Chapter 1008: The Third Male of the Western Super League
"Young Master Huan, we have discussed this issue with 'Monny' and the team's coaching staff."
Tesiki Begiristan, who was sitting next to Yang Huan, took Yang Huan's question and replied.
He is the team's technical director, and is fully responsible for communicating with the first team manager Simeone, as well as the team's transfer operations, etc., and it is only fitting that he will answer Yang Huan's questions.
"How?" Yang Huan looked at Begiristan and asked with concern.
"He thinks it's sellable!" Begiristan replied.
"It's not just Diego Costa, he's also thinking of agreeing to Barcelona's offer to buy Pedro back."
Pedro was introduced by Yang Huan from Barcelona before, and his performance was okay at first, but after a period of time, his state continued to be sluggish, and he was the same as the players from Barcelona, and as soon as he was seduced by Barcelona, he immediately wanted to return.
Of course, it is estimated that he is not happy at Atletico Madrid either.
Yang Huan knew in his heart that the introduction of Pedro was a big failure for the team, and it was a good idea to sell it as soon as possible and let him return to Barcelona.
As for sending Diego Costa away, it's something to think about.
According to Tevez's previous thoughts, he will stay in the team for another year at most, and he will return to Argentina to return home.
In other words, if Diego Costa and Pedro are sent away now, and Tevez is sent away this summer, then Atletico Madrid's front court will really be empty.
Oh, and there's Griezmann, who is in his prime and has a rather eye-catching performance.
When Yang Huan expressed his worries, Begiristan also nodded, but said: "Young Master Huan, we have also thought about your worries, but looking at the state of Diego Costa this season, we all feel that we should take action as soon as possible." ”
After a pause, he continued: "As for the team's offensive problems after the sale of Diego Costa, Simeone is very optimistic about Bieto, and Correa and Munir also need to be tempered with playing opportunities. ”
At the end of the day, Atletico Madrid is now overloaded with talent, making it difficult for newcomers to get ahead.
Needless to say, Bieto has proven his potential early on, and is valued so much by Simeone, if he cultivates it, he may not be inferior to Diego Costa.
Professional players are like that, and before Diego Costa became popular, who could have seen that he had the quality?
But he was given a chance, he became popular, and everything was taken for granted!
As an ordinary fan, even a club manager like Yang Huan is unlikely to have a head coach who is familiar with and understands the players.
Who can use it and who can't, they all have their own set of standards.
Of course, Atletico Madrid also has an old expert like Begiristain in charge, who is responsible for the gatekeeping, so there is nothing to worry about.
'Antoine Griezmann is now fully capable of playing his own game, Bieto, Correa and Munir, they all have a lot of potential and they need to play to hone it, but now it's ......'
As long as the two big stars of Diego Costa and Tevez are still around, it will be difficult for Simeone to let them go and support the newcomers.
As Yang Huan said before, if newcomers want to take the position, someone has to move their seats for them.
Moreover, promoting newcomers is not as simple as it seems, which means that there will be ups and downs in performance.
"In the past two years, the renewal of our back line has been basically completed, and the change of midfield has been fully realized, just the front. Begiristain said.
At the back, the current leading players are young players such as Montoya, José Gaja, Marcos Rojo and Sergi Roberto, and even in central defence, with Otamendi dominating a major position, José Jimenez and Godin can form an effective competition.
Not to mention that there is a Velasquez in the back.
As for the midfield, that's even more so.
As early as last season, Simeone established the iron triangle of Isco, Koke and Ilia Ramendi, and later joined Krychowiak, and the midfield has been fully rejuvenated.
This season, the team has begun to increase its efforts to promote young players such as Oliver Torres, Sauer, Samper, Denis Suarez, and with the transfer of Alex Teixeira and Raphinha, the veteran captain Gabi has been greatly squeezed when he plays.
Originally, Diego Costa was also in the team's renewal plan, after all, he was eight or eight years old, and now he is only twenty-seven years old, and there are at least four years left in the golden period, so whether it is the introduction of Pedro before or the introduction of Willian later, it is to fill the vacancy of Tevez or enhance the thickness of the bench.
But who would have thought that his form this season would be like this.
As he was talking, in the stadium, both sides also walked out of the players' tunnel.
Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is still a four-four-two tactic.
The goalkeeper is Thibaut Courtois, the backline is José Gaja, Jose Jimenez, Otamendi and Montoya, the midfield four are Isco, Krichowiak, Ilya Ramendi and Koke, and the two forwards are Carlos Tevez and Antoine Griezmann.
When Yang Huan saw Atletico Madrid's starting lineup list, he was a little surprised that Diego Costa was not included in the starting lineup, which shows that Simeone has made up his mind to win this player.
Looking at the line-up of players on the pitch, he suddenly snorted and was happy.
"When did Isco become like this?" Young Master Huan was taken aback.
If you want to talk about Isco, when he was in Southampton in the past, it was a very literary little fresh meat, even if he joined Atletico Madrid, it has always been a literary and artistic young man, but now, ......
I saw Isco on the court, with a beard and a big bald head, not to mention how fierce he looked, where is there still a little bit of the literary and artistic style of the past?
