I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 199 The Last Bounce of the Sheet Army

After Zhao Jinge scored a goal, the Blue Moon fans on the scene broke out with unimaginable enthusiasm at the Calderon Stadium.

This is almost a goal that decides the outcome!
For Manchester City, there are disadvantages in the second round of the life-and-death battle in the away game, but there are also many advantages.

At least Guardiola does not need to worry about Atletico Madrid scoring away goals for the time being.

On the contrary, every time Manchester City scores a goal today, the mentality of the Atletico Madrid team will be slightly affected.

When necessary, Manchester City can even use their all-out offensive posture to stifle the opponent's tactical adjustments.

Of course, this is a situation that will only appear in the most ideal state. Guardiola is just thinking about it. After all, the enemies he has to face are Simeone and Atletico Madrid who are at their peak.

The status of the Argentine coach has not reached the ceiling of football, but at least he is also among the top coaches in the world.

Guardiola can take advantage of the shortcomings of Bayern Munich and Barcelona's current lineup to bully Ancelotti and Enrique.

But when facing Simeone, he saw very clearly that the possibility of winning by tactical tricks is very small. For such an opponent, he can only rely on real skills to compete.

Zhao Jinge's goal at the end of the first half completely changed the situation of the two teams at this moment.

A valuable away goal offset the advantage that Atletico Madrid has always held,
The reason why Simeone's Atletico Madrid is now desperately fighting back is not because in the previous situation, they only need to score one goal to reverse the comeback.

For Simeone's team, facing teams of the same level, it is not easy to break the defense or take the initiative to gain an advantage.
But after gaining the advantage, turn the advantage into a victory and stick to it firmly. This kind of game trend is not too familiar to them. This is the basic game that Simeone's Atletico Madrid relies on for a living.

It's a pity that after Zhao Jinge scored a goal, all the previous ideas became the shadow of a dream.

After losing the trump card of away goals, Atletico Madrid's situation began to deteriorate extremely.
They are already two goals behind, which is definitely an unacceptable situation for Atletico Madrid.

At the end of the first half, amidst the boos of Atletico Madrid fans, the Manchester City players returned to the locker room with joyful steps.

"Nice job, Zhao, well done, my lads!"

Guardiola excitedly high-fived every player off the field. Unlike at the beginning of the first half, they now have a complete advantage.

"Boss, we are going to Milan!"

Several extremely happy young people in the Manchester City team have already shouted the slogan that we are going to Milan.

A relaxed and pleasant atmosphere surrounds those who are about to make their dreams come true.

"Hey, are you going to open champagne at halftime? Since you mentioned Milan, I don't need to say more about the story of AC Milan!
Hurry up and rest, we still have the second half to play! "

After re-giving his players some tension, Guardiola began to talk about the tactical arrangement for the second half.

"If I were Simeone, from the beginning of the second half it would have been their desperate time.

In 45 minutes, with the difference of two goals, it is absolutely impossible for them to shrink back. Attacking is their only way out.

What we have to do is to control the ball, disrupt their offensive rhythm, and strangle Griezmann on the opponent's offensive end.

Choose to press forward at the beginning of the game, grabbing the start is the most important thing, don't let the opponent have too much time to react, must get the ball as much as possible during the suppression, and completely overwhelm the opponent's arrogance! "

Guardiola made some speculations in his heart. If Simeone really made such a tactical choice, then Manchester City's response will definitely surprise the entire Atletico Madrid team!
The confident Guardiola pinched his sweaty palms, and a hint of excitement rose in his heart.

"I hope you all like this 'surprise'."

The short intermission ended, and the players of both sides played again after replenishing some physical strength.

The two sides changed sides and fought again. With the whistle of the referee, Zhao Jinge, who was standing at the kick-off point, knocked the ball to Aguero beside him. Their war has reached its climax at this moment!

Atletico Madrid's tactical style is actually similar to their performance in the first half after the opening, but it can be clearly noticed that their actions and behaviors are more impatient.

At the moment of the opening, a pressure double-team was formed on Manchester City's players holding the ball in a local area.

Torres is the arrow that presses the ball. Behind him, Saul and Cork act as two pincers, and they are always ready to cut off the passing route of Manchester City's ball holder to both sides.

At this time, De Bruyne, who was holding the ball, didn't panic at all in the face of the opponent's madness. Guardiola's earmarks made Mr. Ding not choose to blindly take the high ball, but calmly passed the ball from Torres and Griezmann. Quickly push it out of the gap that is not closed.

Zhao Jinge, who came back to respond, quickly transferred the ball to Mahrez's feet, and the surrounding Manchester City players quickly began to intersperse.

