Chapter 45: Attack, right? Come on!
Time seemed to be frozen at this moment.
Everyone stared in amazement at what was happening on the court.
It was nearly 80 minutes, and Atletico Madrid had only four shots in the whole game, and was beaten extremely badly.
But the Colchoneros managed to withstand all the pressure, and at this moment, with a sudden flash of Belleron, Aguilera, who came on as a substitute, broke into the right side of the penalty area, stopped the ball with his right foot, and shot with his left foot.
Goalkeeper Hessp was out of reach.
The moment the ball entered the goal, the entire Camp Nou let out a howl of pain.
How much Barcelona fans want it, all this is a false illusion.
But the ruthless football still went into Barcelona's goal.
The damn captain of Atletico Madrid seemed to have known that the ball would definitely go in. He rushed out of the penalty area frantically and celebrated with his teammates.
“Incredible!”
“It’s incredible!”
"Less than five minutes after Atletico made the substitution, they launched a series of attacks on the right. Aguilera received a wonderful pass from teammate Valeron and scored the first goal for Atletico!"
"This is also the only goal scored by both teams in this game!"
"My God, I don't know how to describe what I saw at this moment. Atletico Madrid showed amazing tenacity at the Camp Nou tonight."
"They were in a passive position for the first 80 minutes."
"But they withstood all the pressure, and at the last moment, their captain shot the ball into Barcelona's goal, completely destroying Barcelona's hopes of advancing."
"1-0, 5-1 on aggregate, there is no possibility for Barcelona to turn the tide."
"The live TV camera was on the sidelines, and we saw Atletico Madrid's head coach Yang Hao excitedly rushing out of the coaching area. He and his players were celebrating wildly on the sidelines."
"Barcelona fans kept booing the young coach because no one should be allowed to celebrate a goal or even a victory so recklessly at the Camp Nou!"
"More than half a month ago, when we heard that Atletico Madrid had changed its coach and that 25-year-old Yang Hao had replaced Antic, everyone in the world, including me, was amazed and thought it was the most ridiculous thing in the world."
"But now, we see that in the past three games, Atletico Madrid has won three games in a row, and tonight, they showed an admirable fighting spirit at the Nou Camp. They showed the tenacious spirit that a team that is determined to avoid relegation should have."
"It's really very surprising!"
"This is a fearless Atlético Madrid!"
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"Mr. Yang, please don't make things difficult for us, okay? Please go back!"
The fourth official finally stopped Yang Hao and persuaded him to return to the coaching command area.
Just now, he was really excited.
"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time." Yang Hao smiled .
But the referee still ran over and raised the expected yellow card towards Yang Hao.
There was a burst of gloating applause and cheers at the scene.
This is the special treatment given to Yang Hao by Barcelona fans.
Yang Hao gladly accepted it, and then turned around to shake hands and hug his assistants one by one.
"We played really good defense tonight." Yang Hao patted Juanma Lillo's shoulder.
The team's defensive training this time was arranged by Juanma Lillo. Yang Hao liked this assistant more and more. He was very easy to use and had strong abilities.
Unfortunately, his contract only lasts until the end of this season.
"The most important thing is that you make the players willing to obey the arrangements and carry them out resolutely. This is more important than anything else." Lillo said with a smile.
No matter how good his defensive tactics and training are, it will be useless if the players are unwilling to implement them or are just pretending to follow them.
When coaching a team, the most important thing is never to formulate tactics, but how to make the players willingly implement the tactics.
Isn’t someone scolding Van Gaal?
With Barcelona's current lineup, they can easily win by tying a dog to the coaching bench.
What this means is that Van Gaal's coaching ability is worse than that of a dog!
The question is, can dogs make these superstars willingly obey tactics?
"Our biggest weakness right now is defending against high balls. We can't retreat defensively, but Van Gaal still has Litmanen."
Yang Hao also noticed Barcelona's bench.
Given Van Gaal's gambler mentality and his current relationship with superstars, if Litmanen is substituted, it must be a midfielder or a defender.
This is not necessarily a bad thing for Atletico Madrid.
Is it useful to have so many stars in the frontcourt?
Football has never been a game of 1 plus 1 equals 2, but rather a game of optimized configuration.
But if the defense line is weakened, Yang Hao will no longer be polite to Barcelona.
Offensive, right?
Come on, who is afraid of who!
Of course, Van Gaal may not do so, because they are now 4 goals behind. If they really want to fight to the death with Atletico Madrid, can they make a comeback?
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But this time, Yang Hao really guessed Van Gaal wrong.
This stubborn old Dutch man really got replaced.
In the 80th minute, more than a minute after Atletico Madrid scored, Barcelona made its third substitution. Litmanen replaced Puyol, Reiziger returned to the right center back, Cocu played the left center back, and De Boer was in the middle.
