prince's green

Chapter 187 The Pseudo-Red and Blue Army
On December 12, the 22th round of La Liga and the last round of the first half of La Liga this season, Atletico Madrid played against Levante at home.

Levante is a team in the urban area of ​​Valencia, Valencia's rival in the same city, but they are not well-known.

Levante's most famous home jersey should be their home jersey, red and blue vertical strip jersey, which is highly similar to Barcelona's home jersey, except that Levante's jersey has wider vertical strips, so Levante also has fake red and blue jerseys The name of the army.

Perhaps because of wearing similar jerseys, Levante occasionally acts as a giant killer, sniping Real Madrid.

In the 11/12 season, Real Madrid won the La Liga championship with a high score of 100 points. That season, Real Madrid only lost two league games, one to Barcelona and the other to Levante.

Well, anyway, they lost to the Red and Blue Army, and there is not much difference.

The game against Levante at home is the last game before the winter break of Atletico Madrid and the last game before Christmas. At the same time, Atletico Madrid also topped the league table in the last round. Very popular, many fans came to the scene.

When the Atletico Madrid team came out of the player tunnel, they saw many Atletico Madrid team emblem flags flying in the stands, and many banners.

"we are the champion!"

"Madrid's only champion team!"

Atletico Madrid has won a Spanish Super Cup this season, and it is indeed the only team in Madrid that has a championship this season.

Ringer also saw a lot of banners supporting him.

"Lin, you are the best!"

"Chinese rocket, happy birthday!"

It will be Ringer's 23rd birthday in two days. Atletico Madrid fans also remember this and come to send him blessings.

Before you know it, Ringer's professional football career is about two years old.

Before the start of the game, the scene was joyous and peaceful, but after the start of the game, everyone discovered that Levante was here to smash the field.

At the beginning of the game, Levante pressed on the attack. The ball was passed to the right side of the frontcourt to test it. There was no good chance, and then turned to the center.The Greek full-back Kalabalas, who came up to the middle, received the ball and went straight. The Austrian midfielder Ivan Schitz received the ball from the ribs to form a single goal. He entered the small penalty area and hit the goal from a small angle. Courtois was too far away. Nearly, although he barely stretched his legs to block it, the ball still bounced into the goal.

"Oh~~unbelievable~~unbelievable!!"

"Levante scored at the Calderon Stadium, less than 1 minute into the game, their first attack, the first goal and scored!"

"The fake red and blue army, they are helping Barcelona to snipe the sheet army and help Barcelona return to the top of the list!"

Atletico Madrid is a bit Mumby up and down, what's going on?Lost the ball at the start?
"Stay focused~~ cheer up!!" Simeone roared on the sidelines. He thought that the team had reached the top of the list, and everyone was too slack in their joy.

When the Atlético de Madrid team packed up their mood and prepared to counterattack with all their strength, it turned out that the opponent was already prepared.The opponent is playing a 541 formation, intending to use five defenders to stop Atletico Madrid's offensive, and the midfielder is slightly behind, and the people responsible for protecting the front of the penalty area are all black and hard things from Africa.

"They had planned it long ago, and I'm afraid this game will be more difficult." Simeone scratched his head on the sidelines and said to himself.

Obviously the opponent was ready to come to Calderon to attack Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid, including Simeone himself, was a little blindly optimistic, and was successfully attacked by the opponent in the opening game.

Atletico Madrid quickly organized a pressing attack, but the opponent's counterattack was very sharp.

In the 6th minute, Atletico Madrid had no way to face the iron barrel team in the front of the attack, and Ringer dribbled the ball and tried to make a strong breakthrough.At present, in the Atletico Madrid team, if you want to let people dribble the ball, the most choices are Ringer and Arda Turan.

Ringer failed to make a strong breakthrough, the ball was broken, and the opponent's counterattack hit the penalty area in three or two kicks. Fortunately, Courtois flew to save the ball in the final shot.

In the 11th minute, Ringer and Cork made a 45-degree cross after two-on-one cooperation in the frontcourt. Diego Costa's header was thrown out of the crossbar by the opponent's Costa Rica goalkeeper Navas.

