Chapter 17: The First Half of Madness (Part II)
"Bang~"
A loud, dull sound was heard, and the ball slammed against the beam.
"It's a shame that the football hit the crossbar!"
"In just two minutes of the opening game, Qin told everyone with a high-quality shot that Atletico Madrid is bound to win this title - before the game, many people were optimistic about the new Champions League champion Chelsea, thinking that the Premier League giants are completely stronger than Atletico Madrid in terms of strength, but now it seems that this game has been played!"
"Qin is still as fierce as ever, and it can even be said that he is more powerful than when he was in the Premier League, and I feel that Qin's offensive ability is becoming more and more proficient!"
"A little bit of luck, otherwise Atletico Madrid would have had a perfect start!"
The commentators spoke out with emotion or admiration, and the fans at the scene also burst into cheers. Because the venue of the game was in Monaco, France, there were not many supporters of the two teams, and most of the people who came to watch the game were neutral fans, so everyone had a mentality of appreciating the game, and this time Atletico Madrid's attack was fast and smooth, and it was cheered and applauded by the fans.
on the field.
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was shocked by Qin Shou's sudden burst, and before he could react, the football had already rushed straight over, and the huge dull sound of the football hitting the crossbar pulled him back to reality, and he jumped up and hugged the football in his arms, and then pressed it under him.
Not to mention him, the Chelsea defenders in the box also broke out in a cold sweat behind their backs. Qin Shou's breakthrough was too fast, and the shot was too sudden, everyone had a feeling of shock, fortunately, the football was blocked by the crossbar, otherwise it would have been behind in the opening two minutes, which was a big blow to morale.
Atletico coach Simeone, who was off the pitch, had already raised his hands and was ready to cheer, but the next moment the football was blocked by the crossbar, and he could only put his hands down in frustration and curse in his mouth. Then, Simeone clapped his hands and gave a thumbs up to the pitch to signal that the players were doing a good job.
Qin Shou clapped his hands regretfully, shook his head, didn't say anything, turned around and ran back to the half-court. It's a shame that the goal didn't go in, but the game has just begun, it's still early, and I still have a lot of time to complete the task.
Yes, Qin Shou is extremely eager to score goals in this game, you must know that Simeone still has an agreement with him, if he can't score a goal, he will have to pay a fine of 10,000 euros, for a financial fan, this Nima will never be able to!
The game quickly restarted and no one expected that Atletico Madrid would threaten the Chelsea goal with a quick attack from the start, but two minutes later, Atletico Madrid once again burned the flames into the Chelsea penalty area.
In the same way, in the same position, Atletico Madrid's ferocious pressing in the midfield forced Chelsea to make a passing error, Gabi broke the ball and made a long pass to Falcao, Falcao jumped up and pushed the football to the side, Qin Shou quickly stepped forward, ran to the bottom line after receiving the ball, and then made a two-by-one and rushed into the bottom line.
This time, Qin Shou did not choose to volley into the near corner, but before Terry stepped up, he kicked the bottom of the football with his arch, and shot with one kick, and the football rose from the ground, crossed a half-moon arc in the air, and hung directly in the upper left corner of the goal.
Cech was very focused this time, and when Qin Shou entered the penalty area, he guarded the opponent's shot. However, to his surprise, Qin Shou chose to shoot at the back corner this time, which surprised the Czech goalkeeper. Cech moved quickly, then leaped into the air, but was still powerless. The ball went around his fingertips and went straight to the junction of the post and the crossbar in the top left corner of the goal.
1:0!
In the fourth minute of the first half, Qin Shou opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid and seized the initiative of the game.
"Oooo GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA…… L! ”
"Beautiful goal, Qin sent the football into the goal with a kick! Just two minutes after the last shot, Atletico Madrid, no, it was Qin, Qin made a comeback...... 1:0! Atletico are ahead! ”
"It's an underrated team, it's only four minutes into the game, but we have to admit that Atletico are strong and they have the quality to compete for new glory in the new season under Simeone!"
In the cheers of the audience, Qin Shou opened his hands and ran to celebrate, his face was full of smiles, and while running, he stretched out his finger and pointed in the direction of the coach's seat and kept opening his mouth, as if he was saying something to the head coach.
"Qin seems to be thanking Simone!"
"It is said that Qin's ability to join Atletico Madrid from the Major League Soccer is almost the result of Simeone's single-handedness on the board. Qin repaid the coach's expectations with a goal! Presumably, at this time, the master and apprentice will be extremely excited. ”
"What a touching pair of master and apprentice!"
The commentators on the commentary bench applauded the friendship between Qin Shou and Simone for the "high wind and bright festival, deep master-apprentice love", and they all made up their own brains.
