Chapter 152: The Battle of Calderon (6)
In desperation, Garcia could only choose to pass back again immediately and return the ball to Maxi Rodriguez behind him, but how could such a palliative solution make Santiago, who was about to seize the opportunity, retreat?
In the previous halftime break between the two teams, Atletico Madrid seized every minute and changed the tactics of the second half, while the Villarreal seized the time to recover their strength, in order to continue to implement the existing tactics in the second half and not give the opponent any chance to turn over. In such a situation, San Tiago, who made great contributions in the first half, naturally received heroic treatment, and the Yellow Submarine generals, who have seen his performance, are all closer to him in their gestures.
There is no doubt that Sainti enjoyed the feeling very much, and while he was constantly humble, he also secretly vowed in his heart that he would use this victory to announce his arrival to the La Liga giants.
So seeing Garcia's hurried pass, Santi's eyes flashed and he immediately rushed up to his fellow Argentine Maxi Rodriguez.
"It was a very threatening robbery! Will Maxi Rodriguez be able to handle all of this successfully? ”
A large number of Atletico Madrid fans in the stands couldn't help but exclaim when they saw this scene, unable to restrain the fear in their hearts, but Maxi Rodriguez did react quickly in desperation, only to see him dodge out of position and kick the ball forward in the slightest.
In such a critical situation, Maxi Rodriguez would never dare to pass the ball back to the defenders, after all, there is still a Turkish knife who has already scored a goal, and Tomasson who dare not be underestimated!
"What a pity!"
Seeing the ball flying into the air, Santiago did not mean to rush up again, but sighed on the spot.
Maxi Rodriguez's big kick undoubtedly made several Villarreal players, including Santi, useless, but ironically, I don't know if it was a coincidence, but his big kick happened to give Atletico the best chance to score so far in the whole game.
The ball in the air attracted the players of both sides to chase after them without hesitation, and at the front of the crowd were Forlan, who had been notified that he was about to be substituted, and Senna, the Yellow Submarine defender who was on a par with him.
Fran, who thought that there was no chance anymore, did not expect that he would suddenly usher in such a magical opportunity, but he would definitely not let it go. So he sighed and saw Diego Forlan complete the acceleration in a very short time, frantically chasing the ball, and at the same time, Senna, who was beside him, also realized the seriousness of the situation, and immediately gritted his teeth and desperately accelerated to keep up.
Without mentioning the fact that Villarreal's sailors could be counted as the players in La Liga who knew Diego Forlan the most before that.
The two chased the ball like an Olympic 100-meter race, and although Diego Forlan was much faster than Senna's absolute speed, he needed to keep an eye on the ball and its speed to get it at his feet. Senna's task is much easier, he only needs to destroy Forlan when he is about to catch the ball, and his body is the weapon.
In this case, it would be difficult to take a card even if Forlan was knocked out, as such a confrontation is common even in La Liga.
Therefore, under such distraction, Fran is almost on the same level as Senna, who is desperately accelerating!
"Damn, it's too bad!!"
Returning to his senses, Saint-Tiago suddenly caught a glimpse of what was happening in his backfield, and like all his teammates, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, and began to desperately return to the defense while exploding foul language, hoping only to intercept Diego Forlan.
It's a pity that at this moment, neither cursing nor regret can stop the Uruguayan shooter who has been suffocated for too long.
Despite knowing that he was about to go down and that his performance in the first half was not satisfactory, the Uruguayan's strong physicality and amazing foot skills are still among the best in La Liga. In the face of Senna's aggressive squeeze, Forlan was ready in an instant, and I have to say that Senna is indeed a first-class defensive general, and at this moment, he is on par with Forlan, who has a keen sense of smell as a shooter, and has made extremely accurate judgments.
But just when the ball was about to fall, Fran suddenly accelerated with all his strength again, throwing Senna out of half a position, seeing this scene Senna's eyes shrank, but he didn't grit his teeth again to keep up, because now his speed has increased to the limit, and it depends on his willpower to continue to maintain, let alone accelerate again? In addition, Senna, who had already made an accurate judgment on where the ball would land, was sure that his speed was completely in line with this line of action, so there was no need for him to follow Fran to speed up.
At the same time, in his heart, Senna couldn't understand Fran's approach at all.
At this time, the stands were already boiling, and most fans did not expect that at the beginning of the second half, Atletico Madrid was about to make a substitution, there would be such a fierce scramble, so whether it was behind or ahead, the fans on both sides focused their eyes on the two and did not dare to have the slightest negligence. And when they saw Forlan's sudden acceleration to shake Senna away, the Atletico fans also saw that something was wrong after a short cheer
Many people are muttering in their hearts, the ball that is about to fall at Forlan's speed is exactly the position between him and Senna, how can Fran get the ball in such a situation? In this way, Fran's re-acceleration is completely irrational and incomprehensible, could it be that he is thinking of this race as a race against his old teammate Senna?
But the moment the ball fell, everything was clear!
Stunned by Senna's stunned, Forlan suddenly slashed diagonally to the right front, and as the ball fell, his heel suddenly slammed upwards to bounce the ball into the air before Senna could unload it. Senna, who suddenly stretched out his foot but couldn't unload the ball, was out of rhythm, stumbled under his feet, and his body's explosion reached the limit, and he couldn't stabilize a few steps in shock and fell to the ground in embarrassment, while Forlan easily unloaded the ball and headed towards the Villarreal penalty area after his speed weakened!!