Everyone was surprised when they got the starting list for the 8th round of La Liga, when Atletico Madrid hosted Real Mallorca.

In the absence of Kaka due to injury, Yang Hao's starting list did not appear Messi's name.

In its place was Di Maria.

This is a very surprising choice.

But in this game, Atletico still showed a very good form.

With Kaka and Messi both sidelined, Atletico's attack began to tilt to the left, with David Silva taking on the more important task and the Spanish wing-mider did not disappoint.

His handling of the ball on the left and his dribbling caused considerable problems for Real Mallorca.

In the 10th minute, Real Mallorca defender Josemi fouled him and received a yellow card.

In the 26th minute, it was Josemi who deliberately fouled the ball in the box for a deliberate handball in the box while defending David Silva's cross, and was awarded a yellow card and sent off with a red card.

However, Torres' penalty was saved by the goalkeeper and could not score.

Interestingly, Torres is a great scorer, but his penalty kicks are not very consistent.

With one man missing, Real Mallorca have adopted a more solid defensive strategy.

Aragonés' substitutions were also very decisive, all focused on strengthening the defence.

Especially in the 55th minute of the second half, he had used up 3 substitutions, making it clear that he was going to play the game to the end with a strict defense strategy on the away side.

David Silva and Angel Di Maria played ferociously in attack, but Real Mallorca were also very tenacious defensively.

By the 65th minute, Real Mallorca had paid the price of eight yellow cards and one red card.

Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, did not have a single yellow card.

This shows how one-sided the scene is.

It wasn't until the 70th minute that Yang Hao made a substitution.

Messi replaces Andres Iniesta.

David Silva returned to central midfield to partner Luka Modric, with Angel Di Maria switching to the left and Messi playing as a right winger.

As Messi stood on the sidelines, ready to play, there were deafening cheers throughout the Emirates Stadium, and countless fans chanted his name.

The Argentine closed his eyes and lowered his head, silently thinking about what the manager had just told him.

Messi has known about this game as a substitute for a long time.

Yang Hao didn't talk to him deeply, but just told him the arrangement in advance, the reason was: "We all want you to have a good rest." ”

"If a rubber band is stretched too tightly, it will break, and so will people."

Messi has always trusted Yang Hao unconditionally, and he knew that Yang Hao would not harm him, so he listened.

And just now, before going on the field, Yang Hao asked him to stand on the sidelines.

"Listen to their voices."

"Remember, you don't just belong to Argentina, you belong to us Atletico Madrid!"

'Don't forget, since you came here when you were 13 years old, we and all the fans have treated you as if you were our own.

"You should play for Argentina, that's your calling, but you should also play for us!"

At this moment, standing on the sidelines, Messi's ears are heard by fans chanting his name.

The score was still 0-0.

At this time, Atletico Madrid fans are desperate for Messi to step up.

Thinking of this, Messi turned his head, glanced at Yang Hao, nodded heavily, and greeted Iniesta who walked off the field.

……

Less than a minute into the game, Atletico made a tackle in midfield and quickly counter-attacked.

David Silva distributed the ball to the left and handed it to Angel Di Maria.

After the Argentine Angel burst forward with the ball on the left side, he split the ball to the left side and quickly cut into the box diagonally.

Marcelo stepped in and crossed the ball into the box.

Di Maria didn't touch the ball, Torres turned his back to the attack, stopped the ball, turned around and crossed diagonally to the right.

Messi cut diagonally into the right corner of the six-yard box, met Torres' pass, and fired a push shot with his left foot, trying to hit the far corner, but slightly grazed the left post and slid off the line.

The whole offense was played very quickly.

Despite failing to find the back of the net, the shot was quite threatening.

Subsequently, Messi cut inside with the ball on the right and passed it back to Modric.

The Croatian midfielder crosses diagonally with his right foot to find Torres on the left side of the box.

Torres' header returned to the middle, Messi cut in quickly, and pushed the ball straight away, but it was deflected wide again.

And in the 78th minute, Messi suddenly appeared in the middle, after receiving Modric's pass, he started with the ball in the middle, first passed a midfielder of Real Mallorca, and then used the ball to force a defender, and at the front of the big penalty area, a sudden emergency stop after the start, using the change of speed to force the breakthrough of the opponent's central defender.

