Chapter 55: Heroes and Sinners
After the thirteenth round of the league, the hatred between Real Madrid and Barcelona and Atletico Madrid has risen, and they have just experienced the pain of losing the Madrid derby, and they have to face the pain of a big defeat in the Spanish derby. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
No matter how much Mourinho hates Wansheng and Pep Guardiola, for the time being, Real Madrid can only lick their wounds.
The teams that have attracted much attention in La Liga have undoubtedly become Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
In the past November, a total of five rounds of the league have been played, with Atletico Madrid claiming five wins in all competitions.
Atletico Madrid scored sixteen goals, conceded just two goals and won 7-0 in those five games, but Atletico Madrid were not the best in La Liga in November.
Barcelona are undoubtedly the better side.
Barcelona will face Real Madrid, who have won 10 in a row by the end of 13 league rounds.
In each of the last five rounds, Barcelona have won a crushing game, beating Sevilla 5-0 at home, Getafe 1-3 away, Villarreal 3-0 at home, Real Madrid 5-0 at home, and Barcelona beating Almeria 8-0 away in the 12th round of the league.
Barcelona scored a total of 24 goals and conceded just one in November, with their biggest win being one more than Atletico Madrid's 7-0 Espanyol.
Wansheng feels that Guardiola has opened a bigger hanging than himself!
Five league games, including opponents like Real Madrid, Barcelona average nearly 5 goals per game and concede 0.2 goals, isn't this a plug-in?
In the memory of his previous life, Barcelona was indeed strong in the past two seasons, but after he really came to La Liga, Wan Sheng knew that Barcelona was actually strong like this.
It's so fake......
It is no wonder that the Spanish team, which is built with Barcelona players, can win the championship in the World Cup without much suspense.
This Barcelona team is really too strong!
Wan Sheng was a little glad that the team met a 'careless' Barcelona in the third round, and if Barcelona really played with feeling, maybe it would be Atletico Madrid who were poured five goals.
The only good news is that the team is improving day by day.
Now the strength of the team is not as good as Barcelona, but if you really want to fight, it is not easy for Barcelona to win, and the team is improving day by day, the speed is still quite fast, and Barcelona has reached the peak, they only regress and do not improve, so in the future competition, even in this season's competition, the team will not be at a disadvantage.
――――
The fourteenth round of the league is fast approaching.
This round of Barcelona was played ahead of schedule, and they beat Osasuna 0-3 away from home.
With only two points more than Barcelona, Atletico Madrid's top spot in the league is precarious, and they are still very concerned about the result of the Barcelona game.
Wan Sheng didn't let the players know about Barcelona's game, but he couldn't help but pay attention to it, he sighed a little at Barcelona's strength, and at the same time, he also told the players to play seriously.
Luckily, Atletico Madrid's opponent is only Levante.
In the 2007-2008 season, Levante was plagued by the club's financial crisis, the players could not pay their salaries, and finally the collapse of the people's hearts led to the team's early relegation, but it only took two years for the club from Valencia to return to La Liga.
Last season in La Liga, Levante won 19 wins, 14 draws and 9 losses, and relied on the win-loss relationship to overwhelm Betis to return to La Liga in third place with the same points, and the team was successfully promoted one round ahead of schedule.
Although they hope to stay in La Liga, Levante's finances are a problem, so they mainly recruit players with La Liga experience in the summer, and almost all of the recruits are free players.
The team's main lineup has not been damaged, and most of the players who have left the team are marginal people whose contracts have expired, so it can be said that Levante's strength has been upgraded to a higher level.
However, it will be difficult for such a team to compete with a strong Atletico Madrid side, and even if they host Atletico Madrid, they still lost the game by two goals without any suspense.
A win was good news for Atletico Madrid, but the team was also in trouble this round, and during the game, Klose and Godin were injured.
