Chapter 96 Full Firepower Output
Many times, the head coach can see clearly how strong a team is.
Just like Valladolid, after their impressive performance last season, they have no determination to maintain their competitiveness this summer.
They sold their top scorer Victor Fernandez to newly promoted Villarreal for 9 million euros, and their top goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez to Real Madrid for 6.25 million euros.
Recruitment?
Save as much as you can.
It cannot be said that Valladolid lacks ambition, but as a small team, they lack such confidence.
This is a bit like starting a business. For the same entrepreneurial project with great potential, the second generation of rich people and children from peasant families will make two completely different choices. It is not because they lack vision or ability.
Rather, the two families have completely different risk tolerances.
Head coach Manzano is obviously not optimistic about Valladolid, so he would rather coach Santander Racing than stay in his position.
So, Valladolid invited 55-year-old Argentine coach Francisco Ferraro.
During his professional career, Ferraro played for Celta Vigo. After retiring, he coached in Argentina, with good results and was known for his defense.
Yang Hao’s biggest impression of Ferraro is that it was this guy who led Argentina to win the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands in 2005.
Speaking of this, we have to mention a very contradictory thing.
Attack and defense.
The whole world knows that Brazil is full of talented people, but how did this superstar-studded Brazilian team win the championship in 2002?
Scolari's extremely conservative defense.
When many fans mention Brazil in 2002, they will only remember the 3R in the frontcourt and the two cards on the wing.
But few people remember that before Scolari won the World Cup, his conservatism caused huge controversy in Brazil, especially the double defensive midfielder partnership of Gilberto Silva and Kleberson, which was criticized by countless people.
Ironically, Brazil won the championship thanks to its excellent defense and the performances of its frontcourt superstars.
The same thing happened to Argentina in the 2005 World Youth Championship.
Ferraro always accumulates players in the midfield and backcourt, leaving the frontcourt to Messi.
With such a conservative tactical style, Argentina once again won the World Youth Championship.
If Scolari's Brazil was relatively balanced in offense and defense, then Ferraro's Argentina national youth team was really conservative and tried to take advantage of Messi.
From the pre-season warm-up matches to the first round of this season, the same is true of Ferraro's coaching at Valladolid.
The midfield and backcourt are heavily armed, and the frontcourt relies on the individual abilities of the players to launch quick counterattacks.
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When facing different teams, Yang Hao often adopts different tactics.
For example, this season, when facing teams such as Deportivo La Coruña and Valencia that are good at high-pressure defense, Yang Hao's strategy was to complete the strangulation in the midfield, grab the ball, and then use the speed of the midfielders to attack the gaps behind the opponent's defense.
After Atletico Madrid completed its renewal this summer, the players are much younger, but their speed and impact have been greatly improved. This makes Atletico Madrid's style of play very effective when facing high-position tactical teams.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the defense line must be able to hold.
The double defensive midfielder combination of Gravesen and Baraja brings hardness to Atletico's midfield while maintaining their organizational and passing abilities.
When facing a relatively conservative team like Ferraro, Yang Hao's strategy was simple and crude.
Don’t think too much, just go ahead and do it!
Through high-pressure pressing, we directly suppressed the opponent, pressed Valladolid into the half, and beat them hard!
In this Valladolid team, there are three players that Yang Hao is paying attention to.
One is the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo.
Paul Futre once recommended him to Yang Hao, hoping to sign him, but Yang Hao chose Van der Sar.
Left-back Gabriel Heinze is the Argentine star who later played for Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Tonight he faces Joaquin directly.
There is also midfielder José Luis Caminero, who is an Atletico Madrid legend and the future Atletico Madrid football director.
There was a saying in European that Sevilla's Monchi was best at recruiting players worth 0 to 15 million euros, while Caminero was good at recruiting players worth 15 to 30 million euros.
This is of course a joke, but in Yang Hao's previous life, Caminero made a huge contribution to the rise of Atletico Madrid.
But now, he is still a player.
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The game was just as Yang Hao expected. From the beginning, Valladolid gave up the ball on their own initiative and didn't even want to fight for it. They retreated directly and set up a tight defense near their own penalty area.
Atletico Madrid clearly knew the opponent's intention, but Yang Hao still asked the entire team to press forward.
He knew that Ferraro wanted to block Atletico's attack through defense and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
This is a test for Atletico Madrid.
Yang Hao's response strategy is to press high up the frontcourt, and if he loses the ball, he will counterattack on the spot, grab the ball, and immediately launch a counterattack.
Just 4 minutes and 31 seconds into the game, Yang Hao's strategy took effect.
Valladolid's defenders were not used to Atletico's high-pressure tactics.
An offensive pass in the frontcourt was blocked and Valladolid tried to counterattack, but Gravesen intercepted the ball with a fierce tackle near the 30-meter area.
