Chapter 174: Fighting Madrid Again
Sitting in the dressing room at the Calderón Stadium, the Villarreal players were in high spirits as they awaited the game that would start soon. Located in Madrid, the capital of Spain, the Calderón Stadium is one of the best stadiums in the world, with a capacity of more than 50,000 people, and was rated a 5-star football stadium by UEFA in 2004.
At this time, the stands of Calderón Stadium were already full of people, and at this time, coach Worrall was loudly explaining the responsibilities of tactics to every player, in the face of such a La Liga quasi-giant who had defeated him in the Copa del Rey, it would be false to say that he was not nervous.
Santhiago was even able to clearly capture the excitement of his teammates, because the meeting in the league was obviously more interesting than the Copa del Rey!
Before they really showed up, the players of Villarreal felt the frenzied atmosphere here, and the huge singing of the mountains and tsunamis from all directions was always enthusiastic! Immediately after walking out of the player's tunnel, the first step on this place Saint Tiago couldn't help but sigh from the heart, what a big scene!
At this time, the Calderón stadium was full, the red and white stands were brightly painted with bright jerseys and flags, and tens of thousands of Atletico Madrid fans sang the team anthem that has been passed down to this day: "atleti, atleti, atletiadrid, atleti, atleti, atletiadridjugando, ganando, peleas ejor, porque siempre la afi, se." estreme pasion,do quedas eodos ! ”
And corresponding to this passionate singing is the moment Santiago and others walked out of the passage in front of the huge stands, the majestic Madrid emblem was held high by the fans, covering the entire stands, which was shocking, fireworks, streamers fluttering in the air, although the game has not yet started, but the atmosphere has already entered!
As the Atletico players walked out of the tunnel one by one, the atmosphere gradually entered the top under the leadership of the DJ on the spot, he read aloud the name of every player on the field, and every time the name of the home team player was pronounced, it would be greeted with the echo and cheers of the fans.
When Sergio Aguero and the other starting eleven all stepped into the stadium, the atmosphere at Calderón Stadium exploded again, as if they had won the victory! The passionate Atletico Madrid team song also reached the sky at this moment!
Santiago was surrounded by a sea of red and white, and nearly 10,000 Villarreal fans who came with the team could not make the slightest wave here, he closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, the tension and excitement in his heart disappeared at this moment, followed by an indescribable pride. After the Copa del Rey reversal, everyone looked down on Villarreal a lot, and this time there were countless Atletico Madrid fans who made wild statements before the game, and Villarreal FC was surprisingly calm about it.
But such a calm does not mean timidity or the disdain of the outside media, but the accumulation of monstrous momentum in the heart, gradually exuding from the inside out, the current Villarreal has become a real submarine, a nuclear submarine! They dive deep into the bottom of the ocean, waiting for their chance to kill with one blow!
With the referee's whistle, the 27th round of the 08-09 La Liga season officially began at this moment! Although the match was played at the same time as Real Madrid's match against Athletic Bilbao, the ratings and broadcast media of the match were much higher than those of Real Madrid and Biba, based on the data we have gathered.
This is of course the reason why Real Madrid's strength is indeed much higher than that of Athletic Bilbao, but also because Atletico Madrid, which is in the limelight, meets Villarreal, who is in the limelight, and the morale is high, which can be called a dragon fight! There is no doubt that this will be a great revenge battle for the Villarreal! ”
"We saw that Atletico Madrid set up a 4-1-3-2 formation in this game, and the back line consisted of four players: Heitinga, Ujfarusi, Ibañez, and Domingos, of which we don't need to say more, but the start of another player was very unexpected to us. Domingos, the Spaniard who can play as a centre-back and wing-back, has never played in such an important game before, and it is unclear what Atletico Madrid boss Aguirre had in mind for him to start this time. ”
After the opening, in the TV commentators' analysis of the Sheets lineup, Dominguez became what they called the "unstable point".
As if hearing the commentator's words, Villarreal also mainly favored the right side in attack, with Rossi as the arrow, repeatedly setting off attacks on the right side.
It turned out that in Pellegrini's arrangement before the game, he set Villarreal's main attack direction on his own right side and Manchester United's left wing, because Antonio Lopes, who previously served as the main left wingback, has gradually become marginalized in recent seasons, and the impact of injury is ironclad that he will not be able to play in this game. And Atletico don't have many options in this position, so in this situation, Domingos, who has played in La Liga this season, has become Aguirre's only option at left wing-back.
In the player report submitted by the Villarreal observer, it was clearly stated that although Domingos was physically good, confrontational and not slow, after the initial surprise, Atletico fans and the rest of the team quickly discovered a problem, Domingos's running awareness has a huge problem.
Once attacking, the young and inexperienced Dominguez immediately fell into a situation of forgetfulness, and the passing was also willful, which is less offensive and aggressive, and more serious is poor discipline and recklessness.
Of course, this has also become a point that Villarreal is determined to focus on, and after discharging the strongest squad that can be produced now, Villarreal is put on the right side with Cazorla and Rossi, and Santhiago is in charge of the overall situation. But what they didn't expect was that in the two attacks, Domingos not only firmly blocked Rossi and others on the defensive end, but also was able to play the ball quickly after the counter-attack, and it did not appear in the situation that coach Pellegrini had envisioned before the game.
Seeing this scene, even Pellegrini himself couldn't help but look at the other side suspiciously, his old rival, Atletico Madrid coach Aguirre, only to see that the unsmiling manager was chewing gum at the moment and looking at the situation on the field without any expression, as if everything was in his plan.