Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 847 The Tough Rival

In the first round of the Champions League semi-final, Liverpool faced Atletico Madrid at home. Although the scene has a great advantage, the offensive threat is not very high.

Atlético Madrid's overall defense is very good, compressing the space and confronting strongly, even if they cannot steal the ball in the first place, they can still delay and hinder Liverpool's offense.

In the 11th minute of the game, Liverpool once again organized an offensive to attack the dangerous area in the frontcourt. After Coutinho responded from the side, he knocked the ball back obliquely. Robertson followed up with a diagonal pass and transferred Gareth Bale from the right As soon as the ball stopped, he was flanked by Cork and Felipe Luis. He calmly kicked the ball and passed it diagonally to the middle.

Eriksson followed up with the ball and pushed forward. At this time, Gabi quickly came to his front to block.

And Eriksson lightly knocked the ball across the front left of the penalty area, and Casemiro followed up and plugged in, which overwhelmed Atletico Madrid's defense.

Godin intends to intercept Casemiro head-on, but the latter almost without stagnation completes the pass and cut cooperation with Lewandowski!
Casemiro, who cut into the left side of the penalty area, immediately kicked the goal!
The football went straight to the far corner of the goal, but Oblak threw it across the baseline like a godsend!

call!
All the Red Army fans were amazed.

"Casemiro's shot inside the box was brilliantly saved by Oblak!
Liverpool played very well in this wave of offensive, shifting from the left to the right, and then developing from the side to the center. A series of teamwork was particularly pleasing to the eye, and even Casemiro's shot was completed very well. The only regret is not scoring!

This shows Liverpool's strong team offensive ability!
Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Oblak played well. He withstood the pressure and defended Atletico Madrid's goal at a critical moment! "

Situ Yunbing felt a little regretful that he didn't score much in this goal.

Liverpool are constantly changing their style of play, not to show how rich their offensive methods are.

It's just that after one offensive method fails to pose a threat, it is changed to another one. It is very conventional, but not blind.

Some teams deliberately change their style of play, but because they are not good at it, they imitate it.

Liverpool does not have such a problem, they will not deliberately play tactics that they are not good at.

In the 15th minute of the game, due to Liverpool's frequent transfer of offense and threats, the team continued to use this style of play, but this time when the offense shifted from the right to the left, Juanfran made a defensive move. The key interception, his interception of Coutinho was very successful, which gave Atletico Madrid a good chance to counterattack.

When Saul responded in the middle circle, he kicked the ball forward to penetrate Kanter's defense zone.

Torres attracted Van Dijk to defend in the response, and then knocked the ball horizontally to the right of the penalty area.

Griezmann's quick inside cut freed Robertson.

He is quick in movement and smart in timing. These are what Situ Yunbing taught him when he was in Hamburg. After all, in Hamburg, Reus was the main player responsible for breakthroughs, and Griezmann was the most important player. The most important thing is to run, because he still plays center most of the time!

When Griezmann cut the ball into the Liverpool penalty area, in order to avoid Coulibaly's interception, he turned the ball to the right side of the penalty area, successfully opened the distance of Coulibaly with his dribbling speed, and then One shot!
The powerful shot blasted the ball to the near corner of the goal. Ter Stegen had a calm expression, moved quickly calmly and made a save, and directly hugged the ball in his arms!
The Red Army fans immediately burst into applause!
"Ter Stegen blocked Griezmann's shot!

fantastic!

Atletico Madrid's quick counterattack is concise but threatening! "

Simeone's expression remained unchanged.

In fact, he also has self-knowledge, and it is unrealistic to expect Atletico Madrid to play tricks in offense!

What they are best at is competing with their opponents for stamina. If they can create offensive threats through defense, then they still have the opportunity to play more players and insert threats. But if the scene is very passive, such as today's situation, then they can play Countering threats is already a very good situation.

As for wanting to play a stronger threat, you have to take greater risks.

It would not be wise to take risks before returning to Calderón!

Simeone knows this well, so the best possible result at Anfield today is a draw!

victory?

It would be a miracle if it could be achieved.

Situ Yunbing is calm and relaxed, and Atletico Madrid's counterattack threat is also expected.

After all, Atletico Madrid has a good counterattack ability. In order to win at home, Liverpool naturally cannot completely block Atletico Madrid in all directions.

It's just that Liverpool failed to continuously create threats, which is very disadvantageous to Liverpool in terms of rhythm.

If threats can be created continuously, then the threat of rhythm is far greater than the threat of tactical means!

