Fengba Greenery

Chapter 266

Chapter 111 How to Build a Front Line

The fans are talking about the team's signings, thinking that the team has basically made up for the vacancy left by Diego Costa and Felipe. Apart from doubts about the goalkeeper position, most people think that Compared with last season's strength, Atletico Madrid has not shown a significant decline.

The entire central and backcourt basically maintains the overall structure, and on the forward line, with Li Qingshan's presence, Simeone does not need to worry much about the forward position.

But unlike what the outside world expected, Simeone is indeed a little troubled now.

The team has played three warm-up matches in the United States. Atletico Madrid has won every game, and Li Qingshan has been scoring goals. It stands to reason that Simeone should be satisfied with the team's situation now.

But Simeone, as the head coach, can't be complacent just because of the big victories in a few warm-up matches, and ignore the problem of losing the team.What's more, the opponents in these three warm-up matches are not strong, and a big victory doesn't mean anything.

During this period of time, Simeone mainly observed the team's striker combination. In Atletico Madrid's 442 system, Li Qingshan undoubtedly occupied the position of one of the main strikers, and the remaining main position was played by Ge Lezmann and Mandzukic competed.

In the first week after the team came to the United States, they had a warm-up match with the local team, the San Jose Earthquakes of the MLS.In this game, Simeone arranged for Mandzukic and Li Qingshan to partner up front.

Mandzukic is a player with a great team spirit, and his name actually clearly expresses his characteristics.

Mandzukic, first of all, he is "slow". He is 190 cm tall and not fast.But his athletic ability and running ability are absolutely top-notch. Simeone likes players like Mandzukic very much.

In fact, his ability to "assist" is also good, his teamwork attributes are very high, and his ability to play the ball is good.Moreover, he has solid "basic" skills, and he is good at both header and foot.

In the first match, he and Li Qingshan played as the starting partner, and they assisted Li Qingshan to score twice. It can be seen that he and Li Qingshan have a chemical reaction on the court.And when two high center forwards are in the opponent's penalty area together, this is also a great deterrent to the opponent.

Simeone is still very satisfied with Mandzukic.What annoys Simeone is another new addition to the team, the Frenchman Griezmann who cost the team 3000 million euros.

It's not that Griezmann's performance was not good. In the first warm-up match, he came on as a substitute for Mandzukic in the second half and partnered with Li Qingshan as a striker.

In fact, this is Simeone’s expected main striker combination. Griezmann is fast, explosive, and has excellent ball control and shooting skills. When he and Li Qingshan partner with the forward line, he can give full play to his speed advantage. , Playing a powerful role in the counterattack, he can also be pulled to the side to create opportunities for Li Qingshan to pass the ball.

Such a combination of one high and one fast should be an ideal match, but when Li Qingshan and Griezmann are on the court at the same time, Atletico Madrid's offensive performance is not as good as that of Mandzukic and Li Qingshan. So effective.

Against San Jose Earthquakes, Li Qingshan scored two goals, and Griezmann, who came off the bench in the second half, also scored two goals. Atletico Madrid beat their opponents 4:0.

Next, on August 4st, Atletico Madrid played against the American team of Mexico. This time Atletico Madrid won another 0:45 victory. Li Qingshan scored two goals and Mandzukic scored one goal. Just played for [-] minutes.At that time, Griezmann, who was arranged by Simeone to play the whole game, failed.

On August [-]th, Atletico Madrid encountered a slightly stronger opponent, Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League.

In the first half, Atletico Madrid's striker combination was double high - Li Qingshan partnered with Mandzukic.In the first half, Atletico Madrid's two forwards assisted each other, leading Galatasaray [-]-[-].

In the second half, Simeone replaced Mandzukic with Griezmann, and Atletico Madrid's offense became constipated.

It was not obvious when playing against weak teams before, but when playing against Galatasaray, you can see Griezmann's immature and stable characteristics.

His desire to shoot is too strong. Even if he takes the ball from the wing, crossing is not Griezmann's first choice. He often chooses to cut in with the ball by himself, and then shoot directly.

In this way, Atletico Madrid's offense basically ended at Griezmann's feet, and Li Qingshan, who was at the top, didn't get many chances to touch the ball at all.

If Griezmann can score through shots like he did in the first warm-up match, and can stabilize this scoring situation, then there is nothing wrong with him making this choice.

But after the half-time game, Griezmann cut in frequently and fired anti-aircraft guns frequently. It can be seen that his state is not very stable.

This is also the flaw of Griezmann. He has had many bright moments, but he often appears in a state of abnormal performance.After the winter break last season, he even had a scoring drought of more than two months.

In Real Sociedad's UEFA Champions League match last season, Real Sociedad had five losses and one draw in the group stage, and was eliminated with only one point. Griezmann failed to score a goal in these six group matches.

His debut for the national team is another example. He seems to be more immersed in his personal technical performance. The problem is that he has shown his technical skills, but he seems to be outside the team's system throughout the game, and he also missed a lot. less chance.It was like the second half of the game against Galatasaray.

It begs the question: is he ready to play at a high level?
After Atletico Madrid announced that it would directly meet Griezmann's contract liquidated damages of 3000 million euros, many Spanish media expressed doubts about this transfer, and the reason was based on this. 3000 million euros is not worth mentioning for many wealthy teams, but it was Atletico Madrid who finally chose to make a shot. This shows that despite Griezmann's excellent skills, he still has some obvious shortcomings.

What Simeone was thinking about was another thing. Although Griezmann continued to refresh his personal scoring record last season, he was also the top scorer in the Real Sociedad team, and he was second only to the domestic scorer in the scorer list. Marr ranks sixth in the league. It can be said that apart from Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Atletico Madrid, he is the best player in other teams in La Liga.But as a technical wide player, his assists are only three!

This is obviously too little. One must know that even Li Qingshan, who is in the center position, has nine assists.

Moreover, Simeone's primary purpose of introducing Griezmann is to use his technical advantages on the wing to create crossing space, instead of letting him frequently cut in and shoot - this success rate is compared with Li Qingshan's grabbing points in the middle , the efficiency is really not high.

This season, Simeone has decided to formulate tactics around Li Qingshan. The training during this period is also based on this. The members of the entire team need to create opportunities to send the ball to Li Qingshan's head and feet according to the characteristics of Li Qingshan's movement.

Li Qingshan enjoyed this kind of treatment once when he was in Guangzhou Evergrande, so he quickly entered the role. After working with Li Qingshan for half a game, other Atletico Madrid players are also very aware of Li Qingshan's ability. Arrangements are no different.

It's not that Simeone hasn't talked about these tactical matters with Griezmann. The team's tactical training during training is also based on Li Qingshan's tactical drills.In the first two warm-up matches, it can be said that Griezmann is a rookie, and the tacit understanding with the team is not enough, but in the third warm-up match, he has been training with the team for half a month. The willingness to cross, at least in these few 10 minutes, Simeone has not seen any cross from Griezmann!
Simeone frowned.

(End of this chapter)