Chapter 171: Three points are the most important
Sevilla's hard-nosed tactics did contain Atletico Madrid's attack, but they also paid some price for it.
In particular, the defenders and midfielders have received yellow cards, which has brought a lot of variables to their defence.
Gao Zheng also seized this opportunity and played the side of the Sevilla defender who received a yellow card.
Both Arribas and Korehowiak became the objects of his "attention".
Under Gao Zheng's continuous impact, these two players became more and more timid.
Finally, in the seventieth minute, Gao Zheng seized an opportunity.
At that time, when Gao Zheng was dribbling the ball to the Sevilla penalty area, the central defender Arribas did not dare to make a decisive move when defending because of a yellow card on his back, and gave up halfway through the defensive action.
As a result, Gao Zheng just wiped it out.
When Gao Zheng entered the penalty area, Arribas didn't dare to foul even more - this would not only give Atletico Madrid a penalty, but also allow him to accumulate two yellow cards and be sent off directly.
He could only watch Gao Zheng take the football into the penalty area and shoot decisively.
Sevilla's goalkeeper Sergio Rico made a save, but he was powerless in the face of Gao Zheng's very high-quality low shot.
The soccer ball clings to the turf and goes into the goal!
"High !! The deadlock has finally been broken!! JosΓ© Maria shouted. Despite Sevilla's very tough tactics, they were unable to completely contain Gao's brilliant play! Arribas was clearly affected by the yellow card at the beginning when he was defending! But that's the price! If Emery chooses such a tactic, he will definitely have to bear such a price! He must have known it himself! β
Amid the overwhelming boos at Sevilla's home stadium, Gao Zheng and his teammates hugged together to celebrate the goal.
'It's not a problem to use this tactic, but the key is that Sevilla have the ability to score goals after containing Atletico Madrid's attack. They managed to defend against Atletico Madrid's attack for the first 70 minutes, but lacked the ability to put the ball into the Atletico Madrid goal, and the pressure on Arribas was bound to mount as the game progressed...... And Atletico Madrid can fight Sevilla hand-to-hand because they have high in the front court, and high can score goals for them, so they have no worries! β
"Baca still threatened twice in the first half, but it was only a threat and it didn't form a real goal......
Baca has been in excellent form this season and has scored fourteen goals in the league.
However, there is still a huge gap compared with Gao Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Messi.
Gao Zheng's goal in the game was his 23rd league goal this season, ten goals faster than Bacca.
And the ability of the two strikers to take their chances in this game may be the reason why they are so far apart in the scorer charts.
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In the end, with Gao Zheng's goal, Atletico Madrid defeated Sevilla 1:0 away.
It was a tough game, but it was good to be able to get all three points at the end.
If they want to compete for the league title, they have to make sure they keep winning β not unbeaten, but all wins.
Because their opponents, whether Real Madrid or Barcelona, are very scary and will not give them the slightest chance to make a mistake.
One mistake is fatal enough.
In fact, the same applies to Real Madrid and Barcelona.
In this round of the league, the matches that have been played have been completed, and Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have both won.
Now the pressure is on Real Madrid's side.
Just after the end of Atletico Madrid's game, Real Madrid welcomed the "yellow submarine" Villarreal at home.
When Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Real Madrid, Real Madrid not only did not take the opportunity to extend the score, but did not even hold on to the lead of this goal.
Villarreal equalised in a very short time.
Since then, neither side has achieved anything.
Until the end of the game, despite Ancelotti's frequent substitutions, the whole Real Madrid team bombarded Villarreal's penalty area.
But he just couldn't score again.
In the end, Real Madrid were unexpectedly held to a draw at home by Villarreal.
The draw at the league leaders gave Barcelona and Atletico Madrid hope of competing for the league title β and if Real Madrid kept winning, a four-point advantage would be enough for them to win the title a round earlier.
But now the lead has become two points in an instant.
Real Madrid also has a direct dialogue with Barcelona later.
Barcelona have a game against Atletico Madrid.
If Barcelona can beat Real Madrid and pull Real Madrid down while they replace them, then as long as Atletico Madrid can bite Barcelona, wait until the penultimate round of the league, Atletico Madrid's away game against Barcelona may really become a battle to determine the final ownership of the league championship!
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When Atletico Madrid won the match against Sevilla, Herrera immediately took to Twitter and tried to leave a message under Blanco's Twitter.
But it was only at this time that he found out that he had been hacked by Manuel Blanco......
Herrera's chest rose and fell violently, and he looked very angryβhe felt very aggrieved, and all the words he had already thought about were held in his heart and released.
It took several deep breaths before he calmed down a little.
"Coward!" He scolded Blanco on Twitter with his ID and profile picture. "Coward! I don't even have the courage to face me! What are you afraid of, big journalist?! β
The photo of Manuel Blanco in the avatar maintains a professional smile and does not answer him.
But although Blanco blocked Herrera, he couldn't block everyone.
So there are still people running under his tweet and asking him: "Now that Atletico Madrid has won, what do you think?" β
Blanco replied first: "It's just a game, young man." What does a win in a game mean? There are thirteen league games to come! Don't come to me and ask me such idiotic questions after Atletico Madrid wins a game, I'll wonder if you're really fans. β
Then he blocked the netizen who asked the question......
Blocking on the Internet is indeed a good way to seek tranquility.
However, since Gao Zheng hung up on him, more people know about him, and more and more netizens come to him to watch the excitement.
He blocks one, and new people will pop up.
Perhaps this "cyber violence" will only end when the dust settles on the league title race this season.
No...... Perhaps then it will only be the beginning of another "cyber violence" β if Atletico Madrid wins the league title, Blanco may have to shut down his Twitter comments altogether.
He must now pray that Barcelona will win the league this season, otherwise everything he says now will turn into a slap in the face.
Of course, judging from historical data, Barcelona's chances of winning the championship are still very high, at least greater than that of Atletico Madrid......