Chapter 106 Anxious Ferrando
The summer transfer is about to end. Mark now hopes that the posts he posted online will have some effect, at least let the team's management see what fans need.
However, what disappointed Mark was that until the transfer gate was closed, Atletico Madrid did not introduce even a player. It was not too late. Although Atletico Madrid did not introduce players, they directly transferred the team's midfielder Simeone. At the last moment of the transfer period, Simeone transferred back to the Athletico team in Argentina. This time, Atletico Madrid did not charge a penny transfer fee.
I don’t know what medicine is selling in Atletico Madrid now. This is also the second time Simeone returns to his motherland to play for more than ten years. Although he is not playing for the Sassfield team when he debuted, this is also a fallen leaf back to its roots.
However, it is said that Atletico Madrid is very worried about Simeone's physical condition now, and the team is also rebuilding, so uncle Simeone naturally became the team's target of cleaning.
But although it was said that it was a cleanup of Simone, it was also proposed by Simone himself, because the current team could no longer guarantee his starting position. Simone felt that there was no need for it in the team, so he directly found General Manager Hill and applied for another transfer.
Although Hill is not the head coach now, he still has the complete transfers. The head coach of Spain is the coach, while the general manager is in charge of everything outside of coaching. This is a situation of checks and balances.
So after Simeone found Hill and made a transfer request, Hill quickly agreed. Now Hill feels that Simeone is indeed old and he has no value in the team anymore.
Then Simeone is allowed to find a club to transfer by himself, and the club will not charge a transfer fee. This can be regarded as a reward for Simeone's playing for Atletico Madrid.
Simeone soon found the club, namely Athletic Argentina. It was a coincidence that Simeone transferred from Atletico Madrid in Spain to Athletic Argentina. I wonder if this is a fate.
Head coach Ferlando only learned about this news after Simeone's transfer. In fact, Ferlando still wanted to keep Simeone to help these young players, but now he also understands that he has not made any convincing results to ask the club to apply for a buyer, so he is wise to not discuss this with the club.
This is Ferlando's wise move, because Ferlando is very clear about his positioning. He knows that he is just a head coach, working for the club, which is equivalent to working for the board of directors. Therefore, the chairman and general manager appointed by the board of directors represent the board of Atletico Madrid. If he argues with these two people, he will be unable to get along with the board of directors of the entire Atletico Madrid. Ferlando is not so stupid to do such stupid things.
Now that Atletico Madrid's lineup is gone, there are basically four midfielders left, namely Mark, Lucin, Corsa and Uruguay's midfielder Marcelo Sosa.
If it were normal for such a four-middle midfielder to have the ability to fight in the third line, Atletico Madrid has participated in the League Cup and is about to participate in the first round of the League Cup. Every step forward at Atletico Madrid will naturally increase its own pressure by one point.
Moreover, the abilities of these midfielders are very different now. The combination of Mark and Lusin is still quite good, and Colsa and Sosa are simply on the same level as the two players.
In fact, Lusin is not a good interception midfielder. The best pure interception midfielder in the world is Chelsea's Marklele. However, Marklele lives comfortably in Chelsea, so he will naturally not be arrogant to come to Atletico Madrid, a small temple that only qualifies for the League Cup.
So since Atletico Madrid will not have new players before the winter transfer, it will naturally have to use the current team of this lineup to play the next game.
Now Atletico Madrid's opponent Albacete is a good sparring partner at Atletico Madrid. The team has arrived at Albacete's location to compete for the next game.
The city of Albacete is a city in central and eastern Spain and the capital of Albacete Province. It is at the intersection of the Donjuan River and the Mariana Cristina Canal. The population is 127,000 in the suburbs (1986). It was a Moorish city. In 1145 and 1146, the Moors and Christians fought two wars. The city was established in 1365. The city flourished in the 19th century due to the canal being chiseled. It was a distribution center for fruits and saffrons. The sword souvenirs produced are famous throughout the country. There are architecture museums, churches in the 16th century and the Moorish ruins.
