Chapter 139: New Adjustments

Before the national team's match against Thailand, Li Qingshan had already returned to Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's point picking up efficiency in recent league games has been so inefficient that Simeone needs to make some changes to the team. With Atletico Madrid now crowned with the Champions League and La Liga titles, Atletico Madrid is now facing more of a dense defense and defending against counter-attacks.

When facing a dense defensive formation, the weaknesses of Atletico Madrid's 442 system are exposed, first of all, the four midfielders stand in parallel, resulting in the thickness of the midfield is too thin, and when facing the opponent's counterattack, the opponent can directly cross the midfield with a kick, and directly let the striker face his own defender.

Siqueira's defensive ability does not fully match Felipe's last season, which also causes problems for the team's defense.

In fact, Simeone has been aware of this problem for a long time, and he has tried to play a few games with the 433 system, and the results have been good, but then Griezmann and Mandzukic have been injured one after another, and the team's other striker, Gunraul Jimenez, has not performed well at all, and now Simeone does not trust the Mexican player very much.

Therefore, when the team only has three strikers who can be sent on the field, the main 433 formation will obviously bring a big hidden danger.

On October 19, in the eighth round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted the challenge of Espanyol.

The starting lineup before the game did not see any changes to Simeone, but when the game started, it was discovered that Atletico Madrid's formation was not the previous 442 system, but changed to 4231.

There have been no changes to the defenders and goalkeepers, with Simeone's changes mainly coming in midfield and up front.

Gabi and Thiago were paired in a back pair, while Cork and Raul Garcia were deployed as wing-backs on the left and right. There was a major change in Antoine Griezmann's position, as he dropped back a little bit and dropped back into midfield and played in a midfield position.

In this way, there are five players in the midfield, and the two midfielders plus three forwards are positioned, so that the midfield forms a certain level, and when the team is facing a positional attack, it is not so easy for the opponent's counterattack to easily penetrate the midfield defense of Atletico Madrid and directly face the back line.

The single arrow in front is undoubtedly Li Qingshan.

For the Spaniards, coming to the Calderón Stadium and being able to get a point is satisfying. Therefore, from the beginning of the game, they tightened their defense and played a very resolute defensive counterattack.

But in this way, it is in the arms of Atletico Madrid. Simeone had wanted to find a team to test the ability of the team's latest training formation to attack the tough battles these days.

From the current game, it seems that Atletico Madrid's control ability has been improved with five midfielders, and the performance of Griezmann, who has withdrawn from the forward line to play in the front midfield, has not been much jerky, and in fact Griezmann has also immersed himself in the position of the midfield.

Atletico Madrid created chances for Li Qingshan through two wing-backs and full-backs' crosses.

Finally in the thirtieth minute, Li Qingshan smashed the Spaniard's goal with a direct header in the penalty area.

When there is a goal in hand, Atletico Madrid plays more calmly.

At the beginning of the second half, Griezmann, who was in the forward position, took advantage of the gap when the Spaniard's defender was taken away by Li Qingshan from walking, and drove the ball straight into the goal.

A 2-0 score was enough for Atletico Madrid to win this game at the lowest cost.

Although the players in this formation have adapted well from this game, the Spaniard is not a strong opponent after all. For Atletico Madrid, this formation and tactical style of play still need to withstand the test when facing strong teams.

Of course, their opportunity came quickly.

After this round of league games, Atletico Madrid will fly to Germany in midweek to take on Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund have risen strongly in recent years under the leadership of personality coach Jurgen Klopp. In the 2011/201 season, Borussia Dortmund won the Bundesliga title again after a nine-year hiatus, and the following year, they successfully defended their title to make it two consecutive Bundesliga titles.

In the 2012/2013 season, Borussia Dortmund failed to defend their Bundesliga title, but in the Champions League, Dortmund made a breakthrough.

In the 2012/13 season, Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund were drawn into the group of death in the group stage of the Champions League, in which they boasted La Liga champions Real Madrid, Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, Eredivisie champions Ajax and Premier League champions Manchester City.

In the quarterfinals, Dortmund eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk 5-2 over two legs to advance to the quarterfinals;

In the quarterfinals, with the last two goals in stoppage time, he reversed Malaga 3-2 to advance;

In the semifinals, Lewandowski eliminated Real Madrid with a total score of "4-3" and advanced to the final after 16 years.

In the early morning of May 26, 2013, in the Champions League final, Klopp's Dortmund lost to the more attacking Bayern Munich team in the absence of midfielder Götze at Wembley Stadium in London, and lost "1-2" to the more attacking Bayern Munich team, thus relegating to the runner-up, but Klopp's flamboyant coaching style, reasonable use of techniques and tactics, and fascinating youth storm made people look forward to the coach's team. In the end, in the 2012/2013 Champions League Best Coach selection, Klopp beat Champions League champion Bayern Munich coach Heynckes to be crowned.

Although they did not win the trophy, there is no doubt that such a Dortmund team has risen in the European arena in recent years.

In a way, Dortmund and Atletico Madrid's roles in their respective leagues are very similar. Borussia Dortmund is in the shadow of Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga all year round, while Atletico Madrid is pressed against Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Unlike Atletico Madrid, Dortmund's results in the Bundesliga have declined since the start of the season, with only two wins and five defeats and one draw after eight league games, with only seven points and a fourteenth-place place in the Bundesliga.

In the Champions League, Dortmund's performance was not as sharp as before, and Klopp's team drew with Liverpool and Roma successively.

Despite this, Simeone was cautious in his pre-match press conference: "There is no doubt that Dortmund are still competitive in the Champions League, they have a very young squad, they have a lot of talented players, I think at the West** Stadium we have to give 200 per cent concentration to fight against a strong opponent. ”

Klopp, who has been anxious recently, is full of confidence: "This is our home game, in such a dangerous group, we will fight for three points at home no matter what, this is the Champions League, we will not bother with the league for the time being. We have made defensive arrangements for Li Qingshan, and we hope that in our home stadium, we can successfully limit him! ”

The two teams that have risen in recent years will meet directly in the Champions League.

It is still unknown who killed the deer.