Chapter 546: Ascending to the top of Europe

After Real Madrid began to slow down the tempo, Atletico Madrid, whose defensive pressure had dropped sharply, immediately launched a counterattack.

In fact, the main reason why Atletico Madrid will be passive in the opening stage is that Diego Simeone expected Real Madrid to play defensively in the game, so in order to break the opponent's recovery defense, he only sent Gabi as a defensive player in the midfield. In addition, except for Feng Quan and Saul, the running ability of the rest of the midfielders is not very outstanding, so the Real Madrid midfielders did not hesitate to suddenly attack, forcing Atletico Madrid to fall into passivity.

With the passage of time, with the confidence gradually accumulated on the defensive end, Atletico Madrid's side has gradually regained control of the midfield by virtue of the advantage of the number of midfielders after the wind retreated to participate in the defense.

In fact, even if Real Madrid did not deliberately slow down the tempo, it would be difficult for them to continue to control the initiative of the game.

First of all, the passivity in the opening stage is just like entering a haunted house and being startled by a ghost that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. As long as they survive the initial discomfort, Atletico Madrid's winning record in previous meetings this season will allow them to quickly establish a psychological advantage.

Secondly, the overall strength of the two teams is already in between, Atletico Madrid, which has won the domestic double, has recently reached its peak morale, and at the same time, a number of main players who have been rested in the last two rounds of the league have almost reached the most subversive level in this game.

And the most important point is that after Feng Quan used the skill of [Great God's Light] to help 5 teammates add a number of key attributes, the overall strength of Atletico Madrid has surpassed his sworn enemies in the same city, and this gap is not just a star and a half.

If Real Madrid kept their high-intensity pressing attacks until the second half of the first half, and let their rivals Diego Simeone's pre-match set-up and their own play be in doubt, they might have been able to keep the suspense of the game longer. Unfortunately, when Carlo Ancelotti chose to slow down the tempo early and free up Atletico Madrid's hands to launch a counter-attack, they were already doomed.

In the 21st minute of the first half, after getting rid of Bale's and Carvajal's markings along the left flank, Feng Quan sent a flat cross towards the goal near the corner of the penalty area.

Although Diego Costa's speed is not slow, in the first four "Madrid derby" battles this season, he relied more on his own strength to "squeeze" a way in the penalty area, and rarely used his speed advantage to shake off the opponent's defense.

But this time, Varane, who was still entangled with Diego Costa near the penalty spot, although he accurately judged that the football would fly forward the moment the wind picked up his foot and crossed, but before he could start, he saw that Diego Costa had rushed to the front point like lightning, and then smashed the ball into the top left corner of the goal with a powerful header under the interference of Casillas.

Looking at Diego Costa, who had rushed to celebrate near the corner flag, Varane's eyes were full of fear.

"It's obviously Costa who is celebrating the goal, but why does he suddenly start at a speed that makes me feel as fast as that Chinese kid? Could it be that he secretly used doping before the game? ”

Of course, Diego Costa did not use doping, but Feng Quan used the skill of [God's Light] to help him increase the three attributes of [Explosive Power], [Header] and [Stop]. It was because of this that he was able to shake off Varane's marking with ease and maintain the accuracy of his header despite Casillas' interference.

Although the blow of conceding the first goal did not make the Real Madrid players choose to give up immediately, it also dealt a big blow to their morale. Although he can still fight for every ball, he is obviously not as active as before conceding the ball when he runs without the ball.

In this way, the advantage of Atletico Madrid's overall strength has become more and more obvious with the passage of time, and the subsequent games have basically been reduced to their "show" time.

In the 31st minute of the first half, the ball was sent to the right side of the pitch after five non-stop passes between Gabi, Koke, Saul and Alda Turan.

Diego Costa, who was pulled to the right flank, took advantage of his strength and "unreasonably" forced Coentrão into the penalty area.

Faced with Varane and Coentrão's bag, Diego Costa first pretended to force a shot, but when Varane subconsciously stretched his leg to block the shot, Costa passed the ball to the space at the edge of the box.

Alda Turan, who was quickly outflanked, made a slight adjustment and fired a blast into the top left corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area.

Ten minutes later, Koke stole Luka Modric with Gabi's assistance and sent a through ball straight into the space on the left side of the pitch.

After receiving the ball at high speed, Feng took advantage of a stop-and-go change of direction to easily escape Carvajal's marking, then cut inside and then made a wall-to-wall link with Diego Costa to bypass Khedira's defence and burst into the box with the ball.

Just when everyone thought Feng Quanquan was going to shoot with his feet, he burst in and passed the ball to Diego Costa, who was ambushed on the right side of the box.

Diego Costa received the ball with his right foot and dodged Sergio Ramos, who had slipped through the tackle, and then fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net, 3-0.

Although Carlo Ancelotti used the example of his own coaching of AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final when he was in charge of AC Milan and only suffered a reversal to encourage the Real Madrid players not to give up and go for a comeback in the second half. Unfortunately, they were not up against AC Milan, who were ready to celebrate their victory after the 2005 half-time.

After the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid, who had a three-goal lead, did not relax when they were leading by a large score, but still maintained a positive attitude, regardless of attack and defense, every goal must be fought.

Real Madrid, which fell behind by a large score, barely supported by the background of the giants, did not surrender in advance, but the low morale made it difficult for them to organize an effective attack. At the same time, Atletico Madrid's positive attitude towards every ball has also made their emotions more and more impatient.

As a result, in the face of the aggressive offensive of the "sworn enemy in the same city", Real Madrid, who was eager to equalize and difficult to organize an effective attack, began to frequently use foul tactics to resist Atletico Madrid's attack.

It's a pity that Real Madrid's foul tactics are only "palliative".

The frequent fouls not only allowed them to receive 4 yellow cards in the first 20 minutes of the second half, but also [free kick accuracy] has reached 95 points, and has the [Full Moon Scimitar] skill, not only scored directly from a free kick at the edge of the penalty area, but also used a free kick near the corner of the right box to help Diego Costa complete a hat-trick.

In the end, thanks to the wonderful performances of Feng Quan and Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid won the first Champions League trophy in the club's history with a score of 5-0.