The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 989
989 Running Away to Calderon
22 October 2008, Calderon Stadium, Madrid, Spain.
The weather is warm and sunny, the weather is cool and the weather is pleasant.
The Calderon Stadium was now filled with people. The bed sheet fans were very excited and excited. They cheered and sang their team song to cheer for the team.
Atletico Madrid have done well this season!
However, Athletic Madrid fans are not satisfied with the team’s head coach Aguirre.
Aguirre is a Mexican. He was a famous Mexican player and represented Mexico in the World Cup. After retiring, he took over the coaching staff of the Mexican national team in 2001 and became the head coach of the Mexican national team. But after losing to the United States in the 2002 World Cup quarter-final between South Korea and Japan, he left school sadly.
After the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Aguirre quickly found a job and moved to Spain to coach the civilian team Osasuna. From 2002 to 2006, Aguirre successfully built a super civilian team.
During the 2005-06 season, he led the team to a half-time runner-up and finished fourth in the Premier League after the end of the season, winning tickets to the Champions League qualifiers.
Aguirre’s success in Osasuna has attracted a lot of people, including Atletico Madrid, which eventually hired Aguirre in 2006 to take over.
After arriving at Atletico Madrid, Aguirre was strongly backed by the club, who were crazy buyers that summer, spending nearly 50 million euros on Mista, Aguero, Cetaridis and Costina, and then signing Portuguese midfielder Maniche at a whistle for 9 million euros just as the transfer market was about to close.
Atletico Madrid did well that season, and last season they qualified for the UEFA Cup again after a decade. Atletico Madrid have returned to the Champions League this season after more than a decade, which shows that Aguirre’s coaching performance is very good.
However, Aguirre’s style of football is relatively simple, defensive tactics lack of passion, and his employment is very conservative, Atletico Madrid fans do not like him.
Although Atletico Madrid are doing well, there are already a lot of fans calling for Aguirre to be dismissed.
Because they have no interest in watching Athletic Madrid now.
More importantly, Aguirre did not have any charisma, nor did he have any strong control. Without conquering the players of the Madrid Athletics Team, there was still a problem in the dressing room.
The most straightforward thing was the Maniche incident.
Maniche was brought in by Atletico Madrid in the summer when Aguirre arrived at Atletico Madrid and was brought in just as the transfer window was about to close.
At that time, Atletico Madrid had spent 9 million euros.
It was said that Aguirre made the decision at the time, claiming: “He is the player I need, the absolute main player!”
Perhaps because of this, Maniche chose Atletico Madrid in the end.
However, after arriving at Atletico Madrid, for some unknown reason, Maniche did not have any chances to play under Aguirre.
Maniche was very angry and told reporters: “He was a liar. Before I came to Atletico Madrid, there were countless teams chasing me, including Inter Milan, Porto, Valencia and others. He said that Athletics Madrid needed me and that I was the absolute main player of Athletics Madrid. He promised me.” But now you can see that after I came to Atletico Madrid, I was nothing and didn’t have a chance to play at all! He is a liar, a disgusting liar! ”
After saying those words, Maniche and Aguirre fell out.
Maniche left Athletic Madrid for Leeds United on loan, under Zhong Cheng, in the winter transfer window.
Under Zhong Cheng’s command, Maniche performed very well, with a very eye-catching performance. Back then, Leeds United had won the Premier League and everything else with his glory, which also showed that Maniche was very strong.
If Maniche hadn’t been seriously injured at the last minute, Leeds United would have been prepared to buy Maniche out.
Later, Leeds United gave up on the injured Maniche. However, at that time Maniche also declared: “I will not go back on Atletico Madrid, even if there is no ball to play!”
Maniche and Aguirre were irreconcilable and Atletico Madrid and Maniche chose to understand the deal.
Atletico Madrid fans have not liked Aguirre much since this incident.
However, Aguirre was really strong. He led the team well and made history one after another. As a result, Atletico Madrid did not attack him, but continued to support him.
However, Athletic Madrid fans are tired of Aguirre’s football, playing without any passion, completely different from the La Liga football style, they are very happy to see.
It’s like a problem with Real Madrid. Not only do you have to lead the team well, you also have to play gorgeous offensive football-beautiful football. Otherwise, you have to scram as well.
Athletic Madrid fans are like this now!
Therefore, Aguirre’s time at Atletico Madrid is not easy.
