Chapter 573: Reversal

After a goal was pulled back, Olympiacos opted for a wide range of retract defences, hoping to reduce the threat of a full break by compressing the defensive space. At the same time, the coach of the team also issued instructions to the defenders: even if the foul is committed, they must prevent the wind from breaking through.

Although this arrangement can be called the right medicine, they seem to have forgotten that Feng Quan is not only good at breaking through with the ball, he also has high attainments in long-range shots and free kicks, and Feng Quan is not the only master of long-range shooting "skills" in the Atletico Madrid team.

As a result, although the Olympiacos team changed their game strategy to reduce the threat of a full breakthrough to a certain extent, it was inevitable that the large vacuum area at the edge of the penalty area after they chose to retract the defense became an excellent stage for Atletico Madrid players to show the power of long-range shots.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Feng Quan forced a breakthrough on the left side to the edge of the penalty area and pushed the ball sideways to the edge of the penalty area.

Alda Turan, who had been lying in ambush on the passing route, made a slight adjustment, and then picked up his right foot to complete a powerful heavy bombardment.

Although Alda Turan's shot did not hit the goal, the ball that flew off the bottom line by grazing the crossbar still made goalkeeper Roberto break out in a cold sweat.

Three minutes later, Griezmann cut inside near the corner of the box on the right and then picked up his left leg to shoot from distance. Then, when Maniadis stretched his leg to block the shooting line, Griezmann did not smash his left foot high on the ball, but used the outside of his left foot to sway the ball horizontally towards the unguarded Alda Turan near the top of the box.

As Alda Turan almost broke the goal with a long-range shot, just as the Turkish star adjusted his position and then picked up his right foot to shoot, Botia, who was originally responsible for marking Mandzukic, and Abidal, who was in charge of guarding the wind, rushed in unison.

However, just as Botia and Abidal were ready to fly to the ground, Alda Turan lifted his right foot high and pulled the ball lightly behind him, then smashed the ball into the left unmarked foot of the wind with the inside of his right foot.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Quan, who was already ready to shoot, did not choose to hit the goal violently, but hit the goal with a curling ball with the inside of his right foot.

Goalkeeper Robert pounced on the right side of the goal, but he couldn't stop the sharply spinning ball from grazing the crossbar and the post and burrowing into the net.

Less than 10 minutes after Olympiacos scored their second goal, Feng Quan equalised for Atletico Madrid with two spectacular goals.

The embarrassing situation of taking a two-goal lead and then being quickly equalized was a huge blow to the morale of the Olympiacos players. Therefore, although the rest of the players, except for striker Mitroglu, all retreated to their own half to participate in the defense, their goal was still like a lonely boat in the face of the fierce attack of the morale of the Atletico Madrid team.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Feng Quan cut inside from the left side to gather the opponent's defensive center of gravity to the middle, and then transferred the ball to the empty space on the right side.

Juanfran stopped the ball at high speed, took two steps and sent a wide cross to goal.

Although Botia was always close to Mandzukic, he could not stop the Croatian striker from pushing the ball into the top left corner of the goal.

However, under the interference of Botia, although Mandzukic's header attack angle was good, it was still supported by goalkeeper Robert because of the slightly weaker strength.

In previous matches, Atletico Madrid's corners were taken by captain Gabi, but this time it was Feng Quan, who helped the team score two goals, who stood in the corner area.

Although the person who took the corner kick was replaced by Feng Quan, the attention of the Olympiacos defenders was still focused on the battle for the first spot. After all, in addition to Mandzukic, Atletico Madrid's South American central defender pair Godin and Miranda can often take advantage of corner kicks to score.

If you can't stop the three who are good at heading to get to the first spot, then your own goal will inevitably take a huge risk.

However, when Mandzukic, Godin and Miranda saw the corner kick of Feng Quanzhen, they did not lean towards the small box as before, but retreated to the vicinity of the penalty spot.

Although the unusual behavior of the Atletico Madrid trio has made the opponent suspicious, it is not uncommon for the attacking player to choose to retreat first and then rush towards the goal after his teammates have released the ball. As a result, several defenders of the Olympiacos team did not think much of it, and just continued to follow their defenders closely.

Immediately afterwards, when the referee signaled that Feng Quan could start serving, he saw that the football kicked by him drew an obvious arc in the air and went directly into the upper right corner of the opponent's goal.

In the 40th minute of the first half of the game, after Mandzukic and others attracted the opponent's defensive center of gravity to the penalty spot, Feng Quan, who took the corner kick, used the skill of [Full Moon Scimitar] to stage a wonderful scene of direct scoring from the corner.

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With Celta Vigo going unbeaten in the first three rounds of the league at the weekend, Diego Simeone has kept his side on the offensive even though Feng Quan has helped his team turn the score.

The main reason why Diego Simeone made this is to hope that the team can score another goal as soon as possible to completely seal the win, so that in the second half of the game, he can replace the core players such as Feng Quan in advance, so as to better cope with the tough battle at the weekend.

From Atletico Madrid's point of view, Diego Simeone's choice was not a problem, but for Olympiacos, who had led by two goals and now had a side behind, the opposition's approach was a bit unforgiving.

As a result, the long-standing resentment in the hearts of the Olympiacos players was vented on several offensive players of Atletico Madrid.

Within 20 minutes of the start of the second half, Feng Quan, Mandzukic and Griezmann were sent to the ground nine times.

The referee's four yellow cards during this period made the Olympiacos players' defensive movements somewhat restrained, but Feng Quan and Griezmann's ankles were bruised by the opponent's foul.

Seeing that Feng Quan and others were frequently put to the ground by the opponent, Diego Simeone on the sidelines finally issued the latest instructions to recycle the formation and change to defend against the counter.

Although the opponent's choice to recycle has reduced the pressure on Olympiacos' defence, it is difficult for them to form a real threat against the first European defence.

Not only that, but Atletico Madrid, who are good at counter-attacking, also took advantage of the gap in the Olympiacos team's formation to move forward and the back line, and Yufeng assisted Mandzukic to score the winning goal.

In the end, Atletico Madrid, who were playing away, got off to a good start to the Champions League this season with a hat-trick and an assist.