Volume 4 World Cup Legends, Chapter 30 Match Point

Time flies, and before you know it, La Liga has reached the closing stage, relegation, grabbing Champions League and Europa League seats, bayonets are red, and it is difficult to distinguish between killing. quANBen。 The La Liga title in the last decade has been between Real Madrid and Barcelona, with the two giants taking turns to sit in the bank, while the others can only eat some leftovers to compete for the Copa del Rey title. With the arrival of Li Huan, the pattern of La Liga has undergone earth-shaking changes, and in the first half, the competition for the league championship has changed from the Double Heroes to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. At the same time, because Li Huan left the European hegemon Arsenal, the Champions League is in a leaderless vacuum, Real Madrid and Barcelona are eager to compete for the Champions League title, so La Liga has become a one-man show for Atletico Madrid in the second half.

With three rounds to go before the end of the league game, Atletico, who are six points ahead of second-placed Barcelona, have a match point and will be able to win the title three rounds earlier if they beat Athletic Bilbao in the 36th round.

After nearly a season of hard work and 18 years of anticipation, Atletico Madrid people finally waited for this day, a week before the start of the game, Atletico Madrid all over the world launched a call to go to the scene to watch the game, not to mention the local Atletico Madrid in Spain, the high-pitched emotions made the local Atletico Madrid Football in advance to watch the training as a game, and the number of viewers of each Atletico Madrid training was as high as 20,000. In the south of Madrid, this is the territory of Atletico Madrid, and the atmosphere of winning the championship has spread to every corner, Li Huan's large colossus, the fluttering team flag, and the Huáng single jersey can be seen everywhere, which makes everyone who comes to the south of Madrid can smell the joy of the championship.

The resurgence of Atletico Madrid has also made the media in Madrid very excited, and they have also made a lot of noise for Atletico to win the title, especially the newspaper As, who has now almost become the mouthpiece of Atletico Madrid, working against another media predator in Madrid, Marca. Atletico Madrid's players were invited to write a column in the newspaper, and their reporters reported in detail on Atletico's developments and made recommendations to Atletico every day.

Alfred, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "As", believes that Atletico Madrid should play this game against Athletic Bilbao as a final, because if Atletico Madrid can't win this game, the next two games will not be easy to play, whether it is Levante, who is eager for relegation, or Catalan Haoen Barcelona, they will not let Atletico Madrid easily take three points, Atletico Madrid has not won the championship for 18 years, if they need to fight against the water, it is really difficult to say whether they can play at such a level, so it is better to solve the championship in this game.

"Marca" also believes that the away challenge to Athletic Bilbao is Atletico Madrid's best chance to win the championship, with Real Madrid defeating Barcelona to reach the Champions League final, the four empty Barcelona will definitely fight Atletico Madrid in the final round, this round can not lock the championship, the following variables are too great.

Atletico Madrid can't wait to win the championship, but Athletic Bilbao doesn't want the beauty of the people, the Basque Lions are the second oldest team in La Liga, and the fourth team that has won the league championship in La Liga, their relationship with Atletico Madrid is very special, Atletico Madrid was separated from Athletic Bilbao back then, and it can be called the second team of Athletic Bilbao, and then Atletico Madrid's results are better than this big brother, which must make Athletic Bilbao uncomfortable.

The reason why this traditional Basque country has fallen is that they have a very special point, that is, they do not recruit players from outside the Basque Country, and in the Athletic Bilbao team are all players from the Basque Country, in this era of victory above all else, it may be thought that Bilbao will succumb to pressure to abandon tradition in order to revive the club. But nearly 80 per cent of Bilbao goals say they would rather bear the stigma of relegation than the club abandon tradition. In their opinion, keeping the club and the Basque Country close together is far more important than the desire for a medal.

Although the strength of such a unique team in the world is not strong, but it must not be insulted, under the leadership of the Argentine madman Bielsa, their combat effectiveness is also difficult to guess, I don't know when, they will be like a lion who suddenly woke up, no matter if you are a tiger or Wu Song, you will be able to kill hard, do not let go without blood, although the strength has declined, but this kind of temperament in the bones, not to say that it can be changed. Atletico Madrid struggled to win at home to Athletic Bilbao in the first half, and now they have to win the famous hellish stadium in San Mamés, so you can imagine how much resistance they will encounter.

Before the game, the madman Bielsa also spoke, saying: Athletic Bilbao will not be a team, we will play our own style, Atletico Madrid want to celebrate the championship at the San Mamés stadium need to show the quality of the championship, we will pay tribute to the real strong.

