Chapter 230: The final is coming

After playing Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid soon ushered in the 26th round of La Liga. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This time it's away against Alaves.

With the deepening of the competition, especially after the winter break, Alaves, like some other dark horse teams, has gradually declined in the league rankings, and some of them have been weak, but some of the stronger old teams have gradually reversed.

Alaves are currently seventh in the league, level on points with Athletic Bilbao.

However, Alaves has a problem this season, and the home team is seriously lacking in points.

If you look at the efficiency of picking points away from home, this team should be in the top four at least, but the efficiency of picking up points at home is too poor.

The main reason is also that the team's offensive ability is too poor.

Today's La Liga is very different from the past, with double midfielders as standard, except for a few teams, which are basically playing defensive counterattacks, after all, the results of teams such as Real Mallorca, Valencia and Celta Vigo in recent years are more exciting.

To put it simply, La Liga is now more conservative and utilitarian.

But it's simply unrealistic to get a good ranking in La Liga just by relying on a good defense.

Alaves proved that no matter how good you defend, you can't play without a good attack.

Therefore, sitting at home, Alaves can only concede three points again and again in the face of a group of opponents who put on a strict defensive double back.

Seeing through this, Atletico Madrid is more confident in playing Alaves away, and from the beginning of the game, Gao Han put on a strong offensive posture, vowing to win three points again on the road.

Alaves also wanted Atletico Madrid to press out and attack, and they also put on defensive counterattack tactics at home.

However, their defense did not last 10 minutes.

In the eighth minute of the game, Kaka forced a breakthrough with the ball in the middle, and then coordinated with Villa at the front of the penalty area, burst into the penalty area and calmly scored the goal to open the scoring for Atletico Madrid.

Then, just three minutes later, Villa seized a chance to score again, 2-0.

After scoring back-to-back goals, Atletico Madrid got off to a stunning start and have been firmly in control ever since.

In the second half, Alaves was clearly getting more and more impatient, while Atletico Madrid was patient with the ball and waited for a good opportunity.

Finally, in the 56th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid seized another chance, Kaka received a clever pass from Deco, turned away from the start, and went straight behind the defence.

Alaves' Argentine centre-back Colocini couldn't react and pulled down Torres as he turned to chase back.

This time, the referee did not hesitate to award a red card and sent Colocini off the field.

Atletico Madrid, who had the advantage in their own right, had an even more obvious advantage after one more man, and in the 67th and 86th minutes, Kaka and Dario Srna scored twice in a row to finally rewrite the score to 4-0.

With four goals against Alaves, Atletico Madrid played an exciting victory!

At the same time, Athletic Bilbao, who had just returned from the Calderón Stadium, defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home under the adjustment of Heynckes, and successfully avenged the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

But unlike any other in the past, both of Athletic Bilbao's goals came in the first half.

However, Gao Han saw more in this match.

When they first drank with Heynckes, the two focused on Real Madrid and exchanged ideas and opinions with each other.

Both men have a surprisingly unanimous view that Real Madrid's most important player is not Zinedine Zidane, not Figo, not Raul, but someone else.

In this game, Heynckes was able to successfully sink the Galaxy Battleship, which basically reflected the results of the previous discussion between the two, and also made Gao Han more confident about the upcoming Copa del Rey final.

As the highlight of the round of 26, Barcelona will take on Deportivo La Coruna at the Camp Nou.

Rexach's side showed a rare level of blood, equalising twice from two points down before beating Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 thanks to Kluivert's crucial strike in the 87th minute.

As the scoreline shows, Barcelona did do a good job.

At the end of this round, Atletico Madrid is still in the lead, but the second place has been quietly replaced.

So far this season, Valencia, who has been inconspicuous and unremarkable, quietly reversed Real Madrid and climbed to the second place in the standings.

Barcelona have also returned to the top four of the league with their excellent performances in recent times.

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After the 26th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid ushered in the first leg of the League Cup round of 16 knockout round, and went to Germany non-stop to challenge Hertha Berlin away.

The Bundesliga has been very competitive in recent years, and the team has a rich variety of plays.

There are teams such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund who still believe in the traditional back three, as well as teams such as Hertha Berlin.

Head coach Falke Gertz, like Gao Han, also came from Hertha Berlin 2nd team, and was promoted to the first team as head coach this season, using a three-four-three formation and a diamond-shaped midfielder.

