Chapter 59: A Kind of Irony

"Atletico Madrid coach Wan Sheng summons his former disciples!"

"Alert: Real Madrid's defenders are about to switch to their rivals!"

"Chinese companies continue to expand their capital injections, and Atletico Madrid is about to receive more than 100 million euros to renovate the Calderón Stadium!"

"Wan Sheng has a fancy for C-Ronaldo: he should be a star who belongs to Atletico Madrid!"

"There's a big change in the transfer market tomorrow summer!"

"The competition between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has become more and more fierce......"

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After the pre-match press conferences of Malaga and Atletico Madrid, various media outlets rushed to cover it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In contrast, the game seems to have become unimportant.

Manuel Pellegrini was a little caught off guard.

The Chileans had hoped that the emphasis on winning before the start of the game would boost the morale of the team and blow the opposition at the same time, Atletico Madrid had just drawn with Deportivo La Coruna, and now they are in Andalusia, and Malaga have a good chance of picking up points.

But the opponent did not play his cards according to common sense.

Normally, the game is about to start, and if you 'provoke' yourself, the opponent will definitely fight back strongly, and then the anger of both sides will be provoked, and the fans of Malaga will be more resentful of Atletico Madrid, and the players will be more eager to beat the opponent.

The result?

The other party doesn't seem to take it seriously at all.

In the eyes of the other party, or rather, the Chinese coach of Atletico Madrid, it seems that only Real Madrid does not care about the upcoming game at all.

Pellegrini feels like he's being underestimated by the other side!

It's not a good feeling!

Pellegrini was indignant and went back to the dressing room to tell the players that "they don't care about the game at all. Yes, they look down on us! They were absolutely sure to win, but this is La Rosaleda! ”

"We were underestimated, but I'm glad that the other side is careless, and we're going to be on the pitch and let them know that Malaga is not easy to beat!"

Manuel Pellegrini's words sparked the morale of some of the players, and Malaga entered the game in high spirits.

So from the first minute, you can see that the Malaga players are working hard.

But, just fighting!

Atletico Madrid attacked from the first minute, constantly putting pressure on the Malaga goal, forcing Málaga to run as hard as they could to keep up with the rhythm in order for the goal to look solid.

Before the game, Wan Sheng did not talk about the game itself, but the whole Atletico Madrid team actually took the game very seriously, and the sparse schedule in December gave Atletico Madrid enough time to prepare, and they prepared for this game for nearly five days.

Over the course of five days, Atletico Madrid practiced the lineup and familiarized themselves with the routines, and the important point that Wan Sheng emphasized was to 'speed up the pace'.

"Let the rhythm be ours!"

That's what Atletico Madrid is aiming for.

In a fast-paced game, there are often more mistakes on both sides, but Atletico Madrid will obviously be more comfortable with the fast-paced game than Malaga, the 'b-tf' system emphasizes the fast pace, and the high-speed game will bring more opportunities, and when the pace becomes faster, the situation will be very beneficial to Atletico Madrid.

In this game, Morris, Mesut Ozil and Raul Garcia all started.

The current three-man midfield is the strongest combination of Atletico Madrid, and their cooperation between them allows Atletico Madrid to connect back and forth, and when the attack and defense become coherent, the tempo will also increase.

Diego Costa was the starting striker.

Wan Sheng did not let Sergio Aguero play again, and the Argentine needed a round of rest to stay in shape.

Diego Costa has been scoring again recently, and his form has gradually improved, with strong support from midfielders such as Morris and Mesut Ozil, Diego Costa has been able to get chances in the first 15 minutes.

Three shots on goal, two on target.

Although he didn't score, Diego Costa has adapted to the game and he has found his senses.

In the 19th minute, after receiving another cross from Morris, Diego Costa sent the ball directly into the goal of Maraga with a powerful header.

Goal, no suspense!

“goooooooooooooooooooooal!!!”

"Diego Costa! 0 to 1! The Brazilian helped Atletico Madrid score the first goal! ”

Diego Costa and Morris hugged tightly amid the shouts of the national sports broadcaster, and the rest of his team-mates quickly rushed up to the goal, with Atletico Madrid celebrating the goal on the opposing pitch.

This scene made Pellegrini feel very helpless.

Before the game, the Chilean still had some confidence, after all, playing at home had some advantages, and they also made a lot of preparations for the game, the whole team watched the video of the game of Atletico Madrid, studied the tactics of Atletico Madrid, he also made the players familiar with the players who may be dangerous at Atletico Madrid, etc., these preparations will always make the game easier, but now he finds that the game is much more difficult than expected, or rather, Atletico Madrid is a little unexpectedly strong.

Despite playing at home, Málaga could not play with the slightest advantage.

