It was September 30th soon, and Atletico Madrid challenged Alkmaar away.

Alkmaar's home stadium is Dehout Stadium, because Alkmaar is not a big club, and even in the local area, there is no huge number of fans. Moreover, the city size of Alkmaar is not very large now.[]

So there are only about 10,000 seats in the Dehout Stadium, which is simply too unimaginable for the current European teams.

"Hello everyone, welcome to pay attention to the current UEFA Cup match on time. The two sides of the game are Alkmaar who plays at home and Atletico Madrid who plays away. The players on both sides have entered the stadium." The commentator now uses the state he thinks is the most joyful state to explain the game: "The highlight of this game is who can qualify for the League Cup group stage in the end."

"I believe that the players and fans of Alkmaar will definitely not be unfamiliar with the two players of Atletico Madrid. These two players are Mark and Van der Fate who represented Ajax last season. They joined Atletico Madrid for a total of 23 million euros this season. So this game is another highlight of the current game. Can they help the team win the game by understanding Alkmaar's team?" The commentator is also talking endlessly.

"But this game seems to be bad news for Atletico Madrid. That is, Mark and Van der Fate cannot appear in the starting lineup due to injury. At the same time, their team captain Torres is also not starting. This should be good news for Alkmaar. Now it depends on how Alkmaar's head coach Adriance takes advantage of the current lineup of Atletico Madrid to make a fuss." The commentator has said a lot of words off the court, and the game is about to begin.

The current head coach of Alkmaar is now deeply surprised after getting the roster of Atletico Madrid in this game.

His surprise naturally comes from the current starting lineup of Atletico Madrid. There is no Torres or Mark on it. As for Van der Fate not appearing in the starting roster, Adriance is naturally not as strange as he knows that Van der Fate is injured.

"What medicine is Atletico Madrid selling now? Are you planning to use the physical fitness of the two teams to directly drag my team down after the physical strength of the two teams declined in the second half?" Adriansse thought uneasy in his heart.

He naturally did not expect that the contradictions inside Atletico Madrid's locker room have now led to the fact that neither Mark nor Torres appeared in the starting lineup. Although he had heard some rumors, he naturally did not believe such rumors.

After neither Torres nor Mark played, he really disrupted Adrians' tactical arrangement. He naturally had to adopt an attacking formation in this game, but due to Mark's existence, Adrians now deliberately arranged how to defend the defenders to guard Mark's offensive running position.

"You are too bold. I have to admire your courage when playing this trick at such a critical moment. If a player like Mark is placed under my command, I will definitely let him play ninety minutes of games without any injury." Adriansey now looked at Ferlando on the coach's seat with his own misunderstanding. After looking at Ferlando on the coach's seat, he still felt a little respectful.

Suoran Adriansey is a devil coach, but he is also an excellent head coach. Otherwise, he would not have led a Eredivisie mid-range team like Alkmaar to maintain his current results.

So Adrianse is still a very serious coach now. He is now preparing to launch a counterattack against Atletico Madrid using some of the details on the current stadium.

It can also be said that Adriance seems to have found some tips to defeat Atletico Madrid now. As for whether these tips can be realized on the stadium, it depends on the current performance of the current Alkmaar players. However, Adriance obviously believes in the disciples he trained.

"Let you underestimate me, I'm just letting you see my power." Adriansse thought to himself again, and it turned out that he believed that Ferlando's troops were a sign of his contempt for himself.

If Ferlando heard this, Ferlando would definitely shout at Adrians in a very innocent way: "Brother, it's a misunderstanding, this is definitely a misunderstanding."

Now that the game starts, Mark is sitting on the bench and chatting with his teammates around him. It seems to be very relaxed. On the left of Mark is Van der Fate and on the right is Torres. Now Geer San is happily chatting with the players on the bench together.

Mark's expression is also very enjoyable now, as if Mark doesn't regard being unable to start as a burden on the court. In fact, Mark doesn't think so in his heart now, because Mark needs to play, and only in the game can Mark get enough opportunities to perform.

