Chapter 236: The Role of Superstars
When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the second half, Real Madrid, who kicked off, immediately launched a fierce attack.
However, in the face of Atletico Madrid's pressing and solid defense in the midfield, Real Madrid's attack still did not seem to have much chance, although they passed a few back and forth, but they could still only complete the attack through long-range shots, Figo's long-range shot was not small in power and the angle was good, but it was saved by the concentrated Molina flying ball.
Atletico continued to threaten the Real Madrid defence with a quick attack, with Belleron sharing the ball to Vicente, who broke through and crossed for Camoranesi to shoot wide from the edge of the box.
Immediately after Atletico Madrid attacked again, Belleron passed the ball to Jardel, seeing that the situation was not good, Pavon tripped Jardel, Atletico Madrid won a free kick, Belleron's free kick crossed the wall, but was saved by Casillas, Salgado immediately cleared the ball.
Such a long ball clearance obviously could not organize the attack, Real Madrid did not have a good header in front, Stam rushed up in front of Raul to head the ball back into the Real Madrid half, Makelele transitioned to Héctor on the right, Héctor quickly dribbled forward, and then passed the ball to the retreating Bellerón before Robert Carlos pressed up.
Belleron sent a deflected ball straight down the left and Vicente got up in the corner of the box to shoot diagonally past the far post before flying off the line.
Dick shook his head slightly, if you want to play fast, there is such a problem, that is, you can't attack well and carefully, so that the quality of the attack seems a little rough.
"Real Madrid seem to have strengthened their defense in the box, but the defense outside the box seems to be declining." Marriner said something to Dick suddenly.
"That's right." Dick nodded: "Look at Elgra's position, now he is about to become a central defender...... This is Bosque's concern that our fast break will quickly hit the box, none of their central defenders can suppress Jardel in a one-on-one situation, and taking the ball in the box is tantamount to announcing their death sentence, so they would rather give us more chances at the edge of the box than let us easily take the ball in the box and finish the shot. ”
"Bosque is really good, and he was able to figure it out in this situation, albeit ......a little rough," Marina sighed.
Dick smiled and continued his words: "It's rough, but there's no way to do it, and it's good to be able to do this." ”
"But this kind of defense may not be able to last too long, you must know that the gap in the front of the penalty area is too big, and it is easy for us to score, and we have a lot of heavy gunners." Marriner said after a moment's thought.
'He's betting that his superstars can equalise before we extend our lead...... It's the only way I can think of to win in his position. Dick chuckled slightly, his words full of sympathy for Bosque.
Looking at Dick's smile, Marriner suddenly realized why he was not as good as a manager of Dick's level - he usually looks arrogant, but he has a very clear understanding of his own ability and the ability of his opponents, and the face of arrogance, rudeness, or ignorance shown by the outside world is just a appearance, maybe only the people around him and those who are familiar with his opponents can really understand him.
During the conversation, Atletico had another shot from the edge of the box, and Belleron's close-to-ground shot from the edge of the box was confiscated by Casillas - Atletico did get a lot of chances in the box during this period, but Casillas's performance was quite solid.
After this attack, the speed of Atletico Madrid's players to return to defense was also a little slow, after all, Real Madrid had been slow to attack before, which also paralyzed them to a large extent.
As Casillas got up, he saw the situation in front of him, and he suddenly ran two steps forward, and then quickly threw the ball directly to Carlos on the left.
Carlos' possession of the ball made the Atletico players feel a sense of danger, but Carlos did not choose to pass forward or break through himself, but crossed the ball to Guti in the middle, and this action made the Atletico players start to prepare for a gradual retreat - because it did not look like a fast attack.
But when the ball flew to Guti's feet, Real Madrid's offensive rhythm began to speed up suddenly!
It is said that Real Madrid will not play fast attack, that is also relative, but occasionally launch one or two fast attacks, it is still done, because the ball is always faster than people, if you can complete the pass well, even if they do not have fast players in the frontcourt, they can still play a very wonderful fast attack!
After getting the ball, Guti immediately took a few steps forward with the ball, and after attracting the attention of Makelele and Baraja, he raised his foot to distribute the ball to Figo who inserted on the right side, Figo quickly dribbled forward, and used continuous control to make Capdevilla can only gradually retreat, but Figo did not choose to continue to break through, but passed the ball to Raul, who retreated.
Raul received the ball and turned around, quickly raised his foot in the center circle, and moved the ball to the left!
From there, it was Zidane with a shiny bald head!
