In the last 10 years of the UEFA Super Cup, Spanish teams have participated in four times and won the trophy twice, and this year it was Atletico Madrid's turn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no doubt that Blackburn are the undisputed favourites, but Atletico Madrid boss Flores admitted: "Then the pressure is on the other side. ”

Argentine striker Sergio Aguero said: "Blake wanted to win the six-time crown? Let's stop them so that my friends in Barcelona will be happy. ”

In fact, Atletico Madrid's performance in the pre-season warm-up in the past month has not been good: only 4 wins in 8 games, of which only Betis is still a qualified opponent, and the rest are roles like the Thai All-Stars, which is not unrelated to coach Flores's efforts to train newcomers and practice tactics.

With five new signings wearing "sheet jerseys" this summer and Juventus agreeing to Thiago's one-year loan extension, Atletico Madrid's main competition has suddenly become tense. But against Blackburn, Flores could use last season's established line-up to take on them.

Top scorer Forlan was once a target for the likes of Inter Milan this summer, and now he is in full form for the first summit showdown of the new season. He said: "Blackburn are strong and beating them is something we would like to achieve. Now we have a better team than last year, so we are confident that we can make history. A good start is half the battle, and if we win the UEFA Super Cup, we can relax a lot and not think about how to get back all season. Last season was the opposite, with the initial setbacks keeping us restless throughout the season. ”

Coach Flores said: "Whether the team wins the championship or not, I don't put a subjective definition of the result. Even if we don't win the first trophy of the season, we don't see it as a tragedy. We have the ability to do better, so we will never give up. ”

At 20:45 on August 27, the 35th European Super Cup officially started at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, compared with the main lineup last season, Atletico Madrid's starting lineup changed many people, Uruguayan central defender Godin, who joined from Villarreal, started on behalf of Atletico Madrid, and former Arsenal teenager Merida sat on the bench.

Atletico Madrid (4-1-3-2):

Goalkeeper: David De Gea

Defenders: Perea, Godin, Dominguez, Ujfalusi

Midfielders: Assunço, Reyes, Raul Garcia, Simao

Forwards: Forlan, Sergio Aguero

Blackburn, who have already won the Community Shield, have changed their starting lineup from the Community Shield, with Carlo Ancelotti apparently starting his rotation at the start of the season.

Blackburn Rovers started (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Phil Jones, Vermaelen, Darmian

Midfielders: Duff, Ozil, Flamini, Bentley

Frontcourt: Hernandez, Owen

Before the game, the police stopped the clash between fans of both sides near a shop outside the stadium in time. For the first time in the history of the Super Cup, five referees were used, with one baseline referee added to each of the two goals.

The game was as expected, Blackburn, who used most of the young players in the starting lineup, took a relatively safe test and adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, but Atletico Madrid did not intend to give Blackburn too much time to adapt as soon as they came up, and from the first second of the game, Atletico Madrid took a big attacking posture.

In the 4th minute, Atletico Madrid's first threatening attack of the game appeared, Raul Garcia received Forlan's return pass in the midfield, and directly sent the ball straight into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Aguero quickly stepped forward, grabbed the landing point of the football, and directly swung his right foot to hit the goal, and the ball hung straight to the top left of the goal!

In this life, Cech did not suffer a "catastrophe", he has been competing with Buffon for the position of the world's number one goalkeeper in recent years, and Casillas can only be below the two of them although he has the bonus of winning the European Championship and the World Cup.

This time, Cech was also very accurate, standing directly on the left side of the goal when Aguero got up, punching the ball out with a light jump, and then the ball was driven to clear Ashley Cole's big foot out of the danger zone.

Ancelotti breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines, the last Community Shield and this time the European Super Cup, he focused on training, but with the Community Shield both sides as a warm-up game, so that Blackburn, who also played as a substitute, easily won the championship, this Atletico Madrid really took the Super Cup championship as an important event, and came up with a desperate posture, which made Ancelotti feel a little underestimated.

Ancelotti then walked onto the pitch and loudly instructed his disciples to strengthen the defense and strengthen the pressure on the Atletico Madrid midfield.

With a number of key players in the squad not playing, especially Alonso and Torres, the Spanish internationals on the bench, this is already the best squad in Ancelotti's mind.

