Soccer Card System

Chapter 496 The Era of the Troika (Part [-])
Chapter 497 The Era of the Troika
"Atlético Madrid come back to beat Bayern Munich!!"

"The Sheets show the strength of the La Liga champions!!"

"Beating the strongest opponent in the group, Atletico Madrid made a good start in the Champions League!!"

In the media reports on the second day, the focus match between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich is naturally a game that has attracted much attention from the media!
Atletico Madrid fell behind by two goals and defeated Bayern Munich in a reversal. At their home court, Atletico Madrid showed their strong strength. Even an opponent like Bayern Munich did not take away points against Atletico Madrid in this stadium!
Calderon Stadium!This stadium has become a veritable devil's home stadium in La Liga! !

Bayern Munich returned to Germany soon, and a defeat in Madrid made Bayern Munich look a little embarrassed.The Bundesliga giants felt disheartened when they were reversed from a two-goal lead.

In another game in this group, Manchester City played against Naples at home. Mancini's team drew a one-to-one draw with their opponents at home. Manchester City and Naples each scored one point.

It is undoubtedly a good thing for Bayern Munich that these two teams did not decide the outcome. Although they lost in the first round of the group stage, they were only one point behind Manchester City and Naples.

Now Atletico Madrid ranks first in the group with three points, while Manchester City and Naples are ranked second and third, and Bayern Mooney is at the bottom. After the first round of the group, Atletico Madrid will immediately become the favorite to qualify for the group!

The Spanish media are very optimistic about Atletico Madrid qualifying for the group stage. After all, even Bayern Mooney has won, and it is not too difficult to win Manchester City and Naples.

However, Gao Bo was very low-key after the game. Every opponent in this group should not be underestimated, so Gao Bo did not appear too optimistic after the game: "Our upcoming schedule is very intensive. This period of time is a very big test for us. At least before the second round of the group stage, we have to play three games, including an away game against Barcelona, ​​so we must be very cautious. Fighting on the third line is a test for my players and the team, but I believe my players can adapt to this rhythm. They are the best professional player!"

Gao Bo is right, due to participating in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid's schedule this season is much more difficult than last season!

On the third day after playing Bayern Munich at home, on September 22th, Atlético de Madrid will play the fourth round of the league. They will face Racing Santander at home. On September 25, the fifth round of the league will play against Sporting Gijon at home.
All are in the rhythm of one game in three days, especially since playing Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid can be said to have faced strong enemies in a row!

This is a very severe test for the team's physical fitness and bench.

Intensive schedule, injuries also have to be taken into consideration.Reyes' post-match test results came back with a sprained ankle and is expected to miss two weeks.

Not long after the start of the season, Atletico Madrid will soon taste the impact of the Champions League on the team.

On September [-]th, in the fourth round of the league game against Racing Santander at home, Gao Bo made a rotation of the team's lineup, but the rotation was not large.

Mainly in the midfield, Mario Suarez, Kanter, and Cork played. On the peak line, Griezmann, Aguero, and Mane played.

Atletico Madrid, which has rotated three main players, did not have any surprises at home.

They beat their opponents with a score of [-]-[-] and won the league's three consecutive league victories since the start of the league!
After this game, Atletico Madrid played against Sporting Gijon at home immediately. Since they had to play Barcelona three days later, the team made relatively large adjustments.

Several core players are sitting on the bench.Griezmann, Aguero, Modric, Kanter, and two full-backs also temporarily sat on the bench. The start of this game, Atletico Madrid's rotation is surprising.

The goalkeeper is naturally Keylor Navas. On the back line, Miranda and Lucio start the game. On the left is Alba, and on the right is the teenager Carvajal.

In this game, Atletico Madrid played a 442 formation.

Before the game started, the televised footage gave Gao Bo a close-up.

"Atletico Madrid's rotation is very large. Obviously, coach Gao Bo is targeting the game against Barcelona. He needs to let the main players take turns and deal with Barcelona wholeheartedly! But the rotation is so large. If there is any accident in this game, what's the point of winning Barcelona several times?"

Aduriz didn't quite understand Gao Bo's choice.

Because in the eyes of outsiders, with so many substitute players, it may be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win even at home.

Sporting Gijon is also a La Liga team, with such a large rotation, even at home, Atletico Madrid, whose strength has declined so significantly, may give Sporting Gijon a chance!

This is the opinion of most people.

But in Gao Bo's opinion, this rotation is not weak at all!

Even in terms of defensive toughness, this lineup is even stronger than the main lineup. The players in the midfield all have considerable physical confrontation ability and defensive strength!

In this game, Gao Bo also took advantage of the confrontation in the midfield. From the very beginning, Atletico Madrid used a suffocating midfielder to press, so that Sporting Gijon, who was about to make a fuss in the away game, was completely blocked in his backcourt.

Sporting Gijon saw that Atletico Madrid's rotation was so large, and their players seemed to feel offended and felt that they were underestimated.So they played the game with the idea of ​​​​giving Atletico Madrid a lesson from the beginning.

But Atletico Madrid have not learned their lesson.Sporting Gijon was beaten away by Atletico Madrid instead.
In the first half of the game, Mane and Diego Costa scored respectively to help Atletico Madrid gain a two-goal lead.

Not long after the start of the second half, through a corner kick, Mario Suarez headed the ball into the goal, rewriting the score to [-]-[-].

After the seventh and 10 minutes of the game, Gao Bo replaced several main players one after another, letting them come out to feel the atmosphere of the game.

In the end, Griezmann, who came off the bench, was fouled in the penalty area and Atletico Madrid won a penalty.

This season, Gao Bo adjusted the order of penalty kicks.

Griezmann is now Atletico Madrid's number one penalty taker.

And he lived up to expectations, easily scored a penalty kick, and the score became four to zero!

Atletico Madrid seal the victory!

This is also the score after the end of the game. Atletico Madrid also played a four-to-zero victory with a substitute lineup!
This game also made the Spanish media look at Atletico Madrid's substitute lineup with admiration.

"There is no doubt that Atletico Madrid has a very deep bench, and this is ignored by many people. Judging from this game, Atletico Madrid's bench lineup is not even worse than Barcelona and Real Madrid!"

"With such a substitute lineup, we can now truly say that La Liga may really enter the era of the troika from now on!"

(End of this chapter)