Chapter 40 The Real War!

The game with Villarreal is over, and Wansheng is not in the mood to fight Garrido.

This game is a reminder to Wansheng.

Atlético de Madrid's 'B-TF' system tactics are quite strict and complex, and the tactical effect is also very good, but the team's use of tactics can be said to have only just begun, and many players are not too proficient in tactics.

In addition to tactics, the coordination of various small routines in the team and the tacit understanding between players can only be said to be gradually mastered.

Atlético de Madrid is still a long way from 'sweeping La Liga'. When the top teams in La Liga are doing well, it is not so easy to beat their opponents.

At present, the most important thing for the team is to conduct tactical training.

On the one hand, it is to be familiar with tactics, and on the other hand, it is also to train some routines and cooperation, and at the same time increase the tacit understanding between players.

Atletico Madrid did not have much time to summarize and improve, and just after the league with Villarreal passed, the team ushered in the Spanish King's Cup game.

The Copa del Rey is an important event in Spain.

The Cup has an extremely close relationship with the Spanish royal family.

A relative of the Spanish royal family, Princess Diana of the United Kingdom, once praised the Spanish royal family for being very keen on football, rather than aristocratic sports such as polo and equestrian. When Spanish Prince Felipe announced his resignation to the French throne that year, he also said that he would not give up his preference for the Marseille club under the premise of loving Real Madrid.

At that time, only Spain in the whole of Europe continued to honor football elites in the name of the royal family.

In 1975, Spain's great dictator Franco died. The general, who was known for massacred communists, returned to Catholicism in his later years, and in endless repentance, returned power to the Spanish royal family.

After the young Carlos I took the throne, a series of democratic measures were well received. In order to express their gratitude, the Spanish people changed the name of the "Spanish Champions Cup" from 1903 to "Spanish King's Cup".

On June 25, 1977, King Carlos personally awarded the "King's Cup" to Real Betis captain Juan Ma for the first time at the home of Atletico Madrid, and the status of the cup was further recognized and sublimated.

Therefore, in the official history of the Spanish Football Association, the King's Cup only has a short history of 29 years, but the short history has not affected its glory.

In fact, the Spanish national cup competition started in 1902 and was named after the king from the very beginning - the Alfonso VIII Cup, the first trophy was permanently retained by the Vizcaya Club, which was renamed Bilba in 1903 Esports, it won the first three championships.

In the following 4 years, Real Madrid won the championship and held the second trophy permanently.

Between 1914 and 1916, Athletic Bilbao won three consecutive championships again and permanently occupied the third Copa del Rey.

Then it was Barcelona's turn. From 1920 to 1928, Barcelona won the championship five times and won the fourth King's Cup permanently.

Then, between 1930 and 1932, Athletic Bilbao came back to three consecutive championships, and the fifth Copa del Rey was awarded to them permanently.

In 1933, the "Alfonso VIII Cup" was renamed the "Republic Cup".

In 1939, after General Franco came to power, the Copa del Rey was renamed the "Supreme Commander" Cup, and the trophy was specially awarded to the champion of the year - Sevilla.

In 1945, the seventh trophy was permanently awarded to Athletic Bilbao for the fourth three-peat; in 1953, Barcelona won the third-peat for the eighth trophy; in 1971, five more The second championship, the ninth trophy was permanently awarded to Barcelona; in 1976, due to the death of General Franco and the change of regime, the tenth trophy remained permanently at Atletico Madrid (because the trophy was going to be renamed).

In 1977, the Spanish Cup was renamed the "Juan Carlos I King's Cup".

Between 1978 and 1990, FC Barcelona won five cups and the 11th trophy was awarded to them permanently.

The current Copa del Rey is actually the 12th.

The original format of the Spanish King's Cup was judged by the media as a cup to assist small clubs, because the four levels of clubs in Spain "regardless of the high and the low" were mixed to play a knockout match. Clubs have the opportunity to compete with first-tier clubs, which stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs. Many lower league teams can earn enough for a year by playing a game against La Liga teams.

But in 2005, the Copa del Rey format was reformed, with lower-level teams having to go through several knockout rounds before meeting the first-tier teams.

This reduces the number of games played by La Liga teams and reduces the possibility of upsets, but at the same time, it also greatly reduces the income of many low-level teams.

The reformed Copa del Rey system is very complicated, but it is beneficial to the top league teams. According to the new competition system, La Liga teams that do not need to participate in European competitions can directly participate in the fourth round of the game.

Atlético de Madrid belongs to the "La Liga team that cannot participate in European competitions", so their Copa del Rey only started on October 27.

In this round, Atletico Madrid's opponent is Las Palmas.

This is a veteran team of the Western Division.

Las Palmas has been in the Western Division II since 2002, and it has been eight seasons now. During this period, they have not been promoted or relegated, and their results have remained in the middle of the Western Division II.

In the face of such a team, Atletico Madrid can completely let go of their hands and feet and send their substitutes into battle.

But Wansheng still attaches great importance to the game.

Although they only met a team in the Second Division, Wansheng hopes that the team can win the King's Cup. When the tactics are not stable, they rashly send a substitute lineup. It is not surprising to lose the game on the road. After all, the cup game It has always been the cradle of unpopularity.

In order to ensure the victory of the game, Wansheng still let Ozil start the game to lead the team's offense, and also sent Diego Forlan on the front line.

Ozil and Forlan are enough to guarantee the team's offense.

In addition, Wansheng also began to train newcomers. Rafael Varane, Isco, and Wang Qiuming all appeared on the stage. Suarez and Domingos were also sent in the middle and backcourt to rotate, and the substitute goalkeeper Roberto There is also a chance to play.

Under the leadership of Ozil and Forlan, Atletico Madrid has performed well in attack.

