On March 10, in the 27th round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Real Betis 3:1 away.

On March 18, Real Madrid scored two goals in a row at home after conceding one goal first, and reversed Malaga 2:1.

On March 21, the Galacticos visited the Love Song Stadium and faced their favorite opponent Villarreal, the Yellow Submarine despite the stubborn resistance, Xavi and Garcia also showed outstanding strength, but still could not prevent the team from suffering a heavy defeat at the Love Song Stadium, 6:6.

3 days later, on the 24th, Real Madrid bloodied Real Sociedad 5:1 at home, and after the game, the whole stadium was sensational, celebrating Real Madrid's early victory, which was also the earliest game in the history of La Liga to announce the early victory, and it also directly made the remaining 8 games in La Liga completely lose the suspense, and Real Madrid's lead was amazing.

On the 27th, Real Madrid challenged Atlético Greeks away, with the goals of Aguero, Kaka and Xiao Xiaoluo, the away 3:0 full load, and ended the two-legged game early, and entered the semifinals with one foot.

On 1 April, Real Madrid played Osasuna away.

From the second minute of the game, Real Madrid scored a goal, and then scored six goals in one go, sweeping Osasuna with an unstoppable momentum, Parejo, Morata and other academy players performed very well, so that everyone saw Real Madrid's almost invincible strength and talent pool.

In the second leg of the Champions League top 8 knockout round, Real Madrid slaughtered Atletico Greeks 5:0 at the Bernabeu and successfully entered the semifinals with an aggregate score of 8:0, while at another stadium, Barcelona drew 0:0 with AC Milan at home, but played AC Milan 3:1 and successfully entered the semifinals.

Real Madrid meets Barcelona, Bayern Munich meets Chelsea, the Champions League semi-finals are back in the strong dialogue, everyone believes that Real Madrid is the most promising to enter the Allianz Arena, the key is to see Bayern Munich and Chelsea, who will be Real Madrid's opponent, whether Pellegrini will win, or Mourinho continues to reach the final.

On April 8, Real Madrid sat at home, in the first half of Valencia 0:0 draw, Yang Cheng in the second half replaced the main star Iniesta, Xiaobai's two planning, and finally helped Real Madrid defeat Valencia 2:0 at the Bernabeu Stadium, and the media praised Real Madrid's excellent performance after the game.

Diego, Simeone flipped through the scouting report in his hand, his brow was not always furrowed like Manzano, as if he looked relaxed when he received an invitation from Atletico last Christmas, even if this time he was facing Real Madrid and his former mentor, Yang Cheng.

In the Copa del Rey in December last year, Atletico Madrid were beaten by the third division team, and the head coach Manzano was sacked, after which they brought in Simeone, a former club legend of the club, whose coaching achievements in Argentina made the Atletico Madrid management full of confidence in him.

Simeone's first training session at the Argentine midfielder attracted 5,000 Sheets fans, and Simeone quickly restructured the mess left by Manzano, leading Atletico to stabilize the situation and gradually move up the league standings.

Many people say that Yang Cheng's beloved apprentices have finally gradually become independent, from French coach Blanco to today's Diego and Simeone, they are all players under Yang Cheng's former command, but there is a very strange thing is that they did not use a tactical style similar to Yang Cheng.

Just like Simeone's Atletico Madrid, as soon as the Argentine took office, he said bluntly that what he wanted to see most was a strong, combative, and fast counterattack Atletico Madrid, which is not only Simeone's style, but also Atletico Madrid's style, so the Argentines are also committed to building such an Atletico Madrid.

Direct, concise and deep, Simeone's football credo is simple, but very practical, and he even openly declared in the newspaper that his team would give up possession and put the result first, and he put the defence very seriously, trying to build a steel defence to keep Atletico in danger.

It should be said that Simeone's Atletico Madrid has been successful in the past few months, at least he quickly built a team that he wants, and although he has not been able to meet his requirements for the time being, at least he can already fulfill his tactical ideas, after all, Atletico Madrid has always been in the same style.

Welcoming Real Madrid, welcoming the Madrid derby, Simeone has a heavy burden on his shoulders.

"Herman, this will be our biggest problem of the season!" Simeone put down the report in his hand and said with a slight smile.

Hermann, a former Argentina international who also joined the league after Atletico Madrid's relegation and helped Atletico Madrid complete promotion, is now the right-hand man of Diego and Simeone, both of whom are Atletico Madrid's meritorious figures.

Boggs smiled bitterly, "Do your best!" ”

Many people say that there is no shadow of Yang Cheng from Simeone's body, and they think that Simeone does not seem to be affected by Yang Cheng in the slightest, but only when he is close to Boggs can he really understand that Simeone is actually deeply influenced by Yang Cheng, but what he admires is not Yang Cheng's offense, but his defensive philosophy.

Do your best to prevent the opponent from passing the ball into the 32-meter area, and avoid losing the ball in the threat area and being hit by the opponent to play a lethal counterattack, these two principles are Simeone's football credo, in addition, he also very much admires Yang Cheng's high-intensity pressing tactics, which are the root and foundation of Simeone's tactics.

