Chapter 253: Back to the top

J Rodriguez's goal was spectacular, it was a show of his individual ability. He won over all Atletico Madrid fans with this goal www.biquge.info and some of the Massai fans also applauded the wonderful goal.

Various media commentators also praised J Rodriguez for his gorgeous performance.

This is not good news for the entire Marseille team.

Marseille boss Didier Deschamps is having a headache.

J Rodriguez's goal helped Atletico Madrid open up the game and also broke all his set-ups for the game.

How to play against Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League is a difficult challenge for Deschamps, and perhaps anyone who sits in the position of Marseille coach will be distressed about facing Atletico Madrid.

Some French media pointed out that Atletico Madrid is just a 'new team in the Champions League', but as a football insider, you must not just listen to the media's statements, just the odds of European bookmakers, you can see how optimistic Atletico Madrid is: on the website of British bookmakers, the Champions League winning odds before the quarterfinals have been introduced.

This data shows what the average fan expects from each team.

The team with the lowest odds at the moment is Barcelona, followed by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in third.

Atletico Madrid, which is ranked third, has only 3.65 odds to win the championship, and Barcelona is only 3.1, in other words, fans have similar expectations for Atletico Madrid to win the championship and Barcelona to win the championship.

Of the eight teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Marseille are in 7th place at odds, just below Atletico Greek, with 32.1 odds to win the title.

Atletico Madrid 3.65, Marseille 32.1, anyone can see the difference between the two values at a glance.

This gap is not only about fame and attention, but also about the gap in staffing and overall performance between the two teams.

In terms of the two leagues alone, Atletico Madrid is second in La Liga and has hopes of competing with Real Madrid for the league title, while Marseille are ninth in Ligue 1 and have no hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

The only thing is that both teams are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

In the eyes of the media and fans, Marseille and Atletico Madrid are fundamentally two grade teams, perhaps the public's perspective is a little biased, but it also shows that there is an irreparable gap between the two teams in some aspects.

As Marseille manager, Didier Deschamps must face up to the gaps.

So how to play against Atletico Madrid?

Deschamps thought about it for a long time and decided to play conservatively, perhaps saying that any French team that encounters a strong Spanish team will adopt a conservative style of play, and the technical strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, even the powerful Lyon a few years ago is the same, they will also play conservatively when they meet Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Didier Deschamps opted to let the team defend with all their might, hoping to keep the goal.

If a single striker can make a difference, it is of course good to find an opportunity to break down the Atletico Madrid goal, but if he can't break the opponent's goal, after two legs, it is also a good choice to decide the winner from a penalty spot.

This tactic sounds very bad, but in fact, in the knockout round of the Champions League, many weak teams will play like this, so that they have the best hope of creating an upset to beat the strong team, two games of 180 minutes, it sounds like a long time, and many games are without goals, not to mention, the whole team of Marseille is defending the goal, and the crowd of defensive tactics wants to break through, it takes more than strength, and Chelsea once beat Barcelona to enter the Champions League quarterfinals.

That mighty Chelsea team can be so big, what can Marseille count?

But luck is on Atletico Madrid's side!

J Rodriguez helped Atletico Madrid break through the door of Marseille, at this time Marseille was very embarrassed, it is definitely not possible to continue to defend the goal, and the inability to score means that they are absolutely passive.

Now they must attack!

But there will be gaps in attack, will Marseille be the opponent of Atletico Madrid?

Deschamps' brow furrowed.

On the other hand, looking at the Atletico Madrid coach's seat, Wan Sheng had already returned to his seat and sat down, he cocked Erlang's legs, chewed gum in his mouth, and looked like he was watching a play, as if the game on the field had nothing to do with him.

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Didier Deschamps knew he had to attack.

When it came to the second half, Marseille also began to try to attack.

If you analyze the data, Marseille is only one goal behind, and this is only the first leg of the game, they still have a lot of opportunities, but analysis is analysis, how can the game be so easy?

Atletico Madrid is in the lead, and the victory has been in their own hands, and the situation in Marseille is passive, how easy is it to break through the Atletico Madrid goal?

It's easy for Atletico Madrid to score, it's hard for Marseille to score.

Marseille are not attacking aggressively, that would be very unwise, they choose to defend and counter-attack, the number of troops invested in the attack is limited, and they do not have a player like J Rodriguez, who has very good individual ability, so it is difficult to threaten the Atletico Madrid goal.

