League final in Russia, Yang Hao watched the live broadcast with his assistants in Las Rozas Sports City.
This game is almost like a replica of the League Cup final.
Jose Mourinho's team still offered 433 to defend to the death.
What about Real Madrid?
From the very beginning, it showed an aggressive momentum.
The front trident of Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho, combined with Yaya Toure, put a lot of attacking pressure on Barcelona.
But Mourinho's game is a clear set of horses, you are strong, you are strong, I will stand still.
No matter how Real Madrid attacks, Barcelona is strictly defending.
And when Real Madrid faced Barcelona's dense defense, the problems exposed on the offensive side were much more serious than those of Atletico Madrid.
For example, Ibrahimovic, who took the ball and handled the ball in the front court, was somewhat too procrastinating, and failed to be effective and decisive in time, resulting in it was difficult to form a threat quickly after receiving the ball.
Robinho is too sticky.
This made Yang Hao and others in front of the TV very anxious.
The same goes for Real Madrid's players.
Ronaldo's temper is still a bit big now, he is easy to be irritable when he is in a hurry, and his continuous long-range shots have failed to threaten the goal.
In Pep Guardiola's assessment, "Real Madrid is not as good as Atletico Madrid in the face of Mourinho's dense defense." ”
Yang Hao nodded.
Mourinho's style of play is really shameless, and it can also be said that there is no grace, because you are at least a world famous handsome, right? In order to win, you just don't care about it?
But in turn, this is precisely what Mourinho admires most about Yang Hao.
He can really give up everything to win.
Isn't this a very pure attachment?
It was a great game.
Real Madrid attacked frantically, and Barcelona stubbornly defended.
The only thing that the Galaxy is better than Atletico is that they have a few corners and free kicks, which are quite threatening.
This is where Atletico are weak at the moment.
But Mourinho is clearly aware of this and has been targeted when defending.
The two sides drew 0-0 in the first half.
In the second half, the players' physical fitness declined to varying degrees, but the game was still very intense.
After 80 minutes, the score was still 0-0.
The on-site commentator was saying that the game could go to overtime.
But Yang Hao and others felt that the last 10 minutes were the most dangerous.
And sure enough.
In the 81st minute, after Barcelona broke the ball, Xavi sent a high ball straight to the front to find Diego Milito, who beat Samuel and headed the ball behind the defence.
Samuel Eto'o was like a black lightning bolt, instantly penetrating the Real Madrid backline, successfully countering offside, catching up with Diego Milito's header, driving straight in, and smashing through Casillas's goal.
1 to 0!
The last 10 minutes completely turned into a one-sided offensive play by Real Madrid.
Barcelona defended tightly, and Real Madrid attacked wildly.
But in the end, it didn't help.
Jose Mourinho's team defeated Real Madrid 1-0 and won the Champions League thanks to Eto'o's stunning goal!
When the whole stadium resounded with the cheers of Barcelona fans, and when all the Barcelona players were celebrating wildly on the field, Yang Hao and others in front of the TV also exhaled heavily.
It's a very exciting game to watch.
It looks like there are very few goals, but there are hidden killers everywhere.
Real Madrid also had a good number of shots on goal, only 14 shots on goal, 3 on target, and the efficiency was really low.
What about Barcelona?
He had 6 shots on goal with 2 on target and scored 1 goal.
Jose Mourinho's team is really tough.
"It turns out that Mourinho should be Mourinho, and it's not easy to learn from anyone!" Yang Hao sighed and said.
The real turnaround for Barcelona this season came in the second half, when Jose Mourinho completely changed his mind.
He no longer accommodates the traditions of Barça, no longer accommodates the superstars in the front court.
Is Henry in bad shape?
Then take it!
If the 4231 kick out is not good, then change the formation.
Mourinho's advantage has never been in attack, in terms of passing and control, let him accommodate Barcelona to play offense and play pass control, which is not only to promote his shortcomings and avoid his strengths, but also to stifle his achievements on the defensive end.
I have to admit that Mourinho's Champions League is really beautiful.
Therefore, the Portuguese madman was also very excited, running all the way, sliding on the side of the pitch, and celebrating oblivionly.
The Barcelona players were also celebrating like crazy.
This is the second Champions League title in the club's history!
The previous one was brought by Cruyff, and now, Mourinho has brought the second one!
In his first season in charge of Barcelona, he won the Champions League, and Mourinho's performance was still very satisfactory.
