Chapter 16: The First Half of Madness (Part I)
At 6:25, the players of both teams walked out of the players' tunnel and stepped onto the green field.
And the digital commentators at the scene also started their own work.
"Welcome to the UEFA Super Cup winners. This is the last time the Super Cup will be held at the Stade Louis II, and this championship will also be the last time it will be born at this stadium! Such a championship has a different kind of commemorative significance. β
'The two teams are Chelsea, the Blues from the Premier League, who won the European Cup last season; The other team is Atletico Madrid from Spain, who won last season's UEFA Cup. To be honest, Atletico Madrid's victory was really beyond many people's expectations, among so many participating teams, there are many giants, and they are not the strongest, but in the end they won the championship - I think in addition to luck, their strength should be very good! β
"There has been a long history of rivalry between the Premier League and La Liga, one being the world's number one league and the other being the world's number one league, and I think in this game, both teams will fight for the glory of their respective leagues!"
"Well, let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both teams - Chelsea are in a regular 4-4-2 formation, and the starting goalkeeper is still the number 1 Czech Cech; The four defenders are No. 2 Ivanovic, No. 26 Terry, No. 24 Cahill and No. 3 Ashley. Cole; At the back is No.12 Mikel, in central midfield is their captain No. 8 Frank Lampard, and the two wing-backs are No.10 Spaniard Juan Mata and No.21 Kalou; The two strikers at the top are No. 11 Drogba and No. 9 Torres. β
"Atletico Madrid's 4-5-1 formation: goalkeeper Courtois 13; The four defenders are No. 6 Felipe, No. 2 Godin, No. 23 Miranda, and No. 21 Perea; The five midfielders are No. 14 captain Gabi and No. 11 Alda. Turan, No. 20 JuanfrΓ‘n, No. 5 Thiago, No. 10 Qin; Only No. 9 Tiger Falcao is at the top of the front line. β
'Chelsea striker Fernando Torres was the captain of Atletico Madrid, he made a name for himself here, and he became a world-class striker here, and I wonder if there will be any strange emotions when facing his old club. I'm really looking forward to Torres' performance, and if he can score, will the former Atletico golden boy choose to celebrate? β
"It's really interesting. Qin in the Atletico Madrid team also played for the Premier League Arsenal team a few months ago, you must know that Arsenal and Chelsea can be regarded as rivals, and when they meet again, I don't know if Qin will have an outstanding performance, help the former club give the Blues a little color and take a look......"
"Haha, in this way, there are really a lot of highlights of this game, the game is about to start, let's wait and see!"
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In the chatter of the commentators, the hour hand pointed to 6:30, the pre-match procedures of both teams were completed, and the referee from Switzerland Randers blew the opening whistle, and the European Super Cup championship battle officially began.
It was Chelsea who kicked off first, and instead of rushing to attack, opted to pass the ball back and then slowly fell to their feet in central midfield, patiently looking for opportunities.
Chelsea's plan is to settle the tempo, test it and then wait for the opportunity to move.
But for Atletico Madrid, the battle started from the moment the opening whistle blew.
As I said before, Diego. Simeone is a coach with a great character, when he was a player, he was known for his hot temper and fierce defense, as the saying goes, "one by one, a nest of soldiers", under Simeone's ridicule, the players under his command also have a "bandit" temperament, Atletico Madrid's style of play in La Liga is like a group of horse thieves, crazy and fierce, in La Liga, their tough and ferocious full-court pressing and crazy robbery can be described as a must.
And now, they have used this unreasonable pressing method to the opponent Chelsea in this game.
Frank Lampard had just received the return pass and wanted to look up at the front, but suddenly saw a familiar face in front of him, already rushing in front of him, Leng Buding was taken aback, and in a panic, he raised his foot to pass the football to the right.
Rao was so, the opponent rushed too fast, and almost broke the football, which made Lampard break out in a cold sweat. Due to the hasty transfer in a panic, the pass was a little too powerful, and Kalou on the right ran quickly to catch the ball, but it was still a beat slower, and the ball rolled out of bounds.
Lampard shook his head helplessly, and smiled bitterly at the "culprit" Qin Shou in front of him: "It's just the beginning, do you need to pounce so fiercely as soon as you come up?" β
Qin Shou laughed and said, "It's not that you don't know, this is my style." β
Lampard smiled wryly again, remembering Qin Shou who was running frantically all over the field in the Premier League, and shook his head again.