But Atletico Madrid's oppressive defense was not slow at all, and Griezmann, who was co-receded by Cork, once again double-teamed Mahrez.

This time Mahrez wanted to find Zhao Jinge, but the pass was intercepted by Gabi, who was in the right position, in the middle of the pass.

The moment the interception was completed, Atletico Madrid's entire midfield formed a forward pressure almost instantly.

Generally at this time, a more rational team will first shrink the formation and retreat, defending against Atletico Madrid's attack this time, and then try to counterattack.

But in the second half, Manchester City, who was about to completely end their opponents, had no intention of retreating at all, and prepared to go straight to the midfielder and Atletico Madrid.

At the first time, a pressing double-team was also formed to press the defense. In the end, Saul, who was pressing and holding the ball at the top of the arc in the middle circle, made a mistake and snatched the ball back again!
Atlético de Madrid began to run without hesitation, and so did Manchester City. In terms of pressing defense and the intensity of high-position pressing, relying on this tactic, Manchester City, which has played for almost half of the season, performed no worse than Atletico Madrid at all.

This tough fighting attitude made countless fans shine.

After Manchester City gained a clear lead today, they did not choose to defend, but chose to confront Atletico Madrid. The rhythm of the game is destined to be very exciting.

After all, this is Atlético de Madrid's home court. How could the Sheets Legion, known for their iron blood and toughness, allow their opponents to turn away from their home court?
That's impossible!
Not to mention Simeone who has already started screaming on the sidelines, the players on the field of Atletico Madrid will not allow this kind of thing to happen.

As a result, the players on both sides did not even have the slightest temptation, and launched a high-intensity confrontation from the very beginning.

Four midfielders against four midfielders, the defenders who plug in and the forwards who return to the defense are also mixed together, and no one takes advantage.

After the intermission, at the beginning of the second half, the physical fitness of both sides was also in a good state. The fast-paced offense and defense played by the two teams simply opened the eyes of the audience.

Looking at the situation on the field, Simeone was a little impatient. In the current confrontational situation, Atletico Madrid is obviously at a disadvantage.
In the continuous midfield offensive and defensive battles, Atletico Madrid's midfielder was more than tough, but its shortcomings were exposed. Under the high-intensity confrontation, Atletico Madrid's midfield organization ability was greatly tested.

Under the scrambling of Manchester City, they can only pass the football forward with a long pass. If it is a counterattack, it is understandable, but in the offensive of positional warfare, such offensive behavior undoubtedly wastes a lot of precious time. possession of the ball.

Simeone actually paid enough attention to Guardiola and the Manchester City he led, but he really didn't expect that he would overturn the car despite trying his best.
Compared with the luxuriously configured Manchester City, Atletico Madrid's player reserve has almost been pulled down a notch.

Manchester City dared to head-to-head at Atletico Madrid's home court to play high-position oppression and counter-offensive behaviors, which made Simeone extremely uncomfortable.

The key is that Manchester City's midfielders perform their duties, and they don't panic in the face of Atletico Madrid's oppression.

This kind of field control and pressure ability is enough to make the entire European football world realize that the Manchester City team in front of them is terrible.

"As expected of a team that can play dominant statistics in the Premier League. This is no longer the local tyrant team that dominated the Premier League. Now they have been reborn after many times of blood and fire!"

Atlético de Madrid is now a bit like doing their best and obeying fate.

However, just as Manchester City's coaching team attaches great importance to Atletico Madrid's research, Simeone and his assistants also spent more than half a month studying Manchester City's common tactics.

Although Guardiola's sufficient technical and tactical reserves and the attack line led by Zhao Jinge made Simeone feel a headache.

But this half-month of research also allowed the Atletico Madrid coaching staff to successfully find a relatively weak link in Manchester City's current lineup.

Compared with Kyle Walker, who is full of talent on the right, Manchester City's current left-back Clichy is obviously a weak link in Manchester City's defense that can be exploited by opponents.

This veteran who is known for his offense at Arsenal belongs to the kind of player in Guardiola's system that everything will be fine if he doesn't make mistakes.

Manchester City, with its fierce offensive ability, does not need Clichy to make any contribution on the offensive end. As long as he can stabilize the defense on the left side, he has already done everything he should do.

Clichy almost never presses the midfield line when it is not necessary. In front of him is Kanter with strong defensive ability and a left back who will never ignore others. The umbrella that Diora prepared for him.

However, for Simeone, Kante has a large coverage area and strong defense ability, but he can't spend too much energy to help Clichy under the oppressive attack of Atletico Madrid's midfielder. butt.

