On the evening of September 28, Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
Sitting in the visiting team's coaching bench, Atletico Madrid coach Simeone was a little confused.
Before tonight's game started, he had thought about many possibilities. Among them, he thought the most likely was that Real Madrid would take advantage of their home court to launch a fierce attack on Atletico Madrid, especially the opening attack.
Therefore, before the game, he and Atletico Madrid players were mentally prepared to be beaten.
The skin was already tense, but it turned out that Real Madrid would not fight them at all.
On the contrary, it was Real Madrid who seemed ready to be beaten.
The high-skilled team played very strangely tonight. After the opening, the team began to hold back, especially when Atletico Madrid retreated after grabbing the ball, Real Madrid did not take the ball.
Now Atletico Madrid is a bit confused.
I came here to be beaten, why am I being asked to beat someone?
Not only was Simeone on the sidelines confused, but the Atletico Madrid players on the court were also confused.
They are good at getting beaten, not good at beating people.
Now, Real Madrid suddenly handed the whip into Atletico Madrid's hands and kept urging me to beat me quickly, but Atletico Madrid was at a loss what to do.
Damn, I really didn’t think about how to beat someone up!
But the ball is at your feet, what should you do?
Real Madrid, hurry up and grab it!
But what about the Real Madrid players?
He remained motionless, staying in his own half, just waiting for Atletico Madrid to come forward.
"This guy is really unpredictable and always catches people off guard."
Sitting in the coaching bench, Simeone reached out and wiped his face, feeling helpless.
What kind of team is Atletico Madrid?
The team that has the ball in its hands.
Now Real Madrid has taken the initiative to throw the hot ball to Atletico Madrid. What should they do?
If they don't press forward, wouldn't Atletico Madrid be like Barcelona?
The problem is that Atletico Madrid doesn't have the same level of passing and ball control as Barcelona.
Once there is too much possession of the ball, it is easy to make mistakes. Once a mistake is made, Real Madrid will seize the opportunity to counterattack.
"I really didn't expect it," assistant coach Hermann Burgos said with a wry smile.
Every head coach will have his own style that he is best at, and he will stick to the tactics that he and his team are best at, but Gao Shen is different. His tactics are really elusive.
Just like before tonight's game, the whole world was speculating, how will Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid?
Atletico Madrid's defense is so solid and its overall tactics are so strong. Who doesn't have a headache?
How does Real Madrid organize their attack?
I guess Gao Shen has no way to start, right?
Well, since there is no way to start, I might as well not start.
Gao Shen spread his hands and lay flat, and even hung a flag beside him, allowing Atletico to come forward and ravage him as he pleased.
Don't worry, don't worry, I promise not to fight back!
In the eyes of everyone at Atletico Madrid, this is simply confusing.
Isn't this a rogue move?
You are a real Madrid player, do you have the temperament of a top team?
But soon, things that surprised Simeone even more happened one after another.
When Atletico Madrid got the ball and started to press forward, they discovered that Real Madrid was also pressing forward.
From the frontcourt to the midfield three to the defense, they were all pressing forward, making it difficult for Atletico to get the ball out. The two sides started fighting near the midline.
But once Atletico Madrid retreats, Real Madrid will never take advantage of the situation.
This gives Atletico Madrid a headache.
At the 13th minute, the sheet army finally couldn't hold back and continued to press through the center line, trying to organize a wave of attacks, but the ball was intercepted.
Toni Kroos intercepted the ball and passed it to Benzema.
The French center stopped the ball and responded. Modric passed the ball directly behind him. Ronaldo and Di Maria both intervened at high speed.
But this time Ronaldo was eager to score a goal and failed to pass the ball to Di Maria in a better position in time. In the end, he was forced to
He had to force himself to hit the goal, and missed a very good offensive opportunity.
Gao Shen was so angry on the sidelines that he lectured loudly.
Simeone was also startled, but came to his senses.
Damn, this is the profound intention.
Fight black magic with black magic.
Uh, no, use defensive counterattack to counter defensive counterattack.
This is simply outrageous!
Simeone was sitting in the visiting team's coaching bench, and he really couldn't laugh or cry.
He really wanted to rush over, go to the home team's coaching bench, grab Gao Shen's clothes from his chest, and scold him severely: Damn, you don't act according to the script, and you tamper with the characters and lines temporarily. Do you respect the director?
Are you still an actor?
Why don't you have any self-cultivation as an actor?
…
"Aren't our tactics a bit conservative tonight?"
In the box of the Bernabeu Presidential Stand, King Juan Carlos couldn't get enough of it.
What he likes to watch the most is the kind of football where Real Madrid swish and swish as soon as they come up, hacking their opponents to death with knives, and finally winning by a big score. It's so enjoyable that it makes people's skin crawl all over!
But tonight, Real Madrid played a bit conservatively and the situation was very stalemate.
The game was very intense, with both sides going back and forth, but it was obvious that there were not many shooting opportunities.
It took more than ten minutes for the first shot to be kicked.