Zidane is not known for his speed, but unlike other technical forwards, he has a strong body and excellent scoring ability, and such a forward insertion can be said to be lightning fast!
Héctor was almost instantly freed by Zidane, and then Zidane, who stepped forward, unloaded the ball with a move without the slightest pyrotechnics, and the ball rolled diagonally in the direction he was running, which hardly had any effect on the speed of Zidane's advance!
Dribble! Straight line! Plug forward!
Zidane's speed with the ball doesn't look fast, but Thuram, who was forced from the side, began to retreat at the first event, but when Zidane dribbled into the penalty area, he still couldn't defend Zidane!
After bursting into the penalty area, Zidane faced the attacking Molina, he quickly dunked the ball, adjusted his angle to the goal, and then took his right foot and shot directly into the far corner!
Molina stretched out his hand as best he could, and his fingertips touched the ball, but he couldn't stop it from flying into the goal!
When Zidane hoisted the ball into the corner of the Atletico goal with an elegant movement, the 48,000 Atletico Madrid fans in the entire Calderón stadium became silent, while the 3,000 Real Madrid fans let out a cry of great surprise!
One to one! Ten minutes after the start of the second half, in the fifty-fifth minute of the game, Real Madrid, like in the first half, was passive and inferior in attack, relying on a beautiful counterattack and tacit cooperation between several stars, and equalized the score with a counterattack like a cloud of peers!
"That's what fucking superstars do! I fucking hate that, it's so frustrating to have something happening outside of my control......"
Dick spread his hands helplessly the moment he saw the ball fly into the goal, then turned and walked towards his position, and it was not until he sat down that Dick covered his mouth with his palm and said a word to Marriner.
Marriner smiled bitterly, he also felt helpless - he knew that Dick must be very, very, very unhappy at this time, he had no last resort, he calculated all the game situations, and was able to make the general trend of the game move forward according to his own presumption and manipulation, but there are always such superstars who break this trend with excellent individual performances! With this sense of powerlessness, it's no wonder that Dick, the head coach who always wants to take everything into his own hands, feels very unhappy.
It's just that it's useless to be unhappy, there is always no shortage of such superstars in this world, even in the later generations that Dick knows, the gap between stars and ordinary players has narrowed to a small difference, but there are still Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and other players with strong personal ability, and the head coach wants to control everything, in fact, it is not so easy.
As Zinedine Zidane and his teammates began to celebrate, Dick pouted, then stood up and made a quiet gesture on the pitch.
'It's just an accident, it's not a tactical problem with us, so keep playing like this. It's the second half, the fitness of the players is down, Real Madrid's defense will not be as flawless as before, as long as we continue to attack like we just now, then the goals will definitely come! Dikla passed Belleron and said these words to him.
Belleron nodded, he used to be known as Zidane of Spain, and he has gradually reached his peak in recent years, and now that Zidane has scored, he will naturally be a little unconvinced.
Now Dick's tactical arrangement is just right for his appetite.
Playing fast means that he doesn't need to organize too much at the back, and he can also have more opportunities to attack forward and naturally have a lot of scoring opportunities - didn't Real Madrid strengthen their defense at the edge of the box? I'm outside the box, and I'm also very good at scoring!
Quickly telling the rest of the players Dick's instructions, Belleron stood in the center circle, waiting for the kick-off to attack.
Real Madrid's celebrations continued for some time – and it's no wonder they lost their temper, since Dick took charge of Atletico, Real Madrid have not won a league game against Real Madrid, and even equalisers or take the lead are rare! Now they can equalise away from home, which is undoubtedly a victory for them!
Atletico Madrid quietly attacked.
Belleron quickly distributed the ball to the left, Vicente began to break through along the wing at high speed, he used his speed to shake off Salgado, and then raised his foot to pass the ball into the penalty area, under the pull of Jardel, Camoranesi at the back point of the goal to beat Carlos seven meters in front of the goal, and the ball flew off the bottom line!
Camoranesi scratched his head with some remorse, he had two good chances today, but he missed both - his feet didn't seem to be going well today.
He was joined by Guti, who two minutes later latched on to Carlos' pass from the left and then pushed the ball out of the box.
Belleron glanced at Molina and, after saying a word to Baraja, began to run forward on his own, rather than staying in the backfield to answer.
"Is Belleron going to attack? This is a good choice, although he has not scored many goals in the past two years, but the scoring ability of the forward attack has not decreased, Atletico Madrid still seems to have to strengthen the attack, which is understandable, after all, it is their home field, and getting a draw with a goal conceded will be quite unfavorable for Atletico Madrid......" said the commentator.