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Chapter 553: Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattack

Chapter 553: Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattack

Li Zihan's penalty kick equalized the score to one to one, and the two sides returned to the starting line.

In the following game, Arsenal originally wanted to take advantage of this penalty kick and launch an attack in one go to win Atletico Madrid.After all, Simeone is a relatively good and very realistic head coach, so under such circumstances, he did not ask the team to press out and attack Arsenal with great fanfare. This is extremely unwise.

He made the team start to retreat and shrink the defense, play defensive counterattacks, and at the same time increase the intensity of pressing, especially in the frontcourt.

A football game is when the opponent wants to open and close the attack, you have to shrink the defense to slow down the game speed, and at the same time strengthen the pressing, and when the opponent wants to slow down to control the ball, you have to speed up.All in all, you can't follow the opponent's rhythm. Once you fall into the opponent's rhythm, everything will be over. For example, you can control the initiative of the game, and at the same time make the opponent feel uncomfortable.

Since you Arsenal want to press up and play offense?Then I will shrink the line of defense and let you attack.Simeone thought so.

In fact, Atletico Madrid did the same. They only left Diego Costa in the frontcourt, because Diego Costa was their first weapon in the counterattack.Although there is still Villa, the [-]-year-old Villa obviously has no speed. The counter-attackers who stay in the frontcourt during the defensive counter-attack must first be fast and do not give the opponent a chance to return to the defense.

So Villa took the initiative to retreat back to help Atletico Madrid defend Arsenal's header. In fact, without Giroud in the frontcourt, Arsenal seldom made a high pass, because several people in the frontcourt were Not good at competing for headers, and this is not Arsenal's style and tactics.

Arsenal's offense was still dominated by Ozil's pass and Li Zihan's breakthrough, while Wilshere and Cazorla followed up.Ramsey often attacks from behind, and his running position also helped Arsenal gain some space in the frontcourt. At least one of the four Atletico Madrid midfielders will be directly taken away by him.Flamini originally wanted to keep up with the offense, but after Ramsey was so active, he obviously didn't fit in, otherwise he would have no midfielder, and Flamini had no speed and turned slowly. Diego Costa fought back and he basically never came back.

Arsenal's offense lasted for more than ten minutes, but they failed to knock on Atletico Madrid's goal.Firstly, Atletico Madrid's defense is stable. When Miranda is no longer in shape, the other three defenders are still very stable. At the same time, Atletico Madrid's four midfielders Thiago, Gabi, Raul Garcia and Cork has a good defensive ability, especially Gabi.

Secondly, it is natural that Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Courtois performed well.Arsenal managed to get two or three chances, but in the end they were defeated by Courtois.

"The two sides are now at a stalemate. Arsenal's offense continues to fail to open the situation. At the same time, Atletico Madrid is also focused on defense. However, the performance of Belgian goalkeeper Courtois really has to be mentioned. He is now the best state of Atletico Madrid. A good player, as far as Lee's shots came back in vain. Seeing how good he is, I don't think he will stay at Atletico Madrid next season. If Chelsea don't recall him, he will definitely ask to return to Chelsea Yes, after all he just joined Atletico Madrid on loan and he is actually still a Chelsea player. Cech and Courtois have performed very well this season. I think Chelsea's coach Mourinho will definitely be there for whom next season. Of course, this must also be the trouble of happiness."

Just when the commentator was lonely and wanted to find some digressions to enliven the atmosphere of the fans, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

After Li Zihan received a precise pass from Özil, a series of wonderful performances made Atletico Madrid's defense line up to the throat.In the end, Li Zihan successfully opened up some space, and then passed the ball to the ribs of the penalty area.

Wilshere, who followed up from the side, directly stepped in and shot.

"Lee gave the football to Wilshere. Wilshere took a shot!! The little threat directly kicked the goal!!"

"Courtois!!!"

The Belgian goalkeeper once again made a wonderful save. When Wilshere kicked his foot, he threw himself like a leopard, and then used his height and arm length to the extreme in the air.

He threw the football kicked by Wilshere directly into his arms, then got up and made a gesture to his teammates not to come forward.

