Chapter 383: The Troubles of Happiness
Immediately after receiving Diego Simeone's latest instructions, Cork made the same gesture to the rest of his teammates near him.
Immediately afterwards, the back line of Atletico Madrid, which had been near the 30-meter area of the local half in the previous game and had not participated in the attack, immediately advanced seven or eight meters as a whole.
At the same time, after seeing the team's backline move forward as a whole, the midfielders of Atletico Madrid also pushed their respective positions forward by a certain distance, and the team's overall formation also opened up a bit. With the change of the overall formation of Atletico Madrid, the team's offensive rhythm has also improved a lot.
Just six minutes after Baca created the first corner of the first half, Atletico Madrid was also returned by No.10 Arda Turan.
At that time, the captain of the Madrid Arena, Gabi, grabbed the ball in his own half and immediately sent a long pass over the top to the empty field on the right side of the field.
David Villa, who had been roaming on the right side of the front field since the start of the game, stopped the ball in front of Sevilla's left wing-back Alberto Moreno, first took two steps towards the baseline, and then tried to deceive Alberto Moreno with his right foot when he stretched out his right foot to block the cross, but suddenly buckled the ball behind him with his right foot. Then he pushed the ball with the inside of his left foot into an open space on the right outside the penalty area.
Immediately afterwards, I saw Alda Turan, who had been cruising on the left side of the front field, unexpectedly appeared on the path of the football without realizing it.
After David Villa's pass, Sevilla's Federico Fazio and Rakitic pounced on the edge of the box in the first place. Therefore, Alda Turan did not choose to stop the ball, but directly picked up his right leg and completed a heavy bombardment from a position about 234 meters away from the goal.
Although Alda Turan's long-range shot was good at an angle, it was still knocked out of the line by the well-positioned goalkeeper Beto.
In this way, after a tentative attack in the opening stages, Atletico Madrid's midfielders gradually began to exert their power, creating six shots in quick succession in the space of 15 minutes, four of which were on target.
If it weren't for Sevilla's goalkeeper Beto's brave play in front of the goal, I'm afraid Atletico Madrid would have at least a two-goal lead. And during this time, the best player in the Atletico Madrid team was Alda Turan.
Alda Turan was originally best known as a midfielder or in the middle of midfield, but with the emergence of a rising star in central midfield, and Atletico Madrid's purchase of David Villa, a shadow striker from Barcelona, in the summer transfer window.
So, in order to keep the team's formation relatively balanced, Diego Simeone put Alda Turan on the left side of the front.
Although Alda Turan is a winger in terms of position, it is difficult to change the long-standing habit in a short period of time.
Normally, when Alda Turan receives a pass from a team-mate on the wing, he is always used to cutting inside with the ball towards the middle, or directly into the box directly on the left side of the field, and it is rare to see him cross the bottom after completing the breakthrough on the wing.
So, judging by the actual situation in the game, Alda Turan is more of a "forward midfielder who appears on the left wing".
It can't be said that Alda Turan likes to play in the middle of the pitch badly, but because he is more used to moving closer to the middle of the game, Atletico Madrid's attack on the left flank is more likely to rely on left-back Filipe Luis to insert assists.
On the surface, Felipe Luiz often inserts assists, which seems to make Atletico Madrid's attack more three-dimensional. However, once the team's attack is frustrated and the opponent takes the opportunity to counterattack quickly, the left space left by Felipe Luiz after inserting the assist is the key target when the opponent launches a counterattack.
Although, Diego Simeone has long been aware of the team's hidden danger when Felipe Luiz is forward with an assist, and has made up for it by having Miranda help Felipe Luiz fill in. However, once the opposition has a speedy striker, it is still very dangerous for Godin to be alone in the middle.
Therefore, when it comes to strong conversations, Diego Simeone does not dare to involve Felipe Luiz too much in the attack.
However, Alda Turan is a double-edged sword in Atletico Madrid. Although the Turk's playing habits have brought some hidden dangers to the team's wide attack, his ability to control the ball and organize the attack can greatly improve the team's midfield control.
And against Sevilla today, Alda Turan is in surprisingly good form. Since the 15 minutes of the first half, he has managed to cut inside three times on the left side of the pitch, and has also had a dangerous long-range shot that almost blasts the Sevilla side open.
Not only that, but Alda Turan's two 45-degree crosses from the left side of the pitch also helped Diego Costa create two good chances for headers.
If it weren't for Sevilla goalkeeper Beto's form, Alda Turan alone would have scored three goals for Atletico Madrid.
Despite Beto's impressive form, Sevilla's goal was conceded by Atletico Madrid's continued ferocious attack, with 36 minutes played.
At that time, thanks to Alda Turan's sudden release from outside the box, Atletico Madrid won a corner kick on the right side of the field.
Koke's corner was glid away by Miranda, who was ambushed in front of the post, before Diego Costa, who was quick to follow up in the middle, headed into the top left corner of the Sevilla goal.
Although the goal was not scored by Alda Turan, Atletico Madrid would not have had it not been for his previous long-range shot that caused goalkeeper Beto to save the ball.
In addition, Alda Turan created a big threat with two long-range shots in the first half. So, even when Atletico Madrid took a corner, Alda Turan was standing outside the box and two Sevilla players were standing near him.
It was because Alda Turan attracted the defensive attention of two opposing players that Diego Costa was able to follow up with relative ease.
And Diego Costa, as the head coach of the team, although his face was full of smiles after seeing Alda Turan's wonderful performance in the game, a kind of worry called "happiness" came to his mind......