After the final ninety minutes, the team scored a total of four goals.

However, there are too many young players, and the bench lineup is unfamiliar with tactics and other problems. The team has not done a good job in the transition of offense and defense, and there are some loopholes in the defense.

Las Palmas are a La Liga team, but they also want to compete against Atletico Madrid, and they are also very strong at home.

They seized the opportunity to score a goal in the second half.

The final score was 2-4.

Atlético de Madrid beat Las Palmas to get closer to the next round of the Copa del Rey.

In the game, Atlético de Madrid exposed a lot of problems, such as the unstable performance of young teenagers and substitute players, the team as a whole can not use tactics well, the strength of the substitute lineup and the main lineup is too large, etc. After the four laps, many media also analyzed and pointed out the problems of Atletico Madrid and criticized it.

Wansheng is of course aware of the team's problems.

These problems are actually certain to exist in a 'newly formed' team, and they can also be called background problems.

Atlético de Madrid was originally only a mid-level team in the league. There are some strong players in the team, and there are also ordinary players. Even if half of the lineup is eliminated, there are still some players whose strength does not reach the 'top standard', and now Atlético de Madrid is competing for the championship. The ability of these players is naturally relatively poor.

The same goes for young players.

Young players such as Isco, Rafael Varane, Koke, etc., are less powerful and less experienced than the main players of the first team. They are the future of the team, but not the present.

At the tactical level, even the team's home team lineup has gone through several rounds of games and is immature in the use of tactics, let alone the bench lineup.

It is normal for Atletico Madrid to have a huge gap between the main and the substitute.

Wansheng is quite calm about this, because Atlético de Madrid is not under much pressure this season, the team does not need to participate in European competitions, and there are only league and cup competitions in China, while La Liga teams have far fewer events than Premier League teams.

There is not too much competition pressure, and there are some problems that can be slowly reformed.

The team still has a lot of time.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid still sent a semi-substitute lineup.

Wansheng began to deliberately train in the league.

Atletico Madrid's opponent is Almeria. The name of this team will make some old fans feel unfamiliar. In fact, as a team from the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, Almeria Football Club was established in 2001. It was born when the former Almeria Sports Club and the Almeria Football Club merged.

Almeria's predecessor AD Almeria had two years of experience in La Liga.

From 2001 to the present, it has only been nine years, and Almeria, which has a history of only nine seasons, has achieved very stable results. They won the second place in the La Liga in the 2006-2007 season and were promoted to La Liga. The Andalusian team, which is only not concerned, has been relegated for three consecutive seasons, which surprised many people.

In the past three seasons, Almeria has not only succeeded in relegation, but has succeeded in relegation 'early', which proves their stable performance.

This season, the Spanish media's expectation of Almeria is also to enter the middle of the standings.

Compared with Atletico Madrid, Almeria's results are nothing. In the face of such a relegation team, under normal circumstances, Atletico Madrid will not lose the game easily. Most of the media think so, after all Atletico Madrid have been strong from the start of the season.

When the media saw Atlético de Madrid's semi-substitute lineup, they felt that Atlético de Madrid did not value their opponents, so some media also believed that "Almeria has a chance".

However, they all guessed wrong.

Atlético de Madrid's bench lineup, although there are many problems, but several main players - Aguero, Maurice, Raul Garcia, Godin, Kasmirski and others are still very strong. .

These few players alone can bring enough threats to Almeria.

Atletico Madrid's attack is not a problem at all. Although it is worse on defense, Almeria's striker is not strong.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Almeria 1-0.

It is worth mentioning in the game that Aguero, who started the game, scored the only goal.

This is Aguero's first start on behalf of the team since his return to the first team, and it is also his first goal for Atletico Madrid in the new season.

Atletico Madrid's striker competition is still relatively fierce. Diego Costa, Diego Forlan and Klose are all in good form, but the latter two are a little older and it is difficult to really play the whole game, so Wansheng Still gave Aguero a chance.

The Argentine star took his chance.

It was in the 63rd minute of the game when Aguero received a pass from Raul Garcia and passed Jacobson and scored directly.

All the Atlético de Madrid fans cheered as the football flew into the goal, not just for the goal, but for Aguero's goal.

Aguero played for Atlético Madrid for 4 seasons, helping the team to score 15.8 goals in the league on average in a single season.

That's an impressive number of goals for a player who played in La Liga at the age of 18.

Among Atlético de Madrid fans, Aguero is undoubtedly the top striker in Europe. Now that he is back in the team and helping the team score goals in the league, every Atlético de Madrid fan is very happy.

Aguero once again enjoyed the spotlight.

Now the Argentine star no longer thinks about the matter of bowing his head to admit his mistakes with Wan Sheng, and he feels that his choice to return to the first team is extremely correct.

He wanted to be welcomed by many fans and to be in the limelight. He ran on the court to vent his joy.

As long as there is enough playing time, he believes that he will be able to re-establish his position in the team.

After the game, Aguero also became the real protagonist. He became the best player of the game and was eagerly interviewed by media reporters.

At the press conference, Wan Sheng also praised Aguero's performance, "He is an excellent young man. As long as he is given time, I believe he will perform better."

Wansheng praised Aguero in order to promote the competition of strikers.

In the middle of the game, he saw Diego Costa's eager eyes, and the Brazilian is very much looking forward to playing.

Now the rivalry between the two has begun.

Wansheng hopes that both of them can perform well, so that the team's striker will not have to worry about it.

However, after this game, the focus of the media is not on the past games, but on the long-term view, and it falls directly to the Madrid derby a week later.

That's the real Mars hitting the Earth!

Not to mention this season, even the usual Madrid derby is very hot.

The century-old rivalry and hatred between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid will break out in the derby.

That's real war! (To be continued ~^~)