Chapter 497: The Age of the Troika

"Atletico Madrid's comeback win over Bayern Munich!!"

"The Sheets show the strength of the La Liga champions!!"

"Beat the strongest opponent in the group, Atletico Madrid got off to a good start in the Champions League!!"

In the media coverage on the second day, the focus match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich was naturally a match that attracted much media attention!

Atletico Madrid came back from two goals down to win against Bayern Munihe, and at their home stadium, Atletico Madrid showed their toughness, even opponents like Bayern Munich did not take away points against Atletico Madrid in this stadium!

Calderón Stadium! This stadium has become a veritable home of the devil in La Liga!!

Bayern Munich soon returned to Germany, and a defeat in Madrid left Bayern Munich looking a little embarrassed. The Bundesliga giants were reversed with a two-goal lead, which left them feeling disgraced.

The other game in this group is Manchester City hosting Napoli, with Roberto Mancini's side drawing 1-1 at home, with Manchester City and Napoli each taking a point.

The lack of a winner between these two teams is undoubtedly a good thing for Bayern Munich, who are only one point behind Manchester City and Napoli despite losing in the first round of the group stage, and for Atletico Madrid, a draw between rivals is undoubtedly a good thing.

Now Atletico Madrid has three points and ranks first in the group, while Manchester City and Napoli are in second or third place, Bayern Muni is the last, after the first round of the group, Atletico Madrid immediately became the favorite to qualify from the group!

The Spanish media are very optimistic about Atletico Madrid's group qualification, after all, even Bayern Muni has won, and it is not too difficult to win against Manchester City and Napoli.

However, Gao Bo was very low-key after the game, and every opponent in this group should not be underestimated, so Gao Bo did not look too optimistic after the game: "We have a very dense schedule for the next stage, and this period is a very big test for us, at least before the second round of the group stage, we have to play three more games, including away to Barcelona, so we have to be very cautious, three lines, for my players and the team, it is a test, But I'm sure my players can adapt to that pace, they're the best professionals! ”

Gao Bo is right, due to participating in the Champions League, this season's Atletico Madrid schedule is much more difficult than last season!

On the third day after playing Bayern Munich at home, on September 18, Atletico Madrid will play the fourth round of the league against Racing Santander at home, and on September 22, the fifth round of the league will be at home against Sporting Gijon, on September 25, the sixth round of the league will be away to Barcelona, on September 30, the second round of the Champions League group stage will be away to Napoli, and on October 2, the seventh round of the league will be against Sevilla!

It's all three days, especially from the start of playing Barcelona, Atletico Madrid can be said to be facing strong opponents in a row!

It was a tough test for the team's fitness and bench.

The intensive schedule and the injury situation have to be taken into account. Reyes' post-match examination came back with a sprained ankle and is expected to miss two weeks.

Not long after the start of the season, Atletico Madrid is about to taste the impact of competing in the Champions League.

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On September 18, in the fourth round of the league at home to Racing Santander, Gao Bo rotated the team's lineup, but the rotation was not large.

Mainly in midfield, Mario Suarez, N'Golo Kante, Koke played, on the peak line, Griezmann, Aguero, Mane played, and the other positions also maintained the same lineup as the starting team in the last game against Bayern Munich.

Atletico Madrid, who rotated three main players, did not have any surprises at home.

They beat their opponents 4-0 and won three consecutive league games since the start of the league!

Immediately after this game, Atletico Madrid hosted Sporting Gijón, and since Barcelona had to be played three days after this game, the team made a relatively big adjustment.

Several key players sat on the bench. Antoine Griezmann, Sergio Aguero, Luka Modric, N'Golo Kante, and two full-backs were also temporarily on the bench, and the pace of Atletico Madrid's rotation in the starting game was astonishing.

The goalkeeper is naturally still Navas, on the back line, Miranda and Lucio start, Alba on the left, and the teenager Carvajal on the right got the chance to start, midfielders Gabi, Raul Garcia, Koke, Mario Suarez, four midfielders played together, and on the forward line, Diego Costa at the front, and Mane behind him.

In this game, Atletico Madrid played in a 442 formation.

Before the start of the game, the televised footage gave Gao Bo a close-up.

"Atletico Madrid has a very large rotation and it is clear that Coach Gobo is aiming for the game against Barcelona and he needs to rest his main players and focus on Barcelona! But... With such a large rotation, what is the point of winning Barcelona a few times if something happens in this game? ”

Aduris didn't understand Gao Bo's choice too well.

Because in the eyes of outsiders, with so many substitutes, it may be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win even at home.

Sporting Gijón is also a La Liga team, with such a large rotation, even at home, Atletico Madrid, whose strength has dropped so obviously, I am afraid that Sporting Gijón will see an opportunity!

This is the perception of most people.

But in Gao Bo's opinion, this rotation lineup is not weak at all!

Even in terms of defensive toughness, this lineup is even stronger than the main lineup, and several players in the midfield have considerable physical confrontation ability and defensive intensity!

In this game, Gao Bo also played the advantage of the midfield, from the very beginning, Atletico Madrid used a suffocating midfield to press, so that Sporting Gijón, who was ready to do something away from home, was completely blocked in his backfield.

Sporting Gijón saw that Atletico Madrid rotated so much, and their players also seemed to feel offended and felt underestimated. So they started playing with the idea of teaching Atletico Madrid a lesson.

But Atletico Madrid did not learn a lesson. Instead, Sporting Gijón was beaten away by Atletico Madrid...

In the first half, Sadio Mane and Diego Costa scored separately to give Atletico Madrid a two-goal lead.

Shortly after the start of the second half, through a corner kick, Mario Suarez headed the ball into the net to make it 3-0.

After 70 minutes of the game, Gao Bo successively replaced several main players and let them play to feel the atmosphere of the game.

Antoine Griezmann, who came on as a substitute, was fouled on a pass in the box and Atletico Madrid were awarded a penalty.

This season, Gao Bo adjusted the order of penalty kicks.

Antoine Griezmann is now Atletico Madrid's first penalty taker.

And he lived up to expectations, scoring the penalty easily, and the score became 4-0!

Atletico Madrid seals the win!

This is also the score after the end of the game, Atletico Madrid also played a 4-0 victory with a substitute lineup!

This game also made the Spanish media impressed by Atletico Madrid's bench lineup.

"There is no doubt that Atletico Madrid has a very deep bench, and this is something that many people overlook, and judging from this game, Atletico Madrid's bench is not even worse than Barcelona and Real Madrid!"

"With such a substitute lineup, we can now really say that La Liga may really enter the era of the troika from now on!"