Chapter 44: The Tragedy of Habit

The Real Madrid fans at the scene were celebrating the goal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

The commentator of Spanish National Sports Television also said, "Real Madrid scored in the first 12 minutes, which made Atletico Madrid very disadvantaged, and Real Madrid has taken the lead." ”

"Judging from the past ten minutes of the game, Real Madrid suppressed Atletico Madrid, and it is not surprising that Real Madrid will score a few more goals if the game goes on like this...... Now it's up to Atletico Madrid to do what they do......"

These explanations are, of course, nonsense.

The game was less than 13 minutes into the game, and even if the opponent scored a goal, it would not be adjusted at this time.

Atletico Madrid still played in the same arrangement.

They continue to defend solidly.

Real Madrid wanted to continue their efforts with the momentum of scoring, but then they soon discovered that Atletico Madrid's defense was solid and scoring goals was not easy to do.

And just like that, time passed slowly.

After 20 minutes of continuous attack, Real Madrid's tempo slowed down a bit, and Atletico Madrid pushed forward and counter-attacked more often.

Both teams are already in shape.

The two sides began to attack and defend each other, and the game became intense.

Compared with the opening 20 minutes, Real Madrid's advantage is not so great, but the commentators of Spanish National Sports Television are still very optimistic about Real Madrid, which is also the opinion of the mass media.

First, Real Madrid had a one-goal lead.

Secondly, this is at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid's home stadium, and on the field, Real Madrid still has some advantages.

The most important point is that Atletico Madrid didn't play that kind of pressing attack!

In the 4th round of the league, after the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, many media and football professionals analyzed Atletico Madrid's playing style and tactics, and they found that every game of Atletico Madrid was pressed up and attacked by three lines.

That kind of offensive is very fierce!

As long as Atletico Madrid play that kind of attack, it proves that they have the advantage in the situation.

This game didn't.

From the beginning of the game, Real Madrid took the lead, not to mention scoring a goal, but also suppressed Atletico Madrid for 20 minutes in a row, the game has been going on so far, the two teams can only say that there is an attack and a defense, but the advantage is still in the hands of Real Madrid.

So the commentator of the Spanish national sports television directly said, "The game is very bad for Atletico Madrid!" ”

This view is supported.

But in fact, no one noticed that in the Real Madrid coach's box, coach Jose Mourinho had frowned.

Mourinho and Wan Sheng have not played each other once or twice.

The outside media think that Wan Sheng is a supporter of 'offensive football', but the Portuguese know that this Chinese supports definitely 'utilitarian football' - when 'offensive football' can win the game, he uses 'offensive football', and when 'offensive football' cannot win the game, the other party definitely does not mind being conservative.

A few years ago, Chelsea and Manchester City played each other a few times.

Especially in the first few times, Manchester City never used that kind of constant possession of the play to suppress, but instead defended solidly throughout the game, and the conservative straight was 'disgusting'.

So now seeing that Atletico Madrid is very passive, Mourinho does not think that his team has achieved the advantage of suppression, but that Atletico Madrid has been focusing on defense.

Mourinho was surprised that when Atletico Madrid attacked, they didn't press either.

Most of the time, the football is near the halfway line and their players are not as high up front as they were in the game against Barcelona.

But how do they get the goal done?

Two strikers alone?

Jose Mourinho shook his head, he saw that Sergio Aguero's movement was not so high, and he was always standing outside the box unless he had a good chance.

What exactly do they want to do?

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"Morris's long-range !!"

With the exclamations of the commentators at the Bernabeu stadium, all the attention of those who followed the game was focused on the Real Madrid goal, and Morris got his foot from five meters outside the box.

The soccer ball goes straight to the goal!

Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas made a wonderful save, he crossed sideways in the air, his hands steadily dragged the ball, the ball was dragged and could not move forward, only to change direction and graze the post to rush out of the bottom line.

"It's dangerous!"

The Bernabéu Stadium commentator took a deep breath, "Morris was very threatening with his shot just now, but our Igor was better!" Just look at this save and you can see how good Igor is......"

The on-site commentators were constantly praising Casillas, but in fact, everyone knew the threat of Morris's shot just now.

This is already the second time in five minutes.

Raul Garcia's powerful shot also threatened the Real Madrid goal, Casillas performed well, and Atletico Madrid's threat on the periphery was also real.

Just like Liu Jianhong, a central TV commentator, pointed out, "Although Atletico Madrid did not attack the hinterland, they also posed a threat on the periphery, judging from the shots of Morris and Garcia just now, Atletico Madrid's frontcourt players have a good sense of the ball today, Casillas only needs to pay a little attention, Atletico Madrid has equalized......"

In the Real Madrid dugout, Mourinho's brow furrowed even tighter.

He has seen the way Atletico Madrid plays.

Atletico Madrid's tactics look a bit chaotic, but in fact, they play an alternative defensive counterattack, and when they push the attack, they don't press too far forward, and rely more on long-range shots from the perimeter to 'try their luck'.

Mourinho thought about it for a moment and sighed with some emotion.

I have to say that the opponent's choice to play against Real Madrid in this way is undoubtedly very correct.

The current strength and condition of Real Madrid are very good, and it is not worth playing against any top European team, let alone Atletico Madrid, although Atletico Madrid won Barcelona by a big score, but a game does not mean anything, in terms of strength, there is still a gap between them and the top European teams.

