As time goes by, the five major European leagues will start one after another in the 2012/2013 season.
The first one to start is Ligue 1, then Serie A, and then La Liga. The Premier League will be later because of the London Olympics. Germany has two fewer teams, only 18 teams, and a shorter schedule, so it can
The game will start later.
On August 18, in the opening match of the 2012/2013 La Liga season, newly promoted Celta Vigo faced Málaga at home.
Celta Vigo was ranked second in La Liga last season and was promoted to La Liga. However, the first game was against Malaga, which was very strong. It was still the much-anticipated opening game. Even if it was at home, Celta Vigo
They also failed to get off to a good start and were defeated by Malaga with a small score of 1-0.
Subsequently, each match of the new season of La Liga kicked off.
On August 19, Real Madrid faced Valencia at home, but it ended in a 1-1 draw. Higuain scored the goal for Real Madrid, and Ronaldo failed to score in the first game of the new season.
Then came Barcelona's home game against Real Sociedad. As a result, Barcelona won 5-1 and Messi scored twice.
Including the goals scored by the Argentina national team during this period, Messi's total goals for the year have also exceeded the 50 mark, reaching 54, which is only 4 short of Joan Chen's 59 goals for the year.
Next, it’s time to watch Qiao Anchen’s game.
Speaking of which, Spanish people also have a very late schedule. They get up late in the morning and go to bed late at night.
As the last game of the night, the Atletico Madrid game started at 23:00 in the evening, and the more than 100-minute game did not end until the early morning.
Fortunately, Qiao Anchen is basically used to it now.
At 23:00 on the evening of August 19, 2012, the first round of the 2012/2013 La Liga season Atletico Madrid's away game against Levante officially started at Levante's home court.
In this game, Atletico Madrid's formation is still 4231, but because several players have not yet returned to the team, the lineup has a slight change.
The starting goalkeeper is Courtois who is on loan from Chelsea, Diego Godin is a guest at left back, the starting two central defenders are Miranda and the newly joined Daniel Dias, and the right back is Silvio Manuel.
, double defensive midfielders Gabi and Thiago, left midfielder Adrian, right midfielder Qiao Anchen, center Falcao, the attacking midfielder has returned to Wolfsburg because Diego is on loan, and is led by No. 11 Alda Tu
Lan takes over.
Atletico Madrid has Falcao and Joan Chen starting together. The two teamed up to beat Athletic Bilbao 7-0 in the Europa League final last season. They also won consecutive big scores in pre-season friendly matches in the new season.
Therefore, although this game is Levante's home court, everyone thinks that the home team will shrink its defense and engage in defensive counterattacks. With Atletico Madrid's lineup, there are not many teams that dare to attack the Shelters.
Including Atletico Madrid players also think so.
Unexpectedly, Levante actually used the kick-off right to launch an unexpected wave of attacks, catching Atletico Madrid off guard, and in the 5th minute, their No. 8 winger Elzar broke through Diego.
Godin cut inside and shot successfully, scoring a lightning goal.
Levante leads 1-0 at home.
The mentality of Atletico Madrid, which had not yet entered the game, was a little confused by the speed at which the opponent scored a goal so quickly.
Head coach Simeone roared on the sidelines, and after conceding the ball just now, Atletico Madrid players finally woke up and realized that the opponent was still a La Liga team and the players were also La Liga-level players, not amateurs who were left to be slaughtered by them.
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Atletico Madrid, which became serious, first shrank its defense line under Simeone's command and stabilized the goal. As the game progressed, it gradually entered the state and began to counterattack.
But at this time, Levante retreated again and started a defensive counterattack, without giving Atletico Madrid a chance to take advantage of the gap in the frontcourt.
Especially in the center and right wing, Levante piled up heavy troops to defend, mainly to prevent Qiao Anchen from breaking through.
Although Falcao's headers are good, due to his height, he can't hit many headers. And his header goal rate is far worse than Qiao Anchen's shot goal rate.
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After half a season of competition and a summer of research, the opponent has figured out a way to deal with Qiao Anchen, which is to pile up heavy troops around Qiao Anchen and strictly defend him and the players nearby.
As for Atletico Madrid's wing players, they can be more relaxed and concentrate their forces around Qiao Anchen. Not only must they surround Qiao Anchen, but they must also intercept the routes and players that Atletico Madrid tries to pass to Qiao Anchen.
