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Chapter 56 The first half

"Real Madrid won a free kick, and the position was a bit off. Alonso came to take the penalty... The cross! Chu Zhongtian! Beautiful! Header - the ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in!!!"

He Ping shouted excitedly.

"Real Madrid equalized the score! Chu Zhongtian scored a key goal for the team! A key goal!!"

"The game has regained its vitality! Atletico Madrid's leading advantage has disappeared! The opportunity for Real Madrid is here!"

"gooooooooooooooool!!gooooool!!gol!!" Every time the Spanish commentator shouted the goal, it seemed to show his lung capacity. "Chu's second goal this season! He equalized the score for Real Madrid!! This goal is very important for Real Madrid!!"

When Chu Zhongtian was still in the air, his eyes kept chasing the football. He watched the football fly into the goal, and his heart fell to the ground.

When others landed, their first reaction was to turn around and run towards Alonso who passed the ball to him. This was the second time Alonso had assisted him. Whether the two people were really in conflict can be seen at a glance by a discerning person.

Alonso saw Chu Zhongtian running towards him, but pointed at him. He knew that he was asking him not to run away, so he was waiting in place.

So he was waiting here, and Chu Zhongtian rushed up and hugged him.

More teammates rushed up to surround the two of them. They shouted loudly to celebrate the goal.

"We were worried before whether Chu Zhongtian was in a goal drought. Unexpectedly, since he broke the goal drought in the last round of the league, he seemed to be like a flood with a gate opened, and he scored goals one after another!"

"De Gea's performance was excellent before, but he made a mistake in this set piece. He did not attack, but guarded the goal line, just like he didn't expect Chu to suddenly jump out to head the ball... An experienced goalkeeper would not make such a mistake..."

Atletico Madrid goalkeeper De Gea is indeed very upset. He knows that this is his own problem, but he can no longer change the result... All he can do is to try to defend the goal in the next game and try not to make mistakes. As for whether he can still win? He can only place his hopes on other teammates.

※※※Real Madrid players are celebrating goals freely, while Atletico Madrid players are a little lost.

They thought that strict defense would definitely prevent Real Madrid from finding a chance to slap. In this way, they cooperated with a quick counterattack and won Real Madrid at home. Unexpectedly, they were equalized before the first half was over. What should they do next? Continue to defend and counterattack or push them out to attack?

Atletico Madrid players were confused, while Flores was trying hard to think about countermeasures. What is the current situation like? There is no need to repeat it anymore. The confusion that Atletico Madrid players had is also Flores. Should we continue to defend and counterattack or go out to attack?

If he cannot make decisions quickly and cannot give Atletico players on the court a calming tile, the team's performance will be very chaotic. I don't know whether to attack or defend.

The Real Madrid players are still clear, but there is not much time left for Flores to think.

Flores quickly made a decision - at least before the end of the first half, the score was acceptable. Since that's the case, then just keep defending and counterattacking, first ensuring that his team will not continue to concede the ball, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Everything is like they scored the first goal.

Flores knows how powerful Real Madrid's attack power is. He will not be stupid enough to play against Real Madrid. Even if it is at his home court, he does not think that his team is capable and Real Madrid are in a good way in offense. Atletico Madrid can rely on only Aguero in terms of offense. Fran is old, and Reyes is in a state of ups and downs.

Although he is a good head coach, it is hard to cook without rice. He can't do anything without excellent players... Atletico Madrid is no longer a team that dreams of a wealthy family. They are not of the same level as their arch rivals in the city. Not only that, they are not of the same level as Sevilla and Valencia... After Flores made the decision, he took advantage of the opportunity when Real Madrid players were still celebrating the goal and called the team's captain Fran to his side.

"Let's keep defending and fighting back!" he shouted to Fran.

Fran thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked, "What?"

"We continue to fight back with defense! Flores shouted in Fran's ear.

"Don't attack?"

"Of course, but we have to make sure that we won't continue to lose the ball. They have a strong momentum after scoring the ball. If we also attack, they will only catch the gap behind them. So before the end of the first half, our main task is to ensure that we won't lose the ball and then wait for an opportunity to attack."

Flores explained clearly, and Fran nodded.

"Go back and tell them that defense is the first!"

Flores patted Fran on the shoulder and sent him back.

Fran ran back to the court, pointed at his teammates and shouted: "Defense counterattack! Defensive counterattack!"

After hearing this decision, Aguero's face showed a look of disappointment.

He felt that Flores was too timid and cautious. Real Madrid was definitely not as strong as he thought, otherwise how did he score the six-minute ball in the game? If a defensive counterattack would mean giving up the space in front and not putting pressure on Real Madrid's defender. Atletico Madrid's ball in this game was because of pressure in the frontcourt, which led to Real Madrid's defender's pass mistake.

