Chapter 142: Countermeasures

'Atletico Madrid are in trouble and they seem to be a bit scrambled with Dojemund's pressing. "By continuing to attack like this, Dortmund may be able to try to score a second goal before half-time. ”

"Yes, Simeone may have to make some changes, but before that, Dortmund actually has a lot of hidden dangers, first of all, whether their physical fitness can support it, and their defense is now very empty, just need Atletico Madrid to seize a counterattack, Dortmund's defense may be pierced!" Netzer said.

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"Now we're in trouble, the opponent is too fast, and if this pace continues, our defence may be in danger." Juan Bistano said to his boss. "Maybe we need to make some changes."

"Of course I know we need to change, but the problem now is that we can't make changes." Simeone nodded and continued: "We can't make substitutions right now and put Mario on the pitch. We can only count on these players on the pitch now. We have to have a real offensive threat. ”

"But the opponent was so fast that we didn't have time to organize an attack." Juan Bistano said.

Simeone was silent for a moment, then looked up and said.

"Then don't organize!"

"Don't organize?!" Bistano asked with some confusion as he looked at Simone's glowing eyes.

Atletico Madrid are now in a very dangerous phase, and Dortmund's current relentless style of play has surprised them, and the team is unprepared for it and has to deal with it in a hurry.

If it continues like this, the team's rhythm will be lost, and if the rhythm of the game is lost, the team will be very dangerous.

And now Simeone seems to have thought of a way to deal with it.

When there was a dead ball on the pitch, Simeone called the captain over and gave him a good lesson.

Gabby was a little surprised by Simeone's words, but he returned to the pitch to relay the coach's latest instructions to his teammates.

"The boss said, you don't need to pass through the midfield, you can go straight forward when you have the ball!"

"Don't you need to overdo it at halftime?"

"No, just stand in a defensive position in the midfield!"

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When the game resumed, Dortmund soon discovered that Atletico Madrid had changed, they no longer tried to stabilize the rhythm of the game through midfield, or rather, they didn't care about the tempo at all.

After Siqueira threw the ball from the sideline, Miranda, who received the ball in the backcourt, kicked straight forward before the opponent's mad dogs pounced.

This big foot is not good, and he drove the football cup directly out of the opposite bottom line.

When Dortmund quickly passed the ball to the front court again, Atletico Madrid quickly seized Dortmund's mistake of passing the ball again, and this time Godin was even more thoughtless, he didn't even stop the ball, and just went forward with a big foot.

This time Li Qingshan got the point, he didn't try to stop the ball, but headed the ball into the air a little bit, and the point was given to Griezmann, Griezmann didn't stop the ball, he stretched out his foot and kicked the ball into the air again.

When the ball is in the air, the players on both sides have to slow down, after all, the speed of the ball in the air is not fast, and when the ball speed is not fast, it is difficult for the players on the field to play the speed.

But in the air can allow players with a height advantage to play to their strengths. For example, Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan turned forward, and Subotic was ready to stop Li Qingshan, even if it was a foul. But Li Qingshan also stretched out his hands and pressed Subotic behind him, so that Subotic could not succeed.

Hummels rushed forward and prepared to stop Li Qingshan, but after Li Qingshan turned around, the ball fell in the air, and he didn't wait for the football to hit the ground, so he directly volleyed.

The ball couldn't be brought down, and the ball rushed straight into the stands.

The Dortmund fans in the stands burst into laughter, laughing at the anti-aircraft gun.

But Simeone applauded the attack from the sidelines.

Borussia Dortmund's mad dog tactics were only possible if they could pull the tempo fast and finally force Atletico Madrid to follow this fast pace, but now Atletico Madrid kicked the ball into the air, which completely disrupted the rhythm.

Simeone: It's chaotic vs. fast!

To be honest, the situation on the field is not pretty.

"Atletico Madrid now pass high balls as soon as they get the ball, they don't seem to be a 21st century team, they are playing 19th century football!" Netzer criticized.

