Chapter 154: 6 Points Battle
On the green field, the match between two direct opponents is often referred to as a "6-point battle", which means that one side gets 3 more points and the other side has to take 3 points less, for a total of 6 points.
And Villarreal and Atletico Madrid, the two teams that aspire to compete for the third place in La Liga, the direct confrontation between the two teams in the 34th round is undoubtedly a 6-point battle.
Atletico Madrid line-up -
Goalkeeper: Oblak
Defenders: Felipe, Godin, Savic, Jimenez
Midfielders: Sarr Nunez, Koke, Gaitan, Gabi
Forwards: Correa, Antoine Griezmann
Villarreal line-up –
Goalkeeper: Fernandes
Defenders: Gaspar, Musacchio, Rukavina, Costa
Midfielders: Dos Santos, Bruno, Triguros, Castillejo
Forwards: Bakambu, Dai Zhiwei
Staring at Dai Zhiwei, Villarreal is not to be afraid!
That's what Atletico Madrid coach Simeone thinks, and that's what the vast majority of teams currently say about this Villarreal.
Indeed, Villarreal's overall attack is the weakest in the top five of La Liga, but Dai Zhiwei's individual attack is too fierce to boost the team's overall goal tally.
Fortunately, they also have a Dai Zhiwei who is constantly scoring goals for the yellow submarine, bringing continuous victories to the yellow submarine!
In this game, the Atletico Madrid midfielder was in charge of marking Dai Zhiwei was Argentine midfielder Gaitan.
Gaitan has the unique ability of a South American player to play alone, but today Simeone gave Gaitan the task of not attacking, but pestering Dai Zhiwei.
Dai Zhiwei was cruising in the front court, not fixed in a certain position. But Gaitan seems to be very unenterprising, and does not step forward to attack at any time, but has always been by Dai Zhiwei's side.
His position is very close to Dai Zhiwei, not seeking to prevent Dai Zhiwei at once, but delaying Dai Zhiwei's speed, relying on his teammates' assistance to defend together.
Dai Zhiwei did not pay attention to Gaitan's position after noticing, he would often move closer to the right with the ball, and the one who could cooperate with him most tacitly in the current Villarreal team was Castillejo.
Dai Zhiwei received the ball and Castillejo simply reversed his feet, and then broke through diagonally from the right side.
Gaitan immediately blocked Dai Zhiwei's route straight forward into the penalty area, Dai Zhiwei was not in a hurry to break through with speed, and his feet nimbly played with the football, which spun under his feet like an obedient pet.
Facing Gaitan, Dai Zhiwei tentatively used his bicycle to confuse the other party, but Gaitan stood very steadily, he knew very well what he should do, and lowered his center of gravity to watch Dai Zhiwei make a feint.
After pedaling the bicycle again, Dai Zhiwei suddenly pushed forward, and stepped to Gaitan's side in just one step, and the two drove side by side.
Unable to keep up with the speed, Gaitan slammed his body into Dai Zhiwei very old-fashioned to slow down Dai Zhiwei's speed.
Gaitan turned around aggressively and wanted to "retaliate" back, but he didn't expect Dai Zhiwei's feet to be faster, and his eyes were fast, I don't know when he saw Castillejo's position, and the first time he passed was a straight kick.
Castillejo and Atletico Madrid defender Savic dragged each other and forced an overtake into the penalty area from the outside, and Savic did not show weakness, and the tackle left Castillejo with the ball.
Dai Zhiwei shook his head and comforted Castillejo, who was still complaining: "It's okay, we still have a chance, don't worry!" ”
With home advantage, the Yellow Submarine took the initiative slightly, but Atletico Madrid's counter-attack was also sharp, and Griezmann's shots were a threat to Fernandez's goal, but unfortunately it was a little less luck in the end.
'Damn, there are so many good chances to score, if only I could get in front of goal and grab a point.' After another failed attack, Dai Zhiwei had no choice but to continue to retreat.
This game was not easy, Gaitan, who was responsible for marking Dai Zhiwei, had been moving around Dai Zhiwei all the time, and as an attacking midfielder, he didn't care about the team's attack, just to cut off the connection between the other players of the Yellow Submarine and Dai Zhiwei.
However, for Dai Zhiwei now, isn't it more difficult to have the pleasure of conquering?
When Dai Zhiwei got the ball again, he moved closer to the right side according to the old routine, and before he could get close to the penalty area, Gaitan had already quickly stepped forward to defend.
