After the time entered the 10th minute, Athletic Bilbao gradually began to counterattack. After all, they were lagging behind and had to attack even if they took risks.
This is the finals, there is nothing we can do about it.
At 10 minutes and 52 seconds, after the Biba midfielder got the ball, the right midfielder Ituraspe made a long pass through the ball, hoping to let forward Llorente make an anti-offside single shot.
Unfortunately, Llorente started a step too early and was called offside by the referee after getting the ball.
In the 12th minute, Athletic Bilbao launched an attack from the right, but after Susaeta made a pass and sent the ball into the penalty area, this time Llorente failed to grab the first point and was beaten by Diego Godinka.
He stayed in position and pushed the ball out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
Atletico Madrid took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack. After rapid passes from Suarez, Diego, Joan Chen and Falcao, the ball reached Adrian's feet.
Adrian fired a violent volley from the ribs on the left side of the penalty area, which was extremely powerful. Although the angle was not very good, Ilesos still did not dare to hold the ball and just saved the ball.
The ball saved was not far away. Falcao had quick eyes and quick feet. He tried to make a follow-up shot with a flying tackle, but unfortunately he failed to hit the shot. The kick was blocked and the ball flew out of the baseline.
After the two sides went back and forth for several minutes, in the 17th minute, when Biba winger Muniain tried to dribble the ball past Mario Suarez, Suarez made a decisive and precise tackle and successfully converted the ball.
Shovel away.
The ball scooped out by Suarez was caught by Juan Fran and immediately passed to Gabi who was nearby.
After getting the ball, Gabby looked up at the frontcourt and found that Qiao Anchen had pulled horizontally and ran out of the gap. He immediately made a long pass and sent the ball to Qiao Anchen on the right side of the front court.
Although Qiao Anchen got the ball and was immediately intercepted by Biba center back Amorebieta, this attack was originally a long pass counterattack by Gabi after Suarez suddenly tackled the ball. Biba defender had not yet returned to defend.
Well, there was only Amorebieta in front of Qiao Anchen.
Therefore, Qiao Anchen did not hesitate and rushed over with the ball.
Although Amorebieta wanted to retreat and defend, waiting for his teammates to get back in place and double-defend, Qiao Anchen didn't give him time and dribbled the ball too fast, and the two quickly got close.
As the distance approached, Amorebieta had no choice but to turn around and try his best to block the inside line, trying to pin down Qiao Anchen and prevent him from cutting inside and dribbling the ball into the penalty area for a shot.
However, Qiao Anchen, through constant changes in rhythm and perfect Matthews' passing skills, finally swayed Amorebieta at the front of the penalty area, gained space for a shot, and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Eliso
Si, hit a lob.
After completing the lob, Qiao Anchen was pushed to the ground by the impatient Amorebieta, but it was too late, Qiao Anchen's shot had already been completed.
The ball soared into the air, flew past the feet of another defender Ott who tried his best to defend but couldn't make it in time, and passed over the head of goalkeeper Elisos. Under the desperate gaze of countless Biba fans, it hit the crossbar.
The lower edge flew into the far goal.
At 17 minutes and 36 seconds of the first half, Qiao Anchen resisted the interference of Amorebieta in the counterattack, successfully lobbed the goal, scored twice, and helped Atletico Madrid lead 2-0.
This is a final, not an ordinary game. Leading by two goals is enough to seal the victory in many finals, even if it's just the first half.
Therefore, the entire national arena became a sea of cheers from Atletico Madrid fans, and commentators from various countries also shouted loudly:
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal…”
"Two goals!!!"
"Qiao Anchen scored a counterattack and scored twice in the Europa League final."
"Atletico Madrid 2-0 Athletic Bilbao, the championship is almost in hand."
"The game only lasted 17 minutes, and Qiao Anchen scored twice to help Atletico Madrid seal the victory. Even if we don't talk about the first goal that Qiao Anchen sneaked from behind, Qiao Anchen scored the goal just now relatively easily."
"Athletic Bilbao had to attack when the score was behind, but this gave Qiao Anchen space to counterattack."
"As long as Qiao Anchen gets the ball, one person's defense won't be able to stop him most of the time."
"And there are too many people on defense, and they cannot provide support for the frontcourt attack. What's more, Qiao Anchen is also assisted by Falcao, Diego, Adrian and others."
"Even if all the defenders stay in the backcourt and don't press for assists, they can't all focus on Qiao Anchen alone."
"This is simply an unsolvable proposition."
"The strength gap between the two sides is indeed a bit big. Atletico Madrid, with Qiao Anchen, a world-class striker, is basically guaranteed to win."
