Chapter 197: This ball, why did it score by itself?
Simeone originally imitated Bielsa's appearance, half-squatting to watch the game. Looking at Xiao asked this free kick.
After the ball went in, he almost didn't sit on the ground.
Gritting his teeth and gnashing his teeth, Simone raised his right hand and tried to smash it to the ground with a hard punch.
He held back.
A mature coach needs passion and needs to use body language to interact with the players on the field and play side by side.
But equally, the manager's frustrated body language can also make the players feel that the end of the road has been reached.
Simeone stood up abruptly and shouted at the players, the game is not over yet, look up!
It's just that everyone knows how hard this is for Atletico Madrid.
"Team Newspaper": Thirty minutes of crushing, defeated by a three-second genius.
Marca: If Simeone wants to prove that Atletico Madrid is still the champion without Xiao Wen, he must show a more desperate performance!
Manchester Evening News: As long as he wants, as long as he's there. Xiao asked, you are trustworthy!
Numerous media outlets commented on it for the first time.
It feels like a young man who has given flowers to the goddess for a year, and he is about to succeed, but he sees the goddess being held by a rich handsome man who has only met once and gets into a Ferrari.
Who can withstand this?
Xiao Wen did not celebrate.
He just faced the surging teammates, pursed his lips restrainedly, and kept hugging his teammates.
Manchester United players don't care.
"Generous Crab! I knew, Shaw, that you were going to take us to the podium! β
"You hug the one over there, this thigh is mine!"
"S-shaped arc, Xiao. Training is hiding again, isn't it! β
"Come on, pop one!"
"Daddy!"
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The game resumes.
Felipe, who looked vicious, couldn't pretend anymore.
When they first met, Xiao Wen, who was not afraid of tigers, was tough with all Atletico tough guys.
Now Felipe is thinking about doing it again and letting Xiao Wen go straight down. The problem is that Xiao Wen's attention is not what it used to be, and he doesn't have the courage to go down to black feet.
The question is, if you don't have black feet, how can you block Xiao Wen's feet?
When Xiao Wen came face to face with him again and smiled at him, Felipe felt that the whole world suddenly fell silent, so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.
I could only hear Xiao Wen's mocking voice.
The two walked side by side, Xiao Wen casually wiped his cheeks, shook off the grass clippings between his fingers, and said calmly: "Why, those cruel words before the game can't be done?" If you don't stop me, you're going to have to get another one? β
Felipe shook his head, by this time, everyone knew that Xiao Wen's shot had been done today.
Although he hadn't been a teammate for a day, Felipe boasted that he knew Xiao Wen, so he knew that Xiao Wen was not lying, and he must have planned how to score the next goal change at this moment.
The scary thing is that other players may need the cooperation of their teammates and coaches, but this kid doesn't. He can do it on his own! For example, this ball, thirty meters away, what do you think Oblak can do?
He looked up. His eyes burned with resentful sharpness, staring at Xiao Wen deadly. At this moment, Felipe actually felt a little faintly proud, he had actually forced Xiao Wen to the road of breaking the net.
"Don't be too gentle! The more gentle you are to him, the more cruel this guy will be to you! Felipe turned and shouted at his teammates.
still wants Xiao Wen to fall Felipe knows Xiao Wen best, since the other party has opened the hanging, in this game, to start killing all sides, in Madrid, which does not have the same explosive point as Xiao Wen, Atletico Madrid, naturally must have the idea of fighting to the death!
Vicious!
That's what Atletico Madrid is all about!
Don't play with those imaginary things, doing is the right solution.
Atletico Madrid is even more ferocious.
This makes it particularly difficult for Carrick and Wayne Rooney to play, even though they still have unparalleled awareness, but their physical ability and speed can no longer keep up with their minds.
It's just that when everyone feels that they can't hold on or that this game is too difficult, they subconsciously look at Xiao Wen.
Until this point, it seemed that after those thirty minutes, it was hard to believe that Xiao Wen could finish violently in this predicament, under the tight defense of the whole Atletico Madrid team. But Rooney believes that he knows that this young man in front of him, beyond everyone's imagination, will dare to do anything and can do anything once he goes crazy!
Rooney looked to the sidelines and saw the javelin-like man again.
He also knows that Simeone is too mature compared to two years ago.
Although he is in the coaching area, he still acts like a DJ.
But in the next five minutes, Simeone signaled Griezmann to retreat slightly to play a shadow striker, let Torres contain, and then Saul intervened, and within a few minutes, Ma actually found 2 times that the narrow gap between Manchester United's midfielders and central defenders was not closely linked, among which Griezmann had a shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, Saul grabbed a point in the penalty area, and it was very threatening!
"Let go of Rooney!"
Simeone was furious, called Gabi over again, and whispered the words in his ear.
Gabi was short of breath, he squinted, looked at Xiao Wen, and then at Rooney, who had already begun to bend down and touch his knees, and nodded.
Let go of Rooney, that's to let go of a Manchester United player, that was once the first brother of Manchester United!
It's just that Gabi also knows that if the two of them are still sandwiching Xiao Wen now, it will still be no fun.
The name of the person, the shadow of the tree and the ground, even if it is a little kid, knows that in the face of Xiao Wen, it takes three players to grab it and force it to attack!
Letting go of Rooney means that there is one more person to play to Xiao Wen's side of the half.
No matter how powerful Xiao Wen is, it is impossible to kill the encirclement of these vicious Atletico Madrid wolves who are used to and are good at sandwiching in an instant.
The three of them, in a zigzag shape, were on Xiao Wen's side, always moving with his movements.
In the stands, the fans of Atletico Madrid watched this scene, and everyone was relieved, and Simeone's face on the sideline was slightly better.
It's just that in the first half, Atletico Madrid still couldn't open the goal account.
With Xiao Wen's free-kick, Manchester United took an unexpected but reasonable one-goal lead into the dressing room.
As soon as he walked into the dressing room, Rooney collapsed in front of his locker like a puddle of mud.
Waiting for Xiao Wen to walk to his side and sit down, he smiled slightly: "I did my best." Xiao will depend on you in the second half. β
Rooney actually wants to say it's up to you. It's just that this is too absolute, and it's a bit disrespectful to other teammates.
Xiao Wen laughed, and he smiled gently. However, in the eyes of everyone in the room, this smile was full of murderous intent.
On race day, Xiao Wen is a killer.
In the other locker room, Simeone is clearly more of an underworld thug.
No one knows what Simeone said in the fifteen minutes.
But every Atletico Madrid player walks out of the tunnel with a serious face.
Everyone was thinking about what Simone had just said, and every word and every word he said was like a knife that pierced everyone's ears, and they didn't want to hear it!
However, no matter how ugly Simeone curses, there is one sentence that is beyond reproach - this is your moment! You have the final say on whether you fight or not, but many years later, you had a chance to defeat Xiao Wen, but you didn't take it! Regretful. Sometimes it lasts a lifetime.
Following Xiao Wen, the players who won the championship naturally lost a little motivation.
But who wouldn't want to defend their title?
Not to mention those who haven't won the Champions League. For example, Felipe, a hundred claws scratch the heart.
The second half of the game begins.
Zhang Lu quickly saw Simone's problem,
Simeone adopts a retro style of two-striker configuration, placing players with wing-back attributes on both wings to create a well-balanced "hexagonal" midfield, focusing on attacking efficiency in the defensive transition phase.
It's not often that he builds tactics around talented players, and we can see that Saul, who has been on a hot streak lately, hasn't been able to play more of his own in midfield.
Because Simeone always cramps everyone into the 442 structure, he has almost strict requirements for the tactical execution and defensive contribution of his players.
Now it seems that at least this game, his tactics, limited the improvisation and connection of genius between the players. β
Zhan Jun also responded: "Indeed, many fans joked that Atletico Madrid in the Simeone era was an expert in playing the "binary mode", and they played a 1-0 score in the last 40 games. β
"Hey, hey."
"So, they want to win this Champions League final with a dense defense, a defense that is so tight that no fly can fly in. Now it seems that it is impossible, because they are already lagging behind. But after falling behind, Simeone's options didn't seem to be many. Last season, he could count on Xiao Wen, but now, he doesn't seem to see a player to count on. β
Ten minutes passed, and it was not raining at Atletico Madrid.
On the sidelines, Atletico Madrid's substitutes finally stood near the halfway line.
"Oh! Simeone is going to make a substitution. Substitutions so early seem to be very dissatisfied with the situation on the field. β
"One for two! Carrasco, and Lucas Hernandez. Oops, Felipe's yellow card for a foul on Xiao Wen still made Simeone jealous, and in the past few minutes, Felipe's movements have become bigger and bigger. It was Torres and Felipe who were replaced by a counter-substitution, a so-called breaking point in the frontcourt. So how does this formation swing? With that, Zhan Jun looked at Zhang Lu.
"Carrasco, Saul and Koke in midfield? A 4-2-3-1 formation? β
Zhang Lu is also not sure, Simeone rarely sets up formations like this.
When Carrasco came on the pitch with Simeone's latest instructions, everyone finally saw that Simeone was indeed going to play a 4-2-3-1 formation, that is, to use Carrasco to force the aging Valencia!
Without waiting two minutes, Van Gaal quickly responded - replacing Valencia with Phil Jones!
It is better not to attack at the right wing-back, but also to press down the possible breakthrough point of Atletico Madrid!
Anxious
In fact, in the eyes of neutral fans, it is more like rookies pecking at each other.
However.
In the 60th minute, Louis van Gaal made another substitution β Payet replaced Wayne Rooney.
Simeone's brow furrowed.
Originally, Rooney's role on the field basically belonged to the category of a mascot. But Payette is different. This player is even the choice of the main left winger of the French team in 2016!
This is going to be a bayonet!
During the substitution, Xiao Wen walked to the sidelines, picked up a water bottle and rinsed his mouth.
Shishi in the stands was drunk, scoring goals, dashing and brutal, and her man could turn all kinds of skills on the field into a flower.
As soon as Payette came on the pitch, he broke down the left flank and caused a foul on Gabi.
Simeone squeezed almost all the flesh on his face and had to normalize his team's tactical set-up, but it also meant that there could be no more people to suppress Xiao Wen's defense.
But this kid is a physical monster, when everyone's physical strength declined, he seemed to have a new lung, and began to run wildly again, no, it should be said that he was in that rhythm from beginning to end!
Originally, it was a little difficult for two people to keep an eye on it, but now, two people with reduced physical strength, let alone two people.
After rinsing his mouth, Xiao Wen, who walked into the stadium, also followed the formation and pressed forward to the penalty area, but it seemed that his shoelaces were loose, so he squatted down and tied his shoelaces.
The referee didn't wait for anyone, he blew the whistle.
At this moment, Van Dijk and Chris Smalling and other big and tall men rushed into the Atletico Madrid penalty area.
In the back, only Luke Shaw and Kante were left, and Xiao Wen, who was tying his shoes in the middle.
Xiao Wen finally tied his shoelaces and stood up.
Payette originally wanted to send the ball directly into the penalty area, but when he saw Xiao Wen standing up, the ball had the only direction to pass - regardless of whether this is reasonable or not, giving Xiao Wen is the most reasonable choice.
At this moment, in the stands, looking down from above.
Payette and Xiao Wen were almost parallel, with most players from both sides pestering Antoine Griezmann and Carrasco as two speedy counter-attackers in the Atletico Madrid penalty area, ambushing at the edge of their own penalty area.
Griezmann is the one who serves as the human wall, too far away, and it doesn't take much.
Originally, it was assumed that Payette was going to hang the ball in the box.
At this time, seeing Xiao Wen stand up, Payette gently pushed forward with his left foot. The ball rolled towards Xiao Wen a little more than two meters in front of him.
Griezmann doesn't panic at whose feet the football is, but if the ball is at Xiao Wen's feet, or the ball is about to be reached by Xiao Wen, it will be bad.
He roared and rushed over.
Xiao Wen was stunned for a moment, I wasn't ready for this.
But the ball came. If this is broken, Atletico Madrid will be a great opportunity to fight back.
Let's deal with it first!
Xiao Wen's handling is to step forward. And you have to be strong, otherwise you risk being cut off - then shoot.
Xiao Wen took two steps forward, and the outside of his right foot met the ball
Boom!
A loud bang smothered Griezmann's mind as he shoveled in the end. I can only hide my head instinctively backwards while protecting my face with both hands, and then I see this ball rushing towards the goal in a weird outer arc!
Simple and crude!
Griezmann knew that Xiao Wen's feet were hard, but Brother Bo, is it so easy for you to eat?
The same distance of thirty meters, no! Griezmann thinks that the ball may be more than 30 meters!
But football is like a cannonball, maybe less than a second? It crossed most of the field and flew straight to the top right corner of the goal!
Oblak once again showed his height and arm length. Fly to the end!
βCome OnοΌοΌοΌοΌβ
Griezmann shouted in his heart.
To no avail, whether it was Griezmann's inner roar or Oblak's life-threatening pounce, his fingertips could touch the football, but in the face of such a ferocious football, it was useless.
Xiao Wen froze in place.
This goal, how did it score by itself?