strictlysupreme Chapter 570 Home game against Atletico Madrid (2)
Chapter 570 Home game against Atletico Madrid (2)
Chapter 570 Home game against Atletico Madrid ([-])
The small snow particles hit Simeone's hair like a layer of white fluff. Simeone shrank his head and directed from the sidelines, and he was unwilling to return to the bench to sit.
Look at the players on the bench, all wearing down jackets and wrapped in thick blankets, you will know how cold Simeone is now.
The reason for this is that Simeone knows that his tactics are defensive counterattacks. In the case of 0 to 0, his tactics are perfect, but in the case of 0 to 1, his set of tactics will not work.
The current situation is that Atletico Madrid has to attack even if they bite the bullet, and this is likely to be disastrous for Atletico Madrid. Simeone thought of the Champions League final 3 years ago in his mind. In the end, Atletico Madrid collapsed because they had to attack.
Simeone stretched out four fingers, which was telling Kok, Saul, Griezmann, and Torres.
There are not many people involved in Atletico Madrid's offense. They are all teamwork, similar to the Italian style.
Simeone's four fingers were in the eyes of "Sammer". He didn't know the specific meaning, but he could guess it out of ten.
Summer also stood up, braved the gradually growing snowflakes, and stretched out two fingers towards the field. This was not the meaning of calling "Second Child" Muller, but a reminder to the two midfielders.
Summer and Heynckes are very similar, relying heavily on the midfielder is the core of tactics, and it was Summer and Heynckes who decided to grab "Martinez" in 2013.
After Simeone showed his gesture, Sammer has been observing the changes on Atletico Madrid's side. Sure enough, now four people from Atletico Madrid have passed the midfield. In addition to the two forwards, Saul and Koke have also been added. This is a signal to attack.
Summer pointed to Cork and asked the defensive midfielder to focus on the veteran Cork, but this time Summer was wrong. What he didn't know was that another little guy was even stronger.
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When Saul got the ball in the midfield, Cork swept beside him. Martinez habitually leaned towards Cork. This was a defensive prediction. Martinez estimated that Saul must pass the ball, but unexpectedly, Saul stepped on the ball and turned around.
Martinez twisted his center of gravity and then swept his legs. This time the damage was about to succeed. At this moment, Saul dunked the ball and passed Martinez.
After passing his fellow Spaniard, Saul ran forward again. Soon, Vidal's tackle came over. Facing the flying tackle, Saul still dunked lightly, and then he found himself empty in front of him!
Saul was a blockbuster, usually unknown, but facing Bayern's two defensive midfielders at a critical moment, he easily reversed the situation with just two spikes.
Summer was yelling at idiots on the sidelines. Obviously, his defense was too careless. Summer yelled, and he realized that this little guy was about to show his power! !
After passing the two opponents in a row, Saul not only did not have stage fright, but became bolder. He is a player with a big heart like Cesc Fabregas.
When Saul crossed the ball and was parallel to himself, Boateng put LS Ur on the shoulder. The referee awarded a free kick and gave Boateng a yellow card.
*****
The sleet turned into light snow, and the two coaches stood on the sidelines like two snow monkeys. They thought the first half was over, but who would have thought that a 22-year-old teenager would appear out of nowhere, disrupting the dullness of the last moments of the first half.
Atletico Madrid has free kick masters here, Griezmann, Gabi, Saul are all such masters.
Neuer is commanding the wall. Now the weather is not helping Bayern. In this weather, set kicks are a good chance to score.
Atletico Madrid stood in front of the ball with two people-Saul and Griezmann. One of them must be a cover, the purpose was to confuse Neuer. Neuer closed his eyes and used one eye to aim at the gap in the wall.
The referee whistled, and Sammer was extremely nervous.
It was Saul who ran to the ball first, he could be a cover, or he could shoot directly, and in the end Saul stepped over the ball without touching it, obviously he was a cover.
Then Griezmann ran to the ball, Neuer played [-] points, the moment Griezmann touched the ball, Neuer made a prediction, but the strange thing is-where is the ball?
Neuer clearly heard the sound of Griezmann touching the ball, but the ball did not fly over. It turned out that Griezmann's footwork was to pass the ball, not to shoot.
Neuer, who reacted, immediately moved his footsteps and ran in the opposite direction. With the sound of Gabi's crisp kick, the ball flew to the other side of the goal.
The speed of the ball was very fast, and Neuer's reaction was also very fast. In the end, Neuer reached out and touched the ball, but because of the slippery glove, Neuer did not stop the ball from flying into the goal, and the ball slowly rolled into the goal, 1 to 1.
