Star Coach

Chapter 404: Trade-offs

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Sanchez and Aguero's counterattack was too fast. Barcelona's midfielders hadn't reacted yet and hurried back to chase.

Yaya Toure followed Guardiola's words and didn't leave the defensive midfielder position, but he couldn't take care of two opponents alone. Sanchez passed the ball to Aguero, who continued to move forward, and Puyol came up.

Three against four, Atletico was in an attacking state, the action was too fast, Barcelona's players didn't get into position in time, and it seemed a bit chaotic, and they didn't play the advantage of numbers.

Xavi also tried hard to chase back. If he lost another goal at this time, how could the team play? 11 against 10, but three goals behind, who dares to say that there will be a reversal?

Messi didn't have such a magical performance, so he could only chase back. Xavi made a tackle, but with his defensive skills, the effect of the tackle was average. Now there was no other way. Aguero was faster than him. He would rather pay a yellow card than let Aguero pass.

Aguero fell to the ground, and the referee opened his hands. The attack was favorable, so he didn't blow the whistle.

The ball was still under the control of the Atletico players. It was not Sanchez. He was stuck by Yaya Toure and didn't have time to come over.

Another player who rushed up from the Atletico team was Ivanovic, the team's starting right back.

Barcelona's right side was empty, and Aguero fell to the ground, which happened to block Xavi's pursuit route. He couldn't get up. Moreover, in front of him, there was Puyol rushing up.

Puyol turned around and rushed to Ivanovic. Ivan had already cut to the edge of the penalty area. Jiangshan raised his hands to celebrate the goal.

Sure enough, Ivanovic chose to shoot, and the ball flew up and shot to the upper left corner. Valdes didn't expect the opponent to have a beautiful arc. When he flew to save the ball, he just saw the arc flying over his head.

"It's so beautiful. I can't kick this arc."

Swish... The ball hit the net, creating waves like waves. It was a beautiful shot and a beautiful counterattack tactic. Who would have thought that Atletico Madrid also ambushed a defender on the wing, and the last shot was made by a defender.

The angle of the shot by this defender was tricky, almost the same as that of the forward. Atletico Madrid still has a hidden killer.

Ivanovic scored a goal that no one could have imagined, and expanded the score again. Jiangshan celebrated and returned to the coaching seat as soon as possible. In this game, you were asked to conduct half-time offense and defense drills, so what?

I want victory.

Guardiola held his head with an incredible look on his face, "How is it possible? Ivanovic scored? What kind of arrangement did Jiangshan make? What a weird tactic."

The score changed, 3:0, Atletico Madrid was far ahead, Barcelona fans were quiet for a while, and only the shouts of Atletico Madrid fans were heard.

So what if we have one less player? We can still win the game. We are already 3 goals ahead. Do you have the ability to do this?

Messi, Henry and Eto'o looked at each other. What happened just now? How much hidden strength do Atletico's players have? We don't even seem to know the true strength of our opponents.

Barcelona's frontcourt attack was blocked. They were holding their breath. Unexpectedly, the back line was also beaten into a sieve. The whole spirit was depressed. In the minds of Messi and Henry, there was only one thought at this moment: Jiangshan's tactical arrangement was terrible.

From the perspective of the player level, their paper strength is stronger, but on the field, it is not the paper strength of the players that matters, but the tactical matching of the players' abilities. Unfortunately, Barcelona became the victim.

At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona was already 0:3 behind, and no matter how high the mentality of the players was, they had no confidence in winning. Barcelona was already bombarding Atletico's back line frantically, but they regretfully found that Atletico was particularly tough from the midfield.

Stealing the ball, fighting for the ball, and constantly counter-attacking, Barcelona's counter-attacking tactics, Atletico Madrid players seem to be more handy when they display them.

The outcome of the game is already doomed. Guardiola has no magic hand to rejuvenate. After he became the head coach, he felt the strength of the other head coach for the first time.

"Jiangshan is too powerful. I am not his opponent yet, but every failure is a stepping stone for my growth. At the end of the season, I will become a stronger head coach and I will definitely defeat him."

In this game, Guardiola gave up. Barcelona's players are still fighting for the ball, but their momentum cannot be raised. Atletico Madrid also sticks to the counterattack tactics and does not take risks.

With a three-goal lead, who would still rush forward stupidly? Don't joke, keeping this score is victory. Atletico Madrid fans are very excited. This season, they have not tasted defeat yet.

Needless to say, the league is about to achieve a record of six consecutive victories, and the Champions League group stage has also won the first two rounds. In the next round, the away challenge to Liverpool will be a key battle to determine the first place in the group.

Barcelona fans were very quiet. It was a strange defeat. They had one more player but no advantage at all. Is this the difference between the head coaches?

Jiangshan won this game because he was well prepared. Since the beginning of last season, he had been calculating against Guardiola's Barcelona. Barcelona certainly could not have thought that Jiangshan's game preparation had reached this level.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the fans of Camp Nou had already left sparsely, and the scene was ugly. Atletico fans were still immersed in excitement, and a sense of dominance that no one else could do it was born.

Guardiola shook hands with Jiangshan depressedly, "You performed very well, see you next round."

"You have already taken shape. This season, you are the most difficult team to deal with among European teams." Jiang Shan smiled, "Congratulations, you have controlled Barcelona's right to speak."

Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona and jumped into the standings. They may lose, but now they are 2 points ahead of second-ranked Real Madrid and 8 points ahead of Barcelona.

"The terrifying schedule has begun, and Jiang Shan leads Atletico Madrid to victory."

"Atletico Madrid have made a good start in a difficult schedule. Can they maintain their strength at Anfield?"

Jiang Shan ignored rest and led the team to England. The two games against Liverpool will determine the top spot in the group stage. If they win the group first, Atletico Madrid will hope to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

The quarterfinals of the Champions League, this is the goal Jiangshan has set for himself. The young bird of the Champions League, reaching the quarterfinals, is almost comparable.

Benitez is obviously very excited. He has been waiting for a long time. "I have played against Jiangshan many times, but I have failed more often. This is my chance. After they finish playing with us, they have to play against Real Madrid." , don’t forget, Atletico Madrid just defeated Barcelona in La Liga.”

"Three tough games in a row, any team will feel tremendous pressure. If it were us, we would definitely win." Benitez said eloquently, "I'm not Jiangshan, so I don't know what he thinks, but they The lineup is not strong enough. If you want to beat us at Anfield, it depends on whether Torres agrees."

Torres joined Liverpool in the summer transfer window. He didn't expect to meet Atletico Madrid so soon. It's really exciting to think about it.

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