In private, Simeone praised his former coach, he believes that Yang Cheng whether it is at Inter Milan or later Liverpool and Real Madrid, he has fully embodied his unique football philosophy, and many things are still profoundly influencing Simeone even now.

The tactics used by the latter in Atletico Madrid are 442, but it is quite similar to the standing style of Inter Milan back then, which shows how profound Yang Cheng's influence is on him, but these deep things, reporters usually do not dig out, they do not have that kind of mood and time.

"Tell you the truth, Diego!" Maybe it was seeing Diego, Simeone's hidden worries Boggs couldn't help but remind, "I think, do you think Yang Cheng is too strong, don't forget, he hasn't never lost, and he lost badly, just like losing to Spain in the World Cup in South Africa, which proves that he is not invincible!" ”

Simeone looked up, looked at his assistant, couldn't help but smile, and shook his head, "You don't understand Herman!" ”

"He's a very special person!"

As he spoke, Simeone seemed to recall the scene when he and Yang Cheng worked together at Inter Milan, he used to be the main player under Yang Cheng, but he was later sold, but for this, Simeone did not have any complaints in his heart because it was a transfer that all professional players could accept.

Although the process was short-lived, Simeone learned a lot from Yang Cheng's men, which are now effective weapons for him to save himself on the football field.

"When he was in charge of Inter Milan, he was already very good, now he has become more mature and more terrifying, especially when his whole tactical framework is completely formed, and it is difficult to beat him!"

This should be regarded as the highest evaluation and praise that the arrogant Simone can give to his opponent, that is, Yang Cheng is his former mentor, in other words, I am afraid not to expect to get this evaluation from Simone's mouth.

"But Herman, don't think I'm cowardly!" Simeone suddenly laughed, "I respect him and think he is really good but I'm not afraid of him and his Real Madrid!" ”

After a pause, Simone smiled, shaking his head very much like Yang Cheng's image, "You know, the most admirable thing about him is that he never gives up, he will never admit defeat, this is also the most valuable thing I have learned from him, and now I want to return it to him!" ”

"Caesar's will be returned to Caesar, I want to see if this teacher of mine is really that strong!" Simeone is full of belligerent blood and looks full of anticipation for the upcoming Madrid derby.

It's just that I don't know if he is looking forward to his student competing with Yang Cheng, the teacher, or looking forward to his Atletico Madrid defeating *Sailing Text* Yang Cheng's Real Madrid? Perhaps, both!

"Mr. Yang Cheng!"

At Calderón Stadium, before the start of the game, Simeone and Yang Cheng met in front of the players' tunnel, and the Argentine walked up to Yang Cheng very politely, took the initiative to stretch out his hands, and seemed to respect Yang Cheng.

"Diego!" Yang Cheng shook hands with him and nodded with a smile, "You did a good job at Atletico Madrid!" ”

"Thank you, but I hope to do better, Mr. Yang Cheng!" Simeone replied defiantly.

Yang Cheng shook his head, "The others didn't learn, but they learned to be arrogant!" ”

Simeone smiled, "We'll see!" ”

"Then I'll wait for you!" Yang Cheng also accepted the challenge with a smile, he also wanted to see how much ability and pounds this former player had, but he didn't mind teaching Simeone a lesson, lest he be arrogant.

"It seems that you, a student, have the same virtue as you!" Benitez saw Yang Cheng walking over to the coach's seat of the visiting team and said with a smile.

He was also at Inter Milan back then, so he also knew Simeone, and now seeing Simeone challenging Yang Cheng in person, isn't this very similar to Yang Cheng's fledgling period?

"Please, Rafa, he's him, I'm me!" Yang Cheng shook his head with a smile, but he still recognized Simeone's coaching level in his heart, and the strength of this Argentine is definitely not bad, "This kid thinks that after taking office, Atletico Madrid will be able to challenge Real Madrid if he remains undefeated, I don't mind teaching him another lesson!" ”

When Benitez saw Yang Cheng like this, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, saying that they are like, they are really similar!

But in the middle of the game, Yang Cheng and Benitez immediately couldn't laugh, because Simeone's Atletico Madrid did have enough level to create problems for Real Madrid.

In this game, Real Madrid's starting lineup is goalkeeper Casillas, the backline is Arbeloa, Kompany and Ramos, the back is De La Red, the midfielders are Parejo, Kaka and Iniesta, and the three forwards are Xiao Xiaoluo, Aguero and Messi.

Simeone's starting line-up was similarly good, with Courtois in goal, Felipe, Godin, Pereira and Juanfran at the back, and Gabi, Thiago, Turan and Diego in midfield, with Falcao and Adrian up front.

In order to fight for a European ticket next season, Atletico Madrid did its best to attack this game without the slightest relaxation, and although Real Madrid has also won the championship in advance and accepted Atletico Madrid's line-up after the opening, they are still not ready to release water to their rivals in the same city, and both teams will go all out.