For the team has been pressed in the half by Atletico Madrid, the so-called clever woman is difficult to cook for Ancelotti, there is no good way at the moment.

Atletico Madrid's attack immediately aroused the desire of Blackburn's players to counterattack, and Blackburn Rovers quickly began to counterattack, but there was no discipline.

Carlo Ancelotti looked a little bad on the sidelines, but it didn't stop the team's counter-attack, after all, some threatening attacks are needed now to boost the team's morale.

The game became more and more difficult for Blackburn, and Atletico Madrid, who really regarded this UEFA Super Cup as a final, frequently threatened Blackburn's goal, but Forlan and Sergio Aguero forgot to bring their shooting boots and squandered many good chances to score.

Atletico Madrid rushed to score in the first half, but instead missed two good chances to shoot from inside the box - as the saying goes, they can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

At the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid still couldn't score the lead, while Blackburn Rovers didn't have the ability to score, and the two sides returned to the dressing room with a 0-0 situation.

In the dressing room, Ancelotti did not change his tactics, still asked the team to continue to defend and counterattack, and the players had no opinion, even at this time, Ancelotti had no intention of changing the lineup.

This is one of the reasons why Ancelotti will recruit players, because the current starting lineup of Darmian, Ozil, Hernandez, Owen and Flamini are either new signings, or fringe figures of the team, once Ancelotti makes personnel adjustments, he must be one of them, but being replaced at half time is extremely huge for the player's heart, and it is extremely detrimental to their future development at Blackburn, Ancelotti does not want to be this villain.

And Carlo Ancelotti also has the capital to do so, because he believes that the defensive backbone of Vermaelen + Phil Jones + Cech can fully withstand Atletico Madrid's attack today, and as long as they give their team 20 minutes to play, they can win this game.

The arrogant army will be defeated, and sometimes it may not be realized.

However, early in the second half, Blackburn almost suffered a blow, and in the 68th minute, Atletico Reyes drove a corner from the right, Raul Garcia headed it over, and Assunsan headed home from close range, but the referee ruled that Assunsan had committed a foul first, so the goal was cancelled.

But this has scared Ancelotti out of a cold sweat, knowing that if the team has been so passive in defense, I am afraid that the opportunity for Atletico Madrid to score will come in the next moment, and it is impossible to defend it alone, and there must be a certain offensive threat.

Carlo Ancelotti turned back to the bench and finally made up his mind.

"Fernando! Frank! Warm up! Get ready to play! Listening to the old man's words, Frank Lampard and Torres, who were still anxiously watching their team-mates' performance, smiled, and both took off Under Armour's latest Blue Devils jacket and began to warm up.

At this moment, it was Atletico Madrid's counter-attack, Ashley Cole was forced to tackle the opponent on the right side of the penalty area in order to block the opponent's cross, and was warned by the referee with a yellow card and awarded a free kick.

Ashley Cole's foul gave Atletico Madrid a free-kick from the right outside the box, and although the angle of the direct free-kick was too small, it was a good opportunity to score from an indirect free-kick, even much better than the angle of the corner, with players from both sides huddled in front of the small box, with more or less pulling movements in their hands.

At this time, Atletico Madrid's number one striker Forlan retreated to the top of the penalty arc in the penalty area before stopping, and then he looked at Reyes, who was standing in front of the football and was about to take a free kick.

Reyes also looked at Fran, and then showed a slightly questioning expression, because Fran made a strange gesture towards him.

Then, Reyes, who remembered something, seemed to understand something and nodded, but no one else noticed the code between the two.

Reyes took a step back and prepared to take the ball.

At the same time as Reyes ran and kicked the football, Fran, who was originally standing outside the penalty area, jumped on the spot, then took a deep breath, like a 100-meter sprint, and rushed straight into the Blackburn penalty area!

Just as Forlan sprinted to the penalty spot, the ball flew high into the air, and Ashley Cole jumped to the top of the ball before Forlan did.

However, the cross was a little higher than usual, and the 172-centimeter Ashley Cole couldn't reach it at all, as if it was on top, the ball almost grazed his scalp and flew over, while the 180-centimeter Forlan was able to hit the ball with the help of the sprint!

But just as Fran was looking forward to scoring a goal, a figure suddenly appeared from the sky out of the corner of his eye! (To be continued.) )