Chapter 31, you come and go
Atletico Madrid's coach Simeone's face was heavy, and this scene made him feel familiar. Real Sociedad, a team that used to play with a single style, seemed to have suddenly changed its appearance, and it unexpectedly broke out with rare combat effectiveness. Their originally weak wing and midfield positions were rejuvenated in this game, not only clamping down the right side of the team well, but also having amazing efficiency in grasping the rhythm from defense to attack, which could not help but impress him.
What's more, except for the brief activation in the opening five minutes, Griezmann and Correa have been basically contained by the opponent's No. 20 and No. 30 players, making the right corridor that was the focus of the pre-game deployment almost paralyzed.
This situation is not very common against La Liga teams. As a result, he gestured to Gabi: he stepped forward appropriately, constantly crossed positions with Griezmann and Correa, and reactivated the right flank.
It should be said that in a team of Atletico Madrid's level, the players have almost reached the peak of the manager's tactical implementation, and players with high ball quotients such as Koke and Griezmann are more able to adjust their playing style accordingly according to the changes on the field. So after the score was tied, Atletico Madrid seemed to become more serious.
I am afraid of the word serious in everything.
The serious Atletico Madrid players began to run widely, and the midfield line composed of Koke, Thiago, Gabi and Correa made many changes, which made Real Sociedad's defense frequently in danger:
On 31 minutes, Koke drew de la bella and Ilyaramendi down the left flank and then passed back to Thiago, whose shot from near the left rib of the box went wide of the post.
In the 33rd minute, Atletico Madrid made a comeback, and it was the seemingly slow Thiago who went straight past Ilya Ramendi, and Griezmann, who had successfully countered offside, would have broken the deadlock if Qu had not predicted his way of the ball and intercepted it.
In the 37th minute, Griezmann on the right side of the extra score, Griezmann forced a cross in the face of Zaldo and Vela, and Martinez's scramble in the box was barely saved by Rulli.
In the 38th minute, Koke took a corner kick from the right side, Martinez and Gabi feintmed, and Thiago, who was ambushed behind Reyes, suddenly grabbed the point to attack, and the ball hit the post and popped up, scaring the Real Sociedad players into a cold sweat.
After defending passively for nearly 10 minutes, Qu Jing roughly figured out the offensive path of Atletico Madrid: Gabi, who is the hub of the team's offensive and defensive transition, pressed forward and formed several nested triangles with Griezmann, Correa and Thiago, Gimenez, Juan Fran, etc. The effect of this change of formation was obvious, and the frozen Griezmann became active again.
However, there is also a problem with this, that is, Correa, who is almost used as a winger, always overlaps with Griezmann, creating a large empty space between him and Juanfran, who does not come forward to assist, and the forward position of Gabi in the back creates a large distance from the back line.
With 39 minutes to play, Qu Jing instigated a counter-attack after winning the ball. However, this time he did not rush to send the ball, but controlled the tempo a little, and when Gabi and Thiago came up to the defense, he did not choose to break through, nor did he give the ball to Vela on the left, but saw the running position of Zurutusa on the right and plugged a diagonal pass.
Zurutusa's running position is quite smart, he took advantage of the attraction of Canales and Agureche in the middle to the two central defenders, first ran a few steps laterally, and then suddenly inserted into the depth, the two passed, the heat of the run was just right, after winning the ball, Zulutusa did not pause at all, and immediately crossed in front of the goal, so that the clever inserted Agureche took advantage of the situation to hit the goal.
Shoot...... Fly!
"Mierda", Agureche kicked hard to vent his frustration, and raised his thumb at Zurutusa with his head down, embarrassed to touch his teammates' eyes again.
The fans in the stands were devastated, many with their mouths wide open in disbelief, and Agurece, the former main attacker, seemed to have forgotten to put on his shooting boots, and the waste of two great chances in a row also caused a long sigh in the stadium.
Pablo, the narrator who never forgot to tease, once again exposed his "black" nature: "Aguirreche, who missed the opportunity again, kept touching his head, in fact, he was protesting to Zurutusa, thinking that he should pass him a header." Such a goal can't be scored, which makes Qu Jing feel a little incredible, and also makes him sigh at the irreversible hard gap in the strength of the players, butsowhat, Real Sociedad is this kind of configuration, whether it is scored or not, this is a very effective attempt, and it also proves the possibility of breaking the defense of Atletico Madrid.
Correa is not Alda Turan, a young player who always likes to play on the wing, without Turan's integrated passing and shooting, and does not immediately become the first line of defence when defending, which gives Qu Jing plenty of space.
Besides, Atletico Madrid didn't have a very defensible focus today, and if they were to retreat 30 metres like they did against Barcelona, it would take a lot of luck to score. But Gabi moved forward in order to activate the right side, and in the eyes of Qu Jing, the area behind him became the key to unlocking victory.
There are not many opportunities for a game, but in the eyes of Qu Jing, who is always aware of the changes on the field, it is not for nothing:
In the 41st minute, Ilya Ramendi made a mistake under the siege of Thiago and Koke, Koke after the foot with Ilya Ramendi, the ball after being squeezed hard by the two bounced to the feet of Qu Jing who came over to help defend and protect, in the face of Gabi who was close to the pressure, this time Qu Jing chose to break through, he lowered his body and shook twice, and his right foot crossed the ball and changed the line once, and wiped it before Gabi kicked out. Gabi, who was passed, of course knew the serious consequences after being broken by him, and without any hesitation, it was a ferocious tackle from behind.
Of course, Qu Jing understands Gabi's psychology, he is also a back, and if it were him, he would also be desperate to put the opponent down. So he poked the ball forward almost at the moment of Gabi's flying feet and jumped up, dodging Gabi's inevitable flying tackle and forming a 5v4 with Bella, Canales, Aguirreche and Zurutusa.
I have to say that Agureche's running awareness is still very good, he and Canales are in the penalty area, one left and one right to contain Gimenez and Godin, Qu Jing did not give the ball to Vela on the side, nor did he pass to Aguirreche, who has made his teammates not very trusted, but to Canales on the left side of the penalty area.
After taking the ball, Canales did not erase Godin with the ball, but took advantage of Godin's man-marking mentality, stepped on his heel, stopped the ball in place, and continued to cut forward.
This attacking routine was practiced a lot in training, and the curved scripture that had a great tacit understanding with Canales was already in place in a blink of an eye, and the front of the defender's goal was turned into an open field by his teammates.