In this position with a good angle and distance, Koke did not choose to go straight to the goal, his free-kick was somewhat unexpectedly passed to the back post of the Torino penalty area, and Godin pressed the ball against the newly introduced and immobile Goldaniga, and slammed the ball towards the goal, but it was still high over the crossbar.

In terms of overall ability, the former Palermo centre-back is the same type of player as Diego Llorente, both of whom take the all-round route, with no particularly outstanding headers, markers and tackles, and no obvious shortcomings. But in terms of specific abilities, there are still certain differences between the two people.

In addition to the Espanyol's unique DNA, Llorente is far superior to his peers in the technical aspects of passing, receiving and dribbling, Goldanica's height and strong body make him more advantageous in confrontations, of course, he will be slightly inferior in speed, but he will not suffer too much by relying on his youth.

Therefore, theoretically, this substitution will not have a great impact on the Torino backline, and it can maintain the completion of the pre-match strategy to the greatest extent.

However, due to the suddenness of the incident, Goldaniga only warmed up for less than two minutes before the game, and was not at all able to get into a state that could adapt to the level of the continental final. So in the next five or six minutes, the 24-year-old central defender, who is still considered by some media to be Italy's future star, was hit by many world-class and even top attackers of Atletico Madrid, and his performance was not embarrassing for a while.

In order to cover this temporary weakness, Li Muddy issued a higher-level defensive tactical order, Benassi and Belotti also began to retreat to the central midfield position to participate in the pressing, and Immobile alone in the front court could no longer pose much of a threat to the opponent. So Atletico can safely and boldly invest more troops in the front, and finally find the feeling of full firepower in the attacking end of the position.

However, this wonderful experience did not last long, Goldaniga's willpower of 15 and the ability to play in the tournament of 18 helped him quickly adapt to the rhythm of the game, and his teammates around him have been doing their best to help him, so when the game reached the 378th minute, the Torino team returned to normal, and the situation on the field immediately changed to a stalemate again. Neither side could dominate too much, except for an unreliable shot on goal each, only Bareka received a yellow card for flying into Fosarico, which was a minor wave, and the rest of the time was full of boredom and boredom.

At half-time, both teams were worse than their usual performances, but at least Torino did a bit of a threat on the counter-attack and scored a goal with their first shot of the game.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid, the favorite to win the championship, seemed to lose themselves after being hit head-on by the doorman. The suspension of head coach Simeone also seriously affected everyone's tactical execution, except for the high press in the middle of the first half, which showed the demeanor of a world-class team, and the rest of the time was a bit disappointing for everyone. Assistant coach Boggs was thought to be able to fill the void left by the manager's absence before the game, but looking at the first 45 minutes, it was clear that he had a clear flaw in his adaptability, which was somewhat similar to Torino's assistant coach Samfield.

Statistically, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, but Atletico are missing a goal. The only one with a big gap is the number of fouls (the number of free kicks caused by them is not counted separately), because it is mainly defensive, so the Torino team has more fouls, and the corresponding number of yellow cards is also temporarily in a position of 2 to 1.

The referee of this final, 45-year-old Dutchman Björn Kujpels, has very deep experience, having officiated in the 2013 Europa League final and the 2014 Champions League final, and can be said to be the top black judge in European football today. It was only when Real Madrid was blown in the first leg of the semi-final in Real Madrid's 2-1 away win over Bayern this season that there was some controversy because of several rulings that seemed to favor the defending champions. However, he performed very well today, completely mastering the balance between the flow of the game and the fairness of the game, and barely making his presence felt by the crowd, which is definitely a high compliment for a referee.

Therefore, due to various factors, although the first half of the game was a little flat, it went very smoothly overall, but this also proved that today's final seems to be difficult to become a classic.

The fifteen-minute half-time break is extremely important for Atletico Madrid, who are behind, although due to UEFA regulations, the suspended Simeone cannot enter the dressing room and is not allowed to contact the assistant coach by any means, but it is believed that the prepared Spanish team will definitely respond in time, and it is difficult to predict what the situation will be in the second half.