As for the ball passed from the wing, it was a strategic abandonment. Due to the limitation of troops, it could no longer be taken into account. If Falcao can really score, it will be his luck.
Anyway, we can't easily let Qiao Anchen get the ball, break through, and get into the penalty area to get a chance to shoot.
It can often be seen that even if Qiao Anchen has not got the ball yet, there are one or two players between him and the player holding the ball at any time making moves without the ball, intercepting the passing route between his teammates and him.
Even if Qiao Anchen rushes into the gap to receive a pass from his teammates by running back and forth quickly, he will be immediately surrounded by two or three players from the opponent, and sometimes even five or six players.
It's similar to what Messi often encounters when he breaks through with the ball.
Under such circumstances, even if Qiao Anchen has perfect Matthews, he still cannot succeed in every attempt. He can break through one or two, but it is difficult to break through three or four in a row.
What's more, his physique, balance, agility, reflexes, etc., are not perfect. Several people on the other side are guarding him, some are preparing to grab him, some are pulling him closely, some are deliberately colliding with him, etc.
As long as the ball is slightly out of control, it will be poked away by the opponent.
Under such circumstances, Qiao Anchen was unable to get a chance to shoot.
As for the teammates, as Levante expected, even if they get a chance to shoot, it is difficult to score. As long as one person interferes with their shooting skills, it will be difficult to hit the goal frame.
Even if the shot is within the goal frame, it cannot hit the blind spot accurately and has to face the goalkeeper's save.
It has to be said that Levante's defense was quite targeted. Simeone even doubted whether the opponent's pre-season training was specifically for this first round of the league. They spent a lot of time training in an attempt to get a good start.
Such effect.
Throughout the first half, Atletico Madrid failed to score.
Qiao Anchen was surrounded by Levante's heavy troops. In 45 minutes, he only got two shooting opportunities. One of them missed the target. The other time was blocked by the goalkeeper due to the interference of the opponent's players.
Although the other players took a lot of shots in total, up to 7 times, only 2 of them hit the goal frame and did not score a single goal.
It has to be said that Levante did a very good job with its opening attack and subsequent targeted defense. Except for Atletico Madrid's negligence in underestimating the enemy, the opponent's head coach's targeted tactics and the players' execution were both perfect.
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 1-0. Levante, playing at home, temporarily took the lead with a lightning goal in the first 5 minutes.
At the end of the game, Atletico Madrid players were all crestfallen, while Levante players received applause and encouragement from tens of thousands of home fans in the stands.
During the halftime break, the entire Atletico Madrid team was bombarded by Simeone in the locker room. He was extremely dissatisfied with the team's performance of underestimating the opponent and conceding the ball in the first 5 minutes.
After Qiao Anchen was restrained later, Falcao failed to hit the door frame many times and was regarded as a waste of opportunities by Simeone.
Finally, Simeone threatened: "I was originally going to give you two days off, but if we can't reverse and win today's game and get all three points, then forget about your vacation."
"With this mentality and competitive state, you want to compete for the league championship? Just dream!"
Afterwards, Simeone left the locker room and let everyone reflect on their own.
After a 15-minute rest, the game restarted in the second half, and the two sides changed sides and fought again.
After Simeone's bombardment and threats, after reflection, Atletico Madrid's performance improved in the second half.
First of all, Levante repeated his old tricks and launched an attack at the beginning of the second half, trying to score another goal and seal the victory.
However, Atletico Madrid actively fought for the ball. After losing the ball, they immediately returned to defense and carried out high-pressing tactics, which restricted Levante's fast break and ultimately did not concede the ball again.
Followed by Falcao, when Joan Chen continued to be restricted and he got a lot of shooting opportunities, he finally broke Levante's goal with a volley in the penalty area in the 63rd minute and helped Madrid.
Athletic tied the score 1-1.
The last one was of course Qiao Anchen.
Although Levante continued to besiege him as they did in the first half, is there any truly watertight defense in the world?
Everyone knows that Messi's breakthroughs are powerful, but who can really restrict him and prevent him from scoring goals?
Not only can he not be restricted, Messi also keeps scoring goals and setting various records.
It's the same here with Qiao Anchen.
Although Levante's tactics have not changed, the people who implement them sometimes make mistakes, and Qiao Anchen sometimes performs beyond his normal capabilities. This is something that the coach cannot decide.