Section 507 Set-pieces
When a football game, one side is extremely conservative and can't defend on the field. For more recent chapters, visit: . The other side acted roughly, and the fouls continued to be small, and the question of what such a game would look like was a question that some people may have expressed curiosity about. However, after watching the game between Wolfsburg and Atletico Madrid, people will certainly not be curious about this question anymore: their game proves that it is impossible to have a good game with such a play.
In this game, Atletico Madrid has the advantage, but it is difficult for their offense to open the layers of Wolfsburg's rigid defense, Wolfsburg occasionally counterattacks, but not to mention that the number of such counterattacks is not much, even if it can really reach Atletico Madrid's backfield, the fouls of Atletico Madrid players are also extremely timely, which also makes Wolfsburg's attack have little chance of success. The battle between the two sides formed a strange stalemate, no one could break the balance, until the end of the first half, both sides were still 0-0, no one could score a goal, and in the second half, ten minutes into the game, they played the same conservative.
The game between the two sides was completely dull, and even the 'fans' who came to watch the game seemed to have lost their enthusiasm at the beginning of the game. The Champions League semi-finals are important, and it's good to win, but it's hard to accept to play like this for the sake of victory.
It's too ugly to watch, and no one likes it after all. Although the football 'fans' on both sides are not Real Madrid's football 'fans' who are glass-hearted and booing when they don't play well, the dull game still makes them a little puzzled: in the previous Champions League games, there were many strong dialogues, and even the games of those strong teams were not lacking in good-looking classic battles. It's not difficult to play a strong dialogue, but why did you just play this game and become this virtue?
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that this ball is destined to be unsightly. ←→x79 novels have said that there is no good game in the tournament, and it is obviously well reflected in Wolfsburg and Atletico Madrid. In a sense. Both teams are underdogs, and it will not be easy for anyone to get to this point. And as dark horse teams, these two teams can stick to the progress in the competition. They all rely on their own caution to move forward, and let them boldly attack, which is absolutely impossible.
Offensive tactics need to have enough strength as a foundation, and Wolfsburg and Atletico Madrid obviously do not have this confidence. Precisely because of this. Both teams have a defensive-minded approach to their tactics, which makes their offense a little lacklustre.
And a bland offense will naturally be difficult to open the defense of a stubbornly defended opponent, which is also a sure thing. If you don't have enough other means, it's very difficult to break the game. For Wolfsburg, this is the situation they are facing: the opposition defended well and were very bold, which left their attack unmanageable for a while. After 60 minutes of play, they still had no choice.
And they can't do it, but it doesn't mean that Atletico can't do anything about it. As the game progressed, although the attack still did not improve, the Atletico players seemed to have found a way to break the game.
Wolfsburg have defended very well, but Atletico have not faced a strong defensive team in the past, and for those teams, they have their own solutions. ←→x79 novel.com
When Atletico attacked again, Koke took the ball and chose to 'plug' on the left flank. And this time. In the face of Wolfsburg's layers of defense, he did not evade anymore, he 'pressed' the Wolfsburg players with the ball and faced Gustavo's defense. As soon as the foot changed direction, he wanted to quickly 'insert' past him.
It seemed that after half-time, Atletico wanted to play with their feet. And in the face of such an attack, Gustavo naturally will not let him succeed easily. When Cork ran up, Gustavo also stood up in time, and he clung to Coke. Squeezed him as he accelerated, successfully stuck the position, stretched out his foot and snatched the ball to his feet at once.
Koke's attack was interrupted by his success. However, just as he snatched the ball, Cork fell directly to the ground, and the referee's whistle sounded at this time: now, in the eyes of the referee, this is a foul, and Gustavo's action is a little bigger.
Looking at the fallen Coke, Gustavo was also a little helpless: he admitted that he didn't do a particularly gentle action just now, but compared to Atletico Madrid's normal small actions, it was nothing at all. He also thought that Atletico Madrid was big enough to care about such a confrontation, but it turned out that it was such an action that Atletico Madrid players could also fall, and these guys had good acting skills in addition to fouls.
Violent fouls and fake falls, these guys can do anything.
Gustavo looked at the referee who ran over, and could only smile wryly and shake his head. For the penalty in this game, he was already a little helpless. Fortunately, the position of the foul on this ball is very biased, just past the side of the midfield, even if it is given to the set-piece, the danger is not great.
