Chapter 226 A kind of self-confidence
There were two tough games in a row, one was the Madrid derby and the other was the King's Cup on a rainy day.
Atletico Madrid has achieved satisfactory results.
This is a real difficult game and a training for the team. The two victories have made the team full of determination.
Everyone has higher fighting spirit and more confidence.
In the next league, Atletico Madrid will face Vallerano at home.
In the Spanish Second Division last season, Vallecano ranked second in the league with 79 points and got the second ticket to enter La Liga directly at Betis.
Vallecano's economic crisis is very serious, but in order to stay in La Liga, they still introduced a large number of strong players in the summer. The two most famous new players were concentrated on the front line. Tamudo has been the captain of the Spaniard for many years. Pacheco, who was born in Barcelona's youth training camp, was sent to Vallecano by Liverpool.
Although Vallecano worked very hard, they were just a promoted team after all, and they were considered the least powerful of the three promoted teams. At the beginning of the league, Vallecano was labeled as "definitely relegated".
But in fact, Vallecano's grades are not that bad.
Since the league has been held, Vallecano has ranked 14th in the league with 15 wins, 5 draws, 2 and 17 points, and has no direct relationship with "definite relegation".
However, Vallecano coach Sandy was a little overthinking. He actually claimed before the game, "I must work hard to get points at Calderon Stadium." Wan Sheng smiled at this and did not respond at all. Then in the game, Atletico Madrid scored three goals in the first half alone.
Under the camera, Sandy obviously looked dark, and she probably wasn't feeling very comfortable.
But Atletico Madrid's goal is not over yet.
With the cheering of the fans of the audience, Atletico Madrid continued to launch its offensive. Atletico Madrid ended in the 90th minute. Ozil, Falcao and Wang Qiumin scored two goals respectively. With Felipe's final icing on the cake, Atletico Madrid staged a 7-0 massacre.
At the end of the game, Vallecano was a little broken.
Atletico Madrid ignores how Vallecano is, and they are excited to celebrate the victory of the game.
Then Atletico Madrid welcomed Naples at home.
This is the European Championship group stage, the last game in Group A. The two teams met in the last round. Napoli lost 0-3 to Atletico Madrid at home. This game is related to whether they can become the third in the group and qualify for next year's Europa League.
Wan Sheng ignores the competition between Naples and Manchester City. Anyway, Atletico Madrid is definitely the first in the group.
Before the intense Christmas schedule, a game that is meaningless to the team will definitely not give all your efforts. As for the sports spirit of fair competition?
Don't care!
So Atletico Madrid sent out a full substitute lineup, and the only main players who played were Felipe and Falcao, and even the young midfielder Saul got the chance.
Naples feels like an opportunity has come.
What coach Wat Mazari has always been worried about is that Atletico Madrid will help Manchester City fight Naples with all their strength out of "friendship". European football knows that due to Wansheng, Manchester City and Atletico Madrid have a good relationship.
In the summer, there were also big deals between the two clubs. Atletico Madrid worked hard and defeated Naples to let Manchester City win third place in the group. It is still very likely.
This is not only a "friendly help", but also a very "sportsmanship". European media will praise Atletico Madrid because they have put in all their efforts in competitions that have nothing to do with them.
But the key is... Bayern Munich will definitely not give all its strength!
The last round of the Champions League group stage group stage is meaningless to Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. Both teams are definitely the first and second in the group, and the outcome doesn't matter at all.
So after seeing the appearance of Atletico Madrid's full substitute, Wat Mazari breathed a long sigh, and he felt that Napoli had hope of winning.
Although there is no hope for the Champions League group, the final round of the victory was taken away at Calderon Stadium, and the third place in the group, participating in next year's Europa League, the result was also pretty good.
Wat Mazari was obviously a little careless. He misjudged the strength of Atletico Madrid's substitute lineup!
Atletico Madrid's substitute lineup... is said to be a substitute, but in fact, the strength of substitutes is very good. For example, the young midfielder Isco is considered to be the future of the Spanish midfielder. The value evaluated by French Football is already above 18 million euros.
Will such a talented player have poor strength?
The entire Naples team cannot find several players who are more valuable than Isco.
Let’s take a look at other ‘substitutes’ players!
Boateng is a former Manchester City player, and his summer transfer value is above tens of millions of euros. He has made several appearances in the league and the Champions League, and his performance is quite strong and stable. In the Madrid derby ten days ago, he was praised by many media for his success in defending C-Ronaldo.
Rafael Varane, "World Sports", "As" and "Marca" all believe that Varane will become the pillar of the Spanish team's defense in the future, and everyone can see his potential. Every time he appears for Atletico Madrid, he also performs quite stably.
Varane can almost be said to be the main force in Atletico Madrid's defense.
Wang Qiuming, a young Chinese striker, scored 3 goals in 6 league appearances and 1 goal in 2 Champions League appearances.
