Chapter 329 Affirmation of the coach and teammates
With Joan Chen unexpectedly assisting Gabi's goal before the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid took a 1-0 lead in the away game and scored an away goal.
The commentators praised one after another:
"Qiao Anchen did not get into a one-on-one fight with Alex Sandro as everyone thought. Instead, he decisively passed the ball to his teammates in the gap when facing Sandro."
"This is not about retreating or avoiding. We believe that there is no defender in the world who can scare Qiao Anchen one-on-one."
"The reason why Qiao Anchen acted like this was obviously because his overall view of the situation influenced his decision to pass the ball to Gabi, allowing Gabi to score."
"This is a kind of team spirit and a manifestation of leadership ability. It is really surprising that it appears in 16-year-old Qiao Anchen."
"This goal not only gave Atletico Madrid the lead, but also got an away goal."
"Next, even if Porto scores two goals in a row and defeats Atletico Madrid with a score of 2-1, the second leg at the Calderon Stadium will be a disaster."
"Besides, it may be difficult for Porto to score two goals against Atletico Madrid. But Atletico Madrid, with the offensive line combination of Joan Chen, Falcao, and Diego Costa, may still continue to score goals."
"Alex Sandro's extraordinary personal performance still failed to stop Atletico Madrid's overall impact."
On the sidelines, Simeone also smiled and applauded Gabi's goal, and said to the assistant coach next to him: "This ball was passed very well. Qiao Anchen can not only become a super striker, but also a frontcourt attacker."
A connector, a leader of the team, we must train him well."
Borges nodded in agreement.
After Qiao Anchen and his teammates celebrated Gabi's goal, not long after the game restarted, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-1.
Atletico Madrid temporarily leads by one goal.
During the halftime break, Simeone praised Qiao Anchen for his 44th-minute assist in the locker room. He praised Qiao Anchen for not falling into a personal bullfighting trap with Alex Sandro, but decisively passing the ball to help his teammates score.
, allowing the team to take the lead in away goals and scores, which is a very mature performance.
Other teammates also praised Qiao Anchen. Thiago smiled and said: "I don't know if you saw it clearly. The moment Alex Sandro saw Qiao Anchen knocking the ball across the ball, he was quite surprised on his face.
Confused expression.”
"Obviously, Qiao Anchen's pass was something neither Sandro nor the other opponents expected."
"Qiao Anchen, if you play like this in the future and play more teamwork, it will be more difficult for your opponents to guard against you, because they don't know whether you will pass the ball to your teammates or break through and shoot yourself in the next second."
At that time, the right back Juan Fran, who was rushing forward to participate in the attack, responded: "Haha, I saw that No. 26, when he saw Qiao Anchen dribbling the ball in front of him, but passing the ball out, there was no reaction at all.
, just watching blankly. Qiao Anchen’s pass was really beyond all of their expectations.”
The praise and affirmation from the coach and teammates made Qiao Anchen more determined in his mind. He was young and energetic, and his desire to find Alex Sandro to regain his place had been eliminated to the point where it was almost gone.
And this is exactly what Simeone, Gabi, Thiago and others want to achieve.
Except for Qiao Anchen, everyone in this team is over 20 years old. Many of them are more than ten years older than Qiao Anchen and have rich life and competition experience.
There was no chance in the first half, but Qiao Anchen adjusted himself, got the ball out in time, and assisted Gabi to score the goal.
Now, they say these things, on the one hand, they really think that Qiao Anchen has done a good job, on the other hand, they also want to strengthen Qiao Anchen's confidence and will in this regard, and ensure that Qiao Anchen will not fall into the same situation with Alex Sandro in the second half.
In the struggle, he uses his speed, reaction, and breakthrough ability to strive for the overall victory of the team.
Qiao Anchen was indeed affirmed and praised by everyone, which made him more determined to ensure that the team wins first.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
Behind the score and with an unfavorable schedule, Porto took the initiative to press forward at the beginning of the second half and launched a wave of attacks in an attempt to catch Atletico Madrid off guard.
However, Atletico Madrid was well prepared and did not let Porto's sneak attack succeed, and the two sides soon fell into a tug of war again.
Otherwise, luck is also a part of football? And it accounts for a large proportion.
After the start of the second half, Qiao Anchen still failed to score a goal under the tight defense of Alex Sandro and other Porto defenders, helping the team expand the score. When assisting his teammates, his shooting skills were not as good as his.
, also wasted.
Porto not only defended the defense, but also took advantage of the opportunity when the ball changed hands to launch counterattacks and strive for goals.
When the time came to the 64th minute, Porto used midfielder Moutinho to shoot a long shot about 28 meters away from the goal outside the penalty area, which hit Miranda in the penalty area and stretched his foot to make a clearance, which happened to be a disservice to Miranda.
On his legs, the line changed and he flew into the goal from behind Courtois.
Originally, the ball was not a big threat. The angle was not very good and the distance was relatively far. Courtois had enough time to move to the corresponding position. He was prepared to confiscate the ball directly and not even give the opponent a chance to make a follow-up shot.
Unexpectedly, Miranda stretched out his foot in the middle and not only failed to clear the ball outside the door frame, but just avoided Courtois's interception and flew into the goal from the other side of Courtois's movement direction.
Porto finally used a lucky change of line ball to tie the score at 1-1.
Although there is no victory yet, a draw at home is much better than being behind. If the first round ends with this score, then the second round goes to the away game. Porto only needs to beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 to advance.
Therefore, this goal was quite timely. It restored the despair and relaxation of Porto players and fans, and greatly improved their morale.
Even though it was a lucky goal, if it went in, it would go in. Without Moutinho's shot, how could Miranda just reach out and help?
Therefore, after the game restarted, Porto began to perform more actively on both ends of the offense and defense. On the one hand, they must continue to withstand Atletico Madrid's offense and prevent Atletico Madrid from scoring away goals. On the other hand, they must continue to try to attack and strive to score goals.
Scored a goal and won the first round, laying a possible foundation for defeating the Sheets in the second round and advancing to the quarterfinals.