The game went smoothly and was played according to the script that Simeone had pre-played. After taking control of the initiative in midfield and the tempo of the game, Atletico quickly turned their advantage into a victory.

In the twenty-third minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid finally seized on the holes in the opponent's defense and scored a goal.

Qin Shou pulled to the side and made a switch with Coke. This is also an adjustment that Atletico Madrid often makes in the game today, because now everyone knows that the most threatening player in the Atletico Madrid team is Qin Shou, so the marking of him is extremely tight, which also has advantages and disadvantages, Qin Shou is stared too closely, which will affect the overall fluency of the team, but at the same time, because it has attracted the attention of many defensive players, the pressure on other players will be relatively small, and they will have more room to move.

This time, after Qin Shou attracted the attention of two defenders, he freed up the gap in the middle, and Koke took advantage of this gap to receive Gabi's pass and dribble straight into the penalty area. Finally, he took a long shot from the edge of the penalty area, the football was fast and fierce, and it still hit a goalkeeper's most uncomfortable bocce ball, Joe Hart could not react, and the football flew straight into the bottom left corner of the goal against the turf.

1:0, Atletico Madrid smoothly took the lead.

"The ball is in! Koke's shot from the edge of the box gives Atletico Madrid a one-goal lead! ”

"Halfway through the first half, the home side took the lead. The next game is going to be even more interesting, and City will have to attack if they don't want to lose! ”

"But maybe in Mancini's mind, only one goal behind, he can accept it? If you want the game to really get more intense and exciting, I think Atletico need to score another goal. ”

'That's for sure, a 1-0 result is certainly not what Simeone and his team wanted.

The fans in the stands cheered for Coke with their arms raised, and the hearts of the fans were a little calmer, although they had a strong belief in playing at home and thought that Manchester City should not be their opponent in terms of quality, but it was not until the birth of this goal that they were more confident.

The Atletico Madrid players on the field also gathered around to cheer and celebrate, and Qin Shou happily rubbed Koke's hair and congratulated him. Although he was not directly involved in this goal, as the saying goes, the team is a whole, and each individual is serving the whole. It's like this goal, although he didn't plan or directly assist, but it was his involvement that brought the defender to the side, which found an opportunity for Cork to rush forward to shoot, how could he have a share of his credit.

The celebration didn't last long, as referee Kaushoi gestured for the Atletico players to hurry back to their own half and get ready to restart the game.

The Atletico players did not "defy the wind" either, nodded their heads, and all returned to their own half, and the game restarted.

However, Manchester City, who kicked off again, still did not press out and counterattack, but relied on the individual abilities of several stars in the front field, cooperating with each other, constantly harassing Atletico Madrid's defense. They are still very careful to protect their midfield.

When conceding the goal, Manchester City's manager Mancini actually looked very angry, because the vacancy in the middle was too obvious, and all his players ran with Qin Shou, and the middle almost let Cork gallop. He wanted to jump and scold his mother, but he reacted, this was his strict requirement before the game, he thought that the core of Atletico Madrid's attack was Qin Shou, and any attack would be transferred to Qin Shou, so he sent someone to follow Qin Shou.

But he didn't expect that Atletico Madrid played a false shot with him, and Qin Shou suddenly pulled to the side, but let other players find opportunities in the middle.

This is where Mancini is helpless, and this is where Manchester City is not as good as Atletico Madrid. Manchester City has a lot more stars than Atletico Madrid, but Manchester City does not have a super player like Qin Shou who can make a final decision. He sent it to guard Qin Shou, if there are fewer people, you can't prevent it, and if there are more people, the defensive strength in other places will inevitably weaken, thus leaving room for other players; Don't send someone to keep an eye on Qin Shou, well, it's almost no different from death.

Mancini really felt very worried, he had long heard that the senior management of Manchester City Club had a great interest in Qin Shou, and now he couldn't wait for the team to spend a lot of money to buy Qin Shou, this guy is too much of a headache.

Headache is a headache, fortunately Mancini still kept enough calm, although the team is temporarily behind, but from the previous performance, their defense is still very good, and the most important thing is that he imagined a goal loss situation before the game, this score and result he and his team are also acceptable. So it's not time to fight hard.

Roberto Mancini asked his team to continue to play counter-attacking defensively.

