Chapter 355: Aiming at the weakness, rush and strike
In the anxious waiting of the majority of Atletico Madrid fans and Chinese fans, the second half of the game came.
Neither side made a substitution at half-time.
Immediately after the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid did follow through on the instructions of their coach Simeone, lunging and sprinting as if they didn't care at all about the fitness that might dry up afterwards.
It was a scene that looked like the first half had just begun.
And what about Barcelona?
After a fifteen-minute break, it seemed to be a little slow again.
At the start of the second half, Antoine Griezmann received the ball at the top of the penalty arc in the penalty area, and after stopping the ball slightly with his thigh, he smashed into the box, but then it was disrupted by Alves' first kick.
Then Atletico Madrid used this corner kick to pass the football into the penalty area, Godin stopped the ball in the middle of the box, used his physical advantage to lean on Pique and turned to shoot!
Fortunately, Ter Stegen was standing in the path of Godin's shot, blocking the football with both hands, and then the second reaction was very fast, not giving Godin or other Atletico Madrid players a chance to make up for the shot, and immediately held the football in his arms again.
"Oh! It's dangerous! Atletico Madrid almost scored again! Barcelona's slow heat before every game is really damn ......," the Catalan commentator couldn't help but complain.
However, Barcelona responded immediately, organising a successful attack from the right side of the box by Suarez, who was saved by Oblak on the ground.
This performance made many Barcelona fans breathe a sigh of relief. Although the ball scared them enough, but now it seems that Barcelona has recovered quickly, and if nothing else, it will definitely be the same as the first half, the two sides go back and forth, everyone has a chance, but it is difficult to grasp, and then a tug-of-war is formed.
As time goes on, when there is less and less time left for Atletico Madrid, they will become more and more impatient and more difficult to threaten Barcelona's goal, but Barcelona may take advantage of the space left by Atletico Madrid's attack, and if they can score a goal, they can completely kill the suspense of this game.
Everything looks wonderful.
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Alva could feel the pressure on him in the second half.
Atletico Madrid have clearly stepped up their attack, whether it's Juanfran or Saul or Antoine Griezmann, who have taken turns attacking their side, sometimes even three people coming together to surround him.
Did they think they had a mistake in the first half, so they had a chance in the second half?
Naive!
How could you have tripped over the same stone twice?
In the face of the pressing of the Atletico Madrid players, he handled the ball very cleanly, paid extra attention to the solution, did not covet the ball, and did not give the Atletico Madrid players a chance to break the ball from his feet.
But he won't just kick the ball forward with a big kick.
That doesn't fit Barcelona's football philosophy. Even when you are facing a rush, try to get the ball to your teammates' feet and push the attack from the ground, rather than simply kicking it straight to the front.
And Barcelona's style of play will also ensure that they are by their side, and there will be at least one team-mate to pick them up. He just had to pass the ball through.
This time, when facing Griezmann's pressing, he passed the ball directly to Mascherano next to him.
He then followed Barcelona's football requirements and retreated, forming a triangle with Griezmann and Mascherano.
In this way, when Mascherano is pressed by the opponent, he can also pass the football directly back to Alba.
At the same time, this kind of pass is used to move the opposition players into position, so that they are concentrated in one area and the other area is empty. That's when it's a good time for Barcelona to speed up their raids.
Antoine Griezmann went to press Mascherano again.
In Alba's opinion, the Atletico Madrid players, although they look scrappy and aggressive, are stupid, which will give the Barcelona players a sense of déjà vu in their usual training sessions......
Mascherano saw Griezmann coming forward, and did not hesitate and passed the football back to Alva.
Antoine Griezmann rushed up again to grab Alva.
It's like teasing a dog with a frisbee......
A smile tugged at the corner of Alva's lips as he planned to pass the ball back to Mascherano.
But at this moment, he found that Gao Zheng, who was originally in the middle, ran towards Mascherano at some point, and because he was behind Mascherano, his teammates had not seen him for the time being.
If he passes the football at this time, the unprepared Mascherano may be entangled by Gao Zheng and risk losing the ball!
He remembered the goal he lost in the first half, he was patronizing the return pass to Mascherano at the time, but he didn't see Gao Zheng, and he remembered that Gao Zheng was intercepted on this passing route. If he passes the ball back like that, wouldn't it be a replica of the goals conceded in the first half?
No way...... You can't do that......
Just as Alva hesitated, Griezmann was also approaching, almost touching his face!
Alvath suddenly tensed up and pulled the ball back from his right foot to his left, barely avoiding Griezmann's kick.
But while Alva was focusing on Griezmann, Saul rushed up from the other direction and stabbed him straight at the ball!
By the time Alva finds out, it's too late!
He tried to stretch his leg to protect the ball, but the ball had already been stabbed away.
Saul, who stabbed the football, was blocked by Alva's body, but Griezmann, who was next to him, rushed out like a cheetah and caught up with the football!
"Griezmann! Opportunity!! ”
Gao Zheng, who originally wanted to go up and force Mascherano to rush to the penalty area, quickly turned around and rushed to the penalty area.
Seeing this, Pique also thought about returning to the defensive penalty area, intending to block Gao Zheng.
Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng was halfway through the run, but suddenly stopped and retreated, taking two steps back.
At the same time, Antoine Griezmann also passed the football.
It's not that kind of high ball, but a boccia ball against the turf, an inverted triangle pass!
happened to change to Gao Zheng's side of the emergency stop and retreat.
Gao Zheng faced the incoming ball, did not choose to stop the ball, but directly picked up his right foot and pumped the football towards the goal!
Boom!
Pique reflexively twisted his body to block the ball with his back.
But he didn't touch anything, but instead saw Ter Stegen make a save, falling to the ground and pounced on the rolling football.
He touched the football!
Pique was overjoyed.
But this glimmer of joy quickly froze, for he saw that despite Ter Stegen's touch on the football, he could not get rid of it, and after the ball was blocked by the edge of his palm, he jumped up and stubbornly drilled into the goal!
The ball is in!