Chapter 196: Storms and Muddy Ponds

Many Real Madrid supporters were relieved when Marcelo cleared the ball, but in the blink of an eye, Atletico Madrid hit the ball into the danger zone, leaving many people unable to react.

Real Madrid is in danger!

Atletico Madrid fans in the stands celebrated the home team's goal with impunity, while Real Madrid's fans fell silent.

Real Madrid were overwhelmed by Atletico Madrid's onslaught from the start, and although the goal looked like a surprise and was chased by Atletico Madrid, the development of the whole game made them even more worried. Real Madrid, which has explosive attacking power, has not had many opportunities to attack with the ball for more than ten minutes in the first ten minutes.

Atletico Madrid opened with a messy punch that left Real Madrid breathless.

Zidane was extremely unhappy with the goal. He roared loudly from the sidelines, then paced back and forth.

Fortunately, the current situation is not the end of the world for Real Madrid, and now the game time is only ten minutes, and there is still time for them to attack and equalize. And now it's an away game, as long as you score an away goal and keep a draw, it's done for Real Madrid.

It's just that what worries Zidane is that Atletico Madrid, who scored a goal, was greatly boosted, and they did not retract to play defensive counterattacks because of a one-goal lead, but continued to press high in the front court after the kick-off, and quickly grabbed the ball.

The speed of the attack is even more fierce than before!

Real Madrid wanted to attack, but now they had to defend because they couldn't play half the pitch at all.

Spurred on by the goal, the fans in the stands of Calderón Stadium stood up to cheer on the team's attack. Everyone knows very well what impact Atletico Madrid will have on the team's path to qualification if they can score one or even two goals in the next step - knocking out Real Madrid to reach the semi-finals, and the home record is too important.

Amid the frantic shouts of Atletico Madrid fans, Atletico Madrid's offensive rose wave after wave.

Raul Garcia!!!!!!!!!!! Long Shot !! Whoa!!! Casillas flicked the ball out with the tips of his fingers, it was wonderful, a brilliant shot, a wonderful save!! ”

Li Qingshan took the ball in the penalty area, turned and shot directly, Ramos stretched his leg to block it, and changed direction........ It's dangerous!!!!!!!! I went out with a pillar in it. ”

"Corner direct cross!! It's Li Qingshan again, oops!! This ball is high!! Real Madrid escaped again!! ”

'Real Madrid's form is very critical right now, they are in danger at all times and they can concede goals at any time......... Atletico Madrid's offensive is too aggressive, and Li Qingshan and Griezmann's threat to the goal has stretched Real Madrid's defense. If Real Madrid continues to allow Atletico Madrid to continue to attack like this, I'm afraid it will .........."

Zidane that this commentator said doesn't know that Real Madrid is not Chelsea, he Zidane is not Mourinho, Real Madrid is not the kind of team that is good at putting a bus in front of his goal, in the face of such an attack, Real Madrid may concede the second goal at any time!

"It's been more than 20 minutes, Atletico Madrid has been bombarding Real Madrid for nearly 20 minutes, and the situation in these 20 minutes is that Atletico Madrid attacked, and then Real Madrid cleared, and then Atletico Madrid won the football that was cleared and continued to organize the attack. Real Madrid's point of attack, whether it is Ronaldo or Bale, does not have many chances to get the ball. What worries Zidane even more is that Real Madrid's front trio has basically no contribution to the defense. ”

The commentators were lamenting the durability of Atletico Madrid's attack. You know, just before this season, Atletico Madrid was still a team that mainly relied on defensive counterattacks to get shooting opportunities, allowing Atletico Madrid to attack in positional warfare, and even now suppressing the opponent in the penalty area, and insisting on more than 20 minutes, they are absolutely difficult to do.

But when Li Qingshan, the beacon of the frontcourt, has the capital to besiege the opponent in this way - because Li Qingshan alone can contain the opponent's defensive strength of two or three people, and as the fulcrum of the frontcourt, when the ball is in the air, Li Qingshan can always handle it perfectly, whether it is a direct header or creating opportunities for teammates.

Simeone dared to let Atletico Madrid attack like this, and it was precisely because of having a positional offensive weapon like Li Qingshan, which allowed Atletico Madrid to create a great threat through continuous crossings, so that the opponent's penalty area was in a hurry, under the impact of Li Qingshan, Real Madrid's defense line has had a lot of problems, leaks, passing errors, hasty clearance, etc.

It's just that Atletico Madrid haven't scored so far, which is not a good sign. If you don't score when the team has such a big advantage, you will be in trouble when the opponent recovers.

Real Madrid has a super attacker like Cristiano Ronaldo in the team, and sometimes the flash of a superstar can make all the efforts on his side go to waste.

As soon as Simeone thought about this, the format of the court suddenly changed, and he wanted to pat himself on the head......... I really want to come to something.

Atletico Madrid's cross from the left was picked off by the onrushing Casillas, who tossed the ball to Modric, who spun and dodged the onrushing Mario Suarez before smashing it straight to the wing.

Cristiano Ronaldo stepped forward at high speed, cut inside past Godin, and then fired a shot straight away.

The Atletico Madrid fans, who were still cheering loudly, were like ducks that were suddenly pinched by the neck, and they disappeared in an instant.

It wasn't until Cristiano Ronaldo's shot bounced off the crossbar and was picked up in the arms of the frightened Oblak that they let out a breath like they were escaping death.

Atletico Madrid's players also broke out in a cold sweat, and Ronaldo's shot told them not to get carried away too much, Real Madrid is capable of threatening their own goal at any time.

When the game resumed, Atletico Madrid were obviously more cautious than before, and Cristiano Ronaldo's surprise attack from the wing had allowed Real Madrid to close an equaliser.

In the two-legged knockout format, the importance of away goals can be imagined.

And Atletico Madrid has been attacking for more than 20 minutes, and it is impossible to maintain such a rhythm for 90 minutes, and it is always necessary to change the rhythm slightly.

Seeing that Atletico Madrid took the initiative to slow down the pace of attack, Real Madrid thought that the opportunity had come.

However, Atletico Madrid only turned the high press into a strangulation in midfield. One of the hallmarks of Simeone's team is that they can always tear the game apart when needed.

Just like it is now.

Modric is the offensive hub of Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid has fouled him four times during this time.

Atletico Madrid's midfielders look skillful in their fouls – just a slight move that doesn't result in a yellow card, but it can disrupt the rhythm of your attack.

After twenty minutes, the game became a battle in midfield. Atletico Madrid is afraid of the opponent's individual ability and does not dare to press too much, while Real Madrid wants to attack aggressively, but is also afraid of the opponent's counterattack.

The 1-0 score made both sides cautious.

Real Madrid need a goal difference, but the desire is not so urgent, and even if they lose the game by a score of 1-0, Real Madrid will have a chance to turn the tables back when they return to home.

And Atletico Madrid's side also seemed quite cautious after being almost scored by a counterattack by the opponent.

The game suddenly changed from a storm to a rotten battle in which the ball was constantly exchanged in midfield......... It's like wrestling on a muddy pond.

The second half of the first half ended in such a rhythm.

The two sides went into the break with a 1-0 scoreline.