Chapter 36: Feeling Happy
Despite half-time, coach Carlo Ancelotti kept encouraging his players to press out in the second half and replace the defence with fierce attacks.
However, the crossbar, which was only four minutes into the second half, still left a little psychological shadow on many Real Madrid players, so that when they plan to fight back with all their might, they can't help but think about that crossbar, in case they come again, can there still be a crossbar to help block the football?
As a result, Real Madrid has not been playing very openly.
It wasn't until 60 minutes later, with half an hour left in the game, that Real Madrid's offensive gradually intensified.
In the 61st minute, Real Madrid won a corner, James Rodriguez took a corner, Real Madrid centre-back Varane jumped up to grab the spot, but his header was deflected.
Just a minute later, Real Madrid's attack was back in action, this time with a pass from Karim Benzema and then Cristiano Ronaldo fired a shot from 30 yards out.
However, the amount of shot on goal was not large, and the angle was too right, and it was easily saved by goalkeeper Moya.
From this long-range shot, there may be some signs that the grape man is not hurting - when he shoots, he doesn't dare to exert force.
That's why this shot was so easily held by Moya. If he had been in better form, Ronaldo's long-range shot would have forced Moya to punch the ball out and not dare to take it hard.
Ancelotti then made a substitution, replacing James Rodriguez with Isco to continue to strengthen the attack.
Isco is good at dribbling and has outstanding individual ability, and Ancelotti is hoping to use Isco's dribbling to disrupt Atletico Madrid's defence, so as to create opportunities for other players to win in chaos and fish in troubled waters.
However, Isco also has a problem, that is, sometimes the ball is too sticky, and he can pass it out early, but he has to take two more steps and protect it for two more seconds, and the result is that he misses the right time and is easy to be cut off by the opponent.
It's not that Ancelotti is unaware of Isco's problems, but at this time he doesn't care about the side effects.
As long as Real Madrid can equalize, they can rely on the advantage of more away goals to beat Atletico Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup.
As the game clock ticked, there weren't many opportunities left for him.
After Isco came on, Real Madrid's offensive was slightly more active, but it was also limited.
Because Atletico Madrid still retains the attacking combination of Gao Zheng and Griezmann, the two of them cooperate with each other, and sometimes they can threaten Real Madrid's goal with two people.
For example, in the 720th minute, Raul Garcia passed, Gao Zheng cleverly leaked the football to Griezmann, who was inserted behind, and the French striker pushed the ball only 15 meters from the goal, and the football was deflected out of the goal.
This attack did not result in a goal, but it caused a lot of problems for Real Madrid, who were unable to give their full attention when attacking.
As the game clock ticked, Real Madrid's hopes of an equalizer were getting slimmer.
The actions of the Real Madrid players in the game are also getting bigger and bigger because of the imbalance of mentality.
Ramos was fouled on Gao Zheng and received a yellow card for it.
Just after that, Simeone, who had already been sent off to the stands, rushed to the edge of the railing and yelled at the home team's dugout, which was close by: "'Mono'! 'Mono'! ”
"Mono" is the nickname of assistant coach Boggs.
In fact, after Simeone was sent to the stands, as one of the advantages of the home team, the staff directly arranged his position at the back of the home team's coach's box, just to facilitate Simeone to be able to direct the game on the spot even when he was sent off.
Hearing Simeone's shouting, Boggs walked around the front of the dugout.
"Swap the high! We're two goals ahead now, we're pretty solid, we can replace him and don't let him get hurt by that damn bastard! ”
Simeone's "damn bastard" naturally refers to Sergio Ramos.
Assistant coach Boggs, who had been instructed by Simeone, replaced Gao Zheng in the 80th minute.
When Gao Zheng left the field, all the Atletico Madrid fans in the stadium stood up from their seats and gave Gao Zheng applause and cheers.
"Oh! It's amazing! It seems that Gao has won the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans with two performances in the Spanish Super Cup. There were some very pessimistic predictions in the media before the high-transfer move to Atletico Madrid, but now it seems that those predictions that are conclusive and seem to be well-founded are nothing short of serious nonsense...... Ha! Two Super Cup games, two goals, one assist, Gao couldn't have been more perfect. After watching his excellent performance in the Super Cup, I am now looking forward to what Gao can do against other La Liga teams when the league officially starts. ”
The radio was placed on Dong Jin's desk, and the sound was turned on to the maximum, and between José Maria's quick commentary, the applause of Calderón Stadium could be faintly heard, like the sound of the waves constantly washing.
Dong Jin stood on the edge of the bed a meter away, raised his hands to applaud Gao Zheng, as if he was at the Calderón Stadium, surrounded by his companions who wore the same Atletico Madrid jersey as him. He looked into the distance, looking in the direction of Calderón Stadium.
Although there was a wall in front of him, his gaze penetrated the past without any obstacles, and the picture of Calderón Stadium appeared in front of his eyes, Gao Zheng, who was off the field, was waving to the fans in the stands, and when he turned around, he saw Dong Jin in the crowd, so he smiled at him while waving.
Dong Jin felt very happy.
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After Gao Zheng left the game, as the game time passed, the suspense became smaller and smaller. Ten minutes later, Real Madrid could have scored twice in one go.
But when there were only five minutes left in the game, many Real Madrid fans felt that it would be good for Real Madrid to score a goal, at least save some face......
And when the game entered injury time, with only three minutes left, the Real Madrid fans who were there had already begun to leave the stadium early, and the Real Madrid fans who were watching the live TV at home turned off the television, and they did not want to see the Atletico Madrid players celebrating the victory.
This Super Cup has nothing to do with them anymore.
The referee didn't give more than a second of stoppage time after the end of stoppage time, and blew the whistle for the end of the game, no matter what the football was in.
The Atletico Madrid substitutes and coaches, who had been waiting on the sidelines for a long time, rushed into the stadium with their arms raised and went to celebrate with their teammates.
Gao Zheng didn't run into the field so excitedly because someone hugged him at the first time and celebrated the victory with him.
Simeone, who was punished for the stands, turned over directly from behind the railing with the help of security guards, and then ran straight to Gao Zheng.
"It's over! The game is over! Atletico Madrid defeated local rivals Real Madrid 2-0 at home to win the 2014-2015 Spanish Super Cup with an aggregate score of 3:1! This is their second time in 29 years that they have won the tournament and the second time in their team's history! At the same time, they beat Real Madrid in the Super Cup, and also avenged the defeat of Real Madrid in the Champions League final last season! The striker partnership of Gao and Griezmann, who spent more than 100 million euros on the club's transfer, withstood the test and both performed well, giving confidence to Atletico Madrid fans. Next, let's look forward to the performance of this '100 million yuan combination' in the league! ”
The whole Calderón Stadium is boiling!