Aguero feels that if he is the head coach, he will ask the whole team to fight against Real Madrid at all costs, suppress Real Madrid's defense and offense, and create pressure. You must know that this is the home court at Atletico Madrid. Does Aguero believe that he can still suppress the away team at home?

Although he has no defensive tasks and can stay in front of the attack. However, Aguero knew very well that once he lost the support behind him, it would be useless even if he stayed in the frontcourt alone, and he still had to go back to participate in the defense in the end. Other teammates had to go back to defend, and it would take time to get up when they did not pass the ball to him, and it would take time to get up. He was not the kind of powerful center who could get the ball alone in the frontcourt, lean on the defensive player, restrain two or three defensive players by himself, and then wait for his teammate to come up to pick up. With his small body, even if Carvalho came up to push it, he would probably have to lie on the ground.

Losing the support of his teammates, a forward like Aguero can only return to the midfield to participate in defense.

But he did not give up on finding opportunities to continue scoring. He believed that if he just kept the draw until the break, it would be very lingering. Because he had lost a lot of morale, he still had to score goals. Only goals can bring a sense of security to the team.

Now the latest opportunity is to use the kick-off to launch an offense. In addition, there are very few offensive opportunities to play defensive counterattacks.

Aguero decided to use this kick-off opportunity to score. He wanted to extinguish the fire of fighting spirit that Real Madrid had just ignited!

※※The game started again, Aguero and Fran cooperated, and Fran knocked the football out. Logically, Aguero should have turned around and passed the football back, but he did not do so, but drove the ball forward by himself!

Aguero's actions not only made Fran around him unexpected, but also greatly exceeded the expectations of Real Madrid players. So neither Higuain nor Ozil, the leading man made any blocking moves, just watched Aguero pass by them with a football like the wind.

"Oh oh oh!!" the commentator shouted, "Aguero! He dribbled the ball into the penalty area of ​​Real Madrid! This was a bold move, beyond everyone's expectations!"

The cheers of Atletico Madrid fans also sounded in the stands at Calderon Stadium, cheering Aguero. The team's number one idol faced Real Madrid's heavy defense alone, but met with fearlessness!

What a powerful thing this is!

So they shouted Aguero's name and cheered him on.

After Aguero broke through the first line of defense between Higuain and Ozil, he rushed straight from the middle. He soon saw Chu Zhongtian standing in front of him.

Facing Chu Zhongtian, he hesitated for a moment. In the end, he chose to avoid this character.

After last season's Champions League, Chu Zhongtian's ability has become well known. Especially in the final, his performance of freezing Messi made him famous. As an Argentina international, Aguero also heard about Chu Zhongtian's deeds from Messi - you should know that Messi praised Chu Zhongtian endlessly. Aguero rarely hears Messi praise someone like this, so he is very clear about Chu Zhongtian's one-on-one defense ability.

He chose to avoid Chu Zhongtian. He first made a fake move to the left, which caused Chu Zhongtian's center of gravity to move there, and then suddenly trolled the football to the right, and drove the football out before Ozil returned to defense!

"Breakthrough! Beautiful!"

The commentator shouted.

Just when Aguero thought he had gotten rid of Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian suddenly stuck it up from the other side!

"Beautiful! Chu Zhongtian stuck to Aguero!" This sound was He Ping's roar.

Aguero thought he had gotten rid of the other party, but he didn't expect that he would be blocked before the speed was added up.

It seems that Chu Zhongtian is indeed not simple.

He was forced by Chu Zhongtian to keep leaning on the side. If this continues, it would have been a chance to attack and would have to be a cross from the side. What's the point?

Aguero was not stupid either. He immediately stopped and turned around.

He had two plans. If Chu Zhongtian was shaken away by his sudden stop, he would break through horizontally without hesitation, and the goal would still be in the middle lane. If the opponent still followed him and got stuck behind him, then pass it back.

As soon as he turned around, he felt that the pressure behind him had not been reduced at all. He knew that Chu Zhongtian was still pressing against him... Aguero sighed in his heart, and without hesitation, he directly passed the football back and gave it to Fran who came to pick him up.

The strong attack was not done, but the football was still under his control. However, Aguero was very regretful. He wanted to score a goal before Real Madrid could react, but he didn't expect Chu Zhongtian's defense to be airtight... Atletico Madrid's attack ended in a hurry. Facing Chu Zhongtian, Alonso and the intensive defense of the back line, Atletico Madrid did not find any suitable opportunity. Aguero ran to the penalty area to look for opportunities, but there were people around him, and passing the ball to him was equivalent to conceding the ball. In the end, Fran had no choice but to give a long shot helplessly.

This kick hit the ball within the door frame, but the angle was too straight and it was no threat to Casillas.

