Go score!coach

Chapter 21 Guardiola and his friends

When the referee Mendes blew the whistle to end the game, Jose Mourinho in the visiting team's coaching bench looked at the court in disbelief. Looking at the shocking score, he wondered if he was dreaming.

4 is better than 1!

According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

Atletico Madrid, which was deep in the relegation zone, actually defeated Barcelona, ​​which was ranked second in the league, 4-1 at its home court. If this was placed before the game, who would have believed it?

But the Sheets Army did it.

Accompanied by the crisp whistle, the entire Calderon Stadium was filled with cheers from Atletico Madrid fans.

They are enjoying this big win that they have been looking forward to for a long, long time.

When was the last time Atletico Madrid won such a hearty victory?
I'm afraid everyone has forgotten.

Mourinho also forgot, when was the last time Barcelona lost so miserably?
Van Gaal still has a livid face. He is not old and has not many wrinkles, but he always gives people a very cold feeling and is very difficult to get close to.

But only Mourinho, who is familiar with him, knows that Van Gaal is actually a good person.

But now, he is burdened with too much pressure.

Especially after tonight's game.

"It's okay, we still have the second round." Mourinho advised with joy.

It took Van Gaal a long time to come back to his senses, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No more."

"there is nothing?"

"There's no second round."

Mourinho wanted to say, is he too pessimistic?
"We can't give up so early, haven't we already said so? Miracles will always happen on the football field. Maybe we can go back and prepare well and take revenge at Camp Nou in the second round..."

"If we can score a goal in the last three and 10 minutes, then everything you said is true, but we can't."

Van Gaal interrupted Mourinho. He now feels that the assistant coach has no pressure, so many ideas and ideas are different from his own.

Of course, this is normal, so he doesn’t need to take responsibility.

Perhaps, when he has the opportunity to coach alone in the future, his thoughts will be different.

"Jose, there may be many miracles on the football field, but some miracles are destined not to happen. Just like do you believe that you can come back from three goals behind in the Champions League final? Do you think there are players who can score sixty or seventy goals in a season?" Score a goal?"

Mourinho was speechless.

All of what Van Gaal said is impossible to achieve.

That's not something humans can do.

But it is not so difficult for Barcelona to reverse Atletico Madrid at home.

This is not the Champions League final, this is the Copa del Rey semi-final.

But he really couldn't refute it because Van Gaal was the head coach.

The Dutchman's frustration stemmed from the team's demoralization.

This was what made him despair the most.

Especially in the final stage of the game, it was obvious that the Barcelona players had lost their fighting spirit. Some players were looking forward to the end of the game quickly on the court instead of trying every means to create goals.

Next there will be the league and the Champions League...

Being eliminated from the Copa del Rey may not be a bad thing for Barcelona.

The bad thing is that they were eliminated with such a score and in such a way.

"Remember this kid, Jose, he is anything but simple!" Van Gaal pointed at Yang Hao in front of the home team's coaching bench and said in a deep voice.

……

The moment the whistle sounded, Yang Hao was excited on the sidelines.

Several players sitting on the bench were also eager to try. As soon as the whistle blew, they all rushed into the court and celebrated this rare victory with the players on the court.

For Atletico Madrid, this victory can be called the rain after a long drought.

They had been feeling aggrieved for several months, and it was not easy for them to win such a victory, which gave them a hearty vent and also greatly relieved the pressure the team was currently under.

Of course, the league's relegation situation is still very serious and there is no room for slacking off.

The 4 fans in the audience also gave the team the warmest applause and cheers for their performance tonight.

At Mendiodo's reminder, Yang Hao first walked to the visiting team's coaching bench and shook hands with Van Gaal.

It could be seen that the Dutchman was not very interested and did not say anything to Yang Hao.

Afterwards, he went out of his way to shake hands with Mourinho and found that the Portuguese was not affected much.

This is not surprising. As an assistant coach, it was Van Gaal who lost. What does Mourinho have to do with him?

When he came back, he hugged his players one by one and greeted them off the field.

Aguilera then took the players around the stadium to thank all the fans who came to the scene.

This is also a routine of the game.

Fans come to the scene and create a home court advantage for the team, which will make the players on the court more motivated and more motivated.

"You guys did really well tonight."

Just as Yang Hao watched the players pass, another unfamiliar voice came from behind.He quickly turned around and saw Guardiola, who was sweating profusely, standing behind him. This sudden attack surprised him and he blurted out: "Melon Bald!!"

Fortunately, he spoke Chinese.

Guardiola was also stunned for a moment, not understanding what Yang Hao was talking about.

"Sorry, my Spanish is not very standard, I mean, Pep." Yang Hao explained quickly.

If someone is not bald yet, if he is called bald, he will probably get beaten.

