Chapter 12: The Power of the Iron-blooded Defense Line
In the coaching area on the field, Simeone was obviously stunned for a moment. After reacting, he turned around and ran towards the stands, grabbed his hips with both hands, threw back his upper body and let out a roar.
Atletico Madrid fans in the stands also responded enthusiastically, and many fans even followed suit with the same celebration, full of passion.
Klopp, who was next to Simeone, took off his glasses and returned to the coaching bench with a smile.
Atletico Madrid scored a goal, which was difficult to handle now. Klopp didn't have to think twice to guess that Simeone would definitely give up possession of the ball and concentrate on defense and counterattack.
In the pp sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also looked amazed.
"Diego Costa has a beautiful face in his prime, and this shot is as beautiful as a picture!" Zhan Jun praised.
Zhang Lu nodded, "This player, he spent most of his career at Atletico Madrid. After performing well at Atletico Madrid in 2013 and 2014, he moved to Chelsea, and then came back after being abandoned by Conte.
Atletico Madrid.”
"Costa is not a master-level star, but his own characteristics have allowed him to successfully rise to the level of a top forward."
"The first is his extremely aggressive style of play. When we watch his games, we often find that this player is extremely aggressive in both defense and offense."
"Once the opponent gets the ball, he will charge directly towards the opponent and seize the ball. This strong style of actively seeking physical confrontation sometimes makes opponents feel intimidated."
"Of course, you may not think he has such a reckless style of play, but he is actually a very smart player. This goal can well reflect his football intelligence!"
"Of course, maybe at the beginning of the game, Liverpool's defense was not focused enough, and Van Dijk also underestimated the enemy a little, and Costa easily broke through."
"But his handling of the ball in the penalty area was very smart. The ball lightly touched the baseline, allowing him to continue accelerating. At the same time, it also caught Matip off guard, giving him space to shoot!
"
When Zhang Lu was commenting, the game on the court had restarted.
After the restart, Mo Yang found that Atletico Madrid had given up possession of the ball, and Klopp, who analyzed Atletico Madrid's tactics for them in the tactics class, was right.
After holding the ball for more than two minutes, Mo Yang suddenly appeared in the middle and tried to organize a middle attack.
But the effect is very bad!
As soon as he dribbled the ball into the center circle, Griezmann, Costa, Rodri and Saul immediately formed a four-corner pocket-style pressing circle around them, slowly advancing and grabbing the ball.
This pressure circle composed of forwards retreating and midfielders is not aimed at him, but at all Liverpool players who enter the central area with the ball.
Atletico Madrid's defense gave Mo Yang a very novel feeling.
Mo Yang feels that Atletico Madrid's defense can be summarized with the word "precision".
This precision refers to the positioning of Atletico Madrid players. They have a very tacit understanding. Even with the movement of Mane, Yin Bu and Salah on the front line, Atletico Madrid players have very few positions.
There will be confusion.
Finding that Atletico Madrid's center was almost difficult to penetrate, in the next few minutes, Mo Yang began to turn his targets to the two wings.
But Mo Yang soon discovered that the two full-backs, Koke and Lemar, were traps.
As long as they intend to attack from both sides, Koke or Lemar will immediately move in to the center to make way for the sides.
But when they move to the wing with the ball and enter the designated attack area, Atletico Madrid's formation will immediately move to the side with the ball, cutting off all their passing routes.
Not only that, Atletico Madrid can also intercept the ball from time to time and then quickly counterattack with the ball.
In addition, Atletico Madrid did not let them control the ball and only allowed them to conduct transmission from the outside.
Once Liverpool presses in front of Atletico Madrid's penalty area and enters the 40-meter area, Atletico Madrid's defensive formation will change to 541 or 631.
Although they basically shrink to defend near the third zone, at this time a midfielder will block their central area.
Once Liverpool transfers the ball to the wing of the penalty area, Atletico Madrid's full-back will immediately press the player holding the ball on the wing.
The position left by the full-back will be filled by a midfielder, keeping a close eye on the area where the flanks are joined.
At the same time, Atletico Madrid will quickly press them, preventing them from passing the ball forward easily, and actively seek opportunities to intercept the ball and counterattack. However, as long as the ball is passed back to the backcourt, this rapid pressure will disappear.
This was really the first time Mo Yang encountered a team that could defend to such an extent, and it gave him an extremely amazing feeling.
Although there are also teams with strong defense in the Premier League, these are completely two styles.
The rest of the game was a bit boring, at least for the fans.
In the 16th minute of the game, Mo Yang once again appeared in the middle, and at the same time directed Wijnaldum to move forward and enter the area where the ribs and side ribs of the left half were combined.
But after Robertson passed the ball over in the backcourt, facing Atletico Madrid's right back Forlan's attack, he quickly passed the ball back to Van Dijk.
Just three minutes later, Mo Yang came again, but this time he switched to the right half. After receiving the ball, he faced Koke's overmatch and he started to pass back again.
This scene made the fans at the scene very confused and couldn't figure out what he was trying to do. Instead, it gave many neutral fans the feeling that Mo Yang did not dare to engage in physical confrontation with the opponent's Atletico Madrid players and was a softie.
But Simeone suddenly appeared in the coaching area on the sidelines, frowning and looking at the field.
Simone's eyes were always focused on Mo Yang.
Because during this period of time, Simeone suddenly discovered that this kid was going to cause trouble. While continuing to control the ball and mobilize their players to run without restrictions, he continued to test the weak points of their defense.
Although Simeone did not focus on Mo Yang's defense in this game, it was not because Mo Yang was not qualified to attract his attention, but because Simeone's brain circuit was a little different from other head coaches.
Simeone's pre-match intelligence analysis is very detailed.
He knows very well that countless world-famous coaches in the Premier League, Serie A, and La Liga have fallen into the hands of this monster midfielder.
Facts have proven that this kind of player cannot be completely targeted by just one or two players.
So he, in turn, tried to rely on the whole to restrict the other whole. Simeone thought and made a decision from the perspective of overall tactics.
Mo Yang is special because he is a midfielder. If he is a forward player like Messi and Ronaldo, it will not be so difficult for Simeone.
If you use the number of people in the middle or on the side to directly overwhelm the ball, even if it cannot be completely restricted, it can be restricted by 6 or 70%.
Moreover, Mo Yang is very comprehensive, and coupled with the difference in position, it is very, very difficult to completely curb his performance!
So he changed his angle and tried another way to restrict Mo Yang.
So far, it seems that the effect is pretty good.
At least in the past ten minutes, he has not seen the ball sent by Mo Yang threaten their goal.
But after discovering that Mo Yang had made little tentative moves towards the joint area between the two side ribs during this period, Simeone was instantly shocked.
Atletico Madrid's tactical system was formulated by Simeone, and no one knows the team's weaknesses better than him.
Simeone really didn't expect that Liverpool's monster midfielder would notice something unusual in just over ten minutes.
Although it seems that this monster has not been fully discovered yet, Simeone feels that the defensive weakness he has tried so hard to hide is not far away from being discovered.
At this moment, Simeone was shocked inside.
He and Klopp come from the same origin but have different ancestry. They are both famous coaches who represent pressing football. They also attach great importance to youth training and promote young players.
But whether it was as a player or as a head coach, he had never seen a young midfielder as spiritual as Mo Yang.
In the past, Simeone felt that the European media's boasts about Mo Yang were too exaggerated.
But now after the actual match, Simeone feels it is really scary. This kind of court vision and keen tactical awareness are really terrible.