Neither Sorianor nor Begiristan noticed, but Young Master Huan even noticed Isco's hairstyle and beard, which is too observant, right?
But, frankly, when this guy went to make it like this, they were also taken aback.
That beard is better, after all, if you look at it every day, it will become a habit.
But the day that guy went to get a big bald head, let alone Young Master Huan, everyone in the team was taken aback!
"I heard that this kid is showing his determination." Begiristan laughed.
"What do you mean?" Yang Huan didn't understand very well.
"He said that as long as Atletico Madrid doesn't win the Champions League, he will always show off his bald head."
Yang Huan raised his eyebrows, this is okay?
Not to mention, this kid is like this, and there is a ruthlessness all over his body.
The body also looks a lot stronger, and it should have been deliberately trained.
Seeing this, Yang Huan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
As the so-called soldier bears a bear, there will be a nest of bears, and the players brought out by Simeone's men are not a bad thing.
That's true of Cork, it's true of Ilya Ramendi, and nowadays, even Isco.
As the so-called Iron Army, isn't it the coach who is imperceptibly infecting and influencing every player under his command?
It's just that I hope Isco won't lose his aura of playing football because of this.
At the beginning, Yang Huan and Bielsa and others, what they admired him most was not the creativity he played?
If you lose it, it will be more than worth the loss.
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This high-profile battle of Tianwang Mountain has finally begun.
Barcelona kicked off first, with centre-forward Llorente serving in the centre circle, and Neymar receiving the ball and quickly knocking it back to Busquets.
Busquets received the ball and immediately moved it to the right and gave it to Alves.
At the same time as Barcelona continued to pass, Yang Huan was in the stands and clearly saw that Atletico Madrid pressed hard.
Isco on the left quickly pressed Alves, who opted for a cross to play to centre-back Pique.
Atletico Madrid's two strikers, Antoine Griezmann and Tevez, have also pressed quickly, Pique immediately shifted the ball to the left to Alba, but Atletico Madrid's right Koke has also come up.
Alba had no choice but to knock back to central defender Mascherano in the middle.
Atletico Madrid pressed heavily after the opening, not only the two strikers in the front, but also the two wingers Isco and Koke pressed in front of the opponent's defense, which looked like they wanted to suppress Barcelona in the half.
The on-site commentators also looked very excited, and the commentary in Spanish was fast and walking, which was very able to drive the atmosphere in the stadium, especially when they saw Barcelona open, in the face of Atletico Madrid's high pressure and pressing, they had to pass back to goalkeeper Bravo, who had to make a long pass, but the ball fell to the feet of Atletico Madrid, the audience cheered.
After the ball changed hands, it was clear that Atletico Madrid slowed down the pace and even fell back at the back.
However, due to the fact that Atletico Madrid's defense overwhelmed the half, the so-called backfield inverted foot was actually in front of Barcelona's 30-meter area.
Yang Huan can be regarded as seeing a little bit of the way this time.
If Simeone didn't have enough confidence in his team, with his character, he wouldn't have done that.
Because it seems easy to fall in this area, but in fact it is very difficult, because once there is a problem with the execution of the players on the field, there is a problem with the tactics, and if you are beaten behind, it will be finished at any time.
After Atletico Madrid came back and fell a few times, Ilia Ramendi tried to pass the ball to Tevez at the edge of the penalty area, but the Argentine got the ball but had no chance to turn around and had to pass it back again.
Krijowiak then passed the ball to Ilia Ramendi, who then played to the right.
Montoya stepped forward and slashed the ball forward.
Griezmann didn't know when he pulled to the right to receive the ball and then distributed it to Koke, who was inserted at the edge of the penalty area.
As soon as Cork stopped the ball, adjusted, and directly volleyed hard!
The audience was stunned at this moment!
Koke's powerful volley, of very high quality and from a good angle, was met by goalkeeper Bravo who flew over the crossbar to defuse a crisis, but gave Atletico Madrid a corner.
"Good guys!" Yang Huan clenched his fists and raised his arms.
This ball is indeed beautiful!
Antoine Griezmann pulled up the wings and pulled away defenders, while Koke took the opportunity to cut diagonally into the edge of the penalty area, an attacking routine that was clearly practiced.
The quality of Koke's long-range shot is also quite high, but unfortunately, goalkeeper Bravo performed too well.
"It's going to be a great game!" Yang Huan praised with a smile.
Judging from Simeone's arrangement, Atletico Madrid already has the strength to directly compete with Barcelona.
If he didn't have this strength, Simeone wouldn't dare to do it.
Of course, behind this, Messi's switch to the Saints is estimated to have also played a role in weakening Barcelona.
But no matter what, Yang Huan was still very happy in his heart.
At the very least, Atletico Madrid finally has the confidence to directly compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid, a pair of Western Super League duo, no matter who wins or loses in this game, at least in Yang Huan's view, the Spanish Super League duo will have to change its name in the future.
Let's call it the three heroes of the West Super League!
Atletico Madrid pressed hard, Barcelona must not be outdone, how can such a game be ugly?
From the first minute of the opening game, it directly whetted the appetite of all the fans.