"Hello, nice to meet you." Guardiola looked at Yang Hao with interest and extended his hand.

It can be seen that Guardiola did not become interested in football tactics and concepts only after he decided to become a head coach, but he has been thinking about it throughout his career.

But this time, he is more concerned about the integrity of Atletico Madrid.

"You played very compactly from front to back, which is different from the current team. Also, your rib attack was very lively. We didn't manage to block it until Cocu came up later. I was the only one. People can’t be stopped.”

Guardiola is very honest.

In fact, he didn't need to say much about this, it was clearly seen during the game.

Since there was still a second round match, Yang Hao did not reveal too many details to Guardiola. The two just chatted on the sidelines for a while, but he was very interested in what Guardiola said.

"I have a friend, and I think your philosophy is very similar. He has always admired 4231. Even the Spanish coach's [Football Training] magazine believes that he is the first head coach in Spain and even Europe to adopt this formation."

When Yang Hao heard what Guardiola said, a name immediately came to mind.

"You mean, Juan Manuel Lillo?"

"Yes, do you know Juanma?"

"No, but I've heard of him." Yang Hao smiled.

In order to write a novel in his previous life, he carefully studied Guardiola's biography and consulted a lot of information. Guardiola had a very close relationship with Juanma Lillo. Later, before Guardiola retired, he made a special trip to I went to Mexico to play for half a year, playing for Juanma Lillo's team.

His purpose is to feel Juanma Lillo's tactics and learn his unique training methods.

The earliest entanglement between the two should be in 1996. Juanma Lillo was able to coach Real Oviedo because he led the newly promoted Salamanca to perform well. As a result, he encountered Barcelona in the first game and was beaten by Barcelona 2. It was a bloodbath than 4.

Although it was a disastrous defeat, the two teams fought to the death in that game. The offensive courage shown by Real Oviedo and the threat to Barcelona in the game made Guardiola refreshing.

So, after the game, Guardiola ran to meet Juanma Lillo.

Many, many years later, after Guardiola became famous, it was recognized that the three coaches who had the greatest influence on his tactics were Bielsa and Juanma Lillo, and the latter was even more important than the former.

The last one is of course Cruyff.

But what’s interesting is that Juanma Lillo’s coaching career was very average.

"He is a very thoughtful person." Guardiola gave favorable comments.

"But whether it was at Salamanca or later at Real Oviedo or Tenerife, his results were controversial."

When Lillo coached Real Oviedo, the team was relegated from La Liga, and later rescued Tenerife midway. It helped Tenerife avoid relegation in the first season, but the team collapsed again in the second season.

how to say?

Lillo's coaching ability is there and his level is quite good, but as a head coach, these alone are not enough.

"If I were to give him a score, I think at the football level, as a head coach, he gets full marks because he has been coaching the team since he was 16 years old. He is only 34 years old now and has more than ten years of coaching experience."

"But as a head coach, I think he still needs to improve." Guardiola said with a wry smile.

Yang Hao understood what Guardiola meant.

The environments faced by head coaches and assistant coaches are completely different.

In terms of pressure, the assistant coach can't keep up with the head coach. In terms of specific work content, it depends on the division of labor.

For example, Ferguson and Queiroz, the former basically delegated all power to Queiroz, even tactical arrangements and preparation plans; and Klinsmann and Loew, the same as the previous pair.

Van Gaal and Mourinho are a bit different. The latter is more of a communication channel between the head coach and the players, playing the role of a microphone. Van Gaal and his team are responsible for all specific tasks.

"Pep, please leave your contact information and give me Juanma Lillo's phone number later." Yang Hao said on the spur of the moment.

In fact, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain Guardiola's personal contact information.

"Okay." With that, Guardiola directly reported his personal mobile phone number.

Juanma Lillo has been unemployed for nearly two years after being dismissed from Tenerife. Due to a poor start to his second season in Tenerife, he was dismissed before the winter break.

So much so that no team trusted the young head coach.

As many people have said, professional football head coaches are in great need of experience and qualifications.

After bidding farewell to Guardiola, Yang Hao was secretly happy.

This Juanma Lillo is indeed average as a head coach, but as an assistant, he is really a talent.

He still clearly remembers that Lillo coached the Chinese Premier League in 2019, resigned due to personal reasons in 2020, and went to Manchester City to work as an assistant to Guardiola. In the following two seasons, Manchester City won the championship.

Later, this guy went to the Middle East to coach. Manchester City and Guardiola specially invited him to work as a temporary worker before the crucial Champions League match against Real Madrid. As a result, Manchester City did reach the final and finally won the championship.

It's true that this cannot all be attributed to Juanma Lillo, but at the very least, he still played a role.

"Ask him later to see if he is interested in coming to Atletico Madrid." Yang Hao thought to himself.

But now, he has a more important and urgent matter to deal with.

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