401 Surprisingly Winning! Beyond the performance of mortals [10,000 words, kneel and beg for subscription]
5 to 1!
When the referee blew the final whistle, the entire Emirates Stadium was in complete revelry.
This is Atletico's fourth consecutive Champions League final!
In the previous 3 times, Atletico Madrid won the Champions League!
And since Yang Hao coached Atletico Madrid, he has created a very magical and great record.
That is, if he reaches the final, he will always be able to win the championship!
A 100 per cent win rate in the final, which no other manager can do.
Therefore, for Atletico fans, reaching the final almost means winning the championship!
What makes Atletico Madrid fans even more excited is that Atletico Madrid stepped on Real Madrid's corpse to enter the final.
This is undoubtedly extraordinarily precious.
The players and staff on the sidelines also rushed to the pitch to celebrate, and everyone was extremely excited and excited to reach the final.
Yang Hao first walked to the away team's coach's box and shook Wenger's hand.
He saw helplessness and unwillingness in the coach's face.
He had just celebrated his victory at Old Trafford before losing to Atletico Madrid at the Emirates Stadium, a terrible thing for Arsene Wenger, who was hell-bent on chasing more titles.
You know, this season is the closest he has come to winning the treble since he took charge of Real Madrid.
Leading the league, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League and the final of the Copa del Rey......
How desperate he is to win the treble this season and completely raise his eyebrows.
But the result?
The Champions League was eliminated by Atletico Madrid.
"The league and the Copa del Rey must be ours!" Wenger pointed at Yang Hao and said fiercely.
Yang Hao smiled and was noncommittal.
League, he didn't dare to say, after all, Atletico is at a disadvantage now.
The main thing is that Atletico have made a bit more mistakes this season.
The Copa del Rey final, although it was at the Bernabeu Stadium, Yang Hao also wanted to compete.
"We'll see."
Yang Hao left a confident smile, said goodbye to Wenger, and turned to leave.
Wenger was left behind with a messy heart.
If it weren't for tonight's defeat, he would have been really confident, but now ......
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After returning to the home team's coach's seat from the away team's coach's box, Yang Hao high-fived Lillo and others one by one, and stood beside Guardiola.
Pep Guardiola was looking at the stands on the far side of the pitch.
A lot of fans are shouting Lewandowski's name, and it's getting louder.
In the semi-finals of the Champions League, scoring 4 goals in a single game, the Polish center forward really broke out tonight.
"He's got a problem for us!" Yang Hao said with a wry smile.
said it was a wry smile, but in fact he was quite happy in his heart.
Or rather, the troubles of happiness.
Today, Atletico have four centre-forwards in their squad.
Captain Fernando Torres, two-time Ballon d'Or Adriano, Suarez and Lewandowski.
This is not counting the several young players sold by Atletico Madrid's youth team in the past few years, who have basically transferred to other teams in La Liga or La B, such as Moral and other La Liga center forwards, all of whom are from Atletico Madrid's youth academy.
Now Atletico Madrid is a veritable La Liga youth player.
But the headache is that too many talents are also a problem.
Nowhere has this been more evident than this season.
Torres, 29, Adriano, 31, Suarez, 26, and Lewandowski, 24.
Judging by his performances this season, Adriano has been at a disadvantage in the competition.
Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez are the team's main strikers, while Lewandowski plays in the Copa del Rey and La Liga.
But at Lewandowski's age, it is no longer suitable to continue to stay in Atletico Madrid's second team to play in La Liga.
Coupled with his excellent performances in the Copa del Rey this season, the number of teams eyeing him will only grow.
Now, playing Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and playing a big four after coming on as a substitute, this is the rhythm that is about to explode.
This kind of player must be given to the main force, otherwise it will not be retained at all.
Now Atletico's situation is quite complicated.
Adriano basically stepped back and was willing to be a substitute.
This is actually in line with the Brazilian center's own positioning and planning.
