Chapter 374: A Hurdle

When the players of both sides shook hands with each other before the game, José Maria said with some emotion: "This is the first handshake and confrontation in 42 years!" ”

That match 42 years ago seemed to paint a tragic hue on Atletico Madrid's Champions League final, which played in two finals only to finish bitterly as runners-up.

He has a feeling that Bayern Munich, which made Atletico Madrid hate the final for the first time, seems to be the source and key to it all, and the shackles around Atletico Madrid's neck are put on by Bayern Munich.

If Atletico Madrid wants to change that fate, they must break the shackles.

Breaking the shackles starts with a win over Bayern Munich.

He hopes that Atletico Madrid can break the projection of fate in this clash with Bayern Munich.

Atletico Madrid didn't seem to be carrying the weight of history, and they were very positive from the start of the game, with Antoine Griezmann taking the lead in the box and firing low with his left foot from a tight angle, but unfortunately he didn't have the power to get it and was easily picked up by Manuel Neuer.

Although they did not score, it did not affect the mentality of the Atletico Madrid players, who continued to attack the Bayern Munich goal.

Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich, on the other hand, seem to be a little uncomfortable with the fast pace of the game at the start.

They are like an old-fashioned car, always have to slowly increase the speed in gear by gear, and if the speed is not up to the specified speed, the gear will be replaced, and the speed will not be raised.

Atletico Madrid is like a Nissan God of War GTR, after turning on the catapult mode, it starts directly at 5,000 turns, and the car is ejected as if it was launched, and the start speed is extremely fast, and the opponent can get rid of the opponent in an instant, so that the opponent can only eat exhaust gas and look at the taillights in the back.

In the face of Atletico Madrid's fast-paced style of play, Bayern Munich can only choose to defend first, stabilize and then plan according to the situation.

For Bayern Munich, they only need to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of Atletico Madrid's opening ten minutes before they can gradually use excellent passing skills to seize the initiative of the game in their own hands.

When the time comes, Atletico Madrid will be mobilized, and their physical energy will be exhausted again and again, until the gas runs out, and there is no longer the physical strength to support their rapid pressing and transfer, and at that time, Atletico Madrid will be just fat meat slaughtered by Bayern Munich.

"Simeone chose the style of play that attacked as soon as he came up......" He Ping also saw it, he felt that this was a bit risky, but it seemed to be the only optimal solution that Atletico Madrid could get to it. After all, if you grind slowly with an old fritter like Bayern Munich, sooner or later you will fall into the rhythm of Guardiola, and you won't know how to die when the time comes.

It's about getting the game into your own rhythm as soon as you come up and trying to score as soon as possible. Once you score a goal, you can stabilize confidence and at the same time cause panic in your opponent.

It's like the last home game against Barcelona.

The only problem is that this style of play is very physically demanding, and it also requires some luck, and there are relatively strict requirements for Atletico Madrid to be able to score in the shortest possible time.

If you don't score goals after the opening, this kind of fierce and fast play will not be sustainable.

Pep Guardiola sat in the chair in the dugout and did not get up, he could see Simeone's intentions, but he did not panic.

He had anticipated this before the game and had stressed it to his players. He knows his players know what to do.

Just be patient.

Look at Simeone next to him, who has been standing on the sidelines since the start of the game, pacing back and forth, nervously following the field, with a lot of body language. Seeing him like this, he doesn't have a bottom in his heart, right?

After all, this is a risky move, and there is a lot of risk.

Pep Guardiola would never take this approach, it would be too risky to know and this crazy adventure would not be in line with Guardiola's aesthetic. It's only a gambler like Simeone who can do it......

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Simeone's tactics are not too complicated secrets, everyone can understand them, and they know the huge risks hidden behind them.

However, when they put themselves in their shoes, Simeone seems to have no better choice with the style of football of Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Home and then away are the problem, and if you don't use the home advantage to score more goals in the first leg, you could be overturned in the second leg.

Think about Barcelona, how did they die at the hands of Atletico Madrid?

