Chapter 226: A Kind of Confidence
Two tough matches in a row, one in the Madrid derby and one in the Copa del Rey on a rainy day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Atletico Madrid have all achieved satisfactory results.
It was a really tough game and a training for the team, and the two wins made the team full of determination.
Everyone's fighting spirit is higher and their confidence is more sufficient.
In the next league match, Atletico Madrid hosts Vallerano.
In last season's La Liga, Rayo Vallecano finished second in the league with 79 points and got their second direct ticket to La Liga at Betis.
Rayo Vallecano's financial crisis was severe, but in order to stay in La Liga, they brought in a large number of reinforcements in the summer. Two of the most famous signings are centred up front, with Tamudo captaining Espanyol for many years and Pacheco being sent to Rayo Vallecano by Liverpool after coming through the Barcelona academy.
Despite their hard work, Rayo Vallecano were only a promoted team and were considered the least of the three promoted teams, and were labelled 'definitely relegated' at the start of the league.
But in reality, Rayo Vallecano's results were not that bad.
So far in the league, Rayo Vallecano has 15 wins, 5 draws, 2 points, and ranks 14th in the league, which is not directly related to the 'definite relegation'.
However, Rayo Vallecano coach Sandy was a little overthinking, he actually claimed before the game, "try to get points at the Calderón Stadium", Wan Sheng laughed at this, did not respond at all, and then in the game, in the first half alone, Atletico Madrid scored three goals.
Under the camera lens, Sandy obviously looked black, probably not in a good mood.
But Atletico Madrid's goal wasn't over yet.
With the cheers of the fans, Atletico Madrid continued to attack, and finally at the end of the 90 minutes, Mesut Ozil, Falcao and Wang Qiuming scored two goals each, plus Felipe's final icing on the cake, Atletico Madrid staged a 7-0 slaughter.
By the end of the game, Rayo Vallecano had a bit of a breakdown.
Atletico Madrid didn't bother with Rayo Vallecano, who were excited to celebrate their victory.
Atletico Madrid then hosted Napoli.
This is the group stage of the European Championships, the final game of Group A, the two teams met in the last leg, Napoli lost 0-3 at home to Atletico Madrid, this game is about whether they can finish third in the group and qualify for next year's Europa League.
Wan Sheng can ignore the competition between Napoli and Manchester City, and Atletico Madrid will definitely top the group anyway.
In the run-up to Christmas, a game that doesn't make sense to the team, certainly not giving it their all, as for the sportsmanship of fair play?
Whatever!
So Atletico Madrid sent a full bench lineup, and the main players who started the game were only Felipe and Falcao, and even the young midfielder Saul got a chance.
Napoli felt their chance.
Manager Walter Mazzarri has always been worried that Atletico Madrid will help Manchester City to deal with Napoli out of 'friendship', and European football knows that Manchester City and Atletico Madrid have a good relationship due to Wan Sheng.
There were also big deals between the two clubs in the summer, and it is still possible for Atletico Madrid to try to beat Napoli to secure third place in the group.
It's not just a 'friendly help', it's a very 'sportsmanship' approach, and the European media will praise Atletico Madrid for giving their all in a game that has nothing to do with them.
But the key is...... Bayern Munich certainly won't give it their all!
The final round of Group A of the Champions League group stage is meaningless for Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich, the two teams are definitely the first and second in the group, and it doesn't matter if they win or lose.
So after seeing Atletico Madrid's full bench line-up, Wout Mazzarri let out a long breath and he felt that Napoli had hope of winning.
Although the Champions League group is hopeless, the final round can be won at the Calderón Stadium and finished third in the group to participate in next year's Europa League, and the result is not bad.
Wout Mazzarri was clearly careless, he miscalculated the strength of Atletico Madrid's bench!
Atletico Madrid's bench ...... said that it was a substitute, but in fact, the strength of the substitute players was very good, such as the young midfield talent Isco, who is considered the future of the Spanish midfield, and the value assessed by "French football" has been more than 18 million euros.
Will this kind of talented player be poor?
Napoli could not find a player of higher value than Isco in the whole squad.
Let's take a look at the other 'sub' players!
Boateng is a former Manchester City player, the summer transfer is also worth more than 10 million euros, several appearances in the league and the Champions League, the performance is quite strong and consistent, ten days ago in the Madrid derby, he was also praised by many media for his success in defending C-Ronaldo.
Raphael Varane, Le Monde Sport, As, and Marca, all believe that Varane will be the backbone of the Spanish defence in the future, and everyone can see his potential, and he has been quite consistent every time he makes an appearance for Atletico Madrid.
Raphael Varane is almost the main defender of Atletico Madrid.
Wang Qiuming, a young Chinese striker, scored three goals in six league appearances and one goal in two Champions League appearances.
The efficiency of scoring one goal in two appearances is not as good as Diego Costa, Falcao and other first-line strikers, but considering that he has just turned 18 years old and every appearance, he is undoubtedly a pretty good striker.