You must know that at the age of 31, he has a lot of injuries, and his overall strength is good, but his combat effectiveness is not much better.
If at this time, he chooses to retire in Serie A or Bundesliga, then after retiring, it is difficult to say whether it is a famous place for Atletico Madrid, after all, the recognition of the title of famous house, Yang Hao alone said that it does not count.
Adriano has made enough money, according to his wishes, either go to the United States or go back to Brazil to retire, or stay at Atletico Madrid as a substitute, and after retiring, they are all rightfully Atletico celebrities.
With Adriano's commercial value, coupled with his status at Atletico Madrid, even if Atletico Madrid keeps him, he basically can't lose.
What's more, there is always a two-time Golden Ball substitute sitting on the bench, even if he is a little older, but it is also a guarantee.
Regarding this issue, Yang Hao discussed it with Adriano before, and Adriano promised to keep to himself.
The more troublesome is Torres.
The 29-year-old Torres is no longer at his peak.
This is evident in the number of goals he has scored and the performances he has on the pitch.
This is often the case with both speed and impact players, and that is when their bodies get older and their speed is gone, they have to transform.
Arjen Robben is the best example of this kind of player and the most successful of transformation.
Kaka can be regarded as a successful transformation, but in many cases, as a central midfielder, he is still inferior to midfielders such as Modric and Toni Kroos in terms of organising, grooming the midfield, and especially controlling the tempo.
But Kaka's ability to run without the ball, as well as his ability to handle the ball in motion, as well as the offensive threat of inserting back in, are very large, thanks to the results of Yang Hao's transformation over the past few years.
As a centre-forward, Torres' situation is more complicated.
First of all, he is the captain of the team, a youth graduate with strong roots, a Ballon d'Or winner, and a favorite player among Atletico Madrid fans.
When Yang Hao took over Atletico Madrid, he once mentioned that Torres did not do a good enough job in handling the ball, especially in some details, and he was not solid enough, and he even specially arranged Kiko to hone him.
The effect was there, so Torres reached a higher height than in his previous life.
But here's the problem.
Now that the body functions have come down, the speed has gradually slowed down, and the shortcomings in the technical aspects have been exposed.
Technical shortcomings made Torres' transformation more difficult.
He can still be at the top of the La Liga scorer list now, which is already the result of Yang Hao helping him.
Judging from the overall performance, he is indeed not as good as before.
What's worse is that Torres now has Suarez and Lewandowski behind him.
Suarez has been playing in the main team in the last two seasons and has stood firm, and Lewandowski has also been very eye-catching this season, in this situation, Torres can still guarantee his position?
And Yang Hao also clearly felt from some of the intentions revealed by Guardiola that he actually didn't like to use a center forward like Torres, because the thin skills made him not stable enough to hold the ball on the court under high pressure.
For Pep Guardiola, it's deadly.
But Conversely, neither Suarez nor Lewandowski have problems with this.
Especially Suarez.
Suarez is now at the peak of his career, with a new level of physicality and individual athleticism that will allow him to excel on the court.
Yang Hao frowned, looked at Guardiola, and then at Lewandowski and Suarez on the field, and suddenly had an idea in his heart.
"I'll talk to Hill Jr. and start the contract extension with Lewandowski!"
After Yang Hao finished speaking, he reached out and patted Guardiola on the shoulder.
This suddenly made Guardiola feel a heavy pressure.
At the same time, there is a mountain of trust.
At this moment, he was completely sure of one thing.
Yang Hao is really going to retire, and he will retreat very resolutely, unlike Cruyff and Beckenbauer, who have to point fingers in newspapers and media after retiring.
The renewal of Lewandowski's contract is to treat Suarez and Lewandowski as the main force of Atletico Madrid in the future, leaving it to Guardiola.
And the price of the contract renewal will definitely be the commitment in terms of playing time.
This will test Yang Hao's ability to take charge of the locker room.
