Chapter 680: A series of fierce battles

Despite winning the Carabao Cup and completing the glory of a small treble, PSG still can't go on a carnival from top to bottom.

Because, three days later, there will be another game, and it will be a very important Champions League semi-final.

Paris Saint-Germain's schedule at the end of the season is really dense and frightening.

After the French Cup semi-finals on April 16 and the League Cup final on April 19, the Champions League semi-finals were followed by an even more competitive Champions League semi-final.

What's even more worrying is that this is an away game.

And, upon arriving in Madrid, Ibrahimovic also strained his muscles during acclimatization on the first day of the tournament and was unable to play.

Whether PSG can get out of Calderón is a question.

You must know that the current Atletico Madrid has risen under the leadership of Simeone to become one of the top three in the Spanish Super League alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona.

So far this season, Atletico Madrid are top of the standings and are likely to beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to win the La Liga title.

Under Simeone's tutelage, Atletico are now flexible and united, good at high pressing, reasonable fouls, defensive counterattacks, and extremely efficient in attack, often winning with far less possession than their opponents.

If Lu Wenbin leads a healthy Paris, there is no problem.

The key issue now is that Ibrahimovic is injured and PSG has already gone through a series of tough games against Atletico Madrid.

Even if Paris is led by Lu Wenbin, it can't be said to win!

On April 22, at the Stade Calderón, Paris Saint-Germain played the first leg of the 2013/2014 Champions League semi-final away to Atletico Madrid.

Sure enough, with the exception of center forward Diego Costa nailed in front of him to counterattack, most of the other players retreated to their own half of the court to shrink the defense.

But instead of completely returning to the front of the no-go zone, he started defending near the middle line. As soon as they feel the danger and don't wait for the big Paris player to dribble within 30 meters, the Atletico player will commit a foul.

Simeone, who was born in the back, has improved Atletico Madrid's players a lot in terms of foul experience.

In the first 20 minutes, Lu Wenbin got two free kick opportunities, but all of them were 30 meters away.

Once the opening system skill was within the range of the goal frame, but it was easily saved by Courtois, who has become the world's top goalkeeper, and the other free kick he took flew directly out of the bottom line.

That's what Atletico chose in terms of defending and foul locations.

And once Lu Wenbin takes the ball into the goal within 30 meters, two or three players will pounce on him to scramble, and resolutely do not let Lu Wenbin break through or pass the ball comfortably.

Without Ibrahimovic in the attack, the intensity and efficiency of the attack in Grand Paris have dropped considerably.

Grand Paris is not as extravagant as Real Madrid to the extent that the front court has Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo, Ozil, Di Maria, Benzema, and Higuain at the same time.

Edinson Cavani and Ravic have always been far behind Ibrahimovic in terms of passing and receiving skills.

In the 23rd minute, Atletico even played a very dangerous counter-attack.

Thankfully, Thiago Silva was quite focused, even if the tackle ruined Diego Costa's one-on-one attempt.

Otherwise, if Costa gets up and shoots, with Costa's hot form this season, the goal of Grand Paris is very dangerous.

Although Silva committed a foul and was shown a yellow card by the referee, it was a foul from outside the forbidden area.

Atletico don't have a free-kick player like Lu Wenbin, and there is no threat from this free-kick.

But under Atletico Madrid's crazy full-court pressing, Grand Paris has not been able to break through Atletico Madrid's goal.

In addition to the free-kicks, Lu Wenbin had two shots from inside the woodwork, but they were saved by Courtois, who played well.

In today's semi-finals, Lu Wenbin was unlucky, and Grand Paris also did not play well.

In the 37th minute, Atletico Madrid even took the lead in scoring the goal of Grand Paris.

It was Diego Costa, who was in great form this season under Simeone's tutelage, who scored the goal.

He pressed hard against Silva in the penalty area and headed a team-mate's cross-cross into the Paris Saint-Germain goal.

Suddenly, Calderón erupted like a volcano, and Atletico Madrid fans celebrated wildly in the stands as they took the lead over upstart Paris Saint-Germain.

Fortunately, there is still Lu Wenbin in Grand Paris.

Atletico's frantic pressing, although it worked well against a physically scarred Paris Saint-Germain, sometimes inevitably led to mistakes and sent a free kick to a threatening position for Paris.

In the 44th minute, Atletico Madrid captain Godin's foul on Cavani gave Lu Wenbin a free kick with a good position.

And Lu Wenbin's skill cooldown time has also arrived.

Lu Wenbin, who turned on the system skill, kicked the ball into the theoretical dead corner, the intersection of the beam and the column.

This time, Courtois finally didn't try to turn the tide, and could only watch the ball fly into the net in the air.

Relying on Lu Wenbin's free-kick, PSG finally equalized before the end of the first half.

It didn't take long for the referee to blow the whistle for the end of the first half.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Atletico continue to pursue their high pressing and counter-attacking tactics.

Of course, apart from this, they have no other tactics to compete with Lu Wenbin's Paris Saint-Germain.

Although Lu Wenbin wanted to lead the team to victory, his teammates' physical fitness was getting worse and worse, and Atletico Madrid also guarded him strictly.

Simeone, under the tutelage of the defence, feels no less than Mourinho.

Blanco, on the other hand, is not as good as Mourinho under the team's attacking tutelage.

Coupled with the huge gap in the strength of his teammates, Lu Wenbin is not as sharp as when he was in Real Madrid in terms of attack and organization.

After the score was 1-1 for another 20 minutes in the second half, PSG's players began to run out of energy.

In the 67th minute, the defender Motta was the first to be unable to support it and fell to the ground on his own in an untouched run.

After examination by the team doctor, it was a strain caused by his own muscle fatigue, and he could only be replaced.

In the 78th minute, Lu Wenbin crossed from the side, and Cavani not only failed to reach the ball in the battle with the opponent, but also left the field injured, but also did not be awarded a penalty.

In the 83rd minute, central defender Marquinhos was sent off with a red card for a foul on a back-tackle when he couldn't catch up with Costa, who was about to form a one-on-one knife.

Paris Saint-Germain 10 men to fight.

Finally, in the 87th minute, Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke fired a shocking long-range shot through the goal guarded by Duchez.

Atletico Madrid took the lead again and Calderón fell into a carnival again.

In the final minutes of the game, PSG went on an even more frantic attack, with Lu Wenbin even putting on a good show of three people in a row, but was still shoveled away by a fourth man after passing three.

Four minutes into stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-1 away to Atletico Madrid after a series of fierce battles and Lu Wenbin's unlucky shot, losing the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

This is a rare start and loss in Lu Wenbin's career.

Despite losing by just one goal and scoring an away goal, the road to the final in Paris looked just as dangerous.

Even if they return to their home stadium in the second leg, Simeone's Sheets Army will not make Grand Paris feel better.

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