Sure enough, after the rematch, Atletico suddenly accelerated the pace of attack and defense, adding many variables to the original flat game.

It has to be said that this strategy is really a clever move, and in this situation where risks and opportunities coexist, the Sheet Corps, which has an advantage in both experience and personal ability, will naturally be able to get more cheap. Torino don't have any good ways to deal with it, except for the occasional midfield pass and control tactics without being led by the nose, because their own counter-attacking style of play is also in pursuit of speeding up. The defensive end is to follow the rhythm of the opponent, if you deliberately want to stabilize when you have the opportunity to counterattack, it is equivalent to actively giving up your own advantages, so the offensive and defensive conversion rate of the game instantly increased by two notches compared with before, and various mistakes and wonderful cooperation of both sides were intertwined and appeared at the beginning of the second half.

It's just that the old and spicy Atletico Madrid still relied on the team's overall strength and rich experience to find and seize the opponent's loophole once, pulling the score back to the balance of power, and finally making the supporters on the scene find an opportunity to vent their inner emotions to the fullest.

In the 49th minute, the two teams engaged in a multi-involved scramble near the sideline near the midfield, away from the side of the bench, and Correa formed two groups of confrontations with Barreka, Gabi and Vukocevic, but failed to control the ball. Saul, who was suddenly cut in from behind, took advantage of the ball in front of Benassi and gave the ball to Antoine Griezmann in front. The Frenchman, who was facing away from the Torino goal, did not stop the ball, but raised his left foot to volley the ball towards the middle, and then immediately turned and accelerated forward along the right side of the middle.

Due to the previous scramble for the landing spot, there was a brief vacuum in the front of the Red Bulls' penalty area, and Saul and Koke were given space to move in that area. In the end, the latter took the first step and chose to rush to the opponent's penalty area after winning the ball.

At this time, a four-on-four situation was formed at the front of the Torino penalty area, Saul slanted to the left to force the right wingback Silvestri who had just rushed back to the defense to retract, and Diego Costa accelerated forward from the gap between Ranocchia and Goldaniga, taking away most of the attention of the two men, until Shengshi Meiyan was in an offside position, and Koke did not pass a direct pass. The Spain international, dictated by his team-mate's movement, sent a clever diagonal pass before Ranocchia came back to intercept it, and the ball found pinpoint in front of Antoine Griezmann, who was no longer in front of any defenders.

Canneman, who was already at a disadvantage in speed, started with half a beat, and was always pressed by the French star for most of his body, watching the opponent lead the ball forward on the line of the big penalty area, facing the attacking Casillas about ten meters in front of the goal, and sending the ball into the Torino team's goal with an extremely light volley. 1-1, Atletico also scored a lightning goal at the beginning of the half, bringing the two sides back to the same running line.

The opponent seized a small loophole in a short period of time, and used strong teamwork and outstanding individual ability to play a perfect offensive tactic, which is really not too demanding of them in terms of the current level of players in the Torino team.

However, the loss of the lead also led to the fact that the initiative of the game was no longer on the side of the red bulls, taking advantage of the opportunity for the opposing players to celebrate the goal, the Torino coach immediately recruited Silvestri, who was closest to his position, and asked him to convey it to other teammates.

After the restart, the choice of the Spanish powerhouse did not surprise Li Mudi, and they launched wave after wave of onslaught towards the goal guarded by Cassie, wanting to take advantage of the current morale advantage to win the Red Bulls.

In the 52nd minute, Griezmann fired a cold shot from the top of the box after two defenders intercepted him, but his swing leg bounced off Kanneman's calf and deflected off the post. The French striker then took the corner to the front post, and although Godin grabbed the first spot under the high-intensity interference, it was clear that his difficult header could not hit the target and flew high over the crossbar.

After the fifth minute, left wing-back Lucas Hernandez, who had rarely stepped forward to assist, made a solo effort to the left side of the box after receiving a pass from Koke, but his forced shot was blocked by Goldaniga. Although he only won a touchline goal for the team, he still received applause and encouragement from the Atletico fans at the scene.