But on the other hand, Yang Hao did this thing, and Guardiola didn't have to do it again in the future.
When the time comes, he will naturally take over Yang Hao's class, and many things will be much easier and the pressure will be much less.
Thinking of this, Guardiola's heart suddenly moved.
He is glad that he chose to stay at Atletico in the first place!
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After playing the Champions League semifinals, Atletico Madrid 5-1 at home and 0-0 away, successfully eliminated the city's rival Real Madrid and reached the Champions League final.
This immediately caused an uproar around the world.
Yang Hao and his team have reached the Champions League final for four consecutive years.
This is definitely going for a fourth consecutive Champions League title!
You must know that in the history of the Champions League, there has only been one quadruple title, and that was when the Champions League was just created and Real Madrid won five consecutive titles, and since then, no team has achieved four consecutive titles.
In the other game, Valencia face Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund.
Jurgen Klopp's side are arguably the biggest dark horses in this Champions League.
The Hornets were eliminated in the group stage of last season's Champions League and have made it all the way to the semi-finals this season, and they have been very good and aggressive.
There are even many people who feel that Dortmund under the current coaching of Klopp is very similar to Atletico Madrid in the early days of Yang Hao's coaching.
Klopp said, "This is the greatest praise and affirmation for me! ”
This sentence shows his respect for Yang Hao.
But in the Champions League semi-finals, he met the cunning Ancelotti.
With a huge squad at hand, Valencia lost 2-0 in Germany in the first meeting between the two sides, making everyone feel that Valencia's chances of advancing are slim.
This is actually quite normal.
But no one expected that in the second leg back at home, Valencia only needed 30 minutes in the first half to beat the opponent 3-0.
The best thing about this game was that Carlo Ancelotti replaced Sneijder, who had not performed well this season, with Anderson.
Anderson joined Valencia as a talented midfielder and has been tepid over the years.
Unlike winger Nani who shined in La Liga, Anderson's performance was up and down, with some ups and downs, and there was still some gap between the outside world's expectations of Ronaldinho II back then.
But Carlo Ancelotti has always trusted him.
Sneijder's poor form on the pitch this season due to injuries and divorce has seriously affected Valencia's results.
But at the critical moment, Anderson stepped up and helped Valencia reverse Dortmund 3-0 at home with a pass and a shot, and eliminated the Hornets with an aggregate score of 3-2.
It was then that everyone suddenly realized that the Valencia midfielder, who had been famous for many years, was actually only 25 years old.
Eventually, Atletico and Valencia met in the Champions League final.
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At the weekend, in the 34th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruna 1-0 away.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, was equalized three times at home, relying on Ronaldo's goal in the 90th minute, defeating Claudio Ranieri's Valladolid 4-3.
Yang Hao admitted in his post-match press conference that Arsene Wenger's side have shown an admirable enthusiasm this season.
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3 days later, the 35th round of La Liga.
Valencia beat Rayo Vallecano 4-1 away.
Atletico beat Barcelona 4-1 at home thanks to Messi's hat-trick.
Incidentally, all the Catalan media complained about Messi after the game.
Because they can't understand why Messi is in such good shape every time he meets Barcelona, and he is playing with all his strength?
What is the grievance between him and Barcelona?
It's been so many years, and you still hate it so much?
Could it be that it was really brought about by a previous life?
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 1-0 away to maintain their lead.
After being knocked out of the Champions League, Arsene Wenger has clearly played more cautiously and pragmatically.
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Weekend, La Liga round 36.
Atletico Madrid defeated Celta Vigo 3-1 away with Messi's pass and shot.
Real Madrid beat Malaga 6-4 at home, and the two sides once again played a frantic attack.
Valencia beat Getafe 1-0 away.
Barcelona beat Valladolid 2-1 at home.
The victory of the Bat Army is equivalent to indirectly helping Barcelona to sit in the top four of the league.
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3 days later, the 37th round of La Liga.
All matches are played at the same time.
