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Volume 1: Become Famous in One Move Chapter 175: The Alarming Atletico Madrid

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    Before the start of the 2001-02 season, the movement in Spanish football was not small.

    The personnel changes of Atletico Madrid, the league champion last season, were not too big. The addition of Stam caused quite a stir. The addition of such a top central defender means that Atletico Madrid's lineup is more complete, and it also increases the number of players.  In addition to their experience in participating in the Champions League, although they did not spend a lot of money this summer, such stable additions mean that Atletico Madrid has begun to stabilize and get on the right track - such a team is even more terrifying.

    Real Madrid began to formally propose the strategy of one superstar per year. The addition of Zidane expanded their midfield strength. Apart from Zidane, they did not make much movement. Instead, they were promoted from the second team.  Three young players, Ruben, Raul Bravo and Pavin.  Valencia was in great shock this summer. Head coach Cooper was poached by Inter Milan. Mendieta chose to transfer to Lazio. They appointed Benitez, who is not well-known, as head coach. Mista and Sarr  The addition of players such as Watts and Rufitt also supplemented their strength.  Deportivo continued their low-spending business strategy, while Barcelona made up their mind. They first introduced Saviola, who shined in the World Youth Championship, and then introduced two young people, Rosenbach and Giovanni.  Brazilian players, and the defense is also strengthening. The addition of French central defender Christian Wahl and Swedish legendary central defender Patrick Anderson seems to have weakened their defense's fear of high-altitude balls. Real Madrid and Real Madrid are still the ones who spend the most.  Barcelona, ??obviously, don't want to be suppressed by a team like Atletico Madrid.

    Regarding this, Dick naturally knew that this season would definitely be much more difficult than last season - La Liga has always been a duo of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ??and other teams have never won the championship occasionally. This has never been the case.  It can be seen from the fact that Atletico Madrid ranks third in the number of championships with nine championships. However, last season Atletico Madrid won the league championship despite reorganization and continued to make signings in an orderly manner this summer. This made Atletico Madrid  Real Madrid and Barcelona are beginning to feel greater danger.

    To be honest, for the previous Hill, whether it was the top management of Real Madrid or the top management of Barcelona, ??they were all dismissive, because Hill was typically a layman. Although he also spent money and introduced superstars and coaches, however  His actions are all short-term actions and are not enough to make Atletico Madrid a truly strong team. Including Atletico Madrid spent 100 million in the transfer market last season, and Real Madrid and Barcelona did not do anything to them.  Be careful, because in Spain, only they can become each other's opponents, and other teams are not very qualified.

    However, last season Atletico Madrid won the league championship under those circumstances, which was enough to make them feel wary, and this season Atletico Madrid's calm and targeted transfer operations in the transfer market also made them feel wary.  Huge threats - Hill who spends money randomly is not scary, nor is Dick, the head coach who is like a mad dog and can lead the team to victory, but if Dick has Hill's financial support and the influence he receives at the club,  Maximum support, being able to lead the team to the championship wholeheartedly - that would be quite scary. In other words, Hill's financial resources will not be wasted like before, and Atletico Madrid's performance every season will be stable.  , In this way, after two or three years, Atletico Madrid has grown enough to become a team that can compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona in any aspect!

    When the two heroes coexist, the emergence of a third-level team is completely inconsistent with the interests of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Like Deportivo, there are some inherent shortcomings. Valencia also cannot compare with Real Madrid and Barcelona in terms of financial resources¡ª¡ª  Atletico Madrid is different. Their support in Madrid is not inferior to that of Real Madrid. Hill is not a rich chairman. He was not particularly successful before. The main reason is that Hill likes to mess around. Now a dick has appeared.  , which can be said to be the last good piece of the puzzle for Atletico Madrid.

    "Well, like Jose, it seems like a good feeling to be ranked third in the entire Western Premier League" Dick thought in his heart.

    This season¡¯s La Liga will officially kick off the first round on August 26th - this is because next year is a big competition year, so this season¡¯s La Liga will start earlier than usual. As the defending champion of La Liga and  The UEFA Cup champion, Atletico Madrid also has some games to play before the start of the season. Atletico Madrid will face last season's King's Cup champion Zaragoza consecutively on August 19th and August 22nd, and then in the league  After the first round, they will usher in the European Super Cup on August 31st. Their opponent is last season's Champions League champion, Bundesliga hegemon Bayern.

    Having such a dense schedule at the beginning of the season will naturally not be too beneficial, but Dick doesn't care much about it. It doesn't matter whether he can win the Spanish Super Cup or not. He plans to use these two games to train the newcomers. Only formal  The league and European Super Cup games are what he cares about.

      Dick will lose interest in a championship that he has won once. In this regard, Dick is also a very new and old person, but of course, a championship like the league championship will not be lost no matter how many times it is won.  Whether people feel bored is still a matter of the importance of the game.

