Both sides defended very well in this game, especially Porto's left back Alex Sandro, who repeatedly destroyed Joan Chen's breakthroughs, passes, and shots in the second half.
After the experience in the first half, Alex Sandro was also prepared for Qiao Anchen's pass, and was no longer caught off guard by Qiao Anchen like before.
Even though he had to be distracted to prevent Qiao Anchen from passing the ball, Sandro still showed a world-class level. With the help of his teammates, he constantly struggled with Qiao Anchen and destroyed Atletico Madrid's offense.
Sometimes even if Qiao Anchen passed the ball, he failed to pass it properly due to interference from Sandro, resulting in his teammates being unable to catch the ball and shoot properly.
As for Atletico Madrid, the high-pressing policy trained by Simeone also made Porto unable to start, and they were never able to score the second goal.
Until the 85th minute, when both sides had used up two substitutions, the anxious Porto finally, because of their impatience, the whole team attacked collectively, and then Atletico Madrid intercepted the ball and quickly counterattacked.
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This time, Qiao Anchen also got the ball from the midfield and first used his speed to break through the counter-attacking midfielder Fernando, then Matthews passed through the center back Mangala, and finally met another center back Otamendi.
Alex Sandro, who was being defended during the entanglement, chased him and prepared for a tackle from the side.
Sandro performed very well in this game. Both his technical movements and his judgment of the timing of his shots were very accurate. Qiao Anchen had already been tackled by him many times to steal the ball.
Ultimately, Qiao Anchen's dribbling and ball control abilities are not yet perfect and cannot achieve the ultimate combination of man and ball.
Alex Sandro thought he could make a contribution this time and destroy Qiao Anchen's dribbling. However, Qiao Anchen seemed to know that he was going to tackle from the side, and suddenly he was more than ten meters away from the penalty area line.
Hit the brakes.
Both Otamendi and Alex Sandro were caught off guard and carried over by inertia.
By the time they realized that Qiao Anchen had braked the car and tried to turn around and stop Qiao Anchen from passing the ball, it was already too late.
Taking advantage of the initiative held by the player holding the ball, Qiao Anchen braked first to avoid the two men's personal interference. Then, before the two men turned around to tag him again, he passed the ball diagonally to the left wing of the penalty area.
Otamendi and Alex Sandro, who were thrown away by Joan Chen's sudden braking, had no choice but to watch as Joan Chen sent the ball into the penalty area.
Falcao, who was still behind Joan Chen during the counterattack, broke in at high speed and rushed into the penalty area before the last defender Danilo to receive the ball.
When Joan Chen passed the ball, Falcao had not surpassed him, Otamendi, Sandro and others, so Falcao was not offside.
Falcao, who rushed into the penalty area, did not stop the ball to adjust, but directly pushed the ball into the far corner. He just avoided goalkeeper Ayrton who rushed from the right and had no time to turn around and scored the ball.
Lower right corner.
Danilo, who was desperately trying to defend, had just rushed to the small penalty area line, and the ball had already rolled into the goal.
Many commentators immediately roared loudly, praising Falcao's goal, Joan Chen's assist, and Atletico Madrid's away lead again.
"Atletico Madrid scored the second goal."
"It was Falcao who scored the goal, and it was Qiao Anchen who provided the assist."
"Qiao Anchen deceived Alex Sandro again and provided an assist for his teammates."
"Falcao succeeded in countering offside and broke into the penalty area to score a single goal."
"Atletico Madrid rewritten the score to 2-1, took the lead again, and had two away goals."
"There are only a few minutes left in this game. With Porto's current offensive capabilities, it is estimated that it will be difficult to break through the Shenlian Legion's goal again."
"This time in the Champions League 1/8 finals, Atletico Madrid should be stable, even if Alex Sandro performs superbly, it will be useless."
More than 3,000 Atletico Madrid away fans were also excitedly cheering and screaming in a corner of the stands, celebrating Falcao's goal.
This goal not only allowed Atletico Madrid to take the lead again, but also scored two away goals.
Such an advantage is too great in a two-round Champions League knockout round.
If Porto wants to lose at home in the first round and give its opponent two away goals, it will be extremely difficult to come back in the away game in the second round.
Therefore, after scoring the ball, Falcao was very excited and rushed to the sideline with open arms. Qiao Anchen and others also rushed forward to celebrate together.
Simeone also clapped his hands on the sidelines and said: "Good goal! Steady!"
Assistant coach Borges was also quite satisfied.
With Qiao Anchen's presence, Atletico Madrid will definitely not be short of goals.
In this game, Alex Sandro did not know what kind of stimulation he received, but he performed superbly.
But even so, he could not completely freeze Qiao Anchen, he just prevented Qiao Anchen from scoring. However, Qiao Anchen provided assists and scored twice, helping Atletico Madrid gain a 2-1 away lead.
Presumably, Alex Sandro is not in his normal state today. In the second round in the away game, he may not be able to perform as well as he did today.
If he could maintain the strength and status to compete with Joan Chen for a long time, he would not have to stay in Porto, but would have been poached by the giants of the five major leagues.
At this moment, both Simeone and Borgos were full of confidence that they would eliminate Porto and advance to the quarterfinals.
Although the score is now only 2-1.
In the stadium, Falcao and his teammates celebrated for almost half a minute before an anxious Porto complained and was stopped by the referee. He returned to his own half and restarted the game.
After the game restarted, Porto, who was anxious, could no longer deal with Atletico Madrid calmly, and suddenly strengthened the team's offensive intensity, trying to score, equalize, or even reverse the score before the end of the game.
However, the time left for them was still too little. When Qiao Anchen assisted Falcao to score, it was less than ten minutes before the end of the game.
In the end, Atletico Madrid's celebration was deliberately delayed for a lot of time.
Until the last moment of injury time, Porto failed to score and equalize the score. Even during injury time, Qiao Anchen sent another good assist, but it was a pity that Diego Costa volleyed in the penalty area.
The shot failed to hit the door frame.
In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated the Portuguese Super League giant Porto 2-1 in an away game, winning the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals and scoring two away goals, laying the foundation for returning to home in the second round to eliminate Porto and advance to the quarterfinals.
A solid foundation.
Although Qiao Anchen did not score in this game, he provided two assists and threatened Porto's penalty area and goal many times. In the end, he was elected the best player on the spot.