It can be seen that this is no longer a substitution that can be deduced by common sense and logic.
Van Gaal did this obviously to get back at the game.
Of course, it is also possible that they want to boost morale for the upcoming 35th round of La Liga.
So far this season, in just over half a month, Barcelona has lost two games in a row to Atletico Madrid, which will have a huge impact on the players' morale and psychological pressure.
If Barcelona players go to the Calderon Stadium with this mentality, they will be in a passive position.
So, at this point, winning or losing is no longer relevant.
After figuring this out, Yang Hao didn't hesitate and decided to remain conservative.
Yang Hao replaced Belleron with Beybul, adopted a three-midfielder formation, and the team's tactics changed to 451.
But the last substitution came in the 86th minute when he brought on Jose Luque for Solari.
Unlike Solari, Jose Luque is a typical Spanish left-wing player with great speed.
Yang Hao made this substitution clearly to increase the team's counterattack speed.
Substitute a defender, right?
Okay, I will attack you from the wing. Hasselbaink is in the middle. Let’s see who will kill whom!
The back-and-forth substitutions between the two sides and the battle of wits between the head coaches did not seem to bring any surprises during the game, especially in the final few minutes when the pace of both sides slowed down.
Obviously, both parties accepted the result.
In the end, thanks to a goal scored by Aguilera after coming on as a substitute, Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 1-0 away.
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When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, before Yang Hao had time to celebrate, he saw Barcelona coach Van Gaal walking towards him, and he hurried to meet him.
Whether in the past life or this life, Yang Hao has deep respect for Van Gaal.
It can be seen that Van Gaal is also a head coach who can take on and let go. Even though his current situation at Barcelona is very bad and almost everyone says that he will step down as Barcelona coach after the end of this season, he still appears to be very graceful at this moment.
"Hey, Yang, you guys played really well tonight," Van Gaal said lightly.
After Yang Hao shook hands and hugged him, he said, "Thank you."
Just as he was about to let go of his hand, Van Gaal suddenly shook it again and continued, "You played a bit conservatively tonight."
Yang Hao laughed when he heard it. He guessed that Van Gaal probably wanted to say that the game was too conservative, but in the end he held back and did not utter the swear word.
"There's nothing we can do, you are Barcelona." Yang Hao said with a smile.
Van Gaal looked at Yang Hao deeply, "Are you afraid?"
Obviously, he didn't believe what Yang Hao said.
"Honestly, I've studied the few games you've played since you took over as Atletico Madrid manager. What can I say? In terms of pure coaching skills, you're still relatively immature, but many of your ideas and lineups strike me as very special."
Van Gaal finally shook his head vigorously, indicating that he couldn't understand or figure it out.
However, he believed that this was because Yang Hao was a rookie.
After all, he is a rookie. Who can become a famous coach right from the start?
Don’t we all grow up little by little?
Of course, Yang Hao would not tell him that this was the trend of the future, and that he was taking advantage of being a time traveler to launch a dimensionality reduction attack.
"I am now very much looking forward to the team you will coach after a full season of independent coaching." Van Gaal's tone was very sincere, and it was obvious that it came from the heart of a professional head coach.
Yang Hao smiled shyly. He really didn't know how to handle the current situation, especially facing direct praise from someone he respected. This made him feel a little at a loss.
Seeing his expression, Van Gaal on the other side laughed. "We've lost two games in a row in the King's Cup. We are determined to win the league this weekend. You better be careful!"
Yang Hao nodded repeatedly.
He also believes that after tonight's battle, Van Gaal will pay more attention to this weekend's game.
But as the head coach of Barcelona, even though he is a world-famous coach, Van Gaal has many limitations, including his lineup.
After saying goodbye to Van Gaal, Yang Hao met Mourinho. He walked over with a smile and tried to get close to the Portuguese, and his enthusiasm was a little too much.
So when Yang Hao left, Van Gaal looked at Mourinho strangely, "Are you familiar with him?"
Mourinho was also confused and said, "I only saw him during the game."
"Then why does he seem so familiar with you?" Van Gaal felt puzzled.
He had felt strange during the first round, and he still felt strange now.
Mourinho was also puzzled. He really couldn't remember when he met a guy named Yang Hao, but this Yang Hao seemed to be very familiar with him, especially the tone of voice when talking to him, just like meeting old friends.
"This kid is full of evil intentions and must be plotting something," Van Gaal said bitterly.
He was unhappy after losing two games in a row.
Watching Van Gaal leave, Mourinho turned around to look at Yang Hao and found that he was celebrating the victory with his assistants and players. It seemed normal no matter how he looked at him.
"Is it because I'm handsome?" Mourinho touched his face and felt that this guess was quite reasonable.
