In desperation, Diego Simeone had to move the team's entire formation back and shrink to within 30 meters of his own half for intensive defense, leaving only Adrian López near the halfway line, so as to suppress the opponent's two central defenders and prevent all the players of the Sevilla team from pressing into their own half.

However, the experienced risk veteran David Villa and Diego Simeone did not arrange a specific task for him in defense, but just let him step forward appropriately when the opponent's midfielder took the ball to organize the attack, and tried to slow down the opponent's offensive tempo.

It has to be said that Diego Simeone's ability to adjust the team's defense has indeed reached the level of a first-class manager in Europe.

Even with a high morale, Sevilla FC took advantage of their home advantage to firmly dominate the field and created 13 shots in the first 30 minutes of the second half. However, thanks to the concerted defence of Atletico Madrid's players, only three of Sevilla's 13 shots were on target, while the remaining 10 were mostly long-range attempts from outside the box.

In the 30 minutes of this time, although Atletico Madrid failed to seize the opportunity to counterattack and seal the victory, in a very limited number of attacks, it also caused a lot of problems for Sevilla's defensive line.

With 17 minutes to go in the second half, Sevilla's Bitolo was knocked directly on the turf by Atletico Madrid's defender Mario Suarez when he tried to break through with the ball in front.

The Sevilla players thought that the referee would blow for Mario Suarez for a foul, but the referee did not blow the whistle for the foul, but only made a "game continues" gesture in the direction of the Sevilla half.

After seeing that his actions were not judged to be fouled, Mario Suarez immediately passed the ball to Koke who was not far in front of him.

After receiving the pass, Koke quickly dribbled the ball near the centre circle and was blocked by two opposing players. Faced with the siege of two Sevilla players, Koke did not choose to be brutal, but first pulled the ball to the right back with his right foot, and then completed the turn to protect the football at his feet.

When two Sevilla players quickly approached him and tried to force a break with his body, Koke used his right foot to pass to right wing-back Juanfran at the feet of right-back.

As Juanfran had already received the pass, he had seen David Villa, who had been cruising near the centre circle, running towards the right side of the front court. So, when Koke got the ball to his feet, Juanfran didn't stop and sent a shot over the top into the open space on the right side of the pitch.

Although Villa's running speed has dropped a lot from his peak, while the Sevilla players are focusing on attacking, Villa still makes full use of his game experience, and without knowing it, he quickly runs to the open space on the right side of the field, and steadily unloads Juanfrán's overhead pass.

After unloading the ball securely, Villa immediately dribbled towards the Sevilla penalty area. When Fernando Navarro, who was desperately chasing back from the front, approached him, Villa suddenly pulled the ball behind him and then passed it to Adrian López in the middle.

Since Sevilla's central defender Nicolás Pareja has been following Adrian López's side closely, Adrian López leaned on Pareja's back before half-turning to receive Villa's pass.

Adrian López, who had his back to the attack, first used his left foot to go around the top of the ball and break through to the left side. Unfortunately, his feints failed to deceive the defensively experienced Pareja. In desperation, Adrian López had no choice but to pass the ball to Alda Turan, who was inserted in the back row.

Alda Turan, who was in excellent form in this game, shot directly in the direction of the incoming ball from a position nearly 30 meters away from the opponent's goal. Immediately afterward, the football flew like a cannonball into the top left corner of the Sevilla goal.

Just as Alda Turan, who had completed the heavy bombardment, was about to celebrate his first goal in La Liga in the new season, he saw Sevilla's goalkeeper Beto like a real-life version of "The Flash", jumping high and knocking the ball out of the bottom line with one punch.

Although this brilliant heavy shot did not help her team extend the lead, Alda Turan was a little annoyed. However, his dangerous shot still relieved the pressure on Atletico Madrid's defense to a certain extent.

Taking advantage of Atletico Madrid's corner, Sevilla coach Unai Emery asked his two full-backs not to press too high in attack. In addition, only one of the two can press into the opponent's 30-meter area during the attack, while the other must stay near the halfway line to prevent the opponent from taking advantage of his team's mistakes to launch a quick counterattack.

In this way, even though the Sevilla team firmly occupied the initiative on the field with nearly 7% possession, but because of the fear that the opponent would use the opportunity to counterattack again to expand the lead, coupled with the defensive ability of Atletico Madrid to win La Liga, until the 80th minute of the game, the score on the field still maintained 2-1.

Of course, Atletico Madrid's ability to maintain the lead after missing Diego Costa, the opponent's most feared attacking fulcrum, is inseparable from their bloody and ferocious defense. However, this ferocious defensive style also cost Atletico Madrid four yellow cards in the 35 minutes of the second half.

Unable to score the equaliser, Sevilla coach Unai Emery finally couldn't sit still.

So, in order to avoid the defeat of Sevilla's supporters in their first home game, Unai Emery replaced a centre-back with striker Kevin Gameiro.

Immediately afterward, two minutes later, the veteran José Antonio Reyes replaced Perotti, who was a little exhausted.

