Chapter 426: Won't Trip Over the Same Stone

Gao Zheng has no problem with pulling it out to make wedding dresses for his teammates, and he feels that head coach Simeone has made a very wise choice.

He himself is willing to pull it out, because then he gets more opportunities.

Against Casemiro or other Real Madrid players, he wasn't as restrained in the box.

Because the space in the penalty area is so small, there is almost zero space for yourself to move around or send passes to teammates.

But now, when he took a step back and exited the restricted area, the whole world was different in front of him.

Under his instigation, Atletico Madrid continued to create killing chances, and the attack was much more threatening than in the first half.

In order to cope, Real Madrid also had to make some adjustments.

Real Madrid's starting formation for this game was 433, with three midfielders, Casemiro in the middle and behind to defend, while Croatian midfielders Luka Modric and Toni Kroos were responsible for organizing the attack and assisting the defense in front.

But now when Gao Zheng retreated and Koke also pulled in the middle, Atletico Madrid lined up four players in front of Real Madrid's back line, and Casemiro alone was obviously understaffed, and there were often cases of taking care of one or the other.

In addition, they also need to focus on Gao Zheng, and Casemiro alone can't prevent Gao Zheng at all.

Modric and Kroos had to retreat to Casemiro to help him defend.

Even so, the midfield is often three-on-four, and the number is at a disadvantage.

Not to mention that Gabi can also be involved in the attack from time to time, and his long-range shot in the back row is also not a small threat.

Gao Zheng often delivered cannonballs to his teammates, benefiting Griezmann, Carrasco, Koke and others.

And Real Madrid is not an inflexible fool, since other Atletico Madrid players are now more threatening than Gao Zheng, then there is no reason for them to keep circling around Gao Zheng.

As a result, Gao Zheng's defensive pressure became less and less.

Sometimes it's not even close to the defense, and only when the football is passed to Gao Zheng's feet, the Real Madrid players will come forward to defend.

The Real Madrid players are actually quite helpless, and Atletico Madrid is not the only one who can create a threat.

If they hadn't defended Antoine Griezmann, for example, the French striker would have scored.

There are also Atletico Madrid players such as Carrasco, Saul, Koke and others.

Real Madrid has played against them a lot in the league, so they naturally know how good they are.

It can be said that Simeone's hand of letting Gao Zheng retreat is really wonderful.

Zidane on the sidelines was a little anxious, he did not sit in the coach's seat anymore, but kept standing on the sidelines, frowning and looking solemn.

This game is also a tactical contest between the two managers, Zidane unexpectedly adopted defensive play after taking the lead in the first half, and took the path of Atletico Madrid, leaving Atletico Madrid with no way out, which can be said to be the brilliance of Zidane's tactics in this game.

But Simeone was not to be outdone, and immediately made targeted adjustments at halftime, using Gao Zheng to retreat, and Koke came to the middle to assist him, which immediately put Real Madrid's back line under great pressure.

Zidane has no better way now than to take one step at a time, hoping that his team can withstand Atletico Madrid's attack.

He knew that Atletico Madrid couldn't keep attacking like this, their physical strength couldn't stand it.

If Atletico Madrid consistently fails to score, the advantage will return to Real Madrid's side.

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Fifteen minutes into the second half, Atletico Madrid were still on the offensive but still couldn't score.

This made Atletico Madrid fans, who were already quite optimistic, nervous.

Many people with a better memory immediately think of the Champions League quarter-final match that Atletico Madrid played away to Barcelona.

At that time, after Barcelona scored a goal, Atletico Madrid launched a counterattack, and the situation was also very good, making people think that it should not be long before Atletico Madrid scored.

Unexpectedly, Atletico Madrid's side was scoreless, but Barcelona's Messi suddenly broke out and scored two goals in a row, completely ending the suspense of the game.

Barcelona has Messi, Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo.

Is Atletico Madrid going to trip over the same stone twice?

Atletico Madrid fans focused their attention on Gao Zheng.

After Gao Zheng retreated, Atletico Madrid's attack did come alive, but Gao Zheng also reduced the team's scoring ability because he was far away from the goal......

Antoine Griezmann had a number of chances, but he didn't take them.

At this time, Gao Zheng still needs to stand up!

But it is clear that now Gao Zheng's task is mainly to organize the attack, not to shoot and score......

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Gao Zheng seemed to be unable to see the current situation on the court, and was still organizing the attack very seriously.

