Chapter 202: The battle for the top spot in Madrid
On March 2, at 17 o'clock in the afternoon local time in Spain, the focus of the 26th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid faced Real Madrid at home.
When Ringer came out with the team, he saw your big Tifo in the stands opposite, the sea god with a trident sitting on a high throne, a beautiful woman wearing a white Real Madrid jersey at his feet, and a big text - We are the king of Madrid!!
Real Madrid is an aristocratic team, relatively delicate, and often pretentious, so Atletico Madrid fans like to describe Real Madrid as a woman in Tifo.
At the same time, there were many other small banners in the stands.
"Double kill Real Madrid!"
"Kill them!"
Atletico Madrid have beaten Real Madrid at the Bernabeu this season, so Atletico fans naturally want more, hoping to beat Real Madrid at home and complete the double of Real Madrid in the league, which is a great feat that Atletico Madrid has not completed in decades.
"Come on, China!"
"Come on, Ringer!"
Ringer also saw a banner with Chinese characters, which was supposed to be played by Chinese fans.
"Lin, come on!"
Ringer heard the voice shouting at him, and looked back to see that not far away, Juan Jr. was holding a small sign that read: "If you can't win, we'll be laughed to death by them." ”
Maybe the little guy is betting with his little friend that Atletico will beat Real Madrid.
"This battle for the top spot in La Liga is about to begin, this is a game where both sides will fight to the end, Real Madrid wants to beat Atletico Madrid, keep their top position, and at the same time open the points gap, Atletico Madrid also wants to beat Real Madrid to return to the top of the table and complete the double defeat of Real Madrid in the league." This focus battle is also being broadcast in China.
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides~~~"
Atletico is still in a 442 formation,
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois;
Defenders: Juanfrán, Miranda, Godin, Felipe;
Midfielders: Raul Garcia, Gabi, Koke, Turan;
Forwards: Ringer, Costa.
Felipe finally returned from injury, and his comeback also relieved Simeone, who recently substituted Felipe's performance in Insua was really embarrassing, and the ordinary game was so-so, and he couldn't stand it in the key game.
This is also the lack of depth of Atletico Madrid's lineup, in addition to this main lineup, on the bench of Atletico Madrid, only midfielders Mario Suarez, Thiago and defender Alderweireld are reliable, and the substitutes in other positions are all the same as Insua, and they can't be counted on at all.
In terms of squad thickness, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are not comparable at all, even if Real Madrid is injured by half of the team, they can still find capable players on the bench, and Atletico Madrid, if three or two main players are injured, the results may be greatly affected.
Real Madrid's starter, it is the 433 formation they have used stably recently,
Goalkeepers: Diego López;
Defenders: Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrão;
Midfielders: Xavi Alonso, Luka Modric, Di Maria;
Forwards: Bale, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Both sides are at their best and will be determined to win this game.
At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid seemed to want to counter-attack and immediately press the attack.
Soon, Ronaldo completed the first shot of the game, Gabi blocked the ball off the line, and the opponent won a corner.
The opponent's corner kick was not directly into the penalty area, but into a tactical corner, and the ball was driven to the corner of the penalty area, where Di Maria and Modric were still reversing the ball in succession.
In the corner kick defense, Ringer's task was not heavy, he was in the outside position, so he immediately rushed over to press.
After the pair had fallen on their feet twice, Modric got up and hoisted the ball into the box before Ringer could arrive.
Ringer immediately jumped up and tried to destroy the ball with a header, but his reaction was still a step slower, and then he heard the exclamations of the whole field, and then turned into boos.
Ringer looked back to see that the ball had gone into his own goal, and Benzema was running in celebration with excitement.
Godin, Gabi and others are complaining to the referee that Benzema was an offside goal.
"Benzema~~ Benzema's goal, just 3 minutes into the opening, Real Madrid broke through Atletico Madrid's goal in the opening game, which is really a wonderful start!"
"The BBC combined a strong attack, even the well-known defensive Sheets Army could not withstand 3 minutes."
Amid the cheers of the Spanish commentators, Lingert looked up at the big screen on the pitch.
Modric hoisted the ball towards the back of the goal, and due to the previous corner tactical cover, Atletico's defense was a little chaotic, and the offside trap that should have been done was not done, allowing Benzema to successfully counter offside and shoot home with a cushion in front of the goal.
"According to the replay, the goal was not offside, Atletico Madrid should have wanted to make an offside trap, but unfortunately it didn't work, Gabi dragged it to the end, so Benzema was not offside. Real Madrid's tactical corner kicks worked wonders, and Modric, who passed the ball, grasped the timing and landing point of his pass quite well, and this scoring flute has a lot of credit. ”
The Chinese commentator is also explaining Atletico's opening goal.
The goal was conceded at the beginning, and Simeone on the sidelines smashed a mineral water bottle hard.
However, after the restart, Simeone was nervous again.
With the momentum of scoring in the opening game, Real Madrid's offensive was quite ferocious.
In the 6th minute, Di Maria crossed from the left and Benzema's powerful shot from the edge of the box was saved by Courtois.
Real Madrid then took another tactical corner, this time Atletico Madrid was on guard, and finally Ronaldo finished the goal in the penalty area, but it was not able to be confirmed under Godin's interference, and Courtois easily confiscated the ball.