Real Madrid narrowly beat Real Sociedad 4-3 away, but it was Real Sociedad who scored the finale this time when they scored their third goal in the third minute of stoppage time.
But in the last ten minutes of the game, Real Sociedad almost pressed Real Madrid to play.
Youngster Antoine Griezmann was very eye-catching.
Atletico beat Real Mallorca 2-0 at home with Lionel Messi scoring a goal.
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Weekend, La Liga round 38.
Before this game, the situation was basically settled.
Real Madrid is playing at home, and winning Osasuna is a high probability event, and it is unlikely that Atletico Madrid will turn the tables.
Therefore, Yang Hao set his sights on the Copa del Rey final three days later.
Real Madrid beat Osasuna 4-2 at home and there was no danger.
Barcelona beat Malaga 4-2 at home.
Atletico beat Zaragoza 3-1 on the road thanks to a brace from Luis Suarez.
In this game, Yang Haoxue hid many main players, including Messi.
After playing in the 38th round of La Liga, Real Madrid won the La Liga title in the 12/13 season.
Atletico are still in second place, with Valencia third.
Juander Ramos breathed a sigh of relief, temporarily holding Getafe down and finishing fourth in La Liga.
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The Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.
In the final of the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid played Real Madrid "at home".
Real Madrid, who just won the La Liga championship, is playing at home again, showing aggressive momentum.
From the start, Arsene Wenger's side were anti-visitors, trying to suppress Atletico by attacking the ball.
Because they know very well that after Atletico Madrid played the Copa del Rey final, they will go to Wembley Stadium in London to play the Champions League final.
The opponent is Valencia.
In a way, Atletico are playing three finals in a row.
In addition to the Champions League and Copa del Rey finals, there is also the 38th round of La Liga.
In this case, Real Madrid are in a better position, so they can completely get out of this game.
Real Madrid were particularly active on both flanks, especially Cristiano Ronaldo on the left, who threatened Neuer's goal with a long-range shot just three minutes into the game.
Then it was a break down the left that created a corner.
Clearly, the Portuguese is pinning his hopes for a second Ballon d'Or on the Copa del Rey winner.
If he wins, Real Madrid will be the double, and he will be more sure when he competes with Messi for the Ballon d'Or next.
Real Madrid's successive attacks finally created a chance in the 13th minute.
It was the third corner of the game.
After the corner, Ronaldo jumped high in the penalty area and scored with a header against Pepe and Ramos to open the scoring for Real Madrid!
The goal was an instant blow up at the Bernabeu.
Defending high balls, especially from set-pieces, has been the hardest hit by Atletico goals conceded this season, and even points conceded.
This made Yang Hao shake his head on the sidelines.
"This summer, we must find a way to strengthen the team's set-piece defense training, especially the high-ball defense, and we must plug this loophole for me!"
Next season will be Yang Hao's last season in charge.
He wants a decent exit!
It's really embarrassing to be empty-handed!
After conceding the goal, Real Madrid achieved their strategic goal and did not continue to attack, but slowed down the tempo slightly.
Atletico also took the opportunity to stabilize their position.
As long as the tempo is stable, Atletico's overall advantage, especially the passing advantage, can be brought into play.
The team's first shot on goal came in the 17th minute, when Eden Hazard's pass, Tony Kroos's long-range shot, went just wide.
But then, a midfield three led by Toni Kroos, Sergio Busquets and Luka Modric helped Atletico firmly control the midfield and stabilize the ball and tempo.
And in the 32nd minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid completed a very beautiful attack.
After a successful half-time tackle, Alves drove the ball down the right and crossed to Messi near the halfway line.
After Messi received the ball on the right side of the center circle of his own half, when facing the left and right sandwiches of the two defensive midfielders of Javi Martinez and Essien, the Argentine relied on his excellent individual ability, took the ball and moved left and right, forced a gap between the two defenders, and sent a through pass with his left foot.
