Perhaps it was the recent streak of victories that had swelled the mentality of the Atletico Madrid players, who were the first to break the deadlock on the pitch and were not as active as before, and their unreasonable options in attack gradually increased.

Although Atletico Madrid has no shortage of players with excellent ball control at their feet, Diego Simeone's coaching style and overall personnel allocation mean that the team will only be able to maximize the team's true strength if they maintain a clean style.

Once some players have an inflated mentality and start showing off their skills too much in the game, it is not only detrimental to the good functioning of the whole team, but also very likely to put the team in a dangerous situation.

Because Diego Simeone has always required the team to be unified in the process of switching from defense to attack, and the overall formation must be pressed quickly, so as to maximize the threat of counterattack. Because of this, even a midfielder with good footwork like Koke rarely shows off his footwork skills in the game, but resolutely chooses to play quickly from defense to attack.

However, due to the recent successive victories in key battles, the mentality of some players has become more and more inflated, and the team's victory seems to be unable to make them feel satisfied.

In fact, as early as after the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final with AC Milan, Diego Simeone faintly found such signs, but because of the team's consecutive wins, he only vaguely pointed out that the mentality of some players has an inflated trend when he summarizes each game, but does not point out which players are in person.

Despite Diego Simeone's strong personality, he is not willing to break the "harmony" atmosphere within the team when the team is on a winning streak.

Unfortunately, "some players" didn't appreciate Diego Simeone's good intentions.

After returning to La Liga with a huge advantage in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round, Atletico Madrid's overall game strategy has not changed fundamentally, but some unreasonable individual breakthroughs in the game, as well as those "performative" and "practical" pass-cutting combinations, have gradually increased.

Feng Quan scored six goals in the six La Liga games since the first leg against AC Milan, despite making four appearances and often being substituted in the second half. However, in Diego Simeone's view, if the team can insist on a simple and fast ball when switching from defense to attack, Fengquan's speed advantage will allow the team to get more one-on-one chances to face the goalkeeper, thus further increasing Fengquan's goal tally.

While Atletico Madrid have already built up a huge advantage in points and goal difference at the top of the table, and it is only a matter of time before they win La Liga, what manager wouldn't want their team to achieve a bigger victory?

Not only that, although the "show-off" behavior of "some players" in home games can win the applause of the fans at the scene, but in the case of the rapid formation of the team when switching from defense to attack, once the "show-off" fails, Atletico Madrid's goal will face a huge risk.

In fact, in the recent winning streak of Atletico Madrid, the performance of their defensive players in the game has also declined, but the opponents encountered are too perverted because of their counter-attacking power, and few teams have a relationship of high pressing in the frontcourt, which makes Atletico Madrid give people a "invincible" illusion.

And today, when the Athletic Bilbao team in charge of the battle conceded a goal first, and began to let go and launch a ferocious press in the frontcourt, the Atletico Madrid players dragged their feet in the game and the disadvantages of not starting at all began to show.

Just 15 minutes after Griezmann broke the deadlock, Courtois confiscated Iker Muniain's long-range shot and tossed the ball straight to the rotating left wing-back Insuya.

In the face of the aggressive pressing of Athletic Bilbao's attacking players, Insua did not safely hand over the ball to his teammates in the middle, but chose to break through the opponent with his own foot skills.

In Insua's view, although Ibai Gómez (Ibai Gómez) who stepped forward to force him was menacing, his defensive ability as an offensive player was still very limited, and he was known for his dribbling breakthrough ability, so Insua was confident that he was sure to pass the opponent.

However, Insua's plan to fake a pass to Raul Garcia and then break through from the outside was spotted by Ibai Gomez and lost possession.

Ibay Gomez broke the ball and advanced five or six metres down the right flank before sending a low cross into the box.

Miranda's tackle after falling to the ground after quickly returning to the penalty area changed the trajectory of the football slightly, but the football was finally pushed into the bottom right corner of the Atletico Madrid goal by Aritz Aduriz, who followed up in the middle, 1-1.

At the moment when the football rolled into the net, Diego Simeone, who had been standing on the sidelines and watching the situation on the field, kicked a nearby bottle of mineral water away.

Then, he turned around and yelled at the bench with an angry face, "I just told them to stay focused and not to be too big, and now they are here for me." ”

After a pause, Diego Simeone said to his assistant Hermann Boggs: "Tell Felipe [Luiz] to go and warm up after the first half and go straight to the second half. ”

With just over five minutes left after Athletic Bilbao's equaliser, Diego Simeone only took advantage of the opportunity to celebrate the goal and gave the latest instructions to the Atletico Madrid players on the pitch: "Reduce possession at the back and try to send the ball to the midfield", but did not immediately make tactical and personnel adjustments.

After all, even if you make adjustments immediately, it will not be effective in the remaining five minutes of the first half, and if the minds of the players on the pitch are not unified as soon as possible, you may even concede goals again.

However, the Athletic Bilbao players, who were demoralized after the equaliser, were reluctant to let their opponents get through the rest of the first half.

Although the Atletico Madrid players stopped attempting dangerous individual dribbles in their own half after the equaliser, the goal conceded by Sua's previous play with fire was a huge blow to the team's morale. Therefore, before their attack could advance to the opponent's 30-meter area, they were successfully tackled by Athletic Bilbao because they did not form a tacit understanding between each other's passes......