Chapter 87 Spanish-specific wrangling
On the weekend three days later, Atletico Madrid faces Athletic Bilbao at home.
This is a team that needs attention.
This season, Athletic Bilbach has risen strongly and is currently ranked fifth in the league. The league is still very strong. They play better than Sevilla. In addition, in the second round of the league, Atletico Madrid lost points on Athletic Bilbao. At that time, at Athletic Bilbao, the two teams tied 1-1. Klose helped Atletico Madrid score the only goal.
Therefore, Atletico Madrid attaches great importance to this game.
Wan Sheng continued to start Morris, Ozil and Aguero so that there would be no mistakes in the game. The team and Barcelona's league competition were too fierce and a draw was unacceptable.
The game proved that Wan Sheng's serious response was correct.
Atletic Bilbach completely ignored home and away games, and launched a big offensive at the beginning, looking like he was fighting against Atletico Madrid.
In the 7th minute, Xavi Martinez's long shot 25 meters away from the goal broke the goal by De Gea's handle and helped Bilbach take the lead in athletics.
"Harvey Martinez!!"
"Athletic Bilbao leads Atletico Madrid 1-0 away!"
Xavi Martinez's goal made Atletico Madrid a little confused. The game has just begun and many players have not yet found the feeling. Athletic Bilbao completed the goal.
In the past La Liga, Atletico Madrid rarely scored goals by opponents.
Seeing the crisis, Wan Sheng hurriedly stood on the sidelines and shouted to remind the players to play the game seriously and not to care about a goal. After all, the game has just begun.
Next, Atletico Madrid slowed down and stabilized its defense, and then continued to play against Athletic Bilbao, but perhaps due to the goal of Xavi Martinez, several players in the frontcourt did not find their form, and three consecutive shots did not pose any threat.
This continued throughout the first half.
Back in the locker room, Wan Sheng got angry with the players, "What are you all doing! This is a game! The official game! Your hearts are fragile like girls. The other party just scored a goal, and you don't know how to play football?"
"If anyone is not in the form of the second half, he won't have to play in the next round of the league!"
This 'threat' effect is quite good.
Atletico Madrid's opponent in this round of league games is only Athletic Bilbao, and it has not received much attention. The next game is a competition with Barcelona, which is directly related to the top of the La Liga. The entire Spain and even Europe, and even radiate to many media around the world, will pay attention to the competition.
So in the second half, Atletico Madrid's performance improved significantly.
In the 67th minute, Aguero received a pass from Morris and calmly sent the ball into the goal against the goalkeeper, helping Atletico Madrid to tie the score.
Neither team made any adjustments after that.
The game is still mainly focused on attacking, and the midfield fighting is particularly fierce. It can be seen that after Athletic Bilbao is in shape, he is not afraid of Atletico Madrid at all. They dare to fight and grab. Every player plays very seriously, and the overall condition is much better than Atletico Madrid.
The only thing is that Athletic Bilbao is still lacking in strength, and there is a gap in their personal abilities between their players and Atletico Madrid players.
The next goal is also the same.
It's Ozil again!
In the 79th minute, Ozil dribbled the ball and forced his way through Gulpegi, and then faced central defender Amorebietta. He chose to divide the ball into the side. Raul Garcia received the ball and passed it to the penalty area. Aguero squeezed out central defender San Jose to head the ball.
2 to 1!
This is also the final score of the two teams.
The biggest contributor to this game is undoubtedly Aguero, who scored two goals in person to help the team win.
At the end of the game, Aguero was very excited, but Wan Sheng's face turned black. Aguero's performance was good news, but as the head coach, he looked at the overall performance of the team. It was obvious that most players were a little out of shape.
Athletic Bilbao scored first on one hand, and perhaps another reason is that the main lineup fought continuously.
For example, Morris, Ozil, Raul Garcia, Felipe Luis and others have started four consecutive games and played the whole game. In addition to the cup, La Liga teams do not have to participate in the European League. The competition is not very intensive, but in recent times, due to the influence of the King's Cup schedule, the pressure of two matches a week is still relatively high.
The key to the problem is the team's substitute lineup, which is quite different from the main lineup.
To solve this problem, it depends on summer transfers. It is definitely impossible now. We will face a big battle with Barcelona soon, and some main players must also take a break.
So in the second round of the Cup against Sevilla, Wan Sheng directly sent a substitute!
This is a game played at Calderon Stadium.
