The pace of the game was fast.

After the start of the game, the home team did not make too many attempts, and quickly put the front line on the front and actively attacked.

There's a reason for that. On the one hand, because it is a home game, under the witness of tens of thousands of its own fans, Marseille can't defend it even if it wants to, and it can't hang on to its face.

On the other hand, it's a matter of mentality. Marseille see their own strength very clearly, and if nothing else, they should not be able to stop Atletico from advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so their goal is to play as good as possible and show their excellent side, and leave the rest to fate.

The most important thing is that Marseille is not a team that is good at defense, if they really want to put a bus to counterattack, it is estimated that it is better to play straight and threaten the attack.

In the face of Marseille's aggressive attack, Atletico Madrid did not look surprised. For this one-eighth elimination, they started preparing half a month ago, and they also studied the characteristics of this team thoroughly.

Although Marseille has declined, being able to enter the knockout stage of this season's Champions League is enough to show that their strength is still good. The reason why they were able to break out of the group smoothly was due to the fact that the other two competitors in the group were not strong on the one hand, and their attack on the other hand.

They have had big problems defensively, conceding a total of 11 goals in six group games, which is close to an average of two goals per game. But they also scored a lot of goals, a total of 12, and the goal difference was not much worse.

Six games, 12 goals, an average of two goals per game, this statistic cannot be said to be bad. It's a team that plays well in attack. But then again, they have good attacking players like Gignac, Diawara, and Valbuena in their team, so what do you play if you don't attack?

For Atletico Madrid, the draw was really a top draw. Not only is the opponent not strong, but it is also a team that likes to attack. What is Atletico best at? What I do best is press all over the court and then counterattack quickly. When you meet such a team, it's just a target for them to counterattack.

Simeone formulated a strategy of pressing all over the court and counterattacking quickly before the game. This routine team has been playing for two seasons and is certainly no stranger, so as long as they execute it step by step, there will hardly be much of a problem with the game.

The match went almost exactly according to Simeone's pre-match script.

As a team playing at home, Marseille pushed towards Atletico's half as soon as it started, but when Atletico Madrid had been prepared and waited for a long time, they did not take advantage of it. Atletico Madrid's players ran aggressively on the field, pressing quickly, and grabbed Marseille's hands in a hurry, and the offensive naturally became disordered, not to mention no threat.

Atletico's style has long been known throughout Europe, and Marseille is no exception, but watching video footage at home is one thing, and experiencing it in person is another. Atletico's pressing is too fast and fierce, they can hardly hold the ball at their feet for a while, as long as they let the ball stay at their feet for more than stay, Atletico's players will immediately entangle, either destroy or be entangled, and then "reinforcements" arrive to break the ball together.

The most characteristic of Atletico's defense is to move forward quickly, and then entangle the opponent, and the surrounding players rush together to form an advantage, and eat away little by little, so as to expand the advantage to the entire field.

For such a rhythm, Marseille is extremely uncomfortable. Although they were afraid of the home team's attacking three-board axe, Atletico Madrid tightened the line a lot at the beginning, but the main attacking side did not have any advantage, and Marseille fell into the sea of opponents like kraft candy defense, unable to extricate themselves.

After almost ten minutes of stangling in midfield, Marseille had their first shot to hit the ball in the frame of the goal.

The shot came from the French international Valbuena, who was only 1.68 meters tall and agile and extremely fast, and after two consecutive passes with his teammates in front, he rushed to the penalty area 30 meters and fired a long-range shot. Due to the distance, the ball began to slow down during the flight, and Courtois stretched his arms without any difficulty and easily picked the ball off.

This is Marseille's first shot in the frame of the goal, and before that, they had a few chances to shoot on goal, but Atletico's defense is too layered, under layers of pressure, they can only be lucky, and the quality of the shot is not high.

In contrast, Atletico Madrid's quick counter-attack after a successful steal is more threatening. Before this shot, Atletico Madrid's two strikers, Costa and Griezmann each had a shot, both hit the goal frame, Costa's header was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Brasigliano, and Griezmann's long-range shot caused the goalkeeper to get out of his hands, Qin Shou followed up and wanted to make up for the shot but was a step too slow, Brasigliano's second reaction was very fast, bounced on the ground, jumped suddenly, and pressed the football under him with his body.

