Chapter 98

At night, a taxi runs fast in downtown Madrid.

The driver seemed to be in a hurry. He kept honking his horn, urging the car in front of him, and he kept muttering and scolding.

"Damn it, can't you hurry? It's too late! "

At the fork of the road, he hit the steering wheel hard and turned into an alley to get rid of the rolling traffic.

The interior decoration of the car is the same as that of an ordinary taxi. There is a photo frame on the console. The background of the photo is night. Inside is a picture of Juan, the fat driver, and Gao Han, the acting head coach of Atletico Madrid. There is also a Chinese signature on it.

At this time, a voice came from the walkie talkie next to the photo frame.

"Juan, Juan, do you hear me?"

The taxi driver frowned, grabbed it and asked impatiently, "what's the matter?"

"Someone is calling for a taxi near you. Go and pick it up!"

"Oh, please, I'm going on one order after another tonight. Can you give me a rest?"

"He's in a hurry..."

"I'm more anxious. I've got a flat tire. I'm in a traffic jam. I'm parked on the main road. Do you want me to fly over?"

"... well, I'll let someone else pass.

"That's right, that's it!"

Hung up the walkie talkie, the driver threw the steering wheel, and finally out of the alley, into another street.

The driver was familiar with walking through the streets in the south of the city. Soon, he braked hard and stopped at the door of a bar.

Get out of the car, close the door, the chubby driver ran into the door of the bar.

Just at this time, there was a burst of cheers, so no one heard him.

"Hey, Juan." The barman noticed him.

"Hey, a beer." Juan knocked on the bar. "How's it going? Has it started? "

Asked, he looked at the one everyone looked up to the TV.

TV, the two sides are gradually out of the player channel, the commentator is obviously introducing the two teams' starting lineup.

"You've come in time. It's just about to start." The bartender smiles and hands over a glass of still bubbling beer.

"Our manager is really bold."

"Well?" Juan grabs the beer and gulps it, drinks it all, and puts it back on the bar. "Another drink."

"Marcos Senna is starting!"

"What?" Juan was surprised, then looked at the TV, no longer introduced Atletico Madrid.

In the TV picture are Real Mallorca's players, and commentators are also introducing Mallorca's starting list.

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"The goalkeeper is Leo Franco and the defensive line from left to right is Michel Soller, Fernando Nino, Michel Nadal and Javier olesola

"The two players in the middle of the midfield are Vicente ngonga and Alvaro novo, Ariel ibagasa on the left, fenidi George on the right, and the double forwards are Albert Luke and Eto'o

"Aragones put out Mallorca's most powerful main team, which is still their familiar 442 tactics. Two young players in the attack, 23-year-old Luke and 20-year-old Eto'o, have performed very well this season."

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At the sight of Real Mallorca's starting line-up, the fans in the bar were in an uproar.

"My God, Aragones, this is going to fight against us!"

"Who said no? This is Mallorca's best team this season

"That's a real trouble."

"Can we do it or not?"

"Who knows? God bless you

Fans are obviously not optimistic about Atletico Madrid, after all, Real Mallorca's strength is too strong.

This team is the most eye-catching team in the La Liga League since the winter break, especially in the recent rounds, it has repeatedly conquered the strong opponents and remained unbeaten, with remarkable results.

Sitting in front of the bar, Juan, the fat driver, was very angry when he heard the people's discouraging words.

The reason why he became a celebrity in this bar is that he once took a cold ride in downtown Madrid late at night and successfully asked the acting head coach of Atletico Madrid to leave a signed photo.

That photo, and that experience, made him a celebrity in this bar.

At this time, he felt that he had to stand up and say something.

"Hey, hey, all quiet, all quiet!" He tapped the bar with a beer bottle.

All of a sudden, everyone looked over.

"Isn't the game just about to start? Give up so soon? Is this the son of Poseidon? "

All of them were silent.

"Aragones is a hero, but we are not bears. We don't need him to stay. We need to beat him aboveboard, right?"

"That's right!"

"Well said!"

"That's right, Juan!"

Juan, the fat driver, immediately held up his beer and said, "here, to Atletico Madrid!"

"To Atletico Madrid!"

"Atletico Madrid will win

"I will win!"

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The game finally started!

Just like most football matches, the focus of attention in this match did not enter the fast lane from the beginning. Both sides adopted steady tactics to test each other.

Whether it's the 442 of Aragones or the 4312 of alpine, it's all based on the defense.

Even if I don't score, I can't let the other side get the ball first.

But in the first minute of the game, the referee called a foul, the object is Atletico Madrid's Marcos Senna!

Calderon fans did not give the slightest response, perhaps they think it is just a very common foul, but standing on the sidelines of the cold but to Marcos Senna applause.