In the final, he scored twice to help the team lead 2-0, which was regarded as a seal of victory. Qiao Anchen himself was also very excited. He rushed to the sidelines and celebrated with a passionate kneel-down celebration, and was subsequently swarmed by his teammates.
He fell to the ground and stacked Arhats on the ground to celebrate.
Just when Qiao Anchen and his teammates were crazily stacking up Arhats to celebrate, a fan wearing a red and white Atletico Madrid jersey suddenly climbed over the guardrail, jumped into the field, and rushed towards Qiao Anchen's position.
The fans in the stands were the first to notice his strange behavior, and they were in an uproar, and some even started to cheer for him.
Naturally, the stadium security did not allow anyone to disturb the game and immediately "chased" him. There were more and more people, and there were three or four security guards chasing him.
But this fan, who was probably only in his 20s, was very nimble and very fast. He kept changing lines and running back. He managed to get rid of the pursuit of several security guards and rushed to Qiao Anchen, who had already discovered the abnormality and ended the celebration, and got up from the ground.
Then he shouted excitedly: "Qiao Anchen, I want to take a photo with you!"
While Qiao Anchen waved his hand to stop the security personnel from approaching, he responded to the fans and asked him to stand side by side with him, allowing his relatives and friends in the stands to take photos with them.
After a pause of four or five seconds, probably after taking the photo, Qiao Anchen hugged the excited fan and then watched him being "twisted" away by the security personnel.
For disturbing the security of the stadium, this fan will probably never get another chance to watch the game. At least he will be locked in a dark room until the end of the game, and he may even be detained by the police station.
However, his wish came true. Qiao Anchen stopped the security personnel and allowed him to get close to take a group photo, which won a round of cheers and applause from the fans.
For Atletico Madrid, this game is almost certain to be won, and this fan's photo with Qiao Anchen gave everyone a tidbit to adjust.
After more than a minute of goal celebrations and fans disturbing the field, the game restarted. Athletic Bilbao used the kick-off right to press forward aggressively, trying to score quickly.
As a result, Atletico Madrid intercepted the ball before the attack even completed the shot.
Atletico Madrid counterattacked quickly again, and soon the ball was at the feet of Joan Chen again.
Facing Qiao Anchen who had already scored twice, Athletic Bilbao was quite frightened, fearing that he would dribble the ball to the penalty area and score again.
Therefore, midfielder Herrera rushed over from the side and made a flying tackle while Qiao Anchen was dribbling the ball forward, knocking Qiao Anchen to the ground with the ball outside the top of the penalty area.
This flying shovel looked quite fierce, and many Atletico Madrid fans felt a tremble in their hearts, fearing that Qiao Anchen would be injured. Fortunately, Qiao Anchen got up immediately, and nothing happened.
With full injury resistance, Qiao Anchen is unlikely to get injured on the court unless the opponent has the intention of intentionally injuring someone.
But even so, Herrera still received a yellow card for his bad flying tackle. Atletico Madrid got a free kick opportunity in a good position at the front of the penalty area about 26 meters from the goal.
Diego will still take the free kick.
The quality of the ball was quite good. It crossed the wall and hit the goal frame. Unfortunately, the distance was a bit far, which gave the goalkeeper enough time to react. In the end, the ball was confiscated directly by Elisos.
In the 25th minute, Athletic Bilbao finally made a threatening attack. Through a series of well-organized passing and control, the ball was hit outside the right side of the penalty area and was passed by full-back Susaeta.
, sent the ball into the penalty area.
Atletico Madrid defender Felipe Luis failed to touch the ball. Biba center Llorente ran past him, but Javi Martinez, who came in from the back row, rushed to the ball and shot directly towards the ball.
A powerful and heavy world wave.
If the ball was slightly angled, the goalkeeper might not be able to react. However, Athletic Bilbao was unlucky. Martinez's heavy shot failed to hit the tricky angle and flew directly to the center of the goal against the turf.
Although Courtois had no time to pounce, he stretched out his foot reflexively as soon as he saw the path of the ball and just blocked the ball. Then Diego Godin kicked him out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
Athletic Bilbao missed the chance to get a goal back, and Javi Martinez, who completed the shot, was also upset. He put his head in his hands and kept shaking. He was obviously very dissatisfied with his shot.
If the shot just missed was at a slight angle, the ball might have gone in, and the score would have been tied at 1-2, and they would have had hope.
However, if you miss it, you will miss it. There is no way to make up for it. You can only look at the next opportunity.