Chapter 201 Against the Old Club

Granada CF is a newly promoted team in the Spanish La Liga, but for Atletico Madrid, this is not a completely unfamiliar team. In August, Atletico Madrid and Granada CF had a warm-up match, when their The head coach is still Fabry Gonzalez. Fabry Gonzalez led Granada CF to the sixth place in La Liga, and miraculously led the team through the La Liga promotion play-offs and became the first player to enter La Liga. one of the three teams.

Wan Sheng still remembers that warm-up match.

Fabry Gonzalez kept emphasizing the strength of the team before the game. Although they lost to Atletico Madrid by a big margin, Fabry Gonzalez seemed unconvinced and his words were uncomfortable.

At that time, Wan Sheng thought that Fabry Gonzalez might become the first head coach to be fired among the 20 teams in La Liga.

really……

Faster than Wansheng imagined, Fabry Gonzalez was fired before La Liga started.

The Granada CF club said that it believed that Fabri Gonzalez was not capable enough to lead the team to relegation in La Liga. There was a conflict with the club's board of directors, and he insisted on his own opinion and did not listen to the advice of others. As a result, he was fired by the club.

After that, Granada invited the 54-year-old local coach Ankara.

Ankara has been coaching Ai Gaoqian from 2006 to the end of last season. Last season, he led his team to win the 4th place in West Second Division and qualified for the promotion playoffs. Unfortunately, the team finally lost in the At the foot of Valladolid, they failed to advance to La Liga.

"Despite the rich coaching experience in the Second Division, whether Ankara can adapt to the rhythm of La Liga still needs to be tested in actual combat."

After Ankara took office, he did one thing--introduced Moroccan striker El Arabi at a high price of 5 million euros.

This is regarded by many media as "gambling with extremely high unknowns".

On the basis of the original Granada CF lineup, adding a 5 million euro El Arabi, it is also very difficult for Granada CF to gain a foothold in La Liga. So far, in the seven games played, Granada CF has only won They won one game, tied one game, and ranked 19th in La Liga with 4 points.

With such a dismal result, fans can't see the hope of relegation.

Ankara's pressure can be imagined.

This match against Atletico Madrid was also considered to be an 'impossible game to win', but Atletico Madrid's roster gave Ankara hope. Atletico Madrid sent most of the substitute players, and even Morris was not there. The big list.

"Atlético Madrid are heavily influenced by international breaks." This is obvious.

Wan Sheng also had no choice.

During the international match day, the players who participated in the national team competitions are not in good physical condition, not to mention, there will be the UEFA Champions League group stage with Manchester City after that. Compared with the UEFA Champions League group stage, the Champions League group stage is more important. Opponents like Granada , It is better to let the bench lineup solve the problem.

Atletico Madrid's substitute lineup is still much weaker.

Although the players of Isco, Rafael Varane and Wang Qiuming are not bad in strength, there is still a big gap with the main lineup in terms of coordination and awareness, especially in the midfield. -In the absence of Garcia, the team's offense gives people the feeling that they lack confidence, and J-Rodriguez's organizational skills are still poor.

In the end, Granada CF drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid at home.

In the game, Granada CF was not bad luck.

Atlético de Madrid suppressed the whole game, but it was difficult to find a chance to shoot. Granada CF defended with all its strength, and the only shot in the game was scored by Morocco striker El Arabi.

With this goal, Granada CF tied Atletico Madrid.

The biggest focus after the game was on Morocco striker El Arabi. This was the third goal he scored for Granada. Three goals didn’t seem like much, but you have to know that until this game All the goals of Granada CF are only 5, and El Arabi scored three. It is conceivable how important his position in Granada is.

"El Arabi has superb efficiency. If he is in Atletico Madrid, he may not be worse than Diego Costa."

The media's evaluation of El Arabi is still relatively high.

Wan Sheng laughed it off.

Wansheng felt a little regretful about the draw against Granada CF. Losing two points against a small club always makes people feel depressed. During this game, perhaps because they didn’t adapt to the atmosphere of the away game, the overall performance of the team was average. Some players played well, but the whole team lacked luck, as evidenced by only scoring one goal out of 11 shots.

Falcao came off the bench in the second half, but still did not improve the problem in front of the goal.

It can only be said that it is possible to discover anything in a football game. Atletico Madrid's substitute lineup is also much better than Granada CF, but in the end they only drew the game.

