Chapter 20: Halftime
The tempo of the game seems to have been increased several times at once.
This is not surprising, Atletico Madrid's high-intensity pressing, although it may not be able to grab offensive opportunities, but will undoubtedly force Villarreal to passively improve the probability of a pass, so that the rhythm of the game is naturally raised, Pellegrini who realized that something was wrong finally couldn't help but run to the sidelines, pressing down desperately with both hands, signaling his players to slow down the pace of the game, but this is not easy?
Lin Sen sneered in his heart, slow? Can you slow down? Swap out a pack of dogs chasing and biting behind your ass to see if you dare to slow down. There is a huge difference between active and passive, you want to slow down so that you can calmly organize the attack, and you don't want to think that I will slow you down? Do you think you are the Barcelona of the future? Can you walk someone else to play?
Just when Lin Sen was proud in his heart, Lin Sen, who couldn't wait for Noji Tai, never thought that he would wait for happiness and sorrow first.
Damn old fox Pires fell in the box! Atletico Madrid's penalty area! And the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty area!
Fuck your penalty!
Antonio jumped to his feet and scolded his mother and almost wanted to bite, the consequences? A penalty kick with a Topaz card.
Just when Lin Sen's mad dog tactics succeeded by killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 themselves, an old fox who had suffered a hound loss during his Arsenal period made the score on the field 3-0. For winning the third bet like this, Lin Sen was not happy at all. It's not a problem to be down by one goal, in football, there is always one side to face this situation. Falling behind by two goals is a kind of morale suppression, but as time allows, it is not irreversible. After three goals, morale has fallen to the bottom, and if you still want to have ideas about the game at this time, it is not up to you to decide, you have to rely on the help of the other party.
Linsen's third bet has been calculated and it will be difficult for Atletico to get out of the way, but the time he conceded the third goal is definitely not the time he wants, let alone when he has not scored a goal on his side.
Watching the color on Pellegrini's head change from excited green to peaceful red in an instant, Leessen knew that the old Chilean man had finally disdained the trouble he had caused him, and he did have the conditions to disdain. It's just that when the color on the top of Pellegrini's head suddenly and slowly spread to his whole body, Lin Sen couldn't help but be a little surprised: Isn't this a golden body? How can a coach also become a golden Arhat? Before he had time to think about it, when Lin Sen's eyes turned to the color on the top of the heads of the players on the field, his brows furrowed: the color of several people actually showed signs of changing to yellow.
It's not good! That's bad!
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When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the already pitiful Atletico fans began to leave the stadium en masse, no one knows if they were just leaving temporarily or if they were no longer planning to continue watching the next game, but apparently the latter was more likely, three goals down at half-time, and what awaited Atletico Madrid was likely to be a massacre, and no fan wanted to see their team suffer such a massacre.
Lin Sen went directly into the locker room, he is not a person who likes to give speeches, especially hates to make the next kind of speech, he always feels that there is a suspicion of demagogy, and wants to let you die for you, the first point is that you must be right, the second point is that you must make others think that you are right, and third, you must make others feel that working for you is working for himself. So, he intends to tell the truth.
"I know what you think I'm going to say, and I know what you want to hear, but I don't want to say either, I just tell you the facts, the fact is that the group of people who play with you on the field don't earn more than you, and their ability is not higher than you, why they can lead you by three balls, I use a simple analogy, a swordsman and a gunner compete, who wins, it doesn't depend entirely on strength, only about the way. The swordsman will win the sword, and the gunner will win. Now the gunman on the other side is trying to compete with you, but you are still wielding your sword. What do you think could be the consequences beyond being shot? How to play in the second half, I tell you a group of numbers jù, this group of numbers jù is counted by the machine qì, not made up by me. ”
As he spoke, Lin Sen took a notebook from Juan's hand next to him.
"At half-time, possession was 44 per cent to 56 per cent. Five shots on goal against eleven. The pass completion rate was 63% to 81%. The number of fouls was twelve to four, and the number of tackles was thirteen to six. Seems good? In the first 20 minutes of the first half, which is the time when you conceded the first two goals, you had 51 per cent possession, which was even higher than your opponents, with 60 per cent pass completion rates, three shots on goal, one in goal range, two fouls, and three tackles. It can be said that during this time, your number jù is quite beautiful, of course, except for one thing, which is the score, as for the second half, I will only tell you two counts: one, that is, you have committed more fouls than your opponent, but you only get a yellow card. Two, you have five times as many steals as your opponents! There were two phases in the first half, and I don't think I need to say more, you are all pros and know which one is more competitive.