After scoring the goal, the Atletico Madrid team went crazy. An away goal is worth a lot of money. Simeone is happy and crazy. Although it is 1 to 1, Atletico Madrid has actually taken the lead, which means that Atletico Madrid can play defensive counterattacks again.
The moment the ball rolled into the goal, there was no sound at the Allianz Arena, everyone knew what it meant, Bayern fell behind!
Not long after, the referee looked at his watch and blew the whistle to end the first half. The 1-1 score made the Bayern players feel uncomfortable as if something was stuck in their throats.
*****
Walking into the player tunnel, the nearly 20-degree temperature difference melted the snow on the players' hair, but because of this, it felt even colder.
"Hurry up and put on dry clothes," Summer ordered.
After the players changed into dry clothes, Sammer looked at the Bayern players who were not in a good mood, and he was happy first.
"What's the matter, afraid of Atletico Madrid's concrete defense line"?
To be honest, everyone is a little scared. After all, Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattack can crush everything. When Atletico Madrid does not need to attack and can shrink back and concentrate on defense, no team dares to pat its chest and say that it can score 100% of the goals.
Summer stretched out a fist, and everyone didn't know what Summer meant.
"Assuming this fist is Atletico Madrid, as long as we hit it on the wall, it will loosen."
What does it mean?
The players looked at each other.
"Remember when the season started and I asked you to run a marathon"?
Everyone nodded.
"In the second half, you give me one more player, and Atletico Madrid can't bear our strong pressure, understand"?
"What, are you kidding me"?
Atletico Madrid is the best running team in Europe. If they can run more than Atletico Madrid and have one more player, it is really like a joke.
But in fact, no one dared to laugh, let alone refute.
"What? Don't believe in yourself?"
"believe",
"That's good." Summer nodded slightly. He knew that these guys still didn't believe it, but in fact, people are like this. If you don't try it, you will never know how great your potential is!
*****
Simeone was pacing in the locker room. After everyone drank water and rested, he stretched out a fist. Everyone thought: "Is the coach going to hit someone?"
Soon, Simeone let go of his fist again and straightened his five fingers, "If you make a fist, you can hit someone, but if you don't make a fist, you can only be beaten."
This is Simeone's football philosophy-team football. Looking at Atletico Madrid's lineup, it is actually far behind Bayern, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, but in terms of performance, Atletico Madrid is not bad at all. In the final analysis, Simeone can play team football to the fullest.
"Today's weather is not good for us. The 1-1 score was our goal in advance, and now it has been achieved. We must concentrate on defense in the second half, keep the 1-1 score until the final game, and bring this result back to Madrid."
Saul said: "We can do better, I don't think we should be afraid of Bayern."
Simeone chuckled, "It's not fear, it's tactics. What I want is the result."
Saul disagreed in his heart, "Spanish football is always about the process and the result." Saul himself still appreciates Barcelona's football philosophy.
Simeone returned to the tactical board, and he pointed to the opponent's No. 10, "The most important thing is to stare at him in the second half."
"He's tough," Juanfran said.
Simeone shook his head, "Of course not one person, two? Three? Four"?
"Four people staring at each other and one person"?Juanfran was speechless.
"He's not superhuman, there's always a way," Simeone said.
Everyone nodded, thinking that it was true. In La Liga, Atletico Madrid had never met any powerful characters. There were more or less ways to do it, not to mention that the opponent was only Li Qiao.
*****
In the second half, Bayern played first. Coming out of the warm player tunnel, the players all shrank their necks and were smart. Players from tropical countries like Costa had already put on warm gloves.
As for Atletico Madrid, the whole team put on vests and spikes in the second half. It was not until after the game that Simeone knew what a big mistake it was.
Simeone, who came late, did not go to shake hands with Sammer, but waved at Sammer from a distance. This may be arrogance, or it may be intentional. Sammer ignored him. After the referee checked the watch, the second half officially started.
After 5 minutes, Simeone discovered a strange thing, that is, the footsteps of Atletico Madrid players were obviously heavier than that of Bayern players. At first he didn't care, but it was only during a head-to-head confrontation on the wing that Simeone realized that the situation was wrong.
So Simeone went to the sideline and rubbed it with the sole of his leather shoes. After this rubbing, Simeone shouted cheating, but he didn't give up, and touched it with his hand. This time, Simeone's face turned green. He really didn't expect this to happen, because this kind of situation rarely happens in relatively warm Spain, but the second half has already begun, and there is no remedy.
(End of this chapter)