Chapter 561: Consecutive Kills

As is customary, Gao Bo should have given the players a day off after the victory.

However, because of the frequent events, Gao Bo canceled his vacation.

The Champions League quarter-finals are over on April 5, and Atletico Madrid will travel to Levante on April 8.

If you take a day off, the team basically doesn't have to do any pre-match preparation before Levante.

Therefore, Gao Bo had to ensure the team's state on the field, and the holiday was uncontrollable, so he simply canceled the vacation.

This is also a consequence of the frequent occurrence of events.

This is something to do with the fact that many La Liga teams are participating in European competitions and have led to a slippery decline in league results.

However, Atletico Madrid's rotation has been doing well, and basically the first-team players are guaranteed to play a certain amount of time.

Gobo's first-team squad is not huge, especially in the winter window, when he also sent away Saul and Immobile, and the number of first-team players was even smaller.

However, the small number does not mean that Atletico Madrid's bench is poor.

Gao Bo focuses on quality, not quantity. If the first team has a large number of redundant players who are not needed, it is not a good thing for the team, in addition to the salary pressure, it is also a damage to the unity of the team's dressing room.

Now everybody has the opportunity to play, so now there is no problem in the dressing room at Atletico Madrid, everyone is on the same page and they are working together.

And in the game against Levante, Gao Bo once again made a large-scale rotation.

This is no surprise in the eyes of the Spanish media.

This is the 32nd round of the league, and the next round, the 33rd round, will be at home against Real Madrid!

The derby in Madrid is naturally the focus of attention, and it is a game that has a very important impact on the format of the entire league title.

No matter who wins or loses, or even a draw, it is a very significant change for the format of the championship!

Therefore, for this game, Gao Bo is extremely important.

In this game against Levante, Gao Boxue hid most of the main forces, and he also wanted to win Real Madrid at home and win an absolute advantage in the league!

.........

In the last Champions League game, Allegri said Atletico Madrid was lucky.

And when it comes to this game, their luck is not ideal.

The first was the weather, with light rain starting in Valencia just before the start of the game, and getting heavier shortly after the start of the game.

Levante's home stadium is a small stadium that can only accommodate more than 20,000 spectators, and the drainage facilities in the stadium are not very good, in fact, many of the home stadiums of small La Liga teams are not very advanced.

Because of heavy rains like this, you don't get to experience them a few times a year in Spain.

The rain soon caused the stadium to become waterlogged, making it difficult for soccer balls to run on such a field, and accidents became more numerous.

And Atletico Madrid is a team that is accustomed to walking on the ground, so such weather is undoubtedly quite unfavorable for Atletico Madrid's attack!

In this sense, Atletico Madrid is really unlucky.

Gao Bo stood on the sidelines, the rain lapping on his face.

On the pitch, Mane wanted to make a pass, but the ball floated on the water, and this time the pass naturally turned into a conceded goal.

However, Mane was immediately fouled to prevent the opponent from playing a counter-attack.

This has happened several times.

Naturally, this game can hardly be called exciting.

Gao Bo shook his head.

"When will this rain stop?"

Gao Bo asked Moya depressedly.

"The weather forecast is realistic, and the rain will be lighter in about ten minutes."

"Damn, this weather forecast has never been reliable!"

Gao Bo looked at the chaos on the field, the team was completely unable to organize the attack in this situation.

And just when Gao Bo was considering changing his strategy, the accident on the court made Gao Bo even more depressed.

Levante counter-attacked, the ball flew high into the box and floated to the other side after hitting a pool of water on the ground, almost shaking Boateng to the head.

And Levante's starting striker Koné is angry!

The ball landed right at his feet, and on the edge of the penalty line, Koné kicked up and shot, the ball became slippery and heavy in the rain, and Navas pounced with his hand, but still couldn't get the ball out completely.

The soccer ball rolls into the net!

Atletico Madrid is one goal behind!

Gao Bo looked at the game time.

It was almost 40 minutes and the first half was coming to an end.

Gao simply sat back in the dugout, and in the second half, the team had to adjust.

Falling behind by one goal, it's not a big problem.

Gao Bo was not in a hurry.

However, before he could sit in the coach's box, he suddenly jumped up and ran to the sidelines.

At this time, Levante's attack started from the backfield and made a long pass directly to the frontcourt, this time it was Levante's other striker Senera.

He chested the ball and then came with a long-range shot.

The ball flew through the fishing net and into the Atletico Madrid goal.