Marseille attacked, Atletico defended methodically, and then counterattacked, but neither side could get an absolute chance to score. Twenty minutes later, the situation on the pitch had changed. After a long period of fruitless attacking, the home team's morale will inevitably start to drop, and their attack is no longer as active as it was when they started, which means that the time has come for Atletico to fully counterattack.

Under Qin Shou's dispatch organization, Atletico Madrid's front began to tentatively premise, and when it was found that Marseille's defense was not tight, Atletico's offensive poured out like a storm.

In the twenty-third minute, Qin Shou made a successful steal in the midfield. Garcia quickly dribbled forward, and finally drew the attention of two defenders to distribute the football to Garcia, who was following next to him. The Spanish midfielder has a good long-range shooting kung fu, he made a move to meet the ball and shoot angrily, but he flicked the ball slightly, avoided the Marseille defender Ndiaye, who came forward to block, adjusted it slightly, and volleyed.

Garcia's long-range shot of about 30 meters was of extremely high quality, and the ball barely spun in the air, whistling towards the goal like a cannonball. Brasigliano flew to make a save, but couldn't get to the ball.

However, the ball did not go into the net, and Garcia was unlucky, the ball smashed the post, and then popped off the bottom line.

Rao was so, the Marseille players on the field and the home fans in the stands were scared out of a cold sweat.

Garcia stood there regretfully shaking his head and sighing, Qin Shou stepped forward and hugged him, indicating that he was doing a good job.

"A little bit of bad luck, Garcia. Don't worry about it, I'll get another kick later. ”

Garcia put away his regretful expression and nodded to Qin Shou with a smile, indicating that he didn't take it to heart.

Garcia is in particularly good shape today, not only is he unusually active in defense, but also frequently inserts assists, and it can be seen that he has a strong desire to score goals today.

Qin Shou also noticed this, so he also passed the ball more to Garcia's running route. That's the feeling on the football pitch, if a player is in surprising form, he will be extremely active on the field, and if you create more chances for him, you may have unexpected gains.

Garcia didn't disappoint either.

With Qin Shou deliberately passing the ball to him, Garcia was more active, and he became the player with the most shots on goal on the field. After a long-range shot bounced off the post, Garcia had two more shots in the space of five minutes, one flying straight into the stands and the other from the edge of the box was blocked by the goalkeeper to win a corner.

Although he didn't score, Garcia showed really good form.

"The La Liga champions showed after 20 minutes of play that they are far superior to the home team."

"The tempo of the game has been controlled by Atletico Madrid, their attack is becoming more and more threatening, and Marseille have to be careful."

"Oooh...... Another long-range shot that missed the goal! Raul. Garcia, the Spanish midfielder's desire to attack today is very strong! He had four shots on goal alone, three of which hit the woodwork, creating a huge threat. ”

"I'm not surprised by this kind of scene, even though Marseille are playing at home, the opponents are much better in every position, and they have a top superstar player Qin on the pitch, so it's very difficult to hold Atletico at home. I can only hope that Marseille can delay the goal as long as possible......"

"I still hope that Marseille can do a miracle at home......"

At this point in the game, the initiative on the pitch is basically tightly held in the hands of Atletico Madrid, although Marseille is still actively attacking, but Atletico Madrid who are attacking against them is obviously more threatening, and the shooting opportunities they create can make people scream with excitement almost every time.

The commentators on the commentators praised the strong Atletico Madrid, and there were also commentators who supported the home team and cheered for Atletico.

It's just that their discussion is not over yet, and Atletico finally broke the deadlock of the game after more than ten minutes of strong attack.

Raul. Garcia's positive insertion finally paid off, Qin Shou suddenly passed an overhead ball in the front court, and Costa suddenly jumped up during the run and pushed the ball back into the box.

Garcia, who had been cruising outside, followed up and shot angrily at the ball.

This time, Brasigliano was unable to recover, and the ball flew quickly and violently into the top left corner of the goal, crashing headlong into the snow-white net.

0:1！

In the thirty-third minute of the first half, Qin Shou instigated, Costa headed back, Garcia shot hard, and a beautiful offensive cooperation was completed between the three people, and the football went into the net, and the score was smoothly ahead!

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