After 15 minutes of warming up and gradually adapting to the environment and atmosphere of the away game, Atletico Madrid also began to enter the game state and prepared to counterattack.
Atletico Madrid itself was the strongest main lineup in this game, with Joan Chen, Diego Costa, and Falcao partnering as three forwards, with central midfielder Raul Garcia providing offensive assistance, and the double midfielders Gabi and Koke.
After resisting Anderlecht's opening attack using their home court advantage, Atletico Madrid's offensive line began to show its strength.
In the 18th minute, Falcao made a pass from the left, and Diego Costa headed the ball back inside the penalty area. Qiao Anchen received Costa's pass on the line of the penalty area and volleyed without stopping the ball.
, and hit a powerful and heavy volleying world wave.
Goalkeeper Proto had already raised his hands in surrender, but the ball failed to hit the goal frame. It hit the crossbar with a bang, bounced into the penalty area, and was cleared by the Anderlecht defender.
Qiao Anchen was unlucky. His first threatening shot was blocked by the goal frame.
Anderlecht's home fans were also very happy. Many people thought that the goal was going to be scored, but they did not expect that the crossbar made a contribution and blocked Qiao Anchen's shot.
But in fact, they were happy too early.
Atletico Madrid, which had already entered the game, led by a three-forward lineup, began to turn the tables and launched an indiscriminate bombing of Anderlecht.
The reason why BATE Borisov defeated Bayern Munich 3-1 was called an upset because BATE was obviously weaker, and the weak defeated the strong.
In today's game, Atletico Madrid's strength is also higher than Anderlecht's by more than one level. Without underestimating the opponent in the backcourt and conceding the ball, the frontcourt attacking combination can attack with confidence and boldness.
Just a short moment after Qiao Anchen completed his first threatening shot, in the 23rd minute, Qiao Anchen and Falcao rushed into both sides of the penalty area and attracted several defenders respectively. Raul Garcia made a pass.
, picked the ball into the center of the penalty area.
With his back to the goal, Diego Costa first unloaded the ball, then swayed his body to deceive the defender who was closely marking him, then turned around and fired a shot, only 10 meters away from the goal.
Kicked the ball into the goal.
Although the angle of the ball was not awkward, it was too close, and Costa's turn and sweep was too sudden. Goalkeeper Proto couldn't make the save, and could only helplessly watch the ball go from his feet into the goal.
In the 23rd minute, Diego Costa opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid and sent the ball into the opponent's gate. The Shenlian team led 1-0 away from home.
After taking the lead, Atletico Madrid played more leisurely, because they could shrink their formation slightly, draw out Anderlecht's defense, and then hit the opponent's gap behind them.
Although Anderlecht knows Atletico Madrid's plan, they are helpless now to be behind. If they want to equalize or even reverse, they can only attack.
Of course, Anderlecht will not foolishly attack with all its players. It still leaves enough manpower in the backcourt to prevent Qiao Anchen and others from counterattacking. After all, now he is only one goal behind and there is still hope of equalizing.
If we lose another goal and fall behind by two, it will be difficult.
However, without enough manpower, it is basically impossible for Anderlecht to break through Atletico Madrid's defense and score goals based on the individual abilities of its players. After all, most good players play in the five major leagues, regardless of offense and defense.
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Not only was the offense ineffective, but the defense was also constantly enduring Atletico Madrid's counterattacks, and its offensive power was very threatening. Even though Anderlecht used its numerical advantage and tactical fouls to resolve many of Atletico Madrid's counterattacks, it still could not completely resolve them in the end.
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In the 40th minute, Anderlecht managed to score the ball into Atletico Madrid's penalty area, but forward Kanu's shot was blocked by Diego Godin.
Subsequently, the second goal was also obtained by Atletico Madrid players, and they immediately sent the ball out of the penalty area to start a counterattack.
When Anderlecht's players retreated like a tide, trying to organize a defense to intercept Atletico Madrid's counterattack, Atletico Madrid did not give them time.
After Raul Garcia got the ball in the backcourt, he glanced at Qiao Anchen's movement in front, and immediately kicked the ball toward the frontcourt with a big kick.
The ball soared into the air, directly passed Anderlecht's entire defense line, and landed on the right side of the frontcourt.
Joan, who was originally in the midfield, arrived late in the morning, passed through Anderlecht's defense like lightning, successfully countered offside, received a pass from Raul Garcia in the frontcourt, and scored about 25 meters away from the goal.
The place formed an anti-offside single shot.
When he was about to rush past defender Deshanxi to prevent offside, Deshanxi tried to reach out and pull Qiao Anchen down, insisting that Qiao Anchen would be kept even if he was given a foul card.
