Chapter 81 Everything is under control!
After returning to Majadahonda from Calderón, I had just arrived at the office and had not even sat down in the office chair when Juanma Lillo came in to report on his work.
Atletico Madrid's entire summer training plan was under the overall control of Yang Hao, but the specific implementation was arranged by Juanma Lillo, with assistance from Pedro Haro, Albert Roca, Oscar Ortega and others, and the program was carried out in an orderly manner.
The results of the warm-up matches were not very ideal.
But it doesn’t matter. Who cares about the results of the warm-up matches?
As the team's head coach, Yang Hao focuses his main energy on the laboratory, communicating with the players, instilling his own tactical concepts and ideas, and helping the players integrate into the team as soon as possible.
Don't underestimate this work, it is even more important than training players.
From the training camp to now, in about a month, Yang Hao has already gotten to know every player of the first and second teams clearly, and has also established initial trust with them.
For example, Van der Sar.
This Dutch goalkeeper, who had encountered the lowest point in his career at Juventus, came to Atletico Madrid. Yang Hao was most concerned about his training and life.
Taking into account the frequent comings and goings of team members this summer, Yang Hao specially hired two resettlement specialists to engage in the resettlement of players and their families, including finding houses, finding schools, handling various procedures, etc.
Van der Sar was the first player to enjoy this service and he was very satisfied with it.
The goalkeeper training in Spain has a very strong Dutch style. Pedro Haro had previously studied with Pellizzaro for a year and had an in-depth understanding of the Italian goalkeeper training method, so it was not difficult for him to cooperate with Van der Sar.
Overall, Van der Sar has integrated very well.
At present, Atletico Madrid's first team has two genuine goalkeepers, Van der Sar and Toni Jimenez.
Atletico Madrid had previously signed Cech from the Czech Republic, but after careful consideration and consulting the player, they decided to loan the young goalkeeper back to Marsani to allow him to continue training in the Czech league.
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"Just now, Evra came to bother me again."
After reporting on his work, Juanma Lillo sat opposite Yang Hao's desk, looking at our male protagonist with a resentful look on his face.
Without even looking up, Yang Hao replied directly, "You should be more aggressive and show your authority as the chief assistant coach. Then he won't dare to come again next time."
"That's easy to say, but why don't you come forward? I'm the bad guy, and you just play the good guy. I really got on your bandwagon in the first place, which is why I got into so much trouble. I'm sure my image in the eyes of the players is completely ruined now."
At the end of the story, Juanma Lillo couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Don't say that. We divide the work and cooperate with each other, just like when two parents-in-law teach their children, one has to play the good cop and the other the bad cop."
“Then I want to be a good person too.”
When Yang Hao heard this, he raised his head and looked at Juanma Lillo with a smile, as if asking: Do you look like a good person?
Seeing this, Li Luo felt guilty.
His relationship with the players has always been poor.
"Give you a chance to regroup and say it again."
"I..." Juanma Lillo was really speechless.
In fact, he himself knew that he was not destined to be a good person, nor did he have that kind of eloquence.
So, he can only do jobs that offend people.
"You don't know, now the players are secretly calling me inhumane."
"Well, that's not particularly accurate."
"What do you mean?" Juanma Lillo was unhappy.
"As for you, half of your salary is earned from being scolded." Yang Hao replied with a smile.
Juanma Lillo sighed, feeling very unbalanced.
He is the one who does all the work and takes all the blame, but what is the result?
Yang Hao is the good guy.
Is there any justice in this world?
"No, you have to treat me to a good meal as compensation." Juanma Lillo said aggrievedly.
Yang Haoman nodded nonchalantly and agreed, "I'll ask the restaurant to give you extra food later."
Liluo almost fell down and exclaimed inwardly, "As expected."
If you add meals to a restaurant, isn’t it just you treating and Atletico Madrid paying?
Look at what the host has done...he is truly worthy of being the head coach.
"No, I'm just confused. He is obviously a striker and has been playing as a striker since he was a child. Why do you insist on letting him play as a left back? We don't need any of them?" Juanma Lillo was puzzled.
Atletico Madrid has three authentic left-backs, the old captain Toni Muñoz, Fabio Aurelio and Antonio Lopez. Among them, Aurelio just returned from the Olympics and performed well in training and warm-up matches.
But one very strange thing is that Yang Hao insisted on putting Antonio Lopez in the second team and Evra in the first team, and then insisted on letting Evra, who used to play as a striker, change to play as a left back. Isn't this asking too much?
It would be better if you let him play as left winger.
Yang Hao raised his head again and looked at Lillo opposite him. He did not answer, but asked: "So, how did he perform at left back?"
"He's pretty good. He has speed, explosiveness, technique, good footwork, can dribble past opponents, and plays very hard defensively."
