Chapter 48 Another famous coach is fired!
"What's going on?"
When Yang Hao returned to the locker room, the battle reports of the remaining games of the 35th round of La Liga were also released.
Numancia drew 1-1 with Racing Santander away, and Real Oviedo drew 2-2 with Sevilla away.
As a result, both teams scored 41 points.
Atletico Madrid also got 41 points by defeating Barcelona in this round.
Now it's evenly divided among three teams.
"Since it's a tie, then based on our respective battle results, we shouldn't still be ranked 18th." Yang Hao was a little surprised. Isn't this too outrageous?
No matter how you rank them, even by the first letter of the team's name, Atletico Madrid will not be at the bottom.
"Uh... according to the rules, we are indeed ranked 18th," Mendiodoro reminded.
"Impossible. We once had a 5-0 victory over Real Oviedo. Looking at the head-to-head results, the three teams played each other five times. We had one win, one draw, and one loss. Numancia had one win, two draws, and one loss. Real Oviedo also had one win, one draw, and one loss. But we had a higher goal difference in our games against each other."
In Yang Hao's understanding, when multiple teams have the same points, they will look at their respective game results, but the situation will be different.
For example, Atletico Madrid, Oviedo and Numancia. Judging from the head-to-head results , Atletico Madrid defeated Oviedo 5-0, but before the second round of the game, Oviedo won against Numancia again, and Numancia won against Atletico Madrid in terms of head-to-head results.
This creates a very confusing win-loss relationship.
In this case, shouldn't the head-to-head results of the three teams be compiled into a standings table and then ranked?
After hearing what Yang Hao said, Mendiodoro smiled bitterly and shook his head, "That's not the case."
"Did I understand it wrongly?"
"This situation is relatively rare, but generally speaking, it won't be so complicated. If a situation like ours occurs, we still have one game against Oviedo, which means the small round hasn't been completed, so we won't consider the results of the game for the time being."
Yang Hao was stunned for a moment, "Just compare the league 's goal difference?"
"Yes, and our goal difference..."
I won’t say anymore, it’s all tears.
When the three teams have the same points, Atletico Madrid is indeed at the bottom according to goal difference, Oviedo is in the middle, and Numancia has the highest goal difference.
This is very sad.
After three consecutive wins in La Liga, Yang Hao found that Atletico Madrid was still ranked 18th and still in the relegation zone.
Yang Hao has never studied the situation where multiple teams have the same points, especially the complicated calculation method.
Unexpectedly, he misunderstood.
If this is the case, then the next game against Real Oviedo will be particularly important.
Numancia is playing against Espanyol at home, and there is a high possibility that they will get 3 points because Espanyol has nothing to gain now.
Moreover, in Yang Hao's previous life, Numancia did successfully avoid relegation.
If this is really the case, if Atletico Madrid fails to beat Real Oviedo, it will most likely be trampled upon.
Thinking of this, Yang Hao could no longer sit still.
He walked straight to the middle of the players, clapped his hands vigorously, and signaled everyone to pay attention.
Yang Hao first pulled up the standings and analyzed the current overall situation with the players, and then he told them very seriously about the team's current situation.
"When we leave this locker room, we must put tonight and all the games in the past behind us. Remember, we are only halfway through the relegation battle. The next game against Real Oviedo will be our most important relegation battle."
This time, the relegation opponent is the Spanish wise man Aragones.
Just by looking at this nickname, you can tell how great Aragones' coaching ability is.
"It has not been easy for us to get to where we are today. Each and every one of us has made tremendous efforts."
Yang Hao looked at every player around him, wanting to convey his thoughts and determination to them.
"I want to say that we are only three games away from relegation, from becoming legends, and creating miracles. We must not lose our nerve at this critical moment. We must make a concerted effort to beat Oviedo away and get out of the relegation zone!"
"Do you have confidence?" Yang Hao shouted with all his might.
"have!"
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Atletico Madrid won three consecutive games, first defeating Valencia and then losing to Barcelona, but they are still in the relegation zone.
This immediately caused a shock throughout Spain and even the European football world.
The situation in La Liga this season is really chaotic and confusing.
So far, Atletico Madrid has scored 41 points, but is still in the relegation zone.
If this had happened in other seasons, with Atletico Madrid's current points, they should have successfully avoided relegation long ago.
But that's the situation this season.
The Spanish media and fans' impression of Atletico Madrid has also undergone a huge change, especially after defeating Barcelona in a row, Atletico Madrid has re-proven its strength with outstanding performances.
Yang Hao once again became a prominent figure in Spanish football, and everyone began to realize that this young coach, who was only 25 years old, was leading Atletico Madrid to create an incredible legend.
Atletico Madrid avoided relegation under impossible circumstances, and more importantly, reached the Copa del Rey final.
Marca also reported that after the match against Barcelona, Atletico Madrid chairman Gil said in an interview with the media that Yang Hao will continue to stay regardless of whether the team can avoid relegation this season.
"His coaching has brought about a complete transformation for the team and has been unanimously recognized by the management. We all believe that he is the most suitable head coach for us at this stage."