    Zaragoza's performance last season was average, but they finally won the Copa del Rey, which restored the morale of their players a lot. This season they also have certain signings. For Zaragoza  , if they can win the Spanish Super Cup, it may boost their morale.

    In the following period, Atletico Madrid began their pre-season training. After completing the physical training, they began various tactical training. Marriner arranged a large number of offensive routines, such as splitting the ball in the midfield and then flanking the wings.  Playing a high ball, for example, after the ball is distributed to the wing, the wing passes it back to Belleron. Belleron passes the ball to Jardel or Cruz who pulls out of the penalty area, and at the same time attracts the defensive players in the opponent's penalty area.  Then create opportunities for the players on the wing, and then the cooperation of the two centers at the front of the penalty area, etc. Most of them use the tactics of two forwards to attack, whether it is a fast team composed of Vicente and Jorgensen.  On the wings, or simply a more balanced midfielder composed of Belleron, Baraja, Makelele and Camoranesi, various tactics are constantly being practiced.

    With such a large number of drills, the players have begun to realize that it seems that in the new season, the team will use more double-center tactics instead of the single center of last season.

    This is naturally a good thing for the forwards. Last season, Atletico Madrid mainly played as a lone forward, Cruz often came on as a substitute, Torres also got some opportunities in the rotation, and Correa rarely had the opportunity to play.  , if we play with two forwards this season, whether it is Torres or Correa, I am afraid there will be more opportunities to come off the bench.

    However, in this way, the number of midfielders seems to be a bit small. After Jorgensen and Haji joined, the competition in Atletico Madrid's midfield began to become fierce. Last season, eight people competed for five positions.  , this season has become nine people competing for five positions. If it suddenly becomes four positions, the competition in the midfield will definitely become very, very fierce.

    The players did not show this, because it is obvious that through the success of last season, Dick's prestige has increased a lot. Now Dick is not relying solely on the power of old Hill to suppress  He actually has his own power and voice within the Atletico Madrid club - there are now more than a dozen players in the team who he personally introduced, including Belleron and Baraja.  His direct lineage, including Jardel, Cruz, Makelele, Thuram, Stam, Vicente and Camoranesi, was introduced by him. Torres is even more impressed by Dick The current horse  Even if the competition is not monolithic, it's not much different.

    As long as he leads the team with good results, no matter which player is suppressed by him on the bench, he will not dare to express any dissatisfaction, or he will choose to leave like Beybour. If he still wants to stay at Atletico Madrid, just be honest with me.  Really wait for opportunities on the bench - Dick is not the kind of coach who only uses 13 or 14 players. Most of the substitutes can still have some opportunities to play.

    Pre-season training is relatively boring, but no player will find it unnecessary. Everyone knows what a team's pre-season training means. There is plenty of time for players to reserve physical fitness, adapt to new tactics, and make cooperation easier.  There is a tacit understanding, so for many teams, it is very important to be able to finalize the team lineup in advance, so that the team can have more running-in time. If a player's transfer is delayed until the transfer window  If it is closed, then his performance this season will probably drop a lot. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Ronaldo won the league championship and best scorer when he moved to Real Madrid, and Sneijder won the league title when he moved to Inter Milan at the last moment.  When he won the Triple Crown and almost became the World Footballer, this is an example. However, it is obvious that there are far fewer examples of success compared to examples of failure.

    So whether it was physical training or tactical training, everything started in an orderly manner. No matter how the tactics changed, the central defender combination chosen by Dick was Thuram and Stam, the superstar central defender pairing. No one was dissatisfied.  After all, the two of them are famous, and they quickly showed their abilities in the training camp.

    Thuram's performance last season convinced everyone, and Stam also showed his fierce confrontation, excellent frontal defensive ability, and excellent air defense ability, and Thuram's quick turn and accurate positioning.  They perfectly complement each other when paired together.

    Seeing the performance of the two central defenders in training, Dick became more and more satisfied. In the history that he knew, these two central defenders had never cooperated together. He was also a little worried about whether the two of them could work together.  It works well together, but I think of Sta??The effect of partnering with Nesta was also very good when he was at Lazio. Thuram is also a central defender closer to Nesta, and he should be able to cooperate well with Stam. Now it seems that the effect is  Still very good.

    But in this way, Marchena is a little depressed. The young Spanish central defender became Atletico Madrid's main force in the second half of last season. As a result, when Stam came this season, he continued to be reduced to a substitute - not that  I am not convinced by Stam, but everyone would feel depressed in this situation.

    However, Dick had other plans for him. Marchena could not only play as a central defender, but also as a defensive midfielder. During training, Dick began to let him train in these two positions in turns. After understanding this, Marchena  Na is starting to feel less depressed - obviously, he is the first substitute at both the central defender and defensive midfielder positions, and he will have many playing opportunities.

    "Now, just waiting for the Super Bowl to start, let me practice some troops." Dick thought in his heart.

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