Chapter 188: Snowflakes Shattered by a Football

Playing in the snow is indeed difficult for Atletico Madrid, so the tactics arranged by Simeone in this game are relatively simple and straightforward.

At this time, there was already some blood on the green field, and Germany was not yet the coldest place in Europe, so Bayer Arena was not equipped with geothermal facilities - if it was in northern Europe or Russia in the north, if there was no stadium geothermal heat, the turf in the field would have to be replaced with artificial turf in order to play in winter.

It's a game that both sides obviously take very seriously, after all, it's a Champions League game, and it's a knockout stage, and no team wants to keep it at such a stage.

Bayer Leverkusen fielded their strongest squad, as did Atletico Madrid.

As soon as the game began, Bayer Leverkusen took advantage of Atletico Madrid's lack of adaptation to the field to launch an onslaught. And Atletico Madrid's match also showed their caution about playing in such an environment.

Except for Li Qingshan, all the Atletico Madrid players retreated to the half and stood up for the position.

It's been a long time since Atletico Madrid have made such a thorough defensive counter-attack, but in such weather conditions, Atletico Madrid have had to show their housekeeping skills.

The impact of a slippery pitch on the game is really significant, especially when there is snow on the pitch and the players come on the pitch and turn the fluffy snow into ice.

Bayer Leverkusen's attack ended with a long-range shot from the perimeter, and then the ball returned to Atletico Madrid's side, and Atletico Madrid's side was not inked, Oblak passed the ball directly to Li Qingshan, who stopped the ball at his feet with a cushion on his chest.

The first time Li Qingshan touched the ball, he felt the importance of the other party to him.

He received the ball in the middle circle, and was violated by the opponent, Leverkusen's defensive midfielder Lars Bender pushed Li Qingshan directly from behind, originally this level of pushing was not enough to make Li Qingshan fall to the ground, but the field was slippery, Li Qingshan did not step on the grass steadily, his feet slipped, and he sat on the ground, and Atletico Madrid's white pants were immediately polluted by the mud of the field.

Bayer Leverkusen's head coach Schmidt did not sit in the dugout at the start of the game.

His team's good fortune seemed to run out in the group stage draw, which saw them draw against a formidable opponent – the reigning champions of the Champions League.

Before the game, Schmidt reminded all the players of Leverkusen how great the threat of the Chinese striker is to the scenic spot, and it is necessary to concentrate when defending him, and it is best not to let him not get close to his own penalty area, and put him to the ground in the midfield, so that he does not have the opportunity to turn and face the Leverkusen goal head-on.

Looking at the falling snowflakes in the sky, Schmidt was secretly happy in his heart, such weather is undoubtedly very favorable for Leverkusen, especially in defending Li Qingshan, only a little physical contact is needed, and people will turn on their backs on such a field, so that Li Qingshan's physical confrontation ability will be weakened by half.

Schmidt is now the time for his life to be proud, and he naturally wants to seize this rare opportunity to pull the defending champion off the horse.

Bayer Leverkusen knock out Atletico Madrid?

In Schmidt's view, such an ending is not an unpopular at all.

In fact, Schmidt himself is a history of counterattacks in life. He was originally just an ordinary maintenance worker in an automobile industry company, usually playing amateur football, and like Li Qingshan, he was also an amateur player, but Schmidt himself really had little talent in football, in 2005, "amateur football enthusiast" Schmidt chose to hang up his boots, and started his coaching career in a local German amateur team called Delbrücker SC.

Schmidt had no talent for football, but he was a self-taught coach, and in just two years, he promoted an informal amateur team made up of pure kickers to the fifth division of German football.

In 2007, one of the founding teams of the Bundesliga, Prussia Münster, which had fallen to the lower amateur league, invited Schmidt to coach the team, and it was in this team that Schmidt opened a new chapter in Schmidt's coaching career, Schmidt quit his job and became a full-time head coach.

Schmidt then went out of control, and his coaching career progressed year by year, taking over as the head coach of the Austrian first division side Red Bull Salzburg in June 2012 and leading the team to the league title; In July 2014, he was appointed head coach of Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen.

Such a life experience is completely a YY structure, and it only took Schmidt seven years to go from football enthusiast to head coach of Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen.

Schmidt, who has counterattacked all the way, naturally wants to counterattack Atletico Madrid in this game, especially when Leverkusen occupies the right time and place, and he will not let go of such a great opportunity.

Perhaps because he is also an "amateur player", Schmidt has conducted a very thorough study of Li Qingshan. Therefore, he is very wary of any move by Li Qingshan who wants to hold the ball.

However, if you frequently foul a player, it is inevitable to be carded, so for Bayer Leverkusen, it is crucial to score goals as early as possible when Atletico Madrid is not firmly established.

The first time he held the ball, he was knocked to the ground, Li Qingshan didn't care too much after getting up from the ground, he didn't feel too difficult to adapt to such a venue, in the muddy pond of the English lower league, Li Qingshan has been rolling and crawling for almost a year, as long as he is given a little time in such a field, he will soon be able to get back the feeling of playing in the mud.

Sure enough, he soon had a second chance to hold the ball, Griezmann took the ball and turned past one person before his feet were unstable, and he stabbed the ball at the feet of Li Qingshan in a hurry.

Li Qingshan stood on the field with both feet and stopped the ball.

This time, Lars-Bender's collision did not have an effect, Li Qingshan's buttocks, who were standing firmly on the ground, arched up, and his center of gravity was slightly lowered, Lars-Bender's collision not only did not knock Li Qingshan over, but he slipped and fell to the ground under his own feet.

Li Qingshan took the opportunity to push the ball to Griezmann, and then ran forward himself.

Several of Leverkusen's midfielders immediately split into two groups, one group to grab the ball at Griezmann's feet, and the other group to follow to defend Li Qingshan.

The field is slippery, and Atletico Madrid does not have many counter-attacks, as long as the ball and the receiving point are strangled to death, it is not easy for Atletico Madrid to fight a counterattack.

Li Qingshan ran around the outside line to the inside line, and Griezmann also understood it, after Li Qingshan ran in place, he pushed the ball just right and stuffed it straight into Li Qingshan's forward route.

Li Qingshan, who was running, adjusted his pace very comfortably in his running, and directly met the ball with a furious shot.

"Bang!"

The instep of the foot slammed under the soccer ball, and the soccer ball scurried out of the snow much faster than on the grass.

The white snowflakes falling from the Bayer Arena were shattered by the high-speed flying hits, and the Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper only saw the red football pass through the white snowflakes, and in an instant, it flew in front of his eyes.

He only had time to symbolically wave his arm before the ball flew from his side into the goal!

"The ball went in !!!!!!" 20110