I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Simeone, who was born as a defensive midfielder, attaches great importance to defense and interception. This also determines that after Simeone became a coach, his core coaching idea was defensive counterattack.

This is not only the foundation and soul of his 442 revival tactics, but also became his DNA after coaching Atletico Madrid and became a typical feature of Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's tactics are flexible and changeable. It can even be said that there seems to be no fixed style of play, but it is an extremely simple and practical way.

At a time when the gorgeous passing and controlling style is popular in continental Europe, Simeone's coaching style appears to be unique, with his own opinions and personality.

In Simeone's tactical thinking, he would rather let the players hand over possession of the ball, rather than let the team play poorly, but also maintain the overall defensive nature of the team, and then focus on counterattacks and use Playing football for the purpose of winning - losing beautifully and winning ugly, Simeone never hesitates on this issue.

This simple and efficient style that doesn't care whether the game is beautiful or not makes opponents from all walks of life in La Liga and even Europe very uncomfortable. Therefore, even though Atletico Madrid's formation is an old-fashioned 442, it can still beat the giants of La Liga.

Especially when playing Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid was even more excited.

There are two teams from Madrid, one represents the royal family and the other represents the general public. One has a top-notch lineup and the other has an ordinary lineup. The two teams have the same pragmatism, so the two teams are facing each other. At that time, the scene was very intense, exciting and beautiful.

Worldwide, the showdown between Real Madrid and Barcelona is the most eye-catching, but in La Liga, in Madrid, the collision of these two teams, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, is the most eye-catching.

In addition to his unique formation and tactics, Simeone is absolutely first-class in tapping the potential of players. He knows people well and makes good use of them. He has the ability of a chef to use ingredients to prepare dishes.

Before Simeone coached Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid's lineup was actually not bad. Many players were between first- and second-rate players in La Liga, but they were definitely not good.

Before Simeone took over, Atletico Madrid was only in the middle of La Liga. They couldn't make it to the Champions League last year, and they barely managed to play two qualifying rounds in the Europa League before entering the group stage.

Atletico Madrid in this era has only a few named stars such as Diego Costa, Forlan, and Aguero.

Aguero was hailed as the successor of football king Maradona at the time. Not only did he marry Maradona's daughter, he also became brothers with Messi in the Argentine national team. Later, Aguero was kicked out from Atletico Madrid. , transferred to Manchester City, which was not short of money, at a sky-high price, and thus began the era of Blue Moon dominating the Premier League.

The rise of Aguero is due to Simeone.

Before Simeone took over the Atletico Madrid team, neither the young Aguero nor the old star Diego Costa could enter the ranks of top stars. However, as soon as Simeone took over the team, he Starting the Simeone-style classical 442 formation, the abilities of these new and old stars were immediately released.

In the past, the pass-and-control style of play, and this and that style of play, were actually adding unnecessary pressure to a team that was not considered luxurious and increasing the team's internal friction. After the formation play method was simplified, these The strengths of the new and old stars were fully unleashed, and they all became enlightened.

Especially in the midfield position, Simeone allowed players such as Koke, Turan, Gabi, and Suarez to complete their transformation. Stars such as Thiago and Diego also found a second career in Calderon.

Especially Diego Costa, who was already planning to retire, but was suddenly activated by Simeone.

Simeone's tactics are not complicated at all from a macro perspective.

How complicated can 442 be? This is the most classic position, it is nothing more than 4 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 2 forwards.

However, 442 and 442 are different. It's like they both have two legs to support their belly. Some people are called Bill Gates, and some people are called Zhang San and Li Si. Many British teams use the 442-- formation, but the British style of play is open and closed. The emphasis is on both wings flying together, long passes, and no entanglement with you in the midfield.

The team with the most obvious style of English football is actually Ferguson's Manchester United.

Ferguson's Manchester United tactics were changeable, and he often learned this and that, but in fact, the one thing that never changes is that both wings fly together.

When both wings fly together, it not only requires the winger to have the ability to break through, but also the fullback to have the ability to deliver the ball. It also requires the two fullbacks to have the ability to intersperse and support, and even launch attacks from both wings.

Simeone's 442 is not a 442 with two wings flying together and long passes.

Simeone's 442, in terms of positioning, places the two wingers slightly closer to the midfield, with the two midfielders in the middle dragging back to act as defensive midfielders, and the two full-backs also shrinking towards the middle.

Just in terms of positioning, Simeone's 442 attaches great importance to defense, and also attaches great importance to midfield defense.

Playing against Simeone's Atletico Madrid, do you want to play on the wing? Okay, you can go as you like. If you want to take a cross, there is no way. If you want to go directly to the middle, the midfield diamond will kill you.

This is what makes Simeone 442 so special.

Compared to England's 442, which flies together on both wings, Simeone's 442 is more inclined to the European continental style of play, paying attention to details, coupled with his unique defensive ideas, which makes Simeone's 442 very popular in European football. For a long time, there has been a 442 retro style.

However, the teams or coaches who imitated Simeone 442 failed to learn the essence of Simeone.

Their understanding of defense is not as thorough as Simeone's. They only play a 442 formation on the surface. In fact, the players on the field are still doing their own thing, or they are moving back and forth on the field to pass and control data.

As for Simeone's 442, he integrated the characteristics of each of his players into his defensive formation. He matched the formation with the characteristics of the players, and then fine-tuned the formation according to the characteristics of the players in hand.

Therefore, Simone's classical 442 seems simple, but in fact it has many changes and details.

Simeone is a legendary player and can definitely be called a master tactician. His 442 cannot be copied, because once a coach has his ability, there is no need to copy Simeone’s 442 and he can create his own. Tactics.

In today's game, in terms of the historical reputation of the two teams, Atletico Madrid definitely has the advantage.

From a coaching level, both coaches are pragmatic coaches and both pursue defensive counterattacks. However, to be honest, when it comes to defensive counterattacks, Coach Adkins is even half as good as Coach Simeone. Not on.

Coach Adkins has been able to reach this point not because of his tactics, but because of Gu Ran.

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