The goal conceded in the 20th minute did not arouse Capello's vigilance. Atletico Madrid relied on a set kick to confuse Roma's defense. It can only be said that Dick's preparations were quite detailed. In terms of the overall tactics, it was stuck.
Perrault didn't feel that he had made any mistakes. It was just a goal and he just continued to attack. If Atletico Madrid can score, why can't Roma score?
I have to say that Capello has fallen into a misunderstanding now. Although Atletico Madrid is currently attacking Roma, they attack very quickly every time, while Roma's offense is always attacked by Atletico Madrid.
The rhythm of the game has slowed down. This is an abnormal situation, but Capello ignored this...
After the restart, Roma launched an attack. They wanted to pick up the pace, but were delayed by Atletico Madrid in the midfield. Then they faced Atletico Madrid's entire defense. It was impossible for them not to be affected by the previous one.
The impact of losing the ball - Capello's tactical arrangement time was affected. There was no time to explain in detail in the short period of time before the start of the game. Roma's players were just attacking according to the established policy. Although
Their offense was also very sharp, but they were unable to create any good opportunities under Atletico Madrid's overall defense...
In the 28th minute, Atletico Madrid counterattacked again!
The counterattack was not very fast this time. Belleron passed the ball to Cruz in front. Cruz received the ball and turned around to force a breakthrough. He used his body to protect the ball and waited until his teammates came up to respond.
Then he passed the ball to Belleron, who had stepped in. When the Roma defenders were paying attention to the two centers, Belleron sent a beautiful diagonal pass!
Vicente came in from the left at high speed and was about to receive Belleron's pass in the penalty area. Zebina, who came to cover the position, flew to tackle the ball in a hurry. Vicente quickly moved the ball to the side.
For a moment, he dodged Zebina's foot, but Zebina directly hit him on his supporting foot. Then Vicente yelled quickly, and then fell into the penalty area...
"Penalty kick!"
Nearly 50,000 Atletico Madrid fans roared loudly. Zebina stood up and waved his hands desperately to show that he had not committed a foul. However, the referee's whistle had already sounded at this time, and he ran over.
Pointing to the penalty spot while running...
Then he showed a yellow card to Zebina - a penalty kick!
Roma's players began to protest, while Atletico's players began to celebrate, and there were cheers from the stands. If this penalty kick was scored, it would be 2-0. To be able to play like this against Roma
Good luck, Atletico Madrid fans didn’t expect...
Dick laughed on the sidelines. He really didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Zebina was reckless again at this time. In fact, if he didn't foul, Vicente wouldn't have many chances because he was a high-speed forward.
It was inserted. With his characteristics, it was impossible to stop so quickly. Even if he shot directly, he might not have many opportunities. However, Zebina's rash tackle directly gave Vicente a chance to create a penalty kick.
Opportunity, although he is still young, but in such a good situation, if he does not earn a penalty kick, it will be crazy.
Regardless of whether Vicente deliberately pushed the ball away and then put his foot on Zebina's foot, it is a fact that Zebina tackled Vicente's foot after Vicent got the ball. Even if the Roma players continued
Even though they felt aggrieved, they could not change the referee's decision.
Capello started shouting angrily from the sidelines, and Dick put his hands to his mouth, and then shouted: "Wise judgment! The referee made a good penalty!"
Capello glanced at Dick and wanted to rush over and give Dick a punch. After all, he was also a former professional player. Although he is older now, his physique is still stronger than Dick. In a real fight,
Dick may not be able to beat him...
It's just that he couldn't come over to hit Dick. Dick shouted twice and then stopped, preparing to watch the player take the penalty kick - Atletico Madrid's first penalty kicker was not the top scorer Jardel.
It was Belleron, the core of the midfielder. After winning the penalty, Belleron took a deep breath and then calmly scored the ball into the dead center of the goal!
When the cheers from the stands started, Atletico Madrid was already leading Roma 2-0 at home!
Now Rome has no way out, they can only take risks and attack...
"Retreat, defend, prepare to counterattack!" Dick waved his hand enthusiastically and shouted towards the court. Now that the home team was leading by two goals, he started to defend and counterattack. No one could say anything...
Roma, on the other hand, began to aggressively attack. Atletico Madrid's defensive ability is also good. If they cannot score one or two goals in the away game, it will be very difficult to close the two-goal gap at home.
What's more, the opponent's counterattack speed and threat are indeed very fast. Now that Atletico Madrid has two centers on the field, their defensive intensity in the midfield must be reduced. If they press the attack, there is no chance.
It's just that since Dick dug such a big hole, he naturally won't let the Roma players jump out easily. While he directed the Atletico Madrid players to retreat, he also directed the team to start using more counterattacks to win.
Goal...
There is one less midfielder and one more center forward, which naturally weakens the defense, but accordingly, the counterattack is also much simpler. After getting the ball in the backcourt, it goes directly to the frontcourt. One of the two centers can control the first landing point.