Albacete Football Club became the first to win in 1940. They have been struggling back and forth in the second division for most of the time in the city, never won any championships, or to be precise, they have never won the top league and cup championships.
However, after they upgraded last season, they succeeded in relegation, and they succeeded in relegation under the circumstances that all experts are optimistic about. Of course, this is the credit of their head coach Ferlando.
But this season Ferlando has become the head coach of Atletico Madrid, and Ferlando is very familiar with the team Albacete because he has been the head coach for this team for many years, so he is very familiar with the personal habits of each player.
Albacete this season has not changed much from last season, so it also makes it easier for Ferrando to better arrange the team. Ferrando now has to set up his team before the opening due to the suspension.
Because after the player enters the court, Ferlando will go to the stands to kick off with the Spanish Football Association. This is also a regulation, because Ferlando cannot have any contact with the players when the player enters the court when he is suspended.
"You can play in this game as I arranged before the game. Do you understand?" Ferlando said confidently now, because he knew that Albacete was not an opponent of Atletico Madrid players.
Nowadays, Atletico Madrid players seem very relaxed, because it would be unreasonable to face such an opponent if they cannot win.
Albacete's best thing in last season was its defensive counterattack. Last season, they were led by Ferlando and many strong teams were admired. This season's new head coach is still continuing the style of Ferlando's last season. He also hopes that the team can successfully relegate like last season.
Relegation is a goal that teams like Albacete hope to achieve every year, because staying in the First Division means you can earn more money and then have exposure. If the players of your team are favored by the giants, it will make all Albacete clubs even more happy.
"Mark, your task in this game is to defend their left forward Mark Gonzalez. I have studied his game before. This player's ability is quite good. You need to help Jepez defend more," Ferlando said with a special instructor now.
"Don't worry, coach, I'm confident that I can defend him," Mark said confidently nodding now.
Mark has also made some research on this young intellectual midfielder. Mark Gonzalez's current performance in Albacete is still very good.
But Mark is not the head coach after all, and he can't just watch the game video every day to study. Mark's training as a player is what he needs to do, and Mark now needs to continue to do what he should do on the court.
"How strong can only be known on the court?" Mark thought to himself now, because players can only feel the power of the players they need to fight on the court, and watching the game videos can't feel the atmosphere and feeling on the court in person.
Now both teams are ready to enter Albacete's home court, Bimodi Stadium. Mark looks up at the surroundings of Bimodi Stadium. Mark's first feeling is that it is too shabby.
Because this is very small than Modi Stadium, compared to Atletico Madrid's Calderon Stadium, it is simply one in the sky and the other underground. The one in the sky is naturally the Calderon Stadium.
However, although the venue is small and the facilities are shabby, their attendance rate is very high. Now Mark sees that there are probably no empty seats around, and basically all the seats are filled with fans.
"Maybe there should be such a small stadium in the small clubs nowadays to show their enthusiasm," Mark thought in his heart.
In fact, this is the reason. Because Albacete often makes roller coasters in the A and B leagues, their boards are not rich, and due to the city's environment, they cannot have more fans to watch the game. Therefore, it is obviously impossible for Albacete to build such a large stadium.
After the game between the two sides began, Atletico Madrid first attacked tentatively according to the pre-match arrangement, and Albacete now basically recycled his playing style and launched a defensive counterattack.
Albacete also knew very clearly that his strength was not on the same level as Atletico Madrid, so the purpose of their game was to tie Atletico Madrid, which would be their biggest victory.
Mark is basically staying in the offense of the players in the backcourt. Mark's task in this game is to assist his teammates in defending Albacete's left forward Mark Gonzalez, but Albacete does not have any good offensive opportunities now, so Mark Gonzalez does not have any chance to get the ball.
Since Glenshare puts his main experiences on offense, Glenshare's current defensive position naturally needs Mark to make up for defense.
Mark now marks Mark Gonzalez with his eyes. Now, as soon as Mark Gonzalez wins the ball, Mark will entangle him and not give him room to play better.
