While Atletico were engrossed in passing back and forth on the pitch, Flores noticed that something seemed wrong.

Atletico didn't show any impatience, especially with Flores feeling that they seemed to be more interested in going back and forth than in scoring......

Is this the way a normal team should play? Flores is about to feel that he is delusional, because in such a final, if you want to win, you have to score, especially for the team with superior strength, why are the players of Atletico Madrid just caring about passing the ball back and forth, instead of trying to find a way to hit the opponent's door?

If a team can pass and pass, and then suddenly launch an attack to score, it is almost impossible, even if it is the later Barcelona team that pushes the ball to the extreme, they just have a relatively high possession rate, but the number of attacks is not a lot at all, but now? Atletico have been going back and forth for ten minutes, and they have missed some half-to-half attacking opportunities, as if they have to find absolute scoring opportunities to attack......

But how can there be an absolute chance to score a goal on the football field! If you don't try, you never know what the end result of this attack will be, and if you just wait for the absolute opportunity, maybe you won't be able to wait for the whole game!

This approach is not so much that Atletico Madrid wants to win with goals, but that they also want to drag the game to extra time or even penalties to decide the winner - this is the highest strategy of the Spaniards in this game, but the Spaniards are because they know that their overall strength and the individual ability of the stars are slightly inferior to their opponents, so they will find a way to drag the game to the penalty shootout, so as to maximize the gap in strength between them and Atletico Madrid, why should Atletico do this?

"Did they practice penalty kicks and wanted to use them to fight us? This is too much of a sword, isn't it......" Flores thought a little speechless, he was now starting to find Dick a little difficult, because a guy who always played cards out of common sense was not terrible, but a guy who was always uneasy to play cards and still be able to win was a bit scary......

Just when Flores's mind was up and down, Atletico suddenly launched an attack.

After receiving a pass from Belleron, Juninho pretended to pass the ball to Solari, who followed on the left side, but quickly knocked the ball into the penalty area and broke through!

The nerves of the Spaniards were also quite tense at this time, and even when Juninho really started to break into the penalty area, many of them were relieved - it was finally here!

So the Spaniard's backline quickly responded with two defenders heading towards Juninho, while their Argentinian centre-back Mauricio Pochettino was firmly on his heel, not wanting to give the top scorer any chance.

Under such correct treatment, Juninho could only choose to shoot directly, the ball was easily saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Moura, and Hasselbaink wanted to rush forward to shoot, but the opponent did not get rid of it......

In the process of rushing forward, Hasselbaink and Pochettino kept battling, and finally lost their balance and fell forward, the referee did not give a penalty, and the Atletico fans in the stands booed.

Seeing that Moura got the ball, the players of Atletico Madrid immediately rushed back like a tide, so as not to quickly counterattack the opponent, seeing this, Moura did not want to immediately launch an attack with a long pass, but slapped the ball on the ground twice, waiting for the players to press it before organizing an attack.

Hasselbaink sat on the ground, stretched out his hand to indicate that the opponent had fouled, and saw that the referee ignored him, so he reluctantly got up from the ground and slowly walked towards the outside of the penalty area.

Moura seemed to ignore the presence of a Dutch striker behind him, and after two slaps on the ball, he threw it forward and then aimed to kick it away......

As he threw the ball out, Hasselbaink walked past him, and when he saw the ball fly out, the Dutchman took a quick step forward and then headed it down!

If Mora was shooting the ball on the turf, then Hasselbaink would have been fouled, because it was within the goalkeeper's control, but now the situation is that Mora threw the ball out - even if it was just thrown and was pushed down by Hasselbaink, it was not a foul - Hasselbaink might have raised his foot too high if he stretched his foot, but he just pushed the ball down with his head......

Sensing a dark shadow passing in front of him, Mora was stunned for a moment, then immediately shocked - he sensed where his mistake was!

The panicked Moura immediately pounced and wanted to continue to get the ball, but after Hasselbaink put the ball down, he quickly controlled the ball, and then went sideways and walked directly past Moura!

Mora fell to the ground and wanted to save the ball halfway, but Hasselbaink had already flicked the ball forward, dodged Mora's outstretched hand, and then jumped up, dodged Mora's attempted foul hand, and then strode towards the ball!

The frightened Spaniard defenders began to run back desperately, but it was too late!

"Oh oh oh oh! Mora made a low-level mistake! He was cut off by Hasselbaink...... The Dutchman rushed towards the ball, and although the angle was small, he had plenty of time to ......"

Indeed, Hasselbaink caught the ball almost close to the baseline, but now the nearest Espanyol defender was able to run close to the penalty spot, and the Dutchman kicked the ball back and then slotted it easily from a tight angle with his right foot......

