Chapter 281: Tense Nerves

The consecutive victories gave the Real Madrid players a strong confidence.

Of course, sometimes confidence is too much, that is, arrogance.

They didn't take Atletico Madrid seriously.

Even Barcelona was cleanly defeated by them at home.

Can Atletico Madrid, which has lost to Real Madrid four times this season, make any waves?

Let's try to prove it.

Atletico Madrid can really do it.

Atletico Madrid's attitude in this game was very low.

They hoarded people in the backcourt and defended.

They only seized the opportunity to counterattack.

If you only watch the first ten minutes after the game started.

Then you might think that there would be basically no suspense in this game.

Because Atletico Madrid didn't shoot in ten minutes, let alone the number of offensive organizations that moved the ball through their own half.

But they took the lead in the eleventh minute of the game.

This was a counterattack goal.

A very simple routine.

After stealing the ball in the backcourt, he directly kicked the ball to the top of the center forward Mandzukic's head.

Mandzukic completed a perfect header pass assist while running, and he put the ball to the left side of the arc in front of the penalty area.

Griezmann rushed up from the backcourt and shot with his left foot before Varane cleared the ball!

The football hit the bottom of the crossbar and bounced into the goal.

This is a very beautiful world wave.

Casillas had no time to save it.

The Calderon Stadium was completely boiling after the goal.

Griezmann, the hero of the goal, was also very excited. The Frenchman had a ferocious face and ran to the sidelines, even forgetting to do his iconic 666 celebration posture.

A group of excited Atletico Madrid players pressed Griezmann under them and celebrated wildly.

Just looking at this celebration picture.

You would think it was a lore goal at the end of the game.

There is certainly a reason for the Atletico Madrid players to be so excited.

As the defending champion, they played against their city rivals Real Madrid five times this season.

Two Super Cups, two King's Cups, and one league.

Among them.

They only won the second round of the Super Cup - a game that was irrelevant to the result of the Super Cup, and Real Madrid also made a big rotation to deal with the upcoming first round of the season.

In other games, they lost.

Lost four games!

This made many media think.

Atletico Madrid is no longer a team of the same level as Real Madrid - their strength has declined too obviously.

The players of Atletico Madrid are naturally very unconvinced.

They are holding their breath and must beat Real Madrid at home.

French star Griezmann feels that he needs to prove himself on the court.

He may not be able to compare with Li Mo, Messi and others in terms of goal data.

But he feels that he is not much worse than Li Mo and Messi.

It's just because of the position that many of his data are not conspicuous.

The data that fans pay most attention to is of course goals, followed by assists.

And Griezmann's role is between the second striker and the front midfielder. He needs to play the two roles of attacker and offensive organizer.

So it is normal that his goal data is not much.

But now.

Li Mo didn't score.

He Griezmann scored.

This made Griezmann very happy: You see, in terms of Li Mo's best goal, I beat him in this game!

"Griezmann! Griezmann! Beautiful!! His 11th league goal this season! Griezmann's goals and assists this season may reach double digits!"

"He really deserves to be the new core of Atletico Madrid!"

"Atletico Madrid scored first! This Madrid derby is going to be interesting now!"

Seeing Griezmann score.

Simeone also jumped up from his seat and cheered.

The Argentine coach and his assistants celebrated the goal crazily.

He also felt like he had finally gotten rid of his anger.

In just a few seasons.

Simeone has pulled Atletico Madrid from a team that has been in the middle of La Liga for a long time and even in danger of relegation to a strong team that has won the La Liga championship and reached the top four of the Champions League.

Just when Simeone was in high spirits.

This season.

His team was a little confused by a few blows from Real Madrid.

They suddenly found that their city rival had suddenly become a big devil, a big devil that they could not defeat no matter how hard they tried.

The season has not yet ended. They have lost four games to their city rival.

It is so humiliating! So aggrieved!

Now, it is a good opportunity.

Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid at their home stadium, narrowed the points gap with Real Madrid, and continued to put pressure on Real Madrid on the road to the championship! !

However.

Next door.

Real Madrid coach Zidane did not seem to be very angry about the goal.

Indeed.

This goal allowed Atletico Madrid, who are good at counterattacks, to take the lead, making the situation of the game much more difficult for Real Madrid.

But the game has just begun.

It is too early to talk about winning or losing now.

What's more.

This goal may alert the players of Real Madrid.

The Real Madrid players, who had hardly lost a game this season, realized that they had to maintain absolute concentration and respect for their opponents in every game in order to maintain their previous good form.

Atletico Madrid is definitely not an easy team to deal with.

The TV broadcast locked on Zidane.

The calmness of the Real Madrid coach made the excited Atletico Madrid fans in front of the TV very unhappy.

"What are you pretending for! We are leading now!"

Many Atletico Madrid fans couldn't help but curse.

A goal was lost.

The Real Madrid players also calmed down quickly.

They continued to put pressure on the opponent on the offensive end.

Li Mo made a long shot outside the penalty area, which shocked the opponent.

The Atletico Madrid fans at the Calderon Stadium almost forgot to boo.

Although this long shot didn't go in.

But it was enough to be a reassurance for the Real Madrid players.

With Li Mo, we have nothing to worry about.

And it's still raining on the field.

The field is slippery, and the surface of the ball is also slippery after being stained with water.

In addition, the ball became heavier, and the shot football carried more force.

And the drizzling rain disturbed the goalkeeper's vision.

These all increased the difficulty of the goalkeeper's save.

Therefore, under such weather conditions.

Long shots are a good way to score.

Li Mo made a shot.

Soon Modric also made a shot from the outside.

Real Madrid has many long-range shooters.

In addition to Li Mo.

Bale, Di Maria, Kroos, Modric, Xavi Alonso.

Even the two full-backs Carvajal and Marcelo, their shots outside the penalty area are very reliable.

Zidane stood on the sidelines and applauded the players for the two shots outside the penalty area.

The self-adjustment of the Real Madrid players saved him, the head coach, from worrying.

He felt that he didn't even need to wait until the halftime break.

The team should be able to equalize the score.

Zidane was right.

As the Real Madrid players frequently took long shots from the outside.

Atletico Madrid's bus-parking tactics were somewhat awkward.

They knew that today's weather conditions were conducive to long-range shots.

But if they wanted to defend long-range shots, they had to move up from their defensive positions to block the space and line of the shots.

But in this way.

It gave Real Madrid two more spaces on the flanks.

Bale and Di Maria, whether they cut into the penalty area to shoot or pass the ball to the middle of the penalty area, were very threatening.

And Real Madrid has too many heavy gunners on the perimeter.

Any player in the midfield can shoot if there is space.

This makes their defense even more awkward.

Finally, Atletico Madrid's players figured it out.

Whoever has the ball at his feet, the greater the threat.

Anyway, whoever has the ball, just focus on defending him.

But such a defensive strategy can't always keep up with the rhythm.

In the 31st minute of the game.

Toni Kroos got the ball on the perimeter and pretended to shoot from a distance, which made Atletico Madrid's defensive players make a blocking move, but at this moment, Tonis suddenly made a cross pass.

Li Mo rushed up from behind him, without stopping the ball, and kicked it directly.

The football flew into the air, broke through the rain curtain, and flew in front of Oblak with a whoosh.

The angle of this ball was not open.

It was very straight.

But Oblak didn't dare to catch it with his hands.

In fact, he hadn't figured out how to deal with this ball at all.

Because the speed of the ball was too fast.

He could only instinctively stretch out his hand to block it.

The football hit his arm and bounced to the right side of the small penalty area.

Just when Atletico Madrid fans were ready to cheer for Oblak's wonderful save.

Another figure in a white jersey appeared in the small penalty area.

"Gareth Bale!!!"

With the commentator's roar.

