In the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool faced Atletico Madrid at home, although the offensive threat was not very high.

Atletico Madrid has done a great job in overall defense, compressing space and strong confrontation. Even if he cannot intercept the ball at the first time, he can delay and hinder Liverpool's offense.

In the 11th minute of the game, Liverpool organized an offensive again to the dangerous area of ​​the frontcourt offense. Coutinho responded from the side and knocked the ball diagonally back. Robertson followed up the diagonal pass and transferred the ball. Gareth Bale just stopped the ball on the right and was attacked by Cork and Felipe Luis. He calmly shot the ball and passed it diagonally in the middle.

Eriksen followed up with the mid-drift and pushed forward the offensive. At this time, Gabby quickly came to his front to block it.

Eriksen lightly hit the ball across the left front of the penalty area, and Casemiro followed up and inserted it, causing Atletico Madrid's defense to be a little overwhelmed.

Godin planned to intercept Casemiro head-on, but the latter completed a collision-blocking and passing-cutting cooperation with Lewandowski with almost no stagnation!

Casemiro, who cut into the left rib of the penalty area, immediately raised his foot and scored!

The football flew straight to the far corner of the goal, but Oblak saved the ball like a god's help and saved it out of the bottom line!

call!

The Reds fans were amazed.

"Casemiro's shot in the penalty area was fascinated by Oblak!

Liverpool's offensive played very well, moving from the left to the right, and then developing from the side and middle to the middle. A series of teams cooperated to play very pleasing to the eye. Even Casemiro's shot was completed well, and the only regret was that he did not score a goal!

This shows Liverpool's strong team offensive ability!

Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Oblak performed well. He withstood the pressure and defended Atletico Madrid's goal at the critical moment!"

Situ Yunbing felt a little regretful that this goal failed to score much.

Liverpool are constantly changing their playing style, not to show how rich their offensive methods are.

It is not a threat to one offensive method, but it is changed to another one. It is very conventional but not blind.

In order to deliberately change the style of play, some teams imitate themselves because they are not good at it.

Liverpool does not have such a problem, and they will not deliberately play tactics that they are not good at.

In the 15th minute of the game, due to the threat of Liverpool's frequent transfer of offenses, the team continued to use this style of play. However, this time when the offense moved from the right to the left, Juan Fran made a key interception while defending. His interception against Coutinho was very successful, which gave Atletico Madrid a good counterattack opportunity.

When Saul hit the ball in the middle circle, he kicked the ball forward to break through Kante's defense zone.

Torres attracted Van Dijk to defend in the reception, and then hit the ball with a cross kick to the right side of the penalty area.

Griezmann quickly cut inside and got rid of Robertson.

He is smart in running and is very smart in choosing the timing. These are the key trainings made by Situ Yunbing when he was in Hamburg. After all, in Hamburg, Reus was the main player in charge of breakthroughs, and Griezmann's most important position is running, because he also played as a center most of the time!

When Griezmann dribbled inside and rushed into Liverpool's penalty area, in order to avoid Culibali's interception, he changed his ball to the right side of the penalty area. With the dribbled speed, he successfully opened up Culibali's distance, and then shot!

The powerful shot hit the ball towards the near corner of the goal. Ter Stegen's expression was calm, he moved quickly calmly and made a save move, and directly held the ball in his arms!

The Red Army fans suddenly burst into applause!

"Terstegen blocked Griezmann's shot directly!

So wonderful!

Although Atletico Madrid's quick counterattack is simple, it is very threatening!"

Simeone's expression did not change at all.

In fact, he also knows himself, and it is unrealistic to expect Atletico Madrid to make a variety of attacks!

What they are best at is competing with their opponents to endurance. If they can shape offensive threats through defense, they will have the chance to play more players and get threats. But if the scene is very passive, such as today's situation, it is already a good situation to be able to fight back threats.

As for wanting to create a stronger threat, you have to take greater risks.

It’s not wise to take risks before returning to Calderon Stadium!

Simeone knows this well, so the best result at Anfield today is a draw!

victory?

If it can be achieved, it would be a miracle.

Situ Yun was calm and at ease, and Atletico Madrid was expected to be able to launch a counterattack threat.

Atletico Madrid has good counterattack ability after all, and in order to win at home, Liverpool naturally cannot fully launch a full-scale blockade against Atletico Madrid.

However, Liverpool failed to create threats continuously, which was very unfavorable to Liverpool in terms of rhythm.