After all, the gap between the substitute and the main player is completely different. In terms of playing time, the main player's playing time is absolutely better than the substitute players.

"Fernando, do you feel that we can win this game?" But since Mark cannot play, even if Mark is anxious, there is no way to do it. So Mark asked Torres next to him.

"I can't say it, but I feel that the Alkmaar team seems to be well prepared now, and we just lead by one goal. Everything is really hard to say now."

"Ko Adriansey is a very good head coach, so I'm still a little worried about this game," Van der Fate also interrupted at this time.

Van der Fate is now Tyumen, who became famous in Ajax, and has only played for Ajax team in the Netherlands. He is a Dutchman himself, so Van der Fate now naturally knows more than Mark and Torres.

"Coach Adriansey is a physical madman. His training methods are very cruel. I heard that they are all high-intensity training, so I think this game should be a physical competition," Van der Fate continued now.

Mark also agrees with Van der Fate's view, because Mark felt that the players of this team seemed to be in full fitness.

Moreover, Alkmaar does not have any outstanding stars. The players of this team are also more practical. There are no other extra moves. They are all very simple ball control, but the success rate is very high. Such a team is the most terrifying.

Mark is also very experienced with Alkmaar now, because Mark has encountered this opponent twice in a row when he played for Ajax.

However, the tactical style of Alkmaar at that time was not yet in progress, so there was no real threat to Ajax, but this season was different.

In Mark's first leg of the game this season, Mark discovered that they seemed to be stronger than last season.

Although Atletico Madrid won the game in the first leg, Alkmaar did not have the chance to rewrite the score.

It’s just that Atletico Madrid can retain the leading advantage of a ball, so it’s definitely not a good thing to defend this game.

However, Mark is now just a substitute. After he made suggestions to the head coach, he received such a reward, Mark now has no chance to say anything more.

Now Mark can only continue to watch the situation of the game. As expected by the three of them, after the start of the game, Atletico Madrid now took the initiative to give up the offense and started to fight a defensive counterattack.

However, the defensive counterattack tactics seemed to be very uncomfortable with Torres' running in front of him.

Moreover, Mark's absence in defense has also caused the entire Atletico Madrid defensive system to lack mobility.

The two core players at the end of Atletico Madrid are not on the stadium, and Atletico Madrid's performance on the stadium is like a different team. Now the fans who come to cheer for Atletico Madrid away seem to be unable to see clearly what is going on with Atletico Madrid now.

Why can't you play football all of a sudden? Atletico Madrid's strength shouldn't be like this.

Ferlando now saw the team's performance on the court now, and he was also a little anxious. He didn't expect that the team would have such a big change after taking Mark directly from the starting lineup.

After the opening, Alkmaar had no temptation and launched a crazy attack directly towards Atletico Madrid's hinterland. Now Franco has almost become the busiest person in the game.

Atletico Madrid's double midfielder Lusin and Corsa were suppressed by Alkmaar. They are now lost in the stadium like wandering Jews.

Alkmaar won several very threatening shots in the midfield. If Franco hadn't had the outstanding performance of the moment, he might have rewritten the score now.

Ferlando looked back at Mark on the bench. At this time, Mark also looked at Ferlando. After the two of them looked at each other, Ferlando quickly turned around.

Because Ferlando had already clearly seen what he meant in Mark's eyes, Mark's eyes were full of smug expressions, and the meaning seemed to be telling Ferlando that if the team had no me, the defense would be useless. Without my protection from the outside of the penalty area, see how many shots there were now.

However, Ferlando did not intend to replace Mark on the court. The first is because the game has only started for more than ten minutes now, and the second is because Atletico Madrid's performance on the court was suppressed, but did not concede the goal.

If Ferlando put Mark on the court, it would prove his failure. This is something Ferlando cannot stand now, because the series of things he does now are to ensure his dominant position in the locker room.

