Chapter 56: The First Half

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'Real Madrid won a free-kick that was a bit out of position and Alonso came to take it...... Cross! Chu Zhongtian! Pretty! Header - The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in!! ”

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"Real Madrid equalised! Chu Zhongtian scored a crucial goal for the team! Crucial Goal!! ”

"The game is back alive! Atletico Madrid's lead is gone! Here's your chance for Real Madrid! ”

“goooooooooool!! gooooool! gool!! gol!! "Every time the Spanish commentator shouts a goal, it's like showing his lung capacity." Chu's second goal of the season! He equalized for Real Madrid!! This goal is very important for Real Madrid!! ”

When Chu Zhongtian was still in the air, his eyes had been chasing the football, and he watched the football fly into the goal, and his heart fell to the ground.

When someone hit the ground, his first reaction was to turn and run towards Alonso, who was passing the ball to him. This is the second time Alonso has assisted him, and whether the two really have a contradiction can be seen at a glance.

Alonso saw Chu Zhongtian running towards him, but he also stretched out his hand and pointed at him, he knew that it was to stop running, so he waited in place.

So he waited here, and Chu Zhongtian pounced on him and hugged him.

More teammates rushed up and surrounded the two men in the middle. They roared loudly and celebrated the goal.

"Before, we were worried about whether Chu Zhongtian fell into a goal drought, but we didn't expect that since he broke the goal drought in the last round of the league, it seemed to be like a flood that opened the floodgates, and he scored goals one after another!"

'De Gea had been very good before, but he made a mistake on this set-piece, he didn't attack, he was on the goal line, as if he didn't expect Chu to suddenly jump out and head the ball...... An experienced goalkeeper wouldn't make such a mistake ......"

Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper David De Gea is really frustrated, he knows it's his problem, but he can't change the result...... All he can do is try to keep the goal in the next games and try not to make any mistakes again. As for whether you can still win? He can only pin his hopes on his other teammates.

The Real Madrid players were celebrating their goals, while the Atletico Madrid players were a little distracted.

They also thought that a tight defense would definitely make Real Madrid unable to find a chance to speak, so combined with a quick counterattack, it should not be a problem to win Real Madrid at home. Before the first half was over, they were equalised. What's next? Continue to fight back or press out to attack?

The Atletico Madrid players were confused, while Flores was desperately trying to figure out what to do. There is no need to repeat what the situation looks like now. And the confusion that the Atletico Madrid players have, Flores also has. Do you continue to fight back or go out and attack?

If he can't make quick decisions and give the Atletico players on the pitch a reassurance, then the team's performance will be chaotic. I don't know whether to attack or defend.

Real Madrid's players are still being clear, but time is running out for Flores to think.

Flores was quick to make a decision - at least until the end of the first half, the score was acceptable, so it was better to keep on with the counter-attack, first to make sure his team would not concede any more goals, and then to wait for the opportunity to counter-attack. It was like they scored the first goal.

How strong Real Madrid's attacking power is, Flores knows that he will not be stupid enough to play against Real Madrid, even if it is on his home turf, he does not think that his team has the strength to compete with Real Madrid in attack. Atletico Madrid can only rely on Sergio Aguero in attack, Fran is old, and Reyes is up and down.

Although he is a high-level manager, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and he can't do anything without excellent players...... Today's Atletico Madrid is no longer a team with a dream of being a giant, they are not at the same level as their rivals in the same city, not only that, they are not at the same level as Sevilla and Valencia...... After Flores' decision, he called the team's captain, Forlan, to his side, while the Real Madrid players were still celebrating their goals.

"Let's continue to defend and counterattack!" He shouted at Fran.

Fran thought he had misheard, and he asked, "What?" ”

"We continue to defend and counterattack! Defend and counterattack! Flores shouted in Fran's ear.

"Don't attack?"

'Of course, but first of all we have to make sure we don't concede any more goals. They scored a lot of momentum, and if we went on the score, they would have caught the space behind them. So before the end of the first half, our main task was to make sure we didn't concede any more goals and then we were ready to attack. ”

Flores explained clearly, and Fran nodded.

"Go back and tell them, defend first!"

Flores patted Fran on the shoulder and sent him back.

Fran ran back to the pitch and pointed at his teammates and shouted, "Defend and counterattack!" Defend and counterattack! ”

When Aguero heard this decision, there was a look of disappointment on his face.

He felt that Flores's timid caution had gone too far. Real Madrid are definitely not as strong as he thinks, otherwise how did he score the goal in the opening six minutes? If you defend on the counter-attack, it means giving up space in front of you and not being able to put pressure on Real Madrid's defenders. And Atletico Madrid's ball in this game caused the Real Madrid defender to make a mistake in the pass because of the pressure in the front.