"Well done!" Gao Han said with a smile.

Brazilian midfield fouled Real Mallorca's Argentinean midfield Ariel ibagasa.

Almost as soon as the Argentinian received the ball, Marcos Senna stuck it up and made a mistake when he entangled the ball.

This is a foul that can't be taken seriously, even the referee almost forgot after blowing.

But soon, soon, it blew again.

Or Marcos Seine.

I fouled when I was defending Ariel ibagasa.

Or the Argentines received the ball, the Brazilian entangled, entangled in the foul.

"Good!" Gao Han applauded again.

But not long after that, it came again.

It's the same person, the same object, the same time.

It's just that the place of the foul has changed.

Gradually, the fans also noticed the Atletico Madrid midfield, the swarthy Brazilian midfield.

It seems that he is very ordinary, very humble.

Even if it was a foul, he did it cleanly.

As soon as the opponent's path is broken and the referee's whistle blows, he retreats without any nostalgia.

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"That's interesting!" Aragones smiles.

The formation of Royal Mallorca is 442, but in fact, it is not the traditional 442.

At present, the mainstream of European football is not the 442 with two wings flying together, but the front and the waist.

The so-called side front waist, is similar to Zidane such organization and the ball master, to the side, but in the game, he is more cut to the middle, attack the other side of the rib.

But that's only part of it.

There is also a very important point, that is to strengthen the ability to control the ball in midfield.

In recent years, Spain abounds in sharp wingers and is very good at using them. But last season, La Coruna of irueta won the league title. One of the important reasons is that he adopted the tactics of side and front midfield.

One side of the front waist, one side of the traditional winger, not only to ensure the impact of the wing, but also strengthen the ability to control the ball in midfield.

And when there is a need, the full back on the side of the front waist can also create a threat.

This is a wonderful move. Aragones learned it because he has ibagasa.

In the case of ngonga and novo, ibagasa is the core of Mallorca's midfield.

From Marcos Senna's performance, alpine is clearly aware of this.

"What a smart kid!" Aragones praised with a smile.

But not surprisingly.

Because if he couldn't even see through this, he would doubt whether the cold streak was bought with money.

But as soon as he spoke, he suddenly heard an uproar in the stadium.

Looking up, I saw that Marcos Senna had broken the ball!

Three fouls in a row, but the fourth time it was successful to break ibagasa's foot ball, and the Brazilian midfield after a break, a direct foot to the ball back.

Royal Mallorca is able to reach the top of La Liga. Naturally, it is not a fuel-saving lamp. They immediately launched counter attack.

But central defender Pablo received the ball, did not wait for Luke to approach, immediately passed to machena.

Eto'o immediately pushed to machena, the Spanish centre back passed to Xabi Alonso, who immediately went to the right and gave to Roberto on the right.

Through this continuous pass, the ball smoothly out of Mallorca's pressing range.

All of a sudden, this made Aragones shine in front of his eyes.

"Good guy!"

He can see that this set of Atletico Madrid is obviously after a period of training.

No matter the players run to meet, or a foot pass, are very organized.

Roberto took the ball from the right side and led forward. Ibagasa forced him to defend. Atletico Madrid's right back immediately crossed to the middle.

See Harvey Alonso to stop the ball forward, and then catch up, directly swing the right foot, is a long cross.

The ball crossed a beautiful arc and fell to the left side of the front court. Villa stopped the ball steadily.

Ole Sora, 31, knows villa's speed and personal ability and is not careless.

However, as soon as villa stopped the ball, he took it to the middle, pulled out a position, crossed the top with his right foot and carried it to the back of the two centre backs of Real Mallorca.

Torres also in an instant, suddenly start, like a lightning through the Real Mallorca defense.

But the moment Torres received the ball, the referee whistle sounded!

Offside!

He started too early!

Although failed to form a goal, Torres still gave a thumbs up to villa.

It was a beautiful pass, but he was too anxious.

If you pay attention to Nadal and Nino's movement and start a little later, the ball will be there.

However, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult then.

I'm afraid it's not easy for goalkeeper Franco to catch the ball.

Real Mallorca's defense is really meticulous, one link after another, not giving the opponent the slightest space.

But in the field of Aragones eyes, Atletico Madrid this exploratory attack also revealed a lot of things.

The two strikers are both front impact players who can play on the side and in the middle. In the middle of the field, there is a Xavi Alonso who can't pass the ball from a long distance. It's not easy to deal with.

Especially after the double forward, there is Ugo Layar who is good at a lethal pass. Once the long-range fast strike fails to work, he immediately turns to positional attack, and the Portuguese begins to play a role.

The whole attack of Atletico Madrid is very hierarchical. The characteristics of the players are complementary and troublesome.

No wonder it's today!

Aragones frowned.