Chapter 35: Why Don't You Run?

Gao Zheng's header before the end of the first half disrupted many people's plans.

Including Diego Simeone. But Simeone didn't care.

also includes Ancelotti's, who cares a lot.

Seeing that his team conceded the ball in the forty-third minute, An Fatzi, who thought of the gentle and elegant, couldn't help but shake his hand hard.

However, he can't complain about his players, because in the set-piece defense tactics, he has not arranged for anyone to specifically mark Gao Zheng's header, and for the possibility of Gao Zheng competing for the top, he has tacitly not existed from the beginning like the players.

In this case, Gao Zheng scored with an unexpected header, what can he say?

The responsibility is on him......

Now he had to give up all the plans and countermeasures he had come up with and start over.

After all, the mentality of a player when he is one goal behind is completely different from the mentality of a player when he is two goals behind, and the way of playing is naturally different when he is one goal behind and two goals behind.

When you are one goal behind, whether it is a tactical choice or a player's mentality, you can still maneuver with Atletico Madrid, and you don't need to be too anxious to avoid too many holes in the backline.

But after falling behind by two goals, there is no such space for the team to slowly maneuver with Atletico Madrid, and at this time, I am afraid that I can't care about whether the holes in the back line will be exploited by Atletico Madrid, if you don't invest more troops and energy in attack, the two-goal gap is enough to kill this game.

Carlo Ancelotti certainly doesn't want to lose to his sworn rivals in the Spanish Super Cup.

Although the Spanish Super Cup is not a very important championship, losing to a local rival is a completely different result than losing to other ordinary opponents.

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At half-time, the Atletico Madrid players spotted their manager Diego Simeone in the dressing room.

Faced with a two-goal lead, Simeone warned the players not to take it lightly, focus on defensive counterattacks in the second half, focus on defense, have a good chance to counterattack, and if there is no good opportunity, then prefer to give up.

Not conceding a goal is the most important thing.

He kept reminding his players that a two-goal lead is not a safe score, and that if the opponent scores a goal, the situation could be completely reversed, after all, the mentality of the two teams will be reversed, and this change in mentality may make Real Madrid more and more courageous, and let Atletico Madrid, who conceded a goal, collapse.

So don't think it's safe to be two goals ahead, forget about the 2:0 score when you step on the pitch, think that the team is only one goal ahead now, and be highly focused.

When the Atletico Madrid players first entered the dressing room, they were really happy, and they all felt that they were two goals ahead of Real Madrid, and they were at their home stadium, which was not an ordinary advantage, and everyone was very relaxed and happy.

But now after listening to the manager's warning, they also realise that they are thinking too simply, this is a Madrid city derby, after all, their opponents were Real Madrid, who had equalised in the last minute of the Champions League final to beat them.

Many people's expressions became serious again, their eyes were full of fighting spirit, waiting for the start of the second half of the game, and then continue to fight with Real Madrid, resolutely not letting them score.

But they probably didn't expect that the smile on Simeone's face would be bright before he pushed the door in......

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After a short fifteen-minute break, the second half began, with Carlo Ancelotti taking the lead in making changes.

He replaced Toni Kroos with Cristiano Ronaldo at half-time.

It is hoped that the central figure of Real Madrid's attack will be used to enhance Real Madrid's attacking power.

It has to be said that this is a certain risky substitution, because the Portuguese's injury is not completely healed, otherwise he would not have been on the bench. If his physical condition is really fine, Cristiano Ronaldo himself may not be able to accept the arrangement of letting him substitute.

But now Ancelotti has no other choice, he doesn't want to just throw in the towel.

Anyway, you always have to give it your all.

It's just that just after the start of the second half, it was Atletico Madrid who took the lead to threaten first.

At that time, Atletico Madrid won another free kick on the left side of the field, and this time Ramos switched to Gao Zheng to defend him.

has already suffered two losses on Gao Zheng's head, if he can't remember the lesson, then he is not worthy of being a player of Real Madrid.

Before the free-kick, the two sides were still entangled on the line of the penalty area.

But when Cork kicked the free kick out, Gao Zheng stood still and didn't move, which caught Ramos off guard, he stood next to Gao Zheng, first looked at Gao Zheng with a surprised face, and then turned his head to look at the penalty area in horror.

In the space that arose after he stayed put, Raul Garcia swung his foot into the flying ball near the penalty spot.

At this point, it was too late for Ramos to pounce back to defend, and he could only freeze in place and watch Raul Garcia draw the football.

At this moment, Ramos's heart is about to jump out - if he concedes one more goal, it will be completely finished!

As a result, the ball drawn by Raul Garcia flew up over Casillas's hand, smashed on the underside of the crossbar, bounced off and bounced out of the goal!

Griezmann, who was keeping up, was close at hand, and the probe rushed forward, trying to put the ball in.

However, Casillas's second reaction was still very fast, he fell to the ground and held it up with one hand, bounced his body upright, and then flicked the rebounding football with one hand, grabbing Griezmann's head before it reached the bottom line!

"Oh! It's dangerous! Oh, my God! José Maria exclaimed. Atletico Madrid almost extended their lead again! Real Madrid's defenders made mistakes when defending this set-piece, and Ramos did not follow his team-mates to retreat en masse, which led to a gap in their defence! It was Raul Garcia who took the chance, and in the end it was the crossbar and Casillas who combined to block Garcia's shot......"

Ramos was so angry that he wanted to scold, he turned around and couldn't help but question Gao Zheng: "Why don't you run!" ”

Gao Zheng looked innocent: "Why did I want to run?" ”

Ramos took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, he felt that he should have been overshadowed by Gao Zheng......

It stands to reason that after a header and then a set-piece, he will definitely fight for the top because it shows that his header is in good shape.

Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng didn't plan to participate in the team's set-piece offensive tactics at all this time, and stood in to attract his defensive attention. And that's how he was deceived......

In the course of his career, Sergio Ramos has faced a wide variety of strikers, some of whom are strong and powerful, some of whom are agile and some of whom are skilled in shooting...... But this is the first time he has encountered a striker like Gao Zheng who does not play according to the cards at all - has anyone ever seen a striker who has stood still and not participated in the attack when he gets a set-piece opportunity at home?

Previously, Ramos just felt that Gao Zheng was indeed outstanding and a very threatening opponent.

But now he feels that Gao Zheng's heart is really dirty......

In the face of Ramos's angry gaze, Gao Zheng smiled innocently, and he also asked in Spanish: "What's wrong?" ”

Ramos ignored him, turned in anger and ran back into the box.

He was worried that this was Gao Zheng's deliberate way to provoke himself......