Old Hill firmly believes that the team can successfully avoid relegation.
But Marca mentioned a possibility, that is, if Atletico Madrid fails to avoid relegation and is relegated to the Spanish Second Division, but defeats its city rival Real Madrid in the King's Cup final, it will become the first Spanish Second Division team to represent Spain in the UEFA Cup.
Of course, at present, this possibility is becoming increasingly slim as Atletico Madrid's hopes of avoiding relegation increase.
But it's also a very interesting thing, isn't it?
Yang Hao still did not appear at the post-match press conference, but his spokesperson Mendiodoro said in an interview with reporters that the Atletico Madrid locker room is full of confidence in avoiding relegation.
"For the remaining three games, we will try our best to win them and we will get 50 points by then."
"If this level of points still doesn't allow us to avoid relegation, then we have nothing to say."
What Mendiodo meant was that as long as we can win all the games, we will definitely be able to avoid relegation.
In the 36th round of La Liga, Real Oviedo will face Atletico Madrid at home, which will also be a key battle for relegation this season.
As for Real Betis coached by Hiddink, they suffered a 0-4 defeat to Real Mallorca away in the 35th round, and are now 5 points behind Atletico Madrid.
Obviously, the moment Real Betis was pushed into the relegation zone by Atletico Madrid, the team's confidence in staying in the league collapsed.
After the crushing defeat to Mallorca, Hiddink was dismissed.
Another famous coach is fired!
This piece of news has added another heavy touch to the turbulent La Liga this season.
When Yang Hao received this message, he was also filled with surprise.
That's Hiddink!
In the future, many fans will regard Hiddink as a magical person. Not to mention that he led the South Korean national team to the World Cup semi-finals, but also that PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea and the Russian national team under his coaching have repeatedly created amazing performances.
But now, this future world-class coach has failed to avoid relegation in La Liga and has been fired...
This really cannot be said to be due to Hiddink's lack of coaching ability or lack of experience. After all, the famous Dutch coach is 54 years old and is at the prime age for a head coach.
The lesson Yang Hao learned from this incident is that if a head coach wants to succeed, he needs to have an entire and well-functioning management team behind him.
The so-called player lineup and tactics are pushed in front of the fans and are visible, but the club management team behind them is something that the fans cannot touch or see, but the latter is actually the most important.
Ferguson said that when coaching a team, one must be the boss in the locker room.
But Yang Hao felt that it was not enough to just be the boss in the locker room, he also had to gain the management's sincere trust and full support.
Otherwise, even a strong player like Hiddink would have to be sacked.
This season's La Liga can be described as a Waterloo for famous coaches.
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After playing against Barcelona, Yang Hao once again locked himself in the Majadahonda training base to study tactics.
After the 35th round of La Liga, the team had a week of rest, and Yang Hao gave the players another day off.
But he himself was not idle at all. He specialized in studying the games of Real Oviedo coached by Aragones, carefully analyzing the countermeasures and preparing for the decisive battle a week later.
The team's preparations are also well-organized. The first few days are mainly for recovery and adjustment. In the middle, there will be a little more intense physical training to stimulate the players' physical condition to ensure that they can reach the best level in the weekend league.
There are rules to follow for all of these, but each team has different fitness coaches and uses different training methods, resulting in different results.
Atletico Madrid's current physical fitness is not particularly ideal. Yang Hao has revealed to Hill that he will definitely recruit a better physical coach this summer to ensure that the team's physical fitness meets his requirements in the new season.
In addition, Yang Hao also has a very good impression of goalkeeper coach Pedro Haro. This goalkeeper coach, who was a player, was a substitute before retiring and has been receiving coaching training from the Spanish Football Association for a long time.
Spain's goalkeeper training materials were written by Van Gaal's assistant, Frans Hoek, and are in the same vein as Dutch football, so the goalkeepers trained there are also more modern.
What is different is that Pedro Haro studied with Ranieri's assistant Giorgio Pellizzaro for a year. Italian goalkeeper training also has its own unique features, but the training method is completely different from the Dutch model.
Pedro Haro had communicated with Yang Hao before. He was trying to learn from Italy's strengths and absorb the essence of the goalkeeping training system. Yang Hao agreed with this and gave strong support.
After the end of this season, Perizaro will go back to his Ranieri. Yang Hao believes that Pedro Haro can then serve as the team's goalkeeping coach.
As for Yang Hao's little follower Parales, Yang Hao plans to use this summer vacation to arrange for him to go for further studies, and continue to work as a physical therapist after returning, but the tasks will definitely be heavier.
Originally, Yang Hao thought that the most troublesome person would be Juanma Lillo. After all, he is now Yang Hao's right-hand man, and he has been coaching alone before. He came to Atletico Madrid just to do a short job.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yang Hao explained his blueprint for the new season to Juanma Lillo, the Spaniard agreed on the spot to stay and continue to assist Yang Hao.
In this way, Yang Hao's coaching team for next season has been initially formed.
But a major earthquake occurred in Spanish football.