Navas is one of the newly emerging goalkeepers in La Liga. It is said that Real Madrid is looking for a goalkeeper successor because Casillas is getting older. Navas is one of the targets of the investigation.

Gabi took a corner kick, and Miranda succeeded in grabbing the point. Although the header was not strong enough under the interference, the angle was still very good, but it didn't test Navas at all, and he held the ball firmly.

"Bastard!!" Simeone couldn't help cursing again.

The opponent's targeted defensive tactics, and at the same time there is a goalkeeper in very good condition, which caused Simeone a headache.

Atletico Madrid is constantly organizing the offensive, but they still can't find a good opportunity.

In the 16th minute, Ringer received a pass from Turan and went in from the left rib of the penalty area, but the opponent had quite a lot of people in the penalty area, and the kick was blocked.

In the 23rd minute, Juanfran made a bottom pass from the right, and Diego Costa couldn't grab a point in the crowd.

In this way, the game time kept losing, but the Atletico Madrid team, under the command of Simeone, began to try to use free kicks to threaten the opponent's goal.After all, in the face of dense defense, free kicks, long-range shots, and strong bursts are all commonly used methods.

Unexpectedly, such a tactic is really useful.

In the 35th minute, Costa helped the team win a free kick from the right side of the front court.

Due to the biased position, he could only take a tactical free kick, and Linge also looked for opportunities in the penalty area.

Gabi kicked the ball out, and the ball came straight back to the goal, and both Ringer and Godin were behind.Godin was the quickest to react. He was the first to squeeze in front of the door. Lingo wanted to squeeze in too, but after thinking about it, he didn't follow in front of the door. Help Godin stop people.

This really worked. The opponent's Greek defender Ventra, who was defending against Godin, was blocked by Ringer. Godin gained a short free space, rushed to the goal and took off with a header. The ball flew into the net.

This is a header only about 8 meters away from the goal, and Navas is finally helpless.

Godin obviously also knew that Ringer was helping him to block people, so he ran back and hugged Ringer to celebrate.

Later in the first half, there was another small accident on the field.

In the 41st minute, Gabi collided with the opponent's midfielder Ivan Schitz with his knee, causing Ivan Schitz to be injured and off the field, which caused considerable dissatisfaction among the Levante players.

The Austrian Ivan Schitz was the guy who scored at the beginning. Levante thought that Atletico Madrid was deliberately hurting people, but Atletico Madrid thought it was a reasonable collision.

In the end, the first half ended 1:1.

During the half-time break, Simeone urged thousands of times to be more stable in the second half. You only need to score another goal to reverse the score, and you don't need to care about whether you are at the top of the list or not.

At present, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona rely on goal difference to determine the top position, so in the last game before the winter break, if Atletico Madrid wins by a small score and Barcelona wins by a big score, they can win again. Relying on the goal difference advantage to overwhelm Atletico Madrid and return to the top of the list.

Before the start of the game, Simeone also said that if possible, he would score two more goal differences and strive to win the winter break championship.But now, Simeone also sees the difficulty of this game. Levante really came to attack Atletico Madrid, so he had to make a change, as long as he wins the game, he doesn't need to care about whether he is at the top or not.

But at the beginning of the second half, there was another accident on the field.

At the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid pressed heavily, trying to steal one.

Unexpectedly, stealing chickens will not lead to losses, and Atletico Madrid's failure to attack will give the opponent a good chance to counterattack.

Levante made a long pass after stealing the ball from the backcourt, and Miranda made another clearance error. Veteran Rios, who came on as a substitute for Ivan Schitz in the first half, stepped in to take the ball, and it became a one-handed one.

Courtois rushed out to save the ball boldly, but he missed the ball at all and knocked Rios down instead.

This time the referee not only awarded a penalty, but also drew cards.

"Mr. Referee, he didn't mean to foul on purpose, he just wanted to save that shot."

"That doesn't constitute a red card."

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After everyone explained, the referee finally showed mercy and only gave a yellow card.

If a penalty kick is taken and Courtois is sent off with a red card, then this game will really be impossible to play.