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"The biggest problem for this Barcelona team next is the squad."
After watching the Champions League final, Yang Hao sat with his assistants and chatted about the current situation.
After Arsene Wenger took over Real Madrid, he has been restructuring the squad and metabolizing.
As it turned out, Arsene Wenger did a good job.
In two years, Real Madrid is now the only team in European football that can wrestle with Atletico Madrid.
Now there is one more Barcelona.
Jose Mourinho's team is really iconoclastic, not Barcelona at all, not Spanish at all.
It's so conservative!
But I have to admit that, at least this season, they did a really good job.
Jose Mourinho's Barcelona coaching journey is off to a good start, but the next test will be the test.
Yang Hao didn't want to say anything about Mu Sansan, these are not necessarily accurate, and there is no basis.
The most obvious is metabolism.
"Henry will be 31 years old by August, Thuram will be 36 years old, and Silvinho will be 34 years old, Edmilson will be 32 years old and Zambrotta will be 31 years old."
Among the local players, Puyol is also 30 years old, Xavi, Oleg, Ronaldinho and others are still in their playing years, and under Mourinho's strong rectification, Ronaldinho's nightclubs are relatively small.
Of course, as far as Yang Hao knows, he still knows how to shop, but there are relatively few.
But one thing that has changed dramatically is that during Rijkaard's tenure, Barcelona's Brazilian gang went clubbing and broke discipline at every turn, which is now rare.
For example, Thiago Motta.
In Yang Hao's previous life, he was highly used by Rijkaard, but the reason why he was abandoned by Barcelona is that in addition to injuries and other factors, a very important point is that he often goes to nightclubs with Ronaldinho and others.
But now there are very few.
To some extent, Mourinho's rectification of the atmosphere has made a huge change in Barcelona.
And the appearance of the teenager Bojan this season has made Barcelona fans shine.
Bojan is still performing well in Mourinho's tactical play.
In Mourinho's words, it is a little bit worse in health.
Mourinho selects players and pays attention to the body, especially the players in the midfield.
For example, when Barcelona were short of manpower, they brought in several young players from the second team, including Pedro, dos Santos and Sergio Busquets.
In the end, it was Pedro and dos Santos who stayed.
Right winger Sergio Busquets?
It's too slow.
For this reason, the goalkeeper coach of the Barcelona second team, Carlos Busquets, was very angry, and even proposed a transfer or loan on behalf of his son.
Because Busquets' contract with Barcelona expires in 09.
And now they are at a stalemate because of this matter.
What Barcelona mean is that Sergio Busquets can play on the right wing and in central midfield, he is a little slower and less physical, but he has very good awareness and technique.
But in Mourinho's tactics, having Xavi in the midfield is enough to choke on this technical flow, and if there is one more, how can it be kept?
Therefore, he was reluctant to send Sergio Busquets to the first team and only let him play in the third division in the second team.
But if they go out on loan, Barcelona will have a big problem, and that is Busquets' reluctance to renew his contract.
The loan is the equivalent of letting him leave on a free transfer after the expiration of his contract in one year.
Rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the fact that it can still be sold for 1.8 million euros.
At the moment, the whole thing is deadlocked here.
Yang Hao is also a chicken thief in this matter, he went directly to Guardiola to talk, asked Guardiola to help keep an eye on Busquets, and told him in advance once there was a stir.
'I'm very bullish on the young midfielder.
Pep Guardiola is also very optimistic.
But the problem is that Barcelona is not optimistic about it right now.
Especially Sergio Busquets, who played on the right.
And it doesn't meet Mourinho's current tactical needs, especially the soft body, which is not Mourinho's dish at all.
The reason why Yang Hao did this was because he was afraid that Guardiola would suggest to Barcelona and reveal Busquets' potential.
In order to avoid this situation, Yang Hao told Guardiola his thoughts in advance.
Anyway, I don't care what you think, I've already told you the secret, if you tell Barcelona again, then you don't have a work ethic, you have to accept the burning of conscience.
Not only that, when Guardiola looked at Yang Hao with a puzzled look on his face, he asked him: "You tell me the secret like this, what if I turn my head and tell Barcelona?" ”
Yang Hao laughed, "You won't, I believe you, you are not this kind of person." ”
After speaking, he didn't say anything and left directly.
Leave Guardiola alone in the wind, full of messiness.
