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Chapter 302 Tit for Tat (155174) Fourth Subscribe

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After the last round of the league, there are still four days until the final of the Europa League.

To some extent, the 2009-2010 season is the first Europa League - because the competition system of this season is different from before, this is the reformed Europa League.

The team rushed to Hamburg, Germany non-stop after the league ended.

And their opponent, Atletico Madrid, has been waiting in Hamburg for a long time.

Before the game, Flores took the initiative to mention Luton in an interview with the media.

"Luton is indeed a difficult team, but I think their players are too young and lack experience in such finals. In a way, we are the more experienced side."

Before the game, the Spanish coach took the initiative to provoke psychological warfare.

Since the opponent took the initiative to fight, Gao Bo was not to be outdone.

"I've heard of Flores' results in La Liga. They are seventh or No.8 in the league. I don't remember much, but if they have more experience in finals, I don't know if this is Mr. Flores himself or the Atletico Madrid team. But whether it is Flores or Atletico Madrid, they probably have no finals experience in the past ten years!"

Gao Bo said in front of the media, and then he smiled complacently.

"And we have real experience in finals, we won the FA Cup final!!"

Atlético de Madrid has really had a bad time in the last ten years, bearing the title of the third giant in Spain, but they have been in the middle of the league for a long time. Last season was the first time they participated in the Europa League since 97.
On the other side, Flores immediately responded to Gao Bo's counterattack.

"I've heard his story. From the fourth level to the third level, they will be promoted to the British Championship soon. It's amazing, haha." Flores said so, but the sarcasm on his face was obvious.

"I have also heard the story of Mr. Flores, from League No.10 to League No.8, it is quite remarkable!"

Gao Bo did not show timidity in the media at all.

At this time, both sides want to use war of words to attack their opponents before the game and create an atmosphere that is beneficial to them.

Gao Bo seldom engages in verbal wars with his opponents. On the one hand, it is because the opponents in the First Division are not worthy of him, and the opponents in the European competition do not know him well.

But since Flores took the initiative to provoke, then Gao Bo would definitely not let it go.

And the media likes the fact that the two coaches have spat with each other for such a long time, and the analysis of the speed of the battle is so exciting.

The team rented a training base in Hamburg and trained behind closed doors for a few days.

Gao Bo doesn't allow the media access to his players these days, and it's not a good thing to expose players to the media before a big game.There are quite a lot of shots of Gao Bo appearing on the media screen these days.

However, this does not affect the team's preparation training.

The team's preparations are proceeding in an orderly manner.

The media are also speculating about the starting lineup of both sides.

Among the players in this Luton team who participated in the Europa League before this season is Sol Campbell, but Sol Campbell has not participated in the Europa League final either.

Therefore, Flores is right about one thing, that is, the current Luton players have seen too little "big world".

At Atletico Madrid, they still have a group of very experienced players.

First up is their number one striker, Diego Forlan.

The 31-year-old Uruguayan has played for Manchester United, Villarreal.

Diego Forlan, who was in Manchester United, failed to use the fast pace of the Premier League. Diego Forlan, who was ridiculed by the British media as a "stupid" and "Manchester United's worst signing in 50 years", after arriving in La Liga Villarreal, Diego Forlan shined.The Uruguayan striker, who couldn't adapt to the Premier League, was at home in La Liga. He scored 25 goals in Villarreal's first season and helped the Yellow Submarine enter the UEFA Champions League for the first time. In addition, he also shared the European Golden Boot with Henry!
After playing for Villarreal for three seasons, Diego Forlan moved to another La Liga team Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2007 to replace the departed golden boy Torres. In the 2008-2009 season, Diego Forlan scored 33 goals in 32 appearances in La Liga and won the European Golden Boot again!
This is a real super shooter!And he also has considerable experience in the Champions League.

Atlético Madrid also has a player who even played in the Champions League final - Jose Antonio Reyes!

The Spanish midfielder has played for Sevilla, Arsenal, Real Madrid and then returned to Atletico Madrid from Real Madrid.The career history can be described as quite rich.

In terms of age structure, Atletico Madrid is indeed a much more mature team than Luton, and their central axis is full of experienced players.

In this Atlético de Madrid's main lineup, De Gea is the youngest player who has gradually secured the main position in the league at the end of this season. The 19-year-old De Gea is competing with another young goalkeeper Asenjo for the main position.

And another young player is the Argentine genius Aguero!

Aguero, who was only 21 years old this year, transferred to Atletico Madrid for a sky-high price of 2006 million euros in 300-it turned out that Atletico Madrid paid so much money for Aguero, who was only 17 years old at the time, was absolutely worth it.

After joining Atletico Madrid in the second season, Aguero ranked third in the La Liga scorer list with 19 goals, and won the title of the best Latin American player in La Liga in the 07-08 season. The striker combination of Aguero and Diego Forlan was extremely powerful in La Liga!

Except for these two talented teenagers, Atletico Madrid's other main players are players who have worked hard in the top league for many years.

"Atlético de Madrid mainly rely on the possession of the ball in the midfield, and the quick breakthrough of the two sides to create a threat!!!"

In the tactical meeting after training, Gao Bo was emphasizing the technical characteristics of Atletico Madrid to the players.

Although sometimes Luton will also play ball possession tactics, but it is a "false ball possession" around Griezmann, and Luton will only use it when dealing with some opponents who have no fighting spirit or absolute strength.Gao Bo does not think Luton's possession can be compared with Atletico Madrid, a team from Spain.

So Gao Bo is very determined to use Luton's best tactics to deal with Atletico Madrid.

He asked the team to maintain a tight formation in the midfield, and used a tough press to disrupt Atletico Madrid's possession rhythm!
"Don't be afraid to foul!!"

Gao Bo emphasized.

The key to this game is the battle for midfield!
"For each of their players who may get the ball, they must press close to each other, forcing them to fight physically! Don't fight with them!! After stealing the ball in midfield."

As Gao Bo said, he drew two lines on the tactical board, pointing to two sides respectively!
Gao Bo intends to focus his offense on the wing, and use two quick attacks on the wing to attack Atletico Madrid!

Atletico Madrid has Reyes and Simão on both sides. These are players who can stir up waves on the wing.Moreover, Atletico Madrid is also a team that relies heavily on wing assaults. In terms of counterattacks, Luton naturally wants to take advantage of the space behind Atletico Madrid!

But Gao Bo didn't let Adam and Griezmann go to play against Reyes and Simão on the wing. The young Adam and Griezmann might suffer a disadvantage when facing the veteran Reyes or Simão, but Luton did not intend to press up and attack Atletico Madrid.

In this game, Gao Bo decided to use his cards on defense. In Gao Bo's opinion, the strength of the opponent was much stronger than Juventus or Hamburg - in real history, the champion of this season was Atletico Madrid.

(End of this chapter)