Klose's injury was better, except for a sprained ankle, which was enough to recover after two weeks of rest, but Godin, a €1,800 defender, unfortunately fell while fighting for the ball with the opposition striker, causing a moderate muscle strain.
After the game, Wan Sheng was not in the mood to attend the press conference and went directly to the hospital to visit Godin.
After a period of examination, the doctor came to the conclusion that Godin would have to recuperate in the hospital for at least two months before he could get out of bed, and it would take at least 3 to 4 months to fully recover.
Wan Sheng estimated the time and smiled bitterly in his heart.
If given the choice, Wan Sheng would rather let Klose and Godin change the situation...... Of course, Klose certainly won't agree, but Godin is the backbone of the team's defense, and the team's defense is much worse than the front.
Wan Sheng has already regretted not bringing in any more strong defenders, so that the team can only rely on a few strong main players to cope with the game, and Godin is one of the main players.
In the bench line-up, Ujfarusi is quite good.
There is still a gap between the 32-year-old veteran and the main player, his only advantage is his experience, and with the current title situation of Atletico Madrid, it is dangerous to use Oujfarusi as the main player.
Then there's the young Raphael Varane.
Raphael Varane is not bad, but after all, he is only 17 years old, a 17-year-old defender...... It's unreliable to think about it, the reason why Copelle Ferreira was able to perform well when he joined Manchester City at that time was because he was 22 years old, 17 years old is too young, especially the position of a defender, it requires more stable experience and mentality, Raphael Varane is the future of the team's defense, but definitely not now.
Wan Sheng began to worry.
The time has entered December, the winter transfer window is about to open, and it is not a problem to bring in a defender at that time, but the problem is that it is difficult to find a quality defender in the winter transfer, in addition, the players in the team are prepared after a hard summer, and it will definitely take a long time for a new defender to join in, and with these times, Godin has been able to recover.
It's definitely not going to work with a transfer.
So...... Inside the team?
The only genius is Raphael Varane, Raphael Varane is too young to think about it at all, so let Ujfarussi replace him temporarily?
That's also a way to do it.
But Ujfarusi is old after all, and it will definitely not work in the long run, and the other substitute defender Dominguez is a little worse, but a few midfielders, Asunço, Suarez and Raul Garcia have good defense, but it is better to let them play as defenders.
Wan Sheng shook his head and rejected the messy idea.
"Start with a formation?"
This is a new idea.
The formations that the team has been using frequently before are 442 and 4231, and other formations have also been rehearsed, but they are not used in real games, but Wansheng has found a problem - under the full attack and defense, in fact, the back line does not play the desired role in the attack.
In the last 14 rounds, the defenders have scored just two goals, one in the fifth round of the league against Zaragoza, where Oujfarusi scored a goal, and the other in Luis Perea, who found a chance in the round of 11 against Osasuna.
The main offensive of the back line is still defense, but with the full strength of the 'B-TF' system, two goals in 14 rounds are far from enough.
In other words, the back line doesn't really play a role in attack.
In terms of the team's defense, it is also a retreat defense with the three lines, and the defensive role played by the midfield line is no less than that of the back line, that is to say, the four players in the back line did not play the role that the tactics should have.
This may have something to do with the fact that the midfield is too strong.
Although the team's back line has stars worth more than 10 million euros such as Felipe Luiz and Godin, the gap between them and the team's gorgeous midfield is still relatively large.
There is no need to compare at all.
The midfield line composed of Morris, Ozil, Raul Garcia and others is not exaggerated to say that it is the best in the world, and the team's back line can only be regarded as the middle of La Liga, not to mention compared with Barcelona and Real Madrid, even compared with Valencia.
So...... Reducing a defender?
Wan Sheng was moved.
Reducing the formation by one defender means that there is one more midfielder, and the 352 formation is actually worth looking forward to, especially if the team plays all-attacking and defensive football, the defense of the 352 formation is not necessarily worse than that of 442, and it is more flexible, such as changing to a 3232 formation, or simply 3331, 3241, Wansheng is not without trying six midfielders, which will make the team's midfield control surprisingly strong.
