Chapter 145: Match Point

Updated: 2013-04-19

'We didn't score in the first half, but I'm happy with your performance...... Because in the first half, although the quality of your counterattack was not high, but in terms of quantity, it was up to standard. 【Latest chapter reading. 】”

Dick said with a smile in the locker room, although the defenders of Deportivo La Coruna still did not seem particularly tired when they got off the field, but Dick knew that such a veteran would naturally allocate his physical strength, but in any case, there were seven or eight full-strength sprints back and forth in a first half, even if they didn't feel tired at this time, the ten minutes of halftime would make their fatigue feel earlier, as long as it continued like this, their physical strength would be dragged down by Atletico sooner or later.

"In the second half we had to play a little bit more aggressively...... Don't be afraid to concede the ball, press it out and keep the pace up! Let's compare them away from home, in the open attack, who has the better offensive ability! They scored forty-eight goals in the league and what about us? Four more than them! Now we have to show them that we have the ability to score more goals than them, even in a single game! Because we're going for the championship! If you go for the championship, you can't fall on this field! ”

"Oh!"

Atletico Madrid's players waved their fists and shouted, this season's series of results have allowed them to accumulate enough self-confidence, and for Atletico Madrid's main players, none of them have won the top league championship, the only one with a league championship championship record is nothing more than Jardel, but compared with La Liga, the level of the Portuguese Super League is still a little worse, otherwise he would not have left Porto, the Portuguese hegemon, to join Atletico Madrid, which is not a top team in Spain - the attraction of the top league, Yes, there is.

Dick's rush for the title mobilized the emotions of all the Atletico players, because this is what they crave the most right now.

After a break, the Atletico players came on full of energy, they are still very young, so halftime is a precious time for them to recharge, and for Deportivo defenders, who are not too young, halftime is not enough for them to recover too much, but because of the consumption of the first half, they are not as energetic as the first half.

When he returned to his position, Dick took a look at the faces of the Deportivo defenders, and he saw a hint of fatigue, which gave him more confidence in the second half.

"The second half began...... Atletico insisted on counter-attacking in the first half, but Deportivo did a good job of preventing that. Although there were no goals in the first half, it was quite exciting in terms of the process, and in the second half it was Deportivo La Coruna who had the upper hand after all, after all, they attacked more than Atletico, and they deserved to win in the second half if they could have taken their chances better......"

Just when the commentators were expressing their opinions based on the situation in the first half, the second half had already started quietly, and Atletico Madrid, who kicked off, launched an attack from the first minute of the second half!

After receiving the ball kicked back by Belleron, Baraja passed the ball to Makelele, who then passed it back, Thuram who received the ball handed the ball to Héctor, who raised his foot to pass the ball to Camoranesi in front of him before the players of Deportivo pressed up, and then cut forward himself, Camoranesi passed the ball to Bellerón, who stopped the ball and got rid of Mauro? Silva stepped up and then passed the ball to the inserted Héctor.

Héctor raised his foot to cross the ball into the box on the run, and Jardel, who was sprinting all the way, jumped high to meet the ball, and then beat Naibet to shake his head at the goal!

Nebet struggled to interfere with Jardel, and although he couldn't stop Jardel's header, it caused Jardel's header to deviate a bit, and after slamming past Songo's outstretched hand, he slammed into the perimeter of the near post and bounced off the line!

"Oh! Atletico had a very dangerous attack from the start! It's a pity! ”

Dick jumped up with his head in his hands, then waved his arms violently, chattered and turned his head and walked back, Irueta was also taken aback by Atletico Madrid's attack, but he also relaxed a little when he saw Dick's performance - it was obvious that this was Dick's counterattack after the start of the second half arranged at halftime, and then Atletico Madrid should continue to recycle the defense like in the previous half, as long as they seized some opportunities, they could still score.

So Irueta quietly made a gesture on the field - don't worry, attack like in the first half, prevent their quick counterattack, the victory must be ours.

Deportivo players began to attack gradually like in the first half, but this time Atletico Madrid did not recover so much, but started a crazy press in the midfield!

This completely different approach from the first half made the Deportivo players not react at first, De Jaminha just received a pass from Forlan, Baraja came from the side of a powerful charge, De Jaminha dodged, but was quickly poked down by Makelele who was hiding on the side!

The poked ball rolled to the feet of Belleron, who took the ball and turned around, and then sent a diagonal pass for the first time, the ball flew straight to the right, Camoranesi quickly stepped forward, and raised his foot to send the ball to the middle before Romero returned to defense!