The ball passed from the right side of the centre circle of the home half to the top of the arc of Real Madrid.
Robert Lewandowski was a key contributor to Atletico's Copa del Rey this season, so he started the game again.
When Messi passed the ball, Lewandowski cut forward quickly, with Kompany and Vidic running back in front of him.
Two white figures and a red figure were quickly inserting forward, making the fans at the scene can't help but scream.
Lewandowski scrambled to catch Messi's pass at the bottom of the arc.
The Polish centre-forward made a quick stop and pulled the ball back, avoiding Kompany, who was waiting for him to stop the ball and wanted to take the opportunity to clear the ball and steal.
The outside of the right foot followed the horizontal flick, and the whole person suddenly took an arrow step, and the ball was diagonally to the right side of the top of the arc.
From the emergency stop to pulling the ball to the restart, the whole process takes place in the blink of an eye.
It was only then that Vidic rushed towards Lewandowski.
But the Polish center forward rushed a step past Vidic, just so that Vidic had no way to intercept, and could only watch as the Pole pulled out his right foot and shot angrily on the right side of the arc of the penalty area.
The shot was powerful and fast, flying straight to the right side of the Real Madrid goal at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.
Casillas must have been relatively far away in the face of this kind of counter-attacking ball, and before he had time to retreat, Lewandowski was a groundbreaking long-range shot.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper was a step too slow despite his struggles to make a save.
The ball goes into the net!
"The ball is in!!"
"Lewandowski!"
"In the 33rd minute, Lewandowski used a wonderful long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area to penetrate Real Madrid's goal and help Atletico equalize!"
"Messi's pass was very beautiful, and it was precisely given to Lewandowski's forward line."
'The Pole's handling showed his solid fundamentals, especially the stop, the pull and the subsequent break through Vidic, which was really effective.
"Lewandowski is a veritable killer of Real Madrid, he just came on as a substitute in the Champions League semi-finals, and scored four goals in a row to help Atletico Madrid knock out Real Madrid 5-1."
"And now, in the Copa del Rey final, it was his goal that helped Atletico equalize."
"In the face of the rising Polish striker, Atletico Madrid have made it clear that they will start a contract extension with Lewandowski at the end of the season, and the Pole has also made it clear that he will stay at Atletico."
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After taking the lead, Atletico Madrid took advantage of the victory and continued to launch an onslaught against Real Madrid.
In the 42nd minute, Atletico once again played a very good attacking combination.
Lewandowski suddenly ran sideways to the right side of the penalty area, received Alves' pass, and returned it to Messi, who was diagonally inserted in the middle.
The Argentine received the ball on the right side of the box arc and passed it to David Silva.
David Silva drew the attention of the defence in the box, turned his back to the attacking direction, faced Messi's incoming ball, and a brilliant back-heel knock pass put the ball back into Messi's forward line.
The Argentine burst into the penalty area and faced Vidic, who stopped the ball with his left foot, pulled it sideways and hit the goal again.
With his right foot completely blocked by Vidic, all his movements were done with his left foot, which was very fast and simply dazzling.
Vidic could only lift his foot before Messi's shot was already on target.
The ball went straight into the left side of Real Madrid's goal.
2 to 1!
Atletico reversed!
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Real Madrid, who were one goal behind, launched a frantic counterattack, and in the 44th minute, Ronaldo hit a powerful long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, which went straight to the right corner of the Atletico goal.
Neuer was very focused, like a cheetah, and the whole person struggled to save, and he saved the ball from the bottom line, and defused the Portuguese's long-range shot.
After the rematch in the second half, the situation was basically Atletico Madrid who had the advantage and controlled the ball, but Real Madrid showed great courage.
Both sides adopted relatively aggressive tactics, and the scene was more beautiful and paced.
In the 58th minute, Atletico launched another attack.
Alves received the ball on the right flank, drove straight in, and sent a cross into the right side of the box.