But it's not the time to give your opponent a thumbs up.

Jose Mourinho was a little worried.

Real Madrid is the leading side, but under the opponent's solid defense, it is undoubtedly difficult to open the score gap, and the opponent's advance and counterattack have almost no loopholes at all, so everything can only depend on the players on the field.

Mourinho didn't like that feeling.

He wants to keep everything in control of the game so that he can play the way he wants it to go and not get out of control by accident.

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What Mourinho didn't expect was that the prelude to Atletico Madrid's long-range shot had just begun.

When the Atletico Madrid players are used to the game, and the push and counter-attack are played again and again, the number of attacks increases, and the opportunities will naturally increase.

The Atletico Madrid players faithfully executed the Wansheng tactic.

The two strikers, Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan, were constantly on the move, looking for opportunities for themselves and opening up space for their team-mates.

When the front-court players had the chance, they went straight to the goal, and the football rushed out of the perimeter again and again, threatening the Real Madrid goal.

Not many people could have imagined that Atletico Madrid would use long-range shots as the main means of scoring goals.

The Real Madrid players did not have this awareness at all, they only felt that Atletico Madrid seemed to be wasting opportunities again and again, obviously being able to pass the ball further forward and create a greater threat, but the opponent chose to shoot directly on goal.

What is the other party doing?

They don't understand.

Atletico Madrid didn't give them time to figure it out, and whenever the team advanced to the penalty area, they took the opportunity to shoot straight at goal.

This kind of long-range shot is difficult to defend.

Regardless of any team's defense in front of the penalty area, the defense line is also ranged, and the defense is still relatively dense within a few meters of the penalty area, and it is difficult to limit it farther away, after all, they still have to pay attention to the penalty area, and the penalty area is always more dangerous than the periphery.

The perimeter is just a threat to the goal, the penalty area is the goal.

In this way, Atletico Madrid players shot from the periphery again and again, so that Real Madrid players have a habit of defending, anyway, the opponent will not insert in the penalty area to find opportunities, when they see the opponent kicking, they go directly to block.

Just as they were forming a habit, there was an accident.

In the 39th minute, seven meters in front of the Ozil penalty area, in the face of Xavi Alonso's interception, he shook continuously to get rid of it, Alonso was deceived into deviating from the center of gravity, and some couldn't keep up, Carvalho hurriedly stepped forward to make up for the defense.

At this moment, Ozil swung his left foot!

Mesut Ozil made a name for himself a few years ago, and as 'Mr. 42 million euros', Real Madrid will definitely pay attention to him, so every Real Madrid player knows that Ozil is a player who is good at using his left foot.

Seeing Ozil swing his left foot, Carvalho almost subconsciously jumped to block.

This kind of spirit of disregarding 'personal safety' and wanting to block the goal with his body is admirable, but the next moment, Ozil did not choose to shoot.

He swung his left foot high and dropped lightly, pushing the ball to the right front!

This is...... Pass!

Mesut Ozil pushed the ball with his left foot and tucked the ball straight into the right side of the box!

It was only at this time that Carvalho realized that he had been tricked, that the opponent had made a deliberate move at all, and then chose to pass.

He was deceived.

That position, Aguero has followed!

Mesut Ozil's swing of the foot attracted almost all of Real Madrid's defensive attention, and Sergio Aguero took the opportunity to shake off Di Maria, who was defending him, and when he received the call, he was the only one to face Patrick Ferreira.

This Ferreira's name is Kopelle, and he is Pepe, who used to play for Manchester City!

After Wan Sheng left Manchester City in 2008, Pepe chose to leave Manchester City to join Real Madrid the following year, his transfer value is 45 million euros, which is quite a heavyweight transfer in Europe, but there is C-Ronaldo who is nearly twice as valuable as the joining, Pepe's transfer to Manchester City is big news, and it is actually not very conspicuous in Real Madrid.

After coming to Real Madrid, Pepe quickly became the backbone of Real Madrid's defense with his performance.

Now he's going to face Sergio Aguero.

Last season, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played twice in the league, and Pepe and Sergio Aguero also played together twice, so he still knows Sergio Aguero.

The Argentine striker barely passes the ball.

So Pepe was so focused on the ball at Aguero's feet that he didn't even think that the opponent would pass it to someone else, but this time he made a mistake in his judgment.

This game is a Madrid derby, any player at Atletico Madrid knows that the game is not easy, and Aguero naturally knows that he usually does not pass the ball because he has confidence in himself, but against Real Madrid, even he does not have much confidence.

And Aguero's partner is still Diego Forlan!

The two have been playing together for Atletico Madrid for four seasons, and four seasons is enough time for them to form a great chemistry, and when his eyes swept to the other side of the team-mate, Aguero crossed the ball without even thinking about it.

"Fran!"

Fran ran forward against Diarra, met the ball rolling in front of him, and swung his right foot directly!

Casillas quickly fell to the ground and pounced.

But in the end, he only had a fingertip touch, but the ball still stubbornly rushed forward, and finally rolled over the goal line and plunged into the side netting.

“goooooooal! Fran! Fran! He received a pass from Sergio Aguero and helped Atletico Madrid score the ball! ”

"The score became 1-1 and the two teams were back on the same page!" (To be continued.) )