Chapter 115: Ge Li Connection

At the press conference before the Super Cup, Simeone was asked about the 120 million reinforcements that Real Madrid has spent this season.

Simeone said: "Real Madrid's squad has really improved a lot. But we will continue to play in our style and of course there is no one to replace Diego Costa, but now we have Antoine Griezmann and Mandzukic and they are different types of players. We brought in eight players for 80 million and Real Madrid bought only one player for the same price. That's the difference between us and Real Madrid. ”

The Spanish Super Cup is played over two legs, home and away, with the first leg being played at Real Madrid's home stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu. And Simeone's remarks were also interpreted as a sign of weakness at Atletico Madrid.

Having lost to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final last season, Real Madrid faced this Super Cup with a "revenge" mentality.

'It's going to be a tough game because when we're going to win and we want to win the title, that's what we know.' Ramos said in his pre-match press conference.

“..... It can be seen that Atletico Madrid is still dominated by the main lineup last season, and most of the introduced players do not have the ability to immediately replace the main team of last season, especially in the goalkeeper position, whether it is Moya or Obarak, there is no strength to replace Courtois, without the iron gate in front of the goal, can Atletico Madrid's defense be as indestructible as last season, and there is also official property. On the front line, Atletico Madrid relies more on Li Qingshan's play, and Li Qingshan has been questioned that his scoring methods and means are too few, this season in the case that almost all opponents are no longer strangers to him, whether he can continue last season's crazy performance, it is not yet known, you know, how many players who performed well in their debut season hit the rookie wall in the second season. On the other hand, on the Real Madrid side, the addition of newcomer James Rodriguez has made Real Madrid's midfield lineup more shining, and Kroos has undoubtedly brought balance to Real Madrid's midfield, the German international can attack and defend well, and he will replace the aging Xavi Alonso, which will undoubtedly make Real Madrid's midfield more dynamic, and Real Madrid's lineup is indeed much stronger than last year. ”

This is the report of the newspaper As's preview before the game, which is not the words of the newspaper As, but almost because the Spanish media are not optimistic about Atletico Madrid.

Before the game, media experts expressed their opinions on TV and newspapers, as if Real Madrid had trampled Atletico Madrid under their feet before the Super Cup began.

But when the game started, things were a little different from what the experts had predicted.

"Li Qingshan!!"

"Header !!!!"

Less than three minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid launched a dangerous attack.

After Diego Costa left, Li Qingshan got his wish and wore the number nine jersey. Li Qingshan, who wore the No. 9 shirt, received a cross from Antoine Griezmann in the penalty area and headed it over.

The ball went straight to the goal, and Casillas jumped to his feet and swooped down, holding the ball up.

But because Griezmann's pass was extremely fast, and Li Qingshan's header was also very powerful, Casillas was able to jump high and block the football, which was not easy.

As for where the ball he held up with his arm would go, it was not something he could control...........

After the football smashed on Casillas's arm, it didn't fly far at all, the football was just blocked by him outside the small penalty area, Raul Garcia plugged in, accelerated to meet the football and rushed up to shoot a shot!

This time Casillas couldn't do anything but watch as the ball was blasted into the net by Raul Garcia.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Raul Garcia!! Just three minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid took the lead!! ”

"But a lot of the credit for this goal should be credited to Griezmann and Li Qingshan, looking at the practice between them, the incredible degree of tacit understanding of the pass, it's hard to imagine that Griezmann is a new signing who has just joined Atletico Madrid!!"

If Griezmann hears this, he will probably go crazy again. Who the hell and Li Qingshan have an incredible degree of passing and running tacit understanding, I was trying to make it difficult for him to pass this kind of ball at the beginning, but I didn't expect to fail to stump Li Qingshan, but the opponent's defender was extremely uncomfortable with this kind of crossing.

Now Griezmann has also figured it out, Simeone is determined to let him be a passer, and he doesn't dare to fight with the manager, otherwise this attacking core will not be the core, but will lose his starting position, which will outweigh the loss.

And this time he saw it really after passing, at the moment of his pass, Li Qingshan accelerated straight to the direction of the landing point, and Real Madrid's two central defenders, Pepe and Ramos, reacted after the football flew into the air, but it was obviously too late - Griezmann knew very well how much power he used to cross, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that such a ball speed was a shot.

So Li Qingshan completed the header before being dragged down from the air by Ramos. With such a high ball speed, whoever reacts first will have the upper hand.

No wonder the coach said I had chemistry with him........... Except for my difficult crosses, who would deliberately pass such a ball, and who would have thought that such a fast cross would be the most beneficial for Li Qingshan. If it was a normal cross, even if Li Qingshan ran to the landing point, the defender would still have time to react.

It looks like this...... If Li Qingshan can always have such a success rate of grabbing points, then his number of assists in a season is quite impressive!

It seems that it is okay to be an assist king?

Griezmann faltered a little.

.............

Atletico Madrid scored in the opening three minutes.

This did come as a surprise to many people. The Real Madrid players were also a little confused by the goal.

When Griezmann passed the ball, the Real Madrid backline was taken aback because the ball was so fast, and Ramos felt bad when he saw the back of Atletico Madrid's number nine striker.

If you can only see the number of the opponent's attacking player, it means that your goal is in danger. Ramos was the first to react, and when he hit Li Qingshan's shoulder, Li Qingshan had already shook his head and completed the header!

This moment of events caused confusion in Real Madrid's defense, Pepe, Carvajal, and Kroos, who returned to the penalty area, all rushed to Li Qingshan. So, when Casillas blocked the ball outside the small penalty area and made a follow-up shot at Raul Garcia, there was not even a Real Madrid defender next to him!

The TV broadcast gave Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti a close-up, in which Ancelotti clasped his hands on his chest, his brows furrowed, and even his double chin seemed to have a few more wrinkles at this time.

He was obviously quite unhappy with this conceded goal.

But fortunately, it was too early to concede the goal, and there was still plenty of time left for Real Madrid.