Chapter 80: Come Yourself!

Fernando Torres' goal boosted Chelsea's morale and the crowd erupted in deafening cheers. The sunken soccer pitch keeps the fans and the pitch infinitely closer, so the pressure created by the Chelsea fans is unbuffered and impacts the hearts and minds of the Atletico players.

At this point, it had been raining heavily, but now it had suddenly lightened, and by the time the Chelsea players returned to their own half, the rain had stopped.

'The rain stopped after Chelsea's goal and that's a good thing for Chelsea – without the rain they can comfortably drop back and play counter-attacks!'

Mourinho did the same, and his pre-match start of six defenders could finally come in handy.

'It's a very difficult situation for Atletico Madrid right now, Chelsea took the lead at home and then the weather has improved. Without the heavy rain, the Stamford Bridge's good drainage system also kept the site free of water accumulation due to the heavy rain that had just occurred. Now Chelsea can safely shrink their defence and play counter-attacking. Duan Xuan said worriedly.

"Actually, the 1-0 scoreline is not too much of a problem for Atletico Madrid now - they only need to score one goal to make it 1-1, and it is Chelsea who should be in a hurry. It's only been less than 30 minutes into the first half, and Atletico Madrid doesn't have to rush too much, the game is still long. Xu Yang continued.

After seeing Torres kick the ball into Atletico's goal, Simeone, who was shocked and angry before, suddenly calmed down. Instead of scolding Juanfran for his defence, he patted himself on the chest and then pressed his hands down to signal the Atletico players not to panic.

As a manager, he knows how his emotions can affect his players. At this time, he should not show his shock and anger, but should calm down and let the players know that their manager is still strategic.

Sure enough, when they saw Simeone's calm expression on the sidelines, the Atletico Madrid players also calmed down. They also know that the game is still long, and being scored by an opponent is not the end of the world.

Li Qingshan and Diego Costa were already in the centre circle, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle for the restart.

Although Mourinho is back at Chelsea after a long hiatus, this is his first season at Chelsea. But the soul of the Chelsea team was implanted by Jose Mourinho when he first took charge of Chelsea, and it was a typical Mourinho team.

Counter-attacking is like breath in breath for this Chelsea team. When Jose Mourinho's side are determined to defend, it is honestly a headache for any team in this world.

Jose Mourinho also added a reinforced concrete in front of the back line, David Luiz, Ramirez, plus Azpilicueta who was withdrawn from the full-back position, the three defenders formed a defensive line of three defensive midfielders, plus the harassment of Willian, Hazard and Torres in the front. As well as a back four and an insurmountable goalkeeper Petr Cech, Chelsea's defence looked impregnable for a while.

It's just that Atletico Madrid isn't easy to mess with. They are now playing simple, crude and unreasonable football.

You can't pass the ball, can you?

Then I'll just play a long pass and hang directly!

With the presence of Li Qingshan, Atletico can confidently and boldly hammer the bus posed by the Blues in such a simple and crude way.

Without the interference of Terry, who was physically strong, Li Qingshan easily bullied Cahill with his height and strength. Gary Cahill is already a strong centre-back to some extent, but he is at a complete physical disadvantage against his opponents in this game.

Li Qingshan is not a free man in the front court, he can do whatever he wants. Now he is fixed in the central striker position, like a beacon up front, pointing out the direction of Atletico Madrid's attack.

Now Li Qingshan doesn't think about any long-range shots, running positions, and even headers don't think about direct goal-now it is difficult for Atletico Madrid to get the opportunity to cross from the side, and Chelsea is guarding against Atletico Madrid's cross from the side.

But the defense of the side of the cross can not put a long pass directly forward, now what Atletico Madrid needs most is Li Qingshan's ability to control the first point. Football is an eleven-a-side sport, and when the team only needs to do this, Li Qingshan must of course give full play to his ability to the greatest effect.

In the 35th minute, Atletico Madrid organized an attack from the back.

Thiago dribbled forward with the ball and was unhindered by Chelsea in the Atletico side's half, and as soon as he crossed the halfway line, he was immediately harassed by Chelsea players Fernando Torres and Willian. He passed the ball to Gabi and then didn't dare to press it again – Chelsea's counter-attack made Atletico not dare to press on all fronts.

After receiving the ball, Gabi glanced at Li Qingshan's position and made a long pass directly.

Li Qingshan grabbed the ball high under the fare of Gary Cahill and David Luiz, and he flicked the ball back to Diego Costa who had been pulled out of the box, before he was knocked to the ground in the air by two Chelsea defenders.

Diego Costa fired a long-range shot straight from outside the box, but it was deflected away by a focused Cech.

This period of time has been repeated in such an attacking routine, and Atletico have created opportunities to shoot from outside the box in such a simple way!

Long-range shots are an important means of breaking down dense defences, and although Atletico Madrid have failed to find the back of the net in several attempts, the game is still long, and as long as they can create long-range shots, then Atletico will certainly not hesitate.

Atletico's approach to attack quickly forced Mourinho to make adjustments, bringing back both Fernando Torres and Willian to defend on the edge of the box, and having a few more defenders meant an increased chance of grabbing a second spot, and even if they didn't, Atletico would have fewer chances to get a long-range shot.

Sure enough, after such an adjustment, even if Li Qingshan passed the ball back to his teammates, in the face of Chelsea's close-range pressing, it was difficult for Atletico Madrid to have a chance to shoot with their feet, and in the end they could only pass the ball back to the backfield and reorganize a round of attack.

It's just that there are pros and cons to everything, Mourinho's adjustment, Chelsea's defense has temporarily reduced the pressure, but Chelsea's counterattack has also been weakened, and with only Hazard in the front, Atletico Madrid's defensive pressure has also weakened.

When Atletico attacked again, Li Qingshan confronted Cahill and Luiz while observing the situation around him.

When he saw that almost all of Atletico's players were being targeted by Chelsea's defenders, he made up his mind and decided to come on his own.

Li Qingshan jumped up under the entanglement of two defenders, and the Chelsea players thought he was going to repeat the same trick this time, passing the ball to other Atletico players.

But this time, Li Qingshan did not do this, but used his chest to cushion the ball and stopped the ball.

Immediately afterwards, he twisted his body before Cahill and David Luiz could react!

"Li Qingshan!!"

"Do you want to shoot?!"