While everyone's attention was on the right side of the box and in the middle, Alves' cross fell precisely to the back of the box.
I saw Marcelo suddenly come out when no one was defending, facing Alves's landing point, and the ball with his left foot did not stop and shot directly into Real Madrid's goal.
3 to 1!
World Wave!!
Marcelo and Atletico all rushed out of the pitch in a frenzy to celebrate all the way.
The crowd went completely crazy.
Especially Atletico fans.
This kick of the world wave is so exciting, so enjoyable!
But no one expected that in just 3 minutes, Real Madrid's left side attacked, Ronaldo broke through with the ball continuously, and when he wanted to enter the Atletico Madrid penalty area, he was successfully tackled by Pepe.
Ronaldo in turn grabbed the ball and got entangled with Pepe, resulting in the ball being obtained by Benzema.
The French striker pulled the ball past Thiago Silva and fired a right-footed shot through Manuel Neuer.
2 to 3!
Once again, the game is in suspense!
Seeing hope, Real Madrid launched another wave of onslaught.
Arsene Wenger also made a series of substitutions to strengthen the team's attack.
This fast-paced offensive battle not only made all the fans in the stadium addicted, but I believe that all the fans who watched the live broadcast around the world must be enthusiastic.
It's so exciting!
But just when everyone thought that Real Madrid was going to fight back wildly, in the 77th minute, Messi suddenly started when he dribbled the ball on the right side.
I saw that the Argentine first passed Essien, continued to dribble forward, and faced the left and right blockades of Ashley Cole and Vidic, Messi was bold, first after an emergency stop, continuous feints, and after shaking out of the gap, he suddenly started, and walked away, dribbling out of the middle of the two defenders.
It felt like Vidic and Ashley Cole weren't world-class defenders at all, but two immovable stakes that allowed Messi to dribble through them and break into the box.
After the Argentine rushed into the big penalty area, he faced the attacking Casillas, and directly pushed the shot.
Casillas was very experienced and reacted quickly enough to block Messi's shot with his foot and block it.
But the Argentine caught up again, grabbed the ball when it fell, went sideways, passed Casillas who fell to the ground, and sent the ball into the Real Madrid goal again.
4 to 2!
The stadium was filled with cheers from Atletico fans!
Real Madrid fans looked at Messi rushing on the pitch in disbelief, and couldn't help but recall the performance of three people in a row just now, no, a performance of four people in a row.
Is this still human?
How can a mortal behave like this?
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May 25, 2013, Wembley Stadium, London.
In the Champions League final, Atletico Madrid faced Valencia.
Both sides are from La Liga, and they have been fighting each other for many years, and they know each other's roots.
Carlo Ancelotti knows how to deal with Atletico and, in turn, Atletico know how to keep Valencia at bay.
Valencia's line-up for this Champions League final was a bit of a surprise.
Carlo Ancelotti opted for his usual 4231 formation, but not only did the front line change, but so did the backline.
Anderson started in place of Sneijder in the team's number 10 midfield, with Juan Marta on the left, Nani on the right and Robin van Persie up front, making it the strongest attacking line-up Valencia can field at the moment.
Anderson was able to start mainly because of his excellent performance in the semi-finals.
At the back, Carlo Ancelotti dropped Raul Albiol in favour of a centre-back duo of Jerome Boateng and David Luiz.
This is quite surprising.
You know, these two central defenders are not very reliable.
David Luiz is known to many as Lucio II, and if you look at the name, you can see that he actually likes to go forward.
To put it mildly, this is called active defense, and if you want to say something unpleasant, this is a pit.
Jerome Boateng's progress under Carlo Ancelotti is indeed very noticeable, but he still cramps from time to time.
In the few games that have been played by Boateng and David Luiz so far this season, Valencia's performances have not been particularly ideal.
But in this game, Carlo Ancelotti chose the two central defenders to start together.
Yang Hao was also surprised by this.
But when it came to the game, he understood.