The Welshman kicked the ball towards the goal with his left foot.

Facing such a powerful shot at close range.

Oblak, who had already made a save, had no way to play.

"One to one! Real Madrid has tied the score!"

"Bale's clever follow-up shot! Li Mo's shot made Oblak make a wonderful save, but facing Bale's follow-up shot, he was a little powerless to save the team again. Atletico Madrid can't expect the goalkeeper to guard their goal like a god every time!"

Zidane shook his fists and turned to look at his assistants with a smile.

He felt a kind of "world's best" domineering from this Real Madrid.

Yes.

No matter what situation this team encounters.

They can also remain calm enough.

There are always players who can stand up to solve problems.

Sometimes it's Li Mo.

Sometimes it's Bale.

Or someone else.

And the team system runs very smoothly.

In addition.

In this world, there are only a handful of clubs that can compare with Real Madrid on paper.

This season's Real Madrid is full of expectations.

The team lost the ball!

Calderon Stadium was silent at first, and then a huge booing broke out.

Atletico Madrid fans can't bear to see Real Madrid players celebrating on their turf.

Simeone frowned on the sidelines.

The hard-earned lead was just gone, and he still expected to rely on this lead to win Real Madrid.

If the team can defeat Real Madrid at home, Atletico Madrid will at least be qualified to join the championship.

On the contrary, this game is going to be lost.

That's a huge gap between Real Madrid and Real Madrid.

But look at the current momentum

The situation is not good for Atletico Madrid.

Simone began to feel a little uneasy.

He won't admit it though.

However, the fact is that losing to Real Madrid four times in a single season has left Atletico Madrid with some psychological shadow.

Simeone, who felt that the momentum was not right, quickly made Atletico Madrid retreat further with a big wave of his hand.

anyway.

First withstand the opponent's attack.

Griezmann hoped that after Real Madrid pressed hard, he would get more space to counterattack.

But the result.

He waited in the frontcourt for a long time, but there was never a counterattack that could push past half court.

no way.

The French can only return to their own half to participate in defense.

His strike partner Mandzukic has returned long ago.

Thus.

Atletico Madrid's front two forwards both returned to participate in the defense.

They wanted to defend completely and withstand the first half and then worry about it in the second half.

Real Madrid players also feel the recycling of Atletico Madrid.

"Did you see it? They retracted the whole line, and they didn't even want to fight back!"

Li Mo said to Modric next to him when the ball was dead.

Modric smiled: "How many goals have you scored against Atletico Madrid this season? It's normal for them to be scared!"

"Hey, I haven't made it into this game yet!"

"oh?"

"Since they are giving face like this, of course they should get another one."

Li Mo smiled.

Atletico Madrid's stubborn defense turned the game in the final stages of the first half into a half-time offensive and defensive exercise for Real Madrid.

As time ran out in the first half of the game.

Atletico Madrid's defense has also become more cautious.

On the one hand, they must keep the distance between the players and compress the space.

At the same time, we must also seize opportunities to attack from time to time and block Real Madrid's long-range shots.

At the same time, I also pay attention to my actions.

Atletico Madrid doesn't mind fouling in the midfield.

But now they all retreated to the front of the penalty area and defended the third zone.

Fouling in this area can be very dangerous.

You must know that Li Mo's free kick threat is great.

But sometimes.

The more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.

The 42nd minute of the game.

Gabi brought down Modric with a defensive move.

Gabi was very excited when he heard the whistle. He kept telling the referee that Modric was diving.

But his fierce protest only got him a yellow card - the referee had no intention of giving the card, but who made Gabby so excited and unwilling to let go, saying "If you don't change the decision, I will fight you." It’s not over yet.”

Of course, it is impossible for the referee to change the decision just because Gabby protested fiercely.

If he did this, how could he officiate this game?

And from Gabi's preoccupation with a free kick.

It can also be seen how tense the Atletico Madrid players are. (End of chapter)