Chapter 431: Ancelotti Forbearance
Since the physical condition of Diego Costa, Alda Turan and others has dropped significantly, if they continue to formulate the "high pressing" before the game, it will not only be difficult to delay the opponent's attack, but will also increase their physical exertion, which will affect the final victory or defeat of the whole game.
So, just as the fans were celebrating wildly for Cristiano Ronaldo's wonderful goal, Diego Simeone, who was standing on the sidelines, made a gesture towards Juanfran who was closest to the touchline that only Atletico Madrid players could understand.
Then, when the Real Madrid players finished their celebrations and the game resumed, Atletico Madrid's overall formation showed a clear tendency to retreat, leaving only Diego Costa and Feng Quan to stay in the front court to interfere with the ball carriers.
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Seeing the Atletico Madrid players constantly backing their feet back and forth in their own half to consume game time, the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium suddenly resounded with a burst of shrill boos.
However, for the Atletico Madrid players, who still maintained the lead, it was as if they had not heard the boos from the fans at all, and they still relied on each other's mutual passes in their own half to mobilize the frontcourt players of the Real Madrid team to carry out the task of pressing.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo's wonderful goal greatly boosted the morale of the Real Madrid team, Ancelotti did not dare to attack rashly when the opponent's formation retreated as a whole. After all, there is no defender in the world who can suppress Feng Quan's speed advantage.
If Real Madrid's formation is too pressed, once the offensive is broken, Atletico Madrid's rapid counterattack with the speed advantage of Feng Quan, there is a high possibility of a fatal blow.
Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was a huge morale boost for Real Madrid, but if Atletico Madrid extended the gap to two goals again, they would have to suffer an even worse blow than when Diego Costa scored the penalty before.
Therefore, even though Atletico Madrid clearly put on a posture of wasting time to keep the win, Carlo Ancelotti still only allowed Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria to perform pressing duties in the front court, while the rest of the midfielders stayed near the halfway line to respond to Atletico Madrid's sudden attack.
In this way, when neither team dared to attack, until the referee Marienko blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score remained 2-1 on the field.
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Carlo Ancelotti chose to hold back for more than 10 minutes in the final half of the first half, but that did not mean that he wanted to give up the game, but rather the result of his own calm coaching style.
In fact, Ancelotti's choice was quite wise.
First of all, Atletico Madrid itself is a team that is very good at defending, and coupled with the strong "tactical puzzle" of Fengquan, their defensive counter-attacking tactics are perfect. Therefore, any team that wants to break down the goal of Atletico Madrid, which is dominated by defence, will be taking a huge risk.
If Feng Quan is simply running extremely fast, it would be nice to have at most two defenders to cover it. But Feng Quan is not just the "king of speed", although his ball control skills are not as perverted as Ronaldinho at his peak, but he is enough to be among the top dribbling masters in world football today. What's even more terrifying is that after nearly a year of physical strengthening training, Feng Quan's physical confrontation ability is enough to compete with the vast majority of defensive players in world football who are known for their strength.
At the same time, when Feng Quan raised his [Stop the Ball] attribute to a terrifying 96 points, even in the face of close interference from defenders, as long as the opponent did not directly put himself to the ground, he could relatively smoothly park the football from his teammates in his most comfortable position.
As a result, as long as the defender fails to trap the ball in the first moment, it will be difficult to get the ball away from his feet.
Because of this, many domestic fans who love the game "Pro Evolution Soccer", after seeing Feng Quan's wonderful performance in La Liga this season, all of them invariably let out a sigh - today's Feng Quan is just like the "invincible" "no enemy" with "full attributes" edited by gamers in the game "Pro Evolution Soccer".
Although today's Feng Quan can't score more than two or three goals per game like the "invincible" in Pro Evolution Soccer, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is "invincible" in the real world with his current ability to have almost no "obvious weaknesses".
It is precisely because of the fear of Feng Quan that Ancelotti wants to get through the final stages of the first half smoothly, and then use the second half to turn the tide of the unfavorable situation for Real Madrid.
Therefore, even though the Real Madrid team is still in a backward situation for the time being, at half-time, Ancelotti still affirmed the performance of the players in the first half, and then encouraged the players to continue to work hard in the second half of the game, and strive to equalize the score as soon as possible and even achieve the final victory.
At the same time, in response to the problems exposed in the first half of the game, Ancelotti made some adjustments to the players who came out.
First of all, Carlo Ancelotti replaced Karim Benzema, who had a poor first half of the game, with Gareth Bale, who had just joined the team this summer.
Because Bale's position clashed with Ronaldo, Ancelotti pushed Ronaldo, who can play as a central striker, to the forefront, so that Bale could appear in the position he was most familiar with.
In this way, Ronaldo, who is getting older and better at grabbing points in the penalty area, can not only shorten the distance between himself and the goal, but also be faster than Ronaldo, and Bale, who is also more accurate in crossing, will be more comfortable in the face of Juanfran's defense.
At the same time, Ancelotti also replaced Ilya Ramendi, who is good at running but not good at physical confrontation, with the German player Khedira, who is better at running.
Before the game, Carlo Ancelotti thought that with Carvajal's speed and Ilyaramendi's running ability, Real Madrid's right side defense should not have too many problems. But what he didn't expect was that
Whether it is the speed competition during a quick counterattack, the defensive combination of Carvajal and Ilia Ramendi on the right side is not only unable to compete with Feng Quan in terms of speed, but even if he interferes with Feng Quan before receiving the ball, he still can't stop Feng Quan's progress.
In other words, as long as the football reaches the feet of the wind, the opponent's goal is likely to undergo a severe test.
That's why Carlo Ancelotti sent Khedira on in the second half, using his physical ability to interfere with the wind when Atletico Madrid attacked in a positional attack.