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Chapter 1178 An Unbelievable Mistake

As the world's top coaches, Ancelotti and Simeone's control of the game will basically not cause major surprises.

The deduction of the situation in the first half by the two coaches basically happened, but there were some accidents.

Just 9 minutes into the game, Diego Costa couldn't hold on.

The Brazilian-Spanish striker was very active from the start, pressing Real Madrid's defense, but after a sprint, he felt something was wrong and couldn't hold on, so he was replaced by Adrian.

Simeone's gamble lost!

Losing this bet caused Atletico Madrid to lose a valuable substitution and at the same time lost the frontcourt fulcrum for counterattack.

The combination of Villa and Adrian is far from being able to replace Diego Costa, whether it is in terms of tactics, style of play, or personal strength. Although Villa is a world-class striker, he is old after all.

This created the earliest substitution in the history of the Champions League final.

Simeone looked very depressed on the sidelines, obviously at this moment, he felt that the goddess of luck was not on his side tonight.

Afterwards, Atletico Madrid still adopted high-position pressing tactics, which is what they are best at and the only way they can beat Real Madrid. However, Real Madrid did not choose head-to-head, but contracted appropriately to consume Atletico Madrid by passing and controlling the ball.

Simeone knew Real Madrid's intentions, but he couldn't help it.

Only the strong have a choice, and the weak can only accept their fate!
In addition to the mad dog-like pressing, Simeone's team also fouled frequently.

The two teams were rivals in the same city. The Dutch referee Keipers was soft on the whistle. After a few trials at the beginning, Atletico Madrid got a feel for the style of the Dutch referee and began to increase the intensity of the action, which made the game very intense.

On one occasion, Real Madrid wanted to launch a counterattack quickly, but Raul Garcia made a decisive tactical foul and knocked down Di Maria, ruining a very good chance for Real Madrid to counterattack.

As a result, Ramos had a bad tone and was shown a yellow card. Fortunately, Yang Yang who arrived in time pulled him away.

Both sides played very hard, and the execution ability of the players was also high. Neither side left too many opportunities for the other side, so the game became a war of attrition. In contrast, Real Madrid's consumption will be less.

Diego Costa left the field due to injury at the beginning, Atletico Madrid lost an important frontcourt fulcrum, and the game was stalemate. These seem to be favorable factors for Real Madrid, as if the goddess of victory is waving at Real Madrid.

But just when everyone thought that the balance of victory was tilting towards Real Madrid, the game suddenly reversed again.

No.306 minutes, Atletico Madrid got a right corner kick.

Captain Gabi took a corner kick and was pushed out of the penalty area by the Real Madrid defender, but outside the penalty area, Juanfran pushed the ball back again and fell back into the penalty area again.

In the penalty area, Ramos and Godin are competing with each other for landing points. It seems that Godin has grabbed the position, but Ramos also took off at the same time, desperately interfering with Godin.

At this time, Casillas, who had been guarding the goal line for some reason, abandoned the goal and rushed directly towards the ball's landing point, but just halfway through the attack, he realized that he had made a mistake.

Under the interference of Ramos, Godin pushed out the ball not fast, with little force, and the angle was not tricky, but precisely because of Casillas' attack, Real Madrid's front was empty and no one was guarding it.

After Casillas realized that something was wrong, he immediately turned around and ran back, and quickly flew over, trying to catch the ball before it went in. Although he also managed to catch it, the ball finally fell to the ground and bounced into the goal.

The Real Madrid goalkeeper was so angry that he beat the grass hard in the goal, but he couldn't change the reality.

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"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's going on?"

"Iker Casillas made such a bad low-level error, it is almost a surprise."

"It should have been an offensive opportunity that even Atletico Madrid themselves hadn't thought of, and it turned out to be a goal."

"This is really unbelievable. Casillas' mistake this time is too terrible. It directly put Real Madrid in a backward position. It is simply a gift to Atletico Madrid."

"The change in the situation of the game is too surprising. Just now we were still saying that if we continue to develop in this direction, Real Madrid will win in the second half. Unexpectedly, it is now Atletico Madrid who advanced by one goal."

"We can see that Simeone is extremely excited on the sidelines. He himself did not expect that the captain of Real Madrid will send them such a goal. For Atletico Madrid, this goal is likely to allow them to win the championship."

"Unbelievable, really unbelievable."

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The Real Madrid players were also shocked.

Yang Yang stood at the front and looked back towards the goal. He saw Casillas slowly getting up from the goal, looking extremely embarrassed, while other Real Madrid players looked very surprised and lost.

