Chapter 84 Finding a Problem

There are not too many problems in the match against Team C.

But after entering August, after playing a game with the Portuguese team Lieca, Chang Sheng saw problems in the game.

The team's defense still satisfies him. Facing the indiscriminate bombing of Portugal's second-tier league teams, they did not concede a goal.

But when counterattacking, it is always not smooth enough, as if there is no lubricant, it clicks and stops.

Because it is a warm-up match, this situation is not outstanding. After the two sides, especially Getafe, changed their lineups in a large area, this feeling disappeared.

Even Chang Sheng couldn't figure it out. Maybe it was an accident or a coincidence. It was caused by the new players who were not familiar enough after joining the team and had a low degree of tacit understanding.

Although he felt that there was a problem, he didn't pay much attention to it.

I just think that as the training progresses, everyone, especially the new players, will have a deeper understanding of this tactic, and the tacit understanding will increase, and this situation will further improve.

But he always felt something was wrong...

As if there was something he hadn't thought of.

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In the third warm-up match, everything went well. Getafe fans who came to watch the game were surprised by the growth of the Getafe team. Getafe's defense is more solid, and the offense is sharper than before.

In the end, Getafe defeated the visiting Portuguese team Bellamar 2:0 at home.

When every fan left the Alfonso Perez Stadium, they were full of enthusiasm and full of confidence in the team's new season.

The results of several warm-up matches proved Chang Sheng's ability as a head coach. It was not a fluke that he led the team to relegation in the last ten rounds of the league last season.

With such a young and promising head coach leading the team, this season should not be struggling for relegation!

After the game, "Local Life in Getafe" also spent a lot of time reporting on the game, and the outstanding performance of several foreign players was the focus of everyone's attention.

Although Senna has been very low-key in the team. Fans don't know much about him, but he proved his ability with his performance on the court. It proves that Chang Sheng's decision to buy him is not just a pat on the head.

As a Brazilian player, he has his own technical advantages, but more is his toughness in defense. Although his movements are not big, he has a good grasp of the stealing timing.

The success rate of interception is therefore very high.

In addition to defense, he can also shoulder the task of organizing offense.

You must know that in Changsheng's tactics, the transition from defense to offense is mainly based on the midfielder.

So Senna's performance was perfect.

"Local Life in Getafe" already believes that Senna's performance in these three warm-up games has fully proved that he has the ability to get opportunities in the new season.

Last season, Getafe's three midfielders were Jimenez, Carlos Campo and Pulido.

It now appears that Pulido may be replaced by Senna.

The performance of another new midfielder, Yaya Toure, also exceeded everyone's expectations. At first, everyone thought that such a boy who was only seventeen years old had any ability. But Toure is quite mature.

Although he doesn't have much playing time, those who are interested have already seen his potential.

"Getafe Local Life" believes that this will be an excellent deal made by Changsheng. De Yaya Toure is not worth much now, but his future worth is hard to say.

As for Charisteas, Mista, Luis Garcia and Balzaretti all received more or less favorable comments.

It seems that Getafe's pre-season training is going well, and the future of the new season is bright.

Even the coaches within the Getafe team hold this view.

The few players purchased by Changsheng have unexpectedly performed well, which really surprised them.

Both Mista and Luis Garcia are fine. They are still Spanish players anyway, and everyone knows them somewhat.

But Charisteas, Senna, Yaya Toure, and Balzaretti are very discerning.

Unexpectedly, Chang Sheng's vision is quite good.

"Local Life in Getafe" used this to once again criticize Moscow for its poor vision and signings.

Moscodo was so angry that he tore up "Local Life in Getafe" in his office, and vowed that when he returned to power in the future, he must ban all reporting rights of this newspaper in Getafe.

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Everyone is quite optimistic about Getafe's journey in the new season.

Except Chang Sheng.

In the match against Bellamar, Chang Sheng saw the unsmooth attack again. Although it didn't last long because of the substitution, he still noticed it.

Is this by accident?

I'm afraid it can no longer be explained so simply.

Is it caused by a lack of tacit understanding?

Is it caused by the players, especially the new players, who don't understand the new tactics enough?

But this is already the middle of August. After nearly a month of training, the tacit understanding will always increase, right? There is always a time when you are familiar with this tactic, right?

