Chapter 278: Calm Lazio (First Update)
Lazio has always given the impression of being a team that is good at playing with the wind.
As long as they score first and take the lead, it will be difficult for other teams to turn the score around.
They will drag the game into the rhythm they know best, leaving their opponents tired and uncomfortable.
And they won comfortably.
It's just that pulling up oh ah is not just good at playing downwind.
They are just as good at playing against the wind.
Being good at playing downwind is a tactical decision, and being able to play against the wind is a quality of will that the head coach has always instilled in this team.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Atletico Madrid didn't rest on their laurels and continued their first-half tactics, disrupting Lazio's attack with quick pressing and lunging.
This is not an opponent who has been washed and waiting for them to slaughter, this is a ferocious beast that will die in the mouth of the beast if he is not careful.
However, Lazio's players have been much more composure.
They don't want to panic like in the first half.
When the opponent presses them and they can't pass forward, they don't rush forward and make more mistakes.
They would keep passing back and crossing, passing the ball back and forth at the back, leaving the Atletico Madrid players tired.
Then when the Atletico Madrid players got closer and closer in the process of pressing, they suddenly came with a through ball!
Immediately hit the football to the back of Atletico Madrid!
That's actually how Lazio deal with those pressing teams.
How could they not have faced such a team?
This tactic of rushing around is not unused by other teams against Lazio.
Why is it still not working?
Because Lazio will always pass the ball faster than the opposing player can run up and press.
In the first half, Flores's tactics were successful, not because of how powerful his tactics were, but because they were just in time for Lazio's pride and underestimation of the enemy, and he didn't play well, and then he was forced by the opponent to do so. It's a bit of a mess.
And in the second half, once Lazio recovered their form, Atletico Madrid was not easy to play.
Flores was also quick to spot the problem.
When Lazio used this style of play to almost break the Atletico Madrid goal, he was shocked from his seat.
Then he realized that this Lazio team is the strongest team in Europe today.
A single negligence can result in a goal being conceded.
Although it is a bit unsafe to only lead by two goals, if you continue to press this high post now, you will only let the space behind you be used by Lazio.
Strictly speaking, Lazio is not the traditional tiki-taka team. A true traditional tiki-taka team doesn't make all kinds of long passes, and they try to make sure that the distance of the pass is controlled within 15 meters.
Then advance layer by layer.
Lazio, on the other hand, will choose long or direct passes from the back to speed up the attacking tempo.
That's it. If you press high up, it's a great opportunity to hit the opponent behind him.
So now all he should do is get the team to drop back right away. Don't give the other party a chance to hit behind you.
Shrink the defense.
Flores looked at his watch, and the second half had only ten minutes to go. The defense was contracted after 55 minutes of the game......
It's too early. Their team had to hold out for 35 minutes under Lazio's indiscriminate bombardment......
Flores really didn't know if his team had that ability.
in this world. Is there a team that can hold out for half an hour under Lazio's all-out attack?
And judging from these ten minutes of play, Lazio's form has recovered a lot.
They have fewer passing errors and the players are more connected to each other.
But does he have any other options?
Flores looked left and right, and seemed to really look for another option.
Without.
There is no other option. Either he continued to press high and forced Lazio's attack to move forward. But this approach is only suitable for dealing with a relatively traditional Tiki-Taka side like Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.
But it's not a good fit to play Lazio.
So he can only recycle the defense.
The only thing he can console himself with is that fortunately, he has specially let the team practice this kind of stubborn tactics before the game.
※※※
You can clearly see that the scene of this game has changed.
Lazio's performances are starting to get better, and their three consecutive pass errors in the Atletico Madrid half are rapidly decreasing.
Instead, Atletico Madrid is moving from pressing high to shrinking defence.
They gave up betting on Lazio's half-time and retreated into their own half.
This is not a surprising change.
Atletico Madrid have a two-goal lead and they are qualified to do so.
In their opinion. If it were them, they would do the same.
It's just that they don't know Flores' inner struggle.
They don't know how they would have felt if they knew that Flores didn't feel safe with a two-goal lead......
※※※
The rest of the game turned into a half-court drill.
Lazio bombarded Atletico Madrid's penalty area, while Atletico Madrid flinched. And try to delay the game as much as possible.
Their players began to fall to the ground frequently due to "cramps".
Goalkeeper David de Gea will also repeat the kick when he kicks off.
It was worth mentioning that goalkeeper David De Gea was very good in this game, and Lazio had some good shots, all of which were miraculously saved.
It makes De Gea look like he is possessed by God.
