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Real Madrid, who knew they had no hope of winning the league title, shifted their focus to the cup competition, but it was still difficult to take advantage of the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Atletico Madrid on February 6.

Although Real Madrid fielded all the main players they could in the game and launched a fierce attack on the visitors from the start of the game, it was difficult to really tear apart Atletico Madrid's ferocious and layered defence.

Not only that, but when Atletico Madrid withstood Real Madrid's seemingly ferocious "three-board axe" in the opening stages, Feng Quan and Griezmann's speed advantage began to make the opponent's defense suffer.

Previously, when Atletico Madrid only had one speed striker, it had already made Real Madrid's not very solid defense miserable. Now, coupled with Griezmann, who is not slow, has outstanding dribbling and better running ability, Real Madrid's backline is even more in a state of taking care of one or the other.

In the 19th minute of the first half, after Feng Quan attracted the attention of three Real Madrid players with the ball on the left side of the front, he suddenly launched a long pass to transfer the ball to the relatively empty right side of the defense.

Cruising on the right flank, Griezmann unloaded the ball and first made a gesture to break through to the baseline, and when Marcelo shifted his center of gravity, he then used the outside of his left foot to flick the ball sideways to the edge of the penalty area.

In the face of Khedira, who came to make up for the defense, Griezmann first pretended to shoot from a distance, and then took advantage of the opponent's fall to the ground to block the shooting route, and then took advantage of the opponent's fall to block the shooting route, and then used the inside of his left foot to curl the goal.

Casillas, who has only been able to play a major role in cup competitions this season, once again showed his "super-god" skills, and just as the football was about to fly into the goal by grazing the post on the left side of the goal, Casillas was like a god soldier, making a textbook sideways save and then blocking the ball with one hand.

Gabi's subsequent corner kick was also punched out of the penalty area by Casillas, who was judged to be accurate.

10 minutes later, after receiving a pass from Koke near the center circle, Feng Quan completed the turn, and rushed directly in the middle to get rid of the defense of Ozil and Modric, forcing the Real Madrid defense to recycle to the middle, and then distributed the ball to the left side of the front field.

Griezmann, who switched to the left, took advantage of the situation and led the ball forward with his right foot to shake off Carvajal's mark, and then sent a straight cross into the middle of the box.

Diego Costa, who followed up in the middle, leaped high to beat Sergio Ramos and a beautiful lion flicked the ball into the top right corner of the net.

Just as thousands of visiting fans at the Bernabeu Stadium stood up from their seats and were ready to cheer for Diego Costa's "goal", Casillas, who had single-handedly kept Real Madrid invincible dozens of times, once again miraculously blocked the ball with one hand.

Not only that, just as the wind rushed to the goal like lightning to resist Pepe and prepare to shoot, Casillas, who reacted quickly, grabbed the ball before Fengquan's right foot touched the ball and firmly protected the ball in his arms.

As a goalkeeper at the back of the team, Casillas was unable to help the team win, but his several crucial saves greatly boosted the morale of the Real Madrid players.

Looking at Casillas, who helped the team escape many times after the opening, Ancelotti sitting in the coach's box couldn't help but ask himself: the decision to let Igor play the main role in the cup and sit on the bench in the league may be a very wrong decision.

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In many cases, in addition to the overall strength of the two teams, the morale of the players in the game can also determine the trend of the game to a certain extent.

Casillas' brilliant save not only greatly boosted the morale of the Real Madrid players, but also weakened the confidence of the Atletico Madrid players to win.

Under the elimination of each other, Atletico Madrid, which had gradually occupied the initiative on the field, gradually became impatient due to the two goals that must be scored were saved. And the impatience on the pitch is like a plague that can easily "spread" among the players.

Once the players on the field are impatient, it is not only easy to make mistakes when passing and receiving the ball, but also prone to overaction in defense.

As a result, the number of fouls committed by Atletico Madrid has also increased significantly.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Juanfran pounced too hard when defending Di Maria, and after being eliminated by the opponent, because Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema had been inserted into the penalty area, if Di Maria was passed, it was likely to endanger his own goal.

In desperation, Juanfran had to reach out and pull Di Maria down directly.

Although Juanfran saved the team's crisis for the time being, it paid the price for a yellow card.

After seeing Juanfran receive a yellow card, Carlo Ancelotti sent Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo to attack Atletico Madrid's right hallway.

Already with a yellow card, Juanfran was noticeably more restrained defensively than before. Although Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo did not break into the penalty area directly with the ball, they also allowed the opponent to get a more calm cross.

In order to relieve the defensive pressure on Juanfrán, Diego Simeone is ready to switch to the right wing, hoping to use his powerful impact to force Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo to attack the team's right corridor without fear.

After some adjustments by Diego Simeone, Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo did not dare to press too high as before when moving on the left wing, after all, Marcelo alone could not resist the breakthrough of the wind. In this way, the crisis on the right side of Atletico Madrid has finally been alleviated to a certain extent.

However, after Feng Quan moved to the right side, although he suppressed Real Madrid's left attack to a certain extent, at the same time, his best side cut inside shot was also difficult to exert real power, and could only create more attacking opportunities for his teammates.

Because the strength of the two teams is now in the middle of the best, therefore, in the case of the two teams' coaches' fighting styles, the two teams have temporarily fallen into a delicate stalemate and balance.

At the same time, with less than five minutes left before the end of the first half, Diego Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti were very well prepared for the "second half tiebreaker", and had no intention of adjusting in the final stage.

However, just as the two sides were ready to accept the result of the first-half draw, an unexpected scene occurred on the pitch......

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