Although Atletico Madrid were unable to equalise despite a clear advantage, coach Diego Simeone had no intention of increasing his attack for the remainder of the first half.

Although strengthening the attack can improve the team's probability of equalizing to a certain extent, when the opponent launches a quick counterattack, the team will inevitably have to bear more defensive pressure. Once your own goal is breached again, the morale of the players will be greatly damaged.

Therefore, even if Atletico Madrid goes into the return dressing room with a one-goal disadvantage, there will be more room for manoeuvre in the second half.

However, just when Diego Simeone, the "emperor", was not in a hurry, the two "eunuchs" under the "emperor" took the lead in getting anxious.

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With Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two goals in the game that ended a day earlier, the Portuguese star, who has already scored 15 goals, is only one goal away from Diego Costa, who is at the top of the scorer charts.

As a result, Diego Costa's goal in this game was clearly much stronger than in the past.

In the games that ended before this game, Diego Costa was the player with the most shots in the Atletico Madrid team, but when the chances were not very good, or when the position of other teammates was more ideal, Diego Costa basically chose to pass the ball rather than recklessly force the goal.

However, under the pressure of the "master of abuse", Diego Costa in this game will basically choose to hit the goal by himself as long as he gets the opportunity to get the ball, rather than making the most correct choice according to the actual situation on the field.

In the past, Diego Costa, who often played on the side to get the ball to create space for other teammates to attack, or indirectly participated in the team's attacking organization, whenever Atletico Madrid was in attack, he would concentrate on the opponent's penalty area.

In this way, not only does it make it easier for Villarreal players to defend, but goalkeeper Sergio Assenjo only needs to be ready to save at any time knowing that Diego Costa will choose to shoot after getting the ball, and he doesn't need to worry about Diego Costa transferring the ball to other teammates. It is precisely because of this that the goalkeeper, who used to play for Atletico Madrid, will play like a god in this game.

In addition to Diego Costa, his striker partner Feng Quan also did not perform well in this game.

Although after the first 12 rounds of La Liga, Feng scored 11 goals and ranked fourth in the scorer list. But in the actual game, Feng Quan's first choice in attack is always to deliver cannonballs to his teammates on the "front line" or participate in the organization of the midfield.

As the so-called "lost east corner gains mulberry elm", while making "sacrifices" for the overall interests of the team, Feng Quan not only allowed himself to gain more assist statistics (accumulated 10 assists ranked first in the assist list), but also allowed himself to gain the trust of his teammates and the love of fans.

However, in this game, in addition to sending a few crosses for Diego Costa in the box after forming a breakthrough on the wing in the first 20 minutes of the game, he kept repeating the work of "cutting inside from the wing" in the following game.

In this way, even if Villarreal's defenders can't stifle Feng Quan's dribbling breakthrough at all, they can reduce the power of Feng Quan's shot by interfering with their kicks as much as possible after they finish cutting inside, thereby improving the success rate of goalkeeper Sergio Assenjo's save rate to some extent.

So, why has Feng Quan, who has always put the overall interests of the team first in the past games, become so "selfish" in the breakthrough?

It turned out that the next moment when Musacchio broke through the Atletico Madrid goal, Feng Quan's mind immediately received "new news" from the system.

Immediately afterward, Feng Quan took advantage of the opportunity of the Villarreal players to celebrate the goal and quickly entered the system, and then saw the following:

Soccer Pro Side Quest (3):

The host will need to help their team turn the score around before the end of the first half.

Additional conditions: The host must score a goal in the first half of the game or provide an assist to a teammate.

Completing the "Soccer Pro Side Quest (3)" rewards 5 Skill Points;

At the same time, achieving "Additional Conditions" rewards 5 points of soccer professional attributes.

It is precisely because of the appearance of the "Football Professional Side Quest (3)" that Feng Quan's performance in this game has become quite "selfish".

In fact, Feng Quan was still willing to use his breakthrough to tear apart the opponent's defense and then create scoring opportunities for other teammates as in previous games. In the first 20 minutes of the game, Feng Quan's multiple crosses from the flanks for Diego Costa, as well as assisting midfielders such as Alda Turan and Koke to complete the organisational work, were the best proof of this.

However, after Diego Costa squandered two scoring chances in a row, and midfielders such as Alda Turan and Koke were denied by Sergio Assenjo from the perimeter with long-range shots from outside the area, the wind finally made the decision to go it alone.

In the beginning, since Feng Quan often chose to pass the ball for his teammates after a successful breakthrough in previous games, the Villarreal players had to defend at the same time as his long-range shots and passes. However, after Feng Quan chose to shoot himself on two consecutive inside cuts, Villarreal coach Marcelino Garcia's defensive strategy against Feng Quan was to interfere as much as possible with his kick shot.

In fact, it was the "**-type" performance of the striker duo of Feng Quan and Diego Costa in this game that created Sergio Assenjo's brave performance.

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Although coach Diego Simeone has yet to give an update on the situation on the field, Gabi, as the captain on the field, feels that he needs to do something worthy of the captain's armband on his arm.

So, after Alda Turan's long-range shot from the outside helped Atletico Madrid get a corner kick again, Gabi, who was supposed to take the corner kick according to the custom, did not immediately go to the corner area, but called all the winds that were lying in ambush in the box and near the top of the arc of the penalty area to his side.

"Wind, Diego, it's the responsibility of all the players to fall behind, but the two of you performed today are very different from previous games." Gabi said in a deep voice.

'Regardless of the outcome of today's game, I want to see the two of you perform like in previous games, putting the overall interests of the team first, rather than just scoring goals. 2k reading web