Chapter 335: Faith

"The game is over!! The game is over!!! A game that was completely unpredictable before the game!! In the third round of the 2010-2011 league season, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-2 at home!! Defending champions Barcelona suffered an unforgettable defeat at the Estadio Calderón!! Atletico Madrid didn't defend and counter-attacked, they almost crushed Barcelona head-on!! Barcelona equalised, they were close to the score, but it was Atletico Madrid who had the last laugh!! Atletico Madrid did not lag behind Barcelona in the scoreline from start to finish, and they were constantly looking for goals from the very beginning of the game!! Now!! And they succeeded!!! They won at home to Barcelona and they made it three wins in a row in the league and handed Barcelona two defeats in a row!! ”

At the roar of the commentator Aduris, the game was over.

The Barcelona players didn't even shake hands with the Atletico Madrid players and left the pitch in a hurry.

Barcelona's new president, Russell, who was just elected president of Barcelona in July, is the owner of a sports marketing company and is still a tween-haired boy with Pep Guardiola, who used to be a caddie at Camp Nou as a child.

It's just that Guardiola's football talent is much better than Rosell's, and in the end Guardiola became a main player in Barcelona, while Russell is just a third-rate professional player, and his highest achievement is playing for the third-tier Hospitalet team.

Rosell can't play football, but his business skills are pretty good. Now the new president of Barcelona, Rusell is preparing to make a big splash in his position at Barcelona's top level.

Na Cheng thought that not long after he took office, the team had already suffered two consecutive defeats in the league, which can be said to be a black start.

Russell, who was hit by a black opening, couldn't wait to stand up at the moment of the whistle, took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Cerezo, the president of Atletico Madrid, and then left in a hurry.

Cerezo ignored the black-faced Russell.

He is also the new president of Atletico Madrid, and Gao Bo is also the head coach he strongly recruits, and in order to implement the will of the team's head coach, Cerezo even broke the tradition of Spanish football and gave Gao Bo the transfer power.

And the reason why he did this was to make Atletico Madrid's results better. As long as Atletico Madrid can achieve results on the pitch, it will all be thanks to him as a newcomer to the chairmanship, and Cerezo has been able to stabilize his position at the club and even gradually squeeze the influence of the Hill family out of the club.

And now it turns out that there is no problem with Cerezo's decision, Gao Bo is indeed a quite capable head coach!

Three wins in a row to start the tournament, and it also includes a win over a strong opponent like Barcelona!

The results are much better than previous seasons anyway, and judging by the team's performances, this is definitely not a flash in the pan. Cerezo doesn't understand the ball, he can naturally see that Atletico Madrid's current way of playing is definitely worth looking forward to.

Maybe at the end of the season, the team can really win the championship?

For the first time, Cerezo seriously considered what Gao Bo had said at the beginning.

To be honest, Cerezo was just bragging until the Barcelona game. This season's return to the Champions League is considered a great success, and the league is the winner? It's a bit too wishful thinking.

Cerezo stood up and clapped in the box,

At this time, at the Calderón Stadium, there was a change of atmosphere full of victory.

In the stands and off the pitch, the excited Atletico Madrid players did not leave, but chose to stay and celebrate the victory with the Atletico Madrid fans.

Naturally, the fans did not leave, and they were all in the stands cheering for the victory of this game.

Calderón Stadium was drowned out with cheers and singing.

The players and fans were in a state of joy.

In previous seasons, Atletico Madrid's season development rhythm was like a copy and paste - a bad start, a gradual recovery interruption, and a cliff at the end of the season.

And this season's Atletico Madrid has been very strong from the beginning of the season, which of course has also made Atletico Madrid fans have more expectations for the new season.

In the press gallery, reporters looked at the celebratory crowd, but most eyes were on Atletico Madrid's head coach Gao Bo.

Who is Atletico Madrid that has brought about such a big change?

It's this Chinese.

Perhaps, this season's Atletico Madrid may really return to their third place in La Liga?

Some Madrid journalists thought.

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The technical statistics after the game also surprised the media a little.

Possession was 48 per cent against 52 per cent.

Barcelona can still occupy some slight advantages, but this is already a new low in Barcelona possession in games in recent seasons - even against Real Madrid, Barcelona's possession rate is more than 60%!

In terms of more critical passing data, many reporters were surprised.

Atletico Madrid made a total of 532 passes in the whole game, while Barcelona made 607 passes. In terms of the more crucial number of successful passes, Atletico Madrid made 520 successful passes, compared to 563 for Barcelona.

In terms of pass success rate, Barcelona is actually lower than Atletico Madrid!

Last season's Barcelona had a staggering 638 passes in 38 league games, and this time against Atletico Madrid, Barcelona not only had fewer passes per game, but also had a significant reduction in pass success rate, which fully illustrated the pressure Atletico Madrid created on them.

In addition to Barcelona's slight advantage in possession and passes, in other statistics, Barcelona is at a disadvantage in an all-round way!

The number of shots, the number of 30 meters in front, the success rate of duels, tackles, dribbles and other statistics, Atletico Madrid have an all-round advantage.

Of course, what is more important is the number of goals scored by both sides!

