Chapter 273 Chaqiu King and Sun Qiu King

Hamburg is really resolutely playing defensive counterattack now.

Many of their players stayed in their own half, and Son Heung-min and Salah, who had been constantly roaming on the wings, now retreated to the full-back position.

Hamburg's formation now looks more like a 451, or 4141.

Because among the five midfielders, midfielder Casemiro often retreats to the defense line to play the role of a central defender, so sometimes Hamburg plays like a more defensive 541.

In front of this "five defenders", there are Paulinho and Kante, two players who can't run away, and you can imagine how difficult Atletico Madrid's advancement will be.

This is Pan Yi's current style of play.

He just wanted to disgust the opposing team that was trying to prevent a comeback.

Who doesn’t know how to defend and counterattack?

Today I am going to use magic to defeat magic!

Of course, the goal just now is also crucial.

With two goals in hand, Pan Yi no longer has the need to fight Atletico Madrid to the death.

Exhausting physical energy is one thing, but conserving vitality is the most important thing!

At the Calderon Stadium, having too much physical contact with Atletico Madrid players is actually not a good thing.

De Bruyne has already been injured. Even if Hamburg’s bench is deep enough, it won’t be able to withstand a few more injuries!

They have passed Atletico Madrid, and there are German Cup finals and more important Champions League finals ahead!

Hamburg had nothing to do but wait for Atletico Madrid to take the initiative, but Simeone was a bit nervous.

Although Hamburg was defensive at the beginning, it still had a balanced formation, and the two wingers did not stay so far back.

In this case, Atletico Madrid's attacks from the center and the wings can still provide some coordination.

But now, Hamburg seems to really set up a bus after scoring a goal!

This makes Atletico Madrid players a little uncomfortable.

You know, most of Atletico Madrid's midfielders and wing-backs are engineer-type players.

Perhaps only Turkish player Arda Turan's foot skills are better, but he has not reached the level that can break through thousands of troops.

In front of Hamburg's bus formation, the space for Atletico Madrid players to move forward was very narrow, and they often made mistakes in coordination.

Their midfield operation failed, the ball movement was disorganized, and they became even more disorderly in the frontcourt.

Once the ball is obtained by Hamburg, either Casemiro, Van Dijk, or Rudiger will not hesitate to pass the ball directly to Vardy in front to launch a counterattack, basically not letting the ball go.

Staying on your feet too long.

In this case, it is difficult for Atletico Madrid's frontcourt pressure to restrict Hamburg's backcourt. The most they can do is run over and interfere.

In addition, Diego Costa, who was originally very aggressive, is now carrying a yellow card. He also knows that he just narrowly escaped the punishment of a red card, so he is not so ruthless;

Villa himself is not a very fierce player, and continuous high-speed running and pressing is not his strength. Moreover, he is 32 years old this year, not at the peak of his career, and his physical functions are also declining;

Therefore, the weakness of Atletico Madrid's two forwards has also reduced Hamburg's transmission pressure to a certain extent.

Of course, Hamburg's front line is now very far behind, and the encounter line is almost always behind their own half, so most counterattacks launched from the backcourt can only find Vardy.

This resulted in Atletico Madrid's three central defenders actually being able to easily defend against Vardy and Hamburg's counterattack.

As a result, neither side actually created any threatening attacks, and it became a bit of a stalemate.

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Of course, Pan Yi was not anxious at all about this situation.

Hamburg are now two goals ahead and have an away goal in hand.

In other words, even if Atletico Madrid can score two goals to equalize the total score, Hamburg will still advance.

Of course, this also means that this game is destined to not enter overtime.

If Atletico Madrid wants to reach the finals now, they must score more than three goals!

This task is obviously very difficult.

It seems that there is no team that can score Hamburg three goals in one game this season?

Not to mention such an "Atletico-like" Hamburg team.

So under the same situation, Simeone on the other side was of course becoming more and more anxious.

He began waving constantly on the sidelines, directing the team's offense while also adjusting his 352.

Of course, to be precise, this is not an adjustment, because it is a variant of 352 that will appear when attacking with all its strength.

That is, in the positional battle against Hamburg, through the forward penetration of the two wing-backs, the forward penetration of the two forwards in the center (Villa) and one of the midfielders (Turan and Gabi), a 235 offensive formation can be quickly achieved!