This style of play certainly makes Hertha Berlin better in attack when facing opponents who are not as strong as themselves, but once facing a strong opponent, Hertha Berlin's defense will become the most lethal weakness, especially the defense of the two ribs.

In the Bundesliga this season, Hertha Berlin has been bloodied by teams such as Borussia Dortmund, Kaiserslautern and Hamburg, which is a big proof of this.

Playing Hertha Berlin away, Gao Han naturally also focused on the opponent's two ribs to make a fuss.

In the 17th minute, Atletico Madrid took the lead when Kaka's delicate combination with Villa on the left flank caused a foul on the opposition centre-back's box in the box.

The red card and penalty kick, Villa personally took the penalty, 1-0.

Atletico Madrid then slowed down their attack, but at the beginning of the second half, the Sheets attacked again, and Torres scored another goal for Atletico Madrid in just four minutes to extend the score to 2-0.

In the 70th minute, Deco put the icing on the cake and scored the third goal for Atletico Madrid.

3-0, Atletico Madrid won away from home.

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After beating Hertha Berlin, Atletico Madrid returned to the Calderón Stadium to welcome the opponent of the 27th round of La Liga, Celta Vigo.

Perhaps hoping to take advantage of Atletico Madrid's continuous multi-front battle to fish in troubled waters, or perhaps for other reasons, Victor Fernández's team actually played a rushing tactic at the Calderón Stadium.

Although, the rush after the opening did disrupt Atletico Madrid's position, and also caused a lot of trouble for the Sheets, and even allowed Vigo Celta to seize the opportunity, and Edu scored a goal in the 20th minute.

But this goal also brought Atletico Madrid to a complete sobering up.

Just five minutes later, Atletico Madrid had a set-piece in front of goal, and Dario Srna equalised for Atletico Madrid.

Ten minutes later, Torres added another goal to put the score in check.

Atletico Madrid then went on a rampage and sent off Celta Vigo midfielder Alexander Mostovoy just before half-time.

In the second half, Atletico Madrid made a big move, although the referee gave some preferential treatment to the visitors for balance reasons, and also showed yellow cards to a number of Atletico Madrid players, but in the end the Sheets still locked the score at 4-1 thanks to goals from Baptista and Marchena.

In the other matches of the round of 27, Real Madrid beat Alaves 3-1 at home, Deportivo La Coruna beat Zaragoza 1-0 at home, and Valencia beat Barcelona 2-0 at home.

The unlucky Lexage, the team has just improved, but unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, in the strong dialogue, Benitez's team directly returned to the prototype.

What's even more tragic is that Barcelona seemed to dominate possession throughout the game, but in fact there was no threat at all, which also made Rexage bombarded by the Catalan media after the game.

At the end of this round, Barcelona's ranking also slipped again, falling to fifth in the league.

However, the top three positions in the league remain unchanged.

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After the 27th round of the league, Atletico Madrid sat at home and welcomed Hertha Berlin.

For the Madrid derby at the weekend, and with the first leg already in place, Gao Han rotated his squad to include the likes of Seydou Keita, Baptista, Roberto, Aguilera and Pablo Ibañez.

But the substitutes were still quite tenacious on the pitch, desperately trying to grasp the hard-earned starting qualifications, and causing very big problems for Hertha Berlin on the pitch, especially on the two ribs.

This time, Gao Han tried to line up a four-three-two-one Christmas tree formation, with Correa and Baptista as the second, and Kiko starting up front.

At first, the players looked a little uncomfortable, a little messy on the pitch, but the defence was solid.

But as the game deepened, it gradually improved, especially in the second half, Hertha Berlin's two ribs were exposed again.

In the end, Baptista and Correa scored a goal each to help Atletico Madrid beat Hertha Berlin 2-0.

It is worth mentioning that both goals came with assists from Kiko.

With an aggregate score of 5-0, Atletico Madrid successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

On the same day as Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid went to challenge Porto away.

This is the fourth round of the second group stage of the Champions League, and Real Madrid, who have won three in a row, won 2-1 away to Porto, but the two sides played inextricably in 90 minutes.

With four wins in a row, Real Madrid advanced from the group in first place.

After playing the midweek European tournament, the time has also entered March.

The upcoming Madrid derby in the 28th round of the league and the upcoming Copa del Rey final have filled the whole Madrid with a strong atmosphere of slaughter.

But before the big game, Atletico Madrid suddenly received a fax from the Football Association. (To be continued.) )