However, although Atletico Madrid's offense is very good now, there seems to be no more ways to face Albacete's intensive defense.
However, Albacete's counterattack effect is not yet available. The two teams are in a stalemate. Now it depends on who can open the situation first, and the two sides can change the current situation.
The first half of the two sides ended unknowingly, and the scores of both sides are still zero to zero. Although Atletico Madrid has several chances, the chances are not very good. Torres is now under Albacete's focus on defending, so the current Atletico Madrid players are not in a good mood either.
Both sides walked into the locker room with different moods, and after Albacete successfully defended Atletico Madrid's attack, they now felt like they had won. Although the scores were tied, the players and fans of the two teams had different mentalities.
"Brothers, we will definitely win the second half. I have never heard of a team like Albacete since the Netherlands. How can we be blocked by such a team? "Mark now cheers his teammates around him in the locker room.
"Yes, we must work hard to rewrite the score in the second half," captain Torres continued Mark's words. Now Torres has successfully become the leader of the team's court and locker room. This is entirely because no big-name players can compete with him after Simeone left.
Although Mark and Van der Fate are now players who join the Eredivisie championship team, they are new to this place after all. They do not have Torres' popularity and connections yet, so Torres is also the boss of the team now.
However, Torres is not unhappy about Mark's morale before him. In fact, Mark is very rude to do this now. After all, Mark is not the captain of the team or the leader of the team's locker room.
But Mark's habit is to say whatever he wants to say, and Mark has always been like this in Ajax's team, and no team has raised any doubts about what mother said.
"Okay, we will continue to strengthen the offense in the second half. We performed very well in the first half. The only thing we lacked is luck." The current assistant coach is also encouraging the morale of the team, because Atletico Madrid still got several opportunities in the first half, but because of not being very lucky, the opportunity was not converted into goals.
The current assistant coach can only continue to let the team start to attack, and the current assistant coach has no better way to deal with the current situation. In fact, this is normal, because if the assistant coach has better abilities now, he should not be an assistant coach but a head coach.
In the second half, the lineups of the two teams basically did not change. Atletico Madrid still put pressure on Albacete's goal, but Albacete's luck now seemed to have continued in the first half of the game.
At the beginning, Mark found an opportunity on the outside and then shot hard and heavy, but he bounced out of bounds when he hit the scale.
"Damn, what happened today?" Mark yelled to the sky after shooting again.
This is no longer Mark's first shot. In the first half, Mark had the opportunity to shoot two long shots, but Mark did not adjust the angle at that time and shot both shots on the plane.
In the second half, Mark finally seized an opportunity, and Mark thought that the shooting angle was good and he should be able to shoot into the net, but it seemed like God and Mark were joking about the football directly talking about flying out of the net above the crossbar of the goal.
In fact, there is nothing to hit the crossbar. As long as you hit the lower edge of the crossbar, you can bounce into the goal. However, it is obvious that Mark's shot is not lucky.
When they came back, Atletico Madrid continued to defend. Albacete now invested not very much in the second half. They may not dare to invest too much force to attack, because their defense pressure is also very high. If Albacete invested too much force to attack now, if Atletico Madrid seized the opportunity to counterattack, it would be fatal.
The current Albacete coach obviously does not have such courage to let the team take risks. Now he is very satisfied with being able to defend a draw, because Atletico Madrid is also a team participating in the League Cup. Although Atletico Madrid ranked seventh last season, the huge investment this season has made them now a favorable contender for the championship.
But everyone knows that this season is a duo between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and teams like Valencia and Atletico Madrid can only compete for the Champions League qualification.
Albacete's pass mistake, Mark now controls the football directly to destroy it, and then the football falls to Glencier's feet, and Atletico Madrid continues to attack.
"Why don't you score a goal?" Atletico Madrid coach Ferlando is also anxiously watching the situation on the court. Although he is confident in his current disciples, it is not a good thing to be unable to rewrite the score for a long time.
Chapter completed!