This also has a lot to do with Real Madrid's tactics. The advanced team seems to be saving its energy to play.
"Are you preparing for the Champions League?" Juan Carlos asked.
Three days later, Real Madrid will face Manchester United at this stadium. This is also a crucial match in the Champions League group stage.
Florentino also smiled awkwardly.
In fact, he could imagine that at this moment, many Real Madrid fans present may have doubts, and even felt that Real Madrid was too conservative.
The Real Madrid president turned his head and looked at Vice Chairman Butragueno and Technical Director Valdano, both of whom understood.
"This Atletico Madrid team is really strong, even the current La Liga is also very strong," Valdano said.
When Juan Carlos looked over, Real Madrid's technical director continued.
"According to the evaluation of our technical team, Atletico Madrid is now firmly in the Champions League quarter-finals, or even the semi-finals. There is also a Barcelona team. Faced with such a single-sheet army, let alone La Liga, even in European football.
, no team dares to say that it can win Atletico Madrid reliably."
"Is Sevilla strong enough? They were beaten in the first few rounds. There are also teams such as Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal, Malaga, etc., which are also very strong. Now La Liga
The overall strength is still very good, even among the four major leagues, it can be regarded as the strongest overall."
What Valdano said is actually true.
The Premier League is very strong, but in fact, the strongest teams in the Premier League are still Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool and other traditional strong teams. Now they face Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao, Villa
Real and other teams may not have much chance of winning.
This can be seen from the Europa League record.
Of course, it can also be explained by the fact that Premier League teams do not pay attention to the Europa League.
"Gao Shen has given a deduction before. If you want to win La Liga, you must win the strong dialogue, and at the same time, you must be able to stably beat the opponent. Last season, we failed to score points in several games where we should have scored points.
Or maybe we didn’t get 3 points, which led to the final championship being lost.”
"Atletico Madrid is obviously stronger this season. The intensity of such a strong dialogue is not inferior to that of the knockout rounds of the Champions League. Simeone is also a very good tactician and his defense is even more impregnable."
Having said this, Valdano smiled bitterly.
"Frankly speaking, before the game, the whole world was guessing how Real Madrid would play. This actually proves Atletico Madrid's difficulty."
After saying that, Valdano sighed again, "Actually, we still have some problems, such as the counterattack just now, we didn't seize the opportunity, otherwise
If so, the situation will change."
Ronaldo should have distributed the ball to Di Maria in the gap in time, but he chose to take it himself and missed the opportunity.
"Now Gao Shen's idea is to compete with Atletico Madrid for consumption and compete strategically for consumption, but I understand Gao Shen's character, he must have a back-up plan."
"Backhand?" Juan Carlos was a little surprised.
"I know Gao Shen well. He never uses all his tricks when doing things. He must have a back-up plan. And tonight Real Madrid is obviously not very adaptable to this tactical style of play. Player cooperation and team drills are also not good.
Skilled, I conclude that he also has a very deadly backhand."
"He is a Zodiac sign, very picky and very demanding. He must have prepared a second, or even a third and fourth plan now."
…
Time passed bit by bit.
The game was very stalemate, the fight was fierce, and the players were very exhausted.
There is a data that best reflects this, that is, both sides only had 6 shots in the first half, Real Madrid 4 times and Atletico Madrid 2 times. Only Real Madrid shot on goal once, and the others did not.
But both sides committed a lot of fouls, especially Atletico Madrid.
This resulted in the game being played intermittently, and the play was not coherent or smooth at all.
It wasn’t boring for the fans to watch, after all, the two sides really fought fiercely and the pace was fast.
Gao Shen was not satisfied with the team's performance in the first half.
"We rushed the horse and didn't have more time to prepare. Many details were not taken care of. If we had time to polish it slowly, I dare say we could have created at least 4 more threatening counterattack opportunities."
Gao Shen now feels a sense of suffocation. The finish line is approaching, but his feet are sprained, but there are always pursuers behind him.
"It's normal. Although the players have made things clear to each other, theory is theory and the game is about practice. This aspect still needs practice. Next time we meet Atletico Madrid, we will teach them a lesson." Carlo laughed.
road.
That's the trouble with double matches a week.
There is no time for targeted drills.
If they can practice for two days, Real Madrid's threat tonight will be much stronger than it is now.
But in reality there is no if.
The cruelty of the season is that when it starts, it won't leave you any chance to breathe and stop.
You can only keep chasing and catching up to barely ensure that you don't fall behind.
This is true for small and medium-sized teams, and it is also true for top giants.
But Gao Shen and the Real Madrid coaching staff are still very patient and are not anxious at all.
Even though it was already the second half, they were still unmoved.
The two sides were fighting and fighting on the court, and no one could do anything to the other.
Interestingly, neither side made any substitutions.
Real Madrid didn't make any substitutions, and neither did Atletico Madrid, which was really surprising.
It seems that the head coaches of both sides are waiting for a certain moment to arrive.
