Chapter 257 Where is Batman
At night, the entire Calderon Stadium was brightly lit and bright as daytime.
The stadium stands seemed like a volcano gushing out, erupting shocking passion from time to time.
The 29th round of La Liga league is being held on the court, with Atletico Madrid facing Barcelona at home.
With the La Liga title this season already locked in, the biggest suspense in this game is no longer Atletico Madrid, but whether Barcelona, who is visiting, can escape unscathed.
Because this La Liga giant is currently ranked fifth in the league, one step away from the top four in the Champions League qualification.
What made Barcelona fans even more grateful was that just this afternoon, La Coruña unexpectedly drew with Vallecano at home, only scored one point, and the lead was greatly weakened.
This gave Barcelona the opportunity.
Barcelona this season is like a nerve knife, performing well and badly.
When it is good, you can win one after another, or even perform five or six goals massacres, but when it is bad, it is enough to cause a collapse.
One game a week, plus a 5-1 victory over Malaga in the previous round, Cruyvert scored a hat-trick and was in good shape, which made people see hope of defeating Atletico Madrid away.
Therefore, this game has attracted much attention.
Even Barcelona's head coach Rexac said in an interview that the top four in the league has reached a critical juncture, and the team must make a concerted effort to defeat Atletico Madrid, reverse La Coruña, and rush into the top four.
Losing the top four and missing the Champions League next season is something that no one dares to imagine.
Therefore, in this game, Barcelona, who played away, seemed very aggressive from the way they arranged the troops.
Four-four-two formation, midfield small diamond-shaped position.
The defense line is from left to right, including Italian left-backs Koko, Debor, Puyol and Rezig.
Mota is behind the midfield, Koku on the left, Luis Enrique on the right, and Rivaldo is ahead.
The double striker is a combination of Saviola and Cruivit.
It is not difficult to see from this lineup that Rexac has only one purpose, to seize Atletico Madrid's repeated hard battles and win the championship ahead of schedule, take the lead in defeating Atletico Madrid in one fell swoop.
Gao Han also adjusted the starting lineup in this game and changed to the 433 formation.
The goalkeeper is still Cech, and the defense is Antonio Lopez, Carvalho, Pablo Ibanes and Roberto.
The three midfielders are Sedo Keita, Javi Alonso and Baptista.
The frontcourt tridents are left winger Cristiano Ronaldo, right winger Torres, and Kiko are in the center.
Originally, Gao Han's idea was to start the defensive midfielder Oscar Mena, but after passing the training inspection, he gave up this idea because the Argentine veteran could no longer meet Gao Han's requirements.
This is also Gao Han's current summer transfer request to the board of directors, giving up Oscar Mena and other substitutes, and at least one strong substitute with a defensive midfielder.
Marcos Senna has always lacked a powerful substitute. Once Brazil's midfielder is absent this season, Atletico Madrid has to move around, which has somewhat affected the team's combat effectiveness.
With the current situation of the bed sheet legion, the large frame has been very stable and local reinforcement is needed.
Before the game started, Barcelona also followed the customs and lined up on both sides of the team at the exit of the player channel to welcome the entry of the Copa del Rey champion Atletico Madrid. Both sides also looked quite friendly.
But at the beginning of the game, both sides immediately started to kill with blood.
Compared to Barcelona's desperate attempt to control the ball, Atletico Madrid's style of play is very simple and crude.
Take a high ball!
After Christaval performed poorly and lost the main position, the highest point of Barcelona's defense line was the 1.8-meter-long Italian left-back Koko. The other three players, whether it is Debor, Puyol or Rezig, are all below 1.8 meters.
But in contrast, at Atletico Madrid, Chico needs to be said to be Torres at 1.86 meters tall. Although Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo is only seventeen years old, his height is also at 1.85 meters tall, which is outstanding among his peers.
But if it's just that, that's nothing. What makes people hate the most is that Torres and Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive power is so fast that it's shocking.
As the center forward, Kiko frequently retreated and supported the support, and the left and right wings were inserted diagonally.
This was such a simple routine, but it pried open the Barcelona goal in just three minutes into the opening game.
After Kiko retreated and received the ball, he turned around to assist. Torres threw away Koko with his right rib and then inserted into the penalty area diagonally. After receiving the ball, he scored.
The whole process happened in a flash, which made everyone in Barcelona confused.
Afterwards, Barcelona fell into a dilemma, wanting to counterattack, but also worrying about the defense line.
This bad mentality finally made them lose their weakness again in the 34th minute.
It was Kiko who retreated. Cristiano Ronaldo forced a breakthrough after receiving the ball from the left, drifted past two opponents in a row, and then suddenly knocked back. Baptista inserted a long shot and won another goal.
After scoring two goals in a row, Barcelona was defeated, while Atletico Madrid firmly controlled the situation. Although the ball control advantage was not obvious, the defense was very solid and did not give Barcelona any chance.
In the 77th minute of the second half, Atletico Madrid finally showed its strength again.
Torres, who was suspended for accumulating yellow cards in the last round, finally broke out. Under the attack of Koko and Debor, he forced a breakthrough and jumped to score, scoring twice.
