Chapter 32: Turtle Shell
It's a game that's not going to look too good.
Atletico Madrid fans, who were happily preparing to bid farewell to this unfortunate season, soon found out that it was not only Lotina who would set up a turtle formation, but Atletico Madrid on the field at this time pretended to be a turtle, and it was even more resolute than the other party. The midfield has always been a must-play in football, but now, the two teams are playing modern warfare in the midfield – long-range aerial strikes, often just seeing the ball whistling from one half to the other, and then watching the ball whizz back again......
"No wonder Lin dared to send Koke in the midfield, it turned out that in this game, Atletico Madrid didn't need a midfielder at all." After watching more than 20 minutes of the ball, not to mention a hearty shout of the goal, Kosol, who didn't even need to breathe, finally couldn't hold back the restlessness of his poisonous tongue, "Let's guess, did Lin really train Atletico Madrid how to attack in this game?" This is not the Atletico Madrid we are familiar with, nor is it the Atletico Madrid we want to see, it is hard to imagine that Atletico Madrid can be so conservative on their home turf! Is Lin going to let the home fans see a shrunken turtle-like Atletico in the final game of the season?! ”
No goals, no offense, not even a decent shot, the two teams are like an old man in the park who deduces Tai Chi, it seems to have rules and methods, but the actual pace is so slow that everyone is crazy, and what is even more unbearable is that whenever the Tai Chi on one side finally hits the vital point, it will always be beaten back by the opponent's Wang Ba punch.
And then? One-two-three-four, two-two-three-four, one more time......
Not to mention that the fans can't stand it, even Lotina on the sidelines frowned again and again, whose home stadium is this?
Belleron on the field was thinking about the next long pass from the backfield, but before he could control the ball, the three people on the opposite side had already wrapped him into dumplings, one, two, three...... Belleron only knew that his left ribs, right leg and buttocks were hit three times, and he almost fell and ate shit, and when he came to his senses, the ball had changed owners, Belleron was so angry that his nose was crooked, and what made him even more angry was that the referee Romero actually didn't say anything.
Seeing that the color on the top of Belleron's head suddenly turned into an angry blue indigo, Lin Sen sneered in his heart: One to three, I haven't helped yet, I think too much, do you think you are still young?
The situation on the field suddenly changed, and Deportivo La Coruna's counterattack instantly became Atletico Madrid's counterattack.
The three players who broke the ball dispersed instantly, the two wings Reyes and Maxi have been inserted into each other's ribs, and the distance between the middle lane Forlan is closer, only less than ten meters away, it should be said that Atletico Madrid's counterattack is full of momentum, and the moment of the transition between attack and defense almost forms a textbook three-line parallel, if the opponent invests too much troops in the offensive end at this time, this is undoubtedly an excellent counterattack opportunity.
It's just that from Atletico Madrid's break to Koke's receipt of the ball, but in just a few seconds, Koke hesitated a little to choose which side to pass, and the opposite backline was already in full swing, not how fast the opponent retreated, but that Deportivo LaCoruna's five defenders didn't pass half the half at all! It is precisely because of this that there is a large open field in front of Kork, and seeing this, Koke simply did not choose to pass the ball, but chose to advance with the ball himself. Of course, it was only near the center circle that Linson's tightening spell sounded in time, and the ball was passed to Maxey's feet......
For counterattacking and being counterattacked, Lotina's reaction was so calm that he couldn't be calmer: what's the hurry, just now Wang Ba beat the turtle, and now it is nothing more than turning into a turtle and beating Wang Ba, as long as the turtle shell is not removed, just this way of playing, who can help whom?
However, Lin Sen doesn't think so.
The pale green on the top of Maxi on the field instantly turned into dark green, a concise turn to pull the ball, Maxi simply flashed the tackle of the opponent's Lafitta, and cut directly from the side to the middle, however, before he continued to play handsome, a person blew him up from behind.
The whistle blew.
By the time Maxi stood up with his teeth grinning and covering his ass, Belleron, who had chased most of the field after being broken, had already run away with a satisfied face......
Kick.
At this point, Lotina finally became nervous. You know, in the last game, the Spaniards were planted on set-pieces.
As we all know, if the free kick is not suitable for the choice of direct shooting, with it, the most particular point is the level, in the eyes of the fans, similar to the corner kick free kick seems to be a chaotic swarm of rush points, in fact, who is responsible for the front point, who is responsible for the back point, and which people are responsible for covering interference, whether it is offensive or defensive, these have a strict allocation of personnel. The so-called set-piece training, in addition to arranging some special tactical cooperation, is actually more to make the players more familiar with the penalty taker's penalty route.
