1243 has wanted to kill Real Madrid for many years!
In the 22nd round of La Liga, Calderón Stadium in Madrid, Real Madrid challenged Atletico Madrid away.
Real Madrid has not drawn a game this season, but in this game, facing the Sheets Army away, Real Madrid took the initiative to show weakness, seemingly asking for a draw, and retreated from the Calderón Stadium.
Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, is uncharacteristically proactive in attacking aggressively.
Clearly, Simeone is well aware of Real Madrid's current predicament.
Six key players have been injured, the main team is weak, these have made Real Madrid uncompetitive, and what is worse is that Real Madrid's morale has been greatly damaged, and there are signs of falling apart and collapsing.
Real Madrid lined up in a four-three-three formation for this game, with goalkeeper Keylor Navas and Carlo Ancelotti obviously taking into account Courtois's situation at Calderón, so he was not scheduled to start, while Azpilicueta, Vermaelen, Raphael Varane and Carvajal were absent at the back, while Xavi Martinez and Ramos were both absent.
In midfield, Real Madrid used a combination of David Silva, Mascherano and Toni Kroos, with Toni Kroos starting again after a one-game break.
After James Rodriguez was out injured, Di Maria was the best choice for this position, as he was one of the few players with the ability to attack from the wings, so Real Madrid's front three were Eden Hazard, Yang Yang and Di Maria.
It is not difficult to see from the starting line-up that Real Madrid still want to play at their own level away from home, but it is clear that the absence of a number of players has a big impact on Real Madrid, especially left wing-back Marcelo.
Azpilicueta's defensive ability is excellent, but the attacking ability is not strong, which makes Real Madrid's attack on the left is not as sharp as before, and the threat to Atletico's right side is not big enough, but Carvajal on the right is pinned down by Atletico Madrid's Griezmann and cannot fully participate in the attack.
At the Calderón Stadium, the Sheets used a full-court pressing tactic to try to keep Real Madrid at bay from the start.
Simeone's intention is very obvious, that is, to take advantage of Real Madrid's poor form and let the Galaxy Battleship have no return.
In recent years, the Madrid derby has become more and more golden, especially with the rise of Atletico Madrid, the momentum is getting more and more powerful, and there are some hot elements in the scene, especially Atletico Madrid, Simeone's team is like his character, very aggressive.
The same is true for this game.
Atletico Madrid played very actively, and the pressing intensity of Real Madrid was very strong, which made the situation of Real Madrid, which was already in poor form, even worse, but fortunately, Mascherano was in quite good shape, and Varane and Vermaelen behind him played steadily, making Real Madrid's defense in this game quite solid.
But the midfield is restricted, in the face of Atletico Madrid's aggressive midfield, Real Madrid is fully controlled, can't find its own rhythm, can't play an effective attack, especially on the left, David Silva and Hazard are both in a hard battle, Di Maria on the right side is also alone, Real Madrid can hardly play an effective attack in the front.
But Atletico showed their fierce side from the start.
In the seventh minute, in a direct conversation with Yang Yang, Atletico Madrid central defender Godin "accidentally" hit Yang Yang's nose with his elbow when he was fighting for the top, and immediately bled profusely, and the referee had to stop the game immediately and signaled the Real Madrid team doctor to enter the field for treatment to stop the bleeding.
Fortunately, after dealing with it, Yang Yang quickly returned to the game.
He was used to such a small injury, because he knew that it was the Atletico defender who gave him the disadvantage.
But Atletico's own luck was not particularly good, as Koke accidentally strained his muscles during an acceleration sprint and went off injured, and it looked like the situation was quite serious.
Koke's injury did not stop Atletico from pressing on Real Madrid, and throughout the first half, Real Madrid only created a small shot on goal, a long shot from Yang Yang from the edge of the penalty area, but failed to shoot on target.
Yes, that's right, Real Madrid only had one shot on goal in the first half, while Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, kicked ten shots on goal and four on target, if it wasn't for Keylor Navas's excellent performance, Real Madrid's goal would have been pierced by Atletico Madrid a few times.
Feng Shui takes turns, tonight's Atletico Madrid played a crazy offensive super, whether it is a counterattack, a set-piece, or an offensive cooperation in the front, the Sheets Army played well, on the other hand, Real Madrid, can only be forced to take a defensive position, barely parrying the opponent's attack, which also depends on the excellent play of players such as Mascherano and Vermaelen, but the scene is embarrassing.
Yang Yang kicked the team's only shot on goal in the first half, which also showed everyone his dilemma.
It's not that he's underperforming, it's that he doesn't have support from midfield.
If he can't get the ball out of the middle of the field, and the wings can't pass the ball to him, then Yang Yang can't fly even if he has wings.