This tactic is still very right, after Atletico Madrid scored a goal, the momentum was invigorated, and they wanted to take advantage of the victory to chase, and the offensive was more violent, but Manchester City's defense was kept very compact, and they did not give them too good opportunities, but several attacks did not succeed, and Manchester City used a long pass to find Aguero and others in front, and came to two quick counterattacks, scared out of a cold sweat.

After all, Manchester City's strength is not weak, and it has Aguero, Yaya. Stars like Toure, even if their main focus is on defense, but the occasional counterattack is still very threatening, after being "intimidated" by Manchester City a few times, Atletico Madrid's players finally came to their senses, dealing with such a team, it is extremely difficult to achieve it overnight, so under Qin Shou's combing, Atletico Madrid's offensive rhythm slowed down again, slowly passing and cooperating, looking for opportunities.

Because Manchester City deliberately ceded possession and concentrated on defensive counterattacks, Atletico Madrid, a team that is not very good at playing ball control, has a rising possession rate, and the gap between the two teams is even 70% to 30% when the gap between the two teams is the largest.

Of course, possession doesn't say much of a problem, and if you don't score, then everything is all the same.

The two teams slowly looked for opportunities, the other persevered in defending and countering, the situation remained in a stalemate, and the time passed quickly, until the end of the game, the score of the two sides was still 1:0.

However, there is no dissatisfaction on both sides of such a score, the home team is the leading side, so naturally it will not be dissatisfied, and the away team is behind, but the balance of power is maintained, so it is also very satisfied.

At half-time, the managers of both teams made some tactical additions in the dressing room, but there were no substitutions, and after 15 minutes, the players of both teams were back on the pitch.

In the second half of the game, there was not much improvement at the beginning, the situation was almost the same as the first half, Atletico Madrid under the control of Qin Shou, grasped the initiative in the midfield, and gradually formed a siege trend, Manchester City is trying its best to do a good job of defense, and then seize the opportunity to use a quick counterattack to disturb Atletico's backfield defense.

Sixty minutes into the game, the scene was almost one-sided, with the home side bombarding the Manchester City half. Statistically, Atletico have the upper hand, leading with 67 per cent possession and nine shots on goal, compared to a measly four for Manchester City.

Of course, the data doesn't say much about the problem, at least in terms of the scoreline, it is still 1:0.

For this result, Manchester City people can accept it, but Atletico Madrid can't accept it. There is a certain disadvantage to playing at home first, after all, the knockout round is a two-legged format, and if they can't take much advantage in the first leg, then the second leg is likely to have an accident.

In the 64th minute, Gabi was replaced, Vazquez came off the bench as the team's right midfielder, and Qin Shou returned to the middle he was most familiar with.

Two minutes later, Cork was also substituted, replaced by Carrasco.

At this time, Atletico already had three strikers on the pitch.

Simeone expressed his displeasure with the scoreline in this way, telling his players with determination that the team had to score, and just one goal was not enough.

Atletico Madrid are strengthening their attack with practical actions, while on the other side, Mancini has also made personnel changes.

He used Harvey. Garcia replaced Tevez, replaced a striker and replaced a central midfielder, and the intention was clear, which was to continue to strengthen the defence, which was a targeted substitution.

The two teams are more entangled on the pitch, with Atletico looking to extend their lead with a strong attack and pave the way for the eventual qualification, while Manchester City are bent on defending and trying to lose less on the road in the hope of returning home to a comeback.

When the entanglement became more and more intense, the time entered the seventy-ninth minute, and Manchester City, which had been pressed and beaten, finally showed its fangs.

Due to the fact that the opponent was unable to fight back during this period, Atletico's defenders lost their guard a little, and they roamed more in midfield, ready to enter the second attack at any time.

It was only after another failed attack that Yaya. Toure received a pass from a team-mate near the centre circle and instead of trying to keep the ball at his feet as hard as he had done before, he quickly moved the ball to the right.

And there, David. Silva is plugging in at high speed.

Atletico's defenders pressed too high and were caught off guard by such a sudden overhead ball, and by the time they could react, Silva had already received the ball on the flank and was racing forward.

Silva quickly sprinted to the baseline, swept the penalty area, and then crossed directly with his feet without any fuss.

The Argentine golden boy Sergio Aguero followed up in the middle, and when the football went around the penalty spot in the penalty area, Aguero stretched his back to unload the football, and then twisted his body to complete the turn.

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