Carlo Ancelotti pressed from the high post, and he did not defend strictly, but took the initiative to maintain the forward pressure of the overall formation, while also aiming his attacking line at the back of Atletico.
Not only that, from the very beginning, the Bat Legion showed an aggressive momentum and launched a wave of rushes.
Ancelotti's intention is very obvious, that is, he wants to use the opening to suppress Atletico Madrid, take the opportunity to seize the initiative of the game, and restrain Atletico by pressing from the high position.
In this case, Boateng and David Luiz, who are more mobile, are clearly more suitable than Raul Albiol.
If nothing else, Raul Albiol's turnaround speed and his one-on-one defense are really not strong enough.
Facing a front trident of David Silva, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, Valencia wants to push the defense to the top of the pitch, and the use of Albiol is worrying.
So, Ancelotti chose Boateng and David Luiz.
It's called Surprise Win!
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Yang Hao has always felt that his strength is at a disadvantage, so he needs to win by surprise.
There is a double-edged sword in everything, and the same is true for tricks.
If the strength is superior, when it comes to this kind of final, it is to play steadily, play your own level, and suppress the opponent.
But at the beginning of this game, Atletico were not able to suppress their opponents.
Ancelotti's tricks, coupled with Valencia's high tackling, still caused a lot of trouble for Atletico.
In the opening three minutes, Robin van Persie forced Manuel Neuer to make a brilliant save with a shot on goal.
Subsequently, Valencia continued to press in the midfield, and after grabbing the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack, which put Atletico's backline under pressure, and Neuer made frequent saves.
In the first 10 minutes, Valencia had three shots on goal, two of which left Neuer in a cold sweat.
After 10 minutes, Valencia did not take it as soon as it was good, but continued to keep the pressure on Atletico, showing a determination not to retreat without scoring.
Obviously, Carlo Ancelotti had unified his thinking with the Valencia players before the game, and at the same time deployed various decisions in the game, so the Valencia players showed great unity.
This has put pressure on Atletico.
Although the Sheets also had counter-attacks and shots, they were still at a disadvantage in terms of overall performance.
Yang Hao always stood on the sidelines, and did not react rashly, let alone mess up.
The same goes for the Atletico players on the pitch.
They have played in the Champions League three times in a row and won them all!
No other team has as much experience of winning Champions League finals as Atletico's squad and no one knows how to deal with the pressures and difficulties of Champions League finals.
Doesn't Valencia like high positions and pressing?
Okay, then fulfill them and force them out!
If it is changed to other inexperienced or immature teams, Yang Hao's decision-making will definitely be doubted by the players, at the very least, they will worry about whether this can achieve the effect?
But the Atletico players won't.
Years of experience have taught them that in the Champions League final, the more anxious they are to finish off their opponents, the more likely they are to go wrong.
Atletico played steadily, guarding their own goal and dealing with Valencia's high pressing.
Don't you like to come up and grab it?
Come on!
As soon as the ball is broken, Atletico pass and run, and through skillful passing, the ball is transferred.
At the beginning, Valencia was able to barely suppress Atletico Madrid with the physical energy, high morale of the players, and high execution at the beginning.
But after the Sheets Army held on, coupled with the passage of time, physical consumption, and the previous attack did not have an effect, the Valencia players could not stand being slipped by Atletico like this.
So, in the first twenty minutes or so of the game, there was a very interesting scene.
Atletico Madrid looked more passive on the field, but in fact, the possession rate reached 62%, and the number of passes was significantly ahead of Valencia, and most of Atletico's passes were actually in their own half and near the halfway line.
There are not many passes that really threaten to get into the heart of Valencia.
This is mainly due to the lack of forward passes to threaten the ball.
Why do Atletico pass forward less?
It seems that Valencia is pressing high up, but in fact, the tactics that Atletico Madrid took the initiative also have a lot to do with it.
Yang Hao is not in a hurry, and neither are the Atletico Madrid players.
