In the remaining minutes, Villarreal counterattacked several times and had a shot opportunity, but ultimately failed to score.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 2-0. Atletico Madrid, playing at home, temporarily led by two goals.
Although Qiao Anchen scored a goal in the first half, it only took 45 minutes. Compared with his amazing performance of scoring three goals in 19 minutes as a substitute in the last game, it is still a bit disappointing.
Most people can understand it, but there are still a small number of fans who are dissatisfied with his high expectations. Some people even make wild remarks on the Internet, saying that Qiao Anchen is only at this level, and how can he not be as amazing as everyone boasted after the first game?
, as if even Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi can’t compare.
Qiao Anchen couldn't see these comments, and even if he saw them, he wouldn't care.
Because my family knows my own business, the personal defensive strength and overall team defense ability of La Liga-level opponents are much higher than those of the youth team, so it would be good to score goals.
What's more, in the last game, he used skill cards and lucky cards to score a hat trick. Excluding the factors of skill cards and lucky cards, the last half-court lob was scored by his own strength.
But there was also a huge element of luck. The goalkeeper was careless and stood too far forward, so he was caught off guard.
In normal games, this kind of opportunity is actually extremely rare.
Therefore, Qiao Anchen's mentality was very stable. Even if he only scored the previous goal in this game, he would be satisfied.
Of course, if you are satisfied, you will not be satisfied. If you can add one or two more, that would be the best.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
Villarreal, which was two goals behind, changed two players in a row at halftime and launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the second half, trying to take advantage of the fact that at the beginning of the second half, the players had not yet entered the game state immediately to beat Atletico Madrid.
Caught off guard.
And they actually created a good ground ball cross opportunity in the 49th minute, passing the ball across the small penalty area.
The ball was passed in a very uncomfortable position. Atletico Madrid defender Juan Hulan did not dare to fly to tackle for fear of causing an own goal; goalkeeper Courtois did not dare to attack because the distance was not appropriate; center defender Diego
Godin was stuck behind the opponent's forward Hernan Perez again, and he did not dare to take a shot easily for fear of being awarded a penalty for a foul.
In the end, Hernan Perez successfully completed the shot before Godin. Villarreal fans at the scene and in front of the TV stood up and prepared to celebrate the goal.
As a result, Perez didn't know how to kick, and he actually kicked this perfect shooting opportunity, which was only about 5 meters away from the goal, and flew over the crossbar.
With this kind of opportunity, any amateur player would have scored with a bang. Unexpectedly, Perez missed it.
Perez himself couldn't believe that he didn't score the ball. He put his head in his hands and knelt down in front of the goal, feeling very upset.
Yellow Submarine fans in the stands and in front of the TV also lamented, and many even cursed Perez.
The Atletico Madrid fans who escaped the disaster were relieved, and then they applauded Perez and thanked him for his "rescue."
Just when the Villarreal players and fans were still annoyed and complaining about Hernan Perez missing this goal opportunity, Courtois had already passed the ball to the full-back Felipe Luis.
, Atletico Madrid launched a quick counterattack.
Qiao Anchen, Falcao, Alda Turan, Thiago and others advanced at high speed and quickly crossed the center line, forming a four-on-four situation in the frontcourt.
Atletico Madrid took the initiative to attack with high-speed passing and cutting, and Villarreal could not stop it at all. The ball quickly passed to Qiao Anchen who rushed into the penalty area, and Qiao Anchen raised his foot to prepare for a shot.
From the youth training camp to the first team, Qiao Anchen has now extended his consecutive scoring games to 20 games, and the total number of goals has reached 44. This means that it is well known to what extent Qiao Anchen's shooting skills have reached.
The opponent also knew that Qiao Anchen's shooting skills were terrifying. When he saw Qiao Anchen preparing to shoot, Villarreal center back Gonzano Rodriguez, who was half blocked by Qiao Anchen behind him, didn't care about anything else.
He directly made a tackle from the side and behind, trying to save the team.
But his save failed. His tackle did not reach the ball, but instead knocked Qiao Anchen into the penalty area.
"beep……"
The sharp whistle sounded, and the referee rushed into the penalty area without hesitation, pointed at the penalty spot, awarded a penalty kick, and gave Gonzano Rodriguez a yellow card.
There is no controversy about this penalty. If the referee is more severe, it may even be a red card.
Therefore, Gonzano Rodriguez and other Villarreal players accepted the penalty calmly without trying to protest. Now it is up to Atletico Madrid to see if they can score the penalty kick.
Previously, Falcao was Atletico Madrid's number one striker, and he usually took the penalty kicks. This time, everyone thought it would be Falcao.
Unexpectedly, everyone saw Falcao exit the penalty area without hesitation, but Qiao Anchen, who took the penalty kick, stepped forward to pick up the ball, walked to the penalty spot, and put the ball down.
It seemed that the kick was taken by 15-year-old Qiao Anchen, not Falcao.
Although the ball was made by Qiao Anchen, many people were still surprised when they saw this scene.
Many commentators were surprised and said:
"Is Qiao Anchen taking the penalty kick himself?"
"Atletico Madrid's first penalty kicker, Falcao, didn't even take it and he already left the penalty area."
"Has Atletico Madrid's first penalty kicker been replaced by Joan Chen? Isn't Simeone too bold?"
"In fact, we all know that the most challenging thing about penalty kicks is not shooting skills, but psychological pressure."
"Qiao Anchen, who is only 15 years old, although he created this goal, can he really handle the pressure and take this penalty kick?"
"Let's wait and see!"
On the sidelines, Diego Simeone was also a little nervous.
In fact, it was after seeing Qiao Anchen's shooting performance in games and training that Simeone made the decision in the training a few days ago to replace the first penalty kicker in the game with Qiao Anchen.
Falcao was indeed a little unconvinced and raised questions on the spot, and then Simeone arranged for the two of them to do 20 sets of penalty kick training.
As expected, Qiao Anchen, who had full shooting skills, made all 20 free throws; Falcao only made 15 free throws.
More importantly, Qiao Anchen's 20 penalty kicks all hit the upper two blind spots, and the goalkeeper didn't even have a chance to save.
Everyone even suspected that even if the number of free throws was increased to 100, Qiao Anchen might be able to hit all of them. But it would be impossible for anyone else to do it.
Falcao was also convinced and willingly handed over his position as the first penalty taker in the game, ranking behind Qiao Anchen. Only when Qiao Anchen was not on the court, Falcao would take the penalty kick.