masters-orleans Chapter 561 Atletico Madrid's first defeat
Chapter 561 Atletico Madrid's first defeat
Chapter 561 Atletico Madrid's first defeat
There is only a three-day interval between the European war and the league, which makes the Madrid duo consume a lot of energy.
But at this moment, the players are so excited on the court that they ignore the crucial detail of physical fitness.
When they reacted, they were already panting heavily.
Without waiting for the order of their respective coaches, the players slowed down the rhythm and adjusted their breathing after feeling the disordered breathing rhythm.
The game began to enter a smooth transition period.
Simeone also made the most important adjustment to the back line, lowering the position of the back line.
Aggressively pushing the entire back line forward is Atletico Madrid's most daring attempt this season.
Before playing against Real Madrid, Simeone used this tactic, not only to achieve unbeaten in the league, but also to hold Barcelona immobile.
It is precisely because of his successful experience in defeating Barcelona that Simeone pressed Real Madrid in a high position at the beginning of the game.
But he made a mistake!
Barcelona's midfield control is declining, coupled with the team's internal problems, the direct cause of their overall sluggish state.
But Real Madrid is not.
Their midfield sits on Kroos, Casemiro and Modric, which can be described as the strongest midfield combination in football today.
Coupled with Benzema's drop-back response and Ramos' backcourt play, today's Real Madrid is not afraid of any team with a high-position pressing style.
Realizing this, Simeone moved the line of defense back to reduce the risk.
But it's not worth it.
Although moving the defensive line back can protect the back to the greatest extent, but the distance between the various defensive lines increases, and the oppression given to Real Madrid decreases accordingly.
Modric's characteristic of getting rid of the defense in small areas was inspired.
His breakthrough with the ball has become the focus of Real Madrid's offense during this time.
Simeone had no countermeasures for a while, and Atletico Madrid's defense was forced to move back and defend in the middle and low positions.
Although their defense is still world-class, it runs counter to their pre-match tactics.
Players' confidence was hit even harder.
I thought that after the 1:0 victory over Barcelona, the team would be a brand new start.
But I never thought that I would challenge Real Madrid, the arch-rival in the same city, and want to take the initiative, but they would control the rhythm invisibly, and the gap in my heart was huge.
For the rest of the first half, the Atlético players played a bit chaotically on the field, and most of the time they were passive defensively.
Real Madrid did not launch a proactive attack, but kept passing the ball to test Atletico Madrid's defense.
Intermission, the score is temporarily 1:0.
Zidane arrived at the door of the locker room ahead of time and high-fived the returning players one by one, as if celebrating the victory of the game in advance.
In fact, Real Madrid has this confidence.
Atletico Madrid's tactical play for the new season has been cracked, unless Simeone finds a new solution during the intermission.
Otherwise, Real Madrid's goal will definitely not be absent in the second half.
The second half started quickly, and Atletico immediately attacked after kick-off.
After receiving a pass from his teammate on the right side of the penalty area, Felix swayed away from the defense and shot angrily.
Courtois lowered his center of gravity, stretched out both palms, and after releasing most of his strength, he slapped the ball to the area in front of him, then held the ball tightly with both hands, and signaled his teammates to stabilize it.
Courtois is the best goalkeeper in the world as long as Real Madrid's defense doesn't mess up.
Atletico Madrid wanted the momentum to start the attack, and won Real Madrid in one wave.
But how could Zidane be so easy to deal with.
He focused on the target, on Herrera.
When Atletico Madrid switched from defense to offense, Herrera was surrounded by Real Madrid as soon as he got the ball, resulting in losing the ball.
And once he loses the ball, it will not only cause a disconnect between the midfield and the backcourt, but also expose the central defender Felipe directly to the knife of the Real Madrid striker.
Defensive mistakes continued, and the offensive end did not improve.
Carrasco, who was active in the first half, was severely restricted after Real Madrid shifted their formation to the right, and they couldn't play their overload tactics at all.
On the contrary, Real Madrid was able to seize the opportunity after completing the steal, and Bale, who switched sides, threatened their left.
It also indirectly led to Atletico Madrid's right-sided offensive, which was completely out of the battle.
After 10 minutes, Simeone replaced Herrera, Felipe, and Carrasco in one go, trying to solve the current problems of the team.
But the subsequent offensive problems once again plagued Atletico Madrid.
The speed increase in the counterattack has always been Atletico Madrid's sharpest offensive weapon.
Atletico Madrid's counterattack, starting from the successful steal of the low-post defense, and then advancing to the offensive third area through the conduction of the frontcourt, they can do it in only 6 seconds.
Although there is no Griezmann, the acceleration of Atletico Madrid's attack line is still at the same level.
But Zidane only used one move to completely cut off Atletico Madrid's counterattack.
Since the opponent gets the opportunity from the steal, then immediately counterattack at the moment of being robbed, even at the expense of fouling.
For a time, fouls became the main theme of the game.
Real Madrid coached by Zidane has both gorgeous offensive football and dull defensive play that does not hesitate to foul.
In short, as long as he can win, Zidane doesn't care.
He will always play games with some strange tactics, which makes the fans feel confused and frightened.
The inexplicable tactics and substitutions just responded to the fans' ridicule of him.
I just want to try, how hard is my life?
What, you guys were nervous before?
Not only was the opponent nervous, but even his own fans were terrified when they saw it.
Zidane's life is your life, but the fans' life is not your life?
Under Real Madrid's powerful offensive, Atletico Madrid couldn't play their own rhythm at all, and the shot was only after Felix's angry shot in the opening game, and there was no more shot.
When Suarez was replaced, the fans did not forget to ridicule. It took more than 70 minutes to play the game before they knew that Suarez was the starter.
Pressure, physical fitness, two problems followed one after another, which made Atletico Madrid's defensive intensity drop to another level.
While you are sick, I will kill you.
Real Madrid sealed the victory in the 80th minute.
Valverde, who came off the bench, drove the ball straight in from the right rib, and after attracting Atletico Madrid's defense, he crossed Rossi at the top of the penalty area.
This position should have been the area of Atletico Madrid captain Koke.
But Cork, who is not good at defending, can easily lose his position, allowing Rossi to shoot easily.
boom!
After being kicked up by Rossi, the ball dropped significantly while flying towards the goal, and the ball was very fast.
This is why this kind of shooting is called "cloud piercing arrow".
However, because the angle is too small, it is not as good as being on both sides of the penalty area, which is a great test of force skills and angles.
This shot, after all, hit the crossbar and bounced back into the court.
Rossi, who was about to cover her face with regret, smiled unconsciously.
The ball bounced off the crossbar, but hit the back of goalkeeper Oblak impartially, and then bounced into the net.
This goal was unexpectedly bizarre.
This has also become a "stain" in Oblak's goalkeeper career.
With the victory of this Madrid derby, while giving Atletico Madrid their first league defeat, they jumped to second place in the standings, only two points away from the top Atletico Madrid.
(End of this chapter)