Chapter 51: An Unbelievable Victory

"Hell, three people can't keep an eye on an Aguilera, what are they doing!"

It's no wonder Van Gaal is so annoyed, in all fairness, Barcelona's defense didn't make any mistakes just now, and when the center of gravity is concentrated in the middle, it can instantly form a three-person package defense on the side, which is already in place, but who would have thought that Aguilera, who has gradually declined, will have a big outburst? Counting the assists in the first half, he already had two direct assists in this game......

1-0 and 2-0 are definitely different situations, and what's worse is that you run into a manager who doesn't play his cards by the norm......

When Barcelona plucked up the courage to attack again, they were stubbornly blocked by Atletico Madrid in midfield, and after this attack did not get a chance, they thought that Atletico Madrid would kill time, after all, two goals lead is already quite a favorable situation for Atletico Madrid.

Even Atletico's players thought so, with Belleron getting the ball in the middle and preparing to control the ball on the spot and then organise the attack, when he heard Dick's voice from the sidelines.

"Forgot what I said at halftime? Who left you to do your own thing? ”

Now the stands are not very noisy, so Dick's voice clearly penetrated into Belleron's ears, Belleron was a spirit, almost had a ball control error, then I remembered that Dick asked the team to attack for fifteen minutes at halftime, but now it has only been less than five minutes!

Go on the offensive!

In an instant, the Atletico players understood what Dick meant, almost instinctively, and they switched from midfield control to attack!

"These guys are still attacking! Are they crazy? ”

After seeing the Atletico Madrid players quickly pour into Barcelona's half, the Barcelona players were extremely surprised while returning to the defense.

Van Gaal was also taken aback again - today he can be said to have surprised more times than in the previous games combined, and he is a little confused about Dick's thoughts now - if he just wants to prevent Barcelona from winning the Copa del Rey, now that the two-goal advantage at home is big enough, he still has to attack, is he not afraid that the attack will not be able to score but will be scored by Barcelona an away goal? A 2-0 win at home and a 2-1 win at home are quite different outcomes......

How did he know that Dick was thinking about a gamble, and now he has scored two goals, if he can score the third goal, then even Barcelona can not ignore such an advantage, and if he can expand the score again, Barcelona will definitely try their best to save face next, so that their main squad can be more consumed......

Figo and Rivaldo also began to retreat, the goal just now showed them the courage and strength that Atletico can put into the attack, if they don't retreat, just four defenders and two midfielders may not be able to stop these Atletico players whose morale has reached the peak!

However, will they be able to stop Atletico's attack by dropping back? In the final analysis, they are still rushing to the game, and the importance of this game has not been as great as that of Atletico Madrid, plus the players of Atletico Madrid have found their form after two victories, and the depression caused by the previous performance has been poor, at this time, the level that the Atletico Madrid players can play has even exceeded their normal level!

People have three disasters and six prosperity, which means that the state of the players always has from the trough to the peak, Atletico Madrid has been in the trough for almost a season, and finally began to get on the right track to climb the peak, such a good state is not a moment and a half will decline, Dick is also catching up with a good time.

But if Dick was lucky...... But not necessarily, if he hadn't brought the team out of a winless streak, how could the team have shaken off the previous negative impact and gradually get back on track? People will only see the gradual change of the entire Atletico Madrid first team after Dick's arrival, and how many people know how much work Dick has done in between?

Aguilera broke through from the right side with the ball again, and the Barcelona players did not dare to underestimate the 30-year-old veteran, and Sergi immediately wrapped himself tightly and did not give him any space to pass.

Seeing that he couldn't cross again, Aguilera immediately made a sharp stop, and then handed the ball to Juninho, who received the ball in the middle, stopped the ball and turned around, passed the ball back to Belleron behind him, and then accelerated towards Barcelona's penalty area.

His run caught the attention of some of the Barcelona defenders, as it looked like a two-man duo who had crossed back and then cut forward, but instead of a direct pass, Belleron picked up with his right foot and slotted the ball straight to the left!

Solari, who stepped forward, grabbed the ball in front of Reziger, then flicked the ball inward and cut into the box from the side!

Barcelona's defense was in turmoil!

Frank De Boer followed Hasselbaink and Abelardo made another mistake when he didn't keep an eye on Juninho in the box, but was distracted by Solari who burst into the box......

Naturally, Solari also discovered this, and without hesitation, he raised his foot and passed the ball to the back point!