Messi broke through three defenders in a row, and when he was about to form a single knife, the goalkeeper abandoned the goal and pounced on Messi, but the Argentine picked up the pass with his left foot to the right side of the goal.

The unguarded Torres quickly inserted and hit the goal with a header on the right side, passing Messi's pick into Real Mallorca's goal, 1-0!

The whole stadium was set on fire in an instant!

For a long time, there was one more person than the opponent, and he had a completely overwhelming advantage on the field.

At this moment, finally broke through the goal of Real Mallorca!

And in the 86th minute, Di Maria once combined with David Silva in the ribs, and passed diagonally to the right side of the penalty area, and the unguarded Messi plugged in and easily picked up the goal.

2 to 0!

It was also the last goal of the game!

After Messi came on the bench, he made a pass and a shot, completely changing the trend of the game.

……

After the game, Yang Hao let Messi be interviewed by media reporters according to the arrangement of the press and public relations department.

This is mainly to avoid the outside media taking the opportunity to hype up the matter between Yang Hao and Messi.

Let Messi substitute, this is the decision of Yang Hao and the coaching staff.

But in the eyes of people who don't know the inside story, this is likely to be hyped into a contradiction between Yang Hao and Messi.

Atletico did this as a precautionary measure.

Messi mentioned in an interview that he had known that he would be substituted for a long time, and he also accepted such an arrangement.

"I know our boss is actually helping me."

"I don't really care about being a substitute or a starter, I want to get back to my best form as soon as possible!"

Yang Hao also answered questions about Messi at the post-match press conference.

'On the road to growth, there are always all kinds of problems, I don't think it will affect Messi much, he will come out quickly.

In addition, Yang Hao also expressed satisfaction with David Silva's recent form, and he believes that David Silva will become a world-class superstar if he maintains his current form.

"Uh, no, he's already a world-class superstar!"

Receiving Yang Hao's praise flattered David Silva, who repeatedly emphasized that he still needs to study hard.

……

After playing the 8th round of La Liga, Yang Hao led the team south to Marbella.

This is the first leg of the fourth knockout round of the Copa del Rey.

Speaking of which, Atletico Madrid's relationship with Marbella has a lot of roots.

When the elder Hill was mayor, the corruption problem caused by the Marbella city government used the funds of the Marbella city government to sponsor Atletico Madrid's chest advertisement, and later after the East Window incident, he got into trouble.

Marbella's relationship with Atletico is so complicated that there are also a lot of Atletico fans here.

The Sheets came to Marbella to play the Copa del Rey and it was like coming home.

Yang Hao played with a full bench lineup this time, and finally defeated the opponent 2-0 away with goals from Suarez and Lewandowski.

It was also Lewandowski's first competitive game for Atletico.

In addition, it was also in this game that Van Dijk, Isco and Koke were all given the opportunity to play.

As one of the first players after the reform of Atletico's academy, Koke's foot skills have been carved more delicately than in previous lives, and his passing and receiving skills are also stronger.

Isco is still the technical style of his previous life when he gets the ball, he is not fast enough, but his ability to dribble the ball is very good.

This kid is very eye-catching in the indoor football league of Atletico Madrid today, and everyone thinks highly of him.

Some people even say that he is the most Messi-like player in the Atletico team.

The point is that Messi himself said this.

Yang Hao is actually quite curious.

If he has the opportunity next, he really wants to put Hazard, David Silva, Iniesta, Isco, Messi and other players in one team, and try to let them slip around and see what kind of chemistry can be produced.

You know, they're playing too much on the indoor soccer field.

If you really get to the court, can you continue to play like this?

……

After playing the Copa del Rey, La Liga ushered in the 9th round.

Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-0 at home.

Barcelona drew 1-1 away at Osasuna.

Atletico Madrid reversed Athletic Bilbao 2-1 away.

Messi came off the bench in this game and scored the winning goal.

But what made Yang Hao feel a little depressed was that Xavi Martinez seemed to be staring at Atletico Madrid.

This guy almost didn't raise a flag that said: Recruit me to the national team!

NND, every time you touch Atletico Madrid, it's like beating chicken blood.

This time the goal was scored in the opening 19 minutes.

However, after the game, Yang Hao had to praise Javi Martinez.

