Chapter 65: Atletico Teaches You to Fight Back (Part II)

That's what Simeone thinks, and that's what he does.

Attacking goals are a tactical plan that Atletico had in place before Atletic, and if this plan is successfully achieved, then Atletico will then fight and retreat, using their best quick counter-attacks to threaten the opposition's defence.

The game resumed to the cheers of more than 60,000 home fans.

Napoli did not rush to fight back after kicking off, anyway, Napoli is also a strong team in Serie A, and they also have experience, they know very well that the most important thing after conceding a goal is not to immediately roar forward and counterattack, but to stabilize the team first.

So they didn't rush forward, but passed the ball back and patiently passed it backwards.

Atletico Madrid was not ambiguous at all, and instantly turned on the "mad dog mode", and the four players in the front court frantically rushed around, although they did not succeed in grabbing the ball, but it made Napoli backfield jump for a while.

Not only that, but Atletico Madrid's two backs also convulsed together, and Napoli finally avoided the first line of defense organized by Qin Shou and others, and when they wanted to move forward, Raul. Garcia and Nikoz stepped up again and continued to stir up the wind and rain, directly messing up the midfield into a mess.

Napoli have finally learned the defensive prowesses of another league.

Unlike the chain defense of Italian football, Atletico's defensive style is a bit unreasonable. Not only did their three lines stay tight, but they also ran aggressively with the simplest and most effective of them, creating pressure and making it difficult for Napoli's attack to organise effectively.

Under the pressure of Atletico Madrid's somewhat stubborn full-court play, Napoli's attack has not improved. They originally wanted to avoid the edge for a while and wait for Atletico's fitness to decline before attacking, but time passed quickly, and soon after 30 minutes of the first half, Atletico's crazy running still did not stop.

To paraphrase a very popular advertising slogan. It just can't stop.

Napoli were so crumbling by this rogue pressing that they failed to put together a dangerous attack for half an hour, and so far they had only one shot on goal, and it was not within the woodwork - in the 23rd minute, Atletico's defence was too far apart, Niguz saved too hard, and Hamsik easily cleared it, and then Hamsik passed the ball to Cavani. The latter received the ball and turned to shoot, but with the interference of Godin, who was in the position, he successfully hit the anti-aircraft gun.

Although Atletico Madrid did not score again during this period, their counter-attack was impressive. Napoli may be very good defensively, but it is a bit unlikely that they will keep the backline compact and intact with an attacking balance.

And Atletico Madrid seized such an opportunity and constantly used counterattacks to harass the opponent.

Although the number of troops invested is not much. However, the individual ability and coordination ability of the front four are extremely high, so the threat created is not small.

In this half hour, Atletico Madrid completed a total of three shots on goal. Two of them hit the door frame. If it weren't for De Sanctis's bravery, perhaps Atletico would have extended their advantage.

However, with a brave goalkeeper, when the team as a whole is not strong, it is difficult for one person to support alone.

Benitez is still struggling to figure out how to break the game off the pitch. The situation on the field has changed again.

The Napoli midfielder attacked again, but it was Qin Shou and Raul who were back on the defensive. In Garcia's combined block, Hamsik's possession was broken. Garcia, who completed the steal, kicked the football to Qin Shou next to him, who did not stick to the ball and directly looked for Koke on the left side.

Cork had been waiting for it for a long time, and when the football rolled over, he poked the ball forward with his left foot and went straight to the baseline.

Napoli's right-back Amelo was unable to stop Koke, who suddenly changed lines during the dribbling process and made an inward cut, causing Armelo to stretch his leg to block, but Koke pulled the ball back, flicked it again, and then passed the ball directly into the penalty area.

Costa beat central defender Cannavaro Jr. Cannavaro rubbed the ball to Griezmann, who stretched out his leg and drilled it towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

De Sanctis couldn't make a save and the ball slipped under his armpit into the back of the net.

2:0!

