157 The Great Sage
Atletico Madrid is actually somewhat similar to Monaco in terms of playing style. The defense is strong in the midfield and backcourt, and the offense is driven by the individual performance of some talented players or the cooperation of the group. In terms of the team's overall technical and tactical system, it has not yet reached the level of unified overall style.
In the 7th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid continued to attack at home.
After Jurado received the pass from his teammate on the right side of the frontcourt, Monaco quickly formed an encirclement against him, but just before the encirclement was formed, Jurado shortly passed the ball to Fran in the left front. Fran took the initiative to come to the reception, and when he took the ball with the opportunity, he directly sent the ball without turning around and sent the pass.
The football rolled through the middle of Morro and Vertonheng, and Aguero grabbed the ribs and inserted it again. When Vertonheng returned to defend and blocked his cross-section line, Aguero flexibly splashed the ball at his feet, dodged Virtonheng's return and then knocked the ball diagonally back to the front of the penalty area.
At this time, Fran ran forward and went into the middle and happened to receive Aguero's pass. This small-scale cooperation was so exquisite. When Fran saw Benatia step forward and blocked, he trolled the ball horizontally and slammed the ball out of the angle and shot!
Fran's shooting skills are very superb, and this ball is aimed at the far corner of the goal!
But in order to control the angle, the ball is not very strong.
When Fran thought that he was bound to score, De Gea quickly made an extreme save and saved the ball out of the baseline with one hand, which surprised him!
Many Monaco fans in the stands thought that the ball was definitely gone!
But after De Gea made a wonderful save, everyone's scalp was numb but they couldn't help but applaud him!
"Wow! Monaco's young goalkeeper De Gea actually saved Fran's tricky shot!
Atletico Madrid cooperated wonderfully, Fran shot beautifully, and De Gea's save was amazing!
This young goalkeeper looks in good condition against his old club!”
After applauding on the sidelines, Situ Yunbing reminded Nkulu to pay attention to assisting defense in the penalty area when defending.
Atletico Madrid's concentration of offensive forces is indeed somewhat unexpected for the cooperation in a small area. Because of its high ball control level and better skills, the scene of opening and closing is not like the Premier League or Bundesliga. It is often their cooperation in a small range. It is more common to show the delicate skills. This is why fans in the Premier League and La Liga always have their own opinions and disdain for each other. The Premier League emphasizes passion, the scene is unrestrained, and the pace is suffocating. La Liga emphasizes technology. Players' personal turn and moves past people to get rid of them are always eye-catching.
Monaco once again successfully defended Atletico Madrid's corner kick offensive.
However, Monaco's attack still seems to be not very threatening, and Atletico Madrid is still wary of Monaco's flash attack.
In the 11th minute of the game, Falcao pulled out in front of the penalty area to receive Perez's pass and dribbled the ball horizontally to get rid of Santana's pressing. When Suarez did not run and pulled out the free-range response, Falcao tried to directly take a long shot!
This long shot slipped through the goal, which was a surprise for Atletico Madrid.
Situ Yunbing seemed calm and composed, with a calm temperament that was inconsistent with his age.
Monaco itself relies on defense to conquer the world, and the unfavorable offense will not make Situ Yunbing panic at all.
On the contrary, if there is a problem with the defense, you need to be nervous.
In the 14th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid quickly moved to the left after a setback on the right attack. After Ximang quickly came to Dominguez's straight pass, he found that Modesto had well contained the line he cut across, so he barely made a cross.
This cross was not threatening, and the football was directly taken out of the air by De Gea in the small penalty area.
Two minutes later, Monaco attacked from the left on the frontcourt, Garez Bale made a cross from the wing 45 degrees. Although Suarez cleverly caught the football landing point, his header was off the top.
Atletico Madrid needs to strengthen its offensive, and they can't hold back.
Uyfaluci assisted up and cooperated with Jurado on the right and then shorted the ball into the penalty area. Aguero seemed to be targeting Vertonheng today, frequently grabbing the gap behind him, which made Vertonheng's retreat significantly when defending, but this time Aguero directly knocked the ball back when touching the ball. Vertonheng immediately turned around and rushed out, while Jurado, who cut inward, passed the ball across the middle of the penalty area.
Fran stopped the ball here and adjusted it and wanted to shoot. Benatia topped the ball. Fran made a fake shot and real buckle. Benatia was not fooled. When the opponent was about to break through the spike, he broke the ball with one kick.
The football rolled in front of Modesto, and he rushed forward quickly before Simao and wade the ball away and launched a counterattack.
After he dribbled through half the game, Atletico Madrid's defense also quickly adjusted.
Modesto finally made a cross from the wing. The defense retreated too deep in the middle, so the counterattack was slow to follow up!
The intensity of the Champions League stage is simply incomparable to the French Ligue 1.
In Ligue 1, it would be impossible for the three players in the Monaco midfield to retreat significantly to defend. At least one player can quickly follow up to form a mid-lane contact point for counterattack!
Modesto's cross fell to the back point of Atletico Madrid's penalty area. Suarez quickly stepped forward and threw Perea away. Facing the falling football, Suarez directly knocked the ball across the air in front of the goal in the middle.
Seeing that Falkao quickly reached the goal and was about to shoot, Asenho made a timely attack and saved almost with Falkao's body, he punched the ball out with both fists!