The ball flew into the goal without any suspense!

Then Hasselbaink began to turn around and run wild in the stadium!

"The ball is in! Hasselbaink! Atletico took the lead in the 10th minute! Their luck was so good that Moura made a serious mistake and allowed Hasselbaink to get such a chance! This is a huge blow to the Spaniards! ”

When the cheers of Atletico Madrid fans in the stands and the scolding of Espanyol fans sounded, Atletico Madrid's coach's seat was already full of jubilation, regardless of whether the goal scored had a great element of luck, the goal was scored, the lead was ahead, and they had taken a solid step towards the Copa del Rey championship!

Dick shook his fist, but muttered to himself, "Damn, can you always only get this kind of goal that seems to have a lot of luck with a goal card?" This is too bad! If I continue like this, will I be considered a manager who only eats by luck? ”

However, it is also a pleasure to be ahead of Dick, as for whether others will say that he is a manager who only eats by luck...... Damn, which top coach doesn't have an element of luck in his top accolades? Instead of that magical three minutes at the end, why did Alex Ferguson lead United to the treble? What if I'm lucky? If you have the ability, you can get lucky!

So Dick went to celebrate with peace of mind......

He was celebrating happily here, but Flores on the other side was in a bad mood.

He didn't think that Dick was using that tactic just to wait for the balloon to appear, he just felt that he figured out why Dick did it - that is, to bet on the Spaniards' backline to make mistakes through attacks on the premise of stabilizing his midfield and reducing the chances of the Spaniards on counter-attack...... And he really made the right bet, which I am afraid no one thought of before!

"He's really a guy who goes off the rails...... It's very bad for us to fall behind now, so do you want to press it up and attack? Their counter-attacks were also sharp......"

After thinking about it for a long time, Flores decided to let the team fight back - otherwise this kind of goal loss would be too demoralizing, and if the team did not fight back immediately, the team's morale would only become less and less, until they were unwilling to fight.

As for whether Atletico Madrid will use counterattacks to deal with Espanyol, Flores is not very worried, in fact, Atletico Madrid's counterattack is not particularly good, the two games against Valencia and Barcelona, their counterattacks are actually a bit messy, and I don't know how to score, no matter how lucky the team is, it is impossible to be lucky all the time.

At least Flores doesn't believe Atletico's luck will continue to improve...... What if it really gets better? Then admit defeat and start over next season......

So after the Atletico players celebrated, the Spaniards, who had restarted the game, immediately launched a ferocious counterattack under the command of Flores.

The Spaniards' attacking ability is still good, after all, they are based on attack rather than defense in La Liga, so after launching a counterattack, their momentum once suppressed Atletico Madrid, Tamudo looked for opportunities in the penalty area, Bellamassan continued to organize in the midfield, and Gakar and De Lucas were looking for opportunities on the wings, although this attack is not complicated, the effect is still quite useful.

Atletico began to shrink their defense slightly to resist the opponent's fierce attack, Dick looked at the Spaniards who launched wave after wave of attacks, but his heart was not in a hurry - this kind of attack will not last long, as long as he blocks this wave of attacks, and then waits for the opportunity to counterattack twice, he can continue to take the initiative in his own hands.

Atletico have so many talented players up front that one or two individual breakthroughs are enough to make the opposition form retreat again...... What is there to worry about?

Sure enough, after resisting the opponent's attack for seven or eight minutes, Atletico Madrid immediately found an opportunity, Chamote pushed the opponent's cross, Belleron immediately handed the ball to Juninho in front, the Brazilian controlled the ball at his feet, and turned around to avoid the opponent's midfielder twice in a row.

Next, it is a constant back and forth pass, controlling the midfield and brushing the ball control......

In the first half of the ten minutes of back and forth possession and kicking, Atletico Madrid's players began to quickly adapt to this style of play and even began to indulge a little - constantly passing the ball back and forth, so that the opponent could not grab it...... Damn, this feeling is very cool, and I directly brought the monkey walking monkey on the training ground to the field......

"With the help of the technical advantage that is a cut above his feet, he grasps the initiative through the back and forth pass, and is not in a hurry to attack...... This tactic is rarely used by teams, and now it seems that if it is such a reversal when the lead is in the lead, it is really an inexplicable approach...... At least if the opponent wants to fight back, they need to press up, and the gap in the backcourt to lure the opponent becomes bigger......"

"It's all because Atletico are ahead, and if Atletico don't take the lead, they won't be able to kill time so recklessly, and that goal is so lucky......"