Chapter 231: Boiled Frogs in Warm Water
After the goal, Griezmann was very happy and took the initiative to run over and hug Gao Zheng.
Although he didn't score as many goals as he scored in Real Sociedad after his transfer to Atletico Madrid last season, some media were upset about him, thinking that his transfer to Atletico Madrid might not be a good choice and he could only live in the shadow of Gao Zheng.
But Griezmann himself had no such idea.
He even felt that it was an honor for him to be able to fight side by side with Gao Zheng.
Although he has only joined the team for one season, he has already admired Gao Zheng's five-body throw.
It's like every player who joins Barcelona is proud to be able to play with Messi, and even some players transfer to Barcelona because they can get close to Messi.
Who says stars can't chase stars?
Of course, Griezmann did not have this idea before joining Atletico Madrid, he came to Atletico Madrid, through training and playing with Gao Zheng, he gradually realized Gao Zheng's strength, so he fell at his feet.
There is nothing to be ashamed of being able to partner with Gao Zheng and play for Gao Zheng, even if the number of goals is much less than when he was in Real Sociedad before.
After all, he is giving a hand to someone like Gao Zheng.
Because of his admiration for Gao Zheng, Griezmann even rented the house to the neighborhood where Gao Zheng lived.
Now holding Gao Zheng, he is smiling very happily - this is his first goal in the league this season!
He believes that with Gao Zheng's ability, even if he shoots directly at the goal just now, the chance of scoring a goal is very high. But Gao Zheng selflessly gave him the opportunity to score.
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Atletico Madrid's morale recovered after Antoine Griezmann's equaliser, but there was not much time left for them to fight back in the first half, and it didn't take long for the first half to be over and the score was still 1-1.
Despite conceding a goal, the Catalan commentator was not worried about the outcome of the match.
In his opinion, this is the home stadium of Atletico Madrid, and it is almost impossible for Barcelona not to concede goals here, especially with Atletico Madrid and Gao Zheng. If you are bound to concede, it is obviously better to concede before the end of the first half than to concede at the beginning of the second half. Because Atletico Madrid's morale and form will be interrupted by the next fifteen minutes of half-time.
If Atletico Madrid had scored at the start of the second half, Barcelona would have been in danger.
When the time comes, in the face of Atletico Madrid's counterattack, Barcelona doesn't know if they can withstand it in the next game.
Since Diego Simeone took charge of Atletico Madrid, this team has become particularly bloody, and once it goes crazy, it is simply "God blocks and kills God, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha". So it's important not to let them fight with momentum.
Now a fifteen-minute halftime break solves that problem very well.
And what Atletico Madrid coach Simeone did at half-time was to continue the feeling of the players, so he kept cheering the players up, telling them that although they conceded a goal in the first half, the whole team performed well, and as long as they continue to play like this, it will not be difficult to score again.
"Finally, you have to remember that this is our home stadium! If we are confident of winning at home, then we don't deserve to win! ”
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After the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid continued the momentum after the goal in the first half, while Barcelona avoided the edge and chose to play steady, using superb ball control skills and team chemistry to slow down the pace of Atletico Madrid, which was also the instruction Enrique gave to the Barcelona players at half-time.
He guessed what Diego Simeone was going to do, and now that Atletico Madrid equalised and morale is high, he will surely fan the flames and keep the momentum going in the second half.
And now that you know what the other party will do and how you should respond, it is naturally very clear.
Barcelona are the best at controlling the ball.
relied on possession to kill Atletico Madrid's fighting spirit, and when Atletico Madrid's morale dropped and the pace slowed down, Barcelona suddenly accelerated and relied on Messi to hit the fatal blow to kill Atletico Madrid.
It's like hypnosis. The subject of hypnis is completely under the control of the hypnotic master, and has no ability to resist.
I have to say that judging from the actual game, Barcelona's style of play is really effective.
At the beginning of the second half, Atletico Madrid could still use that breath to rush and play for a while, but when the football fell into the control of the Barcelona players, the game evolved into a "circle grabbing game", the Barcelona players passed the football around, and Atletico Madrid could only chase the football, but it was difficult to grab it.
Especially at the back of Barcelona, Griezmann is still trying hard to press the Barcelona players, but to no avail.
Like Gao Zheng, he didn't waste his physical strength at all, he knew what the other party wanted to do, and doing so was nothing more than to waste the physical energy of the Atletico Madrid players, and then make the Atletico Madrid players impatient, and when they lost their minds and the defense line was getting more and more admitted, that was the opportunity for Barcelona to launch a counterattack.
So when Griezmann went up to force the grab, Gao Zheng did not help, but retreated, making Griezmann the person at the front, and he was more like a shadow striker.
Griezmann is not stupid, after chasing him a few times, he found that he really couldn't catch up, and he was no longer the "monkey" he was played.
Simeone didn't wave his hands for the players to press up and continue pressing, but pressed down with both hands and made a gesture to keep the players calm.
Of course, he knew that this would put the game in the rhythm that Barcelona liked and excelled at, but compared to this, if he was beaten by Barcelona and conceded because of the pressing, it was something that Simeone was even more reluctant to accept......
Barcelona was not surprised to see that Atletico Madrid did not continue to press and press, and the opponent's reaction was expected. They are also not worried that they will not have more chances after Atletico Madrid shrink their defense, they will always encounter opponents in the game who can't defend themselves, so the Barcelona players are used to it, and they believe that if they are patient, they will definitely find the hole in Atletico Madrid.
After all, this is Atletico Madrid's home stadium, Barcelona may be able to accept a draw, but Atletico Madrid will never accept it, and when the time comes, they will definitely press the whole team and rush to attack, so that there will be a gap behind them again.
It's like boiling a frog in warm water, you won't let the frog see the problem at first, and when it's too late for the frog to find the problem, it won't be able to jump out again.
This is the case with Barcelona's slow pace, where some people scold their football for being lethargic, but many of their opponents are killed in this lethargy.
Didn't you see that Gao Zheng didn't fight in the front court? He took the lead and didn't press, and Griezmann didn't force them.
In fact, for Barcelona, it doesn't affect their result with or without pressing, because the result is the same. If you are forced to rob, you will have time to take advantage of it, and if you don't force it, it will slowly grind you to death.