In order to be able to create chances that threaten the goal, they have to put more experience into the attack, but then the defence will be problematic.

This is called taking care of one or the other.

Atletico Madrid played the game with ease when they were ahead, and after some time in the second half, Marseille found that they could not continue to play like this, otherwise the backline would likely concede again.

If one more goal is conceded, the hope of qualifying is really theoretical. I conceded two goals at home, and when I went to Calderón Stadium, how would I still play the game?

Marseille at this point can only hope that luck will come their way.

Pity......

Luck only favors the prepared and capable side, and Marseille can't even threaten the Atletico Madrid goal, so how can they have luck to score?

Eventually, by the end of the game, Marseille's defence was successful, and they kept Atletico Madrid without scoring in the second half, but they didn't score either, and they were at home.

The score of both teams is 0-1.

In the first leg, Atletico Madrid won against Marseille and also scored an away goal.

After this game, the media generally believed that Marseille would hardly be a threat to Atletico Madrid, although the two sides were only one goal apart, but the performance in the game, the gap was too big, and the second leg was played at the Calderón stadium, and Marseille's chances would become smaller.

After the game, Marseille coach Deschamps was criticized for his 'conservatism', and at the press conference, a French media reporter directly questioned, "Isn't playing like this with Atletico Madrid tantamount to admitting defeat?" ”

This kind of layman's problem, the general manager will ignore it, but this is the case with Marseille, and in professional football, most people are laymen, and fans don't care about your professionalism, what they see is that Marseille has no power to fight back in the game, no matter the tactics and playing style, they are quite conservative and passive, and they have no intention of trying to beat the opponent.

Didier Deschamps felt a headache, but Wan Sheng said something for Marseille, "Their tactics are correct, but it's a pity that they lack a little luck." Rodriguez was outstanding, his goal was perfect and I hope he can continue that performance. With this goal, we will have a big advantage in the second leg. ”

However, Wan Sheng's statement is also considered to be the 'mercy of the victor', and Deschamps is still criticized by the media.

It has nothing to do with Atletico Madrid.

In the evening, Atletico Madrid returned to the club by plane, after which the whole team had a day off and regrouped for the third day to prepare for the next two rounds of the league.

The league is extremely important for Atletico Madrid at the moment, as their league title race with Real Madrid has reached a crucial stage.

La Liga has been played 29 rounds, there are 9 rounds to end, the difference between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is 1 point, the difference of 1 point is just a draw, the competition between the two sides in the league is very hot, in the follow-up games, the result of a game, or even the difference in a goal, is likely to directly affect the final championship.

Faced with such a competitive situation in the league, Atletico Madrid is already feeling the pressure.

This kind of pressure is not a good phenomenon and has a direct impact on the mentality of the players and their performance on the field.

In the 30th round of the league, Atletico Madrid drew with Getafe at home, and the game was very difficult, with 90 minutes of the whole game, and Atletico Madrid failed to break through the door of Getafe.

The final score was 0-0, and Atletico Madrid unfortunately dropped two more points.

The good news after the game was that Real Madrid were also unable to win, drawing 1-1 at home to Malaga, and it seems that the pressure is not only on Atletico Madrid, but also on Real Madrid.

In fact, it's normal for both teams to be under pressure.

At present, both sides cannot put all their energy into the league, after all, the Champions League is still going on, both teams have entered the Champions League quarterfinals, and they must deal with the Champions League games, and the Champions League and the league are taken into account, coupled with such fierce competition, it will definitely affect the form of the team.

The title battle between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has become the most fierce title battle in the five major leagues, and even in the Premier League, Manchester United and Manchester City have not been so stale.

Everybody's watching.

Soon the next round of the league came again, with Atletico Madrid taking on Levante away.

Since the match was played the day before the Real Madrid match, the number of media who came to cover the event also surged, and the press conference at the Valencia City Stadium could not accommodate so many reporters, many of whom had to wait in the corridor outside the door, and then most of the reporters simply went straight to the mixed area, because it was impossible to cover at the press venue.

Before the game, Wan Sheng was escorted by bodyguards, crowded into the venue, he glanced at the scene, just said a few words of confidence that the team would win, and then left directly, much to the disappointment of the media reporters at the venue.

