Chapter 260: This Is Too Unexpected!
Atletico Madrid didn't want to go to a tough fight with Rayo Vallecano. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
That's not worth the cost.
After beating Real Madrid at home and leading the league points by 4 points, Atletico Madrid has a very big advantage and can win the league title more securely.
Another reason is that Atletico Madrid's energy should be mainly focused on the Champions League, if the league and small club matches affect the competition for the Champions League title, the benefits and efforts are not proportional at all, so Wansheng is still considering a more secure way to pursue victory.
In the face of Rayo Vallecano's tough scramble, Atletico Madrid's tactical play is to drag time.
Rayo Vallecano can't be tough for the whole game, so keep passing the ball to drag the time, or rather, drag the opponent's energy clean, Atletico Madrid has been controlling the ball, and if the opponent is not paying attention in the middle, they can take the opportunity to launch a quick attack.
That's what Atletico Madrid is good at.
If the opponent keeps being tough, Atletico Madrid will use the pass to delay time, and the opponent will never be like this all the time, and the victory is still in the hands of Atletico Madrid.
Faced with Atletico Madrid's constant passing style of play, the Rayo Vallecano players only felt ...... No way! They couldn't grab the ball at all, and even the 11 players in the team couldn't even catch up with the football on the field.
This is the absolute difference in the technical level of the two teams.
Atletico Madrid can use fast passes to control the ball wantonly, Rayo Vallecano takes the initiative to press, but also to get close to the player with the ball, but when they get close, the ball is at the feet of other players, and many times, they can't catch the ball at all.
And so it passed 20 minutes.
For 20 minutes, Atletico Madrid kept the ball in possession, with 76 per cent of the time, three times more than Rayo Vallecano, and the crowd only felt as if the football was at the feet of Atletico Madrid all the time, and Rayo Vallecano could not get the ball at all.
The Rayo Vallecano players were also in a hurry, but they didn't have a good solution.
In the 23rd minute, the Rayo Vallecano players made a major mistake when defending, and midfielder Movilla did not continue to follow Raul Garcia, who was unguarded when he got the ball, and as a result, he himself carried forward nearly ten meters, and then stabbed the ball to the left penalty line with a pass.
Isco squeezed right-back Casado into position and fired a direct volley into the back of the net.
The soccer ball bounced off the post.
The Rayo Vallecano fans at the scene exhaled a long breath, but before they could finish their breath, they saw an Atletico Madrid player jump up and send the ball into the goal with the ball overhead!
“goooooooooooooool!!!”
"Diego Costa!"
"A header! Goalkeeper Corbeño didn't react, he didn't expect the opponent to continue shooting! Atletico Madrid leads Rayo Vallecano 1-0! ”
At the shouts of the commentators, the Rayo Vallecano players sighed helplessly.
They worked hard for more than 20 minutes, kept running and scrambling, but still allowed Atletico Madrid to score a goal.
They all felt helpless.
From the past game time, they feel the absolute gap between the two teams, and it is no wonder that in the last round, the opponent can win Rayo Vallecano by 7 goals, and the two sides are not a team of the same grade at all.
Some Rayo Vallecano players are feeling pessimistic.
After the restart of the game, Atletico Madrid, which had the lead, played more calmly, they kept passing, firmly controlled the ball at their feet, did not give the opponent any chance, and tentatively passed the ball when they were free, and continued to control the ball when they were not available. It is estimated that Barcelona's set of tactical play can be played very well in Atletico Madrid......"
Of course.
Wansheng has always believed that the team's 'BT-F' system tactics are a notch higher than Barcelona's style of play, Barcelona's tactical requirements focus on control and play, while Atletico Madrid requires the whole team to run to control the rhythm of the game, obviously, Atletico Madrid's tactics are more difficult, and it is easy to adapt to Barcelona's tactical style of play if you can adapt to Atletico Madrid's tactical play.
Not necessarily.