It's just that the Atletico players obviously don't think so. Near the penalty area, the Atletico players ran up quickly. Standing in front of the set-piece, Gabi commanded his teammates loudly, and they seemed to value this goal very much.
Their behaviour has made the Wolfsburg players begin to take it seriously: in their memory, Atletico Madrid did score a lot from set-pieces. And think about this game, Atletico Madrid's 45-degree long pass is also very good, maybe, this attack, they are really ready to come to a beautiful set-piece attack.
With this in mind, the Wolfsburg players also withdrew to the front of the penalty area. Looking at the positions of both sides, Gabi kicked out a set-piece. However, Gabby's pass did not go towards the box, instead, he made a straight kick and sent the ball to Felipe on the wing!
In this attack, Atletico Madrid deployed a lot of manpower in the penalty area, but it was just a cover, what they wanted to do was still to cooperate with the pass on the side.
Sticking to the touchline, Felipe had already 'plugged in', and after Gabi had a pass from the ball, he had already rushed up quickly, ran past Gustavo's defensive area, and slammed the ball towards the bottom line.
Wolfsburg's defense was almost temperless in the positional battle just now, but in the set-piece, in order to strengthen the defense of the penalty area, Wolfsburg's side defense was still lax after all. Atletico's players found their chance at this point and the attack started quickly.
Of course, even so, Wolfsburg did not give up on the defense. Behind Felipe, who quickly 'inserted' forward, Turan also followed his forward 'insertion' footsteps, refusing to let go of half a step. In Wolfsburg's game, the full-backs were clearly very active in the defence, and Turan's follow-up, even near the penalty area, was also believed to prevent Atletico from scoring.
Turan behind him chased wildly all the way, so that Felipe's offensive pace never stopped. And at this moment, on his way forward, Rong Ye had already run over quickly, trying to block his offensive line. The defense of Wolfsburg formed a siege of two people on the side, and they still wanted to rely on the numerical advantage to occupy the advantage on the field as they did just now.
Tulan's close pursuit left Felipe with no time to handle the ball calmly and the possibility of passing the ball back. And Rong's proximity also made him not even have the possibility of changing inward. He was already on the touchline, lacking space to turn to the left, and this kind of tight 'pressing' made him have a lot less space to handle the ball.
Wolfsburg's defense is still very 'outstanding', but they still ignore one thing: this attack, Atletico Madrid launched the attack from set-pieces, not positional battles, so Felipe's receiver was not behind him, but in the penalty area.
In the penalty area, Koke, who was still squeezing and rubbing with the Wolfsburg players just now, wanted to seize the position, has now retreated quietly and quickly to the side, and when the Wolfsburg players wanted to besiege Felipe, he had also found a gap on the edge of the penalty area behind Felipe. And Felipe, who was running, also seemed to see the position of his teammates at this time, he was 'pressing' close to the bottom line with the ball, and his feet seemed to slow down a little, and just when Turan saw the opportunity and wanted to grab it, Felipe suddenly half-turned, dodged his defense at the same time, and kicked the ball to Cork behind him with a concise and quick return pass!
On Felipe's side, two defenders on the flanks had been assembled at this time, while the two defenders of Wolfsburg, in order to watch the opponent's set-pieces, one in midfield and the other at the top of the penalty area. At the moment, Cork was surrounded by no caretaker players, and here he got the football.
In this game, Koke was specially placed on the left wing by Atletico Madrid, so that his skills could successfully form a combination with Felipe. Atletico are the most skilled players in attack, and their combination is the most likely combination.
After 60 minutes of play, Atletico finally got enough opportunities to 'shine' on the wing. Relying on set-pieces, they managed to get the ball into the Wolfsburg defence. 60 minutes of 45-degree long passes, Gabi's seemingly real set-piece command, coupled with Felipe's amazing ability to 'insert' forward to create depth, Atletico Madrid's players, relying on their own cooperation, pulled out a big enough space on the wing, so that they found opportunities in the penalty area.
And it was here that Cork got the football at his feet. Shaheen was still running back, but it was clearly too late. In the penalty area, Wolfsburg's defense has just dispersed, and it is also in a state of 'chaos' and 'chaos'. Atletico Madrid's players have quickly 'plugged in' at the moment, and after 60 minutes, the game between the two sides has finally taken a turn for the balance.