Chapter 217: Key Players

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho sat in the dugout and watched the game seriously, several cameras pointed past, he didn't look up, his expression did not change, but became more serious. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Mourinho admits he knows Wansheng very well.

In the three seasons in England and last season in charge of Real Madrid, Wan Sheng was Mourinho's direct opponent in four seasons, and the two teams led the team to meet no less than ten times.

Mourinho has been losing many games, and at the same time, he has become more aware of Wansheng.

In Mourinho's eyes, Wan Sheng is the same type of coach as himself, advocating 'winning football', unscrupulous means for victory, pursuing all kinds of championship honors, in many ways, Wan Sheng has proved his excellence with actual results, Mourinho is unwilling to admit it, but he can't help but bow down.

But no manager, no team, is 'sure to win'.

Jose Mourinho is not willing to let himself fail, he is a successful manager, except for three seasons in the Premier League, he has been successful in Porto and Inter Milan.

Now that I came to Spain, I met Wan Sheng again, the team led by the two is still a sworn enemy in the same city, and it is a direct opponent, many media will compare the two, often Mourinho is at a disadvantage, just because 'he has never defeated Wan Sheng', Mourinho is worried about this, he is reluctant to always be pressed by others, so this game, Mourinho is determined to win.

Real Madrid has done a lot of preparation for the game, and Mourinho has also delved into Atletico Madrid.

Mourinho then set up tactics and he based it on defence, in order to 'at least remain unbeaten' against Atletico Madrid.

But the current game seems to prove one thing - he doesn't seem to know Wan Sheng as well as he thinks.

Mourinho guessed correctly the tactics and even the formation adopted by Wansheng, and the offensive football of Atletico Madrid 433 showed a fairly strong offensive nature, and Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid did not gain more than they lost when they played against each other.

So Mourinho let Real Madrid choose to defend and counterattack, but what he didn't expect at all was that the opponent had already prepared for this and used such a simple style of play - hanging high in the penalty area and heading the ball.

It's like traditional 'football'.

Does Atletico Madrid play 'soccer'? If it had been before, Mourinho would have felt funny, but now he can't laugh anymore, and he knows that he and Wan Sheng are once again inferior in tactical confrontation.

Now Real Madrid's defense is very solid, and there is no doubt that Atletico Madrid's tactical choice is the most direct and correct, and more importantly, Atletico Madrid has not made tactical adjustments, that is, they thought of playing with Real Madrid like this before the game.

"That young man knew before the game that I was going to play like this?" Mourinho only smiled wryly when he thought about it, but he still maintained a serious expression.

Will Atletico Madrid's style of play work?

That's the key.

Many media commentators are also discussing, but whether it is the media, the coaches and fans of both sides, they can only watch the play of the players of the two teams on the field.

There's nothing anyone else can do now.

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On the field, J Rodriguez, who has attracted much attention, has not been so active, perhaps because of the great constraints of Real Madrid's defense, at least so far, J Rodriguez has not performed very well.

In Atletico Madrid's squad, there is one player who has caught the eye the most, and that is striker Klose.

In the Atletico Madrid team, it is estimated that the most inconspicuous and one of the biggest stars is Klose, after joining Atletico Madrid, Klose is positioned as a 'striker substitute', he is almost impossible to play the main team, but he started in such an important game.

Why did Klose play?

Many people didn't understand it before, but now they all understand that Klose came out to grab points!

Atletico Madrid's two wings, including the midfielder, are constantly hoisting the ball high into the penalty area, allowing the players in the penalty area to grab points, as a central striker, the player at the front of the team, Klose has quite a lot of opportunities.

For more than a season, many fans even ignored Klose, there was a better performance in the same position last season Diego Forlan, he is also a veteran, and his form is better than Klose, this season Aguero and Forlan have left, Atletico Madrid has added Colombian striker Falcao, and the fans' attention is on the main battle between Falcao and Diego Costa, as for Klose...... It is estimated that his contract expires next summer and he will be leaving, right?

But now Klose is showing dominance in the box.

Klose is old, really old, old, and his physical fitness can't keep up, but he is such a German veteran, facing Real Madrid's defense, facing Pepe and Carvalho's heatstroke, but he is not strong at all.

He's always a threat!

Because of Klose's play, Real Madrid's goal has been in a continuous crisis, and many Real Madrid fans are worried, they are worried that their own goal will be broken by Klose in the blink of an eye.

Klose became the most active man in the room.

In the last 25 minutes, Klose has had four shots, three of which were headers, posing two threats to the goal and once hitting the post.