He is really grateful to Yang Hao for his trust in him, knowing that he has a deep affection for Barcelona, and he told him such a secret thing, but his heart is not good.
Yang Hao wants to dig the corner of Barcelona, so does he say it, or doesn't he say it?
In the end, his morality triumphed over his emotions.
Who made you Barcelona unreadable?
But Yang Hao didn't take action immediately.
This kind of thing can't be done lightly, and once he does, Barcelona will immediately know the inside story.
This kind of thing is really a technical job.
It's as if Atletico Madrid is now going to copy the old bottom of the MSM group, and they are slowly staying up, waiting for the opportunity.
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The Spanish national team trained in the physical reserve in Las Rozas.
This is mainly for the players who are generally tired after a long season, so they need to do some training to stimulate the body and pull the physical fitness and condition.
In this regard, Yang Hao is left to Ortega, Pintus and Roca to be fully responsible.
As long as he wasn't injured, Yang Hao basically didn't ask.
After a week of training, on 31 May, Spain played a warm-up match against France in Huelva.
As the Champions League had just been over for a few days, the players who had played in the Champions League and the UEFA Cup did not participate in the match.
The same goes for the French team.
So it wasn't a very good game.
Yang Hao even deliberately disrupted the formation, focusing on the integration of Llorente and the team.
Eventually, in the 80th minute, Capdevilla scored the winning goal.
This can be regarded as a small problem for Yang Hao.
On the whole, in fact, Yang Hao is still very inclined to Antonio López, this player's attack power is better.
But Capdevilla showed good form in the warm-up game and he defended better.
This brings us to the problem.
The big game is coming, do you need to be stable, or do you want to stick to the style of attack?
Fortunately, these two players have played under Yang Hao, and neither of them is a Atletico Madrid player, so no one will question Yang Hao's nepotism if Yang Hao chooses who he chooses.
Three days after playing France, Spain played their final warm-up match before the European Championship at Santander against the United States.
Yang Hao continued to line up the 4141 formation in the first half.
In midfield, Marcos Senna played as a lone midfielder, with David Silva, Cesc Fabregas, Xavi and Andres Iniesta combined.
Up front is Torres playing as a single striker.
But this style of play exposes a very serious problem.
After locking up Torres, the U.S. team tightened up their camp and held steady on the defense.
In such a situation, Spain's pass-and-possession style of play struggled to create a threat.
The advantage is very clear, the pass ball is very slippery, but the problem is that it is difficult to pass in.
This is a bit like the Spain team of the 2022 Qatar World Cup that Yang Hao saw in his previous life, which has been constantly controlling and passing the ball on the periphery, but it is difficult to move forward.
In the second half, Yang Hao changed the formation of 433 again, arranged Reyes and other players to play, and began to create some offensive threats on the side.
In the 68th minute, Villa first received a cross from Antonio Lopes on the left side in the penalty area and scored in front of the goal.
Xavi then burst into the box after stopping the ball on the edge of the box and turning to get past the defenders, and then hit the ball with his feet.
2-0, Spain won the United States.
After this warm-up game, Spain will travel to Neussteft in Austria.
This is Spain's base during the European Championships.
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The day before the team's departure, Yang Hao held an internal meeting of the team in Las Rozas Sports City.
First of all, he congratulated everyone because there were no injuries to the players during the training camp and the warm-up matches.
Both Iniesta and Torres had two days off, both minor issues that didn't get in the way.
It's kind of dangerous.
This also means that Spain can welcome the European Championship with full strength.
Yang Hao told the players that after going to Austria, there will be about a week of rest time, which will be a critical period for Spain's closed training camp, and the team will prepare for all the next games within this week.
"I want each and every one of you to be mentally prepared for six games in 20 days, from June 10th to June 29th!"
Yang Hao's loud and sonorous words made all the Spanish internationals feel inspired.
Playing 6 games in 20 days?
No, that's not the point!
The point is, why play 6 games?
Because the sixth game is the final of the European Championship!
Yang Hao didn't say it, but these words had already revealed his inner goal and fighting spirit.
"I want every single one of you to be ready to play hard, because there's one game every three days, and we don't have any extra time to adjust, to buffer, we need to play game after game!"
Yang Hao told this group of international players very clearly.
"The 23 players in the team are all personally selected by me, and I personally called them one by one, no one, any force has put pressure on me, and I choose people for one goal, that is, to win!"
"Win every game!"