He did a good job.

……

In midweek, the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.

Atletico drew 1-1 away at Lyon.

Eden Hazard scored in the 83rd minute, but Lyon equalised just before the end of the game.

In the end, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

After the first four rounds of matches, Atletico Madrid won 3 and drew 1 and advanced to the round of 16 in advance.

As for the top spot in the group, Atletico Madrid is also a high probability event.

Because the opponents in the last two rounds, especially the opponent Debretzen in the fifth round, are indeed quite weak.

……

7 November, Emirates Stadium, Madrid.

In the 10th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted Real Madrid.

Kaka finally returned from injury ahead of the crucial Madrid derby and was given permission to play in the team medical team.

Messi also returned to the starting line-up in this game.

Despite Xavi Alonso's injury, Sergio Busquets started the game.

As soon as the game began, Atletico took the lead in the attack.

Just four minutes into the game, Sergio Busquets made a successful interception in the middle of the pitch and sent a pass, and Kaka suddenly fired a long-range shot from 20 yards out of the box.

Football caught everyone off guard with its blistering speed, and Casillas couldn't match it.

1 to 0!

The game was completely heated from the start.

Kaka's first shot on goal after returning from injury was the goal for Atletico Madrid.

This goal also completely sounded the horn of the offensive battle.

Regardless of how the two sides deployed before the game, at this moment, when Kaka broke through the Real Madrid goal, the game was destined to be unsuccessful.

As a result, the two sides began a big battle against each other.

In the 29th minute, after a steal in the middle of Real Madrid, Las Diarra, instigated a counterattack, Joaquín slipped behind Marcelo on the right side, crossed to the back point, and Ronaldo scored from close range.

1 to 1!

Flat!

The two sides continued to attack, especially Atletico, who were more active, but both sides were unable to find the back of the net again for a variety of reasons.

It wasn't until the second half that after the rematch, in the 57th minute, Messi broke through with the ball on the right side, crossed to the middle, Torres deducted Vidic, and then divided to the left, David Silva failed to follow, but Marcelo slanted into the penalty area and volleyed to score.

2 to 1!

Atletico put the score out again.

Real Madrid made successive substitutions to strengthen the attack.

In the 77th minute, Las Diarra was too sticky to the ball, and after being tackled by Kaka in midfield, he sent a pass.

After Messi got rid of Chiellini when he stopped the ball, he burst into the right side of the penalty area and calmly pushed the goal to score and extend the score again.

3 to 1!

But only 3 minutes later, it was Joaquín on the right side who broke through Marcelo's cross, Ronaldo pressed Ramos, hit the goal with a header, and chased the score back to 2-3!

In the 85th minute, Messi also scored a goal, but the referee ruled it offside.

In the end, Atletico narrowly beat Real Madrid 3-2 at home.

It was also Real Madrid's first defeat of the season.

After playing the 10th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid won 9 and drew 1, accumulating 28 points and topping the La Liga table.

Real Madrid is second in La Liga with 9 wins and 1 loss and 27 points.

Teams such as Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Deportivo La Coruna and Espanyol followed.

……

In the stands of the Madrid derby, the head coach of the Argentine national team, Maradona, watched the whole game.

He received Yang Hao's invitation and came to Madrid, Spain in advance.

Next, Argentina will arrange the training camp at Atletico Madrid's Mahada Honda.

The friendly match between Argentina and the Spanish national team will also be held at the Emirates Stadium at Atletico Madrid.

But that's not the point.

Yang Hao invited Maradona over this time, mainly because he wanted to talk to him about Messi.

Every time he comes back from playing for the national team, Messi's form will be affected.

In this case, whether it is as the head coach of Atletico Madrid or as the person Messi respects the most, Yang Hao feels that it is necessary for him to come forward to talk to Maradona.

That's not how a manager works!

Before the friendly match with Argentina, Spain still had the Copa del Rey to play, also at the Emirates Stadium, the opponent was Marbella, and Yang Hao would play with a full bench lineup in this game.

So, it's not a big problem.

But Yang Hao was not in a hurry.

It wasn't until the day after the Madrid derby that he called Maradona and drove him to his hotel to pick him up.

The two went to a famous suburban restaurant in Madrid for barbecue together.

