Just watched the Madrid derby and christ it's incredible how Atletico completely sucked the air out of Real! A complete defensive performance where no space was allowed for Benzema, Bale & James, leaving the likes of Isco and Marcelo to roam aimlessly with no one to play the ball into. Bale was invisible, double & triple marked each time he got the ball and Benzema's efforts on goal were few and far between.
It's interesting how Simeone left out several key players in defence, yet the air tight system in place meant the back ups slotted in seamlessly.
Great organization.
I read somewhere that Simeone runs three practice sessions a day focused on team defending. They come away properly drilled.
Seems like Diego's motto is, If you can't outspend them, we'll outrun and out defend them.
What a manager.
Masterclass from Atleti
posted on 8/1/15
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posted on 8/1/15
I don't rate Siqueira, Ansaldi looks better, think they really miss Luis.
Griezmann hasn't done that well. He's been playing better recently but he was hardly getting a look in earlier in the season and wasn't playing well when he did.
posted on 8/1/15
I can imagine Atlectico beating us 6 nil on aggregate with 6 shots on target. They're so well drilled and effecient. An absolute machine.
Torres however is still cack. He made 9 passes in the game, lost the ball 5 times, was caught offside and number of times and gave away a fair few freekicks. Looks a mess
posted on 8/1/15
comment by Marcelino (U6171)
posted 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
comment by Darren The King Fletcher (U10026)
posted 3 minutes ago
Trying to get Sameone to stick aren't you?
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It will.
Raul Nolan.
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Raul Nolan Great comparison.
posted on 8/1/15
That mario Suarez played, that player we are linked with. How did he get on? We could certainly do with more players who have expreineced beating a big team!
posted on 8/1/15
Cerci has been a massive flop. Greizmann hasn't been value for money. Mandzukic has been ok but not really prolific.
You gotta give him credit though, his teams may be ugly to watch but they are effective as hell. They are almost impenetrable defensively and are a massive threat from set pieces. Wouldn't be surprised if 75%+ of their goals this season were from set pieces. There isn't a team on the planet you would want to go a goal down to more than Atletico.
posted on 8/1/15
Has the Klopp bandwagon moved to Simeone now?
posted on 8/1/15
Don't know about others but I am always in favor of having Simeone at my club than Klopp. Simeone has done it with very little known players whilst Klopp had some quality players at his disposal and when they have left, he is struggling. Plus La-Liga is way tougher than Bundesliga, my personal opinion. It's difficult to win the title when Barca Real are around compared to Germany where only Munich is the real force.
posted on 8/1/15
comment by Genius at work, his name is Thierry Henry (U18355)
posted 5 hours, 46 minutes ago
Cerci has been a massive flop. Greizmann hasn't been value for money. Mandzukic has been ok but not really prolific.
You gotta give him credit though, his teams may be ugly to watch but they are effective as hell. They are almost impenetrable defensively and are a massive threat from set pieces. Wouldn't be surprised if 75%+ of their goals this season were from set pieces. There isn't a team on the planet you would want to go a goal down to more than Atletico.
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Not sure the set piece %, but they've scored over 50% of their league goals this season from headers.
posted on 8/1/15
gotta give kudos to simeone and atleti
without 3 of their main players from last season, they still keep producing the goods