"It shouldn't be a goal so quickly. We will have a chance until the second half. When their physical fitness declines when they attack, it will be the best opportunity for us to counterattack." Ferlando thought to himself again.

However, the players of Alkmaar now naturally won’t listen to Ferlando’s prayers. Now they want to score a goal immediately.

Sure enough, in the 28th minute, the Alcamar players really rewritten the score. It was Lanzade's long shot outside the penalty area that directly broke through the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Franco.

Atletico Madrid, who was originally going to defend Lanzade, lost his position completely the moment Lanzade shot. Now the entire home fans of Alkmaar are thundering.

These few home fans saw hope of Alkmaar winning the game.

Now the total score between Atletico Madrid and Alkmaar is tied one-to-one. If the score remains until the whole game, both sides will enter a 30-minute overtime match. If there is no goal in overtime, it will enter a penalty shootout. Whoever can win may depend on who will be stronger in their hearts.

But if we look at the current situation on the stadium, this situation would not have happened, because after Alkmaar scored, they did not relax their attacks, and they were still attacking wildly against Atletico Madrid's goal.

"Stand with it, you must not lose the ball anymore." Ferlando was also shouting at the top of the court. Now he also wants to use his own shout to vent his nervous mood.

Ferlando has almost zero experience in European competitions, so he is not prepared for such a tense atmosphere now. This is why some head coaches have achieved results on the domestic arena, but when they arrive in European competitions, they seem to have become another person. This is also the reason.

Ferlando can only use the opportunity of a dead ball on the sidelines to teach his players the tactical arrangements, and the current tactical ideas of these players seem a little inconsistent.

Some of the Atletico Madrid players seem to continue attacking, while others think that they are ready to defend now, while others think that they may be able to win the game if they defend.

Moreover, head coach Ferlando is not ready to continue defending now, and he still needs to strengthen his offense. Therefore, Ferlando's current on-the-spot command ability showed a very poor aspect of his game.

"What the hell are you doing? What's wrong with our team? Why don't Fernando and Mark come on the court? They won't be like this now when they come on the court," Atletico Madrid's chairman Cerezo also said to Hill beside him.

"Yes, I don't know what the coach is thinking about now, but he actually hid Fernando and Mark Xue," Hill also said along Cerrezo.

Both of them now have some ideas about Ferrando. Atletico Madrid fans who cheered away are now shouting in the stands: "Switch Mark, Fernando!!"

Although the fans' shouting may not have any impact on the head coach, this is a way for fans to express their dissatisfaction now, and this method may not necessarily infect head coach Ferlando.

"It seems that the fans want us to appear on the court," Mark said to Torres after hearing the fans' shouts.

"But now it's still up to our stubborn Spanish bull," Torres said with a smile, now he gave Ferrand a nickname.

After hearing this, Mark looked at Ferlando with a deep sense of what he is now. Ferlando was panting and shouting in the command area, really like a Spanish bull.

"Fernando, what you said is wrong. If you let our Bulls..., oh, no, it is the head coach who will definitely hide you to the end when he hears it." Mark said jokingly at Torres.

Mark's words also made Torres laugh. Mark's expression now forms a sharp contrast with Ferlando's expression.

The current broadcasting camera also timely put Mark's happy smile and Ferlando's impatient expression together.

"It seems that Mark is in a good mood now. He probably thinks it is a mistake for Ferlando to put him on the bench, and the trend of the game also proves that this is a mistake," the commentator was also interrupting now.

Now, fans far away in China have cursed Ferlando's ancestors for 18 generations. Nowadays, Chinese fans only have Mark in their hearts. Anything that is unfavorable to Mark will be criticized by everyone. Mark seems to have become the top star in the hearts of Chinese fans now.

So the Spanish Bull inadvertently offended hundreds of millions of Chinese fans, but Ferlando still doesn't know that now. He is now focusing on commanding the game. He has no intention of thinking about other things, because the current situation in the game has already given him a headache.
Chapter completed!