Aguero feels that if he is the head coach, he must ask the whole team to press out and fight against Real Madrid, suppress Real Madrid's defense and attack, and create pressure. You must know that this is the home stadium of Atletico Madrid, does Aguero not believe that the away team can be suppressed at home?

Although he has no defensive duties, he can stay in front and wait for the opportunity to attack. But Aguero knows very well that once he loses the support behind him, it is useless for him to stay in the front court alone, and in the end he has to go back to participate in the defense. The rest of his team-mates had to go back to defend and didn't pass the ball to him, and it took time to come up when he was on the counter-attack. And he is not the kind of strong center who can get the ball in the front court alone, lean on the defender, contain two or three defenders by himself, and then wait for his teammates to come up to respond.

Without the support of his teammates, strikers like Sergio Aguero have to return to midfield to participate in defence.

But he didn't give up looking for opportunities to keep scoring. He believes that if it is just a tie until half-time, then it will be very hanging. Because they have already lost a chip in morale. So you still have to score goals, and only scoring goals can give the team a sense of security.

Now the nearest opportunity is to use the tee shot to attack. Other than that, there are very few offensive opportunities to play defensive counter-attacks.

Sergio Aguero decided to take advantage of the kick-off to try to score. He wants to extinguish the fire of fighting spirit that has just been ignited in Real Madrid!

※※※ The game restarted, Aguero and Forlan made a cooperation, Forlan knocked the football out, it stands to reason that Aguero should have turned around and passed the football back, but he didn't do it, but rushed forward with the ball himself!

Aguero's actions not only did not surprise Forlan next to him, but also greatly surprised the Real Madrid players. So much so that Higuain and Ozil, who were in the head, did not make any blocking moves, just like that, they watched Aguero pass by them with a football like the wind.

"Oooooooo The narrator shouted, "Aguero! He dribbled the ball into the Real Madrid penalty area! This is really a bold move, and it is beyond everyone's expectations! ”

The stands at the Calderón Stadium also resounded with cheers from Atletico Madrid fans, who were cheering on Aguero. The number one idol in the team, who faced the heavy defense of Real Madrid alone, but met it fearlessly!

What a powerful thing to do!

So they shouted Aguero's name and cheered him on.

Sergio Aguero broke through the first line of defence for Higuain and Mesut Ozil before bursting straight down the middle. He soon saw Chu Zhongtian across in front of him.

Facing Chu Zhongtian, he hesitated. In the end, he chose to avoid this character.

After last season's Champions League, Chu Zhongtian's ability is already known to the world. Especially in the final, his performance of freezing Messi made him famous. Aguero, as an Argentine international, also heard about Chu Zhongtian's deeds from Messi - you must know that Messi is full of praise for Chu Zhongtian. Aguero rarely hears Messi praise a person so much, so he is very clear about Chu Zhongtian's one-on-one defensive ability.

He chose to avoid Chu Zhongtian, first made a feint to go to the left, causing Chu Zhongtian's center of gravity to move there, and then slammed the football to the right, rushing the football out before Ozil returned to the defense!

"Breakthrough! Pretty! ”

The narrator shouted.

Just when Aguero thought he had gotten rid of Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian slammed up from the other side!

"Beautiful! Chu Zhongtian stuck to Aguero! This one was roared by He Ping.

Aguero thought that he had gotten rid of the other party, but he didn't think that the speed would be stuck before he could add up.

It seems that this Chu Zhongtian is really not simple.

He was forced by Chu Zhongtian to keep leaning to the side. If it goes on like this, what should have been a strong attack opportunity has to be turned into a wide cross, so what's the point?

Aguero wasn't stupid either, he immediately made an emergency stop and turned around.

He has two plans, if Chu Zhongtian is shaken off by his own kick, then he will unceremoniously break through horizontally, and the goal is still the middle lane. If the other person is still following you and stuck behind you, then pass back.

As soon as he turned around, he felt that the pressure behind him had not been reduced at all, and he knew that Chu Zhongtian was still clinging to him...... Aguero sighed in his heart, did not hesitate, and directly passed the football back to Fran, who came up to pick him up.

The attack didn't work, but the football was still under the control of his side. It's just that Aguero regrets it in his heart. He also wanted to take advantage of Real Madrid's failure to react to score first, but how could he think that Chu Zhongtian's defense was airtight...... Atletico Madrid's attack ended hastily, and in the face of Chu Zhongtian, Alonso and the dense defense of the back line, Atletico Madrid did not find any suitable opportunities. Aguero ran into the box looking for an opportunity, but there were people around him, and passing the ball to him was tantamount to conceding the ball. In the end, Forlan had no choice but to come with a long-range shot.

The shot was in the woodwork, but it was too good for Casillas.

Atletico Madrid quickly followed up with the manager's tactics - they counter-attacked. After the score was equalized, he did not show the momentum that he must exceed again, but shrank in his own penalty area and couldn't hold out.