In the quiet box, the two sat opposite each other, smelling the rich aroma of barbecue, and the topic started with food.

Yang Hao emphasized a problem of heat.

He believes that Maradona's methods and methods of coaching are lacking in fire and are too hasty.

Maradona's assumption of office can be regarded as a matter of danger.

Veteran coach Basile has been in charge of the Argentine national team since 06, and the most satisfying was in the Copa America in 07, all the way to the final, and finally lost to Brazil.

But at this time, Basile was still very positive.

In the subsequent World Cup qualifiers in South Africa, Basile's Argentina won three consecutive victories in the first three rounds, which seems to be overwhelming.

But from the 4th round, in the 7 rounds of the game, he won 1 win, 4 draws and 2 losses, and the ranking fell again and again, and in the 10th round, he lost to Chile, which had not lost in 35 years and was coached by the madman Bielsa.

Only 1 win in 7 rounds, and the ranking also fell out of the promotion zone, which put Argentina's situation in jeopardy.

After suffering a flood of accusations, Basile could not bear the pressure and resigned.

Everyone can imagine what kind of team Argentina was at that time.

The Argentine Football Association chose Maradona, to put it bluntly, it didn't expect him to be a tactical genius at all, but more to play his prestige in the locker room, in the fans, and in Argentina to stabilize the team.

Even if you really don't qualify in the end, it can block the anger of the fans to the greatest extent.

At this critical juncture, Maradona should actually be more steady and steady, step by step.

But this man didn't do that at all.

The level of coaching itself is average, but he also played a particularly wave, although Argentina was thrilling in the end, but Maradona also made everyone tremble.

On the whole, it is also not objective to blame Maradona for all Argentina's problems.

"Messi personally told me that he has always supported you unconditionally, and no matter how much the dressing room and the outside media divert attention, he will not have any doubts about you."

"Because he believes that you care more about Argentina than anyone else!"

Yang Hao relayed what Messi once told him.

"He thinks you shouldn't be blamed or criticized in any way."

Maradona didn't expect that Messi would defend him so much in front of Yang Hao.

This took him by surprise.

"You know, he's always seen you as his target, the direction to follow." Yang Hao said.

Maradona laughed when he heard this, "He is the best player in Argentina right now. ”

"But he's in a terrible situation right now."

Yang Hao said the purpose of his meeting with Maradona.

"Those words of yours have bothered him, and even though he didn't say anything, I know him too well."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with those words of mine, I want him to be on the right path, aren't you the same? That's our main job as coaches, isn't it? Maradona rightly rhetorical.

"Yes, that's right, Diego, but you don't know Messi."

Maradona looked at Yang Hao and didn't speak again, but with a deferential expression.

"He's different from you, he has a stubborn, confident, and even proud side in his heart, but at the same time he has a little bit of inferiority, which is closely related to his upbringing, which makes him look shy and introverted."

"Sometimes, I keep telling him to take on more responsibilities and burdens, but for now, he's not ready, he still needs time, and what he needs most is public support and protection."

Maradona shook his head, "Young, you are different from me, you are the manager of Atletico Madrid, you don't have Messi, there are superstars such as Kaka, Torres and Adriano, Messi is just one of the things in your team." ”

"But in Argentina, I only have Messi!"

"That's fate!"

"The stronger the strength, the greater the responsibility."

"Back then, I also carried the burden in this way, which is a responsibility that people like us should bear."

"You know, geniuses are born lonely."

"If you don't put a little pressure on him and keep him in his comfort zone forever, how can he grow? How to progress? ”

I have to admit that some of Maradona's ideas are still very similar to Yang Hao.

But the practice made Yang Hao dare not compliment.

"He's only 22 years old, Diego!"

After Yang Hao thought about it, he simply stopped hiding it.

"Now that we've all talked about it, I'm just going to be more direct, I want to know, after you lose the game, you ask Messi to play like a man, when you say that, do you think about what will happen?"

"You thought about it, you knew what was going to happen, but you still said it, and you asked yourself, are you protecting him? You are putting all the blame and pressure on a player who has unconditional trust in you, which is the most cowardly act of all. ”

"You've played football before, and you ask yourself, what would you do if this happened to you?"

"And Messi, has he said anything so far?"

"No, he didn't even say a single letter against you."