The core of Athletic Bilbao, their 1.95-meter-tall center Llorente said in an interview: "The San Mamés stadium is the grave of superstars, many superstars will not play well for various reasons when they first set foot on this field, I hope Li Huan will also fall into such a curse, if Li Huan loses his magic here, our hope of winning will increase a lot." ”

The match took place on the afternoon of May 2, and Atletico Madrid's bus arrived in Bilbao, Spain's third-largest port, two hours in advance, and more than 15,000 balls were accompanied by Atletico Madrid, but not all of them were ticketed, and Athletic Bilbao refused to provide more tickets to Atletico Madrid, at least 3,000 of whom had to watch live TV outside the San Mamés stadium.

This is Atletico Madrid's first chance to win the championship, except for Li Huan, including coach Manzano has no experience in winning the championship, from the ball to the players are a little nervous, in the pre-match press conference, coach Manzano even nervously said that Curtova, who did not even enter the 18-man squad, as the starter, which made reporters in an uproar.

As soon as the game started, the San Mamés stadium made a lot of noise, and the seats here are very close to the stadium, which is somewhat similar to the design of the stadium in the United Kingdom, in fact, Athletic Bilbao was built by some people who work and study in the United Kingdom, and their characteristics are very different from the stadium in the United Kingdom. The shouts of the ball, the boos and scolding of the away team can almost be transmitted directly to the ears of the away players, which brings great pressure to Atletico, making the already nervous Atletico Madrid muscles stiffen and the technical movements are out of shape.

The Basque Lions also showed their toughness, and their blood and fighting spirit made it even more difficult for Atletico.

Football was played under the leadership of Athletic Bilbao players, a lot of fouls, a lot of scrambles, few flashes, and for Atletico Madrid, what was even worse was that less than 10 minutes into the first half, the nervous Atletico Madrid central defender Miranda was sent off early after two yellow cards in a row, leaving Atletico Madrid with an absolute disadvantage of one less player.

Seeing Miranda walking off the pitch with her head down and frustrated, disappearing into the players' tunnel amid the boos of Athletic Bilbao, Duan Xuan, the commentator at the scene, couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Atletico Madrid is too nervous today, and the Atletico Madrid we saw earlier are almost two teams, they seem to have become the nerve knives of previous seasons, of course, Athletic Bilbao's home stadium is really terrifying, it is the famous "hell home" in La Liga, no matter what the home team's state is throughout the year, Their combat capabilities in San Mamés have always been exceptionally strong. Even giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona are expected to be intimidating in the face of San Mames. In the past few years, the two giants of La Liga have been riding the dust, but they have never taken advantage of San Mames, regardless of the league cup, either barely holding a draw or winning hard, and often losing here, Atletico Madrid is understandable for being abnormal today. ”

Huang Jian, the commentator of the new làng, thought: "It can't be said that Miranda is young, if a player has not won the championship, then no matter how old he is, he can't be considered mature, in fact, Atletico Madrid doesn't need to be so nervous, even if they can't win this game, winning the championship is a high probability event, and now it looks like Li Huan can only look forward to Li Huan standing up to save the master, hehe, how do I think Atletico Madrid is becoming more and more like the Chinese team." ”

Then the weather was not beautiful, a sudden heavy rain hit the San Mamés stadium, this heavy rain also made the Athletic Bilbao in the stands more confident, they hope that the team can take advantage of the heavy rain and home advantage, to win against the invincible Atletico Madrid this season, and they soon got on the scoresheet, but fortunately the assistant referee was aware of the mistake and ruled that Llorente's goal was disallowed on the grounds that Athletic Bilbao striker Marquez had committed a handball first, allowing Atletico to escape again.

In the 20th minute of the game, the passive Atletico Madrid had to make substitutions, the original replacement of the central defender Miranda back Asunsang was removed, the central defender Godin came on the field with illness to make up for this fatal leak, and the team's core fullback Li Huan also began to assist frequently to boost the team's morale.

However, just when Atletico Madrid adjusted their mentality and patiently responded to the ferocious Basque Lions with defensive counterattacks, misfortune happened again, and the central defender Godin, who had just been replaced, was awarded a penalty by the referee for a handball foul in the penalty area, which was actually a passive handball, but the referee thought that Godin's arm expanded the defensive area and resolutely awarded a penalty.

Athletic Bilbao's core Llorent calmly scored a penalty in the face of Asenjo, 1:0, the home team Athletic Bilbao took the lead, and Atletico Madrid, who were eager to win the championship two rounds in advance, was like being poured a basin of cold water from the head, staying on the field, and followed to the scene and kept shouting "Atletico Madrid champion" Atletico Madrid The ball was also silent, one less, one goal conceded, Atletico Madrid's dream of winning the championship in advance has basically come to an end, unless a miracle happens.

But will the miracle happen again?

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