"Welcome to watch the 2018-19 European Super Cup. This game will pit the Champions League champion Red Army Liverpool against the Europa League champion Atletico Madrid. We will wait and see who is the king of Europe!"
As Zhan Jun finished his opening remarks, the official starting lineups of both sides for this game began to appear on the broadcast screen.
Liverpool:(433)
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson
Midfielder: Mo Yang, Fabinho, Wijnaldum
Forwards: Salah, Yin Bu, Mane
"Klopp sent Yin Bu as the center forward in this game, and his intention was obvious!" Zhan Jun laughed when he saw Liverpool's formation.
Zhang Lu, who was wearing a red suit next to him, nodded, winked, and said with a smile: "Simone's team often gives away the ball during the game. The soul of his tactical system is high pressure and fast defensive counterattack tactics."
"Klopp obviously knows what kind of situation they will encounter in this game. It will most likely be a tough battle, so he started Yin Bu in order to establish a strong fulcrum in Atletico Madrid's penalty area.
Let Liverpool find another offensive line when ground penetration is difficult to break through Atletico Madrid's dense defense!"
Hearing Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun nodded, "Yes, Atletico Madrid claims to have an iron-blooded defense line in Europe. This iron-blooded defense line has caused Messi, Ronaldo, Bale and others to have their heads broken countless times.
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Zhan Jun finished his words and Atletico Madrid's starting lineup appeared.
Atletico Madrid:(442)
Forwards: Griezmann, Costa
Midfielder: Koke, Rodri, Saul, Lemar
Defenders: Hernandez, Godin, Savic, Forlan
Goalkeeper: Oblak
"Sure enough, it's the 4-4-2 formation that Atletico Madrid coach Simeone plays so well!" Zhan Jun looked as expected.
"Yes, as a defensive midfielder during his player days, Simeone has a very thorough understanding of the 4-4-2 formation."
"The 4-4-2 formation has been around for a long time. Nowadays, many teams use it for defensive counterattacks. Common formation changes are divided into parallel positions and diamond positions, which refers to the difference in midfield functions."
"Atletico Madrid's 442 is a parallel position. Most of the midfielder's duties are to intercept and counterattack in the midfield. Using the width and running space of the court, the two full-backs will also quickly move forward to make crosses to create threats."
"In addition, Simeone's 442 also includes many things, such as local high pressure, space cutting, and has a very strong adaptability that can flexibly evolve according to the situation on the field."
On the field, under the whistle of Dutch referee Danny Markli, the Super Cup, which represents the opening match of the new UEFA Champions League season, officially started at the Kollekula Stadium in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
This stadium is very small. If the organizers had not carried out temporary expansion, this stadium could only accommodate a maximum of 10,000 fans.
For this game, both Atletico Madrid and Liverpool only received 1,400 tickets, so most of them are neutral fans.
"Wow!
!
!
"
"ho!
!
!
!
!”
In the stands around, some late fans had just entered the venue. Before they even had time to walk to their seats and sit down, they suddenly heard bursts of uproar that made people feel goosebumps.
"watt??!
!”
“Goal scored???!!
"
“magical!
!
!
"
“Fake!
"
"Damn!
!
Can anyone tell me what happened?"
"..."
Atletico Madrid fans were celebrating, Liverpool fans were stunned, neutral fans were screaming in surprise, and all three parties looked extremely shocked.
At this moment, the scene was played back on the big screen.
After the game kicked off, Atletico Madrid center back Godin received Griezmann's return pass and directly made a long pass to find the prosperous and beautiful forward Diego Costa who was supporting Liverpool's defense in the center of the front court.
At the top of the arc near the right front area, Costa was in place early, raising his head and waiting for the ball to fall.
But just as he was about to stop the ball with his chest, his vision was suddenly shrouded in black shadow.
Immediately afterwards, Costa glared angrily and wanted to use his body to push Mo Yang forward and away from the landing point. However, after exerting force on his waist and abdomen, he was so suppressed that his face turned red, but Mo Yang remained motionless.
