Chapter 209: Locking the Qualifying Spot
After this round, the most violent thing is Real Madrid's support for the media, because Real Madrid sits on the top of the league. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the past, Mourinho led Real Madrid's results to improve, but compared with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, it was much worse, so the Real Madrid media could only choose to be silent, and now it is different, Real Madrid has finally played a good result, the league has just begun, this is a good start, "Marca" said happily, the time for Real Madrid to rise has come.
After the rise of Atletico Madrid last season, Real Madrid was very disappointed, even if Florentino's 'Galaxy Phase II' made fans full of hope, but the team's results did not go up is real, especially last season's home and away loss to the rival Atletico Madrid, and it is difficult to compete with Atletico Madrid in the league, which makes Real Madrid feel a little unable to raise its head.
Now it's different.
"Jose Mourinho has made Real Madrid very solid and this season is the moment for Real Madrid to rise!"
"Barcelona and Atletico Madrid...... Look at it! ”
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Real Madrid's results are really good.
In the 10th round of the league, Real Madrid swept Villarreal 3-0 at home, and in the 11th round, Real Madrid played Real Sociedad away, they did not perform well in the first half, but in the second half, C-Ronaldo and Benzema's goals still helped Real Madrid win 2-0.
Atletico Madrid also won these two rounds.
One was 2-1 against Athletic Bilbao and the other was 1-0 against Zaragoza.
Atletico Madrid have been consistent, winning both rounds, but it was worse than Real Madrid's 'sweep'.
At the beginning of November, Europe's top teams ushered in the Champions League again, this is the fourth round of the Champions League, Group A Bayern Munich hosts Napoli, and Atletico Madrid hosts Manchester City.
The two teams have just met in Manchester, and the second meeting in a period of time is also very impressive, Manchester City is coming with the hope of winning, even if it is away, they also hope to get at least points, otherwise it will be very difficult for them to finish third in the group, but Atletico Madrid also hopes to win, so that the team will be equivalent to getting a place in the Champions League round of 16 in advance, the only difference is the first group and the second group.
In the game at Calderón Stadium, Wan Sheng once again sent all the main lineup, he has always taken the Champions League very seriously, and for Manchester City, although he is very emotional, but after all, it is in the past.
Now it's all about Atletico Madrid.
The Stadio Calderón was a tight affair and City clearly learned the lessons of their last game, playing with more discipline, more consistency in defence and some decent counter-attacks.
Such a Manchester City can still threaten Atletico Madrid.
If Manchester City do perform well, no team in the world can say that they will win, and Atletico Madrid is no exception.
It's a pity that Manchester City still didn't play so bravely.
In the 17th minute, thanks to the combination of David Silva and Sergio Aguero, Manchester City scored the first goal.
When the ball flew into the goal, all the Manchester City fans cheered.
They saw hope of a win and a resurgence of the team, and the manager Roberto Mancini stood up and applauded, and you could see that the Italian was very excited, and he was under a lot of pressure after the last home game against Atletico Madrid, and he has been working hard for this game.
This goal is the harvest of hard work!
But that's all I can get...... Sergio Aguero's goal was City's only goal of the game, after which they continued to be suppressed by Atletico Madrid, unable to fight back no matter how hard they tried.
They can only focus on defense.
This may also be the tactic that Mancini has come up with, after getting a goal, Manchester City only needs to defend, completely hold the goal to get three points, concede a goal to get a point, can get a point at Calderón Stadium, which is already quite good.
But Atletico Madrid was unwilling to lose, although it failed to score in the first half, in the second half, Atletico Madrid's offensive was even more fierce, and every player was running desperately and desperately participating in the attack.
Finally in the 61st minute of the game, Morris's pick shot helped Atletico Madrid equalize the score!
"Maurice—!"
“goooooooooooooooool!!!!!!”
The Calderón Stadium was filled with cheers, and the Atletico Madrid fans clearly told the people of Manchester City whose home stadium it was!
After Morris scored a goal, Atletico Madrid played a lot more stable, after all, for Atletico Madrid, it is acceptable to get a point, before Manchester City only had one point, Napoli only had two points, with this point, Manchester City is also fully guaranteed to enter the Champions League round of 16.
Atletico Madrid's stability also allows the players on the field to play better, which in turn makes their attack more comfortable and threatening.
In the 81st minute, Morris gave Kevin De Bruyne a pass that left Manchester City in complete despair.
On the right side of the box, Kevin De Bruyne scored the ball.
The score became 2-1.
While the Atletico Madrid fans cheered, the stadium cameras frequently pointed at the Manchester City dugout, and the head coach Mancini's eyes were full of disappointment.
Ten days before the game, except for the city derby with Manchester United, Manchester City are preparing for this contest with Atletico Madrid, which is their greatest hope in Europe, but now Manchester City wants to win, and even want to get a point, it has become a bit of an unrealistic fantasy.
Although only one goal down, Mancini knew his team would not be able to catch up.
No chance!
Such an opponent, such an Atletico Madrid, such a passive Manchester City...... How easy is it to score an equaliser?
The following game also proved what Mancini thought, and Madrid experienced the use of exquisite coordination and solid defense, so that Manchester City's goal was in constant danger at the same time, and their own goal was solid.
In the end, Atletico Madrid won the game 2-1 at home.
Regardless of Manchester City, Manchester City fans, and Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini, after this round, Atletico Madrid has won four consecutive group games and determined a place in the group ahead of schedule.
In the other game played at the same time, Bayern Munich defeated Napoli 3-2 at home, they have reached 7 points, with two games remaining, Bayern Munich theoretically has a chance to surpass Atletico Madrid, but that is only a theory, Bayern Munich will take all 6 points, and Atletico Madrid will not take any points.
This is certainly somewhat unrealistic.
Therefore, after this round of matches, the Spanish media put the first title of Group A on Atletico Madrid early, and Bayern Munich could only settle for second.
After four rounds of the group stage, the format of Group A is already clear.
Atletico Madrid will certainly be the top of the group, Bayern Munich will be second, and the two teams will advance to the last 16 of the Champions League, while Manchester City and Napoli, one with one point and the other with two points, will fight for third place in the group, that is, to qualify for next year's Europa League.
(The Europa League, formerly known as the UEFA Cup, begins in January of the following year.) (To be continued.) )