After Atletico Madrid scored a goal, the match between the two sides continued. In the final stage of the first half, Mark also took two free kicks, but Mark did not take advantage of these two opportunities to score.

The two teams entered the midfield with a one-to-one score. The players on both sides were obviously not satisfied with the score on the field. Both teams lost the ball because of an accident.

Players on both teams should be ahead.

However, the head coaches of these two teams do not see this way, because both head coaches are representative figures of conservative football, and they both build the victory of the game on the basis of not losing the ball. The score can be a draw and is also a situation that both head coaches can accept.

In addition, there are still 45 minutes left in the game. As long as the players from both sides can perform the head coach's tactics, they might be able to sneak attack the opponent and score a goal in the second half of the game.

Cooper came to the locker room with the players with a satisfied smile, and then Cooper said to the players who were drinking water to replenish their energy.

"You performed well in the first half, but what I want to say is that you did a bad job in defense. The opponent gave them a penalty kick with just one chance to counterattack. This is simply stupid." Cooper came up and was furious to target the Atletico Madrid defensive players' mistakes.

The players were also stunned because in the eyes of the players, they performed well in the first half and tied the score at the last moment. Logically speaking, the head coach should praise them a few words.

But Cooper came up and scolded Atletico Madrid players loudly, which made the players stunned for a moment. The players who were originally smiling couldn't help but look at Cooper.

Mark also looked at Cooper. Mark didn't know what Cooper was going to say next, and Mark was also muttering in his heart: "We tied the score, why are the head coach getting so angry?"

In fact, Cooper's anger makes sense, because Cooper is a very serious head coach after all, and also a head coach who is defensively preferred. He cannot tolerate defensive mistakes made by players because it conflicts with his football philosophy.

Cooper next pointed out the reasons for the mistakes of Atletico Madrid's defensive players when they concede the ball, and also deliberately explained that they should pay more attention to defense in the second half.

"Mark, you will defend on the right in the second half. Even if the opponent changes position, you will stay on the right and there is no need to press on the whole game," Cooper said to Mark.

Mark also nodded to show his understanding.

"You need to assist Velasco's defense more, and at the same time, you will boldly insert the attack once you have the chance and create more free kicks. This is the key to our victory in the second half," Cooper continued to say to Mark.

Mark also had a rough goal in his heart. Mark knew how to do it in the second half. It seems that Cooper is also preparing to use Mark's speed advantage to help the team conduct defensive counterattacks.

You should know that Mark's sideways and attacks are a key to Atletico Madrid's victory, and Atletico Madrid has performed such cooperation many times.

This kind of cooperation does not have much technical content. Just a player with good footwork needs to directly drive the ball forward, and then let Mark use his speed advantage to grab the football.

Even if Mark does not get football, it doesn't matter. The team's formation is not very problematic. Once Mark really defeats the offside and successfully get football, it will be a very threatening offense.

At that time, whether Mark shoots or passes, it will cause a lot of trouble to Espanyol. However, even if that is the case, Espanyol's style of playing in the second half is also very important. If Espanyol defends with all his strength, Mark's speed advantage may not be able to play a certain effect.

"How is your physical condition in Fernando?" Cooper asked Torres. Cooper knew that Torres was already very tired due to continuous combat. Torres did not get any good counterattack in the first half. Cooper was preparing to replace him, but Cooper also learned the lessons he had learned when coaching at Inter Milan, and he still retained his respect for Torres.

When Cooper was in Inter Milan, he was very stale because of his relationship with the big-name players in the team. Although Cooper successfully killed Ronnie when he was in the pk of Inter Milan and Morati's godson Ronaldo and sold Ronaldo to Real Madrid.

But after that, Cooper could no longer hold on to other big-name players in the locker room, and then eventually led to his direct dismissal by Inter Milan Club.

Cooper also reflected on some things during his coaching period at home and summarized them. So after returning to the mountain, Cooper's attitude towards the players was not as tough as before, but this also required a process of change. Although Cooper was no longer tough, his personality was just that personality, and even if he wanted to change, it would take time.

The first step he could make to change his team captain Torres' advice was already the first step for him to make changes. Cooper would not do this before. Cooper was arbitrary person.

"Coach, my body can still be persistent. Don't worry, I will work hard in the game off duty." Torres also heard what Cooper said. Although Torres was indeed very tired, he could not tell Cooper that he would be replaced.