You have to encourage, I can give it to you, you don't want to roar, I can silence you, but if you want dignity, you have to fight for it! And the dignity you need is not the dignity of having your opponent congratulate you on your dignified loss after the match, but to let your opponent know that he can knock you down, but he can never beat you! That's dignity! That's the dignity you need now! ”
"Peña, in the second half, you and Antonio swapped tasks, Pire replaced you to star, give me a hard stance!"
"Diego, in the second half you don't need to come back and get the ball like you did in the first half, just stay in the opponent's half, run as deep as you can, be careful not to be offside."
'Maxi, you don't need to charge up in the second half, Capdevilla has already carried a yellow card, rest assured, the whole right side is yours.'
Seeing the big or big players nodding solemnly to their explanations, Lin Sen finally felt like a coach, the first half of the game, the result was unexpected, but at least one point Lin Sen was not disappointed, that is, Atletico Madrid finally let Villarreal have to forget about the physical reserve in the first half.
As Dina said before, the biggest weakness of Villayarreal's team is that their main lineup is too old, the oldest Pires is close to thirty-five years old, which is on the football field, although it is not comparable to those old antiques in the goalkeeper position, but it is definitely an old man. Of course, what pleases Linson the most is their supposedly experienced backline: left-back Capdevilla 31, two centre-backs Sigan 34, Fortens 32 and right wing-back Venta 33.
This is really a grandpa backline! Linson seemed to have found the reason why Villarreal loved to concede in the opening kick-off and score as much as possible in the first half.
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"Fucking it's still the original team in the first half, no one has changed, this Chinese is really a parallel product!"
At the beginning of the second half, when they saw that Atletico Madrid had not changed in the slightest at 0-3, some people in the bar had already started to shout, and the fans in the stands could go home and drink, but for them, the wine was next to them, and they could only continue to keep their eyes on the big screen, ready to meet the massacre.
"Substitutions? Who else can he replace? Simão and Reyes didn't even make the squad for this game, could it be that those three kids? ”
"They deserve it! In my opinion, those three children are better than them! ”
"The problem is that if Atletico doesn't have them now, the wing won't be able to open up at all."
"Wait, if we lose this game, the AAA guys don't know what they're going to do."
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"Frank Saunders, do you regret it?" Barr sneered and named names, as if trying to divert his attention to the person next to him.
"Regrets? Isn't the game over yet? Frank shot back with a frown.
The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Frank wasn't too expert, but he was sure he seemed to see a little bit of a sign of it, and although I don't know if it was an illusion, the difference between the two periods before and after the first half was very obvious, although the scene was not pretty.
"You know what? Sometimes you're more stubborn than I am. ”
"Don't confuse my stubbornness with your extremism." Frank replied angrily.
"I hope so."
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It is never easy to press the whole court, on the contrary, if you are pressed all over the court, you can only rely on your life. Although Manuel Pellegrini had praised the first half in the dressing room and encouraged his team to continue in the second half, Pires didn't really think he could do it again, and of course, the coach always had to say better.
The second half started from the beginning, and Pires was just about to congratulate himself on finally not having to look at the face that followed him for most of the first half, when another face appeared in front of him, and then ...... Then the face began to follow him again, from the first minute after the opening of the second half, and now ten minutes have passed, and he is still following him. Pires smiled bitterly in his heart, but he was not angry. It had always been someone else's gaffe in front of him, and he had long since passed the age of being young and vigorous, so in the face of this entanglement, and when he found that he no longer had the strength to cause some trouble like in the first half, he had to smile bitterly.
Cazorla on the other side didn't have such a good temper, and in the blink of an eye, he gave Atletico Madrid a free kick in front.
The free-kick is quite far away, it should look like it is 40 meters, and it is unlikely to hit the goal directly.
Can't attack the goal directly, it doesn't mean you can't send fast, Jurado flicked the ball, Maxi plugged in at high speed, Capdevilla was obviously more than a beat slower, when Maxi entered the penalty area, Villarreal's two central defenders were in place, but Maxi didn't shoot, but swept directly to the other side of the goal......
Diego López stretched out his leg to try to stop the ball, and when he didn't get any effect, he knew it was over.
Antonio López at the back post easily pushes the ball into the empty net!
Behind him, Villarreal's defender Venta crossed his waist with his hands on his back, looking helpless. He was aware, but his body couldn't keep up.
1:3!
Less than ten minutes into the second half, Atletico pulled a goal back.