Chapter 41: The prelude to the goal battle?

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Lopes didn't have a big foot to drive the ball up front – that's not Real Madrid's style.

Real Madrid's two full-backs pressed very widely, almost standing on the halfway line. For the two centre-backs, they pulled out on either side, with Xavi Alonso dropping back to fill in the middle.

As the commander of Real Madrid's midfield, Xavi Alonso often retreated to the back to organise Real Madrid's attack.

This trend of the retreat of the organizational core began to be popular in football a few years ago.

The most important part of football tactics is always to strike first or last, and it takes constant change and constant evolution to bring victory to the team. If a set of tactics succeeds around the world, then there will be many new ways to defeat this tactic around the world. It is the task of any manager to find a near-perfect tactical system. Of course, the tactical system is always close to perfect, and it can't really be perfect. It's the same for the midfielders, there is no perfect tactic, just continuous improvement.

As more and more teams like Jose Mourinho build defensive midfielders in the middle, the attack extends more to the wings, and the wingers even shoulder the responsibility of playmaking. This development makes the existence of the front waist more and more chicken. You know, even a talented playmaker like Ronaldinho prefers to attack from the wings. And now Ronaldo, Ribery, Robben, and even Messi, their positions are far from the traditional midfielders, but they are the attacking core of the current team.

In this situation, new midfielders such as Xavi, Pirlo and Alonso have emerged, and although they appear in the midfield position, they are more involved in attacking organization than focusing on defense, and they are also known as the team's "backfield command tower". At a time when the team's attackers are stockpiled on the flanks, any team still needs a midfield commander to switch between attack and defence, as well as distribute possession.

Xavi Alonso is undoubtedly the master of the "backfield command tower".

López gave the ball to Xavi Alonso, who returned to the back to get the ball, the pivot of Real Madrid's attack. Almost all of Real Madrid's forward passes, as well as defensive placements, revolve around him.

Simeone is obviously also very deeply studied by Real Madrid's routine, normally speaking, the core of the organization retreated, avoiding the defense of Atletico Madrid's midfield, and it was difficult for Atletico's defenders to interfere with Xavi Alonso, who was holding the ball in front of the backline.

Simeone's solution was to let Diego Costa and Li Qingshan go to the opposite position to guard Alonso and not give him room to pass the ball easily.

Sure enough, when Xavi Alonso got the ball, Diego Costa posted it, and Li Qingshan, who was next to him, was also ready to make up for it at any time.

Alonso's passing space was compressed by Atletico's two strikers, one on the left and one on the right.

He passed the ball back to goalkeeper López and then continued to run to the open space to receive the ball, where López re-passed the ball to Alonso.

He rushed to the ball before Li Qingshan forced him to grab the ball and launched a long pass, and accurately found Ronaldo who pulled to the side to receive the ball.

This is one of the essential skills of a playmaker's midfielder – precision-guided long passing.

Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball on the flank, and Atletico's defenders were immediately on the verge of attack.

However, Ronaldo did not choose to rush forward with the ball, but passed the ball to Modric, who came to receive it.

Luka Modric was the playmaker of Real Madrid's attack, receiving the ball and distributing it to the other side to find Bale.

Bale received the ball and cut inside and fired a left-footed shot from just over 30 metres from goal.

Courtois didn't dare to slack off, and after he was in position, he saved the ball with both hands.

Corner kick!

Real Madrid returned the color immediately after Li Qingshan's shot.

Real Madrid took a tactical corner from the right side of the field, and Di Maria received the ball on the right side of the flank and dribbled the ball into the box.

The opponent brought the ball into the penalty area, and the defense on Atletico's side did not dare to make too many moves. Miranda pounced with her hands behind her back.

Di Maria made a feint and crossed with his left foot, and Benzema grabbed Godin and fired a cushion!

The opening time is less than three minutes! Real Madrid scored first!

Their corner kick tactics this time were very successful, and with Li Qingshan also in the penalty area, they did not choose to cross directly from a corner, but completed a corner on the wing.

Florentino shook his fist in the box, then sat down again. Now the camera is facing the box, and as a politician, he cares a lot about his image.

And Cerezo did not have the composure of Florentino, and the expression of frustration was undisguised on his face. His team trailed after just three minutes into the game.

"Atletico Madrid conceded a goal just at the start! Simeone couldn't stand still, he was talking loudly from the sidelines. Duan Xuan also said with some regret that as a Chinese commentator, of course he supports Li Qingshan's Atletico Madrid.

Simeone waved from the sidelines and shouted at the Atletico players on the pitch.

Atletico's players quickly knew what Simeone was trying to say after seeing the manager's moves.

Simeone asked Atletico's players not to be affected by the goal and continue to execute the attacking strategy before the start of the game!

Real Madrid's celebration didn't last long, as it had just begun.

The referee soon blew the whistle for the resumption of the game.

Li Qingshan knocked the ball back, turned around and ran in the direction of Real Madrid's penalty area.

He watched his teammates' passes as he ran. After Miranda's long pass in the backfield, Li Qingshan quickly ran to the side - he quickly judged the direction of the ball.

Before receiving the ball, he realistically used his body to carry the Real Madrid full-back Coentrão who had been pasted up, and Coentrão was carried by him and almost lost his center of gravity.

Then he continued to repeat his old tricks, and once again carried Ramos away with his body. Now Li Qingshan is very experienced in the use of his body.

Sure enough, his two physical confrontations, one left and one right, created a comfortable and undisturbed space for him to stop the ball.

He stopped the ball with his chest, then turned and took a kick into the gap on the wing.

Dribbling is not Li Qingshan's strong point, and he himself knows this, so he did not choose to continue dribbling the ball.

He's watching his team-mates' movements, and it's impossible for him to shoot directly from the wing, which is too low. Li Qingshan is not a selfish person. He will also be willing to create space for his team-mates to score goals on many occasions.

He didn't look long as Coentrão and Ramos came back to press.

After Li Qingshan led the ball to the direction of the bottom line, he took a look at the situation in the penalty area, and then pushed with his right foot and sent an inverted triangle pass to the penalty area!

Diego Costa dodged from behind Pepe and pushed the ball into the back of the net with ease!

One-to-one!!

Less than a minute after Real Madrid's goal, Atletico Madrid equalised!

With less than five minutes to go, both sides had already scored a goal each!

With 85 minutes to go, does that signal a goal shootout?