Because that is a very shameful thing. If Torres does this, his prestige in the team's locker room will decline, and these players of Atletico Madrid will not recognize someone who has no fighting spirit and wants the head coach to replace the game in advance as the boss.

Cooper nodded, and Cooper naturally understood what Torres was thinking. Cooper saw that Torres had the desire to fight in his eyes. He wanted to keep Torres on the court, so Cooper did not replace Torres.

At the same time, Cooper also explained the tactics of the team in the second half and some details that players should pay attention to on the tactics board.

In fact, Cooper's tactics can be summarized in one sentence, that is, counterattack, use all opportunities to counterattack, and score points whenever he has the opportunity, and hand the football over to Mark and Torres in the frontcourt, allowing the two players to score.

As for the other players, they cooperate with these two players to attack, and the rest of the time is defense.

Cooper is not very satisfied with Atletico Madrid's midfield interception ability. Cooper hopes that the transfer time will come soon, so that he can introduce players who are optimistic about midfield interception.

If Atletico Madrid can win the game in this game, the team's ranking will be even better. At that time, Cooper will be easier to talk to even if he asks the board of directors to introduce players.

Cooper knew that although Atletico Madrid's board of directors agreed to him to introduce two Argentina players, this matter was not written into Cooper's contract. Even if the board of directors did not introduce the players he needed to Cooper in the end, Cooper had no choice.

As a professional coach, Cooper has also seen too much about this kind of thing. Players from clubs in Spain and Italy do not have much right to introduce head coaches.

The responsibility of the head coach in Spain is to make recommendations for signing, and then the club's chairman and general manager will negotiate the candidates for signing. Sometimes the players introduced by the club may not be in line with the head coach's wishes, and such things happen often.

The biggest right of the head coach is England's head coach. England's head coach can directly introduce players without having to repeatedly argue with the club.

Cooper hopes that it is best not to have any variables during the winter transfer, otherwise Cooper really doesn't know how to lead the team forward.

Take Atletico Madrid's current lineup, Cooper is not very satisfied with many things. He also needs time to transform the team and also needs to achieve certain results with the existing lineup.

"Friends, after the intermission, the players from both sides also walked out of the player channel and returned to the court. Let's continue to enjoy the second half of the game." Duan Xuan Ge's voice sounded, and the second half of the game began.

After the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid's pace on the court seemed very slow, and Atletico Madrid was also waiting for Espanyol to attack.

However, Espanyol seemed to have received instructions during the adjustment of the midfield. They were not ready to attack Atletico Madrid. The two teams were consuming each other in the midfield, and neither side invested much force.

"It seems that the head coaches of both sides are ready to use defense against defense in the second half, and both teams are waiting for the opponent to attack." Brother Duan Xuan also said jokingly.

"Damn, it's really not easy to defend at home." Mark also discovered the tactical changes of Espanyol on the court, and Mark seemed very helpless about the tactical changes of Espanyol.

The head coaches of the two teams also looked at each other after the start of the second half. The two head coaches are also old opponents in La Liga. However, Lotina is not as famous as outside coach Cooper. This is not because Lotina's ability is not good. After all, Celta was able to enter the top 16 of the Champions League for the first time, Lotina, the then head coach, made great contributions. However, his football philosophy is always criticized for being dull, boring, and has a bad reputation in the circle.

Cooper is also a head coach who is defensively preferred, but Cooper can always use his defense to play exciting football cooperation. This is also the reason why many people like Cooper. Back then, Cooper had many talented players under the Valencia team.

The head coach Lotina is also very interesting. Every game day, he will ask his two nun sisters to pray for him in the church, praying that the team he coaches can win the game.

Although there are many Christians in Spain, there are few head coaches like Lotina who ask his sister to pray to him every day, so Lotina is also a very superstitious head coach.

Lottina firmly believes that Espanyol will definitely hold the final score at Espanyol. Although Lottina is a little superstitious, he did achieve good results with Espanyol. So no wonder he is superstitious. It is just like some head coaches wear the same clothes every game. Football sometimes requires luck. They all think that something can bring them good luck.

The direction of the game also proves that Lotina asked his sister to pray to have some effect. After more than ten minutes of the second half, Atletico Madrid did not have a good chance. Torres seemed a little isolated in the frontcourt.

Moreover, Torres seemed to be a little unable to run on the court. Cooper replaced Torres in the 65th minute of the game. Cooper also explained it in Salva's ear, and then sent him to the court.