But Atlético Madrid must also know that Liverpool can't let the rhythm go up, just like when they face Barcelona and Real Madrid, they will also frequently make fouls to interrupt the game, no matter what method they use, let these super teams play crazy offense Rhythm, then no team on earth can resist it!
Having watched the two-round duel between Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​this perception has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It's just that the audience may not think about it, but the coach will definitely keep it in mind.

Liverpool's delicate and almost cumbersome offensive methods could not achieve the effect of continuous threat, so they quickly adjusted their offensive thinking.

Be simple and rude!
In the 20th minute of the game, Eriksson received a pass from Gareth Bale at the front of the penalty area. Gabi and Koke had already pinched him. Eriksen knocked back with his heel and sent the ball to Kasemi At the foot of Ronaldo, the latter sent a diagonal pass to find Coutinho.

Coutinho stopped the ball in a crosscut to complete the adjustment in one step, and then kicked the goal 25 yards away from the goal!

The football is like a meteor flying straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Oblak leapt forward and lifted the ball over the crossbar with a single palm!

The fans in the audience exclaimed!

"Oblak! The god-like Oblak!

This is the second time he has made a god-level save!

Coutinho played impeccably, but he still failed to pass Oblak!
To be honest, there are absolutely no underdogs in the top four of the Champions League. Each team has unique skills at the bottom of the box, each with its own strengths, and their players in key positions must not be bad!

Atletico Madrid has also cultivated many outstanding goalkeepers over the years! "

Situ Yunbing let out a long breath, Liverpool really have the energy to dig mountains at home today!

And Atletico Madrid has actually done a good job in defense, especially according to Liverpool's explosion after recharging their energy at home, they were able to shoot only two threatening shots in 20 minutes, and they were all rejected by their opponents. , It is enough to see the defensive strength of Atletico Madrid!
In the 23rd minute of the game, when Eriksson also tried a long shot from the front of the penalty area, the football he shot was blocked by Godin with his body.

When the football popped out of Atletico Madrid's penalty area, it was obvious that Liverpool's midfielders were taking the initiative to attack!
This is their continuous coping strategy after a simple offensive.

What is grasped is continuous offensive opportunities.

Although Saul touched the ball first, under the harassment of Kanter, he kicked the ball back and sent it to the wide area and directly passed the ball to Gareth Bale who retreated quickly!

Bad pass by Atletico Madrid!

Seeing that Liverpool was about to seize this opportunity to launch a fast break, Felipe Luis came up and decisively swept Gareth Bale down!

Tactical foul!

Although the action is very aggressive, in terms of timing, this is definitely a tactical foul!
The referee fouled the Atletico Madrid player and showed Felipe Luis a yellow card!
The generals of the Red Army were quite disappointed. If they were allowed to launch a second attack, the offensive threat would be great!
Coutinho's direct free kick was hoisted into the penalty area. Although Lewandowski grabbed the football, the football was flying!

Atletico Madrid's defense was a little jittery. Simeone immediately walked to the sidelines and gestured for the team to slow down. Then he walked back and sat down.

Atletico Madrid really felt that Liverpool's state has been improving in the past period of time. At this time, they are actually easy to be led by the nose by their opponents, that is, they should also increase their rhythm accordingly!
But if they continue to play like this, it is obviously not good for them, so Simeone's timely reminder is like a slap in the face to the team, making them wake up like a dream!
Atletico Madrid tried to slow down the pace of the game. Under the pressure of Liverpool's counterattack in the frontcourt, they could only passively attack forward. Carrasco moved the ball from the wing to the inside and passed the ball before Azpilicueta pressed. Looking for Torres, as a result, Torres stopped the ball under Van Dijk's defensive pressure and made a mistake, Kanter waded the ball away.

Liverpool tried to launch a fast break to continue to maintain a fast pace, but Cork fouled Eriksson when pressing and harassing Eriksson. The referee stopped the game again and did not give Cork a card. standard.

In this way, all Atletico Madrid retreated to defend, Liverpool had no good chance, and now it completely turned into a positional battle.

Even if Situ Yunbing doesn't like Simeone anymore, it must be admitted that Simeone has done a better job than Mourinho in terms of using defense to shape the game.

At least he can make his team show a strong consistency!
After Mourinho's extremely fast defense in Real Madrid, his pursuit of speed is obviously biased, but his control over the overall rhythm is gradually declining!

What a tough opponent!
(End of this chapter)