Fengba Greenery

Chapter 358 Competition of Patience
Chapter 2 Competition of Patience
After lunch the next day, Atlético de Madrid gathered on the team bus and headed to the Bernabéu.

Although Real Madrid will definitely face a fierce counterattack in the away game, the players of Atletico Madrid have a relaxed mentality. After all, Atletico Madrid is leading now, and Real Madrid needs to score goals. Why do we have any reason to be nervous? Woolen cloth?

The name of the Bernabéu also has a mentality buff bonus when facing opponents in other leagues, but this is not ideal for Atletico Madrid-they have to play at this stadium at least once every season, and they have long known each other. They understand it very well, and they naturally understand Real Madrid's home court very well.

As Atletico Madrid warmed up, Bernabéu fans also expressed their "welcome" to the visiting team

It's just that the players of Atletico Madrid have not been affected in any way. Compared with some giant teams in other leagues, the fans of the Bernabéu Stadium are still much "gentle", even when expressing their hostility.

Just as the players on both sides were warming up on the field, the media got the starting lists of the two teams.

Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is still very fixed. Simeone's team maintains a generally stable main lineup. The personnel in the forward and defensive lines are basically fixed. The team situation is adjusted.It's just that in this game, he can only direct the team through the walkie-talkie.

On the Real Madrid side, James Rodriguez's name did not appear on the starting list!

The player who replaced Bale was Isco.

Zidane's choice surprised the media and fans.

While the players of both sides were in formation on the field and waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to start the game, the camera frequently showed James Rodriguez sitting on the bench.

Various commentators also took the opportunity to mention James' name frequently.

Zidane chose to send Isco and put James Rodriguez on the bench. This choice really puzzled many people.

You must know that in the last game, when Real Madrid needed to attack, the threat created by James Rodriguez was obvious to all.

James Rodriguez is expressionless, no one will know that he is thinking about some shots now, but the camera lens is getting closer and closer to his face, which is quite meaningful
It was only after the game started that everyone gradually understood why Zidane would put James Rodriguez on the bench.

Real Madrid did not launch a violent attack at the beginning of the game, which can be seen from the movement of their overall formation.

Real Madrid's two full-backs, whether it was Marcelo or Carvajal, did not press the attack after the opening, but stayed honestly in their own half, allowing a player like Marcelo Players with explosive offensive tendencies honestly stay in the backcourt to defend. It seems that Zidane has specially told him before the game.

From this point of view, Zidane's strategy is still based on stability. After all, he is deeply aware of Atletico Madrid's counterattack ability.In order not to give Atletico Madrid a chance to counterattack comfortably, he chose a safe and conservative style of play in the opening stage.

Faced with Real Madrid's compact formation and style of play, Atletico Madrid is not in a hurry. They are leading now. They don't need to make any changes easily. They have the capital to look at the opponent's style of play before making a move.

Since the opponent did not press across the board, Atlético Madrid also held tight to the midfield, slowly dealing with Real Madrid in the midfield.

After 15 minutes of the game, both sides did not have many shots, and most of them were long-range shots, and more time was entangled in the midfield.Sometimes Atlético can create chances and other times Real Madrid look dangerous but don't.

Zidane's calculation is to avoid conceding goals in the opening game and seek offensive opportunities on the basis of a stable situation. For Real Madrid, [-]-[-] is enough. Although Atletico Madrid is now leading in the total score, Real Madrid holds For an away goal, a one-to-zero home goal is enough!
The game time is still very long, Zidane decided to stabilize the game before looking for an attack.

The two sides are now dining in the midfield, Zidane is not in a hurry.

Twenty minutes later, Atletico Madrid still had no intention of attacking, and both sides were competing patiently.

But the Bernabéu fans are impatient.

Now Real Madrid is behind in the total score, and the team's attitude on the court, in the eyes of Real Madrid fans, this is not to make progress, this is to be content with the status quo, and this is to tarnish the Bernabeu's "aristocratic atmosphere" .

So the boos began to sound, and now Real Madrid was in possession of the ball. The sudden burst of boos startled the Real Madrid players.

It is clear at a glance who the fans boos are for.

Under the boos of the fans at the scene, Marcelo finally couldn't bear it anymore. He quietly pressed across the center line and asked Kroos who was holding the ball.

Now the fans were booing and Kroos knew he had to do something, and he passed the ball to Marcelo.

Marcelo dribbled the ball forward immediately after receiving the ball, and then made a cooperation with Ronaldo and then cut inside and shot directly.

Although the shot went flying, the fans at the scene applauded immediately-this was the first time that a Real Madrid full-back overwhelmed the midfielder in this game.

Zidane knew he couldn't wait any longer, and the pressure from the fans on the players forced him to make changes in advance.

He stood up from the dugout and signaled the team to attack.

The players of Real Madrid waited for three or 10 minutes and finally got this signal. Real Madrid's formation was still pressing as a whole, and the two full-backs also began to insert assists.

As a result, Atletico Madrid's directional pressure suddenly increased, but the players were relieved at the moment.Real Madrid are finally going to attack and the game is back to what they predicted before the game.

Real Madrid's pressure on the offense naturally increased the defensive pressure of Atletico Madrid, but everything has two sides. Although the defensive pressure increased, Atletico Madrid also gained space to counterattack.

Here, Real Madrid used right back Carvajal's cross to threaten Atletico Madrid's penalty area. After Oblak took the ball, he immediately threw the ball to Griezmann who was waiting for a counterattack.At this moment, Real Madrid's right flank, Isco and Carvajal are both in an offensive state and haven't come back yet.

After Griezmann took the ball, he was directly on the right side of Real Madrid, that is, the left side of Atletico Madrid's attacking direction, and pushed the ball to the edge of Real Madrid's penalty area.

Then Griezmann made an inverted triangle pass to the vicinity of the arc of the penalty area, followed by Li Qingshan, who was outflanking, and shot directly. Casillas, who reacted quickly, hit the post with his fingertips.

Atletico Madrid's most threatening shot!
When the two sides competed patiently, the lagging Real Madrid took the lead in losing their breath!
(End of this chapter)