Dai Zhiwei's eyes suddenly swept to the position of Dos Santos on the right, because Dai Zhiwei frequently leaned to the left, and his own depression, at this moment Dos Santos on the right side has become a guy that no one cares about.
Dai Zhiwei pretended to break through, and the flexible dribbling at his feet made Gaitan secretly complain, after all, he is not a full-time defensive midfielder.
Dai Zhiwei pretended to pass the ball to Castillejo inadvertently, Castillejo retreated, passed the ball back to Dai Zhiwei, and then let go of the speed and rushed to the bottom line.
This is an old routine between Dai Zhiwei and Castillejo, and Atletico Madrid players are also habitually moving to the corner area on the left.
At this moment, Dai Zhiwei did not immediately plug the ball straight, but picked up his right foot and hit the middle and lower part of the football, and with a sharp and flat wide range of transfers, the attack was transferred to the feet of Dos Santos on the right.
That's how a top number 10 plays!
"Good time!" Dos Santos shouted excitedly in his heart.
Dos Santos cherished this opportunity very much, concentrated on stopping Dai Zhiwei's pass steadily, and then rushed to the Atletico Madrid penalty area as soon as possible.
If you have to find faults, Dai Zhiwei's large-scale transfer has never been very good, but he feels that he has no need to improve his long passing ability for the time being, after all, the team needs to have few opportunities for his own long passes, and he needs to do a good job as a striker himself, and he doesn't have to compete for positions with the back or the backward midfielder.
Dai Zhiwei's short and medium passing ability is still good, and the pass to dos Santos this time is in place.
After getting the ball, Dos Santos was quite excited, facing Felipe without any fear, the feints at his feet became more and more flexible, constantly testing Felipe's sides, and as soon as Felipe made any tendentious moves, he would immediately break through in the opposite direction.
But Felipe is also the main player of Atletico Madrid and the Brazilian national team after all, firmly standing in his position and not giving Dos Santos any chance.
When the stalemate was in the middle of the stalemate, Dai Zhiwei suddenly transferred from the middle lane, and Bruno behind him also stepped forward to respond.
Dos Santos passed the ball back to Bruno, Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke immediately pressed, although Bruno is not a fancy player at his feet, but after all, he was also a Spanish international who was proud of his skills, and his feet were still there, and he passed the ball to Dai Zhiwei in the middle.
Gaitan stuck up again, blocking the route that Dai Zhiwei might break through.
Dai Zhiwei also knew that he would not rush up and pounce, because once it was breached here, then Atletico Madrid's defense would be in danger.
Dai Zhiwei stopped the football easily, his eyes were aimed at the positions of his teammates around him, and his right foot suddenly pushed with the arch of his foot and passed the ball to the left.
Gaitan subconsciously raised his foot to block, but unexpectedly it was just Dai Zhiwei's feint, Dai Zhiwei wiped the soles of his left foot, and the football changed direction and drilled through the middle of Gaitan's legs.
After Dai Zhiwei easily broke through Gaitan, he ran wildly in the middle to the top of the penalty area and fired a long-range shot, Jimenez pounced and was ready to block it with his body, even if he was blindfolded by Dai Zhiwei's tiger shot.
It's just that Dai Zhiwei suddenly turned into a short pass, and the football went straight to Bakambu's feet.
Dai Zhiwei quickly stepped forward, Bakambu passed back, Dai Zhiwei received the ball and the football jumped up, and the central defender Savic flew out to grab the football in front of Dai Zhiwei.
Savic's stupidity was immediately met with unanimous criticism from both the commentator and Atletico Madrid fans, and his tackle was just too reckless.
But this is to no avail, needless to say that football is very close to Dai Zhiwei, even the speed of the foot Savage is far behind Dai Zhiwei.
As soon as Dai Zhiwei's arch of his foot was volleyed, the ball flew straight past Savic's waist.
And Savage, who was "flying" in the air, made a strange movement, and the movement of his side arm wanted to stop but did not dare to stop, which was very funny.
In the end, it was the awareness of the professional players who played a role, and Savage did not use his arms to intercept the football.
The ball flew into the box, and Atletico Madrid's captain and last central defender, Godin, and goalkeeper Oblakzi came out to block the ball, but Bakambu, between the two, was the first to touch the ball.
With a flick of Bakambu's long legs, the ball flew towards the back of Oblak's head.