In this way, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona three-to-zero at home!
The three bloody goals made Lexach even refuse to shake hands with Gao Han after the game and return to the locker room directly.
Who told you Gao Han to take advantage of the situation and not give your old boss any face?
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In the previous round, he defeated Malaga by 5-1, and in this round, he lost 0-3 away from Calderon. Rexac's team continued to play the role of the nerve knife, which also aroused the anger of Barcelona.
At the excellent time for La Coruña to draw at home, Barcelona not only failed to seize the opportunity, but also lost, which made Barcelona's dissatisfaction with Rexacci reach its peak.
Especially the Barcelona head coach's refusal to shake hands with Gao Han after the game was even more bombarded by fans and the media.
Even Barcelona president Gaspart had to come forward to criticize the players for their poor performances and apologize for Lexac's irrational behavior.
With the current situation in Barcelona, changing coaches in the summer has become a foregone conclusion.
The key question is that Gao Han, the original number one hottest, has renewed his contract with Atletico Madrid, who is willing to take over the mess of Barcelona?
It was also in the twenty-ninth round, Real Madrid, who had just experienced the nightmare of the Cup of Kings, quickly got out of the shadow and won Villarreal three to zero at home. The shame of the Kings Cup of REE and the derby battle, stabilized the third place in the league.
As for Benitez's Valencia, in the tradition of making a fortune in silence, she defeated Sevilla 2-0 at home in a low-key manner and continued to occupy the second place in the league.
With the rise in the ranking of the Bats, Benitez, the head coach, has become the most eye-catching discovery in the La Liga this season, second only to Gao Han.
But relatively speaking, his grades and coaching style are not as pleasing as Gao Han.
After playing Barcelona, Atletico Madrid rushed to the Netherlands without stopping to challenge Feyenoord away.
This is the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarterfinals knockout match.
Although Feyenoord is a team in the Eredivisie, his overall strength is not weak. The double striker composed of Eredivisie scorer King Van Huyetang and Danish killer Thomasson is even very threatening, and the latter has even been associated with AC Milan.
Japanese midfielder Shinji Ono is currently the main player in Feyenoord, so this game is also regarded by East Asian fans as a Sino-Japanese showdown.
But in this game, Shinoji Ono was mediocre throughout the game and failed to stabilize the midfield for Feyenoord, which directly led to Atletico Madrid's full-game suppression of Feyenoord, and in the 27th and 45th minutes before the end, he successfully established the victory of the game with Villa's double score.
However, in the second half, Feyenoord's head coach Van Marvik decisively adjusted his tactics. The left-wing young player Robin Van Persie came on the bench. After receiving the ball from the left, he walked through Dario Serner and passed the penalty area directly, assisted Van Huyetang to score, and tied the score one-to-two.
But after that, Feyenoord never got another chance.
The game ended one-to-two, and Atletico Madrid successfully took away a victory from the away game.
However, the competition made Gao Han feel deeply.
First of all, high center forward Van Huyetangk, which is indeed quite good. Whether it is Carvalho or Marchenna, facing this type of center forward, physical confrontation is at a disadvantage and it is very difficult to deal with it.
Dutch football has emerged in recent years, and there are powerful stars such as Cruivet, Van Nistruy, Hasselbaink, Roy Makai, Heiserlink, and Van Yehu Tangk in the high center position, which is indeed quite terrifying.
But this also reminds Gao Han that it is necessary to increase the training of powerful high school defender Pablo Ibanes.
This is a relatively rare Spanish powerful central defender with excellent physical confrontation, but his feet are delicate and quite good. He will be the third candidate in the central defender position after training.
As for the old minister Sandy, he has now fallen to the fourth central defender and has no chance to play this season.
Another big discovery is the left winger who came on as Feyenoord, a young player Robin Van Persie.
He was only nineteen years old, tall but thin, very agile, and his feet were very delicate, especially the one he took in the long pass from the backcourt and took off the ball with his left foot, which impressed Gao Han particularly deeply.
It was precisely because the ball was parked very well that his next move was very wonderful. Dario Serner even found it difficult to complete effective defense, and he could only be passed by the opponent.
Gao Han took a look with his golden eyes and found that Van Persie's potential is as high as 185. A standard superstar player is thin, which is a major hidden danger to his future achievements.
"Robin, this name is wonderful. I wonder where Batman is?" Gao Han laughed.
"After Borgkamp, there was Van der Fate first, and then Robben, and now there is Van Persie. There are so many talents in the Netherlands!"
He had previously been interested in players such as Van der Fate, and even went to see Ajax. He not only found many powerful stars, including Sneider and De Jong, but also discovered a high center forward with a potential of up to 190.
Swedish center Ibrahimovic, who is only twenty-one years old.
Unfortunately, Atletico Madrid is now stable, and Gao Han cannot recruit all the players into the bed sheet army.
If you really recruit them but fail to give enough competition exercise, wouldn’t that be a misleading child?
But Jorge Mendes is taking active action.
Chapter completed!