At the beginning of the game, Sporting Gijon, who played at home, put on a defensive counterattack posture. Their formation retracted. When they got the ball, if it was a positional battle, there were not many offensive troops: they seemed to plan to attack at home.
The ball was handed over.
"Sporting de Gijon is a little too conservative." Commentator Gonzalez criticized, "Didn't coach Li Ang consider playing a hearty game at home?"
"Even though Pablo and Simeone are suspended, in terms of strength, Atletico Madrid still has the advantage." D'Agostino was not too surprised by the tactical choice with Sporting Gijon. Pablo is Atletico Madrid's
The main center back, however, the aging Simeone is not an important player at Atletico Madrid. Therefore, the impact of the penalty of red card suspension on Atletico Madrid is smaller than expected. This determines that the strength of the visiting team is still higher than that of the home team.
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"This is their home court," Gonzalez said.
"Fundamentally speaking, Sporting Gijon is still just a newly promoted team. Although they are currently ranked higher than Atletico Madrid, coach Li Ang asked the team to counterattack and lower their attitude. There is nothing good to say about this." Dag
Stino said with a smile that Sporting Gijon can only be said to be a dark horse now. The so-called dark horse, facing a powerful player like Atletico Madrid, has nothing wrong with keeping a lower profile.
This is the benefit of being a newly promoted team. If Liang's Sporting Gijon has been in La Liga for two seasons and is still so conservative now, it will definitely receive a lot of criticism.
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Atletico Madrid's head coach Ferrando glanced at the home team's coaching bench. Since Sporting Gijon took the initiative to withdraw, he was not polite.
Moreover, Ferrando was actually not too surprised by Sporting Gijon's defensive counterattack tactics at home. Although Sporting Gijon's league ranking is higher than that of Atletico Madrid, judging from the overall strength of the two teams, Ferrando
Lando certainly believes that his Atletico Madrid is much better than Sporting Gijon.
In Atletico Madrid's subsequent attack, Torres took the ball at the top of the penalty area and without a chance to turn around, he knocked the ball to Grenchar, who directly shot a long shot high.
Sporting Gijon put up a tight defensive formation in the second half, and when they were waiting for Atletico Madrid to attack, they would find that it was difficult to tear open Sporting Gijon's defense.
Li Ang sat on the coaching bench with his legs crossed. He knew that Atletico Madrid would be very eager to press forward. He just had to wait for them to hand over possession of the ball, and then wait for a counterattack. Don't look at the two goals.
The team was so warm and friendly before the game, but Liang knew that Atletico Madrid was holding its breath after being humiliated by Real Madrid in the derby, and maybe they were thinking of regaining their place as a strong team from Sporting Gijon.
Since Atletico Madrid wants to turn away from the visitors, Li Ang will help them.
Before the game, he told his players to defend well within fifteen minutes after the game started. If Atletico Madrid wanted to press, give them a chance to press.
At that time, Ribery also asked, what will happen in fifteen minutes? Liang's answer was that all actions should be taken according to his command and acted according to his "eyes" and orders.
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Now, Atletico Madrid seems to be playing exactly how he envisioned it.
This was another attack by Atlético de Madrid. The army of sheets rushed up and more than half of the people participated in the attack. However, so many people were helpless in the face of Sporting Gijon's "iron barrel formation". After three passes and two downs, the ball
was interrupted.
Carlos intercepted the ball from Grenciare, then quickly passed the ball to Albertini.
This is a great opportunity for Sporting Gijon to launch a counterattack!
The excited shouts of Sporting Gijon fans suddenly rang out in the stands.
They have seen this scene countless times. Sporting Gijon's quick counterattack is now definitely their biggest offensive weapon. Just like a hurricane coming, few teams can prevent Sporting Gijon's counterattack.
"Sporting de Gijon intercepted the ball, and Carlos passed the football... The football was passed to Albertini's feet, and he was looking up to observe the situation. Korsa pounced on him! Oh! It was passed! Long pass! Albertini
Suddenly a long pass... Franck Ribery desperately chased the ball, beautiful! He stopped... Crossed! Diego Milito... missed the point! Antonio... DiIIIIINAAAATAAAAALE - Goooooooooooooooooool!!"
"Beautiful coordination! Wonderful counterattack! The ball was scored! In the eleventh minute of the game, Sporting Gijon scored! This is incredible! The scene at Sporting Gijon was passive, they were almost suppressed by Atletico Madrid, and now, a counterattack
, they succeeded! Look at the expressions on the faces of Atletico Madrid players. They are still 'immersed' in their team's powerful offensive. It seems that the goal is right in front of them, but now they have lost the goal! This
It’s such a big contrast and blow…”
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Seeing Di Natale's smart advance from the back and pushing the football into the net, Li Ang jumped up excitedly. This kind of counterattack was exactly what he wanted. This was also the confidence he dared to let Atletico Madrid press out to attack.
Now, as expected, the counterattack was successful. His players really cheered him up!
Well done!
"This is Di Natale's ninth goal this season! This 27-year-old Italian striker was previously unknown at all. The Empoli team he played for last season was also relegated from Serie A.
Li Ang brought him to Gijon, and now, we all know that Sporting Gijon has such an excellent shooter, he can pass, shoot, assist and score goals!" D'Agostino praised Di Natale.
Absolutely.
"Sporting de Gijon's counterattack was very fast and well-organized. With Diego Milito covering in front and Di Natale running in behind, Atletico Madrid's defense was hard to guard against!"
Ferrando frowned. The team took the initiative at the beginning, but lost the ball because of a counterattack by the opponent. This was a blow to morale.
He walked to the sidelines, shouted the name of the team's young captain Torres, and pushed forward with both hands: Keep attacking, don't be affected by this lost ball! Keep attacking the center!
That's right, Ferrando's tactic today is to attack the center. He wants to tear apart Sporting Gijon's defense from the front.
He has now confirmed that Sporting Gijon is going to play defensive counterattack today. Very good, then let us compare, is your defensive counterattack effective, or Atletico Madrid's strong attack can destroy everything!
At this time, Ferrando did not notice that Liang walked from the coaching bench to the sidelines and shouted the name of the team captain Albertini. Then the Italian star saw the team coach’s thumbs up, and then gave him a thumbs up.
He hit it three times in the air.
Albertini was a little amused by the head coach's slightly naughty gesture. He knew that this was a signal for tactical adjustments!
Attack! Attack! Attack!
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It is common for a team to change tactics during a game, but how to effectively execute and realize the head coach's tactical intentions is the time to test the team's execution strength. What is tested is the head coach's tactical intentions.
The coach's control over the entire team tests the obedience and discipline of the players. Of course, the player's strength foundation is also indispensable.
Discipline, control, and strength are factors that drive execution. Liang's Sporting Gijon has all of these.
If Sporting Gijon's defensive counterattack is a silent and stubborn assassin, then Sporting Gijon's overwhelming attack is like a hungry tiger attacking a sheep!
The big mouth of the blood plate quietly opened suddenly with Li Ang's gesture!
Little did the people of Atletico Madrid know that a violent storm would hit them in the next moment...
