In fact, the reason why Atletico Madrid have been able to concede only eight goals in the first 16 league games is that in addition to the excellent form of the defenders, the high pressing of the midfield has also played a big role.

However, in the face of Barcelona's "tending to the situation" of pass-and-control football, it is difficult for Atletico Madrid's high-level pressing to effectively delay the opponent's advancement. What's more, Barcelona's attack does not depend on the speed of advancement.

In addition, Barcelona's South American duo frequently crossed positions on the front line, as well as the exquisite interspersed cooperation between midfielders Andres Iniesta and Xavi, made the defensive characteristics of the Atletico Madrid defensive players relatively single, and the lack of layering of defensive positions was exposed.

If there is only a problem on the defensive end, Atletico Madrid may be able to salvage the defeat with their strong attacking power, but the unbeatable forward duo in the previous game will also find it difficult to show their true strength in the face of Barcelona's highly targeted defense.

Although Diego Costa, who is the fulcrum of the frontcourt, is an all-round striker with strength, speed and excellent quality, while his ability in all aspects is relatively comprehensive, it means that none of his abilities are at the top level. Otherwise, Atletico Madrid would not agree to set his liquidated damages below 100 million euros.

Although the reason why Diego Costa was able to break out this season has a lot to do with his hard work in the summer preparation period, it is undeniable that the addition of Feng Quan not only greatly relieved his defensive pressure, but also provided him with "nanny-level" assists many times.

Therefore, when the "well-rounded" Diego Costa meets Pique, who is also physically strong and can accurately predict the offensive intentions of the strikers with his experience as an attacking player at a young age, it will be difficult to give full play to his outstanding ability to grab points and play an obvious role as a fulcrum.

In addition to Diego Costa, who was suppressed by Pique and difficult to play his own characteristics, Feng Quan, who had always relied on his superior speed advantage in previous games, was also embarrassed by Barcelona's extremely mobile "split tactics".

In previous matches, whenever Atletico Madrid was in attack, the opposition had at least two defenders in charge of marking the wind. However, the Barcelona team in this game did not arrange any full-time markers around Feng Quan.

However, when Atletico Madrid is in attack, Barcelona's forward duo will press on the spot, forcing it difficult for the opposition to organize an effective attack.

At the same time, the Barcelona team will also arrange a triangle-like "encirclement" within a radius of 3 to 5 meters around Fengquan according to the actual position of Feng Quan on the field.

For example, when the wind is on the left wing, Xavi, who is on the right, forms an "encirclement" around Alex Send, and right wing-back Danny Alves, thus cutting off the passing routes of other Atletico Madrid players. When the wind is on the right, it is the "encirclement" of Andres Iniesta, Alex Song and Alba. Once Feng Quan and Alda Turan switch positions to the middle, Barcelona's four midfielders will form a quadrilateral "encirclement" around them.

Although the "encirclement" of the Barcelona team cannot completely cut off the connection between the midfielders of Atletico Madrid and Feng Quan, even if Feng Quan can receive the pass from his teammates, the time left for him to calmly control the ball is extremely limited when the opponent quickly closes the "encirclement".

In addition, although today's Feng Quan already has the ability to control the ball calmly in a small space, he is more than 1.80 meters tall and is destined to be unable to move dexterously and quickly in the middle of many people like Messi, who has a very low center of gravity. At the same time, he also needs a certain amount of space to speed up in order to give full play to his speed advantage.

As a result, Feng Quan, who could not exert his strongest power, firmly fixed himself on the left side, making himself a "bait" while opening up more space for other teammates to attack.

Although Feng Quan's "temporary mute" gave more attacking space to midfielders such as Alda Turan, Koke and Gabi, Diego Costa was desperately suppressed by Pique, and could only frequently use long-range shots from the perimeter to threaten Barcelona's goal, but Valdés, who was in great form, not only denied them long-range shots one by one, but was not even willing to leave them with corners.

So, when comparing the shooting stats alone, Atletico Madrid have even a slight advantage, but when comparing the physical threat to the goal, Barcelona have a clear upper hand. What's more, Barcelona still has the lead in the score.

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Seeing that Gabi's heavy artillery bombardment was once again directly taken into Valdés' arms, Feng Quan, who had just delivered the cannonballs to him, felt a little more worried in his heart.

In the first 30 minutes of the first half, Valdés wanted to block the long-range shots of Alda Turan and Gabi, and he had to make some difficult saves. However, as the game time went by, especially after the game time came to 35 minutes, although the long-range shots of Gabi and others were for the sake of profit, the angle of the shot was getting more and more positive, and even directly out of the goal.

"You've got to find a way to crack the bag on me, otherwise even if they can't effectively block other people's passes due to their reduced fitness, then at that point, Costa, Turan and Gabi will not be able to play at their true level because of their impatience."

"At that point, even if I can tear apart Barcelona's defence with my speed advantage, it will be difficult to break down the opponent's goal without their effective assistance."

However, before Feng Quan thought of an effective "strategy to break the enemy", the referee who enforced the game was the first to blow the whistle at the end of the first half.

Although the overall performance of the Atletico Madrid team was not bad, when the two striker cores were suppressed by the opponent, they could only reluctantly return to the locker room with a one-goal disadvantage.

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At this time, although it was close to 11 o'clock in the evening Beijing time, Ma Lin, the head coach of the Liaoning Hongyuan team, was still sitting in front of the TV in his living room, nervously paying attention to his former disciple Fengquan through the platform of CCTV sports channel, and what kind of performance he could make in front of the "encirclement" of the Barcelona team.

Although Feng Quan's performance in the first half of the game was not bad, in the face of the opponent's highly targeted defense, he failed to play his most dangerous speed advantage after all.

If this game continues to develop in this way, Atletico Madrid will not only find it difficult to catch up with the score, but may even be opened up by Barcelona in the second half.

After thinking for a moment, Ma Lin suddenly had a feeling that his eyes lit up. Immediately, he grabbed the mobile phone that was placed on the coffee table, and then found Feng Quan's Spanish number in the address book......