A three-goal lead could be eliminated!

In a game that Atletico Madrid can speed up, ten minutes pass quickly.

In these ten minutes, although Atletico Madrid got some chances, it didn't rain and didn't score. Whether it was a shot from inside or outside the box, it was easily cleared by Neuer.

Bayern Munich fans breathed a sigh of relief – Atletico Madrid had been attacking so hard just now that they were really worried that the team would concede goals in the first ten minutes. Didn't Barcelona collapse because they conceded a goal in the seventh minute?

The first 10 minutes seemed to be a hurdle, and if you didn't concede a goal, you would have successfully crossed it.

Pep Guardiola is ready to get up from the dugout and give the players some on-the-spot instructions and on-the-spot adjustments. After crossing this hurdle, it is the turn of Bayern Munich to gradually grasp the initiative of the game.

At this moment, Atletico Madrid launched an attack with a long pass from the backfield.

Midfielder Augusto Fernandez jumped up to head the ball over and then gave the ball to Gao Zheng, who was back in response.

Gao Zheng took the ball in the midfield, followed by Bayern Munich's midfielder Thiago.

Although Thiago followed Gao Zheng closely, because Gao Zheng protected the football very well, he didn't find a chance to get off his feet, so he could only follow Gao Zheng step by step, and did not dare to kick rashly.

And Gao Zheng seemed to be completely unaware that there was an opposing player behind him, taking care of himself and carrying the ball forward, not fast, as if he was not worried at all that Thiago would catch up from behind and break the ball.

When Gao Zheng took the football a few steps forward, it was getting closer and closer to Bayern Munich's backline.

At this time, Thiago realized that he couldn't let Gao Zheng continue to lead like this, and he decided to stretch out his foot from behind to destroy the ball.

But at the same time as he stretched his feet, Gao Zheng suddenly rushed the football forward and accelerated!

This trip just poked the football away from Thiago's feet and made Thiago pounce!

After Gao Zheng shook off Thiago, he immediately faced Bayern Munich left-back Bernat and leaned his body to the right, making Bernat think that Gao Zheng was going to break through from his left side.

But just as he was also moving to the center, Gao Zheng's right leg suddenly stretched forward and gently buckled the football that rolled out to the left!

Then he kicked hard with his right foot, causing himself to change direction and kill to the left!

As soon as he dunked the ball past, Bayern Munich defender Alonso rushed up to break the ball.

But Gao Zheng's movements were faster than him, and his left foot was thrown out again, and the football was buckled again before Alonso's foot arrived, and it was buckled forward.

At the same time, Gao Zheng also turned around and rushed between Bernat and Alonso.

Although Alonso threw his body center of gravity in order to break the ball and shoveled it directly, he still failed to touch the ball.

He and Alaba both fell to the ground, looking rather embarrassed.

Bernat quickly got up and turned to chase back, but it was too late.

At this time, Gao Zheng had already taken the ball into the penalty area!

"High ——! Pretty continuous pass!! José Maria shouted excitedly.

Calderón Stadium erupted in loud cheers.

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Amid the cheers, Guardiola jumped up from the chair in the dugout.

He smelled unusual danger!

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When Gao Zheng entered the penalty area, he faced a frontal interception by Bayern Munich's central defender Alaba.

I saw Gao Zheng lower his center of gravity, and his center of gravity quickly shifted back and forth between his left and right legs - he made a set of pendulum passes for Alaba in a very short period of time!

Alaba was a little overwhelmed for a while in the face of Gao Zheng's highly deceptive feints.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Zheng's left outside instep gently flicked the football to the left and dodged an angle.

This angle is not big, but it is enough for Gao Zheng.

He immediately adjusted his pace and took a very hidden shot with his left foot!

The ball flew past Alaba's leg and into the far corner of the goal!

Neuer, who had been blocking the angle in the near corner, saw the ball coming in front of Alaba and it was too late to make a save, the ball flew before he could pounce, and then grazed the edge of the far post and flew into the goal!

In the eleventh minute, Atletico Madrid took the lead!