In the 23rd minute of the second half, Koke was just about to pass the ball to Feng Quan, who was cruising on the right side of the field, after winning the ball near the center circle of his own side, when he saw at least three Real Madrid players moving towards Feng Quan's area.

As a result, Koke then shifted the ball to the relatively sparsely defended left wing.

Griezmann took a step forward at high speed, then smashed the ball inside with his left foot to force Carvajal to stop, then then slid the ball diagonally forward with his left foot, and then suddenly accelerated to break free from the opposition and burst into the box.

In the face of Modric and Carvajal's blockage, Griezmann decisively passed the ball to Diego Costa, who was one meter in front of him near the penalty spot.

Diego Costa, who had his arms up to keep Pepe at bay, followed the direction of the incoming ball and pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal with the inside of his right foot.

Although Casillas fell to the ground and pounced on the left side of the goal in the first place, because Diego Costa chose to shoot on the ground and his shot was so close to the goal, even Casillas in the "open" state had to watch the football roll into his goal.

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Although the situation of falling behind forced Real Madrid to increase their attacking efforts in order to recover the disadvantage, considering that Atletico Madrid has two speed players in the front line, if they put all their energy into attacking, it is likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity to counterattack and continue to widen the gap.

However, if the current personnel and technical and tactical play continues, it will be extremely difficult to equalize or even overtake the score in the remaining 20 minutes of the game when it is difficult for Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria to really tear apart the opponent's defense, and at the same time it is difficult for center forward Benzema to take advantage of Godin.

Moreover, even if Real Madrid can equalize or even overtake the score, then the city rivals who have scored away goals will only need a score of 1-0 in the second leg of the match between the two sides to advance to the final of the Copa del Rey.

Real Madrid would not have won the Copa del Rey at all, but they are already 14 points behind in league points, and it is obviously unrealistic to recover the biggest gap in the remaining 16 games.

At the same time, Real Madrid, who suffered a 4-1 defeat in the first meeting between the two teams this season, also desperately needed an important victory to wash away their shame. And stepping on the "corpse" of the city's sworn enemy to advance to the final of the Copa del Rey is obviously the best opportunity in front of you.

After some weighing, Ancelotti, who has always been known for his composure, made a risky choice, after all, only with more than two goal difference in this game can they have the advantage in the second leg of the meeting between the two teams.

As a result, Carlo Ancelotti replaced the in-form Benzema with high striker Alvaro Morata, while Nacho Fernández, who has good speed and physical flexibility, replaced Di Maria, who was suffering from a severe decline in fitness.

Alvaro Morata and Raphael Varane were introduced to their team-mates with Carlo Ancelotti's latest instructions, with Cristiano Ronaldo being pushed to the front line and Morata forming a double striker, then Marcelo and Carvajal being pushed into midfield, while Modric's position was also preceded to form a double midfield with Mesut Ozil, leaving only Khedira alone to assist the backline in defence.

After Carlo Ancelotti's adjustments, Real Madrid's formation changed from a 4-2-3-1 with a focus on midfield control to a more attacking 3-5-2 formation.

Meanwhile, among Real Madrid's three defenders, Nacho Fernandez and Sergio Ramos are positioned closer to the wings, while Pepe is left alone in the middle.

After seeing Real Madrid's adjustments, Diego Simeone also gave his own response.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata both have good headers, while their two wing-backs, Marcelo and Carvajal, both have strong attacking ability from the flanks, and their wide crosses are also accurate.

Therefore, in order to further solidify the defense in the middle of the penalty area, Diego Simeone replaced centre-forward Diego Costa with excellent frontal defensive ability and Aldervireld with a precise long pass.

The reason why Diego Simeone made this choice is, on the one hand, because the technical characteristics of Feng Quan and Griezmann are more suitable for the team's anti-counter-attack tactics; On the other hand, Alderweireld was chosen at centre-back in the hope of being able to launch a quick counter-attack at the right time with his precise long balls.

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Carlo Ancelotti's 'twin towers in front of goal' tactics could improve his team's ability to tackle the penalty in front of goal, but he overlooked the question of whether their two wing-backs would be able to break down Atletico Madrid's wide defence.

Yes, Marcelo and Carvajal are better than their counterparts in terms of speed. However, even Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria are difficult to easily get rid of the defense of Xu Xin and Felipe Luiz, and their comprehensive ability is slightly inferior, so how easy is it to open a gap on the side to deliver shells to the "twin towers" in the penalty area?

Although Marcelo and Carvajal were able to force a breakthrough with their speed advantage and send crosses in front of goal, it was difficult to ensure quality crosses under the stubborn interference of Xu Xin and Felipe Luiz.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who is physically fit, can use his agility to take advantage of the position, while relying on his strong bounce to complete the header. However, with the limited quality of his team-mate's crosses and Miranda's close interference, it was difficult to complete a shot with good power and angle. What's more, most of the crosses sent by Marcelo and Carvajal were directly confiscated by Courtois, who is nearly two meters tall, because of their slower speed.

When the wide attack failed to have the desired effect, Carlo Ancelotti asked Mesut Ozil and Luka Modric to increase the number of long-range shots from the perimeter, so as to force the opposition's defence to shrink to the middle, so as to open up more space for the two flanks to attack.

However, Ancelotti's wishful thinking did not succeed, but instead created an opportunity for Atletico Madrid's quick counter-attack.

In the 34th minute of the second half, Modric dribbled into the 30-meter area of Atletico Madrid after two consecutive wall collisions with Mesut Ozil in the middle of the field.

In the face of Raul Garcia, Modric first pretended to break through from the left side, and then took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's center of gravity to suddenly dunk the ball with his left foot, and then took advantage of the right foot to lead the ball diagonally forward, and then wiped it past Raul Garcia's left side.

However, just when Modric had just gotten rid of Raul Garcia's defense and was about to shoot from a distance after a slight adjustment, Gabi was directly shoveled off the ball at his feet by Gabi, who was stabbed diagonally.

Immediately afterwards, Alderweireld, who had the first to get the ball, observed the position in the front court, and immediately sent a long pass over the top to the space on the left side of the front court.

The wind, which had been cruising near the halfway line, effortlessly shook off Sergio Ramos' defence and went straight to the Real Madrid penalty area......