It is being an atypical season for the champion of Spain, the Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeon He can’t find the keys to getting results, both in the league and in the Champions League, plus the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup, which was the icing on the cake, and desperation begins to set in. A team that is too flat and that defends very badly, it is the ‘Atlético del Cholo’ less ‘Atlético del Cholo’ that we have seen.
Many voices speak and say that the Argentine is desperate and confused, the situation does not give for much more. Good names on their squad, but the performances are not being good at all and as a collective system the team is not advancing. It may be nearing the end of a cycle. A cycle that must be respected when looking back at everything the coach did.
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So, if after 11 years, this story has come to an end… Who do we propose from fichajes.net?
3 coaches to replace ‘Cholo’ Simeone
-Ernesto Valverde: He has already been away from the pitch for some time and will soon seek to train his new team. The ex-Athletic Bilbao lived one of his best times in the aforementioned team, with a game idea attached to what ‘Cholo’ has offered in the Atletico Madrid. A very traditional coach to go out on the field with his 4-4-2, in a middle block, closing the central lane with very narrow lines, so that the rivals do not win the backs of the midfield line.
Of quick activations in defense-attack transitions with well-trained automatisms from the wide players to their two points, with one falling off more than the other. Although his use of 4-3-3 or a more conservative 4-5-1 has also been demonstrated in other stages. In any case, the roles and the system in the field are clear, whatever schemes he proposes.
-Diego Martinez: A more different bet, for a modern and young coach who revolutionized La Liga with his grenade. A team that was characterized by defending in a high block and managing the ball from below in a good way at certain moments, although it did not give up direct play, a football of fast transitions down the band with very fast wingers like Darwin Machis, with very well trained mechanisms of movement without the ball, as demonstrated by their midfielders to reach the area. It would be more than interesting to see how he develops his game model in the Atletico Madrid.
Also, he has commented many times through interviews and such that he is a manager who likes to stick very close to his game model and only work on it and improve it in case things are not going quite right. Something that Simeone also demonstrated in the team.
-Marcelo Gallardo: The most risky and different bet. The ‘Muñeco’ is characterized by building a River Plate more than historic, with patiently crafted exits from the bottom and creating spaces through important movements without the ball. The River coach has revolutionized South America with his positional football based on possession and a tall block that will press with great intensity. His moment to arrive in Europe has been long overdue but he wants to continue his story with the Argentine club.
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