Chapter 506: Everyone Wants to Be the Protagonist
Just like this time, Lin Dong did it, and when Ramos rushed over, Lin Dong decisively took a step forward and directly cut off Ramos's idea of competing with him.
After Lin Dong moved one step forward, if Ramos was in front of Lin Dong, even if he bounced against the sky, he would not be able to withstand the ball, and he would become a tiger, in this case, Ramos would not be able to retreat if he wanted to.
On the other side, Costa's position is already empty, which means that as long as Lin Dong can pass the ball to Costa, then Costa is almost a one-on-one knife.
Will things go so well? Of course it can't be, at this moment, the tacit understanding between Pepe and Ramos is undoubtedly revealed, and the level of today's top central defenders is even more vivid.
In the case of Lin Dong stepping forward to block Ramos's route, Pepe, who had been entangled with Lin Dong, retreated, and the retreat was quite fast, when Lin Dong knocked the ball to Costa, Pepe was already in the penalty area, becoming the last line of defense to block Costa.
But Atletico Madrid's attack is not limited to this, when Costa faced Pepe, Lin Dong who landed also launched an attack on the Real Madrid penalty area, although Ramos desperately chased back, but he was still slower than Lin Dong in speed.
"Pass~~~" shouted, but unfortunately, Lin Dong's shout did not get Costa's pass, and at the same time as Lin Dong shouted, Costa had already forcibly kicked the goal.
Then the ball drew a beautiful arc, well~~~ For Real Madrid, the ball was much higher than the goal and flew to the stands on the goal side.
"God~~~ Atletico wasted a great almost, Costa, if he passed the ball to Lin Dong instead of forcing a shot himself, maybe Atletico would have taken the lead."
It was supposed to be Costa's one-handed shot that fell short because of Pepe's retreat, but Lin Dong had already rushed up, and he also got rid of Ramos, and if Costa passed the ball at the last moment, it would be a substitution Lin Dong's one-handed shot.
However, there is no such thing as an if, Costa has already shot, the ball has flown into the stands, and the Atletico striker is also annoyed at the moment.
On the sidelines, Simeone waved his hand depressedly, and when Lin Dong turned around and rushed to the Real Madrid goal, Simeone also rushed to the sidelines, but what was waiting for him was a forced kick from Costa.
After the depression, Simeone did not return to his position, his hands were folded, and his eyes were fixed on the retreating Costa, with a trace of doubt and confusion in his eyes.
From the beginning of the league to the present, Costa has been partnering with Lin Dong, and the tacit understanding between them has been initially established, and Lin Dong has even made balls for Costa many times.
Thinking of this, Simeone shook his head directly, and then expelled these things that should not be thought about in his mind, now it is a Madrid derby, and he must directly focus on the game.
On the pitch, Real Madrid is already attacking the hinterland of Atletico Madrid, and it is Isco who holds the ball, and in this game, Isco can be said to be the only mistake in Simeone's starting prediction for Real Madrid.
No matter how you look at Modric sitting on the bench, he is more suitable than Isco, whether it is at the technical and tactical level or personal ability, but Ancelotti finally chose Isco.
In fact, Ancelotti's choice is not difficult to guess, Modric was introduced by Mourinho last season, and this summer Mourinho wanted to bring Modric to Chelsea, but it was unsuccessful.
Isco is a new transfer to Real Madrid this season, young, shallow-rooted, and a native Spanish player, such a player is the most suitable to be cultivated as a cronie.
Although Isco was a bit unexpected, Simeone will not take it lightly, after all, he is also a super talent in La Liga, that is, he is not famous in the whole of Europe, and Isco is also one of the best players in Real Madrid in the first few rounds.
Isco, who was on the ball at the moment, also showed why he could start the Madrid derby, and against Thiago, Isco deceived him with an extremely beautiful successive change of direction feint.
Then he used Ilya Ramendi to make a wall collision to enter the heart of Atletico Madrid, and soon came to the outside of the big penalty area, still hitting the wall, Benzema covered for him, smoothly entered the Atletico Madrid penalty area, and completed his first shot in the game.
However, Isco's shot was directly confiscated by Courtois, and Courtois quickly rushed out after catching the ball, deliberately passing by Isco, his eyes full of provocation.
Speaking of the grievances between the two, it is necessary to talk about the Golden Boy Award selection a year ago, with his outstanding performance, Courtois almost set a record and became the first Golden Boy goalkeeper, but in the end, because of the natural weakness of the position, he can only watch Isco win the award.
Well, the feud between the two was actually just a small episode in this game, although Isco soon broke into the heart of Atletico again, and he had his second shot of the game, but it did not affect the scoreline.
As for Atletico Madrid's attack, Real Madrid's defense is actually quite successful, especially Ancelotti's arrangement of Khedira and Illah Ramendi, the back midfielder, in order to target Atletico Madrid's attack and limit the role of Lin Dong in the front point.
Pepe and Ramos worked together to limit Lin Dong, Khedira and Ilia Ramendi dropped back at any time to fill in the position, and after Lin Dong still pushed the ball to the point and almost created a one-on-one knife, Khedira and Ilya Ramendi did not dare to rush too forward.
I have to say that the fate of the two protagonists today is really similar, Atletico Madrid is also very successful in Ronaldo's defense, plus he is restricted, and even in order to limit Ronaldo, Koke even gave up attacking.
So during the opening period, the real protagonists are the other players of the two teams, you know, the confrontation between Lin Dong and Ronaldo is the biggest attraction of this derby.
After all, the grievances between the two are no secret, and the biggest reason why Lin Dong can't stay in Real Madrid is because of Ronaldo, the two who are extremely similar in some ways are destined to not coexist peacefully.
There were even people who stole the show and grabbed it very successfully, Costa from Atletico Madrid, in the 23 minutes of the game, Costa was the only focus of this derby.
It was Isco, who was a little carried away by the success ahead, and when he attacked the heart of Atletico again with the ball, the ball was broken.
Atletico Madrid's captain Gabi, when Isco was about to eat Thiago alone, the Atletico captain saw the opportunity, smashed from the side, and shoveled the ball away.
On the counter-attack, Atletico's best attacking method, the tackled ball fell at the feet of Felipe, who immediately gave it away completely and gave it to Turan.
Direct pass, a long-distance direct pass, since the opening, Atletico Madrid walked on the ground instead of going to the air, you can imagine what kind of situation Real Madrid will be in the face of Turan sending this direct pass.