And this pragmatic tactic, although it did not create any threat on the offensive end, although it seemed to be suppressed by Valencia on the field, but the Bat Legion's attack against Atletico did not have a good way.
The centre-back combination of Ramos and Pepe, along with Sergio Busquets in front of him and Manuel Neuer in front of goal, made it difficult for Valencia's attacking team to be a threat.
The game began to gradually enter a stalemate.
Especially after 30 minutes, when Valencia's players were in a bit of fitness, Atletico gradually turned the tide.
And in the 32nd minute, after Atletico Madrid made a steal near the halfway line, Valencia launched a counter-attack again.
The Sheets made a succession of passes and passed the ball to the feet of Kaka on the right side of the centre circle.
Valencia had no one around Kaka, so the Brazilian stopped the ball and immediately moved forward.
Suarez dropped back quickly from the middle, as if to pick up Kaka, bringing out David Luiz.
But at this moment, Kaka suddenly sent a pass over the top and gave the ball to the back of the Valencia defence.
After David Luiz chased Suarez back, the gap between Boateng and left-back Jordi Alba was widened.
I saw Messi, who was originally ambushed on the right side, quickly cut diagonally and caught up with Kaka's pass on the right side of the arc top area.
To say that Kaka's pass is also very exquisite, after landing and rebounding, it was just unloaded by Messi and stepped into the big penalty area.
Boateng has a big problem with the centre-back, which has to do with his defensive habits, which is that he likes to throw himself out at every turn and fall to the ground to tackle.
Ancelotti admonished him several times and trained him specifically.
On weekdays, he has indeed changed a lot, and he has made significant progress.
But in this Champions League final, when facing an attacker of Messi's level, when he saw Messi hit the ball into the big penalty area, he was anxious, where could he manage the rest, his mind was hot, and he threw himself out.
Messi had already prepared, a quick stop, the right foot smashed the ball to the left foot, but after avoiding Boateng, he pulled his left foot sideways, and then pulled out a furious shot.
With great speed, the ball skimmed the hand of Cech at the edge of the six-yard box and drilled into the back of the net.
1 to 0!
Messi's whole body turned around excitedly and ran away.
The Atletico fans in the stadium were frantically chanting the Argentine's name.
Yang Hao nodded and applauded like no one else.
He had been prepared for such an outcome.
Starting with Albiol, the defense will be much more stable, but behind it is a big problem, not suitable for high defense.
Boateng and David Luiz were more maneuverable but reckless defensively.
Messi's goal seems to be accidental, but it is actually inevitable.
The difference is just when and who passes the ball and who scores.
……
After Atletico Madrid took a one-goal lead, they continued to play steadily and steadily, still not in a hurry at all.
Anyway, after taking the lead, it is Valencia who is in a hurry.
After the rematch in the second half, Valencia tried to force another wave, but could no longer suppress Atletico.
After two counterattacks seized by the Sheets, Valencia had to retreat.
Atletico Madrid took advantage of the trend to push the defensive line forward, and the pace of the game gradually increased.
With the decline in fitness, coupled with the overall disadvantage in strength, Valencia was unable to maintain a high defensive position and had to retreat.
Yang Hao also made an adjustment, that is, to let Suarez pull the side and let Messi appear in the middle.
Use the Argentines to suppress Boateng and David Luiz and play a center-forward role.
And in the 62nd minute, it was the cross exchange of Suarez and Messi that allowed Messi to seize a chance at the top of the arc, quickly diagonally and diagonally between the two central defenders of Boateng and David Luiz.
David Silva cleverly catches the opportunity on the left flank and passes diagonally behind him.
Messi stopped the ball with his right foot past the attacking goalkeeper Cech, chased up with his left foot, and sent the ball into the unguarded Valencia goal, 2-0!
Brace!
The Argentines were so excited that they rushed to the sidelines, jumped up and cheered!
(End of chapter)