If threats can be created continuously, then the rhythm threat will be much greater than the tactical threat!

But Atletico Madrid must also know that Liverpool cannot make the rhythm soar. Just as they frequently create fouls to interrupt the game when facing Barcelona and Real Madrid. No matter what means they use, they can make these super teams play crazy offensive rhythms, then no team on the earth can resist it!

After watching the two-round match between Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​this understanding has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

But the audience may not think about this, but the coach will definitely keep it in mind.

Liverpool's delicate and almost cumbersome offensive methods cannot achieve continuous threats, so they quickly adjusted their offensive ideas.

Simpler and more crude!

In the 20th minute of the game, Eriksson received a pass from Gareth Bale at the front of the penalty area. Gaby and Cork had already attacked him. Eriksson knocked back his heel and sent the ball to Casemiro's feet, who then sent a diagonal pass to Coutinho.

Coutinho cut across and stopped the ball and completed the adjustment in one step, followed by 25 yards away from the goal and scored!

The football is like a meteor flying straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Oblak jumped and held the ball high above the crossbar with one hand!

All the fans exclaimed!

"Obrac! Obrac who is like a god descending to earth!

This is his second time making a god-level save!

Coutinho played the ball impeccably, but he still couldn't pass Oblak's level!

To be honest, there are absolutely no weak teams in the Champions League semi-finals. Each team has its own unique skills, each with its own strengths, and their players in key positions will definitely not perform poorly!

Atletico Madrid has also trained many outstanding goalkeepers over the years!"

Situ Yunbing breathed a sigh of relief. Liverpool really had the energy to chisel the mountain at home today!

Atletico Madrid has actually done a good job in defense, especially according to Liverpool's explosion after regaining his strength at home, he was able to only shoot two threatening shots in 20 minutes, and was also rejected by his opponent, which is enough to show Atletico Madrid's defensive strength!

In the 23rd minute of the game, when Eriksen also tried long shots at the front of the penalty area, the football he shot was blocked by Godin.

When the football pops out of Atletico Madrid's penalty area, it is obvious that Liverpool's midfielder is taking the initiative!

This is their continuous response strategy after a simple offensive.

What you are seizing is continuous offensive opportunities.

Although Saul had touched the ball first, under Kante's harassment, he knocked back and sent the ball to the wing zone and passed it directly to Gareth Bale, who was quickly retreating!

Atletico Madrid pass mistake!

Seeing that Liverpool was about to seize this opportunity to launch a fast break, Felipe Louis came up and decisively swept down Gareth Bale!

Tactical foul!

Although the action is very aggressive, in terms of timing, it is definitely a tactical foul!

The referee punished Atletico Madrid player for a foul and also showed Felipe Luis a yellow card!

The Red Army generals were quite disappointed. If they were allowed to launch a second attack, the attack would be very threatening!

Coutinho's direct free kick was hung into the penalty area. Although Lewandowski grabbed the football landing point, the football was pushed away!

Atletico Madrid's defense was a little nervous, and Simeone immediately walked to the sidelines to make gestures to slow down the pace, and then he walked back and sat down.

Atletico Madrid does feel that Liverpool's condition has been improving over the past period of time. At this time, they are easily led by their opponents, which means they will improve their rhythm accordingly!

But if they continue to fight like this, it will obviously be detrimental to them, so Simeone's timely reminder was like a wake-up call to the team, making them wake up as if they were dreaming!

Atletico Madrid tried to slow down the pace of the game. Under the pressure of Liverpool's midfield counterattack, he could only passively launch an attack forward. Carrasco wades from the wing and goes into the inside, passing the ball to Torres before Azpilicueta presses. As a result, Torres made a mistake in stopping the ball under the pressure of Van Dijk, and Kante wads the ball away.

Liverpool tried to launch a fast break to continue to maintain a fast pace, but Cork made a foul when he was harassing Erikson in a tight press. The referee stopped the game and did not play cards for Cork. Its movements did not meet the standards for playing cards.

In this way, all Atletico Madrid players retreated to defend, and Liverpool had no good chance, so it turned into a positional battle.

Even though Situ Yunbing doesn't like Simeone anymore, it must be admitted that Simeone has done better than Mourinho in using defense to shape the game.

At least he can make his team show strong consistency!

After Mourinho's rapid defense against the backlash during Real Madrid period, his pursuit of speed is obviously more serious, but his control over the overall rhythm is gradually declining!
Chapter completed!