Yang Hao's interrogation made Maradona a little overwhelmed.

After more than a minute of silence, the king nodded helplessly: "I really didn't think it would be like this." ”

Yang Hao, who was sitting opposite him, put a question mark on Maradona's words.

Maradona on the football field is a god, a king of the ball, a symbol.

But Maradona, who sat across from him, was a living man.

He has already pushed the problem on the players, especially Messi, after a loss on more than one occasion.

The first time I didn't expect it, it's understandable, but what about the second time?

In the final analysis, Maradona just wants to protect himself, cherish his feathers, and maintain his image, and he wants to prove to everyone that it is not that he Maradona is not good at losing, but that the player has a problem.

Even now, the proud king of football still feels that he is invincible in the world in football, and he is invincible in coaching.

"Messi has a different personality than you, Diego."

Whether it's true or not, since Maradona said such a sentence, Yang Hao will not continue to chase and fight.

"If you want him to play like Atletico in the Argentine national team, then you should be like Atletico and create a tactical environment for him to play."

"I'm sure you've seen it too, why is Messi always dribbling the ball in the game?"

"Because there's no one around him, he doesn't carry the ball, is he just standing there waiting to be broken?"

Maradona nodded, "Actually, I also know, I also try to build offensive tactics around Messi, but the problem is, we don't have Kaka, we don't have Torres, we don't have Adriano, we don't have Alves......"

"The whole world knows that we are not as strong as Brazil, but no Argentine will accept this fact!"

"We weren't mentally prepared to face a tough situation even against Paraguay, against Venezuela, against Bolivia, etc., and all our work was a mess."

"But all that, no one will notice, everyone is only focused on the court, we lost!"

Yang Hao was also a little silent after hearing this.

Does Maradona know what kind of team he is taking over?

He must have known.

"You know, Yang, there's something I've wanted to say to you for a long time."

Maradona suddenly looked at Yang Hao seriously, which Yang Hao felt very strange and motioned him to speak freely.

"Young, as the head coach of the Argentine national team, I am very grateful to you for cultivating an unborn talent like Messi for us, he is really the best and most talented talent I have ever seen."

Yang Hao nodded, this sentence was also recognized by him.

"But, Young, as the head coach of the Argentine national team, I also hate you very much, because you took him away from Argentina so early that by now, in the eyes of all Argentines, he looks more like a Spaniard, much more than an Argentine."

"You say, I don't know Messi, yes, that's right, I don't know him as well as you."

"But, Young, neither you nor Messi know Argentina!"

"You don't know Argentine football, you don't know the Argentine Football Federation, you don't know the national team."

"I hope he can be the leader of this Argentine national team and be the core, but it requires him to step up and not bury his head and lead himself."

"When he was at Atletico Madrid, with you, he could be very happy, without any pressure, and let go of his body and mind to enjoy football, but in the Argentine national team, he needs to make everyone obey him, trust him, and be willing to sacrifice for him."

"If he doesn't change his temper, he can't be a leader!"

When Yang Hao heard this, he suddenly remembered something.

Perhaps, Maradona, as a head coach, is indeed quite average, but by no means waste.

The problems of the Argentine national team, he knows for sure.

And when he was ordered in danger, would Maradona not know what is going on in the Argentine dressing room about the gangs and intrigues now?

No, he knew, and he was familiar with it.

Messi has been so successful at Atletico that no one can ignore such a super-talented man and feel that the team should be built with him at its core.

But the problem is that Messi is completely different from other Argentinians.

He arrived in Spain at the age of 13 and grew up training and being influenced by Spanish football.

As Maradona said, Messi is like a Spaniard and better than an Argentine.

Therefore, as soon as he lost, the Argentine media and fans told Messi to get out of the way and let him go back to Spain.

The media and fans think so, in the locker room, in the starting lineup, does anyone think the same way?

People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and only you know this.

As a manager, Maradona is actually very limited.

He hopes to build the most competitive team in Argentina with Messi as the core.

Can anyone else take it?

Are they willing to sacrifice for a 22-year-old hairy boy?

In today's Argentine national team, there are only three people who really walk with Messi.

Di Maria, Mascherano and Zabaleta.

And all three are now Maradona's most relied on players.

This is enough to prove that Maradona actually understood.