Barcelona players, want to adapt to Atletico Madrid's style of play, is not an easy thing, they must first learn how to run with the rhythm, according to the overall formation of the team, and teammates for frequent changes, it is also very important, especially the frontcourt players, wing, middle players continue to move forward, frontcourt players should also retreat appropriately, to ensure that the overall formation of the team is not affected.
The 'BT-F' system of football is more complex than Barcelona's style of play, and it is not easy for new players to adapt.
Back to the game, Atletico Madrid used control to play, so that Rayo Vallecano felt very passive, they couldn't grab the ball quickly, and the active scramble was not effective, in fact, it was equivalent to the failure of the tactical arrangement, Atletico Madrid has been controlling the ball, plus a one-ball lead, they are not worried about the game, they play more steadily, Rayo Vallecano is a little anxious, but there is no good way.
It was the same until the second half.
By this time, Rayo Vallecano was starting to get anxious, they were one goal behind, they had to attack, but they couldn't even grab the ball.
After 70 minutes, Rayo Vallecano had to pull out of formation and press hard.
This is a helpless move, the consequence of playing with a strong team and opening up the formation is that it is easy to give the opponent a chance, but if they don't fight, they will definitely lose, lose one goal, lose two or three is also lose, they have no other choice.
In the 81st minute, Rayo Vallecano's wave of offensive almost broke through the door of Atletico Madrid, and Wan Sheng watched from the sidelines in a cold sweat.
Rayo Vallecano is a small team, but they are also not to be underestimated.
But their attack gave Atletico Madrid a chance, with De Gea plopping the ball in his arms and then flicking his hand to Boateng on the wing, who then passed to Kevin De Bruyne, who dribbled forward quickly.
Taking advantage of Rayo Vallecano's inability to defend, Atletico Madrid launched a quick counterattack!
Atletico Madrid's passing speed is quite fast, Kevin De Bruyne's personal speed is also very fast, coupled with the "fast rush" skill for the speed of the counterattack, he brought the ball, the defenders couldn't keep up at all, Kevin De Bruyne quickly hit the middle line, and rushed forward more than 20 meters, seeing the opposing defender coming to intercept, he chose to pass the ball to the middle.
J. Rodriguez followed.
J Rodriguez did not stop the ball, but stabbed the ball to the left side again, Diego Costa, who was following on that side, rushed into the penalty area with the ball, and then dunked the ball to avoid the opponent's scramble, leaving himself empty, Costa waved his foot and volleyed directly!
"Costa!!"
In the face of such a powerful volley from close range, Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper Cobeño stood still without even making a move, just turned his head and watched the football fly into the goal.
"2 to 0!"
This is also the final score.
Atletico Madrid showed their strength away from home, winning Rayo Vallecano without any suspense, and they are one step closer to the league title.
In fact, in the 34th round of La Liga, the match between Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano is not the focus, although Atletico Madrid is ranked first in the league and can play against a relegation club, which is not comparable to the big battle between Real Madrid and Valencia.
This is a critical battle.
Since the game was an hour late, the reporters covering the Atletico Madrid match still had time to follow the Real Madrid game.
Just as the whole Atletico Madrid team was returning to Madrid in the bus, the match between Real Madrid and Valencia was over, and Wan Sheng was talking to Diamares about the club's youth investment in the summer, when he heard cheers from the back seats.
All I heard was Isco shouting, "Joder!" ”
Others followed suit.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? What to shout? ”
Wan Sheng stood up and asked, and he heard an answer, and immediately he laughed, and then walked over and asked Isco to amplify his voice.
Real Madrid drawn!
At the Bernabeu, Real Madrid drew 0-0 with Valencia, stretching the gap with Atletico Madrid to six points.
With only 4 rounds left in the league and a huge gap between the two games, it is almost impossible for them to catch up!
"Real Madrid are very affected by the derby, they are not in form at all......"
“…… There were 29 shots on goal in the whole game, but not a single goal was scored, but the opponent Valencia had two shots on the post! ”
"At the end of this game, Real Madrid are six points behind, they are almost impossible to catch up with Atletico Madrid, who are in great form at the moment, and their schedule is also very unfavorable, because in the next round, they have to play a Spanish derby, maybe we can declare Atletico to win the title early......