"Klose! Klose! He's just so good that you can't tell at all, he's a veteran who has reached the retirement stage! He's better than a lot of players in his prime! ”

"On the field, there is Ronaldo, Benzema, Di Maria, Diego Costa, Ozil, but Klose is the most active and outstanding one, it's hard to imagine, seeing Klose's form, we feel that he will participate in the next World Cup, there is no problem at all! Many people think that Klose is about to retire, but looking at it now, the German veteran is estimated to play for a few more years! ”

Klose's outstanding performance forced the Real Madrid players to be more cautious in his defense, and whenever the football flew by, there were always two or three players defending together.

In the face of this kind of defense, Klose has no good way, no matter how magical it is.

But...... Klose is not fighting alone!

Atletico Madrid's 433 formation is not a striker, and the left and right forwards Diego Costa and Ozil are also quite strong players who can rely on their individual ability to pose a threat to Real Madrid's goal.

This time, Diego Costa ran to the penalty area!

Atletico Madrid with Kevin De Bruyne plays very flexible on the right side, in the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans, Kevin De Bruyne is Atletico Madrid's 'David Beckham', with him on the right side, he can always play wonderful long passes, Kevin De Bruyne's play can also make Diego Costa in front of him more free, he can run to the penalty area at will, without worrying about the lack of 'ammunition' behind him.

Now the question is left for Real Madrid: does Diego Costa have to defend seriously?

The answer, there is no doubt about it.

In the last 12 La Liga games, Diego Costa has scored 7 goals individually and is the most efficient player in the Atletico Madrid league, in the eyes of everyone, Diego Costa is undoubtedly the most efficient and dangerous player in Atletico Madrid, so when Diego Costa enters the penalty area, Real Madrid has to divide people to defend, and at least one, or even two, they have to do so, otherwise Diego Costa is likely to rely on his own ability to create a direct threat.

When Diego Costa stepped forward, Carvalho rushed over to defend, and he and Kaka went back and forth, and Diego Costa was still very tightly restricted.

But Diego Costa has done the job!

He managed to attract the opposing defense!

In the middle of Atletico Madrid, J Rodriguez has already shaken off Xavi Alonso, his personal breakthrough is very exciting, so that many Atletico Madrid have shouted and cheered, but that is not the most critical, when J Rodriguez broke through Alonso, he looked up and swept the penalty area, and immediately got up and passed the high ball.

The ball arced through the air, and even the goalkeeper Casillas thought it was a shot, but the ball landed on the top of Klose's head.

Pepe has always been excellent in defending the ball in the air, his bounce is very good, and he is also very strong, Pepe has caused a lot of problems for Klose before, but this time, Klose has the best position, he squeezes Pepe to jump and face the goal in the air.

Everyone thought Klose was going to head the ball at goal, but he pointed the ball towards the left-back!

On that side is Ozil!

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All eyes were on the ball, and the cameras were pointing at the Real Madrid goal.

At the moment of Klose's pass, Mourinho had already stood up, and Wan Sheng had already walked to the sidelines, he secretly clenched his teeth and clenched his fists.

The football flew to the left!

That one of the Atletico Madrid players all the way was Mesut Ozil!

"Ozil! Ozilβ€”"

The match commentator shouted desperately, and at that moment the hearts of all Real Madrid fans rose upward, and the Atletico Madrid fans covered their mouths, waiting for the next moment.

The ball falls from the sky and Ozil meets the ball with his left foot!

Boom!

With a muffled thud, Ozil's instep hit the underside of the ball.

The soccer ball is deformed and slams towards the goal!

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has been standing cautiously, keeping a close eye on the players and the football, and when he sees Mesut Ozil swinging his foot, he knows the danger because the shot is a little too close for him to make a judgment.

Casillas is very experienced and knows that this kind of ball is the same as a penalty, which requires a first save, so the moment Ozil shoots, he swoops straight into the near corner.

But......

The direction of the football is the far corner!

When he was in the air, Casillas had only one thought in his mind, that is, he hoped that the football would fly out of the post, but the moment he landed, he saw the ball hit the post and then bounced-shoot-into the net.

β€œmd!”

With Casillas' exclamation, the Bernabeu Stadium was suddenly filled with cheers from Atletico Madrid fans.

"The ball is inβ€”!!"

"0 to 1! Atletico Madrid, who was a guest at the Bernabeu Stadium, took the lead in breaking through the door of Real Madrid and taking the lead! ”

"It was the German star who scored the goal – Mesut Ozil!"

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