Zhong Cheng was somewhat sympathetic to Aguirre anyway. Aguirre’s results were very good, but his tactics were relatively conservative. Was there a need for this?
Zhong Cheng walked towards Aguirre and extended his right hand to the Mexican man. “Hello, Mr. Aguirre. Nice to meet you!”
Aguirre clenched Zhong Cheng’s right hand and said, “Hello, Mr. Loria. Welcome to Calderon!”
Zhong Cheng and Aguirre exchanged a few words before turning around and returning to their coaching seats.
To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng really couldn’t understand these Athletic Madrid fans. Atletico Madrid played a defensive counterattack this season, but their game wasn’t ugly. Although some matches were won by long-range strikes from forwards, their offense was still sharp in the counterattack.
Leeds United’s tactics are also defensive counterattacks, and are even defined by many as dirty rubbish football. Because Leeds United’s defense is very tough, their movements are very big, their pressure is also very strong, there are also many fouls, in many people’s serious people is very dirty football.
However, Leeds United’s counter-attack was extremely swift and gorgeous, and Leeds United were not a staunch guardian of one-to-zero principle.
But Leeds United and Atletico Madrid have the same tactics.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng had some sympathy for Aguirre.
Of course, in Zhong Cheng’s opinion, Aguirre’s tactics also had many problems. He’s a lot different from Leeds United in defense, but their front court players are really talented. Diego Fran and Aguero’s combination of strikes really makes a lot of rich teams feel envious.
“Alright, spectator friends, fans friends, hello! I’m Mark Lawrenson!” The match was broadcast live by BBC Sports and Mark Lawrenson is now at Calderon.
“Hello, I’m the familiar Eddie Gray!” Eddie Gray was also greeting everyone.
“Today we are bringing you the third round of Group D of the 2008-2009 Champions League, Athletic Madrid from Spain versus Leeds United from England!” Mark Lawrenson said immediately.
“The two teams have survived two consecutive victories in the previous games and now they have the same number of goals. However, Athletic Madrid scored one goal more than Leeds United. Now that Athletic Madrid is the top of the group and Leeds United are second in the group, the results of this match will redefine the group’s rankings! “Eddie Gray immediately said.
“Alright, now that the players from both sides have appeared on the pitch, let’s use this time to introduce the starting lineup for both sides today!” Mark Lawrenson said immediately.
“Alright, let me first introduce the starting lineup for today’s home team Athletic Madrid. The list is as follows …” Eddie Gray said.
Home team: Atletico Madrid, head coach: Aguirre, formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Arango
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Antonio Lopez, Ujfalusi, Perea and Cetaridis
Four midfielders “from left to right”: Simao, Camacho, Paul Asuncion and Luis Garcia
Twin strikers: Pongele and Diego Fran
This lineup had obviously changed a lot. It was different from their main lineup, and Aguirre was still rotating.
First, Miguel, a full-back, did not appear in the starting lineup. Then, the Dutchman Heitinga, who was at centre-back, did not appear in the starting lineup. He sat on the bench and waited for an opportunity. May I know what Aguirre was thinking?
Then the midfielder Raul Garcia was not on the starting line-up, sitting on the bench and letting the young Camacho start, which was a bit surprising.
Of course, the most surprising thing was the Atletico Madrid front line. Comrade Aguero was sitting on the bench today, and Pongele was the one who started for him. It was clear that Aguirre had saved his hand and was prepared to attack later.
“Alright, this is the starting list for the home team, Athletic Madrid. Next, let me introduce the starting list for today’s visiting team, Leeds United. The list is as follows:” Mark Lawrenson immediately said.
Guest: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Patrick Evra, Gary Cahill, Matts Hummel and Lixi Steiner
Single waist: Yaya Toure
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Marco Reus
Twin strikers: Diego Milito and Alexander Pato
This is the starting lineup for Leeds United today. This starting lineup is completely different from the last league game. Last week’s league game, Leeds United’s all-young players and substitutes appeared, giving these players a break.
Of course, Matz Hummels started last weekend and did well. He was also on the starting line-up for the game. David Luis was slightly injured and should have been replaced by Ivanovic, but Ivanovic was on the bench today.
Yaya Toure starts at centre-back, who has grown so fast this season that he is pushing Sedu Keita to the bench, starting today.
The vanguard line is a combination of all the main force, is also the same in the front line, after all Edinson Cavani is injured. However, Alexander Pato has performed well during this period of time, and Edinson Cavani may not be able to regain his first-team spot after recovering from his injury.