The above talented players, plus the young Saul, the veteran Ujfarusi, Felipe and Falcao, as well as the very steady Sergio Assenjo in front of the goal, Atletico Madrid's 'substitute lineup' is not weak at all, compared to the main lineup, perhaps the only thing missing is stability.
Napoli caught up with the time when the 'substitutes' were doing well.
At the Calderón Stadium, more than 50,000 Atletico Madrid fans cheered and cheered, Atletico Madrid launched an attack on Napoli, at first Napoli also wanted to suppress Atletico Madrid, they thought that the strength of the team must be stronger than Atletico Madrid's 'substitute lineup', but after two waves of encounters, it didn't feel right.
They hurriedly shrank the line of defense!
But it's too late!
Taking advantage of Napoli's lack of time to retreat, Isco quickly rushed to the penalty area with the ball, and handed the ball to Falcao with a diagonal pass, Falcao slammed his back heel and the ball rushed horizontally to the left.
Wang Qiuming followed up and pushed the empty goal into the net!
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!”
Juan Andrés excitedly chanted on the Calderón Stadium broadcast, "1 to 0! It is the king who scores, and the Chinese teenager once again helped Atletico Madrid score in the Champions League! Atletico leads at home! ”
"It was a wonderful combination of Atletico just now, Isco, Falcao plus the king, and the Napoli defense was completely penetrated! Falcao's heel, in particular, is wonderful......"
It was also Wang's second goal in the Champions League, having previously scored the team's only goal against Bayern. Recently, Wang has also performed quite well in the league, and in the last round against Rayo Vallecano, he scored two goals personally, and the efficiency is still quite high. ”
"We can expect this young Chinese player to perform better in the future and help Atletico Madrid score more goals!"
In Juan Andles' excited shouts, Walter Mazzali's face darkened a little, he didn't expect the opponent's bench lineup to play such a sharp attack.
Naples is simply careless!
In fact, this is also the carelessness of Walter Mazzalhi, when he was in Italy before, his tactical preparation for the game was still to play defensive counterattack, but after knowing Atletico Madrid's squad the night before, Walter Mazzari changed his mind, he thought that Atletico Madrid sent a substitute lineup to play, and the strength must be much worse, so he wanted the team to take the initiative to attack and actively strive for goals.
Now is the result......
Napoli were too slow to pull back, giving Atletico Madrid the chance to score the ball and the score was rewritten, and it will not be easy for Napoli to chase it back.
In the following period, Napoli began to defend constantly.
The game seemed to be no different from the first leg between the two teams, Atletico Madrid kept attacking and Napoli kept defending, and they wanted to look for opportunities to counter-attack, but there were so few chances, and it was difficult for them to take chances.
That feeling of hopelessness is somewhat hopeless.
It wasn't until 20 minutes into the second half that Napoli's counter-attack worked, taking advantage of a chance for Atletico Madrid to press forward, winger Ravic broke through the lob to score the ball and help Napoli equalise.
Walter Mazzali exhales a long breath!
Finally caught up!
Although there is no overtaking the score, but catching up is a good start, as long as you can catch up with the score, you can look forward to the next overtake! Napoli can still take all three points at the Calderon Stadium!
Wout Mazzari's imagination is good, but what he is waiting for is not a goal from Napoli, but a goal from Atletico Madrid.
Just four minutes after Napoli's equaliser, Atletico Madrid broke down the Napoli goal with a wave of attack, striker Falcao received a pass and broke directly into the Napoli penalty area, and then turned his back to the defender and sent the ball into the net with his left foot.
"The ball is in! Falcao! ”
"This is the Colombian striker's 5th goal in the Champions League! Six games, five goals! Colombia interprets the efficiency of 'Shenfeng'! ”
"It was a show of individual ability, Falcao broke into the box alone, and the defense of the two plus the goalkeeper couldn't stop him from putting the ball into the net!"
At the shouts of Juan Andles, Walter Mazzali was as sad as if he was in mourning, and his face turned pale.
A loss, or even a draw, for Napoli would mean they would finish bottom of the group and lose their qualification for next year's Europa League.
This is a huge blow to Naples.
But what else can be done?
Looking at the momentum of Atletico Madrid on the field and the Napoli players on the other side, who did not have much fighting spirit, Wout Mazzari felt a deep sense of helplessness.
He turned his head to look at the Atletico Madrid dugout.
The young Chinese sat calmly with a faint smile on his face, as if the game was under control and he didn't need to care about anything at all.
In the past, Wout Mazzari would have thought that the opposition had put on such an attitude, which was done to give the team a confidence boost or to discourage the opposition.
But now, Mazzari feels that it is a kind of confidence.
A real confidence in the game, an attitude of renewed trust in the team!
It must be acknowledged......
"This young Chinese is really amazing......"
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ps: A bunch of things during the day, the update is a little late, sorry, there is another update at night. (To be continued.) )