This conceded goal hits the player the hardest.

Everyone worked so hard to actively create opportunities, but in the end, because of a low-level mistake, the team's good situation was ruined. What would this make the players think?
Casillas has experienced many battles, so he must also understand this, so after getting up from the ground, he looked very lonely, but he had to raise his hand to apologize to his teammates from afar, but this did not help the morale of the team much.

Behind zero to one, Casillas made such a mistake, it really takes a little time to adjust his emotions.

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In the stands of the Stadium of Light, Real Madrid President Florentino, accompanied by General Manager Manuel Redondo and Technical Director Valdano, sat with Real Madrid celebrities to watch the game.

When they saw Casillas make such a low-level mistake that caused the team to concede a goal, everyone was disappointed. Even Hierro, Raul and Guti, who had been fighting side by side with Casillas for many years, also showed expressions of disbelief.

This is the final of the Champions League and one conceded goal could change the result.

It is impossible to achieve zero turnovers in any game, but Casillas' mistakes this time are indeed too serious.

"The adjustment of the goalkeeper's position is imminent, and we must do it as soon as possible." Florentino's eyes flashed a stern look.

If Real Madrid lost the Champions League tonight, it must be Casillas' responsibility.

No one will deny that Casillas has made a lot of contributions to Real Madrid, but it cannot ignore the fact that his current overall competitive strength has declined greatly. His technical characteristics and his age make it difficult for him to be reassuring now.

In the position of goalkeeper, Real Madrid has been wanting to sign for more than a day or two, but it has never been as urgent as it is now.

This is the final of the Champions League, a game worth over [-] million yuan, but the goalkeeper made such a mistake, how can people feel relieved?

"We have been in contact with Manchester United for the introduction of De Gea. The players themselves want to come to Real Madrid, but Manchester United is also very tough. Unless we let Di Maria go, otherwise, they will not consider selling De Gea." Valdano frowned.

Manchester United attaches great importance to De Gea, especially this season, when the Red Devils performed poorly, but De Gea played bravely, which made the Spanish goalkeeper more popular and became an important part of Manchester United's revival plan, so Manchester United basically refused to talk about it.

According to what Manchester United privately revealed, if Real Madrid wants to get De Gea, they have to exchange Di Maria. This is unacceptable to Real Madrid, because in the current European football, a right winger like Di Maria is very difficult to find, but De Gea is not the only candidate for Real Madrid.

"I talked to Vicky, and he gave two reliable candidates, one is Manchester United's De Gea, and the other is Chelsea's Courtois who is on loan at Atletico Madrid. From the current point of view, Courtois is more likely, but Barcelona also wants to get him."

Courtois has a height of nearly two meters and has performed so well in Atletico Madrid in the past few years that many people have forgotten that he is actually only 22 years old and a very young rookie, but he stood in front of Atletico Madrid tonight, playing high and low, and performed well.

The reason why Chelsea considered selling Courtois is that they have Petr Cech.

As we all know, Cech is Mourinho's favorite player. Courtois's loan contract at Atletico Madrid expires this year. Chelsea hopes that he will return, but Courtois made harsh words as early as April. Unless he is given the main position, he does not want to go back.

In fact, this is also understandable, because Courtois is now the main goalkeeper at the Champions League final level. If he goes back to Chelsea to play Cech as a substitute, it will be fatal for a goalkeeper who is only 22 years old and is at a critical stage of his career.

It is because of this contradiction that Barcelona took advantage of the opportunity and tried to sign Courtois to replace Valdes, but according to the news, Chelsea offered a high price of 3000 million pounds, which made Barcelona very hesitant.

23-year-old De Gea and 22-year-old Courtois, these two goalkeepers are undoubtedly the most eye-catching young rookies in European football, and everyone believes that they will be the top goalkeepers in European football in the next few years.

Real Madrid's goalkeeper coach Vici has trained many top goalkeepers in his career, such as Buffon, Dida and Cech, and he has a positive attitude towards De Gea and Courtois, which shows the strength and potential of these two goalkeepers.

"Fight for De Gea!" Florentino hesitated for a while before making a decisive decision.

Valdano nodded, because De Gea is Spain's main goalkeeper for the next ten years.

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In the stadium, after Atletico Madrid unexpectedly scored a goal, Simeone's team began to adopt a more secure defensive tactic, and began to retreat across the board, becoming extremely conservative.

Obviously, Simeone scored a goal and started their best defensive counterattack.

(End of this chapter)