Chapter 249: Here They Come!
"Viewers, welcome to the 2001-2002 Copa del Rey final, which will be broadcast live for you by Spanish TV Channel 1. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
'It's a game that has been watched by a lot of people and we're broadcasting it live for you at the Bernabeu.'
"The game is about to start, so I'll give you a brief overview of the starting line-ups for both teams......
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"The referee is about to blow the whistle and both teams are ready."
"All the viewers in front of the TV, let's wait and see, the Copa del Rey final will start soon."
"This is a live broadcast by ESPN Sports."
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"The live TV camera gave a big close-up of Gao Han on the sidelines."
"At this moment, I am proud to be a Chinese, and I believe that the audience in front of the TV must also be proud of Gao Han's achievements."
"He is the first Chinese to stand at the top of the world's top league, so let's wish him a victory."
"Okay, it's time for the game!"
"This is CCTV, this is CCTV, the Spanish Copa del Rey final has officially begun!"
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"The signal from the European side has been given."
"Okay, we see that the game has just started, Atletico Madrid serves."
"This is the NBC Sports Channel in the United States, and it is a live broadcast of the Copa del Rey final in Spain, against the super giant Real Madrid, and against the rival Atletico Madrid."
"We saw that as soon as the game started, Atletico Madrid took the lead.
"It was also a trademark opening attack for Atletico Madrid."
'It's a very dangerous attack, you can score goals a lot, and even if you can't score, you can disrupt the opponent's rhythm from the start and help them control the tempo better.
"Let's see if Atletico Madrid can control the tempo as smoothly as ever."
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Dressed in a pure white shirt and wearing a conspicuous captain's armband, Hierro sat at the back of the team.
With the exception of goalkeeper Casillas, he was the last man in the team.
Next to him is the young player Pavon, a young man with great potential and high expectations.
His former partner Karanka was moved to left wing-back in place of Robert Carlos.
The lack of people on the left side is also a major weakness in Real Madrid's huge squad.
Salgado on the right also has a Gremi as a substitute, but Robert Carlos on the left has no strictly substitute, and this season promoted the youngster Raul Bravo, but at the critical moment, Bosque still did not dare to take risks.
Hierro glanced at Salgado on the right, then at Pavon and Karanka on the left, and turned to look straight ahead.
"They're coming, be careful!" Hierro reminded loudly.
Against Atletico Madrid, everyone dared not be careless.
As early as before the game, Bosque and the coaching staff had studied the strategies that Atletico Madrid might implement in the game, and their usual 4312 tactics have been the focus of the team's research for a long time.
The opening attack is Atletico Madrid's signature tactic.
This is not surprising at all.
Even, the coaching staff concluded before the game that Robert Carlos was injured, although Karanka played well at central defense, but he hadn't played at left-back for a while, plus the left central defender was a teenager Pavon, so Atletico Madrid would definitely seize this point to play.
In this regard, Real Madrid has also already responded to it.
Hierro's eyes were glued to the ball, and at the same time, he was also keeping an eye on Atletico Madrid's attack, and found that it was not unexpected by the coaching staff.
"Francisco, Aitto, they're coming!"
Pavon and Karanka were suddenly on the verge of becoming enemies.
Soon, Torres ran to the left to raise his hand for the ball.
"I'll go up." Karanka immediately stepped forward, and Pavon immediately adjusted his position.
Elgra also leaned over as soon as possible to assist Karanka.
Marcos Senna played the ball to Torres, but with Karanka behind him and Elgra next to him, Torres had no chance and had to take two steps back to get the ball back into midfield.
This also immediately relieved Real Madrid's backline.
Just a temptation!
The ball was passed in succession by the midfielder of Atletico Madrid and soon to the feet of Kaka.
However, the back pair of Claude Makelele and Erguera were like an impregnable wall, blocking the Real Madrid defence, and Kaka had no way to break through, and even lost the ball instead.
However, Atletico Madrid's on-the-spot counter-attack made it difficult for Real Madrid to pass the ball to the feet of the superstar in front.
After a few successive passes, the ball was back at the feet of Atletico Madrid.
For this, Real Madrid has long been mentally prepared.
"It's okay, we'll come again!" Hierro cheers on his teammates.
He was sensitive to the fact that there were some problems with the mentality of several of his teammates, especially the partner next to him.
The youngster Pavon is not young anymore, he is already twenty-two years old, but he has little experience in the first team, and he has performed well in the second team before, which is in line with the management's strategy of reusing youth training, so he was promoted to the first team and cultivated.
I heard that when he was in the second team, he had several battles with Gao Han, and without exception, they were all defeated.
The first of these was the battle of fame in the high cold, the Madrid Community Invitational.
