Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 220 Change (Second Update!)
After the first leg of the Copa del Rey round of 18, there are only four days to adjust. The No. [-] round of La Liga will officially start on January [-]. After Christmas, the second half of the season will be even more difficult.After spending the honeymoon schedule in January, the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will start in February. At the league level, Atletico Madrid will also face their direct rivals Valencia and the powerful Sevilla.Therefore, in these six league games in January, Simeone's goal is very clear.

Grab points!

From the perspective of strength, this goal is not difficult.But Simeone is not entirely reassured by the current form of the squad.None of the main players, including Griezmann, participated in the last Copa del Rey.After half a month of intermission, whether the state can be maintained is a problem.Simeone believes that Wen Zhihao will try his best to recover to his best condition as he said, but the actual recovery will be a few percent, and Simeone is still a little worried.If Wen Zhihao can only recover to [-]% to [-]%, the team's overall performance will be affected. Wen Zhihao is now an indispensable member of the team's offensive system.This season Cork mainly plays on the wing, and Gabi's characteristics are more reflected in the defensive end.Wen Zhihao is equivalent to being used as two people.It is not only the core of the organization, but also the second firepower point besides Griezmann-even the team's first thigh at the beginning of the season.

The No.18 home game against Getafe, Simeone continued to use the main players who played in the previous game on the central axis, and took advantage of their hotter state to try to lay a good foundation in the first half.

Simeone gave Wen Zhihao enough trust to still let him start this game, but his position was slightly moved back.Simeone deployed a 4-1-3-2 single midfielder formation, and Wen Zhihao moved behind the two forwards Griezmann and Gameiro.The reason why the team was weak in the early stage in the first half, the root of the problem lies in the scoring ability.A total of 26 goals were scored in the seventeen rounds of the league, an average of less than two goals per game.Atletico Madrid's persistent defensive counterattack seems to have been thoroughly studied by league opponents this season.Simeone must try to change, otherwise facing stronger opponents, it will be difficult to get to the end without strong firepower.

This is no longer the era of AC Milan, where extreme defense can win the championship. There is no such legendary central defender combination as Nesta and Maldini in world football.In this era, hegemony can only be achieved by attacking.Italian football, which adheres to the defensive philosophy, has not kept up with the times.Juventus lost twice in the UEFA Champions League to the Western Super League. The Italian national team failed to qualify for the World Cup after 39 years. This shows that Italian football, which advocates a defensive philosophy, has not kept up with the times. The continued decline of Serie A is not accidental, but the trend of the times.

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For the new role defined by Simeone, Wen Zhihao did not show any discomfort.This position is closer to his playing style at Waiters, which is similar to his responsibilities in the national team.He only needs to do one thing well, feed the ball to the striker.

Going back to my old job, and the teammates around me are so strong, and still sleepwalking like last time, is it worthy of the coach's trust?
Before kicking off, Wen Zhihao yelled as if he wanted to motivate himself, showing off his biceps in a rare high-profile way, a special kind of self-motivation.

In stark contrast to the Copa del Rey match, Wen Zhihao frequently appeared in the comments of all the commentators in the opening stage.He sent extremely concealed penetrating balls in the frontcourt many times, and accurately found the gap in Getafe's defense. It is a pity that Griezmann and Gameiro are not very familiar with the division of labor in the new formation.

He Wei praised Simeone's skillful change in the BJ studio: "Simeone's change has the effect of killing two birds with one stone. Wen Zhihao's retreat in the midfield can fully activate his expertise in organization and scheduling. Atletico Madrid's offensive methods are no longer monotonous."

Wen Zhihao himself felt more comfortable playing on the pitch.Although the shadow forward position can give full play to his strengths in speed, but when the scene is passive, he can only retreat or even wait for the midfielder to deliver the ball.Having played in midfield for so many years, Wen Zhihao has a strong obsession with control in his heart. He doesn't like the feeling of putting his destiny in the hands of others.

Thanks to Simeone's pre-match arrangement, the overall linkage of Atletico Madrid's midfield is in place. The three defensive midfielders behind Wen Zhihao provide him with strong support. Even without turning around to return to the defense, the ball will return to his feet again and again. He only needs to scan the gaps in the opponent's defense line without dead ends and guide the offensive players to run in place.

Wen Zhihao gradually found the feeling of dominating the midfield during the Waiters period.Although Getafe emphasizes pass control.Currently ranked eighth in the standings, the offense is not much weaker than Atletico Madrid, but compared with Atletico Madrid's powerful midfielder, they can only retreat and stick to the end.

Of course, sticking to the end is only the good wish of the head coach Bordalas, and Wen Zhihao who is in good condition will definitely not be able to fulfill his wish.

Atletico Madrid's first goal, Wen Zhihao showed his comprehensive strength.Gabi succeeded in counterattacking in the middle circle. Wen Zhihao pulled the ball to the left and turned around at the moment of receiving the ball. He just bypassed the Japanese midfielder Shibasaki Yue who was coming up to press. When the Getafe defender was about to pounce to form a second encirclement, the pick pass accurately found behind the opponent's right back. Carrasco was quickly inserting on this side.

Wen Zhihao attracted most of the attention of the opponent's defense. Facing the messy and empty defense, Carrasco calmly dribbled the ball in and cut in. Seeing the opponent's central defender was attracted, he directly swept the ball low and flat between the goalkeeper and the defender, the most difficult area for both sides to deal with.Griezmann and Gameiro outflanked the two points, there is no reason to let such an opportunity slip away.Griezmann pokes the ball into the goal.

The Metropolitan Stadium erupted instantly, Wen Zhihao ran over and hugged Griezmann's head.The Getafe players couldn't hide their disappointment on their faces.Seeing Wen Zhihao with the same skin color, Shibazaki Yue felt very uncomfortable.

Asian football has long been respected by Japan. The number of Japanese in Europe is as high as double digits. The four Asian Cup champions give Japanese players a natural sense of superiority when facing Asian opponents.However, Wen Zhihao passed Shibazaki Yue easily and freely, and the process of instigating the goal caused the Japanese midfielder a great sense of frustration.When he came to Europe from Japan, he originally wanted to surpass outstanding seniors like Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda, but he didn't expect to be taught a lesson by the young Wen Zhihao first.

He couldn't believe what the coach said.China's young players are so capable, what I heard in Japan are all falsehoods?
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After taking the lead, Atletico Madrid's offensive has not weakened.Although Wen Zhihao has no chance to directly threaten the goal, his rhythm control in the midfield and extremely lethal passing are the foundation of all advantages.

He Wei directly stated that Simeone's style of play was tailor-made for Wen Zhihao.As a Chinese commentator, Wen Zhihao's performance is more gratifying than Atletico Madrid's overall strength.

(End of this chapter)