Chapter 504: Capture of St. Paul's Stadium

On September 29, in the second round of Group A of the Champions League group stage, Napoli hosted Atletico Madrid at 5 o'clock local time.

Before the game even started, the fans at the São Paulo stadium had already set off fireworks, and when the players from both sides entered the stadium, the whole stadium was filled with smoke and the choking smell of gunpowder made the Atletico Madrid players a little uncomfortable, but the Napoli players were obviously not surprised by this.

At the São Paulo Stadium, Atletico Madrid had a difficult match!

In this game, the lineup of the Gao Bo team underwent a small rotation.

Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa were paired up front with N'Golo Kante, Gabi, Mario Suarez and Antoine Griezmann in midfield.

The central defenders are Lucio and Godin's partner, and the wing-backs on the left and right are Sandro and Juanfrán!

Napoli, on the other hand, are still their main squad, and in the last round of Serie A, Mazzarri has rested several of his core players.

This game is too crucial for Napoli to get out of the group and they will have to pick up points at home if they want to progress from the group.

If they don't get points at home, Napoli will have no way back when they get away.

Therefore, Napoli pays great attention to defense in this game, and the team in Serie A has a high attainment in defense, plus in the formation of 3421, Mazzarri has arranged four midfielders in front of the back three to participate in the team's defense, and once the midfield is broken, they can immediately launch a counterattack!

Playing away, Atletico Madrid are still actively seeking to attack, controlling the football and looking for Napoli's defensive gaps up front.

However, in the face of Napoli, who are tough at home, Atletico Madrid has not taken advantage of it at all.

The entanglement between the two sides in the midfield made the game not smooth at all, and the game was frequently interrupted by fouls and players falling to the ground.

Neutral fans who are watching this game can be drowsy to watch such a game, especially for Chinese fans who need to stay up late to watch the game.

However, the atmosphere of the scene is very hot!

Every tackle by a Napoli player always elicited a tsunami of cheers from the stands at the São Paulo Stadium.

This is especially true in the stands where some extreme fans gather, and the mafia thugs who want to get tattoos all over their bodies want to turn the game into a fighting arena and shout all kinds of shouts from the stands.

In such a situation, the Napoli players are even more excited!

The intensity of the competition has also intensified little by little.

The Atletico Madrid players were very calm, and Gao Bo, who was on the sidelines, kept pointing his fingers to his head to remind the players to play with wisdom.

It's obviously unwise to go toe-to-toe with an excited bull.

Atletico Madrid slowly took control of the football and moved the Napoli defence through passing in the face of Napoli's ferocious attack.

For Atletico Madrid, they are not afraid of the excitement of their opponents, sometimes the excitement is too much.... It's not a good thing either.

For example, in the 36th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid finally seized a chance to knock on the Napoli goal.

Griezmann paused after winning the ball in the middle, made a feint to split the ball to the wing, and then suddenly took a step forward with the ball, and after attracting the attention of the defenders, he picked the ball into the box.... Diego Costa swung the ball to the other side with his back in the box, and Aguero cut in and kicked the ball into the Napoli goal!

Atletico Madrid leads 1-0!

The goal also calmed down the somewhat hot-headed Napoli players.

Previously, their strategy was to stick to the counter-attack, but under the stimulus of the atmosphere of the scene, they grabbed more and more, so that Atletico Madrid seized the opportunity.

Now it is the first goal by the opponent!

Atletico Madrid were even less anxious after the goal, they slowly controlled the ball and prepared to use the pass to drain Napoli's physical strength and fighting spirit.

But Napoli is now pressing on all fronts, and Napoli, who is playing at home, took advantage of the last period of the first half to launch a fierce attack!

The threat of Napoli's front trident was huge, and in the 45th minute of the game, just as the game was about to enter injury time, Ravic suddenly broke forward with the ball and passed the ball up!

In the box, Cavani leaps high and heads the ball into the net!

One-to-one!!

Napoli equalised!

The fact that they were able to equalise in the first half made the Napoli players and fans alike quite excited, and their fighting spirits were even more high.

By the second half, Atletico Madrid was feeling the pressure from the scrappy Napoli.

The game was more intense and Napoli were looking to get the tempo closer to their liking.

A draw was actually an acceptable result for Atletico Madrid, so Gao Bo did not change the situation on the field.

He was even a little worried that his players would get kicked and injured in such an atmosphere.

The São Paulo Stadium is like an erupting volcano at this time, and the double anti-dump players are fighting against each other in such an atmosphere, and the action will inevitably become bigger unconsciously!

In the fifty-third minute of the game, Hamsik directly overturned Griezmann, who had the ball in the midfield, broke the ball and dribbled forward, and shot angrily at a distance of almost 30 meters from the goal!

The soccer ball is like a cannonball, flying towards the goal!

Fortunately, Navas was focused, and he flew to save the ball off the line.

After that, it was the most difficult time for Atletico Madrid.

Napoli's attack at home is becoming more and more fierce, Hamsik's long-range shot, Ravitch's breakthrough, and Cavani's physical superiority can all pose a threat to Atletico Madrid's defence.

The Italian commentator on the commentary bench was very excited: "Napoli completely dominated the field during this time, their attacks became more and more fierce, and it was only a matter of time before they scored!!" ”

The commentator was right, it was a matter of time before the goal was scored, but the question was which team scored the goal.

In the 68th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid won a counter-attacking rally, Ravitch's breakthrough was cut off by Kante, and then Atletico Madrid immediately launched a counterattack!

Antoine Griezmann dribbled all the way up front and then distributed the ball to Aguero who was running on the right!

Aguero took the ball into the box and then crossed it to the other side!

Diego Costa arrived and shoveled the ball into the net!

Two to one!!

Atletico Madrid exceeded the score again!!

The Napoli players who were attacking the goal were instantly poured cold water on them, and the enthusiastic stands of Sao Paulo were temporarily extinguished.

However, it didn't take long for Napoli to regain their fighting spirit and continue to attack.

And Gao Bo is also preparing to make substitution adjustments.

Raul Garcia comes on and replaces Griezmann!

Atletico Madrid have stepped up their defense.

In the final stages of the game, Atletico Madrid controlled the ball, and after losing the ball, they immediately tightened their defense to prevent Napoli from taking advantage of it.

In the final stage of the game, Napoli, who had been facing Atletico Madrid's backfield and couldn't hold the ball, was a little annoyed and angry.

Hamsik was spotted with a straight red card for putting Gabi on his back.

Napoli, who played one less, completely lost their fighting spirit.

Atletico Madrid eventually won 2-1 away at Napoli to make it two wins in a row in the Champions League group stage.