Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Substitution of the Magic Bird
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"Chu's direct transmission! Pretty! Penetrated the Atletico Madrid defence!! Ronaldo - he received the ball, single-handedly! Single Knife! gooooooooooool!!! ”
"The ball is in! The ball is in! Thirty-first minute! Real Madrid has finally broken the deadlock!! ”
"Cristiano. Ronaldo! He scored his ninth goal in the Copa del Rey this season! He is the top scorer of this Copa del Rey! ”
"The huge difference in strength between the two sides is finally reflected, no matter how exquisite Flores's pre-match arrangements are, and no matter what impact Alonso's absence has brought to Real Madrid, the fact is that in the face of such a Real Madrid, which is almost in a rotating lineup, Atletico Madrid is still one goal behind!"
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As the ball flew into the goal, Flores slapped him in annoyance. His people did a good job of defending Ozil, but they didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to solve the problem with a 30-meter long pass. From this point of view, letting people keep an eye on Ozil is like making way for Chu Zhongtian.
Ronaldo looked excited after the goal, he ran to the sidelines, raised his arms and shouted.
Other Real Madrid players flocked to him, hugging him tightly and celebrating the goal with him.
Real Madrid's players are celebrating their goals, while Atletico Madrid's players are not so good in the league...... They prepared for this final for two weeks, and also specially shot a video to cheer up, and the tactics were also very right, they did contain Ozil, but they didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to stand up again...... Originally, they all thought that Alonso's absence would make Chu Zhongtian stop for a while, but he was not affected by the absence of his midfield partner. On the contrary, he is more active, defensively he gives Aguero a lot of headaches, in attack he ...... He had just assisted C. Ronaldo for a goal.
※※※ Chu Zhongtian is very happy, this goal is not just as simple as giving Real Madrid a one-goal lead over them. He believes it will also shake the morale and fighting spirit of Atletico Madrid.
After all, Atletico Madrid is behind Real Madrid in the history of the battle, and in the last 22 league games, they have not won against Real Madrid. Originally, the past results may not be able to affect the current people, because the more than 20 games without a win are not all they have experienced, but every time the two sides meet, the media is very uninteresting to take out the historical records of the two sides, especially the record of more than 20 games without a win, which makes them feel embarrassed, as if to constantly remind them that "since the beginning of the new century, you have not beaten them!" "You haven't beaten them in more than 20 league games!" "You and Real Madrid are not a notch ahead of each other!" "This may be the most disparity in strength in the same city derby!"
These voices linger in their ears, reminding them of their unbearable past.
In fact, it has invisibly buried a psychological shadow on them.
Chu Zhongtian is a Chinese, a Chinese player, and a Chinese fan, so he knows very well how powerful this kind of media unintentional psychological suggestion is. There is a saying in China that goes like this: "Koreanophobia is all shouted by the media, and they are not afraid of it, but every day they say that they are afraid of South Korea, and in the end, they are really afraid of Korea......
That's what the so-called "three people become tigers" means.
Chu Zhongtian believes that this lead can make the next game easier, and Atletico Madrid will only be more impatient, because they are desperate to get rid of this hat that has not won more than 20 games against Real Madrid.
When the time comes, there will be a lot of opportunities to fight back.
※※※Chu Zhongtian's idea is correct.
When the game resumed, Atletico Madrid passed the football forward as soon as the kick-off, and did not have the patience to pass it back to organize, they passed the football directly to the side and went to Reyes.
Such an impatient approach was almost no threat, and Ramos intercepted the ball before Reyes.
Then, not long after, when Atletico Madrid had another chance to attack, Aguero chose to rush forward with the ball alone, ignoring the other teammates who raised their hands to ask for the ball.
He rushed to Chu Zhongtian alone and was stopped.
Chu Zhongtian didn't eat his upper body at all, and directly stabbed the football out.
Seeing this scene, the commentator shook his head and said: "If you continue to play like this, although there is still half a game before the end of the game, I think Atletico Madrid has already lost......"
Atletico Madrid were in this state until the end of the first half, constantly rushing to end their hard-won attacking opportunities, desperate to score, so they kept shooting, regardless of whether the situation was suitable for the goal.
Until the end of the first half, they couldn't equalise – and rightfully so.
The Real Madrid players trotted all the way back to the dressing room in a relaxed mood, while the Atletico Madrid players bowed their heads and walked back to the dressing room in silence.
In the dressing room, Flores went into a rage and scolded everyone for playing so badly. It's not that they were terrible to be down by a goal in the first half, but they were terrible after conceding a goal.
"It's like a piece of shit!" Flores explodes into a foul mouth. "What are you anxious about? We've got half a game to go, we're only one goal down, it's not something we can't cross! And your impatience has squandered all your hard-won offensive opportunities! A team that wastes such a chance in a game will be punished! ”
After venting her anger, Flores calmed down: "Now, let's think about what we want to do with them......"