But in fact, Qin Shou was saying to Simeone's mouth: "Hey, boss, I scored!" ”
Simeone clapped his hands, the excitement on his face remained unchanged, and he also responded with a mouth shape: "You don't have to pay 10,000 euros for this game." But don't be complacent, there are two games and two goals. ”
If the true meaning of this scene of "master-apprentice love" is known to other people, I don't know if it will shatter the glasses on the ground.
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Rather than immediately launching a counter-attack after the resumption of the game, Chelsea solidified their defence. Statistics show that there are three periods on the football field when the most goals are conceded, one is at the beginning of the game, one is near the end of the second half, and the last period is after the goal has just been conceded. Many teams will be in a brief period of chaos after conceding a goal, while the opponent will be demoralized and chase after the victory. Comparing these two, it is naturally easy to concede the ball again.
The old and spicy Chelsea naturally understood this truth, so they chose to stabilize themselves first, withstand Atletico Madrid's offensive, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Atletico Madrid really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to boost the morale of Chelsea after taking the lead, but as a Premier League giant, Chelsea's strength and experience are good, so they quickly stabilized their position and patiently played with Atletico Madrid. Atletico had no choice but to return.
However, Chelsea have only managed to defend against the opposition's attacks, and in attack, Chelsea have also come to a standstill. Atletico's players running and pressing are completely unreasonable, and it is difficult for Chelsea to organise an effective attack.
It wasn't until the twelfth minute of the first half that Chelsea had their first shot on goal of the game. Mikel broke through in midfield and then split the ball down the left, Juan Mata crossed from the bottom, Drogba jumped up for the top but was pushed out of the box by Miranda, Lampard followed up with a long-range shot, but the angle was too square, and Courtois was easily held in his arms.
After that shot, Chelsea's attack gradually picked up. A minute later, Juan Mata got the ball back on the edge of the box and it was Frank Lampard who fired from distance and Thibaut Courtois flew to save the ball off the line.
In the ensuing corner, Drogba grabbed the first point and rubbed the ball towards the back post, Torres fought through the crowd, only to be limp in the final goal, and the ball was crushed under Courtois who was in position.
It has to be said that in this wave of Chelsea's attacking mini-climax, Courtois has performed extremely well. Before the game, this guy was still nervous, but as the game progressed, Courtois's performance was eye-catching, and even the head coach Simeone on the sidelines continued to nod his head again and again, feeling that the young Belgian goalkeeper is a typical game-type player, although he is young and his performance may be a little unstable, but the more important the game, the better the performance.
Always defending and not attacking is an extremely dangerous signal on the football field. After all, if you can't threaten the opponent offensively, then the opponent's offensive will become more and more unscrupulous.
Simeone yelled excitedly on the sidelines, gesturing again and again, signaling the team to press out and attack, and not to blindly defend.
Atletico Madrid's front starts premise.
In the nineteenth minute, Qin Shou made a beautiful sliding tackle in the midfield, cutting the football away from Kalu's feet, and then quickly got up and rushed forward with the ball, Juanfran and Turan quickly followed from both sides of Qin Shou.
The counter-attack was all about speed, so Qin Shou pushed the ball to Turan on the right before Lampard rushed over after sprinting three or four metres. Lampard had no choice but to abandon Qin Shou and turn around and chase after Turan. It's just that his eyes can't stop aiming at Qin Shou, and his mind is half divided, he is worried that Turan will pass the football to Qin Shou again and play a two-by-one cooperation.
Although the Turk looks rough, but the technique at his feet is extremely delicate, after receiving the ball, Turan glanced at Qin Shou's running route, and then raised his foot, Lampard was really fooled, moved the center of gravity, and was ready to reflexively run towards Qin Shou, who knew that Turan's foot was lightly flicked, and he did not choose to pass, but went forward with the ball.
Chelsea's defence was suddenly torn through a huge gap.
Turan was not slow, rushing forward with the ball quickly, and in a few moments, he had already rushed to the edge of the penalty area on the right side.
Ashley. Kerr met him, Turan lifted his foot and kicked the ball towards Juanfran on the far left flank.
Juanfran didn't stick to the ball and got his left foot to send the ball into the box.
Centre-forward Falcao jumped to the top, while John Terry and Cahill leaped high to keep Falcao at bay.
However, Juanfrán's cross was not for Falcao, who flew high in the air and neither Falcao nor the two Chelsea centre-backs could reach the ball and the ball fell to the back post and began to fall on the right side of the penalty area.
Like lightning across the night, without anyone noticing, Qin Shou suddenly appeared at this point, the moment the football fell, Qin Shou's right foot kicked the ground, and the arch of his left foot was a light cushion on the football.
In a parabolic stance, the ball flew into the air and then plummeted, going around the defenders, around the head of Petr Cech and into the net.
Qin Shou's left-footed arch shot from 18 yards in the penalty area, scoring twice, Atletico Madrid led 2:0!