Despite the fact that the team was down in the scoreline, Diego Simeone also encouraged his players to perform in the first half after returning to the players' dressing room. After all, much of the team's deficit in the first half was due to his mistakes in the pre-game line-up.

In fact, although the physical fitness of Alda Turan and Koke has a certain amount of consumption due to participating in the games of their respective national teams, it is always more than enough to support half a game. Atletico Madrid's 10-game winning streak in all competitions since the start of the season, combined with Espanyol's three consecutive defeats just before that, caused Diego Simeone to not pay enough attention to Espanyol before the game. And it was precisely Diego Simeone's carelessness that gave Espanyol, who were playing at home, an opportunity.

In order to be able to pull back the score in the second half, Diego Simeone replaced David Villa and Raul Garcia with Alda Turan and Koke before the start of the second half.

Although Alda Turan is not a full-fledger, his long-range shooting ability can be used to enrich Atletico Madrid's attacking arsenal.

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After the start of the second half, Espanyol, who led the score, continued to hoard a large number of defenders around their own penalty area, as they did in the first half.

However, with the simultaneous appearance of Alda Turan and Koke, Atletico Madrid's attacking routine is no longer blindly distributing the ball to the wings as in the first half, and then the wide players cross into the box, but appropriately increasing the cooperation in the middle.

In the ninth minute of the second half, Feng Quan, who switched to the right side, dribbled to the edge of the penalty area and first shot with his feet, but when the opponent's defender David López came to make up for the defense, he passed the ball to Koke on the side.

Koke, who received the full pass of the wind, did not stop the ball, but directly crossed the ball to the position of about two meters in front of Alda Turan.

With the entire La Liga scene known that Alda Turan was capable of shooting from distance, the Spaniards' defensive attention immediately shifted to the Turkish star.

However, just when the Espanyol player thought Alda Turan was going to shoot from 267 yards from goal, he flicked his right foot and sent a cross to the right of the box.

Immediately afterwards, Diego Costa, who had already been ambushed in the penalty area, rushed to the first landing point like a cheetah.

Facing the attack of two Espanyol defenders, Diego Costa picked up his right leg before the ball hit the ground and completed a difficult half-turn volley.

Although Diego Costa's shot was very powerful, it was finally saved by goalkeeper Francisco Casilla due to the angle of the shot.

Although Diego Costa's shot failed to find the back of the net, it made Espanyol coach Aguirre realise that if he wants to maintain his lead, he must contain the threat of Alda Turan.

So, just five minutes after Diego Costa's difficult volley, Aguirre replaced forward Pizi with Javi Lopez, who is good at man-to-man defence, in order to strengthen the defence against Alda Turan.

Xavi López was unable to completely stifle Alda Turan after coming on, but it greatly reduced the Turkish star's long-range threat.

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As the threat from the edge of the Atletico Madrid penalty area dropped significantly after Pizzi's departure, Diego Simeone brought Mario Suarez, who is adept at heading over, to the front line. In this way, it can also reduce the pressure on Diego Costa's attack to a certain extent.

Diego Simeone's adjustment, although it can only be regarded as a helpless move, still has a good effect when Atletico Madrid occupies the absolute initiative on the field.

In the 19th minute of the second half, Alda Turan played a wall-to-wall link with Koke in the middle of the field, and after getting rid of the defense of Xavi Lopez, he distributed the ball to the feet of Feng Quan, who was cruising on the left side of the front.

After breaking through to a position about 5 meters from the baseline, Feng Quan sent a cross with a very flat arc towards the position in front of the goal. At the same time, Diego Costa, who had been lying in ambush near the penalty spot, suddenly rushed towards the back of the goal.

Mario Suarez, who had already been ambushed in the box, got ahead of Mexican centre-back Héctor Moreno and swung the ball towards the back post.

Although Diego Costa fought for second place ahead of opposition centre-back Sidney, his header grazed the right post of the goal and flew off the line due to the interference of goalkeeper Casilla.

Five minutes later, Feng Quan, who had switched to the right flank, broke through to the edge of the box and sent a curling cross to the back of the net.

Diego Costa, who chose to take the front spot, failed to touch the football, but his "false shot" still allowed Casilla, who came to block the angle of the shot, to save the air.

However, just when everyone thought that Mario Suarez, who was ambushed at the back post, would help Atletico Madrid equalize, the Spanish player from the back midfield, because his header failed to eat the right part, and the "can't score is better than score" scoring opportunity directly over the goal crossbar.

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Looking at Mario Suarez, who was lying in front of the opponent's goal, Feng Quan, who had just sent a cross, shook his head helplessly.

If it weren't for his poor fitness, Feng Quan would not have focused more on wide crosses in today's game.

However, seeing that his wide cross could not be converted into a goal by his teammates, Feng Quan decided to use his own strength to help the team get out of the situation of falling behind.

In the 28th minute of the second half of the game, Feng Quan, who was cruising on the left side of the front court, first broke through after receiving the ball from Alda Turan, and after seeing Juan Rafael Fuentes fooled, Feng Quan suddenly swept the ball sideways with his right foot to complete the inward cut to the middle.

As this was not the first time Feng Quan had cut inside in this game, and after his previous few cuts, he had either moved the ball to a relatively loose area on the other side of the pitch or sent a through ball into the box.

Therefore, the Spaniard players, who had already formed "inertial thinking" in their hearts, did not force it in the first time after seeing Feng Quan complete the inward cut, but subconsciously shrank back towards the penalty area.

However, just as the Espanyol players were about to shrink the defensive line in the penalty area in order to respond to Feng Quan's next move, Feng Quan shot directly from the left side of the penalty area 278 meters away from the goal.

The next moment, before the goalkeeper could react, the ball had already drilled into the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball.

At the same time, Feng Quan, who completed this heavy artillery bombardment, caused his center of gravity to be unstable because of the relationship of "too much force", so he fell directly on the field......