In this way, Atletico Madrid has five people who can directly enter Hamburg's penalty area and use their own methods to attack Hamburg's 4-back system through the ribs.

This can be said to be the craziest offensive mode.

Because at this time, Atletico Madrid only had two center backs left in the entire backcourt, and even Alderweireld moved into the midfield.

Of course Simeone knew that it would be risky to do so, but he had no more options.

He has now lost the capital to prevent counterattacks, so he can only force himself out!

Such changes are obviously effective.

Atletico Madrid suppressed Hamburg very well.

From the 30th minute on, Atletico Madrid took complete control of the midfield and began to create many shooting opportunities.

Hamburg could only threaten Atletico Madrid's defense through some sporadic long passes.

In the 32nd minute, Arda Turan started from the midfield, faced multiple defensive players and broke through continuously, and was finally destroyed in the penalty area.

In the 33rd minute, Felipe broke through from the left, and then his cross was blocked by Van Dijk.

In the 34th minute, Kok made a direct pass and Costa's low shot from the right side of the penalty area slid past the goal.

In the 36th minute, Hamburg had a chance to counterattack. Vardy attracted the defense and passed diagonally, but Son Heung-min volleyed away from the penalty area.

In the 37th minute, Gabi distributed the ball to the left. Villa adjusted and then pushed the ball but Navas resolved it.

In the 38th minute, Raul Garcia forced a breakthrough from the right, swung the angle and shot slightly high.

In the 39th minute, Costa made a move, Villa's shot in the penalty area was blocked by Navas, and Koke missed with a follow-up shot.

In the 40th minute, Atletico Madrid launched an offensive with a cross from the right. Costa turned around and fired from close range, but Navas saved the ball.

Danger continued in front of Hamburg. Nagelsmann and Inzaghi were a little anxious, but Pan Yi still sat firmly in his seat and remained motionless.

Even the commentator Zhan Jun started to sweat over the burger.

"During this period, the game was very intense and there were constant shooting shots. However, most of these shots belonged to Atletico Madrid. Hamburg only had one high shot during a counterattack."

"Atletico Madrid showed a very strong desire to win. They rarely adopted a siege posture and invested a lot of troops in Hamburg's penalty area."

"Hamburg's defense is pretty solid now, but I'm a little worried that it may not be able to sustain it for too long under Atletico Madrid's fierce attack."

"Although Hamburg currently has a two-goal lead, if this continues..."

But Zhang Lu has a different view:

"Although it seems that Atletico Madrid had the advantage on the field and got some shooting opportunities, why do I feel that this was done intentionally by Pan Yi?"

"Although Atletico Madrid is playing lively, Hamburg's defense is still very tight. Atletico Madrid's shots are often hasty, so the quality is not very high."

"Although Hamburg's counterattack is easy to crack due to too few points in the front, it also seems to paralyze the vigilance of Atletico Madrid players. This is not the first time that Pan Yi pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger!"

"Don't forget, just a week ago in the first round, Pan Yi deliberately showed weakness in the match against Atletico Madrid, luring Simeone to make a decision to directly change three players, and defeated him in one fell swoop."

"This time...hey, it's hard to say whether Pan Yi will repeat his old tricks. After all, his formation is very flexible. As long as the two wingers press up, a three-forward attack formation will be formed immediately."

"Hey? Look, Pan Yi has stood up and is about to start directing the game!"

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At this time, 40 minutes of the first half of the game have passed.

Pan Yi slowly glanced at the timepiece, then stood up and walked to the command area.

He really needs to fine-tune his playing style.

As Zhang Lu said, Pan Yi is preparing to move Sun Xingmin and Salah a little earlier to enhance the strength of the frontcourt counterattack!

However, the decision he made was not a matter of "repeating the old tricks" but a "temporary decision."

Because he saw that after the fierce attack for about twenty minutes, the running ability of Atletico Madrid players had declined to varying degrees.

In fact, Atletico Madrid was unable to seize the shooting opportunity after creating it, and a large part of the reason was due to insufficient physical support.

If you don't have enough physical fitness, you won't be able to hit the last and most important effective shot after passing someone or grabbing a point.

This is also the reason why many people "do it like Messi and shoot like Husky".

The last stages of the first and second halves, that is, the 40-45 minutes and the 85-90 minutes, are when this situation occurs most often.
To be continued...