Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 163 The new season begins (Second update on the weekend!)

[PS: The Uruguayan central defender in the Atletico Madrid team was previously written as Jimenez. Later, I read a lot of materials and translated it as Jimenez. The following will be changed, and the previous one will be changed accordingly. 】

The week before the start of the league without game tasks is a good opportunity for Simeone to polish his tactics at the end.

Simeone is relatively at ease about the defensive system he has carefully built for several seasons. After all, there is no fluctuation in the core skeleton. Godin, Savage, and Jimenez are all old players. The only fresh blood is the French full-back Lucas Hernandez, who was promoted from the B team. line.

The focus of Simeone's concern is offense. Since he came up with the idea of ​​letting Wen Zhihao and Griezmann coexist on the field during the game against Brighton, he has deliberately tried to do this in training.

How exactly do they coexist?Simeone's design is as bold as his character, similar to a "two shadow front" tactic.

The so-called "double shadow forward" is to add another shadow forward on the basis of only one shadow forward around the original forward, swimming around the penalty area on both sides, ready to catch the forward's ball at any time, inserting into the penalty area from two directions, and disturbing the opponent's defense line to the maximum extent. It is equivalent to a variant of the winger's internal attack in the 4-3-3 formation.

According to Simeone's vision, Wen Zhihao's role in this formation is more important than that of Griezmann, because Wen Zhihao himself has an extra organizational ability, so Simeone hopes that Wen Zhihao will take on the roles of No. 7 and No. 10 in this style of play.

The idea is good, but after a few days of training, Simeone found that it is not realistic to apply this tactic to the game. First of all, the striker's ability to hold the ball is very high, and what Atletico Madrid lacks most now is the center forward of the bridgehead type.

The latter problem is relatively easy to solve, and the internal digestion problem is not big, but the lack of a bridgehead center makes Simeone a headache.

He misses the former high apprentice Diego Costa infinitely in his heart, and Costa's life at Chelsea is not satisfactory, and he is seeking to leave Chelsea before the transfer window closes.

When the two chances collided, Simeone already had an idea. After training, he went straight to the office of club president Cerezo.And the luckiest thing is that the two heroes see the same thing...

In addition to tactical training with the team, Wen Zhihao still insists on strength training alone. Wen Zhihao knows that this is his shortcoming. If he wants to continue to be as successful as the Eredivisie in this league, he must pay as much as he did when he first entered the industry, and use sweat to smooth out his shortcoming little by little.

"Professor" Mendez was amazed by Wen Zhihao's persistence and dedication. It was only a week of preliminary training. Wen Zhihao started from scratch, and now he can barely complete one-third of the training plan. Although there is no qualitative change, Wen Zhihao's muscles are obviously much tighter than before the training. This is the source of his strength.

When Simeone communicated with Mendez in private, he kindly reminded: "Professor, Wen's strength training will be maintained at this level for the time being. The league will start soon. I don't want him to miss the game and get injured in training instead, affecting his first season."

Mendes said helplessly: "Go and tell him, this kid is young, but he has a stubborn personality, and he is forcing himself to challenge new heights every day. I persuade him, and he just said what you said. He can only gain a foothold here if he completes the tasks above. He said he has never lost."

Simeone put his shoulders on his shoulders and said to Mendes: "Professor, show your majesty. I believe you can stop his madness. Just like me..."

Simeone's eyes widened, and he made a very exaggerated grimace, making both of them laugh at the same time.

In addition to daily training, Wen Zhihao also takes Spanish lessons with teachers from language training institutions at night.The teacher is also Chinese, surnamed Fang, and it is easier for compatriots to communicate in language. Wen Zhihao has long considered this.After two hours of classes every night, after a week Wen Zhihao has mastered the skills of Spanish. Teacher Fang couldn't help but praise: "There is a reason why you are more successful than other Chinese players. IQ is the fundamental difference."

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On the 17th, after the Spanish Super Cup ended, La Liga officially released the final first-team registration list for each team. Two days later, on the 19th, the first round of La Liga officially started.

There were only two games on the first match day of the first round. Leganes beat Alaves 1-0 in the opening game, and then Valencia also beat Las Palmas 1-0 in another game.

The second match day of the first round on the 20th is of little interest to the Spanish and Madrid media. The only thing to watch is Atletico Madrid’s new season debut, but the opponent is only the newly promoted Girona. La Liga experts have predicted how many goals Atletico Madrid will win, regardless of the outcome.

Thousands of miles away, Chinese media and fans pay Atletico Madrid no less attention than Real Madrid and Barcelona.Whether Wen Zhihao can make his debut in La Liga has whetted the appetite of all the media and fans.

Wen Zhihao was among the 18-man roster of Atlético Madrid before the game. The Chinese media immediately followed Cage's YY attribute, and posts such as "Wen Zhihao is expected to make his debut" and "China's first talent will make a historic debut in La Liga" appeared one after another on the Internet.At least in terms of pre-match campaigns, the Chinese media has allowed Wen Zhihao to completely overwhelm Griezmann.

However, no matter how much the media brags, it is useless, the head coach's arrangement is the kingly way.In the starting list announced an hour before the horse race, Griezmann is still the starter.

Most of the fans would laugh at the optimism expressed by the media. Wen Zhihao is new here. If he can smoothly squeeze out Griezmann's main position, there will probably be a lot of "insider theories" or "conspiracy theories" that will be popular.

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the screen watching the game are more or less evil. I hope that Atletico Madrid will not play too smoothly, or even be advanced by a goal, and Wen Zhihao will have a greater chance of appearing on the field.

The thoughts of tens of millions of fans are a powerful force that can work magically even if they are thousands of miles away.

No. In 201 minutes, Stuani scored the first goal in La Liga history for Girona. This turning point surprised all the so-called experts.

But the aftermath of the first wave of shock has not yet dissipated. Four minutes later, Stuani scored twice with a header.

In less than half an hour, Atletico Madrid fell behind the newly promoted Girona 0:2!
In fact, if it weren't for Oblak's must-have goal on the goal line, Atletico Madrid might be behind by three goals within half an hour.

When Girona extended its lead to two goals, the media all used the mentality of adding insult to injury, looking forward to a shocking upset in the first round of La Liga.

(End of this chapter)