Although Simeone, who is playing at home, said that he discharged the 442 tactical formation, but in fact, in the game, he was not completely arranged according to the 442 formation, he was more in strict accordance with the two four-man defense lines to arrange the team's *Qing Yierya* defense, and the two players in the midfield retreated back.

Simeone's thinking was very clear, he let Adrian drop back very deep, in order to limit Real Madrid's defender De La Red, contain the back line of Real Madrid's midfield, and also let the two midfielders Gabi and Thiago drop back very deep, blocking the space between the midfield and the defensive line, preventing Real Madrid from effectively sending the ball into the Atletico penalty area.

At the same time, Simeone's defensive position actually confirmed Mourinho's previous rhetoric, that is, he could not arrange the defensive line in the penalty area, he was more at the front of the penalty area, and at the same time let the two full-backs shrink the formation to the middle, further limiting Real Madrid's attack in the middle.

Turan was the left midfielder, Diego was more of a roaming behind Falcao, feeding the balls to his team-mates up front, and Adrian dropped back in the opening position, almost always breaking away from Real Madrid's defence and following de la Red.

Simeone's tactics were very clear from the beginning, I was not in a hurry to attack, I held on to the ground first, as long as I was given to hold on, I slowly tried to stabilize the counterattack opportunity, and in order to achieve the goal of stability, Atletico simply gave up possession and let Real Madrid carry out smooth ground coordination and advancement.

This made it possible for Real Madrid to have a complete advantage from the beginning of the game, but once the ball entered Atletico Madrid's half, it was immediately pressed and defended strongly.

This can be seen from the fact that Real Madrid only had three shots on goal after the opening 25 minutes.

The first shot on goal came in the fifth minute, when Ronaldo's header was deflected wide and Aguero followed up with a volley high.

Later, in the first bell, Kaka sent a ball to the right, Messi followed and grabbed the kick before the opponent's left-back Felipe, but the ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 18th minute, Real Madrid got another chance to shoot, Ronaldo cut inside on the left side and passed to Messi, but the Argentine couldn't take the opportunity and knocked the ball back to Iniesta, and Xiaobai shot a long shot from the edge of the penalty area, which went high.

The failure of the three attacks to form a threat also makes people intuitively discover the fact that Real Madrid is a bit out of the picture.

"Your apprentice is not easy at all!" Benitez smiled and looked at Yang Cheng, who was also watching the game seriously, and it could be seen from his expression that Simeone's starting tactics were very targeted.

Real Madrid plays 3133, although there are Xiao Xiao Luo and Messi in front, but in fact, to a large extent, they are playing inward, plus there are no fullbacks, so in terms of side attack, Real Madrid is more auxiliary, and the team relies more on running and pulling to create loopholes, and more on hitting in the middle as an important means.

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Simeone's backline has 4 people, and the left and right fullbacks are shrinking to the middle, making it clear that they want to make a fuss about Real Madrid's two wingers cutting inward, and Gabi and Thiago, plus the retreating Turan and Adrian, Atletico Madrid's midfielders protect the defense line very well, and do not give Real Madrid too much space and gaps.

"It's not easy, but that's all!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

Usually the head coach says that the tactics affect the "sailing" of the game, but the game situation also affects the change of tactics in turn, and the relationship between the two is intricate and complementary, and the key is to see the manager's adjustment and on-the-spot command.

Judging by Simeone's performance, the Argentinian was clearly very satisfied with the tactics and formation after the opening, and he sat in the home team's dugout, slowly crossing Erlang's legs, watching the game as if the game was going according to his plan and arrangement.

'Falcao is a really interesting striker, he does a good job of running off the ball and receiving the ball a couple of times, he handles it very smartly!' Yang Cheng has long acknowledged the quality of the Atletico striker, and he also kept pointing out Falcao's threat before the game.

If Ma wants to play a defensive counterattack, the biggest bargaining chip is actually on Falco!

While Yang Cheng was talking, Atletico finally got a chance to defend and counterattack, Diego got the ball in the middle, sent a through ball to the right side, Falcao cruising on the right, grabbed the ball before Arbeloa and broke through with the ball, Kompany leaned over from the middle for the first time, formed a pinch attack on Falcao, and the two joined forces to form a clamp on Falcao, forcing Falcao to have to hurry up and shoot long away in advance before entering the penalty area, and the ball was so high that he didn't know where it went.

Yang Cheng applauded Kompany's reaction this time, and the Belgian's steady play has become the biggest gain for Real Madrid's backline this season, and his performance is indeed getting better and better, as can be seen from this reaction.

"This kid actually wants to make a set, take the initiative to seduce me to drill into the set, play offensive tactics, and then he slowly looks for opportunities to counterattack, the abacus is good, but I don't know if he underestimated the strength of Real Madrid, or overestimated the level of Atletico Madrid!" Yang Cheng smiled confidently after Falco's shot was missed.

Sometimes, the disparity in strength is not something that can be easily filled by the manager's tactics.

At least the gap between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in terms of individual strength of players, Simeone is difficult to fill, especially when facing Yang Cheng.

(To be continued)