The game entered the rhythm of Atletico Madrid from the first minute, fast-paced, very fast, that kind of fast is not at all what Malaga can adapt to.

When the game went on at such a fast pace, Pellegrini knew that the team was in danger because the average player in the team was not used to it, and then they had to defend passively.

Manuel Pellegrini wants the team to hold out for a while.

Any attack has a time period, like this kind of fast-paced attack, it can't last a whole game, and when the tempo slows down, it may be an opportunity for Malaga.

But Atletico Madrid scored.

It was just a goal, it didn't sound like much, but it made Pellegrini feel helpless, or rather...... Hopeless, very desperate.

Atletico Madrid have a goal advantage, they will definitely play easier in the future, when a team is not under pressure, then their performance will be better, Atletico Madrid is a strong team, when the performance is better, how many chances does Malaga have?

Pellegrini didn't know.

But the next game told him that Malaga's chances were insignificant, that Atletico Madrid had the right to underestimate Malaga, and that their Chinese coach did have the right to despise him.

With 30 minutes into the first half, Atletico Madrid scored again, it was a backheel stab from Morris in the box - a very technical and ornamental shot!

Morris rushed into the penalty area with the ball, but was surrounded by Rosario and Benacho, there was no space to shoot, and it was very difficult to pass the ball out, at this time, Morris suddenly turned around and slammed the ball to the right at the same time.

He had his back to the goal.

Morris squeezed Rosario past to make room for almost everyone to think he was going to pass the ball outside the box, but Morris swung his right foot forward and slammed the ball back!

Faced with this imaginative shot, goalkeeper Arnu did not react.

In the moments before the football rolled across the goal line, Arnu was still staring ahead, not realizing that the football was no longer there, and it was a teammate shouting a reminder that made Arnu turn his head and see the football rolling across the goal line.

It's already late!

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"Maurice scored an imaginative heel! Unbelievable! Unbelievable! ”

"This kick will definitely be the best goal in this round of La Liga, and even at the moment of the goal, many people don't know what happened, even the Malaga goalkeeper Arnoux, who looks at his expression and thinks football is ahead......

"0 to 2! Atletico Madrid leads by two goals away. ”

"It's only been 30 minutes since the game got to this point, but the result is probably clear, the gap between Malaga and Atletico Madrid is too big......

Manuel Pellegrini certainly disagrees.

Chileans don't think that Malaga is inferior to Atletico Madrid in terms of performance, but in terms of strength...... In his opinion, the gap between the two teams is naked, and it is not a question of one or two performances at all.

From the first minute of the game to the present, Atletico Madrid has been suppressing Malaga with absolute strength, and the goal just now represents the ability of Atletico Madrid's top stars.

That's world-class!

What about Malaga?

Perhaps the only one worth mentioning is Duda, who is considered the 'soul of God' in Malaga, but so what? Duda is just a fringe figure in the Portuguese team, he is just a star in Malaga.

The huge gap in the strength of the two teams' lineups is difficult to make up for in form.

It's like on the pitch, Malaga can't even keep up with the rhythm, the players don't get used to the rhythm, but they don't have the ability to turn the game around, so the situation becomes more and more passive, while Atletico Madrid is more and more favorable.

Lost!

Defeated!

Manuel Pellegrini sighed, a loss may be nothing, but losing to Atletico Madrid before Christmas is still depressing.

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In the second half of the game, Atletico Madrid felt more and more as they played.

Every player on the pitch played well, and a lot of the players wanted to do their best to welcome Christmas in a few days' time, which is a holiday to be happy and naturally better accompanied by victory.

In the 56th minute, Mesut Ozil dribbled the ball inside the penalty area and fired a powerful volley to help the team rewrite the score again.

Five minutes later, Mesut Ozil once again dribbled wide to the bottom line and crossed high balls from the baseline, where Diego Costa again headed the ball into the back of the net, prompting Atletico Madrid fans who came to watch the game to chant Costa's name excitedly.

4-0 is not the end, it is not the end of the victory.

Towards the end of the game, Malaga launched a big counterattack, but it gave Atletico Madrid space to counterattack, taking advantage of the opportunity to break the ball, Raul Garcia made a long pass from the backfield, and substitute Klose, 10 meters outside the penalty area, took the ball and shot, and the football bypassed the attacking goalkeeper Arnu and fell directly into the net.

5 to 0!

“goooooooooooal!!!”

"Klose! Atletico Madrid's fifth goal, Malaga lost at their own home turf! ”

Many media reporters watching the game couldn't help but think of the scene when Pellegrini swore about victory before the game.

“…… The opponents were very strong, but it was at La Rosaleda and I was sure we could get the final victory......"

The victory and the five-goal defeat are really ironic...... (To be continued.) )