Chang Sheng remembered that after De Gea's move to Manchester United. What everyone said about him: This is a goalkeeper who is good at saving difficult shots......
It seems that it is impossible to go straight to the stars in the team and use a world wave to help the team score......
De Gea has been in very good form for this game. He doesn't think his side can rely on that kind of unavoidable goal to equalise or even overtake.
So you still have to play honestly according to the tactics.
Use the passing combination to tear apart the Atletico Madrid defence and create a must-score opportunity for the striker.
With this kind of ball, De Gea can only look at the ball and sigh.
The forward pairing that started the game was Rocchi, Klose and David Silva.
Klose has a better nose in front of goal than Edinson Cavani.
Chang Sheng believes that the Germans will not let themselves down.
He stood on the sidelines, waiting for the moment to cheer himself.
※※※
Break through dense defenses. Lazio have no shortage of ways to do it, as they often encounter in the game.
Regardless of the strength of the opponent, most of them will choose such tactics.
Any team that faces Lazio will treat a draw as a victory.
Lazio had many ways to break down dense defences, and long-range shots were one of them.
However, De Gea's form in this game is very good, he has saved Lazio's long-range shots many times, Lazio's players are not stupid, since the opposing goalkeeper can save long-range shots, then we don't need to continue to shoot long, isn't that a warm-up for the opposing goalkeeper?
Except for long shots. And positioning.
But today Ledesma was not on the pitch and the first penalty taker for a direct free-kick was not there.
Beyond set-pieces, there is also the use of complex cross-cutting runs to think about the opposition's defence.
This is the approach that Lazio has to choose.
Various transverse dribbling and then reverse straight plugging.
Playing the soft underbelly of Atletico Madrid's backline.
※※※
It's almost 70 minutes into the game. The score hasn't changed yet.
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands cheered, while the Lazio fans fell silent. They are worried about the fate of their team.
This time, they also want to create a six-time crown like Barcelona.
But if the UEFA Super Cup is lost...... The six-crown winner is out of play. There will definitely be something to say from the Catalan side then.
This future is unacceptable to Lazio fans.
But now, this future is becoming a reality little by little......
Sixty-seven minutes into the game, Lazio was still two goals behind.
Atletico Madrid performed very well. They are confident.
As time goes by, the situation will only grow in Atletico Madrid's favour, while Lazio will only get more and more irritated with the more they play.
The Lazio fans in the stands are already starting to get irritable.
But the Lazio players on the pitch didn't.
Lazio's tactics require calmness to execute, because passing and running are not detectable if they are not calm.
So calmness is an essential quality for Lazio players.
Chang Sheng repeatedly told them that the more critical the situation. The more they need to be calm.
That's what this game is.
The calm Lazio showed no mood swings and were playing the same tactics as they usually trained, looking for an opportunity.
Every player's pass has a clear purpose. You don't see blind passing at all.
When you don't have a chance, you don't pass the ball through, that will only give the ball to the opponent and make the opponent delay time.
※※※
After David Silva got the ball, he made a feint to pass to Coentrão who was plugged in on the wing. The deception came from the right-back who was defending him at Atletico Madrid, who stepped back, and David Silva immediately took the ball to the side.
Naturally, the Atletico Madrid players will not let him break through so easily.
The midfielders and centre-backs rushed over. A flanking blow to him.
David Silva then passed the ball to Klose in the middle.
Klose couldn't turn around and gave the ball back to the middle.
The football fell to Hernanes.
It looks like Lazio's attack is over.
However, this is not the case in the eyes of Hernanes, the Brazilian midfielder.
Because of Coentrão's edge and David Silva's sudden inward agitation on this side, Atletico Madrid's defensive focus was focused on David Silva's side at this moment.
Comparatively speaking, their defensive rating on the right side of Lazio has dropped......
This is an opportunity!
Hernanes directly picks up the pass!
The ball went over the Atletico Madrid defence in front of them and fell behind them!
Then there, right wing-back Faraoni stopped the ball with his foot!
He's not offside!
"It was a beautiful anti-offside!!" The narrator shouted excitedly.
After Falaoni stopped the ball, he shot straight at the goal!
De Gea made another brilliant save as he pounced from the left side of the net to the right and used his height and arm length to seal the football!
But!
He didn't shoot the ball off the line, and he didn't hold it with both hands.
The ball hit his body and landed in the middle of the box......
"Klose!!"
In a flash of cold light, the German shooter stabbed lightly, and the football rolled into the goal without any suspense.
This time, even if De Gea saves again, there is nothing he can do about the lackluster follow-up......