Chapter 037: Conflict
In the twelfth minute of the game, Atletico Madrid broke the deadlock by taking advantage of Real Madrid's mistake from defense to attack, but Real Madrid fans regained confidence after a brief period of pessimism.
After all, from the perspective of overall strength, Real Madrid has more advantages.
Coupled with the fact that Atletico Madrid's full-court pressing requires plenty of physical support, and Atletico Madrid's players are obviously unable to hold on to the whole game according to the first ten minutes of running, the home fans who know the ball think that it is only a matter of time before Real Madrid equalizes at the Bernabeu.
Overtaking the score?
Isn't there still enough time?
The close-ups of the on-site director were successively given to players such as Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Benzema, and pushed to close-ups of their faces.
Tang Zheng didn't seem to have much psychological turmoil, and he also took the initiative to comfort Di Maria.
Cristiano Ronaldo was poor, even bad, before his team fell behind, and his dribbling on the ball was often caught between three of Atletico's defenders.
By the time he realised he should pass the ball, it was too late, so it was difficult for Real Madrid's attack to work.
Benzema was affected by his midfield teammates and was slow to find a shot on goal.
Isco is a little immature in strong dialogue, and he is not good at physical confrontation, and he is easily crushed by Atletico Madrid's muscular man.
As for the offensive organization, he could only find a trace of feeling when Tang Zheng pressed it.
In this game, Tang Zheng's task in the defensive midfield is arduous, he not only has to play the role of an offensive and defensive hub, but also has the courage to press forward on the offensive end.
But Tang Zheng is a player with a strong sense of team responsibility, he will not let go of all the defensive problems to Khedira, so he does not dare to press too much when attacking, he has to take into account the possible trouble from attacking to defending.
Atletico Madrid's midfield quartet all have a certain amount of long passing skills, and central defenders Miranda and Godin also have a good sense of the big picture and long passing ability.
With so many points in Atletico Madrid's midfield and backfield, it is understandable that Tang Zheng did not dare to press too much.
Head coach Carlo Ancelotti is Italian, and he wants the team to organize the attack after completing the defense, so he has no dissatisfaction with Tang Zheng's excessive attention to defense, but is pleased with Tang Zheng's excellent ability to read the game.
When the game restarted, Real Madrid's attack was as easy as it was before the goal was conceded.
Seeing Isco's subconscious retreat when he met Atletico Madrid's muscular man, Ancelotti shook his head helplessly.
Isco is very capable and has a high ceiling, but he lacks physical confrontation, which is especially evident in the strong dialogue.
It seems that he will have to continue to build his confidence in the game in the underdogs.
The position of the front waist is still the most suitable for Tang Zheng.
The overall situation, passing, long-range shooting, ball control, physical confrontation are all there, and the role of facing strong teams is very obvious, but it is still too early to make adjustments, so Ancelotti can only wait.
Moreover, being down 1-0 in the first half was not an unacceptable result.
However, the rest of the game did not deviate much from Ancelotti's prediction, and until the end of the first half, Real Madrid did not equalise.
But the Real Madrid fans who watched the game couldn't help wiping a cold sweat, and Atletico Madrid counterattacked very well in the whole first half when the ball control was not as good as Real Madrid, and the all-round warrior Koke beat Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo and other superstars to become the most dazzling presence in the field.
Diego Lopes became Real Madrid's most vulnerable player in the entire first half other than Tang Zheng, and he excelled in Atletico's efficient and quick counter-attacks, keeping the goal from losing the ball with high saves.
Otherwise, Real Madrid are likely to fall behind by two goals in the first half.
The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and Real Madrid, who were behind the score, were the first to make substitutions.
Carlo Ancelotti did not replace Isco, who was decent in the first half, but Di Maria, who was out of form.
No. 22 Di Maria and No. 19 Modric on.
The idea of this substitution adjustment is obvious, Modric partnered Khedira, pushing Tang Zheng into the forward midfield position, and Isco playing as a right midfielder.
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In the second half, Atletico Madrid gave priority to kick-off.
Active possession of the ball has never been something Simeone's team is good at, so it didn't take a few passes to get to the feet of the Real Madrid players.
Compared with the techniques and tactics in the first half, there has been a significant change.