This situation continued in the second half, Real Madrid was still passive, Atletico Madrid was still constantly looking for opportunities, and the situation on the field looked completely opposite to before, Atletico Madrid looked like a powerful Real Madrid.
Even the on-site commentator at Calderón Stadium was in the 58th minute, anxiously urging the fans to cheer for them and urge the players to increase their attacking intensity.
"This is the best chance ever to beat, if not beat, Real Madrid!"
Take advantage of your illness and take your life!
Since you are a mortal enemy, then there is no mercy at all, and when you are full of wounded soldiers and in a sluggish state, if you don't give you a knife, will you still wait for you to be resurrected with full blood? Do you really think Simone is Song Xianggong?
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"I'd rather lose to any team than Real Madrid!"
"As long as you can beat Real Madrid, it doesn't matter if the team is relegated!"
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This is what former Atletico Madrid president Hill said to the media, and it has always been believed by countless Atletico Madrid fans, believing that it represents the traditional spirit of Atletico Madrid.
Some people say that Real Madrid is a high aristocrat, with only the world in their eyes, while Atletico Madrid is a working class ready to attack, ready to give Real Madrid, the aristocratic lord, a fatal blow at any time.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the season, Atletico Madrid's defeat of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium gave Atletico Madrid fans a hope, that is, to beat Real Madrid twice in the season!
Simeone himself knows very well the voice of Atletico fans, because he has played for this team, he has been coaching this stadium for many years, and he knows everything about Atletico, including the voice of their players.
They have wanted to kill Real Madrid for many years!
Before the game, Atletico Madrid's general manager Hill Jr. asked Simeone a question.
"Do you know when was the last time we beat Real Madrid home and away?"
Simeone didn't know, because he hadn't done intelligence gathering in this area, and no media had paid attention to it.
"In the history of our two teams, we have played more than 250 games, we have lost a lot, we have won a lot, but we have lost a lot, and the last time we beat Real Madrid in the league, it was 64 years ago, the 1950 to 1951 season, more than half a century ago."
Little Hill didn't say much, but Simeone could feel it.
Not only as a manager, but as a player, Atletico Madrid's players also performed particularly energetically in this game, and even Godin played very aggressively, giving Yang Yang a hand in the opening seven minutes, making him bleed.
In the past few years, Atletico Madrid has been defeated by Real Madrid and has never been able to gnaw this hard bone.
Although the two teams are bitter rivals in the same city, and although the game is called the Madrid derby, in fact, everyone knows that in the eyes of Real Madrid, there is only Barcelona and the derby of the century.
The Galacticos are so high, they are a superstar team and are known as the strongest team in the world, but what about Atletico?
I finally played for a season, but the squad was poached.
The origins of the two teams are very different, the fan groups behind them are very different, and the personalities and encounters of the two teams are also completely different, which is destined to spark the collision of the two teams.
Atletico fans in the stadium are calling out to the team again and again, eager to see goals scored, eager to see Atletico break through Real Madrid's goal, and whoever scores the goal, he is destined to be the darling of Atletico tonight.
Simeone saw this, too, and in the 60 minutes, he switched to Torres.
He sent Antoine Griezmann back to the wing, Torres on top and formed a two-man front with Mandzukic.
There is no better place to play for Real Madrid than Fernando Torres, whose academy leader is a sworn enemy by nature.
At this time, let Torres go, hoping that Torres will personally end Real Madrid's stubborn resistance.
Killing Real Madrid twice, the 64-year expectation of Atletico Madrid fans will come true tonight!
With his hands in his trouser pockets, Simeone stood straight on the sidelines, his heart full of pride.
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Real Madrid did play too badly tonight.
The team was collectively in a slump, with no ball in the midfield and two wings playing separately in the front.
Yang Yang fought alone in front of him, failing to get a chance or getting support from his teammates.
Ancelotti didn't have a good idea of this, he wanted to make a substitution, replacing Hazard with Jesse, but as a result, the Real Madrid academy youngster didn't long after he went up, and he was on the bar with Miranda.
He tried to break through from the baseline with the ball, but was tackled by Miranda, and in a fit of anger, Hesse got up and pushed Miranda, who also pushed him after sitting on the ground, and the two fell together.
Jesse, who was the first to provoke the clash, was shown a yellow card, while Miranda only warned him.
The Atletico players were more experienced and comfortable in this area, but Jesse was directly irritated.
Yang Yang still didn't get a chance in front, but Atletico's attack became more and more ferocious, especially after Torres came on.
Finally, Yang Yang couldn't hold his breath and began to retreat aggressively.
Since the midfield can't get the ball, then he goes back to the midfield, and he can even go back to the back.
He believes that as long as he can touch the ball and get space, he can create a threat.
As for the people Simeone arranged to be in charge of marking him, could it be that he will be able to follow up when he returns to midfield, or even back to the periphery of his own penalty area?