Section 508 Goal
As a terrible team with a lot of fouls, Atletico Madrid's players will not be surprised if they have 'outstanding' set-piece defensive skills. For more recent chapters, visit: . After all, fouls and set-pieces are always linked. When you foul yourself, you have to be careful of the opponent's set-pieces, which is inevitably related, they are keen to foul, so they can naturally train the set-piece defense, which is not surprising.
However, as a big foul maker, Atletico Madrid still has a very 'outstanding' set-piece attack, which is somewhat interesting: when they foul themselves, they never hesitate to do it, and they can also take advantage of the flaws caused by the opponent's fouls, and this style also makes people somewhat speechless.
Trying to exploit the loopholes of the rules, and the other party violates the rules, you have to seize the opportunity to take advantage of it, which always feels a bit excessive.
However, on the current field, Atletico Madrid's players are taking advantage of excessive practices to seize the opportunity.
On the wing, Cork got the football. In the face of Shahin, who was chasing back, he kicked the ball up, and at this time, in the penalty area, Atletico Madrid's players also 'inserted' up, in the penalty area, trying to grab the position.
At the front point, Costa was preparing to grab the point. Although there is a guard of Naldo in that position, as the best attacking player for the header in the whole Atletico Madrid, he still has a great chance to grasp one-on-one. Near the penalty spot in the middle, Villa was 'plugging' on, running fast, and the timing was very 'outstanding', he successfully went around Shahin's back, bypassed his defense through his slippery run, and was in a state of unguarded. On the back point, Raul Garcia has also 'inserted' up, although he was blocked by Kjaer, but his 'insertion' was very fast, and it could not be said that there was no chance.
Atletico Madrid's attack was extremely well planned in the details. This team feels very rough though. But under the rough appearance, the control of details, they do the same 'color'. One offense, three highs. Atletico Madrid's offensive coordination can be said to be quite 'outstanding'.
In the face of three landing points, Koke, who holds the ball, also made a judgment at the first time. He kicked the ball up and sent it down towards Villa, who was 'plugged in' in the middle!
At a critical moment. Koke chose to 'hand' the ball to Villa, and this pass can also be said to be a big risk.
David Villa is a player who can be said to be one of the top strikers in La Liga. Perennial in La Liga, his Spanish national team teammates have played at the top level, and now he is a legendary-level star. After winning the Champions League with Barcelona, he transferred to Atletico Madrid because of his age, and he played quite well this season. It shows all his level.
When it comes to level, he can definitely be trusted. However, even so, one has to admit that David Villa is not a good header, not then, and not now. The striker may have the world's best 'shooting' skills, but his heading skills have never been very good.
And that's where the problem with Koke's passing comes in: Villa's height itself severely limits his headers, and his age and fatigue after half-time. will further weaken his attack power. At this critical time, Koke chose a high ball cross, so the first thing he should choose should be Costa or Garcia, who are more likely to be 'sex'. compared to them. Villa may be in the open space, but his header is alone in front of the goalkeeper, and the possibility of scoring is not guaranteed.
If that one ball is a ground ball, then Villa might be able to play it perfectly; If this is Villa in his youth, maybe he can solve the problem with a barb; But. Villa is now a 33-year-old veteran, and in the attack just now, he can't even dominate the scramble with Rodriguez, let him deal with a header in this situation, and who can guarantee that he can score?
It seemed too difficult for him.
In front of the goal, Benaglio was already on the lookout. Villa's 'shot' and 'goal' may be good, but if it is just a header, he is still very confident that he can stop Villa. With a diminutive veteran's header, the threat won't be particularly serious, and Benaglio has the confidence to stop his attack.
However, Benaglio still underestimated Villa after all. As a top star, Villa clearly knows better than he knows what his level is. As a striker, especially a striker for a team that likes to play defensive counter-attacking football, he knows very well that there are times when he can't be brutal, and maybe a more delicate combination is the first choice.
And that's what he did.
In the face of the flying football, Villa made an unexpected move: he ran against the football, did not choose to push the ball towards the goal, but bent down and bowed his head, rubbed the ball against the football, and rubbed the ball towards the back point of the goal!