Juninho appeared at the place where the ball landed, and met the falling ball without stopping the ball and volleyed directly in the early morning!

“GOOOOOOOOOAL! Juninho – Paulista! Three to zero! Oh my God, in the twelfth minute of the second half, Atletico scored again! They are 3-0 at home to a Barcelona side! This semi-final is really eye-catching, no one expected Atletico to be able to lead Barcelona by three goals at home! If the 1-0 lead in the first half was nothing for Barcelona without Figo and Rivaldo, with Figo and Rivaldo already on the field, they actually extended their lead to 3-0 in 12 minutes! With such a scoreline, it is almost certain that Atletico will be able to reach the final of the Copa del Rey, as long as they can keep a clean sheet for more than 30 minutes remaining......"

"Abelardo, it's Abelardo's mistake again! The performance of the Spanish national team defender in this game is simply a nightmare, this conceded goal is caused by his lack of marking, if it were not for this low pass, Juninho, who is 1.67 meters tall, would probably be able to score with a header! And Frank de Boer's performance is mediocre, and Barcelona's problems at the back are really a headache......

The Barcelona players were a little overwhelmed by the crazy celebrations of the Atletico players, all they thought about at half-time was how to equalize or even overtake the score, who knew that they went from being one goal down to three goals down shortly after the start of the second half?

Dick was once again the center of attention, and when Juninho scored the third goal, he opened his arms and began to run around the sidelines, his right hand pointing all the way up the stands, and all the stands he pointed to erupted in loud cheers!

"Di! Di! Di! At this time, even the fans who had chosen to remain silent before began to shout loudly, such a heart-wrenching game, who can keep calm again in the fans who came to the scene!

Van Gaal returned to his position with a gloomy face, and he couldn't help but be discouraged when the game was played to this extent, although it was not a situation where he was overtaken after falling behind by three goals, but with Barcelona's current situation, can he really do this?

Came to the scene with the defeat of a weak opponent, only to find that the opponent was much stronger than he imagined, and when he finally adjusted his mentality, he had fallen behind the almost irretrievable score, the most important thing is that at the beginning he thought that Atletico Madrid was going to recycle the defense, but Atletico Madrid launched a block in the midfield, and after the start of the second half, he thought that Atletico would continue to block, and as a result, Atletico Madrid launched a fierce attack, and after conceding the second goal, he thought that Atletico Madrid would delay time, and Atletico continued to attack fiercely......

No matter what you do, you will encounter unexpected situations, just once, two or three times, no one can stand it - not to mention that Barcelona's state has declined since the beginning of the second half of the season, and the rout is not once or twice, the state of the whole team is in a downward trend, can you still rise up and create miracles?

Van Gaal knows that it is unlikely, if it is in the Champions Cup, because of the attention, Barcelona can still create such a miracle, but after winning two consecutive championships in the league, Barcelona in the league is not as important as before, some games after seeing that they may lose they will choose to save their fitness to prepare for the Champions Cup, which is one of the reasons why they are still behind Deportivo La Coruna, in the Champions League they were able to fight back and score five goals against the opponent with an aggregate score of 1-4, But in the league, they will unconsciously think about the next game when they are two goals behind!

Barcelona don't have the same desire in the league as before, let alone the Copa del Rey which is even less important than the league, and the semi-finals of the Champions League in two weeks' time, not to mention the more important league to play, will they still be able to give their best in the rest of the games?

No way!

When the game restarted, Dick began to direct the team to retreat, two goals may not be satisfied with him, but three goals he can no longer be satisfied, and it is not realistic to expect the opponent to not catch the gap after he presses up, at this time, it is time to defend!

With three goals in hand, it is natural that they will be more comfortable defending, and Barcelona will inevitably be more anxious in attack, eager to score and score again immediately - in fact, if they have the patience to attack slowly, they may be able to pull one or even two goals back, but in this anxious mentality, even if they create a good chance or two, it will be wasted......

Not to mention the fact that they had just pulled off an epic comeback that would have made Barcelona invincible if they had been played regularly – the problem is that they were nowhere near invincible, and luck didn't seem to be on their side in this game......

For the next 30 minutes, Barcelona's best chance was a powerful volley from Rivalta's burst into the box, and Molina, who made several good saves, was a step slow this time, but the ball hit the post and bounced off the bottom line, which was the closest Barcelona came to scoring in the second half.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Atletico Madrid broke out a big upset at home, they swept Barcelona 3-0, which almost made Atletico Madrid enter the final of the Copa del Rey ahead of schedule!