Chapter 32

After the ball was kicked out, Qu Jing groaned in his heart - the kick was flawed......

I wanted to hit the goal with the outside instep, but I didn't eat the right part completely, and I watched the ball fly out to the outside of the post, and then ...... The ball is in!

Godin, who had lost his position, stretched out his leg backwards, and the ball that had been missed bounced off his left foot, changed direction, and also deflected past the goalkeeper who blocked the near post and went straight into the net at the far post.

The whole stadium suddenly became boiling!

The Real Sociedad fans cheered excitedly, the stands on all sides turned into a sea of blue, they carried the home team's flags, banners, and danced to their heart's content, shouting the names of Canales and Qujing, in this way to pay tribute to the heroes of the team who brought them joy.

Canales' ball is so beautiful. As he was reactivated, Canales' role in Real Sociedad's attacking system became increasingly important, and successive successes in successive rounds have made him more and more relaxed. If it wasn't an own goal, it would have been a perfect assist.

When his teammates came forward to celebrate with Qu Jing, although he was happy, he did not show too much excitement, he glanced at Godin, who was squatting in the penalty area in a daze, this central defender who performed quite well in the half, but now reduced to the background of other people's celebrations.

Simeone frowned, this result was obviously a bit unexpected to him. There was also a defeat against Real Sociedad last season, but it was more like a loss to luck. But this time it was different, Real Sociedad appeared to be very mature at both ends of the pitch, never messing around when they should be slow, and not dragging their feet when they should be fast.

The No.30 was so striking at both ends of the pitch that Simeone couldn't help but compare him to his favorite Gabi: Gabi is a qualified all-round midfielder and plays a crucial role in the team, but he doesn't know if Gabi will perform well without the tactical system he has carefully built for this team.

The opponent's No. 30 is different, he is both integrated into the tactics but seems to be outside the tactics, he seems to be constantly adjusting with the changes on the field, and this adjustment is just making the situation on the field slowly move in their favor.

Simeone looked at the time and made a few gestures for the team to hold, the 1-2 score was not terrible, and he still had half time to adjust.

Agusli, who is five metres away from him, is as calm as water, and he is also constantly thinking about the situation on the field: just like the hidden dangers on the right side of Atletico Madrid, there are also very big holes in the right side of this team. If it weren't for the extensive protection and support of Qu Jing, only Ilia Ramendi had a midfielder, I was afraid that his own goal had been penetrated several times in the first half. But he can't do anything about it, tactics are one thing, player execution is another, obviously aware of the problem but can't solve it, what can be done?

Substitution.

Although Zurutusa played well on the right flank in the first half, Agusli made the decision to replace Zurutusa at half-time.

Bring on Bergara, who are better at defending, and Ilia Ramendi to stabilize the defensive zone on the right flank.

This is basically tantamount to giving up the attack on the right flank, but at the same time liberating the Qujing.

When Qu Jing took the ball and advanced to organize the attack, Ilia Ramendi moved to the left to cover Qu Jing's defensive area, and Belgara retreated to replace Ilia Ramendi.

Simeone has clearly made a careful arrangement in the dressing room as well.

At the start of the second half, Antoine Griezmann made the most of his characteristics, retreating closer to the middle of the pitch and waiting for his teammates to get the ball before starting to run. However, the addition of Bergara to the defensive end has made Real Sociedad's zone defence more solid, while at the same time, they have always had a numerical advantage in man marking.

But there were problems on offense.

Without the containment of Atletico Madrid's left side, Atletico Madrid's backline can shrink to the right, which seems to form a semi-circular encirclement, coupled with the special care of Koke and Gabi after the change, so that Real Sociedad almost no offensive output.

"Fierce", Qu Jing said with heartfelt emotion, not tall but very sturdy Koke is like a small tank, duang, duang keeps hitting himself, he and Gabi and Thiago run at all costs to make Atletico Madrid form a tight chain system in the midfield, and basically snuff out the offensive firepower of Bella and Canales.

In the 15 minutes since the start of the second half, Qu Jing has been brought down four times, and the image of him sitting on the ground and touching his leg was repeatedly played on the big screen at the scene, which sparked angry shouts from the home fans.

But that doesn't affect the referee.

Whether it is Cork or Gabi, they control the focus of the Qujing to a reasonable scale, and implement the principle that the ball can go, but the person must stay.

But it still allowed Real Sociedad to create a killing chance:

In the 62nd minute, Martinez took a free kick near the center circle, Zaldo continued to make a triangular pass on the left side and Qu Jing and Martinez on the periphery, and when he handed it to Qu Jing diagonally, Qu Jing protected the ball in the defense of Koke and Gabi, and suddenly stepped on the ball backwards, and the back was like a long eye to run to Canales in the penalty area, Canales hit the goal at a small angle under the pressure of Gimenez, and with a "bang", the ball hit the post and bounced back.

After getting the ball, Thiago handed the ball to Koke, who in turn distributed the ball to Griezmann on the wing, and these passes made the ball move quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Griezmann was pushed into the half-field area of Real Sociedad.

When Zardo pressed Griezmann to lean to the touchline, Ilya Ramendi, who had been in the Qujing defensive area, was nowhere to be seen, and the rapid advance of Martinez, Thiago, Koke and Griezmann caused the Real Sociedad defence to be inferior in numbers, and when Griezmann crossed, there was a huge hole in the top of the arc area that Ilya Ramendi and Bergara had protected, allowing Koke, who had been inserted from behind, to complete the shot easily.

Koke's powerful shot went straight into the top right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Rulli, who was already moving quickly, pounced on the side and slammed his body into the post before smashing the ball out with his left fingertips.

Reyes, who was on the left side of the penalty area, was just about to volley the ball in front of him, and suddenly saw a red figure shoot the horse, and took the first step to gently pick the ball off with his right foot, and his left foot was a blast!

The ball barely spins.

Before Rulli, who had been slammed on the post just now, could jump up from the ground, a huge pain came from his arm, and he could only lie on the ground, very helplessly watching the ball shoot into the goal.