Star Coach

Jiangshan's Atletico Madrid took shape, and everyone knew that another strong team in La Liga had emerged.

After defeating Barcelona away, everyone reached a consensus. Atletico Madrid is very strong, and their goal is to win the La Liga championship. This is extremely difficult, but they are constantly improving under Jiangshan's leadership.

"In the process of competing for the La Liga championship, we must not forget Atletico Madrid."

"Atletico Madrid has shown its fangs, and what they want is the championship."

"Jiangshan has trained well, and Atletico Madrid has the strength to win the championship."

The media began to promote Atletico Madrid, and Jiangshan became the topic of discussion in La Liga this week.

But he is very rational. The team still has many problems and it is impossible to easily win the league championship. Facing strong teams, they can burst out with strong combat effectiveness. Facing mid-stream or downstream teams, Atletico Madrid's dominance is not strong enough.

Atletico Madrid's lineup is relatively thin, and it is impossible to take care of all fronts.

Soon, failure occurred. In the away game of the UEFA Cup against Copenhagen, the opponent stole one and lost 0:1 away.

This failure did not affect the overall situation of qualifying for the group, and not many people paid attention to it. Jiangshan didn't care much, after all, playing with all substitutes certainly couldn't guarantee the team's victory.

Back in the league, facing Zaragoza, the sixth place in La Liga, the team once again showed its strong strength, 2:0 in the first half, two more goals in the second half, and 4:0 in the whole game.

The victory in this game covered up the problem of failure in the UEFA Cup group stage. All media were optimistic and continued to promote Atletico's strength.

In the 9th round of the league, Atletico challenged Levante, the bottom of the league, away, but unexpectedly played at a high level and had no dominance. Both the front and midfield players and the backcourt players were a little bit depressed.

The feeling of calm and confident was not played, and the taste of weakness was obvious. Jiangshan didn't express it at all, letting the players wave, wave enough. There was no scolding, just coldness.

In the end, the team drew 1:1 with Levante away, and the media was in an uproar. Atletico sent warmth. The last time they couldn't win a game in the league was away to challenge the newly promoted Murcia.

We didn't win the game this time, and we tied with the bottom team in La Liga. What else can we do? The style of robbing the rich and helping the poor is indeed not a top team.

"I want to hone their character and let them see their own strength. They don't have the fate of a champion, but they have the disease of a champion." Jiang Shan said to Pochettino with a sneer.

"Does losing the game mean anything?" Pochettino was puzzled. Isn't the job of a coach to lead the team to win games continuously?

"Of course, there is no team that will not lose." Jiang Shan said firmly, "What I value is the long-term development of the team. As long as it is beneficial to the team, even occasional losses are tolerable. Of course, losing must have its value, whether it is to alert the players or to make the team's tactics more perfect, it must be valuable."

"How big is the problem with our players?"

"Our players are great, but the biggest problem is that the team does not have enough dominance. We are used to being poor and weak, and we can't easily bully weak teams. Facing strong teams, we can burst out with strong combat effectiveness, even extraordinary performance, but facing mid- and lower-level teams, combat effectiveness is unstable. To compete for the championship in the league, this is a problem that must be solved."

Jiang Shan knows where the team's problems are, and he is willing to use a few losses to wake up the players. It is definitely not as difficult to compete for the championship in the league this season as it is next season. If Real Madrid and Barcelona both rise, Atletico Madrid will have the greatest difficulty in competing for the championship.

The away game only drew with Levante, and the players were very disappointed. Jiang Shan called the players to a meeting. No one dared to speak. They couldn't figure out why they didn't beat their opponents.

"Have you recognized the reality?" Jiang Shan glanced at the players coldly. They were lucky not to lose the game. In this game, Levante's forwards Robert and Rigano had at least 5 absolute chances, but unfortunately they only seized one.

If it was a strong team's forward, Atletico would be beaten into a sieve today.

"We are strong, but we are weak." Jiang Shan continued, "Facing a strong team, everyone can rely on desperate efforts to show good combat effectiveness. But what about facing a weak team? Can you eat it?"

"If we can't eat it, we may fail. This year's goal is the league championship. Now everyone can see where the league championship competitors look like? The stability against the mid- and lower-level teams determines the team's ranking in the league. I don't want it to continue like this."

"In the next round, we will face Sevilla, the top team. As long as we win the game, we will be the top team. Are you confident?"

"Defeat Sevilla and take the top spot."

"Defeat Sevilla and take the top spot."

The players ignited the flames in their hearts and urgently needed to find an outlet to vent and prove their abilities. Jiangshan's training was very clear. If they lose the game against Sevilla, someone will definitely fall out of the main lineup.

Although Atletico's lineup is thin, the competition is very exciting, and many players are capable of fighting. Everyone wants to move up, especially the young and handsome Reus, who has only played in the League Cup so far. He has long been thinking about moving up.

If someone falls down, it will be better. He can just rush up and grab the front position. Jiangshan can also make formation adjustments and try other formations.

The king of the cup, Juande Ramos, has been in a very good mental state recently. The team is performing well, and he enjoys it with him.

Facing Jiangshan's team again, he showed rare confidence, "Last time, my team met Jiangshan's AC Milan in the European Super Cup, and we lost the game. This is my chance for revenge."

"Moreover, we are ranked first in La Liga and they are second. This is a battle of the Heavenly Kings. We will also win and defend our top position."

Jiang Shan behaved very calmly and did not quarrel with his opponents. These days, he rarely launches psychological warfare. Unless it is a critical match or his opponent deliberately provokes a war, he will passively fight against it.

"I don't worry about what the opponent said. Even if our situation is not the best, any opponent who wants to beat us at home must weigh it."

"In addition, I will make new adjustments during the game. The team needs changes. We need to start small rotations to ensure the health of the players." Jiangshan threw a small bomb. Whoever performs poorly will be rotated out.

His team has no absolute main force and no constant starter.

The game time is very fast. Sevilla is away on an away trip. Compared with the previous round of the league, several personnel rotations have been made. Boraluz, Marti and Cone have started in rotation.

At the goalkeeper position, Palop took the lead. At the back, Alves, Fazio, Crespo and Boraluz started together. In the midfield, Adriano, Keita, Marty and Navas partnered. Duda and Capel on the bench.

On the forward line, Fabiano and Cone started. Fabiano was recently selected for the Brazilian national team and has good scoring luck. He just scored against Valencia at home in the last round of the league.

The third update will resume tomorrow, and the 2 missing chapters in the past two days will be added later.