The efficiency of scoring one goal twice is not as good as Diego Costa and Falcao and other first-tier strikers, but considering that he is just 18 years old and his appearances in every game, he is undoubtedly a very outstanding striker.
The above talented players, plus the young Saul, veteran Uyfalusi and Felipe, Falcao, and Sergio Asenho, who is very stable in front of the goal, the strength of Atletico Madrid's "substitute lineup" is not weak at all. Compared with the main lineup, perhaps the only thing that is lacking is stability.
Naples caught up with the time when the ‘subsid team’ performed well.
At Calderon Stadium, more than 50,000 Atletico Madrid fans cheered and cheered, Atletico Madrid launched an attack on Naples. At the beginning, Naples wanted to suppress Atletico Madrid. They believed that the team's strength must be stronger than Atletico Madrid's "substitute lineup", but after two waves of confrontation, it felt wrong.
They quickly shrink their defense!
But it's too late!
Taking advantage of the opportunity that Napoli had no time to retreat, Isco dribbled the ball and rushed to the front of the penalty area, passed the ball to Falcao. Falcao slammed his heel and rushed to the left side.
Wang Qiuming followed up and shot the empty goal and entered the net!
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!”
Calderon Stadium broadcast Juan Andres shouted excitedly, "1-0! The goal is Wang, the Chinese young player once again helped Atletico Madrid score in the Champions League! Atletico Madrid lead at home!"
"Just now, Atletico Madrid's wonderful cooperation, Isco, Falcao and King, the Naples defense line was completely penetrated! Especially Falcao's heels were extremely wonderful..."
"This is also the second goal that Wang scored in the Champions League. He scored the only goal in the team in the game against Bayern. Recently, Wang has performed very well in the league. In the last round of the game against Vallecano, he scored two goals in his own game, and his efficiency is still quite high."
"We can expect that this young Chinese player will have a better performance in the future and help Atletico Madrid score more goals!"
Amid Juan Andres' excited shouts, Watt Mazzari's face turned a little dark. He never expected that the opponent's substitute lineup could play such a sharp offensive.
Naples is simply careless!
In fact, this is also Wat Mazzari's care. When he was in Italy, his tactical preparations for the game were still trying to play defensive counterattacks. But the night before, after learning about Atletico Madrid's roster, Wat Mazzari changed his mind. He believed that Atletico Madrid sent a substitute to play, and his strength would definitely be much worse, so he wanted the team to take the initiative to attack and actively strive for goals.
Now it's the result...
Naples' retracement speed was too slow, giving Atletico Madrid a chance to score the ball. The score had been rewritten, and it would not be easy for Naples to recover it.
In the following time, Naples began to defend continuously.
The game seems to be no different from the first leg of the two teams. Atletico Madrid has been attacking and Napoli has been defending. They want to find opportunities to fight back, but there are so few opportunities, and it is difficult for them to seize the opportunity.
That feeling of hopelessness is somewhat hopeless.
It was not until 20 minutes in the second half that Napoli's counterattack was effective. Taking advantage of Atletico Madrid's opportunity to push forward, winger Lavic broke through the hanging goal and scored the ball, helping Napoli equalize the score.
Walter Mazari breathed a long sigh!
Finally caught up!
Although he did not overtake the score, catching up is a good start. As long as he can catch up, he can look forward to the next overtake! Napoli can still take away three points at Calderon Stadium!
Watt Mazzari has a good imagination, but what he is waiting for is not Naples' goal, but Atletico Madrid's goal.
Just 4 minutes after Napoli equalized the score, Atletico Madrid broke through the Napoli goal with a wave of offensive. Forward Falcao received the pass and broke through to the Napoli penalty area. Then he turned his back to the defensive player and sent the ball into the goal with his left foot.
"The ball is in! Falcao!"
"This is the fifth goal of the Colombian scorer in the Champions League! Six games, five goals! Colombia interprets the efficiency of the 'God'!"
"This is a demonstration of personal ability. Falcao broke through to the penalty area alone. The defense of the two and the goalkeeper's surround cannot stop him from sending the ball into the goal!"
Amid Juan Andres' shouts, Walter Mazzari was as if he had lost his parents and his face turned gray.
Naples loses the game, or even just draws it, which means they will be at the bottom of the group and lose the qualification to participate in the Europa League next year.
This will be a huge blow to Naples.
But what else can I do?
Looking at Atletico Madrid on the court and the Naples players who didn't have much fighting spirit on the other side, Wat Mazzari felt deeply helpless.
He turned to look at the Atletico Madrid coaching seat.
The young Chinese man sat calmly with a faint smile on his face, as if the game was under control and he didn't need to care much about anything at all.
If it were before, Wat Mazari would have thought that the other party would have put on such an attitude, and that this was to enhance the team's confidence or to combat the opponent's fighting spirit.
But now, Mazarri felt that it was a kind of confidence.
A kind of confidence in the game, an attitude of re-trust in the team!
Must admit...
"This young Chinese is really amazing..."
Chapter completed!