Perhaps due to the decline in physical fitness, the full-court pressure turned into midfield pressure, that is to say, the defensive strength was concentrated near the midfield, and the assist group led by Tang Zheng did not get the opportunity to easily get the ball.
Tang Zheng's skills are outstanding, but his personal strength is limited after all.
In order to avoid mistakes, he always hands over the ball at his feet at the first time.
And Tang Zheng's position premise is also very problematic, because he lacks tacit understanding with Cristiano Ronaldo, so that Real Madrid's midfield attack is more like two tactical systems.
Atletico have a clear advantage in defending with more defense and less defense.
Sixty minutes into the game, Real Madrid's attack was still without merit, and the live director took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to give Ancelotti another close-up.
If the match ends with the current scoreline, Real Madrid will be five points behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid after seven league rounds, which will undoubtedly have a huge negative impact on the race for the league title this season.
Yang 5 commentator Hewei said in a worried tone: "Ancelotti should find a solution to the attacking problem as soon as possible, once the game enters the 70th minute, the Atletico Madrid players who lead the score will become more and more excited, and it will be more ......difficult to break Courtois to guard the goal again."
However, before the words could be spoken, Villa cut off Khedira's pass to Tang Zheng's feet in midfield.
Villa grew older and his vision widened as he got older, and he played Diego Costa with a penetrating through ball.
Diego Costa understood and inserted it to form a single knife.
Facing Diego López, Diego Costa opted to hit the far corner with his right foot on the right side of the penalty area.
However, Diego López was in too good form in this game, and he fell to the ground and saved the ball sideways.
Ramos, who had chased back to goal, made a mistake and cleared the ball to Gabi, who distributed the ball to Villa.
Villa picked up a powerful right-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area, and Diego Lopes reacted quickly and fell to the ground to save the ball off the line......
At the same time, the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium made a huge exclamation like a tsunami: "Whoa, whoa"
Atletico's tactics were so perfect that Real Madrid's frontcourt players failed to create decent chances.
He Wei's voice changed, and he said with palpitations: "Fortunately, goalkeeper Diego Lopez has divine help, otherwise Real Madrid would not have been able to fall behind only 0:1, maybe 0:3 will be worthy of Atletico Madrid's overall effort, but since Atletico Madrid has failed to grasp many opportunities, does this mean that Real Madrid still has a chance to equalize and even overtake?"
I don't know if it's a coincidence, the live director gave Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo a close-up of about two seconds respectively.
As two of the most expensive players in the Real Madrid squad, it is their responsibility to step up when the team is passive.
Seventieth minute into the game, the score remained unchanged and Carlo Ancelotti had no choice but to try to make another substitution.
This time, he replaced Isco, who was no longer very useful, with Morata, strengthening the number of strikers, and at the same time changing the formation, from the original 4231 formation to the current 433 formation.
Morata's presence directly strengthened Real Madrid's inclination in the Atletico Madrid penalty area, plus Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, as long as the side forms a cross, there will be three strikers in the Atletico penalty area in an instant, and if Tang Zheng is inserted into the penalty area, there will be four attacking players of Real Madrid in the Atletico Madrid penalty area.
So, the on-site director who understands the ball gave a close-up shot of Simeone in a black suit, hoping to see some clues.
Simeone, however, was unfazed and did not adjust accordingly due to the increased pressure in the penalty area.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei was a little puzzled: "Judging from the current situation, the pressure on the Atletico Madrid penalty area will be increasing, won't Simeone consider making substitution adjustments?"
Commentator Xu Yang continued: "Atletico Madrid's 442 formation is very solid, and the past six rounds of the league and the Champions League group stage have won all of them, I think even if you replace a fierce player like Raul Garcia, it may not be able to make up for it. ”
In fact, Simeone chose to believe that the eleven players on the pitch were right.
Real Madrid's increased number of strikers may seem like a direct threat, but it actually reduces the number of players in the midfield.
Khedira has a strong frontal defensive ability, and his ability to play the ball with one foot is the most prominent, but he lacks the ability to pass the ball.
Therefore, when Real Madrid urgently needed to score, he was more responsible for defense, and the offensive organization was handed over to Tang Zheng and Modric.
Atletico Madrid's midfield has five players, David Villa, Koke, Tulan, Thiago and Gabi, while Real Madrid only have Khedira, Tang Zheng and Modric.
