Chapter 122: Goals and Assists

Simeone's starting line-up for this match was a personnel change in the second leg, with Alda Turan starting in place of Saul, while Atletico Madrid's three strikers Antoine Griezmann, Mandzukic and Li Qingshan continued to play together.

If in the last game Simeone mainly wanted to see the effect of the three midfielders in a defensive situation, then in this game he wanted to see the effect of the three strikers when attacking the opponent's dense formation.

Although Vallecano did a good job of controlling the ball under the tutelage of head coach Jemez, when facing Atletico Madrid, even at his home stadium, Jemez was not stupid enough to let his team attack with the ball and let Atletico Madrid play his own counterattack.

The strength of the two teams is not on the same level, so Vallecano, who is playing at home, simply relinquished possession and retreated to their own half, looking for opportunities to counterattack.

Atletico Madrid, who are aiming for the title, are of course attacking, and the efficiency of scoring against mid-table teams is often the key to determining the points standings at the end of the season. Whether it's a win over Vallecano or Barcelona, it's three points, and there is not much difference in the standings, and there will never be a fantasy plot where you can only get two points from a win over Vallecano and four points from a win over Barcelona.

However, from the beginning of the game, although Vallecano lost a lot of last season's main players, their overall framework is still good, and the players bought can also fill the gaps in time.

At least almost twenty minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid's failure to score during the siege shows the tenacity of this team.

Their aggressive running and tenacious confrontation allowed none of Atletico Madrid's three strikers to get any good shots on goal. Li Qingshan received a few crosses from the wing, but his final header could not threaten the opponent's goal.

Simeone was in no hurry on the sidelines, and Atletico Madrid hadn't played many games with a front three, so it was no surprise that the team's attack seemed stumbling. What he saw was the control that the formation brought to Atletico, and the pressing power of the three strikers made it almost difficult for Vallecano to calm down and think about counter-attacking. So far, Vallecano has not been able to get a single chance to counter-attack, and Moya's goal has never been threatened. As long as the three attackers in the front court can cooperate tacitly, then when facing the middle and lower teams this season, Atletico Madrid's scoring efficiency does not need to be too much to worry about Simeone.

Simeone is not in a hurry, but someone is in a hurry.

Duan Xuan was in a hurry right now. CCTV chose to have three live broadcasts in the first round of La Liga, because although the matches between Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid were on the same day, the game time was just staggered, so Duan Xuan specially chose Atletico Madrid to comment.

The match between Real Madrid and Barcelona has come to an end, with Real Madrid beating Córdoba 2-1 at home and Zinedine Zidane's debut as head coach getting off to a flying start. In Barcelona legend Luis Enrique's first game since returning to Barca, Barcelona also won 3-0 at home to Elche, with both major title rivals winning all three points.

'The Atletico players should be nervous, they look like they've just woken up, it's been 20 minutes and Atletico Madrid haven't created any threatening attacking chances!' Duan Xuan said a little anxiously.

"It seems that Simeone's tactical effect of arranging three strikers is not obvious, and from the perspective of offensive effect, it is not as effective as last season's 442 system." Xu Yang said eloquently, "If this continues, Simeone may make a change in the second half, remove Mandzukic or Griezmann, replace a midfielder, and play back to last season's system." ”

As soon as his words fell, the rhythm of the game suddenly changed!

Atletico Madrid, who were originally moving left and right outside the penalty area to try to create a gap in the cross, suddenly changed the rhythm, Koke won the ball in the middle and split the side, shaking off the Vallecano players who stepped forward to defend a little space, Koke seized this fleeting opportunity and immediately kicked forward the pass!

Li Qingshan leaned back against the central defender who was defending him, padded his chest, and stopped the ball at his feet.

In this game, Vallecano's central defender in charge of marking Li Qingshan is a giant player - Senegalese central defender Abdoulaye Ba, who is 198 cm tall!

Li Qingshan stopped the ball, and Abdoulaye Ba tried to squeeze Li Qingshan to see if he could break the ball. However, although Abdoulaye Ba, a central defender, is half a head taller than Li Qingshan, in terms of physical confrontation, Abdoulaye Ba, who is only 80 kilograms, is like a thin bamboo pole, and he is completely unable to shake Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan won the ball in the penalty area, and Atletico Madrid's players began to run around Li Qingshan, which is the tactical role of the center, and a fulcrum player who can protect the ball in the opponent's penalty area is very beneficial to the team's tactical arrangement.

Li Qingshan didn't let the ball stay at his feet for too long, and before the other defenders of Vallecano pasted it, Li Qingshan passed the ball diagonally back along the gap between the defenders!

After the line of his pass, Griezmann had already met the ball with a bow and arrow, and the force of the volley against the ball was very great.

Antoine Griezmann met the ball and volleyed the ball straight into the top left corner of the goal, but the Vallecano goalkeeper couldn't react!

"The ball is in!!" Duan Xuan, who was still a little anxious just now, suddenly relaxed, "Li Qingshan assists, Griezmann shoots!" Very nice fit! ”

One to zero, Atletico Madrid took the lead!

Atletico Madrid were even less anxious after taking the lead, and they continued to control the situation on the pitch unhurriedly.

The score of 1-0 was also maintained in the second half, and in the 78th minute, Atletico Madrid scored another goal!

Koke crossed from the flank, and Li Qingshan ran forward to attract a large number of Vallecano players.

But Li Qingshan didn't fight for the top! His purpose is to help Mandzukic pull out space behind him! Koke's pass went straight around the front post and found the top of Mandzukic's head.

The Vallecano backline reacted very quickly, and soon the players pounced on Mandzukic! Vallecano goalkeeper Alvarez has also blocked the near corner to prevent Mandzukic from heading straight at goal.

But Mandzukic did not attack the goal directly, but headed the ball a little and ferried the ball to Li Qingshan, who no longer had much defensive strength to take care of him in the baseline position. It's a pity that he was standing a little too close to the baseline, and the angle of the direct attack was too narrow. For the sake of safety, Li Qingshan's header was a little bit and he was placed in the middle again.

"Griezmann!!!!!"

In the roar of the commentator's long tail note, Griezmann, who was inserted in the middle of the field, easily pushed the ball into the empty goal!

Simeone applauded the attack on the sidelines, and the connection completed by the three Atletico Madrid strikers shattered all the defensive strength of Vallecano, and finally Griezmann's shot was completed very easily, and the header relay of Mandzukic and Li Qingshan completely pulled the middle of Vallecano's defense.

Griezmann, who scored a brace, excitedly ran towards the corner flag area. Just as he was about to make his signature 666 celebration, Li Qingshan had already picked him up from behind.

Mess with my hairstyle! Disrupt my celebration!

Is it tolerable or unbearable!!

Griezmann was mad inside.

Do you think you'll be able to get this done twice with two assists?

You wait, I'll give it back to you!

Hum!