Chapter 152: Heads-up
After Real Madrid took the lead thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's world wave, things looked very good.
After the game restarted, they attacked aggressively and had a strong anti-guest posture.
Atletico Madrid fans in the stands were worried about the team.
Atletico Madrid's attack doesn't seem to be any better, they can only choose to kick forward with big feet after they get the ball, because more people have to stay at the back to defend, and if they pass the football to the front, I am afraid that it will be cut off in midfield.
In the four minutes following Real Madrid's goal, Real Madrid basically formed a siege on Atletico Madrid.
In the eighteenth minute, Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Moya saved a shot from Benzema, and then he kicked the ball straight into the front of the pitch.
There, it is Atletico Madrid's only point of attack - Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng ran to the landing point of the football, and at the same time, Real Madrid's two central defenders, Raphael Varane and Nacho, were also pressing on him.
Anyway, at this time, Atletico Madrid's frontcourt does not have any other Atletico Madrid players except Gao Zheng, and their two central defenders can deal with Gao Zheng together. And if they don't come together, they are afraid that they won't be able to deal with Gao Zheng.
Regarding Gao Zheng's power, they have already learned very clearly in the three previous encounters with Gao Zheng.
Before this game, head coach Ancelotti also reminded the players that they must not be too big when defending Gao Zheng, and don't defend one-on-one if they can play two people.
He even used Cristiano Ronaldo as an analogy, saying that Gao Zheng is a player of the same level as Ronaldo.
This made Ronaldo a little unhappy, as if he thought he was being belittled.
But Nacho and Varane certainly don't care about Ronaldo's feelings, their task is only to prevent Gao Zheng, not to make Ronaldo happy.
Especially Nacho, it is very difficult for him to defend Gao Zheng one-on-one.
He must be in step with Varane and work together to stop Gao Zheng here.
As soon as Gao Zheng caught the ball, Varane rushed up with an arrow and rushed to grab the football.
As for Gao Zheng, he pulled the football back, turned around at the same time, and protected the football with his body.
However, in this way, he also changed from facing the direction of attack to facing away from the direction of attack.
This was exactly what Varane was hoping for – he didn't expect him to break the ball at Gao Zheng's feet with such a rush. So his real purpose was just to make Gao Zheng turn around.
As long as his back is to the direction of the attack, it will be difficult for Gao Zheng to hit two and make the attack again.
Seeing Varane forcing Gao Zheng to turn around, Nacho quickly followed up, sticking to Gao Zheng from the side and back, waiting for the opportunity to break the ball.
However, he did not rush to make a move, because breaking the ball is not the highest priority, even if they can't break the ball, as long as they can entangle Gao Zheng here, so that the opponent can't quickly get rid of them, they can wait until the other Real Madrid players return to defense, and then lay a net, and Atletico Madrid's attack is basically over.
At the same time, Atletico Madrid also knew that Gao Zheng was in trouble, so Griezmann was quickly cutting forward and running towards Gao Zheng, ready to pick him up.
It's just that the distance between the two sides is a little far, and it will take time for him to go up to answer it.
I don't know if the situation will change again during this time. It's better that Gao Zheng failed to protect the football in the bag of two people, was cut off by the opponent, and then played a counterattack, and the Atletico Madrid player who had just gone up to meet Gao Zheng had to turn back to defend......
It's a lot of tossing and demoralizing.
Therefore, the people who went up to pick up Gao Zheng were destined not to be too many.
At the moment, only Antoine Griezmann is leading the way.
But just as Griezmann was sprinting, he suddenly heard a loud cheer.
This surprised him, and he hurriedly looked up and saw that Varane and Nacho were still behind Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng had changed from facing away from the goal to facing Real Madrid's goal!
This...... What just happened?!
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Rewind the clock to two seconds ago.
Nacho interfered with Gao Zheng in the back of the side, and Varane resisted Gao Zheng directly behind, and it seemed that the two of them cooperated tacitly and completely restrained Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng could only be forced to continue to bring the football to the backcourt to avoid being cut off.
But just as Nacho and Varane were pressing forward, Gao Zheng, who was supposed to be forced to retreat, suddenly slammed the football behind him and turned around at the same time!
They got between Varane and Nacho!
Neither of them expected Gao Zheng to turn around so flexibly and quickly, they didn't react, and when they thought of fouling, Gao Zheng was already out of their control!
The two hurriedly turned around and chased Gao Zheng, but it was impossible to foul again at this time. Because Gao Zheng has entered the penalty area of Real Madrid!
If they foul again at this time, they are afraid that Gao Zheng will fall in the penalty area, and the referee will not only give a penalty, but also give them a yellow card for the person who fouled.
But at this time, it is pointless to think about whether to foul or not, because this has entered Gao Zheng's range!
Throwing off the two Real Madrid central defenders, one Gao Zheng can shoot with his feet!
The mini Luo in the box exclaimed when he saw Gao Zheng pick up his right leg, and after watching a lot of Gao Zheng's videos and game videos, he had already guessed what would happen next......
Gao Zheng's right leg was raised high, but it fell gently, facing Casillas, who attacked to block the angle of the shot, this was not a powerful volley, but a hanging shot!
"Spoon ——!!!" José Maria shouted.
To the cheers of the Atletico Madrid fans, the football passed the attacking goalkeeper Casillas, drew a parabola and fell into the goal!
Gao Zheng!! Pretty!!! He equalized for Atletico Madrid!! Just four minutes after conceding the goal, Atletico Madrid equalized in the eighteenth minute of full-time! 1:1!!! He Ping shouted excitedly.
"My God!! Ahh!!h Ray Hudson screamed, "What do we see?" This is an artist's masterpiece! He drew a rainbow on paper with a paintbrush and brought this rainbow to the world!! Amazing artwork!! From turning around to getting rid of the spoon to scoop shot, perfect! ”
Hudson just likes to exaggerate, and Barcelona fans who often listen to him explain games are used to him praising Messi in this way, and now it is Atletico Madrid's turn to get used to and accept his receptive style......
When the football crashed into the goal, the stands of the entire Calderón stadium thundered with joy, and the sky seemed to be thundering as if there were countless rolling thunders.
Four minutes earlier, when Real Madrid had scored, all Atletico Madrid fans were worried that the rest of the game would turn out to be a one-sided affair for Real Madrid.
At that time, even the most optimistic Atletico Madrid fans could not have imagined that they could equalize in just four minutes!
But Gao Zheng told them: I can!
After the goal, Gao Zheng waved his arms vigorously at the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands, encouraging them to cheer even more.
So the thunder was louder, and every Atletico Madrid fan was actively responding to Gao Zheng's call.
How is it possible that such a player is not loved by the fans?