The biggest challenge with the tournament system is that the team is required to maintain a high level of output for the next 20 days and 6 games, which puts high demands on the players.
Not only physically, but also mentally, they all need to be prepared.
Yang Hao actually knows very well that in the European Cup, except for Portugal, he will not meet those Latin American style teams, but he will meet those opponents who are strictly defended.
And the most disgusting thing came from the draw.
According to the draw rules for the European Championship, the 16 teams that enter the finals are divided into four brackets, with exactly four teams in each bracket, and one from each bracket in each group.
Strangely, UEFA's bracket rules have changed, considering the addition of the scores of the 06 World Cup qualifiers in Germany and the qualifiers of this year's European Championship, and then dividing by the number of games, so as to obtain a coefficient of brackets.
And with two hosts at this year's European Championships, Switzerland and Austria, plus defending champions Greece, the team with the highest bracket coefficient is in Pot 1.
In Yang Hao's previous life, although Spain performed well in this European Championship qualifiers, they only got the third pot because they played too badly in the qualifiers for the World Cup in Germany.
If it is based on Yang Hao's previous life, it is only 2.181 points.
This score is in 4th place in the third bracket.
The Netherlands is 2.41, Croatia is 2.409, Italy is 2.363, the Czech Republic is 2.333, and then Sweden, Romania, Germany and Portugal are the next place.
This is Yang Hao's European Cup bracket coefficient in his previous life.
But now?
After Yang Hao took over, Spain won all 12 games in the peripheral qualifiers.
With 36 points in 12 games, and 20 points in 10 games in Germany's World Cup qualifiers, Spain's bracket coefficient reached 2.545, surpassing the Netherlands and ranking first.
So, Spain became seeded.
Is this a good thing?
Good thing fart!
The Netherlands, Croatia, Italy and the Czech Republic are all in Pot 2, Sweden, Romania, Germany and Portugal are in Pot 3, and Poland, France, Turkey and Russia are the last pot.
Coincidence or not, you say?
Spain are now the most vocal in winning the tournament because they played the best in the qualifiers.
Therefore, the second pot drew Italy, which has a similar style of play, the third pot team drew Portugal, which has a similar style of play, and the fourth pot drew France, the World Cup runner-up.
Originally, all the fans who thought that Spain had drawn the first gear were elated and felt that they were going to hit the luck.
The result?
As soon as the results of the draw came out, they were all dumb.
This draw was even worse than Yang Hao's previous life.
The group of death, which was supposed to be given to the Netherlands in the first gear, was now drawn to Spain.
Moreover, in European football, very few teams that play Latin American style football, apart from Spain, belong to Portugal.
Spain is so good that it doesn't die, it's all drawn.
It also drew France, the runner-up of the World Cup.
It's definitely going to kill the rhythm of Spain!
In Yang Hao's previous life, the Netherlands drew Italy, Romania and France.
Now, Spain is drawn from Italy, Portugal and France.
Isn't this at all on the same level, right?
With one more Portugal, it's a deadly rhythm.
But speaking of which, Spain's luck is okay, at least it didn't draw Germany, otherwise, Yang Hao really wanted to cry.
Tactics are mutually restrictive, the style of the ball is mutually restrictive, anyway, UEFA is now able to give Yang Hao the whole thing, and it is clear that it is to tell Spain that your league is so strong, so the national team should be leisurely!
Don't push me anymore, I'm in a hurry, I'll call 110!
Yang Hao could only smile bitterly.
Who would have thought that such a lottery would be drawn, and this European Cup would not be able to be played!
But there is no way, no matter how difficult it is to kick him out.
Besides, Yang Hao really doesn't believe it, Spain can't fix these teams.
Isn't it just the style of the ball?
If you have the ability, let the horse come!
I've been apologizing lately...... Sorry, sorry! It's not an excuse, a lot has been written in the morning, and it went well, but in the afternoon it was stuck on one detail, that is, the draw for Euro 08, why was Spain placed in Pot 3? I checked some information, the group stage draw rules of the European Cup are different, I calculated a few times according to the rules, and the results were not correct. Later, I found out that the original one was to consider the scores of the qualifiers for the German World Cup and the 08 Euro Cup qualifiers, and then calculate the scores of one team after another, and finally came to a conclusion and straightened out the thinking, but the result was late...... It took more than 3 hours, and in the end, I was also drunk for the hundreds of words in the article...... I'm sorry everyone!
(End of chapter)