Chapter 46
The time has come in March 2018.
In the first La Liga match in March.
Atletico Madrid will go to an away game to challenge Malaga.
When Atletico Madrid players took the high-speed train and got off at Mara Station.
The moment the car door opened, a gust of cold wind hit!
Even though he was well prepared, Griezmann was wearing a thick cotton jacket.
Also shivering!
Couldn’t help but sneeze.
Aqiu!
“Very big snow! I didn’t expect to see such heavy snow in Southern Europe in March!”
Su Chen held up his backpack and looked up at the sky.
The white snow was as big as a mat, flying and falling!
According to the weather forecast this week, a cold wave from Northern Europe swept south to Spain.
The temperature in most parts of the country is below 0 degrees..And
Malaga even reached minus 6 degrees!
The whole city was covered in silver.
Wrapped in the white snow
“If the snow keeps falling like this, today’s football game may not be played.”Simone said to assistant coach Lopez with some worry.
Because the snow will affect the rolling of the football on the field, it cannot meet the official starting conditions of La Liga. Atletico
Madrid arrived in Malaga one day early. Fortunately
, the weather is good!
The heavy snow turned to light snow that night.
Malaga’s stadium staff took advantage of the break to clear the snow on the stadium. In the
27th round of La Liga,
Atletico Madrid’s away game against Malaga was also able to go on as scheduled.
Although the snow stopped.
But the air was still cold!
It was 7:30 in the evening.
Su Chen was wearing long sleeves and put his feet on the ball.
The chill was overwhelming, and his neck was freezing.
He looked around. He felt that there was wind leaking everywhere in this simple stadium.
The air was leaking everywhere. There was a cold rusty smell in the air.
The seats in the small stadium that can accommodate 30,000 spectators were sparse.
Perhaps because of the severe cold, the attendance was less than half.
Malaga’s home audience was also very quiet, huddled in down jackets. , with no desire to shout.
Suchen looked at Griezmann.
The French forward was wearing gloves and was rubbing his hands vigorously, his face was already red from the cold!
“Cheer up, boys, you’re going to be sweating profusely in no time!”
Simeone on the sidelines shouted loudly for fear that Atletico Madrid players would be sluggish from the cold!
He deliberately wore only a long-sleeved shirt in an attempt to infect the players with his enthusiasm.
Start!
Su Chen passed the ball back Cork.
The formations of both sides began to spread out.
At this moment, thousands of miles away in the Dragon Kingdom CCTV studio,
He Wei and Zhang Lu explained this La Liga game.
It is March in Dragon Kingdom, and the earth is getting warmer. There is no coldness like in Spain.
The air conditioning in the studio is also turned on to make it warm.
The two commentators are wearing long sleeves and a thin jacket, and they are in a comfortable mood.
When He Wei is introducing the starting list to the audience, Zhang
Lu’s eyes were fixed on the broadcast screen.
He quickly discovered a problem! He even interrupted the introduction of the starting list by He Wei.
“He Wei, have you noticed a problem? Atletico Madrid seems to have changed its formation!”
He Wei was stunned for a moment, unable to react.
“Has the formation changed? Let me see… No, Coach Zhang, the screen shows that Atletico Madrid’s position is still 433!”
“That’s not the case. Look at Su Chen’s position.”
After Zhang Lu’s reminder,
He Wei also quickly realized the changes in Atletico Madrid.
The change does not lie in the formation.
It lies in Su Chen’s position!
In Atletico Madrid’s previous games,
Su Chen has always played as a right winger.
In this game But he replaced the injured Diego Costa and stood at the center position!
And his position was very deep.
He was almost standing next to the last Malaga center back Hernandez.
“If I read it correctly,” He Wei said to Zhang Lu,”In this game, Simeone asked Su Chen to play a standard center forward!”
“Yes, he is the center. It seems that Diego Costa’s injury forced Simeone to move Su Chen to the center position. Zhang Lu said.
This change also made Zhang Lu a little worried.
Although Zhang Lu has commented on many Atletico Madrid games since Su Chen joined Atletico Madrid, he has never seen Su Chen play as a center forward at any time. Position.
From the perspective of his decades of professional football experience, Zhang Lu believes that Su Chen is not suitable for playing center, especially standing center!
“Standing as a center requires a lot of players’ center ability. Not all players can play it. Su Chen’s characteristic is his breakthrough from the wing. Forcing him in the opponent’s center is not conducive to his performance!”
He Wei also agreed with Zhang Lu’s evaluation.
“It seems that Simeone is different from Ancelotti in that the latter can change the lineup according to the characteristics of the players.”
“And Simeone is the kind of person who has already set up the established tactics and then puts the players into it! Zhang
Lu nodded and continued:”This is a bit like cutting your feet to fit the shoes. This is why not every coach is Ancelotti.””
“Forming a formation based on the characteristics of the players puts very high demands on the coach. Simeone chose a conservative arrangement, perhaps because of his helplessness due to limited abilities!”