So far no progress at all!

And I also smashed three training skills during training!

With the help of training skills, the difference in progress is only small, absolutely no difference.

But now it seems that it is not what Chang Sheng thought.

He scanned every player with the golden pupil, and the training skills really worked.

Each player's attributes have different degrees of improvement.

But tactics will not become smoother with the improvement of player attributes.

So there are bound to be problems.

Chang Sheng has now been determined. It's not a coincidence, it's not an accident, it's not a lack of tacit understanding, or a different understanding of tactics...

Just something went wrong.

If this problem is not resolved, maybe the results of the new season will be affected.

The intensity of the warm-up match and the degree of attention paid by everyone are completely different from the very formal match.

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The most important role of the warm-up match of pre-season training is to adjust the player's state, as well as to find and solve problems.

Otherwise, Changsheng would not follow the league model, arrange a warm-up match a week, and the match date is also on Saturday or Sunday.

It is to allow the players to re-adapt to the rhythm of the league.

Now he knows there is a problem, but he still doesn't know what the problem is, let alone how to solve it.

On August 19th, the fourth and last warm-up match of Getafe's summer training period.

Getafe played at home against Maceco, also from Portugal.

Tickets for this game are still sold to the outside world. Fans are welcome to watch.

The ticket revenue of the warm-up match can somewhat alleviate the economic crisis faced by Getafe. But if it weren't for the outstanding performance of the winning team, which greatly increased the interest of Getafe fans, perhaps this summer, Moscow's financial books would be even more bleak.

Because of Getafe's outstanding performance in the previous warm-up matches, more than 5,000 fans came to the Alfonso Perez Stadium. For the warm-up match, it is already considered a very impressive attendance.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Getafe's performance in the first half was normal, both in defense and offense.

Everyone on the bench and on the coaching bench is very relaxed, with the exception of Chang Sheng.

He stared nervously at the court, trying to find clues.

But until the end of the first half, he could not see any unsmooth offense.

In the first half, in the defensive lineup, he arranged mostly new players who had just been transferred. On the offensive side, he continued to use the old combination of last season, center Barado, and the two wingers were Keku and Popovich.

As a result, Getafe did not concede a goal in the first half of the game, and scored a goal, temporarily leading the score 1:0. The player who scored the goal was Popovich.

After the break, Getafe replaced all eleven players.

The old man from last season was replaced on the defensive line, while the offensive line was completely reversed, and the newcomer who joined this season was replaced.

Charisteas, Luis Garcia and Mista went into battle.

When Chang Sheng hoped that this was the performance of that person, the feeling of unsmooth offense reappeared!

Chang Sheng frowned watching from the sidelines.

What the hell is going on?

He began to squint and observe carefully. The eyes are like a scanner, scanning back and forth.

Charisteas played normally, he was a standing center forward, when the team attacked, he had to be in front of the goal. He can't be pulled outside the penalty area casually, and the latter goes to the side.

Mista is responsible for capturing space, under the cover of Charisteas, looking for good scoring opportunities, most of the time he does not take the ball, so the lack of offensive flow should not have much to do with the two of them.

Then...then only Luis Garcia is left.

Chang Sheng stared at Luis Garcia for a while, and finally let him find the crux of the matter.

Right on Luis Garcia's body!

So what specifically caused Luis Garcia to have problems here?

Chang Sheng decided to do an experiment.

Taking advantage of an opportunity of a dead ball, he asked someone to send a message to the players on the sidelines. When attacking, he gave the ball to Luis Garcia instead of passing it to others.

Then he stood on the sidelines, waiting to see the outcome.

Luis Garcia is very happy with this change in the team. He thought that this was the head coach's test for himself, and as long as he passed the test, he would naturally be reused by the head coach.

So he worked harder on the court.

Cycling, fried meatballs, heels... He showed his excellent foot skills from La Masia to his heart's content.

But Getafe's offense was even less smooth.

Chang Sheng saw it.

When the football is at the feet of Luis Garcia, it is like rolling into the mud, and the speed of attack slows down.

It wasn't so obvious before, but it became much more obvious when he let players pass the ball directly to Garcia in attack.

Chang Sheng never expected that Luis Garcia's excellent foot skills, which he valued, became the rope that hindered the team's offense... (to be continued...)