That's right, in the nineteenth century, there was no concept of midfield in football at that time, only strikers and defenders, and there was no such complex ground coordination as now, football offense and defense at that time were very simple, when attacking was a big foot into the opponent's penalty area, and then the forwards in front of the goal and the opposing defenders were opposed, and the same was true for defense, the tall central defenders pushed the ball out, and then the players of their own side swarmed to grab the second point, and then a long pass to the opponent's penalty area............ It's like a turn-based game, when there's not even a pass, except for a long pass with a big foot, where a player carries the ball forward until he is tackled or tackled to the ground, and passing the ball to a teammate while dribbling is considered cowardly.

It was not until the concept of offside appeared that the tactics of modern football began to really develop, because of the existence of offside, the striker can no longer directly press in front of the opponent's goal when attacking, but must always stare at the offside line to act, therefore, the tactics of football have the basis for development, and there must be an anti-offside position with offside, so the speed-type striker began to appear, and the winger also began to appear. Because of the danger, defenders have to coordinate their actions in order to create an offside position...........

But the current Atletico Madrid is criticized by Netzer for going back to the 19th century and playing 19th-century football, which is a bit exaggerated.

Although Atletico played more high-altitude balls during this period, they were still very skilled in tactical routines. After Li Qingshan controlled the high point, the players ran around Li Qingshan.

As a result, the rhythm of the scene becomes chaotic.

Borussia Dortmund tried to pick up the tempo, but Atletico Madrid took the ball and kicked it into the air, making it completely untemporary.

In this way, Dortmund's mad dog tactics amounted to a temporary removal of the threat.

But now Atletico Madrid is still behind. Without the support of the midfield, Atletico Madrid's attacking efficiency has also been greatly reduced.

When the game entered the 40th minute, Li Qingshan distributed the ball to the side, and Koke did not stop after catching up with the ball, and hung the ball directly into the penalty area.

After Li Qingshan passed the ball, he turned forward, and Hummels stood on the path he was on, and the two collided and both fell to the ground.

This time, the referee finally gave up his card, and after a series of fouls, Hummels got the first yellow card of the game!

'Maybe the referee forgot about the yellow card in his pocket today.' Duan Xuan, whose butt was completely tilted towards Atletico Madrid, mocked.

In fact, before this, Dortmund's fouls began to intensify, because when the ball was in the air, Li Qingshan's advantage was too great, so they had to resort to foul tactics to block the opponent.

But fortunately, the previous fouls were in areas far from the Dortmund penalty area, so Dortmund was not too worried.

But before he knew it, Hummels' foul had reached the left side of the edge of the box, which was closer to the goal than a corner kick.

Simeone took to the sidelines, looking at Raul Garcia and Koke standing in front of the ball, as the two discussed Atletico Madrid's locator tactics.

Tactical drills from set-pieces are a key part of Atletico Madrid's efforts, but in the previous games, Atletico Madrid had not scored a few set-piece goals.

Li Qingshan stood in the penalty area, beside him, two Atletico Madrid central defenders were close to him, and Miranda and Godin also came up to participate in the attack of set-pieces as headers, but their task at the moment was to help Li Qingshan clear the surrounding interference, Hummels and Subotic were desperately trying to stick to Li Qingshan, and Miranda Godin was escorting him around Li Qingshan, and the scene in the penalty area was chaotic for a while.

Cork raised his right hand and then ran to send the ball into the box.

Li Qingshan, who was in the penalty area, suddenly withdrew from the chaotic crowd and temporarily broke away from the push and push of the opposing defenders. Then he accelerated and ran forward.

And Subotic and Hummels, as the players most likely to threaten Li Qingshan in physical confrontation, are now being dragged by Miranda and Godin together.

Atletico Madrid's two centre-backs entangled their opponents and opened up a forward line for Li Qingshan.

Without the interference of Subotic and Hummels, the other Dortmund players would not be able to threaten Li Qingshan in the air.

This time, Weidenfeller was helpless, and with such a close distance and basically no defensive pressure, Li Qingshan headed the ball into the goal.

One-to-one!