Chapter 376: Helpless Results
As the German commentator said, after Guardiola's adjustment during the half-time break, and Atletico Madrid played too hard in the first half, his physical fitness declined too quickly.
After the start of the second half, Bayern Munich gradually strengthened its offensive significantly and gradually took the initiative.
They create threats continuously.
And in the 54th minute, he almost equalized the score.
At that time, Martinez made a cross, and Alaba tricked the Atletico Madrid players after receiving the ball. When he dribbled the ball forward, he found that other Atletico Madrid players did not come up to stop him immediately, so he simply took a long shot outside the penalty area!
This unexpected shot was of very high quality.
Although Oblak jumped hard, he was powerless to do anything about the ball, and he didn't even reach it!
The football fell after crossing Oblak's fingers.
Then when almost everyone thought it was going to fly into the goal, it hit the crossbar...
After a crisp sound, the football bounced back into the stadium.
"Alaba—!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Alaba himself was also very unwilling to give up. He hugged his head with both hands and whistled to the sky.
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Although Alaba failed to score this goal, it inspired the fighting spirit of Bayern Munich players and also made Atletico Madrid players nervous.
The heavy gun shot didn't seem to hit the crossbar, but the hearts of Atletico Madrid players.
It also hit the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans.
I was already confident in the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, Alaba was worried about gains and losses.
Let's attack, for fear of loopholes in the defense line, Bayern Munich caught and lost the ball.
If you don't attack, you're afraid that the lead of a ball is not safe enough.
Under this contradictory mentality, Atletico Madrid played far less free and relaxed than they did when they started the game.
At that time, they had not scored goals, so they might not have any burden, and naturally they had no more ideas. They just needed to think about one thing.
That thing is "No matter what, score the goal of Bayern Munich!"
Now that the goal has been achieved, I am a little confused.
Scoring more goals, and worrying about losing the ball, contradicts each other, and involves their energy.
Seeing Atletico Madrid passive in the scene, Simeone became more and more excited on the sidelines.
His body movements on the sidelines are getting bigger and bigger.
In the end, the phone he bumped into his suit pocket actually jumped out of his pocket and fell to the ground because of his movements.
It immediately attracted a lot of attention, and even the TV broadcast turned from the intense and intense field to the sidelines, giving Simeone a close-up shot of picking up a mobile phone.
Looking at Simeone who picked up the phone in the camera and checked whether there was any broken one, He Ping joked: "Gao Zheng is now the spokesperson of Huawei's mobile phone? Huawei is also one of the sponsors of Atletico Madrid. If it really breaks, it doesn't have to hurt you. Just let the sponsor give one!"
This accident on the sidelines made the tension in the game eased.
Atletico Madrid gradually found its own rhythm after this and calmed down.
In the 75th minute, Griezmann took the ball from the backcourt and drove the ball to a long distance. When he reached Bayern Munich's penalty area, he gave the football to Gao Zheng. Gao Zheng dunked over Alaba from the right side of the penalty area, then caught up with the football and bounced the football towards the goal with his right foot!
The ball flew past Neuer, who was attacking, but bounced back on the far post.
Griezmann, who was shooting supplementally, just passed by the football and did not touch the ball.
"Atlético Madrid's counterattack! What a pity! The goal post prevented Gao Zheng from scoring twice!" He Ping shouted regretfully.
If this goal is scored, Atletico Madrid leads two goals, not only will this game be stable, but it is also a good thing for the next round. Taking two goals to the away game can also make Atletico Madrid players more confident.
Gao Zheng himself seemed very regretful. He covered his face with both hands and rubbed it hard, then shook his head helplessly.
He naturally knew the meaning of this ball if it was entered.
pity……
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Because Atletico Madrid only leads one goal, Guardiola has an idea, so he quickly used up three substitutions, hoping to strengthen the offensive, not only to equalize the score, but also to be able to reverse and win.
If Bayern Munich can beat Atletico Madrid away, it will be basically stable to advance to the final.
At this moment, Simeone still has no use of a substitution quota...
Atletico Madrid did not make the first substitution until the 85th minute, because Saul was injured and replaced by young midfielder Thomas.
This is also the only substitution in Atletico Madrid in this game.
Simeone may also think that one goal leads is too unsafe, so she dare not replace Gao Zheng and Griezmann easily, and maintain the pressure on Barcelona's lineup.
As a result, everyone except the injured Saul kicked for ninety minutes.
When referee Clattenberg blew the whistle to the end of the game, the score was frozen at 1:0.
"After the game, Atletico Madrid beat Bayern Munich with one goal at home. This result cannot be said to be bad, but I'm afraid it's not good..." Jose Maria said with some concern.
Anyone who knows a little about the Champions League system will understand the problem of this score.
This is why Guardiola saw that Atletico Madrid was ready for the last moment of the game and did not change one person, so he simply did not ask the players to press the attack, for fear that Atletico Madrid would steal another ball before the end of the game.
So the final game ended in this tacit understanding and balance.
Guardiola did this because he could fully accept the result of losing 0:1 away.
Although it was a failure, considering that the Champions League is a two-round game, there is still a chance to return to home court - only lose one goal, this opportunity can be said to be very large...
Think about Atletico Madrid lost three goals in the first leg and could win back when he returned to home.
What can we not be satisfied with Bayern Munich’s loss only one goal?
Guardiola believes that Bayern Munich, who only lost one goal, can return to home court, and can definitely hold Atletico Madrid to the ground to rub and rub and rub again - his confidence comes from Bayern Munich's performance in this game. Alaba's long-range shot did not make it, but before and after that, Bayern Munich created many opportunities, which was completely possible to win. If he hadn't given up in the end...
As expected, after the game, Guardiola, who shook hands with Simeone, did not have obvious dissatisfaction or depression on his face, and he was very calm.
Because he knew that the victory was the next round, and the victory of Atletico Madrid now cannot explain any problem.
Simeone's face also had no excitement after winning.
Obviously, as the winning coach, I also realized what the result is only 1:0.
It would be impossible to say that he had never thought of winning more at home, but this was not a question of whether he wanted to think about it or not. Facing the powerful Bayern Munich, when the team's physical fitness declined rapidly, he did not dare to push forward to the attack, and he had the will but lacked strength.
In the end, I can only accept this result.
At least it's better than losing?
Chapter completed!