Now, with such an important game again, the pressure is really high for young Pavon.
There's also Karanka, who is a bit rusty with the left wing-back, making it difficult for him to let go, which is also a big problem.
You must know that in Real Madrid's formation, several superstars in the front court are basically not involved in defense, so the flank defense of the back line is basically completed by fullbacks.
In the past, Roberto Carlos has been criticized for his defensive problems, but at the very least, the attacking power of the Brazilian left-back is a big threat to any opponent, but now that Karanka is playing this position, the defensive hidden dangers are still there, but the offensive threat is almost non-existent, which is really reassuring.
Just when Hierro was a little annoyed, Gao Han from the away team's coaching area walked to the sidelines and waved his hand towards the court.
This move not only made Hierro's heart skip a beat, but also made the fans of the Bernabeu boil.
Is he asking the team to increase their offensive efforts?
Sure enough, Atletico Madrid quickly regrouped a wave of attacks.
Pep Guardiola dragged the ball in midfield and spotted his chance and crossed to the right.
Dario Srna quickly slipped past Zinedine Zidane's zone and caught up with Pep Guardiola's pass to find his way into Real Madrid's half.
At the same time, Atletico Madrid's Marcos Senna also pressed forward at the same time, and Kaka bullied Makelele and Elgra's defense zone with the whole person, so that the double back did not dare to move.
"Damn, there's no one in front of you!" Hierro was shocked.
Dario Srna was very fast with the ball, and he hit the 30-metre zone in one fell swoop.
"I'm on!" Karanka rushed forward without thinking.
As soon as he rushed up, Pavon immediately moved to the left, keeping the distance between himself and Karanka.
But at this moment, Hierro realized that something was wrong.
"Watch out for Torres!"
Before Hierro could finish his warning, Dario Srna crossed diagonally from the right and sent the ball to the feet of Fernando Torres at the edge of the box.
At this time, on the right side of the arc of the entire penalty area, only Torres and Pavon were left one-on-one.
It was only then that everyone realized that something was wrong, and they all exclaimed.
Karanka was the first to pounce.
But as soon as Torres received the ball, he rushed directly to Pavon, a feint to forcibly break through the bottom line, and after deceiving Pavin to lose his center of gravity, he suddenly stopped and smashed the ball, and easily shook off Pavon.
The ball falls to the left foot, the right foot stands, and the left foot volleys directly!
It's a long process, but it's actually a whole thing on the pitch.
It wasn't until Torres got up that Hierro chased after Pavon, but it was impossible to stop the ball.
Casillas was in a good position, but Torres deliberately hit a high ball and was very fast, which made Casillas unable to reach at all.
The ball was like a bolt of lightning and quickly drilled into the Real Madrid goal.
In an instant, the entire Bernabeu fell into a deathly silence!
Three minutes, just three minutes into the opening game, Atletico Madrid took the lead in breaking through Real Madrid's goal!
All the Melinger, even the fans of the Sheets Army, couldn't believe their eyes.
It wasn't until the referee's whistle blew and the number on the red scoreboard on the pitch went from zero to a moment that everyone came to their senses.
“goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!”
The audience cheered!
The noise created by the fans of Atletico Madrid quickly swept through the entire Bernabeu stadium.
The ball is in!
1 to 0!
Torres!
The boy, who still looked freckled, raised his hands and laughed excitedly after the goal.
I'm afraid even he didn't expect that this goal would come so quickly and so smoothly.
But soon, he was hugged by teammates rushing around him, some pinched his face, some grabbed his hair, some picked his nose, and some even attacked his chest......
None of that cares, though!
It's a goal!
Torres let out a long exhale, and his whole body was happy.
'Oh my God, just three minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid opened the scoring against Real Madrid, which was unbelievable.
'We all expected it to be a good game and we even thought it could be a head-to-head battle, but we never thought it would come so early.
"Judging from the slow-motion replays, Real Madrid's left wing-back and left centre-back are obviously missing, especially the youngster Pavon, who was too easily shaken by the opponent."
'As we feared before the game, they were too nervous and under a lot of psychological pressure, which made it difficult for them to let go and look cautious.
"On the other hand, Atletico Madrid was very open at the beginning, without much psychological baggage, and played his best attack at the beginning, and quickly took advantage of Real Madrid's constraints, and took the next city first."
"With Fernando Torres' goal, the 25,000 Atletico Madrid fans made an astonishing noise, directly overpowering the home fans, showing the high morale of Atletico Madrid and the super confidence of the team."
"Of course, the game has just begun, and Real Madrid, who are one goal behind, don't need to rush at all, there is still time."
'The most important thing now is that Bosque has to stabilize the team as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )