Leicester City have been more defensively stronger after their change.

The midfielders represented by Xia Xing did not attack a few times in the first half.

Go all out to stabilize the defensive line.

This was even more true after Robin van Persie's departure.

So Atletico took turns bombing and threatening Leicester City's goal.

It wasn't until the first half went into stoppage time that Atletico finally got a good chance!

Antoine Griezmann controlled the ball up front, knocked it back, handed it to Gabi, and then swam down the left.

In this Atletico team, Antoine Griezmann's second priority is to score goals, and the first is to play tandem.

Torres sprints fast up front!

Gabi is clearly on the verge of crossing!

Konchesky, who has just come on as a substitute, runs quickly to mark!

Just as Konchesky was taken away by Torres, Gabi passed!

It's not a cross, it's a cross!

The ball is back in front of the penalty area again!

Antoine Griezmann bypassed Kante's defence and took the ball first!

At the top of the arc of the penalty area, volley!

"The ball is in!

"Crisp!

"Antoine Griezmann has finally evaded Kante's defence!

"Although N'Golo Kante's movement is excellent, Griezmann's movement is even more bizarre!

"His ability to connect up front is his best characteristic!

"It's a contest between two French players and Antoine Griezmann wins!

"1 to 0!

"Atletico finally scored!

"They equalised on aggregate!

"1 to 1!

"Now the pressure is on Leicester's side!"

Excited, Antoine Griezmann rushed to the sidelines of the pitch and celebrated wildly with the Atletico fans!

Torres, Gabi, and Cork also rushed up and hugged each other.

Atletico fans in the stands are finally on the ground!

The aggregate score is equalized!

Now it's time for Atletico Madrid!

The interaction on the pitch and in the stands allowed the Atletico substitutes on the pitch to be part of it.

And not far from them, Atletico Simeone was jumping and cheering excitedly, happy like a child.

Let's take a look at the Leicester City dugout again.

Ranieri did not appear to be unhappy.

Even when he conceded the goal, he was still peaceful.

Just take the time to tell the players something.

Put some notes just written in your hand and let Xia Xing, who came to the sidelines, bring them to his teammates.

After doing this, Ranieri still stood on the sidelines and watched the direction of the pitch, thoughtful.

Shakespeare was a little anxious: "Man, are we all right?" All conceded goals. ”

Ranieri hugged his shoulders as steadily as Tarzan: "Don't worry, no problem." Conceding at the Metropolitano Stadium, that's what we expected. The next step is to defend well and wait for your chance. ”

Defend well and wait for your chance.

These eight words seem simple, but they are too difficult to do.

For Leicester City in particular, Antoine Griezmann's goal has left them a little anxious.

N'Golo Kante made a rare defensive slip that resulted in a goal.

Now his mood is noticeably not high.

In the third minute of stoppage time, Antoine Griezmann received the ball again and crossed diagonally into the box.

Torres fired a low shot that was punched out by Schmeichel.

Leicester City did not concede another goal.

The referee's whistle blew and the first half was over.

Leicester City's soldiers slowly came down.

N'Golo Kante was slow and walked last.

He kept his head down, and his mood was not high.

Captain Morgan patted him on the shoulder, and Schmeichel also said a few words of comfort.

But none of it did much, and Kante still looked a little down.

Xia on the side walked over, he gently put his arm around Kante's shoulder, and suddenly said.

"Man, do you think you're already a world-class player? A world-class midfielder? ”

"Huh? What? Kante was stunned and shook his head repeatedly, "Of course not!" I'm nowhere near the best in the world. ”

Xia Xing frowned, and shook his head: "No, you say so, but you must think of yourself as a world-class star in your heart, for sure." ”

"Absolutely not!" Kante was so aggrieved that he was about to cry.

Just made a mistake and lost the ball, and the mood was already very bad, and now Xia Xing is even more irritable when he talks about himself.

Seeing Kante's lost expression, Xia Xing paused for three seconds, and then slowly spoke.

"If you don't see yourself as a world-class star, how can you ask yourself not to make mistakes against world-class strikers?"

After saying this, Xia Xing didn't wait for Kante, and walked quickly to the players' tunnel.

N'Golo Kante was left alone on the pitch thoughtful.

Back in the dressing room, Xia Xing heard Ranieri and Shakespeare still talking about Kante.

"Shall we comfort him or encourage him in a moment?"

"It's okay, just downplay it, don't rub salt on his wounds."

"But if he's in a bad mood all the time, what about the second half? We can't defend in midfield without him......"

At this time, Xia Xing passed by two coaches, and the two coaches glanced at him.

I saw Xia Xing smiling slightly, his expression was very peaceful.

"Don't worry, he's fine."

The two coaches looked at each other.

What's okay?

Does this kid know what we're talking about?

Soon, though, they understood what this "he's fine" meant.

N'Golo Kante was the last to step into the dressing room, and all eyes were on him.

But everyone was surprised to find that Kante had changed his depressed state just now, and his eyes were shining again.

"Man, you ......"

"I'm fine, don't worry, Captain!"

Captain Morgan was about to say something, but Kante spoke directly.

'I made a defensive mistake in the first half and conceded a goal, so I'm sorry. But not in the second half! I'm already familiar with Antoine Griezmann's way of running and he must not have been able to run in the second half! ”

Listening to Kanter's determined voice, everyone's emotions instantly came up!

On the front line, Vardy also stated: "In the first half, I was blocked by the opponent and failed to suppress their defense to the maximum, which brought a lot of defensive pressure to everyone, and in the second half, even if I ran to vomit blood, I had to make the opponent's defenders dare not rush up!" ”

Danny Drinkwater also said: "The goal conceded in the first half was not N'Golo Kante's problem alone, it was the problem of everyone in our midfield, it was our defence that didn't help him more, it was all of us. ”

As he spoke, he also tugged Mahrez.

Mahrez muttered in a low voice: "Why are you still taking me with ......"

Drinkwater: "Mahrez has a big problem at both ends of the pitch, you just say it's not right! ”

Mahrez: "Yes, it's all my fault......"

Seeing Mahrez's helpless expression, everyone laughed.

Originally, losing the ball was a very tangled thing, but under everyone's self-criticism, the momentum came back in an instant!

Didn't you just concede a goal, and then do it in the second half!

The ticket to the Champions League final must be our Leicester City!

(End of chapter)