Chapter 622: Derby 9 kills in a row
Although Carlo Ancelotti was frustrated by being the first to score the goal, he did not let Real Madrid immediately step up their attack, but let the players continue to play the rest of the game as before.
It should be said that Ancelotti's choice is still very wise, if Real Madrid's counterattack cannot be effective quickly, it will not only continue to frustrate the already low morale, but also cause the players to become more and more impatient, and the number of games will increase.
Atletico Madrid is a team that is very good at taking advantage of opponents' mistakes to score.
In the 31 league games that have ended, Atletico Madrid have scored a total of 109 goals, of which 52 have been created through the mistakes of opponents, which is 47.7% of the total goals.
If a certain team can make zero mistakes in the game, then to some extent, it is equivalent to "reducing" Atletico Madrid's attack power by nearly 5%.
Of course, this can only be a theoretical assumption, after all, even Barcelona, which once developed pass-and-control football to an almost "peak" level, cannot achieve zero mistakes in the whole game, not to mention that Atletico Madrid often uses high-pressure pressing tactics in the front court in the game. Wanting to make 0 mistakes under their fierce pressure is tantamount to a fool's dream.
The reason why Ancelotti let the players implement the previous tactics step by step is that on the one hand, he is worried that the players will make mistakes because of their impatience and will be hit by the opponent's fatal counterattack; On the other hand, Champions League elimination depends on the aggregate score of the two legs to determine the final winner, and even if the first leg is a small defeat away from home, Real Madrid still has a good chance of reversing the promotion after returning to home.
However, Diego Simeone is not going to give Real Madrid a chance to turn the tables in the second leg.
Simeone, who led Atletico Madrid to almost all the honors, knows very well that the grass needs to be eradicated, if he can't establish enough leads in his own home, then after arriving at the Bernabeu Stadium, uncontrollable objective factors such as weather, venues, referees and law enforcement can easily lead to Atletico Madrid's away capsizing.
As a result, there was a very interesting scene on the field, Real Madrid, which was behind the score, not only did not immediately launch a counterattack, but was a little more cautious than before; And Atletico Madrid, which has a very high morale ahead of one goal, has launched a more fierce offensive against the sworn enemies in the same city, and there is a momentum of not giving up if the opponent is not torn to pieces.
Some people once regarded football matches as "small wars" in peacetime, and the key to the victory or defeat of the war has never been simply the competition of the real strength of the two sides, the weather, the field conditions, the referee enforcement, the on-the-spot performance of the two teams, as well as the morale of the team and the desire of the players to win are all important factors that determine a game.
Luck aside, in a game where the difference in quality between the two sides is not obvious, the morale of that team is stronger and the desire to win is stronger, then they are obviously more likely to win, and this is the case with Atletico Madrid in this game.
Less than five minutes before the wind broke the deadlock, J. Rodriguez received a direct pass from Toni Kroos in the middle of the front and turned to get rid of Koke, and was just about to continue to push forward, but was hit by Mario Suarez who stabbed in the diagonal and almost lost the football at his feet.
Mario Suarez couldn't make a tackle directly, but he also forced J. Rodriguez to go too far, thus buying Gabi plenty of time to block the Colombian star's path.
In desperation, J. Rodriguez had no choice but to distribute the ball to the wing.
However, J. Rodriguez, who made a choice in a hurry, was directly intercepted by Juanfran who was waiting for an opportunity when he passed the ball to the side.
After Juanfran broke the ball, he made a direct pass to Feng Quan near the center circle.
Feng Quan, who received the ball with his back, did not choose to turn and break through, but first passed the ball to Griezmann along the right wing, and then quickly turned and cut diagonally to open up more space for the French striker to attack.
At the same time, Mandzukic, who had originally retreated to the main half, also quickly rushed across the half court and leaned diagonally towards Griezmann in order to meet the opponent at any time.
Due to the involvement of Feng Quan and Mandzukic, Marcelo, who is known as the first left-back in La Liga, did not dare to go up directly, but slowly retreated while keeping a certain distance from Griezmann.
When Griezmann dribbled to the edge of the box and suddenly chose to cut inside, then swung his arms and legs to shoot from distance, Marcelo had to step forward to block the French striker.
After seeing Marcelo fooled, Griezmann lifted his left foot high but lightly slammed the ball, and then suddenly accelerated to continue to advance along the line of the penalty area.
When Griezmann advanced along the line of the penalty area to a position four or five metres from the baseline, he suddenly made a sharp stop and sent a curling cross to the empty space on the left side of the penalty spot.
Although Mandzukic, who cut forward to the front post, failed to get to the ground, his pull allowed Feng Quan, who was ambushed in the left rib of the penalty area, to create an opportunity to calmly hit the goal.
In the next moment, Feng Quan first raised his arms to block Carvajal behind him, and then unloaded the ball with his chest and quickly picked up his right foot and pumped the ball into the top left corner of the goal.
Casillas started moving towards the left side of the goal the moment Griezmann passed the ball and jumped off the ball the moment the wind stopped the ball on his chest, but he could only cry out in the face of this cannonball-like shot.
Although the strength of Real Madrid is not impossible to recover the gap of two goals, Ancelotti's "step-by-step" when he is one goal behind has already dampened the morale of the players, after all, as a giant team, it should have the pride of "rather die standing than live on its knees".
Now, when Feng Quan extended the lead to two goals, it directly caused the morale of most Real Madrid players to plummet, and it was difficult to reverse the desire to win in advance.
Carlo Ancelotti's agitation at half-time and a bold change of formation in the second half gave the players a slight morale boost and regained the initiative on the pitch for a while.
However, in the 23rd minute of the second half, after Atletico Madrid played a series of textbook passes and cuts in the front, Koke stuffed the ball into the space on the right side of the penalty area, and finally Fengquan used a clever stab to send the football into Real Madrid's goal for the third time, and finally completely killed the suspense of the game.
As much as Diego Simeone was keen to beat his rivals on his home turf, the Argentine substituted them after Feng Quan and Griezmann were brought to the ground in a brutal move by the opposing defenders, and then used what he did best to keep the score 3-0 until the end of the game.
In the end, with Feng Quan's hat trick, Atletico Madrid, who was playing at home, not only won the "Madrid Derby" for the 9th time in a row, but also scored 3 goal difference in the first leg, and almost entered the semifinals of the Champions League with one foot.
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