Then the probability of counterattack will be much higher, and Vicente's speed also makes Roma's defense very afraid. Although this kind of counterattack is simple, it also makes Roma's defense extremely annoyed!
If the full-backs don't provide assists, the offensive threat will be much reduced. If they provide assists, whether it's the height advantage of Jardel and Cruz or Vicente's speed, it will have huge lethality...
However, they have no other way now. They can only grit their teeth and attack. As long as there is a goal, then the situation they face will be much better. They can also stabilize their defense and lose 1-2 in the away game.
It would be much easier to go to the home court...
It's just that Roma's offense has repeatedly failed in the face of Atletico Madrid's defense.
Capello found that he still underestimated Atletico Madrid's defensive ability. Thuram's strength was indeed ignored by the Italians in the past. They believed that Parma's excellent defense was more because they had Cannavaro.
and Buffon, in fact Thuram's role in Parma's defense is definitely no worse than those two!
Under the command of Thuram, Atletico Madrid's defense became a whole. Thuram commanded the defense from behind. In front of him, there was a strong and capable Marchena sweeping back and forth. At the front of the penalty area, there were
With Makelele's protection, both wings were shrunk very far back, and Roma did not have much advantage in the center's competition for high-altitude balls. This made Roma's offense quite frustrating.
Penetration at the front of the penalty area? Let’s go through Makelele’s level first. There are quite a few crosses from both wings, but whether they are in the air or on the ground, Thuram will always grab the first landing point and then destroy it. He only cares about destruction.
Thuram's lethality in defense is quite powerful. Batistuta's header is not particularly good, and Montella is a point-grabbing forward who wants to benefit from Thuram.
Not an easy thing...
As for pulling out to create opportunities with long shots, not to mention that the success rate of long shots is not high after all. Even such opportunities are not easy to obtain. Makélélé will always appear first when a Roma player attempts a long shot.
People around them sometimes only need a little interference to make their long-range shots fly into the sky.
Batistuta's powerful free kick in the 32nd minute was slightly higher than the goal post.
In the 36th minute, Emerson's long shot missed the far post.
In the 37th minute, Totti, who entered the penalty area, almost got a point back for Roma with a header. Unfortunately, his header was saved by Molina with a beautiful sideways palm. This is also
Roma's best chance in the entire first half!
When Roma's offense is constantly being blocked by Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid's counterattacks are also constantly threatening Roma's gate. What they want is not to maintain a two-goal advantage going into the halftime break - that is their minimum goal!
When the game reached the 43rd minute, Vicente's dribbling breakthrough once again created a free kick. When he was dribbling the ball from the wing, he was tackled to the ground by Tomasi, who was filling in.
At a similar position to the first goal, Belleron stood up again.
Atletico Madrid still had two centers and two central defenders waiting in the penalty area. Roma's defenders did not dare to relax their attention to anyone this time. Zanetti has been following Marchena, but Belleron's
The second pass was not for any of the four of them...
The ball directly bypassed all the players in the middle and back points, and then flew directly to the final point. There, Camoranesi got rid of Candela's defense, and then faced the falling ball directly at the far post angle.
Take a shot from a small place!
The ball flew diagonally towards the goal. Antonioli, who had just turned around, couldn't make the save, and the ball plunged into the dead center of the goal!
Three to zero! Atletico Madrid was far ahead of Roma in the first half!
Capello left the visiting team's coaching bench with a livid face - only then did he realize that Dick, the bastard, was going to attack Roma... He was still playing the same defensive counterattack style! It was just worse than that
The extreme defensive counterattack needs to be more concealed and more offensive, but at its core it is still a defensive counterattack!
Thinking that he had been led by this young man from beginning to end, Capello felt that his face had been lost to the bottom. It was ridiculous that he had thought of deliberately playing psychological warfare with Dick to let him know what ginger was.
Still old and spicy!
Now it seems that he is indeed older than Dick, but Dick, a young ginger, is much hotter than him, leading Roma by three goals in the first half!
But Capello didn't want to just admit defeat - Inter Milan once led Atletico Madrid 3-1 in an away game, but was eventually equalized by Atletico Madrid. What Atletico Madrid can do, Roma can also do!
He subconsciously ignored one thing. In that game, Inter Milan made the wrong move after taking the lead, which gave Atletico Madrid a chance to equalize the score. However, now, Dick will not give him this chance again...
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When the second half started, Capello discovered that Atletico Madrid had made a substitution. Baraja came on and replaced Cruz...
Atletico Madrid has returned to a five-midfield configuration. There is no doubt that their defense will be even stronger than in the first half!
Under such a defense, is it possible for Roma to get back three goals? What's more, their defense will still be subject to Atletico Madrid's sharp counterattack!
"It seems that things are really going to be bad for Roma now!" Many commentators sighed after seeing this substitution.