There were some people who said 'this young Chinese is not confident at all', but in the game, Atletico Madrid showed strong firepower.

With two goals in each half, the game ended 4-1 as Atletico Madrid beat Levante cleanly.

Atletico Madrid's victory, of course, there was nothing to report, and the next day, all the media went to focus on Real Madrid's game, their opponent was Villarreal, who were also fifth in the league last season, and they experienced a painful hardship, and their results were quite dismal.

After 30 rounds of La Liga, they are only in 16th place, and whether they can be relegated has become a big problem.

Media analysis believes that an important reason for Villarreal's sharp decline in performance is injury.

Villarreal currently have nine players unavailable due to injury, and the team is even struggling to get out of the squad, with three strikers Rossi, Nirma and Camnhas all on the injury list.

In the past few months, Villarreal has changed coaches twice, in November last year, manager Gallido was sacked, and then the Spaniard famous Molina took over, after losing at home to Levante, Molina was sacked, and they brought in former Claruna coach Lotina, unfortunately, no one can face the injured squad, and Villarreal, led by Lotina, did not improve.

Will such a Villarreal team pose a threat to Real Madrid at the Love Song Stadium?

The popular opinion is no, but the answer is confusing.

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"Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Villarreal, but it's a big scandal!"

"Scandal!"

Marca summed up the game in one word.

At the Love Song Stadium, Rui Faria, Jose Mourinho, Sergio Ramos and Angel Di Maria were all sent off. After the game, Pepe received another red card for yelling at the referee in the tunnel.

In Marca's view, referee Sergio Romero is clearly deliberately trying to suppress Real Madrid, and his penalty level is worthy of the word 'scandal'.

Mourinho and Romero have an entangled past: after coaching Real Madrid, the first red card that Mourinho received was "sent" to him by Romero, which was in the second leg of the Copa del Rey round of 16 last season, Real Madrid played against Murcia at home, Mourinho was sent off by Romero for protesting excessively, and Mourinho cursed the referee on duty to "go eat - - let".

In this game, Romero was the focus again.

Throughout the first half, Romero's penalty was relatively fair, but there were two controversies, the biggest of which came in the 30th minute, when Real Madrid defender Alvaro reached out and tugged at Nilma's shirt and caused Nirma to kick the ball out of bounds when he lost his balance.

In an opinion piece for Marca, it was clearly stated that the goal should have been awarded a penalty: "Romero helped Real Madrid. ”

Before half-time, the smell of gunpowder grew stronger.

When Pepe cleared the ball in midfield, he kicked at Mousaccio, who also slapped Pepe to the corner of the mouth, causing Pepe's lips to bleed, and Romero showed Pepe a yellow card, although he did not warn Mousaccio.

Mourinho returned to the dressing room early in a fit of rage.

The first Real Madrid man to be dyed red was the physical trainer Rui Faria.

Rui Faria was sent off in the 48th minute for protesting excessively, before Senna equalised from a free-kick.

Real Madrid's collective mentality is unbalanced, which directly causes them to receive three red cards in a row. After having been warned by Romero, Mourinho applauded the referee sarcastically after conceding the goal, and Mourinho was sent off after receiving a red card.

Ramos' then flying kick in the crotch of Neil definitely deserved a direct red card, and the Andalusian became Real Madrid's all-time red card leader with 11 red cards.

After the game, C-Ronaldo shouted at Romero "Robbery is robbery", and Pepe was sent off for a red card in the tunnel because he "greeted" Romero's mother.

After the game, the media commented, "Romero really intends to harm Real Madrid? At least he bypassed Arbeloa's penalty foul. ”

Four of Real Madrid's five red cards were for protesting or insulting the referee, and Ramos' red card was undisputed.

"It is not difficult to see that the key reason for Real Madrid's continuous red dyeing is that the team is out of balance in mentality, which comes from the pressure of league competition, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are only one point apart, it can be said that the victory or defeat of an ordinary league can determine the championship, Real Madrid must win every game, this pressure makes the whole team very nervous."

Marca concluded by stating that "in the battle between Real Madrid and the referee, Atletico Madrid emerged as the winner. ”

Atletico Madrid won all three points against Levante in this round, while Real Madrid drew with Villarreal and only got one point.

The difference between the two teams is still one point, but the league table has been reversed.

Atletico Madrid is back at the top of the league! (To be continued.) )