Chapter 371: Atletico Madrid's dilemma

Although the overall strength of the away team is slightly inferior to that of Atletico Madrid, they did not opt for conservative defensive tactics when they scored first, but used their physical advantage to continue to play aggressively in the front court after the game restarted, hoping to extend the lead as soon as possible.

In fact, Getafe coach José Bordalás was a very smart choice.

On the one hand, in the previous 13 rounds of league matches, Atletico Madrid had conceded the first goal in the game on several occasions. However, when the leading team adopted a relatively conservative tactical strategy in order to maintain the victory, Atletico Madrid was always able to turn the defeat around with a sustained attack.

On the other hand, since Getafe is not like Atletico Madrid, more than half of the players are out of fitness due to the international break. Therefore, even if they are inferior in terms of overall strength, at least in terms of physical fitness, they still have a certain advantage.

That's why José Bodalas keeps his players pressing up front, hoping to once again exploit the opposition's lack of fitness to extend the lead and take a win away from home.

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Although Paul Forley, the team's general manager, has a very busy day. However, whenever Atletico Madrid's home game is played, as long as there are no special circumstances, he will go to the scene to watch the team's game with the fans. In today's match against Getafe, Paul Fortre was still sitting in the VIP box of the club with several other club executives.

When Lafita broke through the door of Atletico Madrid with a powerful header, there was a hint of dissatisfaction on Paulo Forfre's face. However, after the restart, when the leading Getafe team did not choose a relatively conservative tactic, but still launched a high press in the front court as they did at the beginning, Paul Forteray's face once again returned to its previous calm color.

In Paulo Fortere's view, even if Atletico Madrid is temporarily in a disadvantageous situation, the overall strength of his team is still dominant. As long as the Getafe team continues to maintain the current relatively open tactical play, the more dominant Atletico Madrid team has a good chance to equalize and even eventually overtake the score.

Moreover, due to the previous impasse in the renewal of the contract with Feng Quan due to the problem of liquidated damages, the team can only reverse the disadvantage of the Madrid club in the renewal negotiations by winning when Feng Quan did not play.

In fact, the game went exactly as Paul Fortre had expected, with Getafe's high pressing being able to reduce the fluidity of Atletico Madrid's attacking playmaking to some extent. However, as the saying goes, "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", although most of the Atletico Madrid players who started this game have varying degrees of physical problems, they can still rely on the advantage of passing and control ability to crack the opponent's high pressing tactics most of the time.

As long as they can crack the opposition's high pressing, Atletico Madrid's attack can pose a big threat to Getafe's goal.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Koke, the core of Atletico Madrid's midfield, crossed the halfway line with the ball after making a series of exquisite passes and cuts with Gabi and Raul Garcia in the backfield.

Koke didn't continue to dribble forward after dribbling over the halfway line, but after attracting the attention of several players and the overall formation of the Getafe team closed down the middle, he suddenly sent a through ball into the open area on the left side of the field.

Felipe Luiz, who had previously conceded a goal first due to a wrong pass, completely ignored his physical disadvantage, and forced himself to overtake the Getafe player who was marking him like a chicken to get the ball first, and sent a well-placed cross directly to the middle of the penalty area.

Then, Diego Costa, who followed up in the middle, took advantage of his height to beat the opposing central defender Alexis (Alexis) and pushed the ball into the top left corner of the goal.

Just as many players on the Atletico Madrid bench jumped from their seats to accurately celebrate Diego Costa's equalizing goal, goalkeeper Moya (

Miquel Moya) was about to cross the goal line at the moment when the ball was about to cross the goal line, and it was like a god from heaven to "fish" the ball out of the bottom line.

Although Moya's heroic performance caused Diego Costa to miss a great chance to equalise, his save made Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone suddenly feel like "eyes lit up".

In fact, as early as a month ago, Premier League giants Chelsea FC made it clear that Atletico Madrid would repossess the maturing young Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois at the end of the season, so as to complete the replacement of the old and new goalkeeper positions as soon as possible.

Therefore, with Courtois already set to leave Atletico Madrid next summer, finding a qualified replacement for him for the remainder of the season has become an important task for Diego Simeone.

Moya (nine goals in 12 appearances), who had just made a magical save and conceded just one more goals than Thibaut Courtois (seven goals in 13 appearances) in the 13 league games that ended before this season, has become one of the key candidates for the team's goalkeeper next season.

In addition to saving Diego Costa's inevitable header, Moya also disrupted two good scoring chances from Alda Turan and David Villa in the next 10 minutes or so.

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Although with the continuous decline in the physical fitness of Getafe players, the superior Atletico Madrid team gradually took the initiative on the field with its technical advantages, but Moya, who played bravely in this game, saved the goals of the Getafe team again and again.

As Gabi went straight to the top right corner of the goal, the heavy bombardment of the goal was once again blocked by Moya, and a sigh rang out from the stands of the Wonder Metropolitano Stadium and on the home team's bench on the sidelines.

In stark contrast, the nearly 2,000 visitors sat behind the Getafe goal. Since the vast majority of them are Catholics, Moya, who has just saved the Getafe team again, is the supreme "god" in their hearts at this moment.

Although Zhao Shijie, who is Fengquan's agent, should logically support the team that Fengquan plays, but because he failed to reach an agreement with Atletico Madrid on the issue of liquidated damages, which led to Fengquan not being able to start in this game, Zhao Shijie is still happy to see Atletico Madrid "deflated".

And the scene that happened next made Zhao Shijie, who has a slight "black-bellied" tendency, have a hint of joy on his face......