Despite leading AC Milan to two Champions League trophies, Carlo Ancelotti has not been able to continue his glory since leaving Italy. If he hadn't led the team to last season's Champions League final, I'm afraid Ancelotti would have been swept away by Real Madrid at the end of last season.

In order to be able to reclaim the league crown from their local rivals, Real Madrid has spared no expense by bringing in two world-class midfielders, James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos, in the summer transfer window.

The additions of James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos have given Carlo Ancelotti's side a fluid attack in a number of warm-up games before the season, as well as in the first round of the league.

Originally, Carlo Ancelotti thought he could finally take back the league and Champions League trophies from his city rivals with the pass-and-possession football he wanted. never thought that his team would be reversed by the mediocre Real Sociedad team in the second round of the league.

Losing a game at the start of the season won't have much of an impact on the team's title plans, but the third round of the league will be crucial for coach Carlo Ancelotti. Because, in the third round of La Liga, there will be a tragic "Madrid Derby" like Mars hitting the Earth.

Therefore, in order to ensure that in the "Madrid Derby" competition, the players were pulled to the training ground by Ancelotti on the second day after returning to Madrid after completing their respective national team matches, and began to prepare for a fully closed training session.

Although the midfield configuration of Atletico Madrid is far less luxurious than that of his own team, considering the huge speed advantage of Feng Quan and Griezmann, Ancelotti still chose the game strategy of "based on defense and passing through the midfield quickly" in the secret preparation before the game.

The reason why Ancelotti made such a choice is not that he lacks confidence in world-class midfielders such as Toni Kroos and Modric, but once the team is tackled by Atletico Madrid in the midfield, then the back line may have to face the crazy fire of Feng Quan and Griezmann, two counter-attacking masters.

Moreover, Ronaldo and Bale under him are also top masters who are good at rapid counterattacks, so passing the ball to the opponent's half as soon as possible can not only reduce the counterattack power of the Atletico Madrid team to a certain extent, but also give full play to the speed advantage of Ronaldo and Bale.

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At 7 p.m. on September 14, the first "Madrid derby" of the season finally kicked off at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Although James Rodriguez's performance in the first two rounds of La Liga was quite impressive, he had no choice but to sit on the bench when Ancelotti focused on "passing through the midfield quickly".

Contrary to Real Madrid's side of putting James Rodriguez, who played well in the first two rounds of the league, on the bench, Oblak, the "best goalkeeper in the Portuguese Super League" who was not favored by Diego Simeone before the start of the season, finally got the first chance to start since joining the team with his two critical rescues.

In fact, as early as after the end of the UEFA Super Cup, Diego Simeone was already dissatisfied with Moya's poor performance, and it was only because he had always declared before the game: "I believe that Moya can fill the vacancy left by Courtois well", and the Argentine coach continued to play in the first two rounds of the league.

However, Moya's mistake again in the last round of the league and his poor performance from the sidelines allowed Diego Simeone to find a step and justifiably put his previously unfavored Oblak in the main goalkeeper position.

And Oblak, who urgently needs to prove himself in Europe's top leagues, also repaid Diego Simeone's "trust" with his excellent performance.

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After the start of the game, Real Madrid changed the pass-and-control football of the first two rounds of the league to adopt the Chelsea-style Chelsea-style strategy of passing through the midfield quickly and attacking the two ribs under Mourinho, which put a lot of pressure on the back line of Atletico Madrid.

In particular, the left flank guarded by Siqueira, who was brought in as a replacement for Felipe Luiz, was directly made full of holes by the "unreasonable" breakthrough of the Welsh king Bale. Had it not been for Oblak's incredibly impressive form, Real Madrid, who had the advantage of home stadium, would have been able to establish at least a two-goal advantage in the first 10 minutes of the game.

It wasn't until Feng Quan, under the instruction of Diego Simeone, frequently retreated to his own half to help the defense, that Ciqueira gradually stabilized his position.

Although Ronaldo's breakthrough with the ball is still sharp, as he gets older, the Portuguese king, who has gradually transformed into a "central outflanking" striker, has a weaker ability to attack on the side than when he debuted.

Therefore, with Siqueira gradually stabilizing his position, Ronaldo's attack on the left wing was far less sharp than in the opening stages. And with the gradual stabilization of the backline, Atletico Madrid has finally gotten rid of the passive situation.

In the 21st minute of the first half, in the face of Gabi and Siqueira's bag, Bale, who could not continue to break through with the ball on the right side of the front, had to pass the ball to Modric who received it in the middle.

Just as Modric received the ball, Raul Garcia, who had already seen the opportunity, suddenly slammed into him from the left side.

Modric, who was hit by Raul Garcia, barely managed to keep the ball temporarily with his superb ball control skills, but the ensuing Koke still snatched the ball from his feet.

After Modric conceded the goal, Real Madrid except for Benzema who remained in the front to intimidate the opponent's defense, the rest of the attacking players all ran in the direction of their own half, and most of the players' attention was focused on the lightning rush to the left side of the front.

However, instead of quickly passing the ball to the left side of the frontcourt as his opponent expected, and then taking advantage of the speed advantage of Feng Quan's superior speed to tear apart the opponent's defense, Koke took a few steps forward and passed the ball to Mandzukic, who was already ambushed in the middle of the frontcourt.

Although Sergio Ramos was confident in his ability to fight for the ball with his head, he was ultimately defeated in the face of Mandzukic.

As early as when Koke broke the ball, Mandzukic had already spotted the vacancy on the left side of the field, and first did not hesitate to push the ball towards his pre-conceived area, and then quickly rushed towards the direction of the penalty area after landing on the ground.

Although Arbeloa and Toni Kroos did their best to run to the right side of their own half when Modric conceded the goal, they were unable to interfere with Mandzukic until the wind was ferried on.

Feng Quan, who got the ball, first did not hesitate to kill the opponent's penalty area, and when the opponent's defensive center of gravity was all focused on himself, he suddenly passed the ball to Griezmann, who was ambushed on the right side of the penalty area.

Griezmann, who barely encountered any interference, made a slight adjustment and easily sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal, 1-0.