In the end, even his pulling and pulling failed to stop Qiao Anchen, and in the end he only touched a corner of Qiao Anchen's clothes.
Qiao Anchen is too fast.
With Qiao Anchen's shooting skills, as long as he can form a single shot, the goal will basically be there.
With perfect acceleration and speed, Qiao Anchen successfully formed a single shot to counter offside, and then dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Qiao Anchen volleyed the ball and successfully scored the ball into the near corner.
Qiao Anchen also scored, helping Atletico Madrid expand the score to 2-0.
In football matches, this score has basically sealed the victory. It is very rare to be able to come back from being two goals behind, otherwise it would not be called a big comeback.
Therefore, after the game restarted, Anderlecht seemed a little demoralized and failed to organize an effective counterattack.
On the contrary, it was Atletico Madrid. In the 45th minute before the end of the first half, Qiao Anchen made a pass from the right. Diego Costa attracted a lot of defensive attention from the opponent's center, but he got over the top. Falcao made a pass in the middle.
Then he fired a volley, but unfortunately it failed to hit the door frame and hit the side netting.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee Victor Kashay blew the whistle at the end of the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-2. Atletico Madrid, who was playing away, relied on Joan Chen and Diego Costa to score.
The goal temporarily led by two goals.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
At the beginning of the second half, Anderlecht made substitutions and adjustments to strengthen its offense.
However, after Simeone's reminder, Atletico Madrid's defense still had no loopholes, and it firmly prevented Anderlecht's attack and launched a counterattack.
In the 59th minute, Falcao dribbled the ball from the left into the penalty area during a counterattack. He was tripped by midfielder Kouyate who returned to defend and tried to stretch his foot to steal the ball. Atletico Madrid won a penalty kick.
Just when Falcao got up and wanted to leave the penalty area and let Qiao Anchen, the first penalty kicker, take the penalty kick, Qiao Anchen waved his hand and said to Falcao: "You take the penalty kick!"
Falcao was stunned for a moment, with a surprised expression on his face. But since Qiao Anchen didn't want to be punished, he naturally wanted to.
After all, every goal has a goal prize, which is money!
Falcao did not waste the penalty kick opportunity he created, and easily kicked the ball into the lower right corner.
Goalkeeper Proto even threw the ball in the wrong direction, so he was naturally unable to do anything about the penalty kick.
Falcao, who scored the penalty kick, did not rush to the sidelines to celebrate, but ran to Qiao Anchen and celebrated with Qiao Anchen.
Although he created this penalty kick, the number one penalty kicker in the team has long been fixed and is Qiao Anchen. Therefore, the ball was actually given to him by Qiao Anchen.
Falcao accepted this love, and his grudge and embarrassment towards Qiao Anchen was much lessened. Therefore, after scoring the goal, he did not celebrate alone, but took the initiative to hug Qiao Anchen to celebrate the goal.
As the team's head coach, Simeone is well aware of the apparent incompatibility between Joan Chen and Falcao, so the two had relatively little cooperation before. It was only after Diego Costa returned to act as a lubricant that the three-forward formation was able to
It began to explode with greater power.
Qiao Anchen gave up the ball this time, which was not ordered by Simeone. But Qiao Anchen took the initiative to give up the ball, allowing Falcao to score the penalty kick he created.
After Falcao scored, he also took the initiative to hug Qiao Anchen to celebrate.
The relationship between Atletico Madrid's two great forwards was significantly relieved because of this penalty kick. Simeone was very pleased to see it and was more confident in Atletico Madrid's subsequent games this season.
Atletico Madrid fans at the scene and in front of the TV also had some feelings about the relationship between Qiao Anchen and Falcao. Now they see Qiao Anchen taking the initiative to give up the penalty kick and Falcao taking the initiative to hug Qiao Anchen in celebration. The relationship between the two has eased. The fans
They are also very excited and more optimistic about the team's future.
For Qiao Anchen himself, although giving up a Champions League penalty kick was a waste of experience, it is naturally worthwhile to ease the relationship with Falcao and play a greater role in the team.
This season, his goal is to win the Triple Crown. Only by winning the Triple Crown can he unlock the template of a head coach.
The Triple Crown cannot be won by one person alone, the potential of everyone in the team must be activated. Falcao was not only the top star before he was promoted to the first team, but also had many friends in the team.
The relationship between Qiao Anchen and Falcao has eased, and they can get along with other teammates more closely and fight for the Triple Crown.
It can make the team more united to attack the championship and finally win the championship. Qiao Anchen's concession is still a good deal.