Chapter 216: Advance to the Final Four
After beating the Yellow Submarine, the whole Atletico team has to prepare for the Champions League game in full swing.
Although the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw away from home, the score was not safe at all.
In the history of the Champions League, there are many people who went to draw 2:2 away from home, and were eliminated when they returned home, not to mention 1:1 away, Atletico Madrid did not dare to be careless at all.
Before the game even started, the war of words between the two sides began.
Martino expressed his confidence in facing Daily Sport: "It's our fifth meeting of the season, we know each other well, we have a good strategy and we will finish the fight in 90 minutes. ”
Simeone responded: "As he said, we have played each other four times this season, we are unbeaten with one win and three draws, and in Calderón we will not be afraid of Barcelona, Atletico Madrid will be the team that will qualify." ”
On the evening of April 8, the first two matches of the second leg of this season's Champions League quarterfinals started first, and both games ended with a score of 2:0.
Chelsea returned home to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 and beat them 3-3 on aggregate over two legs, relying on away goals to knock out Paris.
Chelsea came from a desperate situation to complete a beautiful comeback.
After last season, Paris fell out of the semi-finals again, and in fact the door to the semi-finals has been opened for them for most of the time, but they failed to take their chances and are now closed by Chelsea.
Borussia Dortmund also beat Real Madrid 2-0 at home, but they failed to score away in the first leg and were eliminated by Real Madrid 2-3.
In fact, the Hornets took a 2-0 lead in the first half, which once gave people hope for a big comeback, but in the end it fell short.
Real Madrid finally eliminated the Hornets to advance, which can be regarded as revenge for being eliminated in the semifinals last season.
The most nervous game of this game may be Ancelotti, if he is reversed again, it will be the third time that he has been reversed by a big man in the Champions League.
On April 9, at 20:45 p.m. Spanish time, at 2:45 a.m. Beijing time the next day, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona.
In the stands of Calderón, Atletico Madrid fans pulled out "Victory, keep going!" "Big banner.
With Costa and Turan absent at the same time, Simeone had to make some changes to the squad.
There were no changes at the back, with the midfield four being Gabi, Thiago, Koke and Mario Suarez.
Up front, Adrian was dropped and Raul Garcia, who returned from suspension, was mentioned up front to partner Ringer.
Raul Garcia is a midfielder, but he also has good attacking ability, especially in high ball battles, and Raul Garcia has also scored the third most goals in Atletico's squad this season, behind Ringer and Costa.
On Barcelona's side, in addition to Valdés's continued injury, Pique was also absent due to injury, and Baltra started in his place, and the other positions were unchanged from the last start.
After the start of the game, Barcelona kicked off first, and finally reached the front court and Messi completed a shot on goal, which missed without pain.
Then Atletico Madrid started to take the initiative, and this is Calderón, where Atletico Madrid have not lost this season.
In the 4th minute, Juanfran stepped forward and crossed, and Raul Garcia fired a long-range shot high in front of the penalty area.
Two minutes later, Raul Garcia picked up the ball again and picked up a cross from the right side of the edge of the box, and Ringer shook off Baltra in the middle to cut in and fired a volley.
"Lin~~Good opportunity~~ Knock the door!!"
Bang~~!
The ball bounces off the crossbar.
The direction in which the ball bounced back didn't change much, it was still coming towards Ringer, but it was slightly off, probably not far to the left of Ringer's body.
With this in mind, Ringer deflected a little to the left, headed the ball a little and passed the ball to the other side of the goal.
"The crossbar denied Lin's goal, Lin still has a chance, header ~~ pass?!"
"Cork~~ Cork is following up at the back point!!"
Ringer's header was spotted and Cork quickly followed up with a cushion that flew straight into the Barça net.
“Gooooool~~~~”
"Atletico Madrid scored just six minutes into the game, it was a perfect start!!"
Koke, who scored the goal, raced around the pitch with excitement, and it was his first Champions League goal, and he was quite excited.
After the resumption of the game, Atletico Madrid was the more proactive side on the pitch.
In the 10th minute, Koke reciprocated with a delicate through pass, Ringer successfully inserted it in an offside position, because Mascherano behind him followed more closely, Ringer directly kicked the goal, the ball hit the crossbar again and bounced back, and this time it bounced to the other side, and was cleared by Alba.
Hitting the crossbar twice in a row, Ringer felt that it was a bit of a god.
Five minutes later, Gabi split the ball in the middle, Ringer received the ball in the ribs, shook off Baltra and drove into the box, and before anyone else could come, Ringer volleyed hard into the near corner.
Bang~~!
There was another muffled sound, and the ball hit the post and popped directly off the bottom line.
Seeing such a situation, Ringer also spread his hands helplessly and shrugged.
Is this a goalpost or not a goalpost for Atletico Madrid? Why do you always go against your own people?
'It didn't seem like Ringer had a lot of luck today, he hit the woodwork three times in the opening 15 minutes, and if he had been lucky, he might have already scored a hat-trick. The domestic commentator is also sighing for Ringer: "Fortunately, when he hit the crossbar for the first time, he reacted quickly and gave the bounced ball to Cork with a header to assist the opponent to score." ”
Atletico Madrid played this series of offensive shockwaves, although it was only a one-goal lead, but the atmosphere of Calderón was completely boiling, and the team song continued to be transmitted from the opening stage, and it never stopped.
After Atletico Madrid's offensive passed, Barcelona also began to look for offensive opportunities, Neymar was the most active one, constantly breaking through with the ball, but in front of Atletico's dense defense, he could only hit the wall again and again.
The two sides ended with a score of 1:0 in the first half, and at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona accelerated the pace of the game and replaced Sanchez and Pedro one after another, but Atletico Madrid's defense was still airtight, and Barcelona's attack could only hit the wall again and again.
In the 61st minute, Neymar relied on a personal dribble to connect three people and sent a pass, Messi pushed the ball wide in front of the goal, which was Barcelona's first real great chance.
Barcelona pressed the attack continuously, and Atletico's counterattack was much easier. In order to stop Atletico's counter-attack, Sergio Busquets, Mascherano and Alves all received yellow cards one after another.
In the 80th minute, Atletico almost sealed the victory, Barcelona pressed the attack and there were too many gaps, Raul Garcia made a through pass, Ringer burst into the opponent's penalty area and hit the goal near the penalty spot, this time Pinto made a successful save and poked the ball out of the bottom line with his toes.
'Barcelona started the second half and picked up the tempo, but it was more like their death throes, they simply couldn't shake the Men's defence. It's injury time and the Spanish commentator said.
Beep~Beep~Beep~~~
When England whistle Howard Webb blew the whistle for the end of the game, Calderon Stadium was in complete jubilation.
"At the end of the game, Atletico Madrid relied on that goal in the opening six minutes to defeat Barcelona 1-0 at home, eliminated the opponent 2-1 on aggregate over two legs, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League."
'Ringer helped Atletico through to the last four of the Champions League for the second consecutive season in two games against Barcelona.
Although Ringer did not score, he was the most active of the game, also provided an assist, and was voted Man of the Match after the game, and had to be surrounded by reporters.
"Advance to the Final Four? It's a joy to be in the last four, we haven't been in the last four of the Champions League for many years and as you can see, Calderón is boiling over and everybody is happy. ”
"Didn't score? As long as I can help the team qualify, I don't care if I score or not. ”
"Lottery? It's already the semi-finals of the Champions League, and there is no opponent to play against, including us, so it's the same for everyone to be drawn, and we need to give it our all to win and we are aiming for the final. ”
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