Chapter Ninety-One: The Bet Won

Chapter 91: The bet was won

Before you know it, the game has been going on for twenty minutes, and in these twenty minutes, the two sides have attacked and defended each other.

Atletico Madrid disrupted Real Madrid's attacking rhythm with a very proactive on-the-spot press, and launched a counterattack on the spot after grabbing the ball, playing very directly and quickly.

After gradually adapting to the pressing rhythm of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid also gradually used the individual ability of the star to form a local threat and test Courtois's defense.

Now this Real Madrid is a luxury fleet that Mourinho spent three years building. Whether it is the strength of the players or the staffing, Real Madrid has reached the peak. If there's one weakness in this Real Madrid side before that, it's the turmoil in their dressing room. But when Carlo Ancelotti arrived at Real Madrid, the soft-armed Italian quickly healed the rift in the Real Madrid dressing room and patched up the last patch for Real Madrid.

In the 22nd minute, Real Madrid organized an attack again, and Di Maria's breakthrough in the midfield caused a lot of trouble for Atletico Madrid.

Luka Modric picked up the ball at the back, and he looked very calm in the face of Li Qingshan's defense - after all, Li Qingshan is still an attacking player, and it is unrealistic to expect him to cause problems for a master of the ball like Modric like a defensive midfielder.

What Li Qingshan can do is not let Modric easily carry the ball forward.

However, Modric did not intend to carry the ball forward, he dodged the pass gap and slid the ball forward to Di Maria.

Di Maria's breakthrough ability is extremely strong, he turned directly after receiving the ball, and dribbled forward to kill. This was the task assigned to him by Carlo Ancelotti, and in this game Di Maria kept taking the ball on the left half and breaking forward.

He had no intention of passing the ball after getting past Raul Garcia's defense, but continued to dribble forward.

Finally on the left side of the penalty line, Thiago came up and knocked him down. Di Maria's breakthrough created a decent free-kick opportunity for Real Madrid.

This location can be passed and shot, Atletico Madrid did not dare to be careless, Thiago, Alda Turan, Raul Garcia formed a three-man wall, and Li Qingshan went to the penalty area to participate in the high-altitude ball defense.

After a few steps, Modric sent the ball out, passed it like a shot, and went straight to the back of the goal.

Thankfully, Courtois reacted in time, jumped to his feet and picked the ball in his arms.

Next, Real Madrid, who tasted the sweetness, naturally repeated the old trick, and in the 26th minute, Di Maria once again chose to break through in the middle. This time, Raul Garcia wasn't going to let him pass easily. After being shaken out of position by Di Maria, Raul Garcia shoveled directly to the side and knocked Di Maria to the ground.

Di Maria screamed on the ground and rolled several times, his face looking very painful, but the referee Kujpels walked to the foul point in a hurry.

When a player is tackled, if he rolls on the ground several times in a row, the screams are extremely loud, and the expression on his face is more tangled and tangled, at this time the player is generally fine, and the reason why he makes such an exaggerated action is to attract the attention of the referee - if he does not scream to attract the attention of the referee, it is a loss in case the referee is distracted and does not see. What's more, such an exaggerated action can also put pressure on the referee to make a decision that is more favorable to his own side - such as playing cards to the opposing player.

And when a player is tackled and lies motionless on the ground without saying a word, the players on the pitch and the referee will be nervous – because it is usually only when the tackle is actually made.

Dutch referee Kujpels is very experienced, so he naturally knows the way it is very well.

But Ramos on Real Madrid's side couldn't help it, and stepped forward to push Raul Garcia, who was casual after the real-time foul, and Raul Garcia naturally did not show weakness, and the two sides put their heads together and spoke harshly to each other.

This time is terrible, the players on both sides naturally can't let their teammates suffer, and they rush up and push each other. For a while, the scene was quite chaotic.

By the time the referee separated the players, it was already the twenty-ninth minute of the game. The smell of gunpowder in the Madrid derby is also undiminished in the Champions League final.

The referee gave a yellow card to the two perpetrators, Ramos and Raul Garcia, respectively.

In this way, the Real Madrid fans and Atletico Madrid fans at the scene were in unison in a rare way, and they collectively booed. Fans don't think their players deserve yellow cards.....

Especially on Real Madrid's side, Raul Garcia is an attacking midfielder, and Ramos is indeed Real Madrid's central defender, and these two got yellow cards at the same time, so naturally Real Madrid suffered more in this regard.

Real Madrid won a free kick about 30 meters away from the goal, and Atletico Madrid didn't take advantage of it - you must know that Ronaldo's elevator ball is very suitable for this position!

Only this time Ronaldo's free-kick hit the wall and bounced back, without posing any threat.

Thirty minutes into the first half, this point in time was an opportunity for both sides to make a difference. The pace of the game started to pick up.

In the 31st minute, Li Qingshan made the ball with his back and passed to Raul Garcia, Raul Garcia's long-range shot from the periphery outside the penalty area caused Casillas to get out of his hands, Li Qingshan followed up with a follow-up shot that was one step short, and the football was cleared by Ramos.

In the 32nd minute, Real Madrid returned the color, the veteran Thiago made a mistake in the midfield, Bale seized the opportunity to break through into the penalty area, and his left-footed volley was missed. Scared the Atletico fans behind the goal into a cold sweat.

"The tempo of the game suddenly picked up during this period, and at this point in the 30-plus minutes, both sides looked ready to take the opportunity to launch a wave of attacks, and the result was a situation where the two teams on the pitch were now facing off, which is rare in Atletico Madrid." After Duan Xuan finished speaking, Xu Yang added with some concern next to him: "It is unwise for Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid to attack each other, Simeone should control the emotions of the players on the field on the sidelines and let the Atletico Madrid players calm down." After all, the opponent has attackers like Ronaldo and Bale. ”

Simeone was a little worried that Atletico would not be able to control the pace of the game, but he did not stop the Atletico players from being enthusiastic about attacking. It's all in the final, the players are understandably in high spirits, and Atletico Madrid's attacking threat during this period is no worse than Real Madrid's.

Isn't it just gambling, Simone is never afraid!

Even Simeone didn't expect his big gamble to reap the results so quickly.

Just after Bale's shot went wide, Atletico organised a wave of attacks.

Courtois kicked into the Real Madrid penalty area, Li Qingshan stopped the ball on his chest and turned to the door, the angle of the shot was not opened, and Casillas held up the bottom line with one palm.

Atletico get a corner!

Gabi's corner kick went to the back point, Li Qingshan crossed back to the penalty area, and Godin pressed Khedira to head the goal in front of the small penalty area!

Casillas made a mistake and the ball was hoisted into the empty net.

Atletico Madrid leads 1-0!