Villa didn't choose to hit the 'goal' with a direct header, but rubbed the ball towards Raul Garcia at the far post!
This choice can be said to be extremely unexpected. Benaglio, who was standing in front of the goal, was also completely stunned by Villa's movements. He didn't expect that Villa did not choose to 'shoot' and 'goal' in this situation, but passed the ball out, such a choice is unimaginable.
In the penalty spot, closer to the goal, the striker in the vacant position did not break the goal, but passed the ball to his teammates who were being watched farther away from the goal, this choice was not only quite stupid, but also seemed to be cowardly. As a striker, he doesn't even have the courage to 'shoot' and 'goal', so naturally there is no value in kicking, is Villa really old enough to not even dare to 'shoot' and 'goal'?
A question arose in Benaglio's heart, but this question lasted less than a second, and he knew that Villa's move was definitely not due to timidity. On the contrary, his header is likely to be an extremely 'outstanding' pass.
He noticed that Kjaer appeared to be out of position at the far point.
In fact, Kjaer can't be blamed for this situation: when Villa received a header in midfield just now, Benaglio thought that his 'shot' and 'goal' would not be too threatening. In addition to him, Kjaer, who was above the far point, obviously made the same judgment. It's no secret that Villa's header wasn't very good, and looking at that pass, Kjaer also decided that Villa's header just wouldn't go in.
And Kjaer quickly judged what he should do at that time: if the opponent's header can't go in, then next, in the penalty area, Atletico Madrid's possible supplementary 'shot' will be the most terrible thing.
Villa's header may not be very reliable, but he still has a good chance of finding an angle that the goalkeeper can't pounce on. And Atletico Madrid's players are very good at 'shooting', whether it is Villa or Costa, they have a good ability to 'shoot', which has become the most worrying problem in the next defense. Compared to the header, maybe that was the beginning of Atletico's real attack, which was also Kjaer's first judgment.
And as a defender, he naturally wants to block Villa's possible 'shots'. Therefore, the moment Villa received the ball, he had already taken a step forward and wanted to defend in time for the middle. However, at this moment, Raul Garcia behind him had stopped, and even took another step closer to the bottom line, which made Garcia, who was originally firmly guarded, gain a vacancy.
It was then that Villa's header was passed. At the far post, Raul Garcia received a header. At this time, Benaglio in front of the 'door' suddenly realized that maybe now, he was really in trouble.
Kjaer in front of him was trying to get up and couldn't turn back. And just now, in order to defend Villa's header, Benaglio stood close to the middle, not to mention, and the center of gravity has been lowered. Now that the football has suddenly passed far away, he can't even adjust his pace to follow it, Raul Garcia got a chance to head in the open space, not to mention, even the 'goalkeeper' defense has been broken down.
What's even more worrying is that the person who got the ball was Raul Garcia: as a player with the second best header in the entire Atletico frontfield second only to Costa, his header ability does not need to be doubted. He got the ball in the front court, and he will not 'waste' such an opportunity.
After waiting for most of the half, Atletico finally found their chance. Raul Garcia jumped high and smashed the ball into the 'goal' with a heavy header!
Benaglio jumped in vain, trying to stop the header. But because of his position, it was impossible for his hand to touch the football heading for the dead corner. The ball spun and quickly rushed towards the near corner of the goal, against the crossbar, and it whizzed past and rushed into the goal in front of Benaglio's hand.
Cheers rang out around the pitch and after 60 minutes of fighting, Atletico managed to break the silence of the game. Atletico Madrid, playing at home, celebrated with joy to the cheers of their fans, and they fought for 60 minutes to get the goal, and they had reason to be happy.
On the contrary, the Wolfsburg players standing opposite them were already gloomy at this time. They had already worked hard in the game, but they didn't expect that in the end, they were still behind in the score. Atletico Madrid's attack has found a way out, while Wolfsburg's attack is still at a loss. The score has fallen behind 0-1, and has not been able to find a way, what should Wolfsburg do in this game to win?