In the 9th minute, Bale was tackled in the penalty area by Cork with the ball, but the referee thought that the ball was tackled first, so there was no indication.
The opening 10 minutes were completely Real Madrid's onslaught at Calderón, and Atletico managed to hold on and did not allow the score to be extended again. Seeing that Real Madrid's offensive began to ease, Simeone was relieved.
"I didn't expect this bullshit combination of theirs to be so difficult~~~" Simeone seemed to say to Boggs, and seemed to be talking to himself.
Atletico have played Real Madrid three times this season, but the first time they met, Atletico won 2-0 away, but at that time Real Madrid's forward line had not yet been integrated, and no one even used the BBC to describe Real Madrid's forward combination.
The second time Atletico lost 3:0 on the road, but in that Ringer's absence, Atletico Madrid was not in good shape, Simeone believed that the loss was mainly due to his team's poor form, and at the same time, Ringer's absence made the counterattack inefficient, so he lost badly.
Especially in the third return to Calderón, Atletico Madrid won 3-2, which made Simeone feel that the opponent was just famous, and not much better.
This was the first time that the two sides really fought unreservedly, but they were broken at the beginning and then suppressed continuously, which made Simeone no longer dare to underestimate the other party.
Real Madrid's offensive began to slow down, Atletico Madrid's defensive pressure was less, and the counterattack naturally began to play.
In the 14th minute, Bale shot from a distance in front of the penalty area, Gabi flew to block the gun's eye, blocked the ball with his back, and fell right in front of Ringer.
Ringer sped up at his feet and countered with the ball.
"Atletico's counterattack!!"
Ringer advanced quickly along the left flank, met Modric in the midfield, Ringer's right foot around the football in a semicircle, this is a bicycle action, the opponent is difficult to judge, Ringer immediately to the right, one step to accelerate the past.
Ringer's threat was well known to the whole Real Madrid team, he passed Modric to the penalty area, Pepe, Xavi Alonso and Coentrão all came together to surround Ringer, but Ringer rushed to the ball before they were surrounded and stuffed the ball into the box.
"Lin ~~ through the ball!! Costa~~ He plugged in to get the ball!! ”
Ringer tucked the ball in and Costa cut in right from the left rib to receive it.
Real Madrid did not relax their defence against Costa, as soon as he got the ball, Ramos rushed to his flank, and the two pushed and pushed Costa, and Costa fell in the box.
"Penalty~~Penalty!!" Simeone and Boggs on the sidelines shouted at the same time.
But the referee not only did not give a penalty, but also went over to warn Costa to fake a fall, which made the whole Atletico team explode, and rushed over to surround the referee.
'It's a penalty, don't you see? Such a clear foul? ”
"You're supposed to warn that villain, that bastard!!"
The protests were ineffective, and Turan, who protested the hardest, received a yellow card for it.
The referee's yellow card caused Calderón to boo and ignite Atletico's counter-attack.
In the 18th minute, Raul Garcia crossed the ball and Ringer fired wide from distance in front of the penalty area.
In the 22nd minute, Juanfrán's pass, Costa's receiving the ball in the box and hitting the goal were blocked.
At the same time, the confrontation on the pitch became intense, first Juanfran tackled Cristiano Ronaldo on the wing, then Costa was tackled by Pepe, and Ringer also tried to counter-attack after receiving the ball, but was immediately knocked to the ground by Xavi Alonso.
The intensity of the game rose by 90 degrees, and fouls were committed from time to time.
In this case, Atletico Madrid got a chance instead.
In the 29th minute, Turan dribbled laterally in front of the penalty area, Xavi Alonso and Pepe flew to chase him, but he swept the ball into the box when Pepe fell to the ground.
"Turan~~~ pass after falling to the ground!!"
"Lin ~~~ Danger ~~ Lin is plugged in!!"
Ringer cut in from the ribs on the right side of the penalty area, didn't stop the ball at all, and met the ball with a powerful volley that went straight to the far corner of the goal.
Diego López immediately went to the ground to make a save, but the ball bounced just under his hands and flew into the back of the net.
“Goooooool~~~~~”
"Lin~~ beautiful shot to break the goal!!"
"It's Lin's goal again~~~ He's really Calderón's prince, and he stepped up again to help the Sheets equalize!!"
"That's it~~ Well done!!" At the moment of the goal, Simeone on the sidelines also shook his fist and shouted with Boggs.
Ringer excitedly ran to the sideline and made a flying kiss to the stands.
The broadcast footage was quickly shown to the young lady in the stadium stands, and then played on the big screen at the scene, which made Calderón's cheers a few points higher.
"We saw that just after this goal, Ringer cut in on the periphery and volleyed directly to the ball, and he had no intention of stopping the ball to adjust, and his shooting confidence can be said to be quite sufficient." Yang Ma was praising Ringer again: "Ramos was about a meter away from him at that time, if he hesitated and adjusted the ball, then this opportunity would be gone." ”
Of course, the ball was also spelled out by Atletico Madrid, and Turan swept the ball into the box when he was pulled down, and that was the chance for Ringer. Atletico Madrid is such a team, the whole team is quite desperate. ”