Falcao's goal and the 1-1 score brought new changes to the mentality of the Valencia team.
Before Falcao scored, they were leading 1-0 and held on to it in the first half. Naturally, they wanted to hold on to the end, hold on to the 1-0 advantage until the end of the game, and win a victory.
But now the score has been equalized, and the original 3 points have become 1 point. For Valencia, which is currently ranked 5th in the standings and may compete for a place in the Champions League next season, the current situation has become a bit difficult to handle.
Already.
The goalkeeper, defender, and defensive midfielder naturally want to defend. This is their responsibility. They don't want to continue to concede the ball.
The midfielders, especially the forwards, of course want to counterattack, score goals, regain the lead, and try to take away three points from Calderon.
However, the head coach did not give timely instructions, which resulted in Valencia's front and backcourt being a little out of touch after the game restarted.
Once they got the ball, the forwards and midfielders began to rush forward, trying to attack and shoot. However, the midfielders and back line were afraid of being counterattacked by Atletico Madrid, so they reacted a step slower and failed to follow up in time to assist.
The backcourt started to get disconnected.
Only a few minutes had passed since the last goal. In the 74th minute, Atletico Madrid took advantage of the opponent's disconnection between the front and backcourt to get the ball and launch a successful quick counterattack. Finally, Gabi passed the ball into the penalty area and Diego Cos
Ta's header was passed by, and Qiao Anchen used his speed to get rid of the defensive players who were closely marking him, rushed into the penalty area from the center, volleyed about 13 meters away from the goal, hit a heavy artillery world wave, and scored the goal
Door.
The ball was so fast that goalkeeper Diego Alves just stretched out his hand and didn't even have time to make a save when he saw the ball flash past his eyes and fly into the goal.
Subsequent statistics confirmed that this ball was another volley shot with a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour. In addition, it was another shot from the penalty area. The distance was too close. No wonder the goalkeeper couldn't even react to the save and saw the ball fly in.
The goal.
In the 74th minute, Atletico Madrid took advantage of the disunity of the Valencia players and used a quick counterattack to score a volley from Joan Chen, rewriting the score to 2-1. After conceding a goal first, they staged a reversal. For the first time
Taking the lead at home.
And Qiao Anchen has once again raised his La Liga scoring record to 49 consecutive games, and is about to break the 50 mark.
In addition, Qiao Anchen's La Liga single-season personal goal record has reached 64, which is only 2 goals away from the European record of 66 goals and only 3 goals away from the world record of 67 goals.
The scene suddenly became a sea of carnival for Atletico Madrid fans.
The fans who continued to cheer for the home team under Simeone's instigation felt extraordinary happiness at this moment, even though it was still raining heavily.
In the stadium, Qiao Anchen also celebrated by running in the heavy rain with open arms, and then hugged his teammates who caught up with him.
This game almost had an accident due to the weather, the venue, and the fact that Falcao and others had just returned from the national team game and were in poor condition at the club.
Fortunately, the game is now back on track. Atletico Madrid has reversed the score and taken the lead. The pressure on everyone's hearts has been relieved a lot.
After taking the lead, Atletico Madrid's game naturally became much easier to play. As for Valencia, there was nothing to hesitate. They could only advance their formation significantly and start attacking.
No matter how many goals you lose, you are still losing, so you might as well take a gamble.
But obviously, this time Valencia did not have the luck to score the first goal.
In the 79th minute, they played a good team attack. The wide midfielder Jonas, who scored the previous goal, made a wonderful pass and passed the ball over the heads of the two central defenders Diego Godin and Miranda.
It was sent to the right corner of Atletico Madrid's penalty area.
Valencia center Nelson Valdez rushed up from behind Miranda, completed the offside protection, rushed to the spot where the ball landed, and directly raised his right foot to prepare for a volley.
With the ball landing less than ten meters away from the goal, if the ball is drawn by him, the probability of scoring is very high.
Many Valencia fans at the scene and in front of the TV stood up excitedly, ready to wave and celebrate the goal.
Unexpectedly, due to the poor playing field, Nelson Valdez was about to hit the ball that fell in the air when his supporting foot suddenly slipped and he fell backward.
The outstretched right foot naturally missed the ball and kicked the ball over the crossbar, failing to pose a real threat to Atletico Madrid's goal.
Valencia missed an opportunity to equalize the score, and even many commentators felt sorry for Valdes.
After the game restarted, Valencia, unwilling to be reversed, continued to attack aggressively, but in the face of Atletico Madrid's solid defense, they never had many opportunities.
On the contrary, in the 86th minute, the ball that midfielder Banega was about to pass to Jonas got stuck in a puddle halfway and failed to roll to the intended position. Atletico Madrid midfielder Mario Suarez intercepted the ball.
Atletico Madrid immediately started to counterattack, with Raul Garcia, Joan Chen, Diego Costa, and Falcao moving forward collectively. Due to the opponent's aggressive attack and sudden passing errors, a four-on-four situation in the frontcourt was quickly formed.
In the end, Falcao made a pass from Falcao in this counterattack. The ball passed the forward center Diego Costa and the Valencia center back Ricardo Costa and flew to the back point.
Qiao Anchen used his speed to get rid of the returning full-back Joao Pereira, rushed into the penalty area, made a diving dive from behind, and used his 69-point heading skills to top the ball without anyone defending him.
The goal.
Goalkeeper Diego Costa retreated to make a save, but the distance was too far and he could only stand in the air and watch Qiao Anchen's header fly into the goal.
Qiao Anchen scored a rare header and scored twice, helping Atletico Madrid expand the score to 3-1 and seal the victory.
At the same time, his La Liga single-season personal scoring record has also reached 65 goals, only one goal away from the European record.
After leading by two goals, Simeone began to make substitutions, replacing the relatively tired Falcao, Costa and others to rest and prepare for the next Champions League quarter-final game.
In the final stage, both sides failed to score again, and the game ended with a score of 3-1. Atletico Madrid successfully reversed the situation after conceding a goal first, and won Valencia, with 28 wins and 0 draws in 29 league rounds.
With a record of 84 points from 1 loss, Barcelona, which made mistakes in this round and was tied by Celta Vigo, was 9 points ahead.
With the number of remaining games in the league reduced, Atletico Madrid's probability of winning the championship has become increasingly greater.