Wilshere shook his head helplessly, what else could he do in the face of such an excellent goalkeeper but helplessness.

"Great job Courtois, some people say that Atletico Madrid's performance this season is due to a Diego Costa in the frontcourt and Courtois in front of the goal, and this is true to a certain extent! "

But while Arsenal was still regretting this attack, Atletico Madrid's counterattack had already quietly started.

Courtois quickly threw out the football in his hand. After the Belgian threw the football, the Arsenal players reacted and ran towards the backcourt immediately. It's just that people's legs can't run Soccer ball flying through the air?Not everyone is a monster like Li Zihan

So when Arsenal's offensive players started to retreat, the ball had rushed out of Atletico Madrid's penalty area and came outside the penalty area.Villa, who was back on defense, played his role at this time. Calabash took off vigorously and pushed the ball down with his back facing the attacking direction. The unprepared Ramsey took off one step later than the opponent, allowing the opponent He hit the ball first.

Villa did not unload the ball by himself, but gave it to Koke, the core midfielder in front of him.Cork didn't take the ball either, and kicked it directly against the flying ball.

The football flew over the heads of Ramsey and Villa and flew straight towards Arsenal's backcourt.

Diego Costa suddenly started at this time, passed behind Flamini, and then ran towards Arsenal's backcourt while looking up at the route of the aerial football to judge the landing point.

The French midfielder was caught off guard. When he turned around and began to chase back, Diego Costa had already distanced himself from him.

"Diego Costa!! This is Atletico Madrid's counterattack, a great opportunity!! It's just that there are Koscielny and Modesat, the central defenders of the German-French partner, and Poland National Szczesny."

Koscielny reacted first, he saw everything in his eyes facing the two of them.Eager to commit crimes and meritorious deeds, he winked at his central defender partner Modesat, and then stepped forward to intercept.

Koscielny is also well thought out, because he has a yellow card, so his interception can only cut off the connection between Diego Costa and football, and cannot foul.

And if he stays at the end and lets Mordsart up the grab, once Mordsat fails and Diego Costa faces the gap alone, he is likely to use fouls to stop the opponent if he has to , otherwise relying on Szczesny. The possibility of being scored is very high.

And he has a yellow card on him, once the foul is shown again, it will be even more embarrassing.

So he chose to take the initiative to grab, even if he failed, there was an "innocent" Mordsarter behind him without a yellow card.

Koscielny was a step slower than Diego Costa, who received the ball just outside the arc of the center circle, and instead of unloading it, he headed the ball with his chest. to his own front.

The ball pushed out by Diego Costa just passed the French defender Koscielny who was about to "crash" with Diego Costa.

Koscielny hesitated. If he turned around to chase the ball back, he would definitely not be as fast as Diego Costa, who was facing the attacking direction. The latter was faster than him, and he didn't need to turn around! !

But if you don't chase back, you will collide with Diego Costa. If the opponent does not have the ball, the referee will show you a second yellow card. Rizzoli in Serie A is definitely better than the Premier League. The head referee of the team should be stricter, especially when it comes to physical contact.

"Diego——Costa!! This is an important goal!! Although K6's turning speed is not very slow, it will definitely not be fast! At least it is not Diego Costa's opponent!!"

Just when Koscielny was in a dilemma, Koscielny saw Flamini behind Diego Costa trying to catch up, and at the same time, the fellow from France was still gesturing to himself!

Koscielny understood in an instant, and immediately stopped, pretending to turn around inadvertently to chase the ball.However, when his body turned around, he suddenly moved to block Diego Costa's route. In order to avoid being directly mounted on the opponent's body, Diego Costa had to slow down slightly and then bypassed the opponent's side.

Although Diego Costa managed to bypass Koscielny and cross his defensive area, it also slowed him down.

When he regained the ball, the French midfielder Flamini behind him also followed.This time, Flamini didn't give the opponent a chance to get rid of him, and he immediately tackled the ball from the back of Diego Costa's side.

"Flamini's defense!!! Although the action is a bit big, the goal is also running towards the ball."

"Diego Costa!! Oh. No, the opponent's midfielder fouled!!"