After some consideration, Wansheng decided to give it a try.
In the next two days, Atletico Madrid began to experiment with the formation of three defenders, and every player joined the drill formation, and the effect of the two days will certainly not be too good, but with the basis of the 'B-TF' system, Wansheng believes that he will not play badly in the game.
Soon the fifteenth round of the league arrived, and Wan Sheng decided to let the team experiment with the new formation in the game.
――――
A Coruña.
The president of this club, Rendogro, is a well-known figure, but 'famous' is not a positive, but a negative, he is a famous 'miser' among the 20 presidents of La Liga, so Deportivo fans can only sigh that they are unlucky.
In the summer, Deportivo La Coruna did not have any reinforcements, instead letting go of core left-back Felipe to Atletico Madrid.
Deportivo La Coruna's quality is still worth affirming, Filipe was injured last season and barely played a few times, in this case, Deportivo still finished 10th in the league, which the Spanish media considered a success.
Therefore, this season's media predict that Deportivo La Coruna's results will also be in the middle of the table.
If Atletico Madrid met Deportivo last season, it would still be a headache, but now it is different, Atletico Madrid's strength has improved a lot, and it is already the top of La Liga, so when you meet this team again, the club, the players, and the mentality of the fans have become completely different.
But this home of Atletico Madrid is not as good as it could be.
Wansheng used a 3241 formation, but once suppressed Deportivo La Coruna, but the team's frontcourt players may not have brought shooting boots, and they failed to score in the half.
At halftime, Wan Sheng boosted the morale of the team.
In the second half, Wan Sheng replaced the teenager Isco, on the one hand, to train the players, and on the other hand, to hope that he can help the team's attack.
Isco didn't play much, but Atletico Madrid scored anyway.
In the 67th minute, Mesut Ozil set up Diego Costa for the first goal of the game.
Diego Costa was very excited after scoring a goal!
It was the first goal of the game and his first after 11 rounds, in fact, since the 7th round of the league, with the return of Sergio Aguero, Diego Costa's playing time has been affected, coupled with his own form problems, he has not been very good, except for one goal in the 11th round, there have been no other goals.
Many media outlets believe that Diego Costa is in a goal drought.
Diego Costa is undoubtedly under pressure and desperate for him to secure his position with his performances, at least not to be completely squeezed out by Sergio Aguero.
Diego Costa started the game and has now scored the first goal of the game.
This is the end of the match, and Diego Costa will undoubtedly be the biggest contributor.
But the game didn't go the way it would have liked, with Deportivo still having a lot of quality and their attack threatening Atletico Madrid's defence.
In the 81st minute of the game, Deportivo defender Belleron made a mistake in dribbling and was intercepted by Morris, and Guardado next to him wanted to counterattack, and Morris handed the ball to Isco first.
Paboro Álvarez was right next to Isco, who was pressed tight on the ball.
It was at this time that Isco made a mistake!
Isco didn't deal with it well in his nervousness, and the football was kicked right at the feet of Belleron by him!
Belleron is arguably Deportivo Deportivo the most dangerous player, and despite being 35 years old, an age at which he usually enjoys football, he is also Deportivo La Coruna's playmaker.
The experienced Belleron had such a good chance that it was conceivable that he calmly crossed the ball into the box on the left.
Striker Ricky meets the ball and shoots!
Although De Gea kept an eye out, Ricky was too close to shoot and there was nothing he could do about it.
1 to 1!
Deportivo La Coruna equalises the score!
It was also the last goal of the game, with which Deportivo La Coruna managed to take a point at the Calderón Stadium, and at the same time, Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 5-0 away, and with a goal difference, Barcelona surpassed Atletico Madrid and sat in the first place in the league.
The situation after the game can be imagined.
Almost all the media blamed the young Isco for Atletico Madrid's point loss...... (To be continued.) )