Updated: 2013-03-14

Most Atletico Madrid players were very happy to win the team's first victory in ten rounds, after all, they won the ball... However, there were still many frustrated people in the middle.

After Dick took office, he quickly pulled out the tiger skin of Old Hill as a banner, suppressed the entire team with an iron fist, promoted Belleron as the core of the offensive, and promoted Balaha to the main lineup. There were only eleven players in each game. Some were proud, and some were frustrated. The frustrated people include Prince Kiko, and naturally, including Gamara, who was the original main central defender, but has been taken down by Gamara...

For the twenty-nine-year-old Carlos Gamara, choosing to join Atletico Madrid a year ago was the second time he came to Europe from South America. The last time he came to Europe was two years ago. At that time, he joined Benfica, one of the top three Portugal. That trip to Europe was not a pleasant memory for Gamara, because he only played for half a season in Benfica, played in eleven times, and then returned to South America. In Corinthian, he regained his form and was selected for the best defensive team in the Brazilian league. It was precisely because of this performance that he won the favor of Atletico Madrid and joined Atletico Madrid again...

However, after joining Atletico Madrid, although he has always been the main force, his performance is not particularly outstanding. Because of his relatively tall figure and excellent heading ability, he is often used as a target center back, which makes his slightly slower speed a favorite point for La Liga strikers with excellent skills and low speed. The previous game against Coruña is a good evidence - Dutch forward Ma Kai almost defeated him with his lightning speed and excellent skills. That hat trick can be regarded as a model work of a speed striker who defeats a slower target center back.

Then the young head coach took office and then became a substitute himself.

After watching the game for 90 minutes off the court, Gamara began to think seriously - Dick strengthened the midfield and turned a single midfielder into a double midfielder, which made him very impressed. Ranie used the 433 formation that took risks and attacked. There was only Serena in the midfield, and the protection of the defense line was not enough, so Gamara always faced the opponent's most threatening strikers - Makai, Raul, Cruivett...

While watching off the court, Gamara sighed. If he were the scavenger, neither Rufit nor Catania would have been able to score a goal so easily, right? Unfortunately, he was on the bench...

After a day off, Gamara's mood did not improve. When he came to the training ground listlessly, the newly promoted assistant coach Marina told him that interim head coach Mr. Dick was waiting for him in the office and wanted to talk to him first.

"Talk me?" Gamala was a little stunned, but he was a little happy, because Berellon had talked with Dick alone before, and then he immediately changed from being a half-main and half-substitute (Berellon is half a substitute at Atletico, because he used to play as a midfielder and shared his playing time with Juninho, because Juninho was injured more and he played more games) to the core of the team...

It seems that there is a turning point. Gamara is ringing in her heart.

He knocked on the door of the head coach's office. After hearing the shouts of "come in", Gamala pushed the door and walked in. He saw that Dick was not sitting at his desk, but standing in front of the tactical board in the office, thinking about something.

"Carlos, you're here." Dick greeted Gamara and waved as if he was very familiar with him: "Carlos, come here, I have something to discuss with you."

Gamala walked over with some curiosity, and the head coach and the players discussed... What's the point of discussing?

After walking over, he saw the players' positions drawn on the tactical board, which were still in the 451st formation. The names of ten players were posted, goalkeeper Molina, central defender Chamot, two full-backs Aguilera and Capdvilla, and Serena dragged back to protect Belleron in the front. Balaha's name was marked "running". The two wings were Solari and Leyar, and Haselbaink suddenly...

"In the next game, I plan to play defensive counterattack at Valencia's home court... What they are good at is defensive counterattacks, but they are not good at strong attacks. They also need to perform well for the top four positions now, so they will be more eager to attack in this game, and the possibility of us using defensive counterattacks will be greater."

Listening to Dick's explanation, Gamara was a little strange because in the last game, Dick kept emphasizing how to attack, but now he said he wanted to play a defensive counterattack - does this coach have any idea?

"The primary goal now is to relegate, not to create an inexplicable overall style... As long as you can win, it is a good tactic, whether it is offense or defense."

Dick seemed to see what he was thinking and said lightly.

"Yes, winning is a good tactic." As an experienced defender, Gamara still knows this truth.

Dick smiled slightly, then turned around: "Although it is the guarantee of points, defense is also important. We have conceded too many goals. We can win the last round, but we have to rely on our luck to win. We scored two goals with a little luck to finally win... If we didn't have those two goals with a little luck, maybe we could get a draw at most in the last round... This is not a wonderful result... Our defensive problems are not just now. You must know that throughout the season, we have conceded not few goals... Carlos, what do you think is the reason?"