Like a tank, Jadel rumbled past Deportivo La Coruna's half, accelerating quickly in the direction of the ball's rolling!

The speed of the Deportivo defenders to return to the defense was obviously slower than in the first half, although Naibet and Donato sandwiched Jadel left and right in the hope that he could not speed up, but under the unreasonable impact of Jadel, Naibet and Donato would feel their center of gravity shake twice every time they collided with Jadel, and they rushed all the way, and the thirty-nine-year-old Donato finally couldn't stabilize his center of gravity anymore, and stumbled a few times in embarrassment, and then looked up helplessly at Jardel who was gone......

In the confrontation, Naibet couldn't compete with the tall monster of Jadel, although he was not thrown away by Jadel, but he was also stopped behind by Jadel, Jadel took another step forward, and finally caught up with the rolling ball, then raised his foot to unload the ball, and then continued to carry the ball forward!

Naibet was stopped behind Jadel, and he didn't dare to foul, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to go around Jadel, so he could only keep interfering behind him, hoping to block Jadel's attack with Songo......

Jadel did not rush to shoot, but continued to move forward with the ball, Naibet continued to interfere behind him, and Songoo had already abandoned the goal, intending to pinch Jadel with Naibet one after another, at least let him shoot without much!

Just as Songo'o was about to rush in front of Jadel, he saw Jadel raise his right foot, and then Naibet's interference...... Got up and passed the ball to the other side of his body......

It's Vicente that is plugged in at high speed on that side!

In a pure sprint contest, Vicente left Pablo far behind, and Jadel was keenly aware of this, and instead of forcing a shot, he delivered this incredibly beautiful assist after attracting the full attention of Nebet and Soongoo!

Vicente, who was inserted at high speed, did not adjust his shooting pace very well, and after approaching the rolling ball, he just raised his foot on the side of the rolling ball, and the ball changed direction and flew towards the goal......

Romero, who struggled to defend back, was also a step slower, although he made a tackle to clear the ball, but when he touched the ball, it was already after the ball flew into the goal......

“goooooooooooooal! Atletico's quick counter-attack! They suddenly started pressing in the midfield and caught Deportivo off guard! The speed of this counterattack was too fast, and Jardel's strength was vividly displayed in this counterattack, and the two defenders of Deportivo could not stop him, and Donato was old after all, and he was quickly defeated in this pure confrontation...... And Naibet and Songo, despite their best efforts, were still unable to stop Jadel from making this beautiful pass! All Vicente had to do was face the empty door and aim......"

When Vicente started to run in the stadium, the Deportivo fans stopped shouting, and Atletico Madrid's counterattack not only did not make the Deportivo defenders react, they did not react - but after a pause, they continued to shout, because they firmly believed that Deportivo would definitely overtake the score next, and they had such confidence in the team they supported!

"Did you suddenly increase the pressing in midfield......" Irueta began to think, but after thinking about it, he continued to wave his hand and let the players attack the way they had done before, and he had to wait to see if it was an accident or if Dick had changed his tactics for the second half......

Two minutes later, Iruetta's brow furrowed, it was clear that after taking the lead, Atletico Madrid did not continue to shrink the defense as in the first half, but invested more troops in the midfield, that is, played more aggressively than in the first half, although this approach made Irueta feel a little strange, but in any case, it allowed Deportivo to have more opportunities in attack!

At least they didn't keep a firm edge in the box, and Deportivo LaCoruna's two forwards were able to get more chances......

"Now that you've challenged, I can't help but fight...... Attack, then attack, and see who has the better offensive ability! ”

As Irueta made the gesture of pressing the attack, Deportivo La Coruna's players understood the next tactic - that is, to use the attack to fight against Atletico Madrid, let Atletico Madrid see how good Deportivo Lacoruna's attack is!

"Pressed the offense? Very good...... Mr. Iruetta, you still ignore this...... I'll admit that Deportivo La Coruna is no worse than us in frontal attacks, but with this back-and-forth tug-of-war, your weaknesses will be more and more exposed! We only have one player over the age of 30 and you have four! Fighting for physical strength? We've won! ”

Dick's face became more and more determined, because he knew that when Deportivo began to tug back and forth with Atletico Madrid, the balance of victory had gradually tilted in favor of Atletico Madrid, and from the moment Atletico Madrid took the lead, they had already occupied the match point of this game!

"Let's attack, maybe you can equalize, but the later in the game, the better our hopes of victory!"

ps: No wonder I woke up so early today, it turned out that I forgot to update it automatically yesterday!