Hearing the words of the radio commentator, Wan Sheng also clenched his fists and grinned.
It was so unexpected!
He originally thought that it would take two more rounds to decide the championship, but he didn't expect Real Madrid's mistake to come so quickly, and the draw against Valencia almost represented a defeat, which was equivalent to losing the league title early.
That's not all that worries Real Madrid.
"After this game, Real Madrid are only one point ahead of Barcelona and they need to work hard for second place in the league. The next round is Barcelona's chance, and whether Real Madrid can keep second place in the league is a question......"
Two hours after the match, in an online survey conducted by Marca newspaper, 95 percent of people thought Atletico Madrid would win the title, 76 percent of voters thought Barcelona would finish second in the league, only 2 percent supported Real Madrid to win the title, and only 23 percent supported them to finish second in the league.
Considering that Real Madrid are still two points ahead of Barcelona, this vote result is really a bit strange and represents the pessimism of fans about the Real Madrid league.
Atletico Madrid were the side to win, and Valencia did them a big favor, and the league opened up a six-point gap for Real Madrid, and the whole team could breathe a sigh of relief.
Some Atletico Madrid fans couldn't help but start celebrating the league title.
Many of them are dedicated to Real Madrid fans, who used to celebrate the title in advance, and it was finally their turn for the two seasons.
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After the end of the 34th round of the league, the league form of Atletico Madrid is very good, but there are still media who hope to get negative news from Atletico Madrid.
Corina Paco is one of them.
The next day, Corina Paco received some unexpected news through the channel, which was about Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David De Gea, who had already pressured Atletico Madrid to express his intention to leave Madrid.
This news is very amazing!
Corina Paco had no idea that he would have such an unexpected gain, for the Spanish media and fans, the news of De Gea is much more important than Falcao, who is a big star but a Colombian, De Gea is a native of Spain, and a talented goalkeeper produced by Atletico Madrid's academy, and has a good chance of becoming Casillas' successor.
De Gea leaving Atletico Madrid?
It's incredible!
When he heard the news, Corina Paco didn't believe it at all, even if he hoped to get negative news from Atletico Madrid, but the news was a bit 'too fake', right? But on closer inspection, he thinks it's quite possible, with Sergio Assenjo coming in for a dozen games in a row since David De Gea's mid-season injury and his replacement Sergio Asenjo has been outstanding.
Maybe it's because of the competition?
Corina Paco guessed a little.
Just when Corina Paco was still thinking about how to report on De Gea, she didn't expect to be able to interview Falcao's agent, Mendes, in the afternoon.
Corina Paco met Mendes on the corner of the street, and with the eyes of a professional reporter, he spotted Mendes at a glance, and then he tried to interview, but he didn't expect Mendes to accept it directly.
The two chatted a few words in a café.
When Corina Paco walked out of the café, he couldn't hide his excitement, just now he got first-hand information from Mendes, which was the news of Falcao's transfer.
Atletico Madrid have been trying to keep Falcao, but they have not shown any sincerity, and the negotiations between the two sides have broken up unhappily.
Corina Paco can't wait to get the news out there and see how it works.
He hopes to see the reaction of Atletico Madrid's jumping feet, especially their manager, the Chinese, Falcao is the most efficient team in the forward line, and the player with the most goals in the Champions League, now Atletico Madrid is fighting for the Champions League, if Falco, who has scored the most goals in the Champions League, suddenly announces that he will leave at the end of the season, it will definitely have a big impact on Atletico Madrid.
Corina Paco couldn't sleep with excitement, he wrote the press release all night, read through it and revised it several times before he was satisfied.
After that, it was not until dawn that the manuscript was fully completed.
During this time, Corina Paco smoked two full boxes of cigarettes, drank an unknown number of cups of coffee, and in the morning, he sent the manuscript to his editor.
After finally completing the mission, Corina Paco climbed into bed. (To be continued.) )