On the other side, Mourinho praised his players' performances.
"I'm pretty happy with the way you guys played in the first half!"
In fact, he didn't expect that the goal would still come from Chu Zhongtian's assist, his original plan was indeed to let Ozil as the organizer to be responsible for the last pass, but he didn't expect that Ozil's body could not resist at all under Atletico Madrid's targeted defensive strategy, but instead became a bait for Chu Zhongtian to take advantage of. Mourinho once again realized that Chu Zhongtian is a completely different player from other players, he is really playing with his brain, and it is by no means the kind of shallow playing with his brain.
"Three days ago, I asked you, what are you looking forward to? Now, I think you already have the answer in your own hearts, right? So good, just keep it kicking! Beat your opponents the way you do best and lift our first trophy of the season! Remember! He cocked up his index finger, "Remember, this is the first, definitely not the last!" ”
※※※ In the second half, Atletico Madrid continued to strengthen their attack, and at the same time, they also strengthened their special care for Chu Zhongtian.
After the first half, Flores understood, but this Chinese is in the forward position, or in the back position, whether he inserts forward or not, whether it is a double back or a single back, this is a figure that must not be underestimated.
The loss of the goal conceded in the first half was suffered by underestimating Chu Zhongtian.
As soon as Chu Zhongtian gets the ball in the second half, there will be at least two Atletico Madrid players around him, including Aguero and Forlan are involved in defending him.
Basically on his side, there is an encirclement of three to five Atletico Madrid players. This encirclement has two purposes, one is to cut off the connection between Chu Zhongtian and other Real Madrid players, and the other is to wait for the opportunity to break the ball and then play a counterattack.
Since Real Madrid only has one midfielder, once Chu Zhongtian, the midfielder, loses the ball, the Atletico Madrid players can directly face Real Madrid's back line, which is a layer of window paper away from the goal.
Flores is quite proud of this adjustment of herself, and can both defend and attack.
But if he used it to deal with Chu Zhongtian two seasons ago, maybe it would be a little useful, but now...... But it's hard.
Don't think that using someone to fence him up is cutting off contact.
Chu Zhongtian didn't need to observe the positional relationship between himself and his teammates at all, these were already in his mind.
As long as his team-mate can deliver the ball to his feet, he can pass it again, and it may be a bit difficult for Atletico Madrid to cut off the connection between them.
And Chu Zhongtian's running ability is very strong, he never stays in a fixed position, if you want to intercept him, you have to follow him, first of all, not to mention whether the Atletico Madrid players involved in the encirclement have that physical strength, even if they have this physical strength, they can't do it, because they will lose their position.
The football field is so big, and the consequences of losing your place are very serious.
Of course, if it was just surrounded like this, it would not be able to deal with Chu Zhongtian, and Flores also knew this, so he asked people to close the ball and interfere with Chu Zhongtian, in short, he would never let him take the ball easily.
Pressing plus encirclement, that's Flores' double insurance.
In addition, the defense against Ozil has not been reduced, and it is still the kind of physical contact defense.
The people in front contain Chu Zhongtian, and the people in the back line defend Ozil.
Flores thinks that in this way, Real Madrid's attack is not a threat, and he can only rely on Di Maria or C. Ronaldo to cause trouble, which he is not afraid of.
※※※Mourinho saw the change in Atletico Madrid on the sidelines, and it is obvious that there are more Atletico Madrid players around Chu Zhongtian.
Real Madrid's attack has really suffered.
Although the second half had just begun, he made a decisive decision - substitutions!
After five minutes of warm-up, Khedira replaced Bam Adebayo and came on as a central midfielder, before sending C. Ronaldo to play as a central striker.
And during those five minutes, Real Madrid was temporarily on the defensive.
Although he encountered trouble offensively, Chu Zhongtian was still very comfortable defensively.
When Khedira came on the pitch, the score was still 1-0, with Real Madrid leading.
As soon as Khedira came on the field, he pulled Chu Zhongtian to the front.
'The manager tells you to move forward a little bit and play up front. Move closer to Mesut Ozil. Khedira said to Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian glanced down at Mourinho on the side of the coach's seat.
Mu Shuai's face was expressionless.
He knew what Mourinho meant.
It is now clear that Flores has used both ends to keep himself and Ozil at bay as a striker and midfielder, while Ozil uses a defender and a midfielder. Therefore, both sides can be taken care of, and there will be no situation where one side is neglected.
But what if he and Ozil get closer? The situation has changed, first of all, he and Ozil have strengthened their bonds, and each can get each other's support, and they will be more active. Secondly, after the position is closer, Atletico Madrid's defense will be difficult to arrange - it is impossible for the forwards to retreat to the front of their own penalty area to contain Chu Zhongtian, if they really do this, it will be okay, at least Real Madrid's back line will sit back and relax, so Chu Zhongtian will get more space and opportunities at that time, and Atletico Madrid's back line will face such a choice: whether to defend Chu Zhongtian or to defend Ozil? Both of them are dangerous people. Whoever they defend will lighten their defense against the other.
