Chapter 717: Breaking the Record
In the first ten minutes of the opening game, Atletico Madrid did not have any decent attack, but the Spaniards frequently threatened Atletico's goal, and in the fourth minute of the opening game, the Spaniards ushered in the first shot on goal.
Simão broke through the wing and crossed the middle, Pizzi and Sergio Garcia collided with the wall, the former rushed into the Atletico penalty area, but Atletico Madrid's defensive formation was chaotic, and Miranda blocked Pizzi's shooting route.
Seeing this, Pizzi decisively returned the pass, a heel backpass, the pass was very beautiful, Stuani did not need any adjustment, directly kicked the heavy artillery, Courtois did not have any reaction.
However, Courtois surrendered but the post was brave enough to come out and the ball hit the post and deflected wide.
Four minutes later, in the eighth minute of the game, this time on the wing, Fuentes sent in a low cross under the cover of Simao, and Sergio Garcia grabbed the point in front of goal.
This time, Courtois reacted very quickly, one-handedly blocking Sergio Garcia's close-range shot, and then the corner kick rushed out and confiscated directly.
In the 11th minute, Atletico Madrid ushered in the first shot of the game, Thiago held the ball in the middle and crossed the half-court after splitting the ball to Turan, who passed the ball at a 45-degree angle, and Lin Dongli pressed the defender's header to the goal but was blocked by the Espanyol goalkeeper.
Sosa's corner kick was met by Alderweireld for the first spot, but his header hit a defender on the goal line and was cleared by him.
With the first attack, will the second be far away? In fact, the second shot was a bit far, eight minutes later, almost the same way.
It's just that this time it was Sosa's turn to cross, and the header was not Lin Dong, it was replaced by Costa, and it was a fact that the excitement of Atletico Madrid players was not high, but Lin Dong and Costa were definitely not included in the middle.
Lin Dong's mentality is stable, and because of the system, his state will not be too much bullying, besides, Lin Dong himself is also full of desire for the game and for honor.
In fact, the encounters in the first two seasons are also a good thing for Lin Dong to a certain extent, just like a person who is dissatisfied with his desires is always very hungry.
Costa has been competing with Lin Dong and has always wanted to prove himself, so he will not let go of any opportunity to challenge Lin Dong and prove himself.
The result was the same, as Costa's header failed to break the deadlock and the ball was again saved by Espanyol goalkeeper Casilla before being cleared by a defender.
Lin Dong was already very sensitive, and the ball was blocked and started immediately, but unfortunately luck was not on Atletico Madrid's side, and the ball that bounced back did not bounce to Lin Dong.
It's still a corner, it's still Sosa, it's not enough this time Sosa didn't send the ball directly into the Espanyol penalty area, tactical corner, Sosa passed the ball to Juanfrán, who passed it to the middle again.
Gabi, the captain of Atletico Madrid immediately got up and shot from a distance after taking the ball, the ball was 108,000 miles away from the goal, the captain of Atletico Madrid failed to suppress the long shot, and the ball flew directly to the stands.
Spain counter-attacked, Sanchez held the ball on the right to break past Felipe and unsuccessfully passed to Stuani, who held the ball and moved across the middle to send a through kick, Sergio Garcia made a clever turnaround run to shake off Alderweireld, and the shot was saved by Courtois.
In the first 20 minutes, Espanyol's attack was significantly better than that of Atletico Madrid, and in these 22 minutes, Atletico Madrid attacked in two waves, an average of 10 minutes, while Spain scored five times.
However, as the game progressed, the Atletico players gradually got into the groove, and in the 25th minute, Felipe cut in at high speed on the side and broke through two defenders in a row to cross the bottom.
Costa grabbed the penalty in front of the goal and headed high from close range, but Atletico's attack was not over, and the Spaniard's goal kick fell at the feet of Atletico, and then Atletico launched another attack.
It's still Felipe, in recent games, Juanfran has faintly overpowered Felipe, but this time, it was obviously Felipe's better performance, or his breakthrough cross with the ball.
Lin Dong tried to force a turn after stopping the ball on Moreno's chest, but then changed his mind because he found that another central defender, Coloto, had rushed over.
Passing back, Costa on the other side has been entangled by the retreating defender, so Lin Dong did not pass to Costa, kicked the ball on the bottom of his foot, and passed the ball to the line of the big penalty area.
Thiago, Atletico Madrid's vice-team just followed, but unfortunately, Lin Dong's ball kicking was not good, Thiago couldn't shoot at the first time, so he could only adjust slightly, which also gave the goalkeeper a chance to react, and the subsequent long-range shot was directly pocketed by Casilla.
In the 33rd minute, Atletico Madrid attacked the hinterland of Spain again, this time it was Lin Dong's long-range shot, Lin Dong retreated and cooperated with Sosa, who hit the wall and passed back to Lin Dong, who shot hard when there was still room to advance.
Luck, Lin Dong still lacked a little luck, although Casilla failed to make a save, but the ball finally hit the post, which was also Atletico's best chance in the first half.
Although the two sides attacked and defended each other, they did not pose a real threat to each other, so the score was still 0:0 at the end of the first half.
However, this situation changed in the second half, and Atletico Madrid had gradually entered the state in the second half of the first half, and after a stimulus from Simeone at halftime, Atletico recovered in the second half.
It was Costa who broke the deadlock, just three minutes into the second half, when Atletico broke the ball at the back, Thiago played a long pass in midfield, and Lin Dong chested the ball and sent a through ball with his heel.
Costa was full of firepower, pressed Coloto in terms of power, squeezed away the opponent and rushed into the penalty area, facing the attacking Casilla calmly pushed, and the ball finally flew into the net from the bottom left corner of the Espanyol goal, and Atletico led 1-0.
With the first goal, the second goal was really not far off, just five minutes after Costa's goal, it was still a typical Atletico goal, a quick counter-attack.
Espanyol's long-range shot from outside the box bounced off Miranda and into Gabi's feet, and the Atletico captain first passed the ball to Thiago, who flicked it to Turan.
Turan took the ball and looked up, and then made a long pass, because Lin Dong had already started, and with Lin Dong's speed, unless the Spaniard was offside, but Lin Dong was very careful at this point.
It's a single knife again, but Casilla's complete tragedy, two single knives in five minutes, if Costa still has a chance to block, then Lin Dong, his chance of blocking will be infinitely reduced, because Lin Dong's single knife has not failed.
2:0, unlike Costa, Lin Dong chose to shoot hard, rushed out Casilla didn't even make any save, the ball had already flown into the goal behind him.
With this goal, Lin Dong also broke the record for the most goals in La Liga set by Messi, and Lin Dong only took 28 games.