Four to two!

Atletico Madrid won at home to make it three wins in a row in the league.

So when Gao Bo appeared at the press conference, many Madrid media reporters couldn't help but applaud him, and the Catalan media naturally blushed.

Gao Bo didn't beat the water dog at the press conference, after all, he and Barcelona had no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, and they couldn't offend each other to death.

But the Catalan journalist didn't think so, perhaps because he felt that it was too shameful to lose, and the Catalans wanted to regain some face.

So a Catalan reporter stood up and asked: "Before the game, a lot of media were saying that Atletico Madrid was imitating Barcelona's way of playing, so does the result of this game show that Atletico Madrid has improved a lot after learning Barcelona's tactics, what do you think?" ”

Gao Bo smiled, he certainly knew that this was a matter for Catalan journalists to find some ground.

You won, but you won with my tactics, so in the end I won.

This kind of Q-like logic made Gao Bo couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha... Sorry, I really think it's kind of funny. Gao Bo even rubbed his eyes with his hands, as if he was laughing out of tears.

Is it so funny that the Catalan journalist has a black line on his face?

Fortunately, Gao Bo didn't laugh for long, he quickly adjusted: "Whether we learn the tactics of Barcelona or not, there is no value in discussing at all, I will not tell you what the tactics of Atletico Madrid are, and similarly Pep Guardiola's Barcelona and Rijkaard's Barcelona are also very different." But whatever the tactics, the results speak for themselves. We are the winners and Barcelona are the losers! ”

Gao Bo spoke very directly, which made the Catalan journalists sound uncomfortable.

But this is Madrid, and most of Madrid's journalists are very happy about Barcelona.

Overall, the press conference ended on a joyous note.

Now these Madrid reporters can't remember how they were sneering about Gao Bo's transfer move and Atletico Madrid's warm-up game.

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Just as Gao Bo was being interviewed by reporters, in the locker room of Atletico Madrid, the players were still frolicking and celebrating.

Diego Costa, who scored the goal, looked very excited, wrapped in a towel on the lower half of his body and waving his clothes in his hands.

The team's DJ was a young David De Gea, but his heavy metal music quickly caused displeasure among the players, before Antoine Griezmann took over the bandstage and the players sang and danced to the rhythm of the music in the dressing room.

Moya Boggs smiled at the frolic of the players, and as a coach, he naturally did not participate in the goal.

Moya is 58 years old and has worked for Atletico Madrid for almost two decades, from coach of the echelon, to coach of the reserve team, to assistant coach of the first team.

He knows the team up and down very well.

And like now, the team is united and the atmosphere is joyful, Moya has not seen it for a long time.

There is turmoil at the top, confusion in tactical play, and constant contradictions in the locker room.

This has been the main axis of Atletico Madrid for more than a decade.

However, this season, after Gao Bo arrived, he immediately exchanged the cage for birds, sold almost most of the old players, and then introduced a large number of new players.

This move saved Gao Bo from the danger of competing with the locker room boss - because most of them were new players, and the old players who remained couldn't make any waves.

Moya looked at the time, Gao Bo's press conference was almost over.

"That's it! Guys!! Hurry up and pack up, take a hot shower and head back to the hotel!!! ”

After Gao Bo came to Atletico Madrid, he set a lot of rules.

One of them is about accommodation.

In the past, the players of Atletico Madrid would go back to their respective homes after the home game, and those who had a good relationship might even make an appointment to go to a nightclub or something.

However, after Gao Bo came, not only the day before the game, but also home and away, the players had to sleep in the hotel to ensure the quality of sleep.

It's understandable to ask the players to sleep in a hotel before the game, after all, if the players don't gather to sleep in the hotel the night before the game, I'm afraid many players won't know what to do at night. Even if they don't do anything, the girlfriends and wives of the players are basically models, TV anchors, actresses and the like, and Gao Bo estimates that there are not many players who can hold on to it all night without messing around.

After the game, Gao Bo also asked the players to sleep in the hotel for one night before they disbanded and went home, which was also to ensure that the players could get enough sleep immediately after the game.

Many players were still a little dissatisfied after this rule came out, but after this game, all the dissatisfaction disappeared.

Defeating Barcelona head-on, such energy made the players excited.

This fully illustrates the power of their current tactical system!

In the past, when facing Barcelona, the players were still quite accustomed to defending and counter-attacking, after all, the opponent has been one of the strongest teams in the world over the years.

And the previous two games were against teams that were not too strong, whether this system can help Atletico Madrid to a higher level depends on the effect of facing strong teams.

And the victory in this game made the Atletico Madrid players completely full of confidence.

This tactical system works!

On the way back to the hotel, the players were still talking.

Gao Bo announced the news of the next day's holiday when the players checked into the hotel.

Giving the team a holiday after a win is something every manager does.

And the news of the holiday, of course, also caused unanimous cheers from the players.

And Moya Boggs can feel it clearly.

Winning three games in a row has allowed Gao Bo to win more goodwill and support from the players.

Now everything is moving towards a better defence.

Maybe after this season, Atletico Madrid can really return to the Champions League?

Moya Boggs is also full of confidence.