Fengba Greenery

Chapter 346 Half a foot into the quarterfinals
Chapter 1 Half a foot into the quarterfinals
Schmidt spread his hands helplessly, he couldn't even complain.This is completely a manifestation of the opponent's striker's personal ability. This goal is exactly the same as the previous one.This shows that Atletico Madrid's goal was not luck, but the opponent's confidence, and Leverkusen fell into the abyss just by relying on the personal abilities of the two forwards.

This is indeed the case. The situation in Leverkusen is already quite dangerous. If the game ends with such a score, Leverkusen basically has no hope of advancing to the next round.

Simeone sat back on the coach's seat after this goal. Although there are still six or seven 10 minutes left in the game, he is already very satisfied with the current situation.With such unfavorable away conditions, they have achieved a two-goal lead, and this game is basically considered a win!
For a strong team, it is nothing to win when they are in good form, but they can still win when the team is not in good form. This is a team with the appearance of a champion.

After leading by two goals, the Atlético Madrid team retreated to the half with more peace of mind and continued to defend and counterattack.

But until the end of the first half, neither side could score a goal.Atlético Madrid's side had a few chances to counterattack and complete shots, but they were all resolved by Leverkusen's goalkeeper.And Leverkusen didn't score a goal, not because they didn't want to score, but because they couldn't create a threatening attack. Facing the impregnable wall of Atletico Madrid, although the players worked hard, they still took it like this. There is nothing to do with a line of defense-you know, when Atletico Madrid is determined to defend, even super giants like Barcelona or Real Madrid, it is very difficult to break through this line of defense.

At half-time, Schmidt did not criticize the team for the two goals conceded in the first half.He himself is actually a very gentle coach with a high emotional intelligence and a very good relationship with the players.

Of course, the problems in the first half were also obvious. Except for a short period of time, Leverkusen failed to create more offensive opportunities.Leverkusen's team is mainly based on ground coordination and quick sideways assault as the main offensive method. However, in such weather, there are actually certain restrictions on their offensive characteristics.

Therefore, Schmidt had to make adjustments.The first thing he asked for was two full-backs to make bold forward assists, and he decided to make a substitution-Schmidt replaced Charhanoglu, who played in the midfielder position, and replaced him with eight players who played for Leverkusen. The season's veteran of the team, 190 [-] cm high center forward Kisling.

Kisling and the team's starting center Delmic formed a double forward, and the team's formation was changed from 4231 to 442. This formation is very familiar to Schmidt-he was in the Salzburg Red Bull team , is relying on the 442 double-forward high-position oppression and fast-attack system created by one hand. He has remained unbeaten in 33 rounds of the Olympic League. He scored 110 goals in a single season. Alan scored 28 goals in 31 appearances, wingers Mane and Kampl scored 29 goals and 26 goals in 33 appearances respectively!Won the Olympic League Championship that season, and set a record of eight consecutive victories in the Europa League.

And after he came to Leverkusen, he hadn't been able to pass on his tactical concept to the whole team, but at the moment when he needed to work hard, the first trick Schmidt thought of was of course the one he relied on for success. thing.

This is the case with most people. When you succeed once with a set of things, you will always enshrine the set of things that made you successful.This is also the reason why the head coach is so stubborn in the eyes of many fans.No one breaks their shackles easily.

Schmidt asked the team to play more on the side. On the side, Leverkusen has players with speed and skill like Sun Xingmin and Bella Rabi, and their two full-backs are also very capable of assisting.

"We must create more opportunities for crosses! It is not necessary to pass from the bottom, it is also possible at a 45-degree angle. This kind of weather is not suitable for ground attack. We have to pass the ball into the air. Kisling will play in the second half. His height will create opportunities for us, we have to make the most of that!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Simonico was worried about something else.

"Slow down the pace in the second half, try to slow down the pace of the game, we are now leading by two goals, the most important thing is to maintain our advantage at the slightest cost."

In such a snowy environment, what Simeone is most worried about is that if the pace of the game is too fast, it will be bad in case the team is injured.

Now Atletico Madrid leads the opponent by two goals, and it is at the opponent's home court, so it is impossible to fight the opponent desperately.Just play it safe and win the game.

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In the second half of the game, Leverkusen's strategy of playing high and high really made Atletico Madrid's penalty area flustered for a while. The threat of the two forwards in the penalty area made Atletico Madrid still a little flustered to deal with it for a while.

"Bella Rabbi made a cross! Kiesling got the point in the middle!! Header!!!!!!!!! Oh...... Unfortunately, the top is too high!!!"

Leverkusen's style of play also began to be simple and rough, but the effect of such a simple and rough style of play was greater than the threat created by Leverkusen in the first half.

But all of this will end when Li Qingshan returns to the penalty area - neither Kisling nor Delmic is Li Qingshan's opponent in high-altitude balls.

Kisling is about the same height as Li Qingshan, but there is still a very obvious gap between the two sides in terms of jumping, physical confrontation, and judging the landing point.

Therefore, when Li Qingshan appeared in the penalty area to participate in the high-altitude ball defense, Leverkusen's offensive threat disappeared instantly.

Griezmann was cruising alone at the front, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. As soon as the ball was cleared, he would lead the ball and attack the opponent's defense alone.

For Atletico Madrid, as long as one of the counterattack opportunities is seized, the suspense of the game will be killed.And not only this game, but also the second round of the game between the two sides, there is not much suspense.

Leverkusen is still tirelessly making crosses, even if they are cleared again and again by Li Qingshan.This simple and crude tactic is like this, the success rate is very low, but the advantage is that it can launch multiple rounds of offensives in a short period of time, the success rate is low, and the number of times can be combined.Maybe every time the opponent makes a mistake in defense, Leverkusen will score a goal.

But halfway through the second half of the game, Leverkusen still couldn't score a goal.To make matters worse, Atletico Madrid's players have gradually adapted to the snowy weather after most of the game, and the stability of the defense has gradually recovered.

In the end, both sides failed to score a goal throughout the second half of the game.

Atletico Madrid beat Leverkusen [-]-[-] away and took the lead in the two-legged competition.

After winning the game, Atletico Madrid has already entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League with one foot.

(End of this chapter)