Although Unai Emery's substitutions did have some effect, Sevilla, with only one centre-back, were unable to salvage the defeat at home stadium, but were once again extended by Atletico Madrid with a long-range shot in stoppage time.

At that time, Sevilla's Baca was trying to break into the penalty area with the ball in the middle, and was spotted by Miranda and cut off the football at his feet. Miranda cut the ball off and passed it straight to the feet of left wing-back Felipe Luiz.

Felipe Luiz, after taking a few steps along the flank, saw the opposition midfielder Bitolo in front of him. He then played the ball to Alda Turan in the middle, then rounded Bitolo and continued to move forward quickly along the left touchline.

At first, when the Sevilla players thought that Alda Turan would receive a pass from a team-mate, he would dribble himself towards the middle as before. To their surprise, Alda Turan received the ball and only took a step forward to pass the ball to the left side of the pitch.

Felipe Luiz also glanced in the direction of the Sevilla penalty area as he quickly rushed towards the ball landing point. Seeing that Adrian López and Villa had both reached the edge of the penalty area, Felipe Luiz sent a fast-paced cross near the penalty before the opposition full-back could break the ball.

Although Felipe Luiz's curling cross deflaired past the Sevilla right wing-back, experienced centre-back Pareja got ahead of Adrian López and headed the ball out of the box.

As the saying goes, although Pareja's header was a temporary relief for the Sevilla team, a football more than ten meters away flew out of the penalty area and happened to fly in front of Alda Turan who was cutting forward at high speed.

Since the game has reached the third minute of injury time, the referee is likely to blow the whistle for the end of the game once the attack is over.

So, after listening to the ball with her chest, Alda Turan picked up her right foot and volleyed it without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

The next moment, the ball was seen to draw a very obvious parabola in the air, bypassing the heads of the two defenders who were desperately pounced, and then falling sharply when it was about to cross the crossbar.

Although goalkeeper Beto made the right judgment the moment Alda Turan finished his shot, he rose to the right side of the goal.

Unfortunately, the angle of Alda Turan's shot was too tricky, and even if Beto had tried his best, he had to helplessly watch the ball with strong spin into the upper right corner of the goal in mid-air.

In the end, thanks to a brace from Diego Costa and a goal from Alda Turan before the break, the first win of the season was achieved at the Estadio Pizjuán.

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Although Diego Simeone is pleased that his team was able to get off to a good start to the league at the Estadio Pizjuan. However, the unexpected injury of striker Diego Costa in the game still cast a shadow over the team's future prospects.

If Diego Costa recovers from his sprained ankle in two to three weeks, he will likely miss the next two league games (after the third round of La Liga, which coincides with the FIFA international break) and not miss the Champions League group stage, which starts on 17 September.

Despite Atletico Madrid's luck in the Champions League group stage, in addition to the slightly stronger Portuguese champions, the other two opponents in the same group, Russian Premier League side Zenit St. Petersburg and Austrian Austrians Vienna, are significantly weaker than them.

However, Atletico Madrid will face Portugal in the first round of the Champions League group stage to challenge the strongest opponent in the group, Porto. If the first round of the Champions League group stage is not good, it will not only affect the morale of the team very much, but also lose the opportunity in the group name battle.

Not only that, but if Atletico Madrid are beaten away from Porto, they will have to guarantee a win in the next two consecutive home Champions League group stages to secure a place in the group and maintain their hopes of topping the group.

Otherwise, when Atletico Madrid failed to pick up enough points in the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage and failed to beat Zenit St. Petersburg, it will be a huge challenge for the Spanish team, who are not accustomed to cold weather, when they travel to St. Petersburg, which is already in a state of ice and snow, in November.

If by that time, the Russian Premier League team still has the hope of advancing to the knockout round, then the opponent will surely launch a fierce attack on Atletico Madrid on their own home turf. If Atletico Madrid loses at St. Petersburg, it will not only be a loss of the opportunity to win the group, but in the worst case it will even be eliminated from the Champions League group stage.

So, shortly after the match between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, Diego Simeone got in touch with the club's general manager, Paulo Fortre.

"Paul, once Diego's examination results show that his injury will not be healed within a month, I hope the club will be able to buy me another striker with a similar style to Diego before the summer transfer window closes. After all, we only have three strikers in our first team, including Diego. Diego Simeone said with a little eagerness.

"Hey, take it easy, my old friend. With Diego's injury time uncertain, the request to replenish the team's strikers is indeed very reasonable. After a slight pause, Paul Fortre continued: "However, the club now has only about five or six million euros left in the transfer funds, and I think you know better than me what kind of striker you can buy at such a price. ”

"It's less than two weeks before the summer transfer window closes. Even if you already have the right candidate in mind, will the other club's club be willing to let you go? ”

"Even if we can negotiate a price with each other before the summer transfer window closes, will the new strikers be able to adapt to the team's tactical system in a short period of time? What's the point of bringing in a new player if he can't adapt in a short period of time? ”

"So instead of taking the risk of bringing in a new striker who doesn't know if he'll be able to help the team through the storm, it's more realistic to dig into the team internally."