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! The ball is in! The ball is in! Goal Goal Goal ...... Finish! It was Antoine who scored the goal...... Griezmann! The small striker from France scored his first league goal of the new season! ”

'It was a wonderful team goal, Garcia steals, Qin long passes, Koke goes down, Costa heads back, and finally Griezmann completes the shot...... Smooth as flowing clouds, under the rapid counterattack of Atletico Madrid, Napoli's defense is like paper paste, and it will be broken at the first poke! ”

“2:0! Atletico Madrid has a two-goal lead! I think there is no suspense in this game, fight defense, Atletico is no worse than Napoli, fight attack,...... Hehe, the current situation on the field, I feel as if Atletico Madrid is teaching Napoli how to play more concise, faster and more effective defensive counterattacks! Ha! ”

The commentators clamored again, although Atletico Madrid was also defending closely most of the time, but unlike the Barcelona game, this time Atletico Madrid's counterattack played very excitingly, with fast passes and rapid advances from time to time, which were very bright spots and not boring at all.

That's what you want to see in football, it's exciting on both ends of the pitch and then you score goals, there's nothing quite like that.

The fans also rejoiced, having a two-goal lead on their home turf, and they were completely relieved that the first Champions League win of the new season could not be run.

Simeone knew this, so after the second goal, he didn't appear as ecstatic as before, he smiled and clapped the players on the field, and sat back in the dugout with a relaxed look. The first half is not over yet, the team is already two goals ahead, what else is there to worry about?

Benitez was completely speechless. First of all, he was slapped in the face by Qin Shou at the beginning, and now he was staged by Atletico Madrid in a "quick counterattack teaching class", playing defense and counterattacking in front of the Italian team, and finally he really did it, this is no longer a slap in the face, but a kick in the face.

Benitez suddenly felt embarrassed in front of his old folks (Benitez is a Spaniard), and now he has no choice, and if he continues to pound slowly, the team will only be dead. If he still wants to pick up points away from home, then the only way to do it is to strengthen the attack.

However, the thought of Atletico's stalking full-court pressing, Benitez has a bit of a headache.

But Benitez, who only had one way in Huashan, had no choice, and waved his hand to signal the team to strengthen the attack.

In the last ten minutes of the first half, the tempo picked up sharply and reached a small climax.

After falling behind by two goals, Napoli clearly stepped up their attack and invested more troops in the attack.

In the face of the opponent's fierce counterattack, Atletico Madrid also tightened its defense again and did not give the opponent a chance to take advantage of it.

In the 36th minute, Hamsik sent a penetrating through ball in front, and Macedonian striker Pandev received the ball and rushed into the box, but under Godin's interference, his shot was not powerful and was easily saved by Courtois.

Three minutes later, Cavani nodded in the box and the ball flew off the post, leaving more than 60,000 home fans in a cold sweat.

In the 41st minute, Hamsik broke through and did not choose to pass, and a long-range shot came up from the edge of the box, and the ball was beaten by Courtois and hit the crossbar and went out of the line.

"During this period of time, Napoli's offensive is very fierce, and it is quite anti-guest-oriented."

"It's going to be desperate. In the group of death, every point in every game is crucial, even if it is just one point, it is likely to be related to the final qualifying situation. ”

"I don't know if Atletico can withstand this round of fierce counterattack from the opponent!"

The commentators were talking a lot on the commentary seat, and the structure of the topic they discussed soon came out.

It turns out that Atletico is like a spring, no matter how much you press, I just keep it, on the contrary, the force of the rebound will be bigger and stronger.

Napoli attacked fiercely, but Atletico defended well and at the same time, they were looking for opportunities to counter-attack.

Towards the end of the first half, there were chances to counter-attack again, and Atletico Madrid once again taught Napoli a good lesson.

After withstanding another attack from Napoli, Courtois threw the ball directly to Koke near the midfield, Koke feigned a breakthrough, but knocked the football back to Garcia who followed up in the middle, and Garcia handed the football to Qin Shou.

Qin Shou raised his foot with an accurate long pass, and flew directly behind the Napoli defense.

Costa appeared just in time, with no one around him.

A Napoli player raised his hand for Costa, but the referee ignored it. He saw very clearly that at the moment of Qin Shou's long pass, there was a Napoli defender who dragged at the end and remained parallel to Costa, so Costa was not offside.

It was a successful anti-offside!

In fact, this is the disadvantage of all the pressure on the offense, you may play very lively, but the opponent's penetration of the ball, is likely to destroy all your defense!

Costa, who had successfully countered offside, had already formed a one-on-one momentum, and he did not let such an opportunity go in vain, facing the attacking goalkeeper, Costa deftly deflected a button, avoided it, and then got up with his right foot to push the empty goal.

Ball in!

3:0!

The die is cast!

The victory of Atletico Madrid is irreversible!

PS: Kicking WeChat YX3335665. (To be continued.) )