Throughout the first half, Levante scored two goals with two shots!

The Valencia City Stadium is completely boiling!

They saw an opportunity to win at home against league newcomers Atletico Madrid!

.........

At half-time, Gobo was harshly critical of the team's defence, and he also prepared Lucio to warm up.

Boateng's eyes were dark, and he thought the manager was going to replace him.

As a result, Gao Bo did not intend to do this.

"Lucio replaces Anthony!"

Replaces Antoine Griezmann?!!

The players want to go.

Isn't it time to strengthen the attack, why are you still ready to play a back three?

"Godin goes up and plays center!! With such a field, you don't need to kick the ground to cooperate, and give me a header in the penalty area!! ”

Gao Bo slapped the table fiercely, his face hideous!

It is no longer possible to walk on the ground, such a field cannot provide the conditions for ground cooperation at all, and Griezmann's technical ability cannot be brought into play at all in such a field, so Gao Bo simply changed to the most brutal tactics.

Smash with a header!

Pushing Godin into the penalty area, plus Diego Costa, and Mario Suarez, these tall men are still very intimidating when they go to the penalty area!

"No matter what, you can't lose!! Not even a draw! The league is over with a few games left and any drop in points could result in a league title!! ”

The Atletico Madrid players are also aware of the seriousness of the problem.

Before facing Real Madrid, if you lose points first, what difference is it from losing a derby. And the difficulty of winning Real Madrid is, of course, much greater than winning Levante.

Before the start of the second half, Lucio was seen standing on the sidelines.

"Atletico Madrid ready to switch to a centre-back?!"

Aduris was a little strange.

"Is it because Gobo was unhappy with Boateng's performance in the first half? In a way, Atletico Madrid's two goals conceded in the first half were also related to Boateng's defense, but it was more due to the weather...."

As Aduris spoke, the fourth official held up a substitution sign.

Replaced by Antoine Griezmann?!

Aduriz was taken aback, is Atletico Madrid going to play with a back three?

Aduris's doubts are also those of most people.

Knowing that the game was restarted, people found out that Gao Bo was not going to play in the back three.

Instead, it was time to play a 4312 – with Diego Costa and Godin at the front, and Mario Suarez behind the two of them.

Atletico Madrid always have three high points in the penalty area, and Gao Bo also uses all the cards that can improve the ability of wide crosses, long passes, and headers.

Then, things get simpler.

Since the ground can't be walked, they keep making long passes through the midfield and on both sides to rush Levante's defense.

Atletico Madrid's control was not bad, so after a steady stream of wide crosses and long passes, Atletico Madrid finally scored the first goal in the 70th minute of the game.

The goal came from Diego Costa, who was picked up by left wing-back Alba from the flank, who nodded and headed the ball into the back of the net.

After the goal, Atletico Madrid's morale was shocked, and in the heavy rain, they kept sending the ball into the penalty area and hitting Levante's defense with high balls.

In the words of Aduris – this game is finally evident that Gobo is a manager from the lower leagues of England.... Completely British style of play!

Despite the low offensive efficiency, when you try a lot, you can always score goals.

In the eighty-third minute of the game, Godin also seized the opportunity to score!

It's still a header!

The Atletico Madrid players did not celebrate after the goal, even if they equalised.

With 10 minutes to go, they had to hurry up and score another goal, and a draw would have meant defeat for Atletico Madrid.

Levante, on the other hand, have completely given up on attacking, and even a draw is acceptable to them.

While shrinking across the board, a long pass was rushing, and the sky was raining heavily.

For those who don't know, I'm afraid that this is a Championship or League One game in England.

In the last five minutes of the game, Gao Bo simply asked Boateng to also go up to the penalty area to play a cameo as a center forward!

If you don't forget, there will be an echo.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Mario Suarez grabbed a point, his header rubbed to the back post, and Mane, who pressed up from the back post, slammed the ball into the net with his belly!

Another stunner goal!

When Sadio Mane slammed the ball into the opposition goal, everyone in the Atletico Madrid dugout came out.

In the midst of the heavy rain, Gao Bo raised his arms and shouted!!

The feeling of consecutive lore kills is really exciting.

The players of Atletico Madrid have finally released all the pressure at this time!

On the pitch, after the goal, Mane was heavily pressed by the players, and even the players on the bench came up to join in the fun!

High wavelength breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about the consequences of losing this game, Gao Bo couldn't help but sweat coldly on his back.