Atletico Madrid seemed to have effortlessly gained a 2-0 lead.
Everyone was playing vigorously, and there was no intention of taking a two-goal lead and slowing down. After the game started, they continued to press from high positions throughout the game, and immediately went into attack after getting the ball.
As for Rayo Vallecano, except for a slight attempt to attack when kicking off the ball in the center circle, Atletico Madrid was pressing him to the ground and rubbing him almost the entire time.
The ball possession time once reached more than 70% for Atletico Madrid and less than 30% for Rayo Vallecano.
You know, Rayo Vallecano's performance this season is not bad. In the first three rounds, Rayo Vallecano has two wins and one draw, accumulating 7 points, only behind Barcelona, which has won three games.
As a result, this game was rejected by Atletico Madrid, which was trying a new three-forward lineup.
With a height of 188cm and a weight of 85kg, Diego Costa, who is equally excellent in terms of physique, jumping, heading, grabbing points, and running skills, is in the penalty area. Facing the goal that is close at hand, Rayo Vallecano at least needs
Two centre-backs come to defend him.
The remaining people defend the wings, but the wings are the weakness of the defense, and whether it is Falcao or Qiao Anchen, it is almost impossible to stop them alone.
As long as Qiao Anchen and Falcao are allowed to move without the ball and throw away the defensive players, or only face one person to intercept, it will be Qiao Anchen and Falcao's time to perform.
Under such circumstances, Vallecano was completely unable to resist.
What's more, they still want to attack and equalize the score.
As a result, before the end of the first half, in the 41st minute, Rayo Vallecano's goal was breached again.
This time, Qiao Anchen broke through the first player on the right, full-back Jose Carlos, and then made a collision with Alda Turan who ran over from the center to pass the full-back Casado, and then
Cut inside the bottom.
If Qiao Anchen made a pass, the two central defenders could compete with Diego Costa for the top position. As a result, Qiao Anchen did not pass the pass, but cut inside. One of the central defenders, Amat, could only give up his attack on Diego Costa.
Mark closely, run over to intercept Qiao Anchen, and prevent Qiao Anchen from shooting from a small angle after entering the penalty area.
The ball is on the right, and Qiao Anchen is about to enter the penalty area. As Amat moves, other Vallecano players also move, and the defensive focus shifts to the right side of the penalty area.
But at this time, just when Amat had just started to move and only ran two steps, Qiao Anchen took off and passed the ball.
Moreover, the ball was not passed to Diego Costa, but was passed high to the back point.
With Joan Chen and Diego Costa attracting most of Rayo Vallecano's defensive attention, Falcao, who was in the back post, actually ran out of an unguarded gap.
Qiao Anchen's pass was also just right.
Falcao didn't even have to take off. With no one guarding him at the back of the penalty area, he gently pushed the ball three meters in front of the goal and then headed it into the goal.
In the 40th minute, Atletico Madrid scored another goal, extending the score to 3-0. The goal was Falcao and the assist was Qiao Anchen.
Qiao Anchen made a pass and shot, Diego Costa assisted and scored twice, and Falcao scored a goal. The new combination of three forwards performed perfectly in the first game.
With the big score victory, the embarrassment between Qiao Anchen and Falcao temporarily disappeared.
Falcao, Diego Costa, and Joan Chen ran to the sidelines with their arms around their shoulders, and did a collective dive-gliding celebration. Simeone on the sidelines also jumped up excitedly, waved his fists and roared several times, releasing him
The excitement in my heart.
The new front three partnership of Qiao Anchen, Diego Costa, and Falcao performed better than he expected, and it was much better, far exceeding his expectations.
After finishing the celebration, Simeone turned to face the stands, raising his hands continuously to signal the fans in the stands to applaud and cheer louder.
Simeone, who has led the team to win the Europa League and European Super Cup, now has the same status in the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans as Joan Chen. He is very popular and everyone is very cooperative.
Under Simeone's call, the cheers and shouts of the fans in the stands became louder and louder, making the Rayo Vallecano players and fans who were three goals behind in the away game frightened and almost lost their fighting spirit.
After the game restarted, Rayo Vallecano, who had no fighting spirit, finally stopped thinking about attacking and thinking about a comeback. He honestly shrank his defense and defended until the end of the first half with a big iron barrel formation.
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 3-0. Atletico Madrid, playing at home, temporarily led by three goals.
During the halftime break, Simeone, who has always been strict, rarely praised the team's performance in the first half and expressed the hope that everyone would continue their efforts in the second half and score one or two more goals to seal the victory.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Rayo Vallecano didn't seem to be able to catch his breath yet, and Atletico Madrid scored again in the 54th minute.
