426. Advance to the final
Things on the court are the things that go up and down. When Manchester City comes back, the players can adapt to the intensity of Atletico Madrid. The situation is different.
But Simeone has many tricks. He has made more obvious improvements than the last game. In this game, his team blocked Manchester City's control more actively, and would not allow Manchester City to easily complete a 20-foot back pass. Atletico Madrid often disrupts Manchester City's passing rhythm through fouls and other methods, and at the same time reduces pressure on his slightly messy formation due to high-level defense.
Wen Sheng was helpless when encountering this tactic. He used to deal with Barcelona like this, but this time he became a man who was dealt with himself.
The first ten minutes of the game allowed fans to see Atletico Madrid have the courage to slap away and hope to score goals, but afterwards, I'm sorry, the story returned to the old routine. Manchester City has put pressure step by step anyway. If Atletico Madrid does not retreat, they will never rely on two or three people to complete the attack.
Of course, it's not that there is no offense. Manchester City still has shooting opportunities, but it's not as good as Atletico Madrid away.
Wen Sheng had already blatantly defended himself before the game. It was normal for the team to show such a behavior on the spot.
Wen Sheng has many difficulties. This season, Manchester City is more inclined to oppressive offense. If the opponent is Bayern Munich and Dortmund, it may play a wonderful game. However, the opponent is Atletico Madrid, the taste will change.
Atletico Madrid has a very strong defensive ability and a tough way of playing. Wen Sheng dared not let Manchester City fight against his opponents, so he naturally had to kick like this.
Atletico Madrid said it was blamed?!
Wensheng said: "It's really your fault!"
With the foul tactic of Atletico Madrid, it is difficult for Manchester City to play a fast-paced attack.
Everything is divided into two. From Atletico Madrid, the bad effect is that it is too waste of game time. The more fouls are committed in a game, the shorter the effective game time will definitely be. In addition, it also brings pressure on Atletico Madrid players to the pressure of yellow and red cards.
But on the good side, it disrupted Manchester City's control rhythm and eliminated the potential threat from Manchester City. Gabby's fall tackle foul in the 17th minute was still quite powerful. Wen Sheng was furious. He was the head coach and took three steps in one step. He could see that Kroos might bring great safety hazards to Atletico Madrid after he made the ball.
Gabby may have also realized it, so he decisively tackledly and pretended to be a normal physical contact afterwards. The referee gave him a yellow card.
Another good thing is that the referee may not call this foul. They may be subjectively reluctant to reduce the smoothness of the game. Some minor fouls may be ignored by them? Then the benefit is Atletico? They can get a chance to turn from defense to offense.
Wen Sheng doesn’t know if Simeone is a psychology expert. I guess it may be that the referee’s dictator’s standard is indeed a bit loose? It’s not very beneficial to Manchester City.
At the end of the first half, Manchester City and Atletico Madrid played 0:0.
The ball control ratio between the two sides is quite different? Manchester City's ball control at home is as high as 64%, but by the way, there is less effective game time? Such a ball control ratio is not very meaningful at all. In terms of more than 30% of the ball control time, Atletico Madrid completed 6 shots, which indirectly said that Atletico Madrid's tactics are considered successful.
The players kept complaining that Atletico Madrid had too many tactical fouls, and the referee was a fool? De Bruyne kept communicating with the referee team at the end of the half and expressed his dissatisfaction. When he returned to the locker room, he seemed much quieter and listened to other teammates complaining.
"Okay, guys! Stop this meaningless complaining!" Wen Sheng greeted everyone.
"This will arouse your anger, and we don't need it now? We need to calm down!"
"I told you before the game that the criticism from the outside world is not important? We don't need to fall into the confusion of self-denial. Only winning and advancing is what we should do! The situation is the same now. We will encounter some misjudgment or unfair things, but we need to use this to think about it and solve this problem!" Wen Sheng pointed to his head.
"Now we are the team that has the lead, what do you know what we need to do in the second half?!"
Of course it's defense and a clean sheet for the opponent.
Players will have conditioned reflexes, and there is no need to answer this question.
If Manchester City is Guardiola's head coach, the answer to this question is that we have to add one more than them. The different styles of the head coach do have a great impact on the players.
It's just fine, so these Manchester City players were successfully brainwashed by Wen Sheng.
Wen Sheng's motivation finally calmed down the players.
After the second half, Atletico Madrid still adopted the same strategy as in the first half, but the referee may have been a lot of shocked by De Bruyne and Manchester City players, and the whistle sounded a little harder than the first half.
Manchester City's threat has become greater. Although Atletico Madrid's defense has always been stable, as time goes by, their defense initiative has become higher and higher, and the gap will naturally be exposed.
In the 65th minute, Manchester City scored a goal, but was offside.
The bandit coach Simeone finally couldn't hold back. He knew that his opponent would give him a fatal blow, but he still chose to make the team more and more aggressive. Sure enough, while getting the opportunity, they were also creating opportunities for Manchester City. In the end, Manchester City, in the 82nd and 86th minutes, Guideti, who came on as a substitute, scored twice for Manchester City to 2:0.
After completely locking in the victory, Wen Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that Simeone's choice was more conservative than himself. If it were him, he would definitely choose risky and radical tactics early.
The longer the time, the more obvious the physical energy consumption is, and it will not be so easy to fight for life.
At the end of the game, Etihad Stadium fell into ecstasy, and Manchester City once again entered the Champions League final. Although the opponent in the final was Real Madrid, fans believe that Manchester City will be more worth looking forward to this year.
Wensheng celebrated the victory with his fists high, and the substitutes rushed to the court and the players on the court to enjoy this wonderful moment.
Simeone finally showed his gentlemanly demeanor. As soon as the game ended, he arrived at Wen Sheng's side. "Congratulations, these are two very good rounds! Looking forward to our meeting again next time!"
"Thank you! Diego, are you interested in having a drink after the game?! This is our English tradition!"
"I'm sorry! Let's talk about it next time I have the chance!" Simeone politely declined Wensheng's invitation.
He was very disappointed to lose this game. Atletico Madrid's financial resources are relatively weak. They are not rich people. His team has shined this season, and the team that has not been said will definitely sell people.
Diego Costa has been booked by Chelsea, and other players are to be decided. He really has no confidence in his own strength next season. The Champions League final is within reach. When will he encounter such an opportunity next time?! Simeone has no idea at all, how can he not be lost again?
Chapter completed!