De Bruyne, who is currently playing as a left forward, is definitely not as capable on the defensive end as Zhao Jinge, who used to be a left forward.

Under such circumstances, Clichy has become the only place where Atletico Madrid can break through. Even if they can't break through, they can attract Manchester City's defenders as much as possible and provide restraint for attacks in other directions.

In the first half of the game, Atletico Madrid had already placed the main attack point on this side, but under the full defense of Kanter and even Yaya Toure, they did not achieve very good results.

Simeone even once thought that this was Guardiola's intentional flaw, but apart from this point, Simeone really couldn't think of other offensive directions that were more likely to be rewarding. Now he has nothing to do with his Atletico Madrid. choose.

Cork's performance in the first half of this season is not good, but Simeone believes that with Cork's current gradually recovering state, coupled with the fully fired Griezmann, if he only plays hard against Clichy, sooner or later Can make a hole!

Besides, Atlético Madrid still has a Gabi who can attack forward on the right side of the midfield. Facing the repeated bombing of Griezmann and Gacock, Simeone believes that Clichy will definitely not be able to withstand it, and Guardiola will hold on. There is no better left-back to replace than Clichy.

Even if it takes the risk of being pierced by Zhao Jinge's counterattack all the way to play this targeting tactic, Simeone thinks it is very worthwhile.

And whether it is successful or not, you have to fight first to know if it is not.

Now is not the time to think about conceding the ball. Atletico Madrid can only rely on offense to survive.

Taking advantage of a throw-in, Simeone called Koke to the sidelines, quickly made tactical adjustments, and told the players on the field to continue to increase their attack on Manchester City's left.

Zhao Jinge watched it clearly from the side, and couldn't help feeling tense. The game might be about to enter the next more intense rhythm of offensive and defensive battles.

Sure enough, 2 minutes later, Atletico Madrid obviously tilted their attack direction more to their right!

De Bruyne helped Clichy block Atletico Madrid's advance with the ball while he was still physically fit.

But the problems that should be faced must be faced after all. Chrissy kept in mind the pre-match arrangements of the coaching staff. When it was a last resort, he would rather let the opponent make a cross than allow the opponent to easily complete the inside cut, and drag it to the hurdle as much as possible. Te or Stones came to make up the defense.

Although Clichy is old, his defensive level can interfere with the dribbling of the frontcourt players in Atletico Madrid, but it is difficult to rely on him to restrict multiple Atletico Madrid players from sprinting in the frontcourt. Unrealistic.

So under the strong attack, Manchester City's defense in the left half of the area did loosen a bit.

The forward pressure of Saul and Torres forced Kanter not to retreat easily to give way to the defense zone. Only Stones can help Clichy fill the space from time to time to reduce the passing space of the opponent's wide players after bottoming out or cutting inside.

But once a double-team is formed, it means that Manchester City's defensive line will inevitably have a defensive weak side. No matter how fast Manchester City's players defend each other, they will not be as fast as the opponent's pass.

So in the No.60 and No.605 minutes of the second half, Atletico Madrid got two chances to shoot from the left edge of Manchester City's penalty area.

Cork swung a kick, and Torres, who retreated, played the ball for Griezmann, allowing Grid to also kick.

Although these two shots did not really threaten Manchester City's goal, the emergence of such a situation is a signal:
That is Atletico Madrid's desperate one-sided attack. After throwing enough weight, it can already pose a certain threat to Manchester City. The threat is not great, but it has already had an effect.

Manchester City's players and Guardiola know that they have to speed up the rhythm of offense and defense transitions, otherwise Atletico Madrid will continue to beat on their left side, and sooner or later they will fall into a passive position in the situation.

After Atletico Madrid gained a slight advantage on the field, their home fans were very excited, and the deafening cheers seemed to be demonstrating to Manchester City.

This is the Calderon Stadium!This is not a place where any team can play wild.

However, Atletico Madrid's cheer sounds more or less a bit of self-deception. They are so sensitive and excited when their offense improves a little bit. If they are scored by Manchester City again, I am afraid they will cry out of excitement!

Such cheers were harsh, and Zhao Jinge felt very uncomfortable. He turned his head and saw that De Bruyne really looked unhappy.

It is you who are two goals behind now, what is there to be proud of now!
But at this moment the situation is obviously leaning towards Atletico Madrid. Manchester City's backcourt players are trying to stabilize their defense as much as possible under pressure.

These offensive players in the frontcourt, after doing their best defensive duties, are also looking for opportunities to open their fangs again.

(End of this chapter)