At this moment, Costa understood that the monster midfielder described by the European media was indeed a monster, and his core strength was stronger than his forward.
So Costa could only watch helplessly as Mo Yang used his forehead to push the ball back to the center circle before his eyes.
Liverpool made the arc in the middle of the half, and Yin Bu retreated to the starting point, preparing to receive Mo Yang's head pass.
But as soon as he was in position, Atletico Madrid's two defense generals came over from the left and right like goalkeepers, directly sandwiching Yin Bu.
Under the defense of Atletico Madrid's 191CM midfielder Rodri and 186CM center back Savic, the ball was passed by Rodri in front of Yin Bu and returned to Atletico Madrid's backcourt.
At the same time, outside the arc of the left center circle, Mane started to speed up and continued to chase the ball.
However, Godin, who was behind in the middle, was shorter, seized the position in advance, blocked Mane behind him, and quickly passed the ball back to goalkeeper Oblak.
On Liverpool's side, Mane pressed Oblak and found that the ball was passed back to Godin in the middle. He quickly returned to the original route.
Atletico Madrid won the ball again, and Liverpool's formation retreated. It didn't have the aggressive posture in the game against West Ham United. Instead, it seemed like they were going to play defensive counterattack.
The arc of the center circle is on the right side of the field. After five or six seconds of observation, Godin, who was holding the ball, suddenly made another long pass, looking for Costa.
On the right side of the frontcourt, Costa was stuck in front of Van Dijk.
Fabinho retreated from the center and after seeing this, he quickly approached.
At this moment, the ball fell!
This time Costa was smart. He didn't give Fabinho and Van Dijk a chance to double attack him. Instead, he faced the ball and suddenly took off backwards.
This back jump not only made Van Dyke unable to take off, but also made him bend down.
In full view of everyone, I don’t know whether Costa did it intentionally or not. The ball was rubbed behind him and flew directly towards the diagonal corner of the penalty area behind Van Dijk.
At the same time, Costa turned left after landing. Seeing that Van Dijk had also completed his turn and was ready to chase the ball, he started to speed up.
The gap in acceleration ability between the forward and the center back was also highlighted at this time.
Although Van Dijk is very fast among the central defenders, he only has a long distance to sprint to speed up, rather than the ability to start in just one or two seconds in the current competition.
But Van Dyke has rich defensive experience and knows what to do at this time.
However, just as he was about to move sideways to the right to trap Costa behind him, Costa instead used his left hand to pull on his right arm.
This not only caused Van Dijk to slow down, but also allowed Costa to use the force to rush forward, leading Van Dijk by more than half a body.
Fortunately, Matip in the middle reacted quickly enough and went straight to the ball entering the penalty area, successfully blocking the position and preventing Costa from getting the ball and cutting inside.
Van Dijk saw Matip biting Costa, so he ran inside and handed Costa to Matip.
But at this moment, Costa found that there was no hope of cutting inside. When he came to the landing point, he directly used his head to rub the bouncing ball forward and directly hit the bottom.
Van Dijk, who came to the sideline of the small penalty area, was already ready to block Costa's cross, as was Matip.
But the next second, there was a bang, which was beyond the expectations of Van Dijk and Matip!
Costa actually chose to shoot directly!
In front of the right post of the small penalty area, Alisson was also stunned. He did not expect that Costa would shoot from such a zero angle in front of the baseline.
The ball flew past Alisson's left shoulder, who was kneeling on one knee. Then, with a bang, it hit the outside of the near post and changed direction slightly. Then it went directly over the goal line and hit the other side hard.
Side network.
"I'm convinced! Shengshi Meiyan's shot is a complete mystery!"
"Atletico Madrid is so lucky!"
"In the 51st second of the opening, this is a dream start!"
"Beast-fronted Costa lives up to his reputation!"
"..."
In the pp sports live broadcast room, countless domestic fans were filled with astonishment.
Many people looked away for a moment and then realized that the ball had been scored.