Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Final Begins

The TV broadcast gave a lot of close-ups of the players while the game had not yet started, and on the side of Atletico Madrid, Li Qingshan was naturally indispensable.

Li Qingshan in the camera is standing in the middle circle, squinting his eyes, looking intoxicated.

"Li Qingshan, the Chinese player who soon became Atletico Madrid's number one striker, the way he squinted his eyes, isn't it a prayer ritual from China?" Some foreign commentators were very interested in his action.

Foreign commentators don't know much about it. But Duan Xuan knew, how could there be any prayer rituals in China.

"Li Qingshan! This is the first Chinese to appear in the Champions League final! He was now enjoying the hot atmosphere with a face full of intoxication. Duan Xuan said excitedly at the scene. He had to raise his voice to avoid his voice being suppressed by the live voice. There is a big difference between the live commentary and the rear commentary, in the studio in the rear, the sound from the scene will be processed to make the live sound not so loud, so that the TV audience can easily hear the voice of the commentator. Therefore, the commentator who is commenting at the back basically does not need to be hoarse except when scoring a goal.

But at the scene, Duan Xuan had to let his every sentence be shouted out loud, although this would make the narrator very tired, but Duan Xuan's mental state at the moment was very excited.

Both sides have already taken their positions in their formations and are waiting for the game to begin.

Atletico Madrid got the kick-off and they attacked from left to right.

The referee of the match, Dutchman Kujpels was playing against the table.

Finally, he put the whistle in his mouth and blew the whistle for the start of the game.

Li Qingshan quickly kicked the ball back to Gabi, then turned around and ran forward! The photojournalists at the scene pressed the shutter one after another, and the flash flashed like starlight.

"Audience friends, the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League final has officially begun! The first half was kicked off by Atletico Madrid!! Because the sound at the scene suddenly became more enthusiastic, Duan Xuan had to put his headset close to his cheek with his hand and shouted loudly!

The two teams are too familiar with each other, so after the game started, the two sides did not have any temptation, and they directly launched the attack.

Atletico Madrid, who were the first to kick off, took advantage of the serve to launch an attack. This attack seems to have set the main tone of Atletico's attack in this game - simple, direct and fast!

First, Li Qingshan passed the ball back to Gabi, and then Gabi passed back to the veteran Thiago.

Thiago stopped the ball and waited for a moment, and when Real Madrid's forwards pressed up, he picked up his thigh and launched a long pass.

Li Qingshan used his chest outside the line of Real Madrid's penalty area to give the ball to Raul Garcia behind him, Raul Garcia did not stop the ball and shot directly above the crossbar!

From the serve to Raul Garcia's shot, Atletico Madrid only passed the ball with four feet and it took less than twenty seconds. This is Atletico's attacking strategy for this game.

The ball then returned to Real Madrid, but Atletico did not retreat, but instead pressed on the spot.

Real Madrid's individual ability is indeed nothing to say, under the high pressure of Atletico Madrid's front, Modric dodged lightly to avoid Diego Costa, and then passed the ball to Di Maria in front of him, and smoothly moved the ball through the half.

But before Di Maria could stop the ball, he was knocked to the ground by Raul Garcia, who was returning to the defense.

Foul!

Di Maria just received the ball after halftime, and Atletico Madrid did not hesitate to foul in real time. From the very beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid showed their determination in this game, they defended very fiercely and did not hesitate to foul them.

In addition to this foul, two more Real Madrid players fell to the ground in the next two minutes. Now it was Bale who got the ball and was overturned by Felipe, who grabbed it, and then Khedira was squeezed to the ground by Li Qingshan, who defended back to the center circle.

Just two minutes into the game, referee Kujpels stopped the game three times, and three fouls were committed to stealing Atletico Madrid. However, no cards were played.

Ancelotti couldn't sit still, he walked to the sidelines and protested to the referee.

He certainly knows what Simeone is going to do, and Atletico Madrid are clearly looking to gain an advantage with ferocious pressing, getting opportunities through ferocious pressing up front.

He wasn't worried that Real Madrid's players would panic because they were being pressed like this. He went to the sidelines to put pressure on the referee not to at least forget the cards in his pocket........

As long as the Atletico Madrid players get yellow cards, when they have to commit foul tactics again, they will not be so brazen.

He wasn't worried about Atletico Madrid's defensive tactics, he was worried about Atletico's attack.

Atletico quickly created chances to shoot in the opening stages, their attack was simple and direct, but the effect was very good, Li Qingshan's form looked very good, which is what Ancelotti worries the most.

He plans to observe for a while, if Li Qingshan is really in good form in this game, then Real Madrid will have to find a way to limit him.

A few minutes passed quickly, and Real Madrid had no shot on goal for the time being, but Atletico seized the opportunity to play another successful counter-attack. It's just that Li Qingshan's last shot flew into the stands again under the close interference of Varane.

Atletico Madrid's attacking efficiency was not high, with both of their shots hitting the woodwork. But Simeone didn't care much, because in the case of Atletico Madrid's close pressing, Real Madrid let alone shooting, so far, the football has not been passed into the Atletico Madrid penalty area. In contrast, Atletico had two shots on goal, which shows that Atletico Madrid have a certain advantage in these minutes.

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Cristiano Ronaldo didn't touch the ball for a few minutes in front of him and was a little unhappy with his team-mates, so he pulled back to the midfield himself to participate in receiving the ball. Sure enough, Ronaldo's ability still poses a threat to Atletico Madrid.

He won the ball in midfield and turned to dribble the ball forward, his advance was very fast, and by the time Atletico Madrid organized the defensive line to come up, Ronaldo had already advanced to the edge of the penalty area.

"Cristiano Ronaldo takes the ball and pushes it! Thiago and Gabi are ready to join forces to intercept! ”

At this time, Ronaldo was still thirty meters away from the goal, he glanced at the defenders who were still a short distance away from him, and shot directly with his feet! It's just that his shot was also off the mark, and it went directly out of the bottom line.

Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed his hair covered in gel, frustrated that he had not been able to deliver a shot with power and accuracy.

Ancelotti applauded Ronaldo's shot on the sidelines, and in any case, it was Real Madrid's first shot of the game.

Ronaldo retreated to get the ball and advance, which quickly aroused the vigilance of Atletico Madrid's side, and when Ronaldo was ready to repeat his old tricks, Thiago and Gabi, who had been prepared, teamed up to cut off Ronaldo's way forward, forcing Ronaldo to choose to pass back.

So far, Atletico's on-field performance is within Simeone's expectations, so Simeone is not in a hurry at all. If this situation continues, Real Madrid's stars will probably start to get anxious.

But just when Simone was proud in his heart, God immediately poured a basin of cold water on him.

In the seventh minute of the match, Diego Costa fell to the ground after pressing Varane, touching his thigh retreating muscles........

When he saw the team doctor's gesture that he needed to make a substitution, Simeone cursed in his heart.

Alda Turan had no choice but to replace Diego Costa, although there was also the veteran Villa on the bench, but in this crucial game, Simeone was not very worried about the Spanish striker's form, so he chose to replace a midfielder, let Li Qingshan top in front, playing as a single striker.