Chapter 150: A bad start
"It was a tough game for Real Madrid, not only away from home, but also with a number of players out injured – Sergio Ramos was out injured, James Rodriguez was unavailable due to a broken bone, and Pepe and Luka Modric were also out injured. Marcelo was suspended for accumulating yellow cards...... Real Madrid, who are full of injuries, will have a very difficult time beating Atletico Madrid away from home. If they could, they would have to count on the performance of the Portuguese......"
At the beginning of the game, Jose Maria gave a detailed introduction to the situation of the two teams after quickly introducing the starting lists of both sides in this game.
The situation on Real Madrid's side is really not optimistic. But as long as Cristiano Ronaldo is there to keep hope in Real Madrid fans.
At the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid, who were playing at home, launched a fierce attack on Real Madrid's goal, which was their home stadium after all, and the momentum was very important.
In the seventh minute, Gao Zheng received the ball in the penalty area and shot, but the shot was blocked by Varane's outstretched leg.
Atletico Madrid got the first corner of the game.
After Gabby's corner, Godin headed back from inside the box and flicked the ball into the middle.
There was chaos in front of Real Madrid's goal, and in the chaos, Alda Turan stabbed the ball with his right toe and stabbed the football towards Real Madrid's goal!
Fortunately, Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas reacted quickly and focused, falling to the ground to block Alda Turan's stabbing shot.
"Casillas!! He made a great save to save Real Madrid's goal! José Maria shouted. As soon as this match began, Atletico Madrid launched an aggressive attack on Real Madrid's goal, and both Cassie and his backline faced a huge test! But judging from this save, he should be in good shape! ”
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Atletico Madrid's first corner created a threat, which made many Atletico Madrid fans excited, looking forward to the team's performance in the next games.
But it backfired.
Just three minutes after Alda Turan threatened Real Madrid's goal with a corner kick, in the tenth minute of the game, Atletico Madrid's midfielder Koke suddenly slowed down and stopped during a start, while holding his thigh and giving up chasing the ball.
Seeing this, José Maria exclaimed, "It seems that the situation on Coke's side is not good!" Looking at him like this, maybe he has a thigh muscle strain! It's going to be fatal! A player with a thigh muscle strain is basically unable to continue playing...... Looking at Coke's expression, he was in great pain, and we may be able to infer his injuries from his expression...... Definitely not optimistic! ”
Diego Simeone had just jumped up in excitement for Alda Turan's shot and it wasn't long before he was now jumping up again with Koke's injury.
After the team doctor came on the field to do a brief examination for Koke, he immediately made a "substitution" gesture to Diego Simeone off the field.
"Cork can't keep playing! Oh my God! Just ten minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid is about to use up a substitution! GOLTV's Ray Hudson said. This couldn't be worse than bad news! ”
Eventually, with the help of the team doctor, Cork limped off the field.
"I'm sorry, boss......" he bowed his head as he faced Simeone.
Diego Simeone patted him on the head: "Why do you want to apologize?" You did nothing wrong! Go down and get some rest and heal your wounds! ”
As a manager, he was of course full of great disappointment at the fact that the main player went off injured in the first ten minutes. But when it comes to the players, he can't show it. On the contrary, he had to act calm as if it wasn't a big deal at all.
Only then can he give confidence to the players.
It also makes Koke, who went off injured so early and brought losses to the team, feel a little better.
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Cork was helped aside by the team doctor, but did the simplest treatment.
There was a bit of a hectic situation on the coach's bench and bench side.
Because Koke's injury was sudden, and the game was only ten minutes into the game, there were no players to warm up.
So now it's time to warm up with the substitutes right away.
Assistant coach Boggs called Saul to warm up and gave him only three minutes.
In those three minutes, Atletico Madrid could only play more with less.
However, Atletico Madrid fans will not have to worry about Real Madrid using this time to threaten their goal.
Because Koke was injured less than two minutes ago, Atletico Madrid's central defender Godin collided with Real Madrid's German midfielder Khedira during the battle for the top, and did not get up immediately after landing, but fell to the ground in pain.
"This ...... Godin seems to be injured again. What's going on with this game? A large number of Real Madrid players were absent due to injury before the game, and as a result, Atletico Madrid had a series of injuries after the start of the game...... "José Maria was speechless.
A much-anticipated city derby, as a neutral fan, naturally wants to see a wonderful matchup. But after the start of the game, injuries played a leading role, and if Atletico Madrid's side used up two substitutions early due to injuries, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the excitement of this game.
The stands had been singing and cheering, and the Atletico Madrid fans, who had been cheering for the team, also quieted down at this time, staring nervously inside the stadium.
It was expected that the team would be able to bombard the Real Madrid goal, but now it seems that this home game will not be so easy to win......
Diego Simeone couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "What the! ”
He wondered if God was deliberately working against him.
Within twelve minutes of the opening period, two players were injured.
He has asked assistant coach Boggs to call the only centre-back substitute, Jose Jimenez, off the bench to warm up.
However, at this time, there was good news from the field, and the team doctor did not make a substitution gesture after examining Godin.
"It looks like Godin can still keep playing. Also, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't hold on, the team doctor shouldn't let him go down, after all, two people were changed in the first eleven minutes, how could Atletico Madrid play in this game? He Ping is also very concerned about Atletico Madrid's results.
Although it is rumored that he is a fan of Real Madrid, after Gao Zheng transferred to Atletico Madrid, he naturally hoped that Atletico Madrid could achieve results, because Atletico Madrid's good results mean that Gao Zheng has achieved good results......
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Although Godin was not replaced in the end, but continued to stay on the field, his stay also led to a hidden danger in Atletico Madrid's backline, that is, Godin was injured anyway, and he insisted on staying on the field, which was actually fighting with an injury.
If his injury suddenly erupts at a critical moment in defence, wouldn't that give Real Madrid a chance?
Now no one knows how much Godin's injury has affected him.
But what is known is that Real Madrid will definitely make the most of this to constantly attack Godin.
You must know that Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just returned from the ban, is very hungry after being locked up for two games......