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Chapter 374 The battle for the top spot

Chapter 374 The battle for the top spot

Jiangshan's Atletico Madrid has just taken shape, and everyone knows that another powerful team in La Liga has appeared.

After defeating Barcelona in the away game, everyone formed a consensus.Atletico Madrid is very strong. Their goal is to win the La Liga championship. This is extremely difficult, but they continue to improve under the leadership of Jiangshan.

"In the process of competing for the La Liga championship, we must not forget that there is also Atletico Madrid."

"Atlético bared their fangs, what they want is the title."

"Jiangshan is trained properly, and Atletico Madrid has the strength of a champion."

The media began to advocate Atletico Madrid, and Jiangshan has also become the subject of discussion in La Liga this week.

But he is very sensible. The team still has many problems. It is impossible to easily win the league championship. Facing strong teams, they can explode with strong combat effectiveness. Facing mid-tier or lower-tier teams, Atletico Madrid's dominance is not strong enough.

Atletico Madrid's lineup is relatively thin, and it is impossible to take into account all fronts.

Soon, failure appeared. The UEFA Cup challenged Copenhagen away, was stolen by the opponent, and lost 0:1 away.

This failure does not affect the overall situation of the group qualifying, and not many people pay attention to it.Jiang Shan didn't care too much. After all, playing all substitutes certainly couldn't guarantee the team's victory.

Back in the league, facing Zaragoza, which is 6th in La Liga, the team once again showed great strength, 2:0 in the first half, scored two more in the second half, and slaughtered the opponent 4:0 in the whole game.

The victory of this game covered up the failure of the UEFA Cup group stage. All the media were very optimistic and continued to advocate the strength of Atletico Madrid.

In the 9th round of the league, Atletico Madrid played an away game against Levante, who was at the bottom of the league, and they played without dominance.Whether it is the frontcourt midfielder or the backcourt players, they are a little bit unmotivated.

The feeling of calmness and confidence was not kicked out, and the taste of weakness was obvious.Jiangshan didn't say anything at all, let the players play as much as they want.There is no swearing, just indifference.

In the end, the team played a 1:1 draw with Levante in the away game. The media was in an uproar.

I didn't win the game this time, and it was a draw with the bottom team in La Liga. What else can I do?Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is indeed not a top team.

"I want to hone their minds and let them see their own strength. There is no champion's life, and the champion's disease." Jiang Shan said to Pochettino with a sneer.

"Don't you hesitate to lose?" Pochettino was puzzled. Isn't the coach's job to lead the team to win continuously?

"Of course, there is no team that can't lose." Jiang Shan said firmly, "What I value is the long-term development of the team. As long as it is beneficial to the team, even if it loses occasionally, it is tolerable. Of course, losing must have the value of losing. Whether it is to alert the players or improve the team's tactics, it must be valuable."

"Our players, what's the problem?"

"Our players are great, but the biggest problem is that the team doesn't have enough arrogance. The poor and weak are used to it and can't abuse food easily. Facing strong teams, we can burst out with strong combat effectiveness and even perform supernormally. However, facing mid-lower teams, our combat effectiveness is unstable. To compete for the championship in the league, this is a problem that must be solved."

Jiangshan knows where the team's problems are, and he is willing to use a few losses to wake up the players.It is definitely not as difficult to compete for the championship in the league this season. If Real Madrid and Barcelona are allowed to rise, Atletico Madrid will compete for the championship. The difficulty will be the greatest.

The away game was only a draw with Levante. The players were very disappointed. Jiangshan called the players for a meeting. No one dared to speak.

"Have you recognized the reality?" Jiang Shan glanced at the players coldly. He was lucky that he didn't lose. In this game, Levante's strikers Robert and Rigano had at least five absolute opportunities, but unfortunately they only grasped one.

If it is replaced by a strong team's striker, Atletico Madrid will be beaten into a sieve today.

"We are strong, but we are weak." Jiang Shan continued, "In the face of a strong team, everyone can rely on hard work, and we can display good combat effectiveness. But what about facing a weak team? Can we handle it?"

"If we can't eat, we may fail. This year's goal is the league championship. Now let's take a look, what is the appearance of the league championship contenders? The stability against the middle and lower teams determines the team's ranking in the league. I don't want to continue like this."

"In the next round, we will face Sevilla at the top of the list. As long as we win the game, we will be the top team. Are you confident?"

"Beat Sevilla and take the top spot."

"Beat Sevilla and take the top spot."

The player has ignited the fire in his heart, and urgently needs to find an outlet and prove his ability.Jiang Shan's words are already very clear, if they lose the game against Sevilla, someone will definitely fall out of the main lineup.

Although Atletico Madrid has a thin lineup, the competition is very exciting, and many players have the strength to fight.Everyone wants to be in the top position, especially the young and handsome Royce, who has only played in the UEFA Cup so far. He has long wanted to be in the top position.

It would be better if someone fell, he just went up and grabbed the front field position.Jiangshan can also make formation adjustments and try other formations.

Juande Ramos, the king of the cup competition, has been in excellent mental state recently, and the team has performed well. Take him to enjoy.

Facing Jiangshan's team again, he showed rare confidence, "Last time, my team met Jiangshan's AC Milan in the UEFA Super Cup. We lost the game. This is my chance for revenge."

"Also, we are number one in La Liga and they are number two. This is a battle of the kings, and we will win to defend our top position."

Jiang Shan was very calm and didn't talk to his opponents. These days, he has rarely launched psychological warfare, except for key matches, or when the opponent deliberately provoked a war, and he fought passively.

"I don't worry about what the opponent says, even if our situation is not the best, but if you want to beat us at home, any opponent must weigh it."

"In addition, I will make new adjustments during the game. The team needs to change. We need to start a small rotation to ensure the health of the players." Jiang Shan threw a small bomb. Whoever performs poorly will be replaced.

His team has no absolute main force, no constant starter.

The game time is very fast. Compared with the last round of the league, Sevilla made several personnel rotations in the away game. Boulahrouz, Marty and Kone started in rotation.

In the goalkeeper position, Palop did his part. On the back line, Alves, Fazio, Crespo and Boulahrouz started together. The midfielders Adriano, Keita, Marty and Navas partnered. Duda and Capel sat on the bench.

On the forward line, Fabiano and Kone start the starting line. Fabiano has recently been selected for the Brazilian national team and has good scoring luck. He just scored a goal against Valencia in the last round of the league.

　The third update will resume tomorrow, and the 2 chapters that were missing in the past two days will be added later.

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