Chapter forty-five first kick
Considering the team's situation before this game and considering that it was at Real Madrid's home court, Simeone used the tactic in this game to counterattack, first stabilize the defense, and then fight back if there is a chance.
This set of tactics requires players to have sufficient patience and good tactical execution capabilities.
Simone was not worried about these two points, and his team had been trained by him to look like he wanted.
After the game started, he sat in the chair in the private room, crossing his legs to watch the game.
On the just-concluded national team match day, a large number of players from both teams went to all over the world to participate in national team competitions, and everyone's physical condition was definitely not 100% good.
So the pace of this game will definitely be very slow at the beginning, and everyone will focus on testing each other.
The actual situation of the game is indeed similar to Simeone's prediction. Real Madrid, who played at home, performed cautiously at the beginning, or the pace was slower, and they rushed and beat hard without getting up.
It can be seen that the national team game has a great impact on the players.
If this were normal, it would probably be a battle between the two sides from the first minute of the game.
It was not until the ninth minute that Atletico Madrid had a chance to push the offense into the 30-meter area of Real Madrid. As a result, Cork's cross was blocked by Marcelo with his feet and Atletico Madrid won a corner kick, which was also the first corner kick in this game.
When Cork ran to the corner flag area to watch the corner kick, he heard the scolding from Real Madrid fans coming from behind.
This happened to be under the stands of Bernabeuan. Here are the most hardcore and fanatical Real Madrid fans. They naturally regard Atletico Madrid as enemies who have a hatred of killing their father and are irreconcilable.
So they will insult Atletico Madrid players with particularly ugly words. This is not only the best way to vent their emotions, but also adds pressure to Atletico Madrid players and makes them emotionally unstable, thus helping Real Madrid.
This is the same as booing, but when you are closer to the opponent's player, booing seems too simple and cannot carry more information to stimulate the opponent's player.
In the German World Cup final, if Matrazi just booed Zidane, I'm afraid Zidane wouldn't have any reaction. After all, as a professional player, who hasn't heard about booing?
But when Matrazi insulted Zidane's family with very specific words, the effect was completely different. He eventually agitated the core of the French team and let him lose his martial arts skills. Italy also ended up laughing and won the World Cup championship.
The live TV broadcast gave a close-up shot of the corner flag area. In the camera, Cork arranged the football and took two steps back to play the corner. Behind him were Real Madrid fans with their bodies popping out and shouting loudly. It doesn't matter if they can't hear what they say, and it doesn't matter if they don't understand. Look at their middle fingers, they will know that it's not good things.
The young Cork stared at the penalty area intently, as if he turned a blind eye to the outside of the window and did not hear those ugly swear words at all.
Then he raised his arms and made a gesture, which was the code they had agreed on.
When he does this, it means that he will send the football to the front point and let his teammates go to the front point to grab the ball and shoot.
The referee on duty in this game, Mattou Raos, blew the whistle, and Cork put down his arm to assist in the run and kick.
Sure enough, he kicked the football forward by him, but he didn't play very accurately. He did not find his teammate, but instead let Cristiano Ronaldo, who was defending at the front, push it out!
"Ronaldo! Great! He returned to the goal and completed a header clearance!"
The kicked-out football fell to the feet of Atletico Madrid player Sikela. He stopped the football and then passed it to the sidelines to Cork who ran back to pick him up.
Then Cork made a cross again.
This time the football flew directly to the back point.
After the corner kick was pushed out, Real Madrid players were already pushing out immediately and causing offside.
Atletico Madrid players can only withdraw from the penalty area.
However, their reaction was not as fast as Real Madrid players. When Cork made the second cross, Godin and Miranda, the two Atletico Madrid centre-backs, were still behind them and were in an offside position.
So when a Real Madrid player saw Cork's cross, he raised his arm and signaled that Atletico Madrid players to offside.
But neither the lineman nor the referee were indifferent.
Because Cork's corner kick was passed directly to the back point, and at the back point, someone inserted it back, and it was not offside!
It's Griezmann!
He ran to the football landing point, unloaded the ball, and then swept the football towards the goal before Coentrand and Pepe blocked it.
Because Griezmann was in the back, he is now closer to the bottom line than Godin and Miranda, so Miranda and Godin are no longer offside.
Other Real Madrid players quickly returned to defense.
During this process, Sergio Ramos' first reaction was to open his arms to intercept Godin, because Godin was behind him and was the Atletico Madrid player who was most likely to be close to football.
However, while he stopped Godin, another leg wearing red socks suddenly stretched out from behind Godin, and before Godin and Ramos, he used his outer instep to push the flying football towards the goal!
This person was completely hidden behind Godin, and Ramos really didn't see who the owner of this leg was.
Casillas was not prepared for this sudden kick. It was too late to see the football fly towards the goal and make a save.
The football flew into Real Madrid's goal against the near post!
Then a man raised his arm behind Godin, turned around and ran towards the corner flag area. Only then did Ramos see clearly the number and name behind his jersey.
No. 9 Gao Zheng!
"gaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!" Jose Maria cheered in the commentary seat. "It was only ten minutes before Gao opened the first record for Atletico Madrid. They led Real Madrid 1:0 away!"
The few Atletico Madrid fans cheered, but soon their cheers were overshadowed by booing and scolding from Real Madrid fans.
But this booing could not cover Gao Zheng's light at all.
"Gao Zheng! Beautiful! A very agile shot!" Chinese commentator He Ping yelled. "He scored the first record for Atletico Madrid! Atletico Madrid had a wonderful start!"
There have always been rumors that He Ping is a Real Madrid fan, so when he was commenting on the La Liga game, he was often called a "yellow dog" by Barcelona fans. But when he heard his so excited words, how could he look like a Real Madrid fan?
Chapter completed!