Chapter 566: Signs of Attack

Referee Sanchez Martinez blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

'The first half ended with both sides going into the dressing room after a very dull first half. As can be seen from the first half of the game, this game is a very crucial and important game for both sides! Both teams did not dare to show their flaws easily, and they were very cautious in the first half! ”

'It's actually normal, because it's a game that both sides can't afford to lose, but that's not the case for the fans, who want to see a good game, not a dull 0-0 game.

The commentators from the commentary bench criticized the performance of both sides in the first half.

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In the stands, Florentino's face was not very good.

Real Madrid's performance really made Florentino's face gloomy.

The superstar policy of the Real Madrid president brought in Jose Mourinho to counter Barcelona's domination in La Liga after a failed Galactic spell and compromised on many aspects of the team like never before.

For example, he can even accept that Real Madrid is a team that mainly plays defensive counter-attacks.

In 2010, Jose Mourinho led Inter Milan to the Champions League semi-finals against Barcelona and went on to lead the team to the top of the Champions League. For a time, Mourinho was canonized as a god, and the anti-counter-attack tactics were revived, and the outside world saw him as the only person who could challenge the Barcelona dynasty. Real Madrid, who was overwhelmed by Barcelona, hurriedly dug up Mu Shuai, hoping that Mu Shuai could turn things around.

However, Mourinho's debut season was not a success, which in Florentino's view was due to the rise of Atletico Madrid.

Now La Liga has entered the era of the troika, and Atletico Madrid, which was looked down upon by Beverentino in the past, is now a strong contender for the league title.

Real Madrid was even humiliated by Atletico Madrid 5-0, the worst defeat of Mourinho's coaching career so far.

And this season, Real Madrid has finally slowly adjusted its lineup and tactics. Jose Mourinho has created a tactical system for Real Madrid based on counter-attacking and rapid counter-attack, and so far, Real Madrid can also occupy the top of the table.

But from the first half of the game, Florentino began to be a little worried.

If this game is really 0-0.... Real Madrid will not only be able to fall behind Atletico Madrid, they will also be behind Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid have played one game less, and even if this game does go to a draw, Barcelona will only win two points ahead of them, and Atletico Madrid have one game less, which also means they still have a chance to overtake Barcelona.

And what about Real Madrid?

They still have a chance to play against Barcelona, but if they want to win the league title, they will have to look at Atletico Madrid's performance as they win all the next league games – in other words, if this game is drawn, whether Real Madrid can win the title depends on Atletico Madrid's face.

Florentino was upset, but he resisted the urge to enter the dressing room.

He hopes that Real Madrid can play beautiful attacking football in this game, and then defeat Atletico Madrid, and prove to people that Real Madrid is still the boss of Madrid City, not the Atletico Madrid gang.

He looked at Cerezo, who was not far away.

Overall, Cerezo is much easier to get along with than Hill Sr., but this guy has taken shit luck and found a manager like Gobo.

Florentino looked back at the field.

He remembered that when Mendes recommended him as a manager, the names of Mourinho and Gao Bo appeared in front of him at the same time.

However, at that time, Mourinho was the winner of the Champions League, and Gao Bo was only the winner of the Europa League.

Florentino didn't hesitate to choose Mourinho.

Gao Bo went to Atletico Madrid.

Florentino thought to himself, if he had chosen Gao Bo in the first place......

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There's no turning back.

It is absolutely impossible for Gao Bo to join Real Madrid.

Because he is the manager of Atletico Madrid.

Gao Bo will not have any opinion on Real Madrid, but as the head coach of Atletico Madrid, if he leaves Atletico Madrid and goes directly to Atletico Madrid's sworn enemy, the damage to fans can be imagined.

Gao Bo has a lot of respect for the culture of these footballs.

So even if he were leaving, he wouldn't think about Real Madrid.

In the locker room, Gao Bo praised the team's performance in the first half.

Although the fans watched it lethargically, Gao Bo was very satisfied with such a scene.

This shows that the rhythm is controlled on the side of Atletico Madrid, although there is no attack, but the main axis of Atletico Madrid in this game is defense!

A 0-0 scoreline, which most fans won't like.

But for many coaches, a 0-0 score is not a bad score.

There are even managers who believe that the perfect score in football is 0-0 – because it means that neither team has made a mistake.

But Gao Bo disagrees. However, in this game, Atletico Madrid seems to be really going for a 0-0 game.

This is an absolutely acceptable result for high waves.

As for Mourinho, it may be difficult for him to accept this result.

In the second half, Real Madrid began to consciously strengthen their attack.

Marcelo's position starts with a signal.

In the first half, Ronaldo pulled very far to the side, which is a typical winger's style of play, but Ronaldo is not a typical winger, his most powerful area is still in the area slightly to the left at the edge of the penalty area, this area Ronaldo can get up and hit the goal at any time.

And the more flank position can only be handed over to Marcelo.

This is one of the reasons why Coentrão later lost to Marcelo in the competition.

Marcelo's style of play can be a good help for Ronaldo's attacking performance on the left wing.

In the 51st minute of the game, Ronaldo received a pass from Marcelo on the left side and shot directly at the goal, although the football was off the post, but this seemed to blow the horn of Real Madrid's attack.

In the 56th minute, Real Madrid's attack returned.

It was on Ronaldo's side again that he drew the attention of the defence and gave Marcelo space to go down.

Marcelo went down and passed the ball to Ozil, who then sent the ball to Ronaldo, who had adjusted his pace.

Cristiano Ronaldo's shot from the edge of the box flew towards the goal on turf and then hit the outside of the post.

"Ronaldo !!!!!"

Aduris jumped out of his seat in shock.

Not to mention him, even the fans of Atletico Madrid at the scene exclaimed!

"Real Madrid stepped up their attack in the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo's shot hit the post, Atletico Madrid have to be careful!!"

Matteo said from the side.

Gao Bo frowned, then walked to the sideline and loudly reminded Kante to pay attention to defensive supplements!

Gao Bo was not surprised that Real Madrid would press up and attack.

So he asked his team to defend first.

In a crucial battle like this, defense comes first.

High risk brings high returns, but if you can win the league championship with insurance, Gao Bo can't take risks.

And... If Real Madrid really presses up and attacks, Atletico Madrid will not defend and counterattack!

Gao Bo looked at Real Madrid's backfield, and the defensive system was still very complete.

Looks.. Real Madrid is still cautious enough!

However, Gao Bo has already smelled the impulse in Real Madrid's heart from this.

Their players are attacking players!

Look at Marcelo's look when he walked back, he turned back three times in one step!

Obviously, the Brazilian defender feels much better up front.

If Mourinho hadn't kept him on the sidelines and asked him to go back, Marcelo probably wouldn't have returned to the defence honestly.