In this way, Real Madrid's attack opened the situation again.
Although he was replaced with a defensive midfielder, it was not the defense that was adjusted, but the attack. Chu Zhongtian felt that this kind of substitution was much more clever than those simple strategies of replacing forwards in order to strengthen the offense and replacing defenders to strengthen the defense.
It can strengthen both the defense and the offense. There are only three substitutions in an official football match, and we should try to make use of each substitution to do more things, and if a substitution opportunity can complete several tasks at the same time, it is a smart and effective substitution.
※※※ Flores didn't know the conversation between Khedira and Chu Zhongtian, he only saw Khedira on the field, and felt that Mourinho was strengthening the defense and supporting Chu Zhongtian's substitution at the same time.
But when the game restarted, he found out that this was not the case.
Chu Zhongtian did not continue to stay in the position of the back midfield, he ran forward, the position was premise, and at the same time, Ozil's position was a little back.
One person went forward, one person went back, and the two people got closer to each other.
And what about Khedira? Do his sappers in the back.
It turned out that it was not Chu Zhongtian and Khedira who partnered, but Chu Zhongtian and Ozil!
Khedira, Chu Zhongtian and Ozil form a central axis.
Now how can his players stop Chu Zhongtian and Ozil? Let Aguero and Fran withdraw to continue to form an encirclement of Chu Zhongtian?
No kidding! How can you attack in this case!
You can only rely on the existing personnel to defend, but who can you guard against?
Flores suddenly lifted her head in pain.
Atletico Madrid found that they could not continue to attack because they had to make sure they would not concede any more goals.
If you're 2-0 down, it's going to be even harder.
Chu Zhongtian and Ozil are active now.
When the two of them get closer, even if it's just a combination between them, it's enough to give Atletico Madrid a headache.
"Chu takes the ball...... He passed it to Mesut Ozil, who quickly passed the football back to him! Two over one hit the wall to cooperate! ”
"Mesut Ozil suddenly gave the football to Chu after attracting three defenders from the opposing team! Chu's long-range shot - so dangerous! ...... off"
'Ujfarusi knocked Ozil away and he stabbed the ball out...... But the football fell to Chu's feet, and Real Madrid resumed possession......"
…… That's telling.
If Atletico Madrid still wants to keep their hopes of winning, they will have to defend solidly. Equaliser? Now is not the time to think about that.
Jose Mourinho's substitution once again showed exceptional value – improving both the attack and the defence solidly, with all threats removed.
Jose Mourinho returned to the dugout after seeing the situation on the pitch turn around.
For a while, he can worry about it for a while.
※※※ In the following period, Atletico Madrid was always in the stage of being suppressed by Real Madrid. The premise of Chu Zhongtian's position makes Real Madrid's attack sharper and more difficult to guard, because they not only have Chu Zhongtian, but also Ozil can also organize attacks.
In this way, it will be very difficult for Atletico Madrid to defend.
What made Atletico Madrid even more difficult was that they were still one goal behind. If it is suppressed like this, how can it equalize?
If you want to come out and equalize, what will the defense do?
The whole Atletico Madrid team is in a dilemma.
No matter what dilemma Chu Zhongtian has for Atletico Madrid, he is still trying to find another opportunity to score another goal, as long as he can score another goal and rewrite the score to 2:0, he believes that Atletico Madrid will completely raise his hand and surrender.
However, now Atletico Madrid is always compressed near their penalty area, and it is difficult to find a breakthrough. Jose Mourinho's arrangement has improved the team's attack and relieved the crisis in his own backline, but it has made it more difficult for the opponent to retreat and score goals.
There are pros and cons to everything...... Mourinho doesn't care so much, even if he wins the game 1-0 in the end, he feels that it doesn't matter, anyway, it's already in the final, no matter whether he plays well or utilitarian, as long as he can win and lift the championship trophy, he is the winner. The winner can influence public opinion, and the loser will be criticized even if he plays beautifully.
Flores stared at the pitch from the sidelines, what was his team going to do right now that they were in trouble?
Improving offense? Or to strengthen the defense?
One can help the team equalise, and the other can avoid conceding goals...... What a dilemma.
He scratched his head.
He will never admit that he is inferior to Mourinho, who in his opinion has at most a good deck of cards in his hand, while he has nothing and can play too few cards. If you give him Chu Zhongtian, give him C. Ronaldo, give him Ozil...... He can also play football like this and suppress the opponent. But only Aguero can handle it under his hands, Fran is old, and Reyes is no longer the wind-chasing boy who made Real Madrid lose face on a motorcycle...... From Valencia to Atletico Madrid, he found that he had never really owned a good hand.
He doesn't think he's as good as Mourinho, but his luck always seems to be less than Mourinho'...... If he loses to Mourinho in this game, he is really not reconciled......
(To be continued)