After Torres was replaced, he hugged Salva very friendly. Torres also knew that his performance on the court was not ideal, and his physical fitness was almost at its limit, so Torres had no unnecessary thoughts about Cooper's substitution.

"Passing more high-altitude balls, then hitting the attacks on both sides," Salva said to his teammates after he came on the court.

This is the tactical arrangement changes that Cooper explained to Salva on the side of the court to convey when he came on the court, because Salva and Torres' technical characteristics are not the same.

Although Salva is not as tall as Torres, his technical characteristics are centers with excellent heading and excellent point-grabbing like Morientes, and he is more suitable for tactical cooperation with the team.

So Cooper is planning to use Salva to compete for the header. Although Salva is not in good shape recently, he is still as the title of the former top scorer in the La Liga. Such a title is sometimes very useful. Cooper also hopes that Salva can shine again.

After Salva came on the court, Atletico Madrid did follow the tactical arrangement of head coach Cooper and rely on two sides to attack the Spanish formation.

Mark made an attempted attack on the flank, but for a speed-type player like Mark, Maxi's press against Mark made Mark very uncomfortable, and Mark basically had no chance to cross.

"Mark seems to be in trouble. If Mark wants to successfully get rid of the current situation, he may have to work harder." Duan Xuan Ge was also a little worried about Mark.

Brother Duan Xuan also knew that Mark would hardly surpass others except for using his speed to win opponents. Mark was a bit similar to a player like Inzaghi. He had a keen sense of smell, but his extraordinary skills were very bad.

"Damn it, you number ten is really entangled," Mark cursed in his heart after being entangled by Maxi.

Maxi's defense was indeed very tough. He held on to Mark tightly and prevented Mark from starting the cross comfortably. Although he paid the price of several fouls, he seemed to be very good at defending Mark.

Maxi was also very proud in his heart, because Mark is one of the core offensives of Atletico Madrid. If he can defend Mark, it can also prove that he is not only capable in offense, but also has excellent performance in defense.

In fact, this is completely related to the formation of Espanyol. It is not that Maxi's defense is very good, but that Espanyol's overall defense is very good.

In addition, Atletico Madrid's midfielder also estimated the power of the attack of Spanish midfielder De La Pena, so he did not support Mark in the offense, which caused Mark's individual combat.

Atletico Madrid's colleagues who could not open the offense, and Spain's counterattack did not have more effect. Although Mark was powerless against Maxi in the offense, Mark successfully restricted Mark's offensive firepower in defense.

Mark's fierce defense completely restricted Maxi's offensive power. Because Maxi had no chance to attack on the wing, he had to frequently penetrate into the middle to conduct an offensive organization.

De La Pena runs back and forth on the side and middle. As long as De La Pena gets the ball, he will always find a teammate with a better position at the first time and then form a pass.

"Mark, keep an eye on their No. 9 player to death, you can't let him take the ball so calmly in the midfield. Use your physical advantage to drag him to death." When Mark was about to get out of bounds, Cooper also ran to Mark and explained to him.

Cooper was very dissatisfied with Atletico Madrid's midfield defense, especially De La Pena's defense, because although Lucin and Corsa can form a good interception effect on De La Pena in the middle of the midfield, De La Pena's range of activities is very large. Once De La Pena leaves the middle and attacks on the side, others can really not defend him.

So when Cooper was defending Dela Pena, he still remembered Mark, who was the first one-on-one defenseman in Cooper's mind.

Mark had no objection to this. Anyway, the head coach would do whatever he asked him to do. In the previous confrontation with Ferlando, Mark also learned some skills in doing things.

That is, the head coach is always right. Even if the player has any objections, he should talk to the head coach in private, rather than playing against the head coach in public. The player will definitely be the one who is hurt in this way.

If the head coach is in a good mood, he may forgive you. If he is in a bad mood, he will block you directly. If the player cannot play on the court, it should be a waste of talent.

So although Mark defeated Ferlando in the previous confrontation, Mark didn't want to feel like he was sitting on the bench anymore, and Mark still likes defense very much.

Mark likes torture his defensive players torture, and Mark likes to see the helpless expressions of being defended.

"Mark has been on guard against De La Pena, we cannot forget that Mark was once a powerful midfield interception." Duan Xuan Ge discovered the changes in the formation on the field.
Chapter completed!