In the 63rd minute, Torino's attacking position was blocked, and Koke showed superb long passing skills from behind the halfway circle, pinpointing Diego Costa who was intercepted by the referee's whistle when he was about to form a solo after shaking off Ranocchia. Kujpels signaled that in the physical confrontation just now, the Spanish center forward had a nasty action of hitting the opponent in the chest, and pulled out a yellow card to warn the thorn on the pitch, and the innocent display of Sheng Shimei's face did not deceive the more sophisticated Dutch referee.

With a tenacious defense, Torino finally withstood a difficult period of 15 minutes, and when Atletico, who could no longer maintain a high-intensity rhythm, took the initiative to return to their normal attacking and defensive state, the game became a stalemate again. Until the final ten minutes of normal time, neither side could create too good chances to score, and the score remained 1-1 until this moment.

After veteran Juan Forlan replaced mediocre right-back Fosarico in the 60th minute of the second half, the second substitution for each team was belated. Real Madrid midfielder Fambas on loan replaced Benasi, who was injured in the Coppa Italia final, but the latter's fitness was not good enough to play at his normal level on the pitch.

Atletico made a second change almost at the same time, with Ghanaian defender Thomas Partey replacing right winger Angel Correa and Saul moving up the right. The move not only strengthened the team's defensive intensity in the middle, but also freed Saul from the shackles and allowed him to focus more on the attacking end.

At this time in the game, the remaining "power" of the starters of the two teams in terms of physical fitness is basically only about fifty percent, but for the glory of the championship, they are struggling to persevere, and the rhythm of the game not only did not decrease, but ushered in a wave of peak state again near the end of the stage. Because everyone knows that if you can score a goal at this time, the chances of sealing the victory are quite high. So, with the support of tenacious willpower, both sides launched a final attack towards the opponent's goal.

In the 85th minute, Atletico Madrid broke the ball at the back and played a quick counter-attack, Gabi sent a long diagonal pass to help Costa get a one-on-one chance to face Goldaniga in the left corner of the Torino penalty area. But Ranocchia had already made a move to come up from the middle, and Sheng Shimei had no choice but to knock the ball sideways to the middle. Koke, who caught up to pick up the ball, stopped the ball about three meters outside the top of the arc, and after shaking off Vukocevic with a diagonal dribbling feint, the Spanish midfielder went straight to the bottom left corner of the Torino goal with his right foot.

The attack was powerful and awkward, with a slight arc and straight to the bottom corner.

Luckily, Casillas reacted in time and unleashed a desperate side-pounce, touching the ball with the fingers of his right hand and changing its trajectory slightly. Eventually, the ball hit the outside of the post and flew off the baseline, leaving the red bull in a thrilling way to survive.

Before Atletico fans could vent their frustration at their team's misfortune, eighty seconds later, a goalframe on the other side of the pitch helped them escape. Febas crossed from a 45-degree angle from the right, Belotti accurately predicted the landing point from four meters to the right of the penalty spot, and under the attack of the two central defenders of the opposing side, he pushed a wonderful lion swing, and the ball went past Oblak, who made a fish leap to make a save, and hit the inside of the post of the Atletico goal. However, instead of bouncing off the line, the ball flew towards the other post and was cleared off the touchline by Godin, who was closer.

The excitement of the two consecutive frightening moments has increased dramatically, but the mood of the players on the field has also become more tense. Regular time has reached the final stage, everyone hopes that they can score the killer goal and lift the championship trophy, and they don't want to be disappointed, and the pressure on everyone is unimaginable. If it weren't for super willpower, it would be difficult to persevere in such a crucial situation.

A few minutes later, the two teams were unable to settle the winner within 90 minutes, with referee Kujpels blowing the whistle at the end of regulation time and a five-minute break on the pitch before a quarter of an hour of extra time in each half.

The 2017-18 Europa League final became the eleventh time in history that extra time was played.