Chapter 116: Simeone is going to attack

Atletico Madrid's lead has cooled down the atmosphere of the originally enthusiastic Santiago Bernabéu stadium a lot, especially now that Real Madrid is completely passive after conceding the goal, and even many fans on the scene have waved white towels and booed their home team.

The Bernabeu fans are probably the most demanding fans of their home team in the world, and when Real Madrid are not attacking well and defending poorly, they are greeted not by the encouragement of the home fans, but by boos.

In this game, Real Madrid's midfield combination was replaced by Modric, Kroos, and Hames, for last season's combination of Modric, Di Maria, and Xavi Alonso, this midfield combination has dropped a lot in defensive coverage, especially James Rodriguez, who has almost no contribution to defense, and when football is at the feet of Atletico Mardare, Modric and Kroos alone cannot match Atletico Madrid's midfielders Gabi, Koke, Thiago, and Raul Garcia.

In this way, at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid was rarely suppressed by Atletico Madrid.

In the eighth minute, five minutes after Atletico Madrid's goal, the Real Madrid midfielder controlled the ball, but as they pushed forward, the ball at the feet of James Rodriguez was cut off by Thiago and Gabi combined, and then passed forward to Raul Garcia.

After Raul Garcia took the ball on the right side, he sent a straight stopper, Li Qingshan stepped forward in an offside position, did not stop the ball after receiving Raul Garcia's through ball, and swept directly in front of the goal, Griezmann ran very smartly, he rushed to Pepe to take the lead, and the football flew under Casillas's armpit and hit the net behind him.

But before the Atletico Madrid players had time to rejoice, the referee raised his arm and blew the whistle vigorously.

After the goal, Griezmann turned to look at the linesman and found that the linesman in the distance had raised the flag in his hand.

Griezmann couldn't believe his eyes, he had plugged in from the back row.

The referee walked over, but it was Li Qingshan's offside, not Griezmann.

The TV broadcast also quickly explained that at the moment of Raul Garcia's pass, Li Qingshan did poke out a head more than Ramos next to him, that is, a little distance, but let him be offside.

“..... It was indeed an offside position, and the linesman saw it very clearly. Although this goal is not counted, I think Real Madrid should quickly adjust their condition, probably because most of Real Madrid's players have just played in the World Cup, and they are very tired on the field. Before Raul Garcia's pass, Real Madrid's defenders were very sluggish. Said the Madrid commentator.

Contrary to what everyone expected before the game, Real Madrid felt like they were hypnotized on their home turf.

In less than ten minutes of the opening period, the opponent sent the ball into his own goal twice, although the second was an offside goal, but it was also quite dangerous - offside by a millimeter, if the linesman didn't look carefully, then now Real Madrid is two goals behind!

Atletico Madrid's aggressive attack made Real Madrid's players feel a lot of pressure, and when the camera switched to Ancelotti on the sidelines, the Italian waved his arms, and he rushed to the sidelines, waving his arms towards the pitch, looking very angry!

Stimulated, Real Madrid finally organised a threatening attack.

In the tenth minute, Ronaldo received a pass from Kroos on the side, and after he took two steps to the middle, he shot directly from a distance! The powerful football rushed forward against the turf, and when it passed through the Atletico Madrid penalty area, it also hit Godin's body and changed direction, flying to the other side of the goal, making Moya in front of the goal lose his center of gravity and could not stop the ball.........

When the football bounced on the post and flew out of the bottom line, the Bernabeu stadium made a sound of regret, and Ronaldo also stood in place with his waist in his hand, shaking his head with a wry smile, when he saw the football refracted on Godin, he thought that the ball was there, and he was ready to celebrate.

The post at the Bernabeu denied Cristiano Ronaldo's goal and prevented his trademark celebration from appearing in front of the fans for the first time of the new season.

Five minutes later, Real Madrid's attack returned. After Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball on the left to attract the defence, Marcelo rushed past him.

Marcelo is an interesting full-back, as the usual full-back is from the outside and then pushes near the line for crosses, but Marcelo does the opposite, coming from the inside as if he is not a full-back, but a winger.

Ronaldo and Marcelo still have a pretty tacit understanding, Marcelo rushed up from the inside line, Ronaldo gently pushed forward, and sent it to Marcelo's forward line.

Marcelo is a typical Brazilian player, with good skills and ball sense, and he controls the football very well when running at high speeds.

Benzema pulled out in the penalty area, Marcelo and he made a wall cooperation, Marcelo stuffed the ball to Benzema's feet, Benzema did not stop the ball, and passed directly to the middle, Marcelo did not stay after passing the ball, and continued to go forward at high speed in the middle, and the coordination of the two passing and running positions was very smooth.

Atletico Madrid's defense for a while can not catch up with such a fast pass and cut coordination, in the arc of the penalty area, Marcelo shot with his right foot, this shot finally exposed that Marcelo is not a winger after all, but a fullback, although his shot is strong and heavy, but the angle is not opened, Moya is very reasonable in position, and his attention is also very concentrated, in the face of this powerful shot, he did not dare to catch it directly with his hands, he clenched his fists, struck hard, and cleared the ball out of the danger area.

Real Madrid's offensive gradually picked up, and the fans at the scene finally began to burst into cheers.

Simeone stood up from the dugout with a frown and stood on the sidelines.

Atletico Madrid's overall framework is still the same as last season's, so after taking the lead, Atletico habitually shrank back and played defensive counterattacks, but Simeone soon discovered that it was obviously unwise to defend against this Real Madrid team.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Kroos are all attacking midfielders, and if Atletico Madrid retreats and allows Real Madrid to attack with the ball, these three talented midfielders can create plenty of space and scoring opportunities. But one of the weaknesses of this midfield duo is that when they defend, James Rodriguez is almost a transparent midfielder – his contribution to defending is almost zero.

In this case, Atletico Madrid may be more effective in attacking with the ball than retracting to defend and counterattack!

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Simeone called captain Gabi over to teach him the opportunity, and then Gabi returned to the pitch to deliver the manager's latest instructions.

Grab the ball and attack!