In the 70th minute, he even pulled to the right rib outside the box to pick up his teammate.

When Juanfran played the ball to him on the wing, he made a direct cross from a 45-degree angle to attract the attention of the Real Madrid players, but he jerked it up with his toes and sent it over the head of Real Madrid left-back Marcelo directly in front of him.

The Real Madrid players looked back and saw that it was still Griezmann standing behind Marcelo, and immediately raised their hands - Griezmann was not just behind Marcelo, but behind the entire Real Madrid back line, he was offside!

But Griezmann stood still and didn't make any gestures to catch the ball.

It was a figure that cut in at high speed next to him and received the ball!

"Juan-Fran!!" José Maria shouted.

"Gao Zheng's wonderful biography! This is Atletico Madrid's chance! ”

Juanfran then plugged in to catch the ball, not offside!

Real Madrid's backline quickly turned back to defend.

And Juanfran didn't waste Gao Zheng's wonderful pass, he didn't stop the ball to adjust, because then Real Madrid's defenders would be in place.

Before the football landed, he swept the football sideways to the goal with a volley!

Navas guessed that Juanfran would do this, and he turned and threw himself behind him in advance, by this time he was already desperate!

He doesn't know if he can save the ball, but he must bet when it's time to bet, and he must not hesitate!

The ball raced across the front and middle points and towards the back post.

There, Carrasco had overtaken and got stuck in front of Carvajal, and he kicked the ball!

"Carrasco ——!!" José Maria stretched out his voice, ready to shout for the goal.

Whether it was him, the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands and in front of the TV couldn't wait to raise their arms to cheer for the goal.

But then something happened that made them unbelievable!

The ball that flew towards the goal was blocked by Navas, who turned and pounced on him, with his arm!

"Ahh GOLTV's Ray Hudson cried out in dismay. "Incredible—"

He didn't have time to finish his words, because the football did not fly out of the bottom line, but bounced back in front of the goal, and the alarm in front of the Real Madrid goal was not lifted!

After the ball was blocked by Navas's arm, he talked about the vicinity of the penalty spot.

Ramos scrambled towards the football, ready to kick it out with a big kick and kick it as far as he could.

While he was rushing towards the football, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a tall figure wearing an Atletico Madrid jersey appearing behind the football, and with what he knew about Atletico Madrid, he knew that this was Gao Zheng!

After the opponent organized the attack, he came to the penalty area at some point, and appeared right in front of the landing point of the football!

"Gao Zheng!! There's still a chance! He Pingxin mentioned his throat and eyes.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV widened their eyes and didn't dare to take a breath, as if they were afraid that their louder panting would affect Gao Zheng.

In the VIP box, Feng Shiyu grabbed Xiao Yingying's arm next to her at some point, her knuckles turned white, and Xiao Yingying, who was held by her, stared at the court unconsciously.

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Ramos stepped on the back of the football and picked up his left leg, it seemed that he was going to win the ball and clear the football in front of Gao Zheng.

But just as his right foot slammed towards the football, Gao Zheng's left foot appeared above the football, and then he stepped on the football very quickly and pulled it back!

Ramos' left leg was slashed, but the ball was no longer in its original position, and he was empty!

Because he used too much force, his whole body was brought up by this kick, and his strength had nowhere to vent, so he finally threw him out!

The captain of Real Madrid fell to the ground in embarrassment and could no longer stop Gao Zheng.

And what about Gao Zheng?

He was still stepping on the ball as he gently pulled the ball back, in stark contrast to Ramos, who fell to the side.

At this time, apart from Ramos, there were no Real Madrid players around him.

Gao Zheng kept passing the ball to his teammates before, and finally succeeded in making the Real Madrid players ignore him temporarily in this defense, but he didn't expect that after completing a wonderful pass, he was not standing outside the penalty area to watch the play, but quickly inserted into the penalty area, and appeared in the most critical place!

Ramos, who fell to the ground, looked up at Gao Zheng in despair, I don't know if it was an illusion, he felt that Gao Zhen seemed to be smiling at him......

Then he saw Gao Zheng raise a kick and kick the football towards the goal!

Keylor Navas, who had just made an incredible save from Carrasco's shot in front of goal, was struggling to get up from the ground with the intention of pulling off another miracle.

But he was already at the end of his crossbow, the man was getting up, but he couldn't pounce anymore, he could only watch the football fly away from him into his goal!