After getting the ball, Baraha quickly passed it to the right.
After Joaquin stopped the ball along the right sideline, he faced the goal diagonally and formed a one-on-one situation with Heinze on the wing.
The young Spanish player was very bold. He kept dribbling the ball closer to Heinze, forcing the Argentine defender to retreat again and again.
Just as Valladolid's midfielder Caminero was about to run over to form a double-team, Joaquin suddenly rushed to his left with the ball, and was about to break through the encirclement horizontally before the double-team could support him.
This made Heinze move as well.
Joaquin is a right-footed player, but during the game, he can also perform some simple technical moves with his left foot.
For example, this time, when he was about to break through, he suddenly poked the ball towards the baseline with his left foot, and then his whole body quickly stopped and started, rushing towards the baseline, leaving Heinze behind in an instant.
By the time the Argentine defender turned around and caught up, Joaquin had already made a cross from the right side of the penalty area.
In the middle of the penalty area, Adriano took a run-up and jumped high, overpowering Bolivian center back Pena and heading the ball from close range, sending Joaquin's cross from the right into Ricardo's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Less than 5 minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid scored the first goal!"
"It's still the 18-year-old Brazilian kid, Adriano!"
"My God, this young player is unstoppable. He scored twice in the last round and opened the scoring again tonight, making it three goals in two games."
"Adriano is not only tall and strong, but also has excellent footwork and is very fast."
"Many media and professionals believe that Atletico Madrid has picked up a treasure!"
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The situation of the game did not change with Adriano's goal.
Yang Hao did not stop when he saw the good results, but signaled everyone to continue pressing forward.
In fact, with the momentum of scoring a goal shortly after the start of the game, Atletico Madrid played even more aggressively.
When the game reached the 13th minute, it was Atletico Madrid's crazy pressing in front of the penalty area that forced Valladolid's defender to make a mistake in passing. Baraja calmly sent a straight pass, Deco made a forward run, stopped the ball and broke into the right side of the penalty area, calmly shot low and scored another goal for Atletico Madrid.
2 to 0!
Yang Hao smiled and applauded the team, Deco, and the players' performance on the sidelines.
So far, 13 minutes, 4 shots, 2 goals, the efficiency is very high.
But Yang Hao still did not change the tactics and still signaled the team to continue pressing forward.
After the second round of the league, Atletico Madrid will have a week of rest, so in this game, Atletico Madrid can go all out.
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The game completely entered Atletico Madrid's rhythm.
The Bed Sheet Army played like crazy, bombarding Valladolid continuously.
Whether it was Adriano and Deco in the middle, or Vicente and Joaquin on the wing, Gravesen and Baraja also came up and took a long shot.
Even Evra, who was active on the left, dared to dribble into the penalty area to show off his striker's footwork and shooting skills.
The most threatening one happened in the 28th minute. Evra completed a beautiful breakthrough on the left, rushed all the way to the frontcourt, and passed the ball to Vicente, who then passed it to the penalty spot.
After Adriano suppressed the defender with his body, he stopped the ball with his left foot with his back turned. The whole process was connected very beautifully and he was about to score again.
In order to stop the ball with his left foot, the Brazilian did not make the best choice at the time. After turning around, he had to pull the ball with his right foot and then shoot with his left foot, resulting in missing the best opportunity to shoot.
But near the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid intercepted the ball in the opponent's 30-meter area. Deco quickly passed the ball to the left. Evra ran all the way along the left line at high speed, stopped the ball and sent a cross.
Adriano in the middle attracted the attention of the defense, and Baraja came up from the back without any defense and scored with a header from close range.
3 to 0!
The entire Soria Stadium was stunned by Atletico Madrid's overwhelming offensive!
In Valladolid's impression, Atletico Madrid has never won a game in this stadium in the past three years.
But what about now?
In just one summer, the bed sheet army has been reborn.
The fierce pressing and oppression, as well as the sharp and efficient lightning attacks, made it difficult for Valladolid to cope.
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In the second half, although Atletico Madrid slowed down its attack and the pace of the game, it still firmly suppressed Valladolid.
Especially in the 61st minute, Evra and Vicente cooperated on the left. After receiving the pass from Evra on the left side of the penalty area, Vicente dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and used his speed to break into the small penalty area and make a cross.
Adriano in the middle fell to the ground and shot while being entangled by two central defenders, but the ball hit goalkeeper Ricardo and bounced to the right.
Joaquin, who was unguarded, followed up and easily shot the ball into Valladolid's goal again.
4 to 0!
This was also the last goal of the game.
In the last half hour, Yang Hao successively replaced three substitute players including Xabi Alonso, Reyes and Carvalho, so that they could get familiar with the rhythm of La Liga games and also give them some training opportunities.
In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Valladolid 4-0 away.
After the game, the entire Spanish football world exploded!
