Fengba Greenery

Chapter 229
Chapter 74 Rain Fight

After failing to win Chelsea at home, Simeone had to be more cautious than usual when he arrived away.

After all, as long as you win this game, you will enter the final. For Atletico Madrid, which has already dominated the league, the appeal of the Champions League is infinite at this moment.

In fact, as early as a week ago, Simeone told the players on the first day after the first round of the game that in the next six days, the team's training has only one purpose, and that is the game against Chelsea in the middle of next week.

As for the weekend game against Elche at home... Simeone didn't mention it at all in training.

Simeone withdrew almost all the details in the pre-match tactical meeting, but one thing that was difficult to control was England's erratic weather.On the first day they came to Fulham for training, they were dismayed by the British weather. The sun was still shining brightly in the morning, but in the afternoon, the players could only roll in the mud on the training ground.Fulham is not a big team either, and their training ground facilities are not very good.

Of course, Simeone is not worried about Stamford Bridge turning into a mud field.Although Stamford Bridge has been in use for more than 100 years, as the home of London's powerful Chelsea, Stamford Bridge has undergone many modernizations and has complete drainage facilities. Even if it rains heavily on the day of the game, there is no need to worry too much about the venue The problem.

What Simeone is worried about is whether Atletico Madrid's players can adapt to the rain battle in the heavy rain.In other words, he knows very well that England's team is definitely more adaptable to fighting in the rain than the Spanish team.

In other words, if it rains heavily during the game, Chelsea will have more experience in rain battles than Atletico Madrid.

And when the team trained in the rain all afternoon, he could still hear the cheers of the players when he returned to the locker room. Fortunately, this at least showed that the players were not affected by the rain.

Li Qingshan naturally put all his energy into this Champions League match.Being able to break into the Champions League final and even win the championship in the first season in Europe is too tempting for him.

I train in the team during the day, and sweat profusely on the training field in the football training camp when I sleep at night.

When Li Qingshan woke up again on the morning of the game day from the world of football training camp, he touched the sweat-soaked sheets, got up from the bed, unscrewed a bottle of water and drank it all, and then went to Rinse the bathroom.

And Simeone rushed to the window first thing early in the morning on match day, opened the curtains to see what the weather was like outside.

There are many clouds, the wind is not strong, the sun rises from the east together, and the sunlight shines into the room through the curtains he opened.

He breathed a little, relieved that it looked like it would be fine weather.

However, when the Atletico Madrid team came to the Stamford Bridge Stadium to warm up, the weather changed suddenly. First, the clouds suddenly became denser, the wind became stronger, and then the raindrops the size of peas began to crackle without warning.

Simeone looked up at the sky and couldn't help swearing.

When the Atlético players returned to the locker room after warming up, the equipment manager had placed spiked sneakers next to their seats.This is specially prepared for the rain battle.

The players were busy changing into clean and dry clothes and equipment, while Simeone took advantage of this last bit of time to give the players tactics again.

Judging from the game list obtained before the game, Chelsea's injury situation is not as serious as the media previously claimed.Mourinho apparently set off a smoke bomb to confuse everyone.

Both Hazard and Terry came back in time, and the right back Ivanovic also returned from suspension. Although Lampard and Mikel were unable to play, Chelsea's strength was not much compared to the first round of the two sides. The decline, but from the perspective of offensive ability, it is stronger.

"Juan, you have to focus on Hazard, and be careful of his breakthrough on the left!" Simeone drew a triangle under the name "Azar" on the tactical board, indicating that this is a player who needs to focus on marking.

The Belgian player Hazard, who is not tall, has a strong ability to dribble and break through, and he is a hot spot for Chelsea's offense.

The striker, who just won the Premier League's best young player in the 2013/2014 season a few days ago, won the best player in Ligue 2012 for two consecutive years before moving to Arsenal in [-], which is enough to illustrate his ability.

Juanfran nodded, his biggest responsibility in this game is to limit Hazard's performance.

"We don't have to rush to attack in the game, don't give them a chance to counterattack. Pass the ball to the frontcourt as soon as possible after getting the ball, fight in the rain, don't let the football stay in our own half for too long." Simeone said.

Fighting in rainy days, due to the slippery rain, the football will run at a different speed than usual when running on the ground, and sometimes the angle will change. At this time, the probability of accidental balls is high.

So try to burn the flames of war to the opponent's half, so that even if there are various accidental goals, the probability of the opponent's loss is greater.

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The Stamford Bridge Stadium is full at the moment. In the Matthew Harding Stand, which is the North Stand of the Stamford Bridge Stadium, the two-story stands accommodate more than 1 fans, most of whom are Chelsea season ticket holders.

Fans in this stand waved blue and white checkered flags one after another, creating an astonishing momentum before the game even started.

When the players from both sides lined up to the singing of the Champions League theme song, on the opposite side of the player tunnel was the Matthew Harding Stand, a gathering area for diehard Chelsea fans.

There was a huge cheer from the Stamford Bridge fans as Atletico Madrid, worth €[-] million, and Chelsea, worth €[-] million, stepped onto the pitch from the tunnel exit on the other, cheering their teams on .

When Abramovich took over Chelsea and brought a large number of star players to Chelsea, he also brought ambitions to Chelsea.The year before last, this London team finally won the first Champions League trophy in the team's century-old history, allowing Chelsea to officially enter the ranks of the rich.

Whether there is a Champions League trophy is one of the criteria for judging whether it is a rich team, just like Liverpool, which has not won a league championship for more than 20 years, but not many people would say that Liverpool is not a rich team—where are their five Champions League trophies? Woolen cloth.

Although Atletico Madrid is called "the third pole of La Liga", because they don't have the Champions League trophy, they don't have much confidence to call themselves a giant...
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the stars who lined up to take pictures on the field were quickly drenched.

Li Qingshan took off his sports jacket and put it on the head of the caddy he was leading. Seeing this, other players followed suit.

After a series of ceremonial procedures before the match were finally completed, the captains of both sides walked to the middle circle, ready to pick sides.

Li Qingshan and his teammates formed a circle around the stadium, waiting for the captain Gabi to complete the side-picking ceremony, and Atletico Madrid players to mobilize for the last time!
(End of this chapter)