In the face of such a toilet, Real Madrid does not have a very good way. Neither Chu Zhongtian nor Alonso can come up with too good countermeasures, except for long-range shots and set-pieces, they rely on the individual ability of the star.

However, De Gea was very good, he was not affected by the goal conceded, and made many wonderful saves in the following games, blocking Real Madrid's attacks again and again.

"De Gea! Another beautiful save! ”

"He almost dialed the ball out with his fingers!"

"He jumped high and picked Kaka's cross!"

"Ronaldo's long-range shot – oh! Strike! De Gea pounced! ”

"This young goalkeeper has a bright future ahead of him! He has shown composure in the game beyond any other goalkeeper of his age, and even better than many of his older goalkeepers...... All he needs to do now is gain experience and I'm sure after Casillas Spain will still have to worry because they have found the best successor! ”

The commentators gave their praises to De Gea, who was high at the end.

De Gea's performance did deserve such praise. If it weren't for his performance, Atletico Madrid would have fallen behind 1:3 in the first half.

Even so, the rest of the first half was a dangerous moment for Atletico Madrid fans. There were times when their hearts stopped beating, but De Gea was fished out of hell, and the ups and downs of that mood were like a roller coaster, and people with a heart almost couldn't stand it.

Real Madrid is completely pressing Atletico Madrid to play, and the defensive counterattack tactics formulated by Flores for Atletico Madrid have only defended, but there is no counterattack. Flores was very dissatisfied with this, and kept waving on the sidelines to signal the Atletico Madrid players to dare to attack when they had the ball. Aguero can't be counted on alone every time...... No matter how powerful Aguero is, he is not a god, he can pass one person, but he may not be able to live with two, and if he can live with two people, he may not be able to pass three people. Besides, there is Chu Zhongtian, the guy who made Aguero scared before he frightened...... It was like this until the end of the first half, and the score was 1:1. The score disappointed Atletico Madrid fans as they were ahead. Real Madrid fans don't care, they have already seen the hope of winning from the second half of the first half, so they are very calm.

Back in the locker room, Flores denounced the team's performance in the second half of the first half: "I'll let you defend and counterattack!" I didn't let you guys not be able to defend! There is a chance to fight back, why didn't anyone go up? If you don't support it, how can you attack? ”

"You have to change that in the second half! We are counter-attacking on defense, counter-attacking on defense! What is a defensive counterattack? All must be ready to counter at any time in defense! I could see the holes in Real Madrid's defence at the bottom of the final stages of the first half, but what? Without a counterattack, these loopholes can't be caught! ”

Mourinho, on the other hand, criticised the team's pride at the beginning, but then praised the team's performance that followed. As for the team besieging Atletico Madrid for half a day without scoring, it is not a problem for the team, but something that the manager should consider.

How do you break down Atletico Madrid's dense defense?

In fact, Real Madrid's draw away from home was also a very satisfying result. After all, the league has just begun, and it has not yet reached the final sprint, and there really can't be a draw at that time. Well, it doesn't matter now.

So Real Madrid's mentality is very relaxed, and both draws and wins are acceptable.

But Atletico Madrid, other than victory, is unacceptable, they have not won 19 consecutive league games against Real Madrid, if they don't win this game again, it will be 20 games in a row, who wants to accept such a shame?

This is the best chance to let the embarrassing record end here. Mourinho believes this is the idea from Atletico Madrid's side. So in the second half they will definitely not continue to defend like this, they will definitely attack, they will try to score. That's when Real Madrid's chance.

Therefore, in the second half, Real Madrid's tactics were basically attack-oriented, and at the same time lured Atletico Madrid to attack, so Mourinho asked the players to be in place when defending. Make sure you don't get scored by the opponent's counter-attack.

In fact, it was a very dangerous move, almost dancing on the tip of a knife.

But once successful, the benefits are also huge. As long as they can get ahead of Atletico Madrid, the next game will be a good game for Real Madrid.

Whatever choice Atletico Madrid makes, it's a dead end.

"So in the second half we have to pay attention to the defense when we attack and not let the opponent score. At the same time, we have to make the most of the gaps that arise when they switch between attack and defense, and I believe you should have no problem in this regard, right? As he said this, Mourinho looked at Chu Zhongtian and Alonso.

The two of them are the key to Real Madrid and the winners and losers of this game, and if they can play well, it will not be a problem to win against Atletico Madrid, whose strength is not at all in the same level.

Chu Zhongtian and Alonso nodded together.

The constant attacking in the first half has given them an idea of Atletico Madrid's defensive system. In the second half, as long as the opponent has a hole, both men have the confidence to be able to catch it. They are all some of the best midfielders in world football today, and that confidence is a must.

(To be continued)