"I really don't like to play against a team with you, it's really awkward."
Frank Lampard's words are inspired by feelings, under the tutelage of Chelsea Mourinho, Chelsea is also known for being tough and ferocious, the team's style of play is wide open, and most of the players in the team are muscular men, in the Premier League, they are already a very murderous team, but when they meet Qin Shou, they can only smile bitterly and shake their heads, sighing to themselves - you play technology, he plays fierce with you, you have to play fierce, people play with you, of course this Nima can't play.
The captain of the blue army looked at Qin Shou who was smiling, and suddenly realized in his heart that this game that he thought would be easy, now it seems that it is not easy to win the game and win the championship - at least Qin Shou, the roadblock, is not so easy to overcome.
The two didn't communicate much, after all, the game was in progress, and after a casual conversation, the two returned to their respective positions.
Juanfran stood out of bounds, holding the ball above his head with both hands. Qin Shou ran two steps and beckoned, and the former understood and threw the football over.
As soon as Qin Shou received the ball, Kalu pressed up. Qin Shou didn't entangle with him, and passed the football back to Juanfran, and then stepped forward himself.
At the same time as Qin Shou stepped forward, the nearby Atletico Madrid players were also moving, and everyone was looking for a vacancy and an active running position.
This is also the strict requirement of coach Simeone, his team does not have a big-name superstar, does not have sufficient foundation, so if you want to compete with a strong team, you can only work more on the team as a whole and tactically. He demanded that his players, even strikers, run aggressively and quickly when defending, and that no one was allowed to stand still and wait for the ball in attack. Only by constantly running can you have a chance to gain the upper hand in the face of strong teams.
There is no money, there is no superstar, then we make up for it with active running and ferocious pressing, we run more than you, we treat the race more positively than you, and the distance we run out is our advantage!
The moment Juanflan received the ball, all his teammates around him moved. Kalu left Qin Shou behind and rushed in the direction of Juanfran. Juanfran was not flustered at all, and the aggressive movement of his teammates gave him several passing routes to choose from.
The excellent winger from the La Liga giants Real Madrid Academy made a feint to pluck the ball, which made Kalou mistakenly think that he would choose to break through, and immediately stretched out his foot to block the opponent's breakthrough route, but Juanfran lightly picked up the football, and the ball flew over Kalou's head and landed behind him.
Kalou is a winger and defending is not his full-time job, so after forcing Juanfran to pass the ball, it was a job done. He turned his head slightly to look back, only to see a red-white figure running along the side at a rapid pace, with the black number "10" printed behind him.
After knowing who the Atletico player was who received the ball, a bad feeling suddenly rose in Kalou's heart. In the Premier League, Qin Shou has repeatedly played well in attack, and now seeing this high-speed running figure, Kalu seems to think of Qin Shou's few but wonderful goals.
Kalou wanted to chase back, hesitated, and finally chose to give up. Qin Shou's speed was too fast, and he had reached the edge of the forbidden area at this moment, and he was desperately running back, but it was in vain.
"Oooh, it's like a hurricane, Atletico Madrid's number 10 is unbelievably fast!"
"When he was in England, Qin's speed was a huge headache for many defenders, and now he is showing the world his unrivalled speed with the ball in Monaco!"
"Ivanovic rushed up, Qin slowed down, did he choose to break through the inside cut or go straight to the cross!"
When there were bursts of exclamations on the commentary bench, Qin Shou had already rushed to the bottom line with the ball, and Chelsea's right wing-back Branislav Ivanovic met him. Qin Shou slowed down, raised his foot, and neither chose to cross directly or break through, but passed the football upside down to the outside of the penalty area.
Ivanovich was stunned for a moment.
However, Qin Shou was not stunned, and after passing the ball, he immediately turned around, ran in reverse to bypass Ivanovic, and rushed straight into the penalty area.
On the outside of the penalty area, the pulled out striker Falcao met the football with a light block with the arch of his foot, and the football was sent into the penalty area in the oblique stab.
The ball is here, the people are here!
The timing was just right!
"Pretty two-over-one!"
There were bursts of exclamations from the commentators and the stands.
The football just fell in front of Qin Shou who was running, although the angle was not big, but Qin Shou did not hesitate at all, and swung his leg violently against the football and shot-
The soccer ball is like a cannonball out of the boring, straight towards the near point of the goal, and shoots fiercely!