Tactics, many times, are in the service of people.

If you don't sort out the relationships and contradictions in the locker room, no matter how good the tactics are, you can't implement them.

Moreover, the Argentine Football Association is really bad enough, and it has done a mess in terms of logistics.

In fact, in the face of this situation, if Messi is a leader with a tough personality, or if he has a personality like Ronaldo, Maradona will be much easier to deal with.

But Messi is not that kind of character, which is very troublesome.

This is what Maradona just said, he is very grateful to Yang Hao, but at the same time he hates Yang Hao.

The hatred here is, of course, not real hatred, but a kind of helplessness.

Yang Hao didn't need to explain what Messi's situation was in Argentina back then, because Maradona knew, but this did not alleviate his complicated feelings at this moment.

If Messi had grown up in Argentina and then in European football, then maybe everything would have been different.

……

The conversation with Maradona gave Yang Hao a further understanding of this temperamental person.

A lot of things that were originally vague have gradually become clearer.

Perhaps, he is not a good manager.

But as Messi said to Yang Hao: A person who has won world-class honors for Argentine football and tears up at the mention of Argentina, he has no reason to be reprimanded by those ugly reprimands!

Yang Hao even thought that from Basilla's leakage to Maradona's ups and downs when he was coaching, perhaps the root cause behind it was never just the overall strength of the team.

It's a matter of the locker room.

Including Maradona's revelations, Messi's problems in the Argentine dressing room.

Even, there is a problem that Maradona has not mentioned, but Yang Hao has heard countless times in his previous life, the Argentine Football Association.

This is also the farce of Messi's withdrawal from the Argentine national team three times.

In addition to this, there is another point that many people overlook.

That is the rapid development of football around the world.

In Yang Hao's previous life, when many domestic fans watched the World Cup, they would have a question: Is Japan and South Korea already so strong?

Actually, it's not just Japan and South Korea.

In the past few years, with the frequent exchange of football around the world, with the initiation of technical and tactical reforms, and the arrival of the overall football era, the role that individual ability can play has become more and more limited.

Against this backdrop, football-weak countries are becoming more and more competitive.

Japan and South Korea are relatively late, and in South America, a group of teams led by Chile and Paraguay are rising at a rapid pace, and they are subverting the outside world's impression of them as "weak".

This in itself is a break with the original power structure.

So, for the first time in 35 years, Argentina lost to Chile.

Against this backdrop, Argentina and Brazil have many internal and external troubles and deep-seated problems in personnel training.

In the past, Argentina was strong, even if the dressing room was unstable, even if there was infighting, they could still advance steadily.

But now?

Teams such as Chile and Paraguay have improved, while Argentina has a low tolerance for error, and if there is a slight problem, it will be immediately turbulent.

As for what exactly are the more problematic aspects, who knows?

Many times, there is no truth in this world.

And Yang Hao can be sure that Maradona is not a good head coach, but just because he dares to take over Argentina in this situation, it is enough to prove his feelings for this team and this country.

Therefore, when the two separated, Yang Hao gave Maradona a warm hug.

Maradona also promised Yang Hao that he would consider changing the way he got along with Messi and try to protect Messi in a better way.

"Although, I just said 'hate' you, in fact, it's more about gratitude." Maradona smiled and gave Yang Hao another hug.

……

In the second leg of the fourth round of the Spanish Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid hosted Marbella.

The Sheets played with an all-bench lineup.

Despite this, the match still attracted 55,000 fans.

Of course, the price of tickets is also lower than that of the league.

The whole game was a one-sided slaughter for Atletico Madrid, although Yang Hao put on a 442 double striker tactic, but in the 11th minute, Toni Kroos opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid.

Toni Kroos then set up Robert Lewandowski for a goal.

But what really surprised everyone was that in the 21st, 30th, 46th and 62nd minutes, Suarez scored four goals in a row to completely sweep Marbella away.

In the end, Atletico Madrid slaughtered Marbella 6-0.

Although the opponent's strength is too weak, Atletico Madrid can slaughter the opponent at home, and Yang Hao is still satisfied.

……

Three days later, Yang Hao led the Spanish national team, still at the Emirates Stadium, to face Maradona's Argentina.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Maradona put on a 442 tactic.

Or rather, 4231 tactics.