When he saw Atletico Madrid's starting lineup, Sevilla coach Manzano was extremely upset because he also let half of the substitute players appear on the court. He had already given up the game. After all, he lost four goals at home, and the hope of coming to the away game was too slim. But if he knew that Atletico Madrid's main players would have to send all the main players to fight in one game.
This is a chance!
Everyone knows that Atletico Madrid substitutes, the strength gap between the main players, and Atletico Madrid's substitute lineup, the only strongest one is the front line, such as the back line, and the midfield is also composed of young people, so they still have strength, but there is no need to talk about experience.
Unfortunately... it's too late.
Midway through the game, Manzano replaced the generals Navas and Fabiano, but in the end Sevilla only scored three goals and Atletico Madrid also scored one goal.
The final game ended 1-3.
In these two rounds, Atletico Madrid defeated Sevilla 5-3 and entered the final of the Copa del Rey.
Manzano's expression after the game is conceivable, that is, annoyance, and even more annoyance... Of course, there is no use for that. The two rounds of the game have ended and Sevilla was eliminated. They can watch the finals of the Cup of Rey as outsiders.
After the game, Manzano held Wan Sheng's hand and said, "You are really bold."
Wan Sheng shook his head helplessly, "Now the game is over, I can tell you calmly that we have no choice. Next, we have to play against Barcelona. The main lineup must rest for one round, otherwise the one who loses four goals will become us."
Manzano was stunned and immediately had a good impression of Wan Sheng's calmness. "I didn't expect you to say that. Everyone else said you were not easy to communicate, so they must have misunderstandings."
"Thanks."
Wansheng is not just accusing himself of his name. He disdained to do that. As for those people who say he is not easy to communicate, it is just because they are competitors, so naturally there is nothing to say about competitors.
If Atletico Madrid has a poor performance, no matter how bad his attitude is, others will not have so many negative comments about him. However, Atletico Madrid has reached the level of challenging the La Liga championship. It would be strange if those competitors have a good impression of him.
Two hours later, another King's Cup match ended.
Barcelona continued to maintain their strength, defeating Almeria 3-0 away, and eliminated their opponents 8-0 in two rounds to enter the Copa del Rey final.
The two teams finally met in the Copa del Rey final!
The two sides have confirmed the final of the Copa del Rey, and the question of only Spanish football will be arguing --
Where is the final venue?
The Copa del Rey in Spain is a rare and bizarre cup competition in the world. This event has a long history. It has a history of 109 years since 1902. However, for such an important event, the venue for the finals has been controversial almost every year. The reason is that the venue for the Copa del Rey has always been in a state of "displaced".
The Spanish Football Association needs to mediate every year in order to lend out the venues of a certain size. For fairness, the Spanish Football Association strongly hopes that the final of the Copa del Rey will be held at a neutral stadium.
But in fact, the final venue of the King's Cup del Rey is the result of a dispute between the three parties - the two teams participating in the final of the King's Cup and the Spanish Football Association are the three parties. During this period, various football celebrities will also express their opinions, which will also affect the determination of the final venue.
It is precisely because of the dispute between the three parties that it is difficult to achieve a truly neutral result, so some of the past King's Cup finals were scheduled to be played at home with one of the two teams.
Of course, that is totally unfair.
For example, when Atletico Madrid had good results, they might encounter it in the King's Cup final with Real Madrid. At this time, the King's Cup final is likely to be selected at the Bernabeu Stadium. The reason is very simple - the Bernabeu Stadium has a larger fan capacity than the Calderon Stadium, which will facilitate neutral fans to enter the live to watch the game and will also bring more income to the King's Cup final.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid meet in the final this season, the situation is the same as the past. Obviously, both sides hope to play the Copa del Rey final on their own stadium, but do not want to play at the other stadium. After the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, both sides almost insisted in unison that the Bernabeu Stadium in Real Madrid is the most ideal final location.
The Bernabeu Stadium is simply great!
Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are both mortal enemies of Real Madrid, and they are both eager to win the Copa del Rey at the Bernabeu Stadium.
The Spanish Football Association also believes that the choice of the Bernabeu stadium is very good. Needless to say, the stadium capacity is enough. Madrid is the capital of Spain, which is also convenient for neutral fans to watch the game.
But……
As the mortal enemy of each other, Real Madrid never wants any side to win the championship at its home court. It is simply a scene of "Tai Sui's head getting into the ground".
So Real Madrid Club immediately rejected the idea of both sides' Cup final at the Bernabeu on the grounds of maintenance.
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