"The defender is not performing well?" Gamara said with a wry smile. He knew that his performance has not been very good since he transferred to Atletico Madrid, but there is no need to ask himself, isn't this a slap in the face...

"Well, Atletico Madrid is indeed mostly honest children..." Dick sighed in his heart. If he had changed to a irritable defender, he would have had arguing with him long ago, including taking down Kiko as soon as he came. If he had replaced other players, he might have had to be furious. Kiko chose to wait and see, which also made his tactics go to the greatest extent.

"If it weren't for this, it would be really difficult." Dick also knew that Atletico Madrid's players basically had no players with very personality, so they showed toughness as soon as they came on stage, otherwise it would only make things worse and worse.

Facing Gamara's bitter smile, Dick shook his head: "The poor performance of the defender is only one aspect... Carlos, modern football cannot be formed by a defender. A team's defense must be good, not to say that it is possible to pile up four top defenders. It is necessary to have excellent defense organization and tacit understanding. Our defenders should have no problem with tacit understanding. After playing the season, they will be able to get the tacit understanding together, but the defense is not good. Why is this?"

"Because our overall situation is not good?" Gamara heard something.

"Yes, it's not possible overall." Dick slapped his palm: "In terms of personal abilities, our defenders are not only top-level La Liga, but also top-ranking La Liga... Aguilera and Chamot are both experienced defenders, Capdvilla has great potential, and you." He raised his head and looked at Gamara: "There are not many scavengers in the whole La Liga, including Jero of Real Madrid, Nadal of Mallorca, Jukic of Valencia, Frank de Boer of Barcelona... Well, Donato of La Coruña may be one, but he is too old and cannot be better than you. But is that guy Ranieri really an Italian coach? What did he think if you let you play the center back at the target!"

Gamala looked at the young head coach in a daze and complained about the former head coach, and then he heard something...

"Carlos, let you play the scavenger, what's the idea? The next league is the time to test it. If we perform well, then we will be more confident in dealing with Barcelona next."

Dick did not ask Gamara to continue guessing, but said it straightforwardly.

"Scavenger?" Gamara was stunned again. He was very familiar with this position. He was in this position in the Paraguay national team. In the 1998 World Cup, he swept in front of Chilavit, which made Paraguay's iron-clad defense. If it weren't for the golden ball of the French national team captain Blanco, the French national team wanted to enter the semi-finals? That would be difficult... And in Corinthian, he also played in this position. In just one season, he entered the best defensive team in the Brazilian league. In this position, he had absolute confidence!

"No problem, boss, I will definitely show all my abilities in the position of the scavenger!" Gamara replied loudly, Ranieri was concerned that both central defenders could be watched and played against the scavenger. As a result, he and Chamot performed badly. Now it is obvious that Dick planned to let him drag him down directly and Chamot fought in the frontcourt. This arrangement is in line with the characteristics of the two of them - Chamot robbed fiercely, while he was a steady and experienced Taoist. With him in the back, Chamot robbed less worries, and with Chamot pressing in the front, he didn't have to face the rapid assault of the opponent's forward...

"Okay, that's it! The next game against Valencia is just a preheating, so let Claudio Lopez and Angulo test you. If you don't reveal too many flaws when facing their impact, you will be much more sure of dealing with Cruyvit, Figo and Rivaldo!"

Dick slapped and smiled, then he blinked at Gamara: "It would be a little boring if it was just relegation. Let's work harder and what if we come back from the King's Cup? This is also a champion!"

Gamala was shocked again. He didn't expect that this young head coach had such great ambitions - you should know that everyone is thinking about Atletico Madrid to succeed in relegation, and he simply ignored the Copa del Rey - although Atletico Madrid entered the semi-finals, everyone knows that Atletico Madrid did not meet a real strong team in the previous knockout rounds, and what teams are the other three teams in the semi-finals? Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid also has a strong Espanyol. Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona in the semi-finals. If you want to win the Copa del Rey championship, you can almost know that you will meet two giant teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid in succession...

Atletico Madrid was able to compete with these two teams before, but now Atletico Madrid...

Looking at the surprised Gamara, Dick laughed again: "Don't reveal it. Can you go crazy at the last moment? To a large extent, it depends on whether you can become the organizer of the defense line in my mind... If you can perform well, we might really do it!"
Chapter completed!