Suarez and Falcao looked at each other and felt a little regretful.
Atletico Madrid forced them to speed up the offensive rhythm after this dangerous situation in front of the goal.
Because the situation on the scene has developed to a bottleneck stage, if Atletico Madrid cannot exert greater offensive pressure on Monaco, then the threat of Monaco to counterattack from time to time will make them unable to sleep or eat.
In the 24th minute of the game, when Ximang made a cross from the 45th degree on the side, Fran competed with Vertonheng in the penalty area to form chaos. When the football was pushed outside the penalty area by Vertonheng, Nkurukang controlled the ball, but unexpectedly someone behind him broke out and intercepted the ball!
Santana!
He came up and went straight to the city!
Fortunately, Monaco's midfield error tolerance rate was high. When Matic rushed up and wanted to counterattack, Santana hurriedly chose to take a kick, but the football missed.
Situ Yunbing narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment. Atletico Madrid's active attack after the opening actually showed signs of being unable to attack!
Two minutes later, when Santana and Uyfaluci were over halftime at the same time, Atletico Madrid's offense was finally able to pass the ball diagonally into the penalty area on the wing. Monaco did not let Aguero catch the gap this time, Vertonheng pressed closely to block Aguero from the outside, and the football went straight out of the bottom line.
Seeing this scene, Situ Yunbing decisively gestured to the players on the sidelines!
Atletico Madrid is now in the stage of declining offensives, and Monaco must seize the opportunity to play the fǎn gōng!
After receiving the instructions from Situ Yunbing, the generals of Monaco quickly made adjustments.
The back line became Benatia dragged behind, Vertonheng pressed forward, Perez and Matic pressed forward, and Nkuru came back, while the formation was forward, from the midfield line and back line in parallel compressed space, it turned into a multi-layer interlaced triangular joint defense system.
Atletico Madrid did not realize the changes in Monaco and was still forcibly attacking.
In the 28th minute of the game, when Jurado was actively robbed by Moro on the side, Matic was blocked by the side, and he knocked the ball back to Uyfaluci, who passed the ball horizontally under pressure from Gareth Bale to find Santana.
Just when Santana was about to take the ball, he didn't expect someone behind him to intercept the ball first.
Suarez!
The characteristic of Monaco's change in tactical posture is that the front pressure on the backcourt is the front pressure on the backcourt, but the front line cannot continue to press forward because that will still make their midfield connections not close enough. On the contrary, the front line should retreat appropriately to allow the midfield and frontcourt to form a relatively close overall distance. Whether it is defense or offense, it will form stronger combat power!
Santana's first reaction after conceding the ball was to counter-attack, but Suarez had already hit the ball across the middle and the local port.
Perez quickly inserted and dribbled past Santana. Santana went to chase Perez again, and Suarez also turned around and quickly stepped forward!
The change in Monaco's posture for a moment, coupled with the successful steal, launched a fast attack on the spot, which made the audience in the stands clearly have a visual impact of a storm coming and wind filling the building!
As Monaco advanced this fast break, Gareth Bale also rushed forward from the left, Suarez stepped forward, and Falcao waited for an opportunity in the right rib of the penalty area. Atletico Madrid's defense line quickly tightened in the middle to avoid being penetrated by Monaco's front pass and cut.
When Perez pushed the offense to the front of the penalty area to face Assonsan, his forward pass line had basically been completely blocked!
Atletico Madrid's adjustments were very good. Suarez and Falcao were guarded by Perea, Ivanes and Dominguez, which seemed to be foolproof.
But at this moment, Perez hit the ball across the left side in front of the penalty area.
Right back Uyfalusi returned to the defense zone to form a close connection with the back line, but after seeing Perez pass the ball, he decided to step forward and intercept the ball, but after running two steps, he quickly stopped!
Because he judged that he could not touch the ball faster than Gareth Bale!
When Gareth Bale turned into the inward line, Perez happened to pass the ball. At this moment, Gareth Bale suddenly accelerated. In Uyfaluci's view, Gareth Bale's speed should have reached its limit!
But who knew that after he took the lead, Gareth Bale's speed was still increasing!
Then his previous judgment was biased and turned into error!
And it is definitely a wrong choice for him to choose to stop urgently and then return to defense!
When Gareth Bale touched the ball and wades past him hard, Uyfaluci couldn't even lift his arm. He wanted to form a blockade against Gareth Bale, and even if it was a foul, it didn't matter, but Gareth Bale was like a whirlwind passing by, without giving him any chance!
This kid is so fucking fast!
Gareth Bale's kick directly hit the left rib in the penalty area and completely broke through Atletico Madrid's defense!
When Perea reacted, it was too late to give up Suarez and switch to block it!
When Gareth Bale was about to meet Perea at the top corner of the small penalty area, he directly shot and did not give Perea a chance to block the angle!
Asenho rushed from the middle of the goal to the near corner of the goal, Gareth Bale shot the ball, and the football rolled quickly to the far corner of the goal against the turf.
Asenho fell to the ground and stretched out his legs to intercept him, but it was still slow!
Dominguez went back to make up the goal, but he made the ultimate shovel but failed to block the ball from the goal line. He slipped the shovel and entered the goal of Atletico Madrid with the football!
The fans of the visiting team at Calderon Stadium were instantly excited!
Gareth Bale made a big splash!
Chapter completed!