This time, full-back Juan Fran suddenly stepped in to assist. After hitting the wall twice in a row with Alda Turan and Qiao Anchen, he completed the breakthrough and made a pass.
Diego Costa leaped high in the middle of the penalty area and overpowered Rayo Vallecano center back Fuego to grab the first point.
But he did not attack the goal. Instead, he headed the ball and passed it to Qiao Anchen, who cut in from the right and rushed into the penalty area.
Qiao Anchen also didn't expect that Costa didn't directly header the ball to the goal, but passed the ball to him. He just wanted to rush into the penalty area and look for a chance to make a supplementary shot.
Moreover, the ball was a half-high ball. When it landed in front of him, it was at the waist position. It was still a little far away and could not be reached by a flying tackle.
Fortunately, the "reaction" skill that had been added to attribute 90 came into play at this time. Qiao Anchen's speed did not slow down, he leaned down, dived and dived to the top, and successfully hit the ball.
When Joan Chen headed the ball, there was no one nearby to interfere with him. In addition, the ball was passed by Diego Costa and the ball speed was not very fast. In addition, his performance was also good, so he has been added to the center of the header with attribute 69.
The goal was to successfully hit the ball within the goal frame.
Goalkeeper Dani Jimenez had just been shaken by Diego Costa's challenge in the middle. At this time, he rushed over to save the ball, but he still failed to save the ball.
The ball passed diagonally above Jimenez's hand and flew into the goal without any suspense.
In the 54th minute of the second half, Joan Chen scored another goal and scored twice, and Diego Costa scored a hat trick of assists. Atletico Madrid led Rayo Vallecano 4-0 and completely sealed the victory.
The stands were full of Atletico Madrid fans cheering and shouting happily, while Rayo Vallecano's players and fans were already a little numb.
Such a scene is really rare to see, even in an away game.
The Calderon Stadium became a sea of carnival for Atletico Madrid people.
However, even so, Atletico Madrid's attack is not over yet.
Everyone was so excited that they couldn't stop.
Just a few minutes later, in the 62nd minute, Qiao Anchen used his perfect Matthews pass on the right side of the frontcourt to pass two people and then entered the penalty area.
Just when everyone thought Qiao Anchen was going to shoot, and defenders and goalkeepers blocked his possible shooting routes and angles, Qiao Anchen suddenly passed the ball with his heel and knocked the ball behind him in the direction of the penalty spot.
Although Arda Turan, who was inserted in the back row, did not expect that Joan Anchen would pass the ball, he still reacted in time, volleyed without stopping the ball, and successfully scored the ball into the lower left corner.
Atletico Madrid scored again, extending the score to 5-0, completely killing all suspense in the game.
Qiao Anchen, on the other hand, staged a great show of scoring two goals and assisting twice, and received an additional reward of 400,000. The total experience increased to level 40, 33.4 million/50 million.
With the score at this point, there is no suspense. Moreover, Atletico Madrid will play the first round of the Champions League group stage in three days, facing Zenit St. Petersburg at home.
Although Zenit is not strong on paper, Atletico Madrid has not played in the Champions League for several years. The last time they participated in the Champions League was in the 2009/2010 season. At that time, they were in Group D together with Chelsea, Porto and APOEL.
As a result, Atlético Madrid failed to win a single game and only gained three points from three draws. In the end, they were eliminated at the bottom of the group. They could not even compete with APOEL and did not even get to play in the Europa League.
They are participating in the Champions League again after three years. Although Atletico Madrid looks strong, it still needs to be treated with caution. It must strive to win and get a good start in the Champions League.
Therefore, Simeone withdrew Joan Chen, Diego Costa, and Falcao one after another to rest and prepare for the next Champions League game.
But I don’t know whether the 5-0 score made Atletico Madrid too relaxed or whether Rayo Vallecano burst out with super energy. The opponent actually scored three goals in the last ten minutes to tie the score to 3-5, causing an uproar in the audience.
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Although the score of 3-5 would not allow Rayo Vallecano to take away any points from the Calderon Stadium, the performance of conceding three goals in the last ten minutes still made Simeone furious. He complained in the locker room after the game.
All the players had a blast.
Simeone, who was originally going to give the team a day off, also canceled his vacation as punishment for everyone not being vigilant and underestimating the opponent in the last ten minutes of the game.
However, the game was won after all. Qiao Anchen still received 100,000 starting points, 2 assists, 100,000, 2 goals, 200,000 winning prizes, 100,000 best on the spot, 200,000 = 700,000 game experience rewards, and the total experience increased to 40
Level 34.1 million/50 million.
The next step is to prepare for the Champions League group stage, and Qiao Anchen will finally make his debut in the Champions League.