At the beginning, the two midfielders were Gago and Mascherano, and the two strikers were Higuain and Messi.

Xavi Alonso scored a goal for Spain in the 16th minute.

After that, Spain kept looking for opportunities to attack.

At halftime, Yang Hao made a big substitution adjustment, mainly to give some young players the opportunity to play.

Including the likes of Juan Mata, Javi Martínez and others.

In the 61st minute, Di Maria assisted Messi to score a goal to equalize the score.

Maradona then tried to bring on Cambiaso to replace Gago, partnering Mascherano in the back.

But in the 86th minute, Demichelis made a mistake in passing, and Xavi Alonso scored again with a long-range shot.

The Spanish midfielder scored a brace with two long-range shots.

In the end, Spain defeated Argentina 2-1.

After the game, Yang Hao and Maradona stood on the sidelines and talked.

Yang Hao told Maradona very clearly that their team was playing in a disorganized manner.

Because of the previous deep conversation, Yang Hao's impression of Maradona has changed, so he is now happy to pass on some experience, as for how much Maradona can listen to, or how much he can use, this is beyond Yang Hao's control.

"From now on, in the next few months, a few warm-up games, there is only one purpose, which is to sprint and improve, but obviously, so far, you haven't even come up with a mature and stable tactical play."

"It's pretty damn!"

'Because you can't do it like a manager at the club, you have to have a mature style of play and let the players execute it, and that's what you should be doing for the rest of the season.

Argentina only scheduled a warm-up match, and after playing Spain, they continued to train in Mahada Hongda for two days before disbanding.

As for how Maradona talked to the players, Yang Hao is not clear.

Because he soon led the team to Austria to challenge Austria away.

Spain eventually beat Austria 5-1 thanks to a brace from Fernando Torres and Villa, as well as a goal from Cesc Fabregas.

In this game, Yang Hao chose 442, a small diamond style of play in the midfield.

Sergio Busquets dragged behind, Andres Iniesta and Xavi split the wings, with David Silva playing as a number 10 midfielder.

So far, it's been pretty good, with David Silva scoring a hat-trick of assists.

But Austria's strength is not strong, and Yang Hao doesn't know if this style of play can work in real combat.

It can only be said that no matter how his lineup is adjusted and changed, Spain basically has that set of concepts and plays very smoothly.

……

When Yang Hao returned to Madrid from Austria and saw Messi, he found that the Argentines were in a much better mood.

Messi specially ran over to thank Yang Hao.

Maradona told Messi about what Yang Hao had talked to him about, and also had an open and honest conversation with Messi.

This conversation unraveled some of Messi's knots.

But back-to-back national team matches have also brought a lot of trouble.

After playing Austria on the 18th, the 19th returned to Madrid, and the 21st ushered in the 11th round of La Liga.

Moreover, Atletico still play Deportivo La Coruna away.

Yang Hao wanted the team to settle the battle in the first half, and Messi, who was in a happy mood, opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid in the opening two minutes.

After that, the Sheets also played all the way and firmly controlled the situation on the field.

It wasn't until second-half stoppage time that Deportivo La Coruna was awarded a corner.

As a result, Ramos accidentally touched his hand when he was battling with Mex.

The referee did not hesitate to show a second yellow card for Ramos, sent off the Atletico centre-back and awarded Deportivo a penalty.

Falcao calmly converted the penalty to level the scores.

Yang Hao was very speechless about this, but Ramos did handball.

……

3 days later, the 5th round of the Champions League group stage.

Atletico travel to Hungary to take on Debrezen away.

Away from home, Atletico played this game with a rotation and substitute lineup.

Moreover, Yang Hao formulated tactical instructions and arrangements for ending in the first half.

Suarez opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid in the opening three minutes, and the assister was Adriano.

In the 13th minute, Toni Kroos scored again.

And in the 24th minute, Luka Modric set up Eden Hazard for his third goal.

At this point, the game is basically decided.

Adriano scored again in the 51st minute of the second half.

In the end, the Sheets defeated Debretzen 4-0 away.

And just when Atletico Madrid ended the away game and returned to Madrid, as soon as the plane landed, Yang Hao received the news.

Shomir, editor-in-chief of the French football magazine, is also coming to Madrid!

(End of chapter)