As Diego Simeone instructed his players at half-time to increase the tempo of the attack and increase the intensity of the pressing.

So, as the referee blew the whistle for the start of the second half, the players of Atletico Madrid rushed towards the half of the Sevilla team like a huge wave on the sea.

Diego Costa played the ball to Villa in the centre circle and then raced towards the Sevilla penalty area. Villa, who was also standing in the center circle, passed the ball directly to Koke in his own half.

At the same time that Villa passed the ball to the half, the overall formation of Atletico Madrid also moved forward, and the positions of the left and right full-backs were pressed near the halfway line of their own half.

After receiving a pass from Villa, Koke took a few steps forward and was forced by Sevilla striker Bacca, so Koke passed the ball to Alda Turan on the left.

At half-time, Diego Simeone made a point of telling himself to increase his link with left wing-back Felipe Luiz in the second half. Therefore, after receiving a pass from Koke, Alda Turan did not move closer to the middle as he did in the first half, but chose to slowly move forward with the ball.

When Felipe Luis quickly crossed the halfway line along the touchline, Alda Turan immediately made a gesture to cut inside the middle, and when Rakitic, who was in charge of marking himself, moved his body to occupy the inside position first, and the whole formation of the Sevilla team leaned towards the middle, Alda Turan suddenly pulled the ball to his left with his right foot, and then rubbed the ball on the outside of his right foot, and sent a low ball with strong external spin to the vacant field on the left side of the front field.

Due to the in-spin applied by Alda Turan on this pass, the ball did not fly straight forward after the first contact with the turf, but bounced a little and then deflected slightly towards the baseline before continuing to roll forward.

Then, just as the ball was about to roll off the left touchline, Felipe Luiz, who was cutting forward at high speed, did not let the ball roll off the touchline with a beautiful sliding tackle.

After seeing Felipe Luiz successfully save the ball, Sevilla's right wing-back Cicinho, who had been leaning towards the middle, quickly turned and pounced on Felipe Luiz, who was dribbling to the bottom line.

Because Siciño's stature is obviously much thinner than Felipe Luis, so when he can't rely on physical contact to block the opponent's breakthrough with the ball, Ciciño began to pull the opponent's jersey very covertly after getting close to Felipe Luiz, so as to achieve the purpose of making the opponent unable to break through with the ball comfortably.

At the same time, Ciciño is still waiting for his moment, and if Felipe Luiz gets too big in the middle of dribbling forward, he will immediately break the ball with a tackle.

It's a pity that Felipe Luiz, who has a clear physical advantage, is not ready to leave any opportunity for Cicinho at all. Although Felipe Luiz was slowed down with the ball because his shirt was pulled by the opponent, he was not prepared to take the ball all the way to the bottom line and then cross into the box.

Felipe Luiz dribbled forward six or seven meters before suddenly swinging his left leg backwards to make a cross into the box. At the same time, in addition to continuing to pull his shirt covertly, Sicinho was also ready to stretch his foot to block the opponent's cross at any time.

However, Felipe Luiz did not choose to cross into the box, but first slipped the ball with his left heel to his right back. Then he quickly made a turn and then sent a cross into the box with his right foot.

Although Sevilla's centre-back Fazio (1.95m) was the tallest player on the pitch apart from Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (1.99m), Diego Costa, who was marked by him, grabbed the first spot before Fazio and then knocked on the door again with a powerful header.

It wasn't until the ball hit the net and fell into the goal that less than ten seconds had passed since the start of the second half.

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Although Sevilla manager Unai Emery had already anticipated at half-time that Atletico Madrid might be stepping up their attack in the second half. However, Unai Emery never expected that the opponent would launch a fierce attack on his side immediately after the start of the second half.

In Emery's impression, although Diego Simeone is a manager with a strong personality, perhaps influenced by his long time as a midfielder during his playing career, Diego Simeone's coaching philosophy is to first ensure the invincibility of his team with a bloody defense, and then break through the opponent's goal through a quick counter-attack to finally win the game.

Because of this, Atletico Madrid, which he coached, conceded only 31 goals in 38 La Liga games last season and became the best defensive team. He also qualified for the Champions League with a third-place finish in the league.

However, with the team's defensive record topping the entire La Liga arena, Atletico Madrid's offensive efficiency is a little low. Not only did they have a far cry from the 'top two' in the Spanish Super League last season (65), but they were also surpassed by Real Sociedad (70) and Valencia (67).

The reason for this situation is that, in addition to Atletico Madrid's focus on defense in the game, their ability to attack on the flanks is slightly insufficient, which is also a key factor that makes Atletico Madrid's offensive efficiency not as good as other strong teams.

In addition, Atletico Madrid's attacking forces are very limited and rarely take the initiative to attack.

That's why Atletico Madrid attacked their own side immediately after kick-off in the second half, and the unexpected change of all but captain Gabi and two central defenders across the halfway line would have a surprising effect.

In fact, not only did Emery surprise him, but even Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone never imagined that his side would be able to take the lead again with less than 10 seconds into the second half. But in any case, the team took the lead again, which made Diego Simeone very happy.

However, just as Diego Simeone rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the team's "lightning" goal with the Atletico Madrid players, there was an unexpected situation in the Sevilla goal area...... 2k reading web