Atletico's penalty taker is Forlan. In addition to being able to pass a good ball, Forlan, who has a long-range shot, can also confuse the opposing goalkeeper, after all, a direct shot is also a possibility, although this free kick is a bit far.
Deportivo goalkeeper Awaert is not particularly worried about set-pieces, part of this confidence comes from his own defense, playing a team with five defenders, which means that there are three central defenders, not to mention that these three central defenders have good air defense capabilities, so, rather than worrying about the opponent's rush to attack, in fact, Awaert cares more about Fran's direct shot.
However, when the whistle blew, Awaat only saw a wave of people rushing towards him, but did not see the ball flying over.
At the same time, the crowd quickly separated, and all the Atletico players who were grabbing the point instantly retreated neatly, so there was a strange scene on the scene: all the Deportivo players rushed to the front of the small penalty area, while the Atletico players retreated to the edge of the big penalty area. Forlan's ball was of course taken off, but instead of going straight to the goal and not in front of goal, it was passed to the left wing.
Just as the crowd in the penalty area split into two groups, Antonio López, who was inserting at high speed, just raised his foot and crossed.
Low flat ball, flying straight to the edge of the penalty area!
Lotina's heart immediately lifted. You must know that if the turtle fights, if someone is bitten first, as long as the bite is retracted back into the turtle shell, the one who is bitten can really only be the eighth king of ten thousand years.
Fran who shoots the penalty, shoots the goal, or Fran!
The Uruguayan struck straight at the goal, fast and fast.
It's just that there is really a bus in front of the goal at this time. The ball smashed into Coloccini's crotch, and the Argentine was immediately scared of a Buddha ascending to heaven and two Buddhas were born, although he was known for his bravery, but this place was really brave compared to the ball, thanks to his two hands to stop in time, the ball smashed on his hand and bounced back.
Before Colocini could tell the referee that he had not intended to handball, Atletico Madrid had already made a follow-up shot: Luis Garcia!
Garcia's movements are not big, but his strength is not small.
This time, it was Deportivo Barragán's other central defender, who was unlucky, the ball didn't go to his vital point, and his reaction was not as fast as Coloccini's, and by the time he realized that the ball was coming in the wrong direction, the ball had already smashed firmly into his hand.
What's worse is that Barragán happened to be a roc wings spread, so the referee Romero, who was standing on the edge of the penalty area ready to birdie, waited for a penalty: penalty!
Lotina suddenly wanted to cry without tears. I'm really afraid of something.
The fans of the main goal held back for most of the game, and finally found an outlet, and Calderón cheered.
"There is no doubt about the penalty, Deportivo has nothing to complain about, it seems that after Atletico Madrid won the last game by relying on set-pieces, in this game, Atletico Madrid is likely to use penalties to open up the situation again, set-pieces have obviously become Lin's secret weapon, from the free kick just now, we can see that this is definitely a well-planned attack."
Maxi converted the penalty in one fell swoop.
The game was close to the end of the first half, with Atletico Madrid leading 1-0.
Lin Sen glanced at Lotina out of the corner of his eye and found that he had returned to the dugout, and at this time he was holding the tactical board with the assistant coach and didn't know what he was talking about, and it was clear that after falling behind, Deportivo La Coruna would have to make changes if they didn't want to give up the game. So far in the game, it can be said that everything has been played according to the script arranged by Lin Sen in advance, and with Atletico Madrid scoring first, the script has completed the most important step. Next, Lin Sen just had to wait quietly for Lotina to make a move.
Any game, in fact, for the coach, can be divided into three steps, one is pre-game analysis, the second is tactical arrangement, and the third is on-the-spot command. The importance of these three parts is also in order. The first part can be said to be the basis for the next two parts, the second part will determine the tone of the game, and the third part, more, can only be regarded as a kind of compensation for the game. Just like this game, the coaching staff has determined that Deportivo may adopt a defensive counterattack strategy, and it is based on this basis that Lin Sen set the tone of the turtle against Wang Ba for this game, on the contrary, Lotina who did not expect Atletico Madrid to play defensive counterattack in this game is much more pitiful, for a game, if the positioning and judgment of the game before the game are wrong, then the coach can really do, in fact, there are very few people, after all, the number of substitutions, is only three.
The so-called on-the-spot command is actually a continuation of one or two steps. It's just that the pre-match analysis has become the on-the-spot reading of the game, and the tactical arrangement has become an on-the-spot substitution. Of course, in most cases, the lagging side makes the first move, and then the lead moves. In other words, if the first one or two steps can be perfect, and the game is one qiē shun lì, then the third step will also become a decoration, just like the previous game against Huelva Lin Sen was replaced by three people at once, it is not a temporary command ability at all, to say that it is good to be human, to be realistic, it is nothing more than to delay the little game time left in the end.