The green devil

Atletico Madrid's offensive power is not as good as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, or even the Spaniard, but their defensive ability is the leader in La Liga. They conceded a total of 12 goals in 6 league rounds, averaging [-] goals per game.

Of course, the game against the Spaniard had conceded two goals before it was over, far exceeding the average. Even if the Spaniard lost, it would be an honorable defeat.

If it was the Spaniard last season, or even the Spaniard before playing Real Madrid, he must have been discouraged at this time. He felt that it would be an honor to lose against Atletico Madrid.

But now the Spaniard ranks third in the standings. From the fans to the players to the top management, their hearts are different. Even if they face Barcelona and Real Madrid, they don't want to lose.

After Torres scored, there was not much time left. The Espanyol team was too hard pressed by Atletico Madrid in this game. There were not many chances to attack before. They scored two goals, one was Zhao Yang's free kick, and the other was Asensi had a good Olympic spirit and seized the opportunity.

Now the team has reached the critical point of life and death. Everyone worked together and launched a fierce counterattack against Atletico Madrid after the kick-off in the middle circle.

The time has reached 80 minutes, and Atletico Madrid has been attacking for 80 minutes. As the offensive side, especially the side that presses high and presses the whole court, Atletico Madrid's physical energy is also exhausted.

After scoring the leading goal, I felt relieved, the ball was lost, and it turned into being beaten by the Espanyol.

Atletico Madrid started with defense and is not afraid of being overwhelmed.

In the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​almost the whole game was beaten, but they were always the winners in the end.

So even if the Espanyol team is pressing and playing now, Atletico Madrid is neither humiliated nor worried.

Since the Spaniards want to attack, let them attack.Atletico Madrid's players were also very tired and wanted to spend the last few minutes waiting for the end of the game.

In the 82nd minute of the game, the Spaniard successfully made a steal in the frontcourt. Asensio, Zhao Yang, and Caicedo cooperated continuously at the front of the penalty area. Asensio split to Caicedo who hit the side.

Without hesitation, Caicedo made a cross pass to the penalty area to find Zhao Yang, who was in the center position.

Zhao Yang has the header skills signed by the system, but Atletico Madrid's central defenders are not bad, and there are too many defenders.

The ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Godin. Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke outside the penalty area did not wait for the ball to land, and made another kick. The ball flew directly to the Spaniard's half.

Atletico Madrid has Griezmann and Torres in the frontcourt, but the Espanyol didn't dare to overdo it when they aggressively attacked, and they still left three players behind.

Although Griezmann and Torres have good skills, they still can't compete with the defenders for the header. The ball was snatched by Alvaro, who headed it to his teammate and continued to attack.

The Spaniard does not have a good header or a player who is good at crossing from the side. With Atletico Madrid's almost impenetrable defense, they can only try a long shot.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Zhao Yang fired first.

He took the ball in the middle, made a fake move past the opponent's rush, and then moved the ball horizontally again, opened up the space needed for the shot, adjusted his step, and followed up with a "Tiger" shot .

The ball roared and flew straight to the goal.

This is a skill signed by the system. When Zhao Yang shoots it, there is basically no deviation.

But Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Oblak reacted really fast.

The tiger shot was so fast and powerful, but Oblak leapt forward and hit the ball out of the baseline with a single palm.

Asensio takes the corner kick.

The Spaniard's players who are good at headers all come to the penalty area to compete for the top.

Asensio kicked a low curve ball to the penalty area, ready to let his teammates grab the front point.

This is a corner kick tactic that is often practiced.

However, Atletico Madrid's corner kick tactics are the best in the entire La Liga. Atletico Madrid has practiced almost all kinds of corner kick tactics. Seeing Asensio pass a low ball, Godin quickly moved forward and grabbed one ahead of Caicedo. The lion shook his head and threw the ball out of the penalty area.

Godin's clearance was not random, and Atletico Madrid's counterattack tactics have also been trained for many years.

With Godin's flick, the ball just flew towards Griezmann.

The Spaniard has been focusing on marking Griezmann, preventing him from organizing or passing the ball.

Diop immediately went to defend Griezmann.

But Griezmann handled the ball very delicately and imaginatively.

Instead of stopping the ball here, he tapped his heel, turned with his back, and passed Diop.

This extraordinary was so unexpected that Diop didn't even have time to foul.

Alvaro hurried over to intercept Griezmann.

There is a lot of space in front of Griezmann, but instead of continuing to dribble forward, he passed a through ball behind the defender.

This is for Torres.

Although Torres returned to Atletico Madrid not long ago, his awareness of being a super forward is still there. When Griezmann got rid of Diop, he felt that the opportunity had come, and immediately started to go straight behind the defender.

The pass was very timely, and when Torres ran past the central defender Rocco, Griezmann's pass was just in time.

Not at all offside, not even giving the referee a chance to call it offside.

The combination of passing and running is very good, but the person in front is wrong.

Torres is 31 years old and has passed the peak of his sport. Although he ran first, when he caught up with the ball, Rocco also arrived.

Rocco originally wanted to shovel from the side and rear, but considering his speed advantage, he didn't shovel. Instead, he went around to Torres' front defense from behind.

Seeing Rocco catching up, Torres couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Time is not forgiving. Two years ago, he had already kicked and shot in the penalty area.

But now that Torres knew that he could no longer go to the meeting alone, he took advantage of Rocco's arrival, made a sideways move, and shot directly from the front of the penalty area.

Rocco had no way to intercept, and could only watch the ball fly towards the goal against the turf.

Goalkeeper Lopez has already attacked into the small penalty area. Seeing Torres shoot, he flew forward and hugged the ball in his arms.

The Atletico fans in the stands almost sighed in unison.

Their golden boy is still old, otherwise this single-handedly going to the meeting would be sure.

As long as this goal is scored, Atletico Madrid will be sure to win.

Simeone on the sidelines also sighed, Torres is steady, and he is really not suitable as an arrow when defending and counterattacking.

The fans of the player who hit the Spaniard trembled in their hearts, and secretly thanked God for his blessing that he did not concede a goal.

After Torres' shot, head coach Sergio felt confident that his defense could stop the opponent's counterattack.He immediately gave it a go and sent in another striker, Moreno, and replaced midfielder Abraham.

The Espanyol fans in the stands cheered when they saw Moreno come on the field. This is for the courage of Sergio and the Espanyol.

After Moreno came on the field, he partnered with Caicedo as a double striker in the middle, and Zhao Yang and Asensio formed a double midfielder.

Zhao Yang and Asensio's double front midfielder is a pioneering work.

Of these two, one is good at breaking through and the other is good at passing. Coupled with the fact that there are two strikers in front of them, their lethality doubles immediately.

In the 88th minute of the game, Zhao Yang then gave Asensio a hit-the-wall cooperation. The ball reached the upper left corner of the penalty area, and Asensio's round moon scimitar hit the upper right corner of the goal.

Asensio's shot was not as fierce as Zhao Yang's, but the angle was tricky, and the ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal.

Oblak really deserves to be the goalkeeper for the Western Super League team. His position is very good. This tricky shot, the Espanyol players and fans thought it was going to go in, but Oblak flew out with a single palm .

A surefire goal was saved, and the Espanyol players and fans sighed in disappointment, after all, there was not much time left for them.