Atletico Madrid's bench does not have a reliable goalkeeper at all, only an old goalkeeper Alan Subia, but he just gave Ringer a free kick training, and let him come up to keep the goal. worried.

Although the opponent easily scored the goal and exceeded the score again, Courtois was not sent off with a red card. This is a blessing in misfortune.

Under such circumstances, Atletico quickly equalized the score again.

In the 55th minute, still relying on the opportunity of a free kick, Gabi took the ball out, Costa got stuck in the back point, shot with his left foot, and the ball flew into the goal against the post.

"Atlético equalized again, they are determined to win this last game before the winter break, there is still enough time in the game, they still have time to reverse the score."

Atlético Madrid, who scored goals, tried to strengthen the offensive, but Levante's defense was quite tenacious, even fouling. It didn't matter if they received three yellow cards in 20 minutes, they just wanted to attack Atletico Madrid.

As the game time passed minute by minute, Simeone on the sidelines also became anxious.If Atletico Madrid draws and Barcelona wins, Atletico Madrid will be 2 points behind the opponent. It is acceptable not to win the championship during the winter break, as long as the points are equal, but if it is [-] points behind the opponent, it is a bit uncomfortable willing.

Simeone replaced Adrian and Raul Garcia one after another, but the less time left in the game, the more confident the opponent's defense became.

When the time entered 80 minutes, the high-spirited team song "Atletico Madrid Forever" resounded at the Calderon Stadium.

The fans who came to Calderon originally hoped that the team could beat this pseudo-red and blue team to win the winter break championship.You must know that the last time Atletico Madrid won the winter break championship was in the 95/96 season. In that season, Atletico Madrid won the La Liga and Copa del Rey double crown.

But in the current situation on the court, it is very difficult for Atletico Madrid to win, and there is no shadow of a big victory. Atletico Madrid fans can only support the team by singing the team song.

In the 84th minute, Atletico Madrid attacked again. Turan passed the ball to Ringer in front of the penalty area in midfield.At this time of the game, it is very difficult to catch the ball in front of the penalty area, and Ringer was supported by the Senegalese black buddy Diop behind him.

Linger faced the incoming ball with his back to his back, knowing that he would have no chance to turn around if he held the ball normally, so he had an idea and didn't catch the ball at all, but split his legs to let the ball pass through his crotch. The moment the ball passed, Lin Ge Ge slightly raised his elbow and turned around, trying to see if he could score a goal.

"Lin~~ missed the ball??!"

When Ringer turned around, his elbow would give the opponent a side action, preventing him from catching up immediately.Otherwise, if some black buddies are out of shape, even if you pass him, you may still be caught up.

The moment Ringer turned around, the ball rolled over the crotch of the black buddy. Although he was rubbed by the other party inadvertently, it still came over.

"Beautiful~~~ Lin beautiful missed the ball~~ The ball was scored!!"

When the ball came, Linge rushed forward without hesitation, and shot directly with a strong kick.

At this time, there are people everywhere in the penalty area, and there is no chance to break through with the ball.

The opponent's defender Navarro also reacted quickly, and immediately raised his foot to try to block the shot, but the ball hit his thigh, and after changing the line, he still went towards the goal.

Navas has always maintained a high degree of concentration. He threw out the moment Ringer shot, but he was desperate after the throw.Originally, he thought he still had a chance to catch Ringer's shot, but his teammate blocked the ball and changed the line. Now he is powerless.

After Navas made the throw, he still turned his head and looked at it, hoping that the ball would miss the post, but the result disappointed him.

"Goooool~~~~~"

"Lin~~Lingoal~~Lingoal!!"

"The goal is in~~ Lin's shot. In the 84th minute, Lin finally helped the Sheets to reverse the score. He is the most reliable player of the Sheets, and he saved the team again!!"

"This is a refracted goal. The ball flew into the goal after being refracted by Navarro's thigh. This made Navas, who was in excellent form in this game, helpless!"

"Lin, he used a lore shot to help him pass his birthday early, celebrate in advance!"

(End of this chapter)