Some media also asked about El Arabi after the game. They hoped that Wansheng could comment on El Arabi's performance.

In terms of evaluating players, Wan Sheng is regarded very seriously. Many people think that Wan Sheng's vision is the most accurate in world football.

Wan Sheng just smiled at this and said, "He played very well, and compared to his worth of 5 million euros, he is still very valuable." That means that Granada CF has made a deal that does not lose money.

Some media were dissatisfied with Wansheng's answer. They believed that El Arabi was a striker with no worse efficiency than Diego Costa.

Wan Sheng ignored it.

El Arabi's efficiency is good, and he seized the only good opportunity in this game, but this does not prove how strong El Arabi's ability is. The media said that "at Atletico Madrid is not worse than Diego- Costa' is completely a joke. You know, what kind of tactics Atletico Madrid is, the "B-TF" full attack and full defense will allow players in the frontcourt, midfield and backcourt to have the opportunity to step forward and shoot, so Atletico Madrid players The number of goals is still very average. So far in the league and the Champions League, Diego Costa scored 4 goals, Ozil scored 4 goals, Falcao scored 3 goals, Morris scored 3 goals, J-Rodriguez scored 3 goals, many other players, such as right back Felipe Kasmirski, Klose, Raul Garcia, Isco, Mario Suarez and other players There are also goals, which shows how average the goals of Atletico Madrid players are, and it can also be seen how many opportunities have been divided as Atletico Madrid's forwards.

As a forward striker, Diego Costa scored four goals in this situation is quite good.

It's different in Granada CF. Most of their chances in each game are on El Araby. He has scored three goals so far, which can only be regarded as qualified statistics, not conspicuous at all.

Wan Sheng was not in the mood to explain these things to the media reporters. After the match against Granada CF, the Atletico Madrid team returned to Madrid directly.

The next day, the team resumed normal training.

Atletico Madrid has no time to rest, because they are about to usher in the third game of the Champions League group stage.

"This is a 'life and death' battle."

Of course, that is for Manchester City. Manchester City has just surpassed Manchester United to top the Premier League and will welcome Atletico Madrid at home. Although they are about to start a Manchester derby with Manchester United, considering that the outcome of the game will directly affect Whether Manchester City can advance to the Champions League knockout stage, it is certain that Manchester City will give their best in the game.

Coach Mancini said frankly, "The derby can be put aside for a while. At the moment, Atletico Madrid is more important than Manchester United."

In Group A of the Champions League, Manchester City's prospects for qualifying are not very good. Since they lost to Bayern Munich in the last round of the Champions League, Manchester City, which only has 1 point, if they can't beat Atletico Madrid and get all 3 points, then they may only be able to participate in Europa League. League matches (group third).

"Although the top game in the Premier League is important, the league is still very long. Even if they lose to Manchester United, they still have a chance to regain the top spot." The Guardian commented.

"Everyone will talk about the derby against Manchester United, I understand that, it's exciting, but I need the players to focus on the Champions League first and that's important for us."

Manchester City no longer cares about saving energy for the derby, they strive to beat Atletico Madrid at home. Compared with them, Manchester United's Champions League match will be easier. Manchester United will go to Romania to challenge Galati, and the opponent's weakness also makes Manchester United have the possibility of rotation.

In fact, this game is very special for both teams, because this is the first time Wan Sheng has met his old club after he left.

Wansheng and Manchester City have too many stories.

This has been difficult to simply use the simple concept of the team and the head coach to define.

In the Manchester City team, there are many players who were under Wansheng before. The most worth mentioning are undoubtedly the main goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei and the midfielder David Silva. The two were almost brought out by Wansheng.

In addition, in Manchester City's main lineup, Lescott can also be regarded as the "direct descendant" of Wansheng. Aguero also transferred from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City before.

After the match between Atletico Madrid and Granada CF, the Spanish and English media began to hype the game.

This is the focus of the Champions League group stage.

But the game is taken as the focus, but it has nothing to do with the strength of the two teams. The most important core lies in Wansheng and Manchester City. It is conceivable how many media reporters want to interview Wansheng.

Before going to Manchester, Wansheng did not meet with any reporters. He refused to talk about the issues between himself and Manchester City, but this did not hinder the enthusiasm of media reporters. Many Spanish media reporters rushed to Manchester for interviews, even Manchester City. Ordinary fans can become the object of their interviews. (to be continued ~^~)