"That's fine, he should play as left back." Yang Hao said as a matter of course.
This is really strange.
When Yang Hao originally signed Patrick Evra from Monza, he thought he would be a left-back, but unexpectedly, this guy is now playing as a striker.
He is small, has good skills and is fast, so he should play as a striker.
Yang Hao estimated that he probably switched to playing as a left-back after transferring to Ligue 1.
There's no other way, I can only come here by myself now.
You know, in his prime, Evra was not only extremely capable, definitely a world-class left-back, but also very durable.
With his size and physique, he would probably be doomed if he plays as a striker. Left back is the position he should be in.
So Yang Hao instructed Juanma Lillo to let Evra play as left back.
Unexpectedly, the effect was quite good, but the players were very unhappy.
From ancient times to the present, who would be willing to play as a defender if they can play as a forward?
He came to see Yang Hao once, and Yang Hao told him that this was Juanma Lillo's intention.
From then on, he specifically picked on Juanma Lillo and almost drove the assistant coach crazy.
"I don't care. You have to solve this matter anyway. I really can't stand him anymore."
Obviously, Juanma Lillo was helpless and could only hand it over to Yang Hao to solve.
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Yang Hao sent Juanma Lillo away with a smile, feeling amused.
As the head coach, he seems to be doing nothing all day long, but in fact, everything in the team is under his control.
He just ignored the daily heavy tasks such as training.
After he got out of this, he had more time to devote to other work.
Not long after, Evra was also called over by Parales.
"Come on, Patrick, come and sit down." Yang Hao greeted him warmly.
Evra guessed what the problem was. "Boss, Coach Lillo must have been telling tales about me in front of you again."
Yang Hao almost burst out laughing. Poor Li Luo...
"Don't blame him for being annoying. Your case is indeed quite complicated."
"Boss, you have to know that I've played as a striker for more than ten years. I really can't play as a left-back..."
"But the coaching staff thinks highly of you playing as a left-back."
"Then I'll just slack off next time..."
Halfway through his words , Evra saw Yang Hao's face darken and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing. He waved his hands repeatedly to indicate that he did not mean that and had no intention of slacking off.
"Don't say I don't care about you. I've already made an agreement with Lillo that your position here is temporary."
Evra immediately made a bitter face, but before he could say anything, Yang Hao continued.
"I know you're feeling aggrieved, but Lillo really thinks you can thrive as a left-back. If you're unhappy, then treat every opponent on the field as Lillo, beat them up, and vent your frustration."
"Is it okay?" Evra felt that this was a way to vent his anger.
"Why not? When the time comes, just shout Liluo's name and rush forward to do it!"
"What if Coach Lillo knew?" Evra still has a lot of respect for coaches in his heart.
"Just say that I taught you, it's okay!" Yang Hao promised.
Evra immediately smiled maliciously and nodded repeatedly, wishing that a game would come soon so that he could practice his skills and beat the other man to the ground.
"Then I'll listen to you."
"Well, trust me, it's only temporary."
"Boss, you have to help me remember that I am a striker, a striker! I have speed and skills. It would be a waste of my talent to play as a left back." Evra kept reminding the head coach that he was a striker.
Yang Hao nodded. "I know. I chose you to play as a striker, but doesn't Li Luo want to try it now? Obey the overall situation and put the interests of the team first. You have to bear with it for the time being."
"Then I'll wait for your good news."
"Okay, and also, Liluo has been busy lately, so don't bother him and focus on training."
"Yeah, I understand."
Watching Evra leave, Yang Hao couldn't help but burst out laughing.
But after laughing, I couldn't help feeling helpless.
Who would have thought that after playing as a striker for more than ten years, Evra would become a world-class left-back?
Aurelio returned to the team relatively late because of his participation in the Sydney Olympics. He is still adjusting his condition and doing physical training, and may not be able to catch up with the Spanish Super Cup.
So, what Yang Hao meant was to let Evra take the lead.
To be honest, the Spanish Super Cup is not an important competition. We would definitely like to win if we can, but losing is also okay.
The opponent Deportivo La Coruña has greatly increased its strength this season, especially after signing the three Atletico Madrid players, and then signed stars such as Tristan, and the overall strength has improved by leaps and bounds.
Irueta's team obviously wants to make a big splash in the Champions League, and Atletico Madrid has never been taken seriously by them.
The team has been preparing carefully for more than a month, and Yang Hao also wants to use Deportivo La Coruña to try out how valuable this team he has built is.
After this group of stars are put together, what level of overall strength can the team reach?
All of these urgently require a real battle to test the team.
These two rounds of Deportivo La Coruña's Super Cup are undoubtedly the best test.
Not to mention Evra, Yang Hao himself was also a little impatient.