When the attack reached the 30-meter area, the midfielder could only see Tang Zheng and Modric.
In this case, two fists are hard to beat four hands.
Even if Tang Zheng's personal ability is outstanding, it can't make up for the lack of overall numbers.
After all, there is so much space and so many people, it is obviously unrealistic to want to get the ball out smoothly.
As the minutes passed, Real Madrid still did not equalize, but Atletico Madrid's quick counterattack was impressive.
Tang Zheng even received a yellow card in a switch from attack to defense to prevent Atletico from playing a quick counterattack.
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As the game ticked 80 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo increased the number of tackles in the hope of equalising with his superior individual ability.
But again, the efforts of an individual cannot be compared to the team as a whole.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who can't form a tacit understanding with Tang Zheng, is like a lone hero.
Tang Zheng wanted to send a key pass at a critical time, but Cristiano Ronaldo was completely out of step with his pass.
As Tang Zheng made consecutive passing mistakes, Yang 5 commentator He Wei shook his head and said: "The lack of tacit understanding between Tang Zheng and Ronaldo is the biggest problem exposed by Real Madrid at present. ”
Tang Zheng's several passes were not related to Cristiano Ronaldo's running, so that Cristiano Ronaldo spread his hands and complained loudly after stopping the ball out of bounds.
Tang Zheng was also a little depressed because he didn't play well in this game, so he immediately went back when he heard Cristiano Ronaldo's dissatisfaction.
Benzema and Morata saw that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo were like angry lions, so they hurriedly ran to pull the two, and then pushed them in the opposite direction, for fear that the two would do it.
The live director gave Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo a close-up respectively, and they also said something to their teammates, obviously complaining about each other's badness.
Carlo Ancelotti was worried about the equaliser, but the visiting coach Simeone pulled Raul Garcia and Cristian Rodriguez to say something, and it seemed that he was going to come off the bench in the near future.
However, considering that in the 83rd minute of the game, Atletico Madrid did not make a single substitution adjustment, and it is understandable to make adjustments at the end of the game.
Santos, a commentator on Spanish TV 5, frowned, full of worry: "There was once a media report that Don and Cristiano Ronaldo had a conflict at the training ground, and now it seems that it is very likely to be true, if there is no way to suppress this situation, it will be a huge blow to Real Madrid's future results......"
The Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium looked a little confused, not to mention the score behind, and the team's two stars actually had an unhappy scene.
How can the score be equalized?
As for overtaking, it seems that it is completely impossible.
Seeing that the game time was getting shorter, Ancelotti threw a medical treatment in a situation where there was no way, replacing Benzema with Jesse, who was extremely capable of attacking from the wing, and pushed Morata into the box.
Two minutes later, Atletico made a pair, with Raul Garcia coming on for veteran David Villa and Baptistang coming on for Diego Costa.
Obviously, this is a signal for Atletico to defend with all their might.
At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng respectively looked at the huge LCD screen at the Bernabeu Stadium.
There is a display of the instant score of the match and the time of the match.
0:1
86’53”
Real Madrid's three cards are all played, which means that the rest can only be left to the eleven players on the field, as for whether they can equalize, it depends on God's mood.
Atletico made two substitutions, with Simeone still having a card in his hand to play when it mattered most.
Time is running out, and Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti are frequently featured on the broadcast screen.
Of course, the protagonists will always be the twenty-two players on the field.
As the game approached injury time, Atletico Madrid defended and Real Madrid conducted half-time offensive and defensive drills.
The core of Real Madrid is Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng, who rarely cooperated in the previous games, and there was a verbal conflict in this game, and it is unrealistic to expect them to cooperate.
So Real Madrid went their separate games for the rest of the game, with Cristiano Ronaldo trying to break through as long as he had the ball at his feet to help his team equalize.
Football to the feet of Tang Zheng, Real Madrid's attack is organized in an orderly manner, but it always feels like something is missing.
With Alvaro Morata heading back to the top of the box at the far end of the box, Cristiano Ronaldo scrambled in front of Godin to finish a blast that flew over the crossbar, and referee Lahoz blew the full-time whistle for two short and one long.
The score was still fixed at 0:1, and Real Madrid lost to its city rival Atletico Madrid.