The Slovenian international, who is 189cm tall, jumped bravely, waved his super long arms, leaned back and stabbed the football with his fingers, and the speed of the football was suddenly slowed down a lot.
In full view of everyone, the football jumped on the crossbar twice before it fell to the net behind the crossbar.
At this moment, a yellow figure suddenly rushed out of front of the Atletico Madrid goal and ran into the goal, Dai Zhiwei regretfully grabbed the net and looked at the football on it.
If the ball falls in the opposite direction, he has a chance to make a follow-up shot.
It's just a pity that luck is not on Dai Zhiwei's side.
However, Villarreal's attack seems to be just one last piece away from breaking through Atletico Madrid's goal.
Break it with a single stab!
Dai Zhiwei also gave Bakambu a round of applause, I have to say that Bakambu's pick is also very exciting, and it is really rare to have such footwork and awareness at that moment.
It's a pity that Oblak's saves are also world-class, but Dai Zhiwei doesn't have the Yaxing to cheer up his opponents.
Castillejo dragged the ball to the corner and observed the position of his team-mates when he was in position.
Castillejo watched his teammates' positions and then kicked a very fast corner with his right foot, away from the goalkeeper in the small penalty area, and flew straight towards the back of the goal.
Quietly waiting at the back of the line, the captain of the Yellow Submarine was unremarkable in the box of a group of long-goers, but this time he picked his position well, and after seeing Castillejo's pass, Bruno leaped high and headed back into the box.
Due to the attention of the crowd moving back and forth, the penalty area was already chaotic, and the targets of each other's marking were gone, and the football flew to the front of the small penalty area, goalkeeper Oblak immediately rushed out to clear the siege with both fists, but unexpectedly the crowd surged, he was blocked by the crowd, and he stretched out his arm in the air and failed to touch the football.
Just before the penalty spot, Trigueros flicked his header smartly and the ball flew over the heads of the crowd, ignoring Oblak, who had fallen in the crowd, and flew into the net from the centre of the empty goal.
1:0!
No one expected that after Oblak saved the team, he would give Villarreal a big gift!
Trigueros ran wildly to celebrate the goal, he was really happy, and it was Dai Zhiwei who opened the scoring for Villarreal in the past season and a half, and only when Dai Zhiwei was too closely targeted or in poor form, this opportunity was left to others.
But it won't be Terry Gros' turn, and when will he be able to break the ice for the yellow submarine?
Moreover, it is still such an important game!
Trigueros began to run around the pitch, and his teammates behind him couldn't catch up with him, even Dai Zhiwei, who was the absolute fastest in the team, was pulled away a lot by the Spanish back.
In the end, Triguros was finally tired of running, and Dai Zhiwei pounced on Triguros and excitedly yelled at his teammates: "Manuel! Attaboy! We're ahead! The goal was beautiful and we were ahead! ”
Trigueros unexpectedly broke the deadlock for Villarreal first, and the situation on the pitch immediately changed, and Atletico Madrid clearly refused to throw in easily, and soon changed their tactics and frequently fought fiercely up front.
Bruno steals at the back and passes straight to Dai Zhiwei in the frontcourt.
Before Dai Zhiwei could catch the ball, Gaitan behind him hit him. Dai Zhiwei was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground, but fortunately, he quickly stabilized his footing and grabbed the football first.
But as soon as he turned around with the ball, Atletico Madrid rushed up again.
Felipe rushed up fiercely and kicked Dai Zhiwei fiercely, and the two collided fiercely.
Dai Zhiwei gritted his teeth and knocked Felipe away, and he wanted to change the line to break through with the ball at his feet, but unexpectedly, Felipe used his scissor leg with difficulty and tripped Dai Zhiwei to the ground.
"It's his grandmother's business! Lao Tzu was ......"
Atletico Madrid's continuous fouls made Dai Zhiwei also spend a lot of physical strength, lying on the ground gasping for breath, but he was no longer good-tempered, and he did not forget to spit on the opponents around him, and it was also another way to protest to the referee.
Sure enough, the protests worked.
The referee showed Felipe a yellow card, ignored Felipe's protests and called Atletico Madrid's captain Godin to his side.
"Restrain your movements, or I will definitely enforce the law strictly!" The referee warned Godin.
Godin argued forcefully, but seeing that it had no effect, he could only leave in a huff.
As Atletico Madrid's players moved more and more, Villarreal was gradually suppressed.