※※Then Atletico Madrid quickly implemented the coach's tactics - they defended and counterattacked. After the score was equalized, they did not show the momentum that they must surpass again, but instead shrank into their own penalty area and could not defend.

Facing such a toilet, Real Madrid has no good solutions. Neither Chu nor Alonso can come up with good countermeasures. In addition to long shots and set pieces, they rely on the stars' personal abilities.

However, De Gea performed very well. He was not affected by the concealment of the ball. He made wonderful saves in the following game, blocking Real Madrid's attack again and again.

"De Gea! Another beautiful save!"

"He almost used his finger to dial the football out!"

"He jumped high and took off Kaka's cross!"

"Ronaldo's long shot - Oh! Good goal! De Gea saved!"

"This young goalkeeper must have a bright future! The calmness he showed in the game has surpassed other goalkeepers of the same age, and is even better than many older goalkeepers... All he needs to do now is to accumulate experience. I believe that after Casillas, Spain's goal still doesn't have to worry about it, because they have found the best successor!"

The commentators gave praise to De Gea, who was in a high position to resist.

De Gea's performance is indeed worthy of such praise. If it weren't for his performance, Atletico Madrid would have fallen behind 1:3 in the first half.

Even so, the rest of the first half was dangerous for Atletico Madrid fans. On several occasions, their hearts stopped beating, but were caught out by De Gea from hell. The ups and downs of the mood seemed to be doing a roller coaster, and people with a slightly smaller heart could not stand it.

Real Madrid is completely undermining Atletico Madrid. Flores formulated a defensive counterattack tactic for Atletico Madrid, but only defense is not counterattacked. Flores was very dissatisfied with this point and kept waving his hands on the sidelines to signal Atletico Madrid players to dare to attack when they have the ball. You can't count on Aguero alone every time... No matter how powerful Aguero is, he is not a god. He can pass one person, but he may not be able to pass two people. Besides, there is also Chu Zhongtian, the guy who made Aguero scared before the battle... Until the end of the first half, the score was 1:1. This score disappointed Atletico Madrid fans because they were the lead. Real Madrid fans didn't care. They had seen the hope of winning in the second half of the first half, so their mentality was very peaceful.

※※After returning to the locker room, Flores denounced the team's performance in the second half of the first half: "I asked you to defend and fight back! You didn't let you defend! There was a chance to counterattack, why didn't anyone go up? If you don't support, how can you attack?"

"You must change this idea in the second half! We are defensive counterattack, defensive counterattack! What is defensive counterattack? Everyone must be ready to counterattack at any time in the defense! I can see Real Madrid's defense loopholes below in the last stage of the first half, but what? Without counterattack, all of these loopholes cannot be grasped!"

On the other hand, Mourinho criticized the team for their pride and underestimation at the beginning, but then praised the team's subsequent performance. As for the team's besieging Atletico Madrid for half a day without scoring, this is not the team's problem, but the head coach should consider it.

How to break Atletico Madrid's intensive defense?

In fact, Real Madrid's away draw was also a very satisfactory result. After all, the league has just begun and has not yet reached the final sprint stage. By then, there will be no draw. It doesn't matter now.

So Real Madrid's mentality is very relaxed, and both draw and victory are acceptable.

However, Atletico Madrid has no other result except victory. They have not won Real Madrid in 19 consecutive league games. If they don’t win this game, they will be twenty consecutive games. Who would be willing to accept such a shame?

This is the best opportunity, and the embarrassing record must be ended here. Mourinho believes that this is the idea of ​​Atletico Madrid. So they will definitely not continue to defend like this in the second half. They will inevitably have offense and will seek goals. By then, it will be a chance for Real Madrid.

Therefore, in the second half, Real Madrid's tactics were basically based on offense, and at the same time, it lured Atletico Madrid to attack. Therefore, Mourinho asked the players to return to defense when defending, and ensure that they would not be scored by the opponent's counterattack.

In fact, this is a very dangerous move, almost as if it were dancing on the tip of a knife.

But once you succeed, the benefits will be huge. As long as you can lead Atletico Madrid, the next game will be easy for Real Madrid.

No matter what choice Atletico Madrid makes, it is a dead end.

"So in the second half we should pay attention to defense when attacking and not let the opponent score. At the same time, we should make full use of the gaps that appear when they change offense and defense. In this regard, I believe you should not have any problems, right?" When saying this, Mourinho looked at Chu Zhongtian and Alonso.

The two of them are the key to Real Madrid and the winner of this game. If they can perform well, it will not be a problem to win Atletico Madrid, which is not in the same level of strength.

Chu Zhongtian and Alonso nodded together.

The continuous attack in the first half has already made them understand Atletico Madrid's defensive system. As long as the opponent has a loophole in the second half, both of them are confident to catch it. They are both top midfielders in the world football today, and such confidence is a must.
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