Achievement King

Chapter 152 Decision
In the end, Simeone decided to rotate all of them, but put a few main midfielders on the bench.

And on April 4th, the day of the match, the attendance at the Calderon Stadium was not very high, because Simeone simply said two days ago that this match would be a full bench lineup without any accidents.

This also gave opponents Villarreal an idea.

Villarreal itself is not a weak team, and Atletico Madrid's full bench lineup is not necessarily much better than Villarreal's main lineup.

Therefore, this game was a confrontation between the two sides from the beginning.

Villarreal was very intentional and attacked halftime many times, but Atletico Madrid's substitute also implemented Simeone's tactics. They were very resolute when defending and even more resolute when attacking, so they came down a few times. Villarreal also knew that there was still a gap between the two teams.

So Villarreal decided to change the route and changed to the way of defensive counterattack.

Atlético de Madrid, on the other hand, still played steadily and did not change their style of play hastily. Because the substitute lineup had a lot of veterans in the frontcourt, they had rich experience and were very experienced in controlling the situation.

In the second half, Villarreal's defense finally had a hole, and Thiago passed a through pass to Rodriguez who was plugging in. Rodriguez pushed the far corner and the ball scored. up.

It's stable now, Wang Yu, who was sitting on the bench, thought to himself.

Sure enough, at the last time, Villarreal did not make any waves in the end.

The final score was that Atletico Madrid beat Villarreal 1-0.

After winning the game, Simeone immediately took out his mobile phone to watch the Barcelona game that started later. Barcelona's game had gone on for 70 minutes in the second half, and Barcelona had already led 5-0.

Simeone had a gloomy face, especially when he also saw that Barcelona was all on the bench.

This makes Simeone even more of a sense of crisis. After all, it seems that in the next Champions League game, Barcelona still wants to strive for a comeback.

But Simeone will never let this happen.

April 4th ​​is coming soon.

In the evening of this day, the starters of both teams came out.

There was only one change in personnel between Atletico Madrid and the first leg.

That is to replace Raul Garcia with Mario Suarez.

Although the formation is still 442, it does play double midfielders.

"Atlético Madrid starts with Courtois in goal, Juan Fran, Godin, Miranda and Luis Felipe in defense, Gabi, Koke, Mario Suarez and Wang in midfield. Yu, the strikers are Diego Costa and Villa. Compared with the last Champions League game, Mario Suarez became the starter. This also shows that Simeone is very cautious in this game. The position is officially given as A 442, but it is a double midfielder position, a bit like 4222. Gabi and Mario Suarez play a double midfielder, Wang Yu and Cork one left and one right, while Villa and Diego Costa play At the top. This formation is definitely very advantageous in defense, especially for a team like Atletico Madrid that is good at defense, but in offense, it may be more necessary to advance from the two sides."

"Barcelona's starting lineup has also changed compared with the last Champions League game, and there have been changes in multiple positions. The goalkeeper is Valdez, the defenders are Alba, Pique, Mascherano and Alves, and the midfielder is. Iniesta, Xavi and Busquez, the forwards are Messi, Pedro and Neymar. Compared with the last time, there are two changes in positions. It seems that Barcelona will try their best in this game."

The starters of both teams showed up. After entering the stadium, Wang Yu immediately felt the enthusiasm of the home fans and the noise made by the Atlético Madrid fans in the Calderón Stadium.When Wang Yu played, all the fans shouted Wang Yu's name, and Wang Yu also felt that his status among Atletico Madrid fans had risen.

Wang Yu walked to the middle circle, ready to tee off.

Barcelona's players seem to be united.

Wang Yu inadvertently glanced at Messi. Messi's eyes were different from usual, revealing determination. Although Wang Yu didn't have much contact with Messi, and he didn't know what his usual eyes were, but such firm eyes still Wang Yu's heart tightened, he knew that this match would be difficult.

After the kick-off, Wang Yu passed the ball back to Mario Suarez directly. After Mario Suarez took the ball, he didn't rush forward at all. Wang Yu also knew that this must be what Simeone meant.

Let Barcelona take the initiative to press, and then Atletico Madrid will fight back, so that the two sides can fully play the role, and then they can break through the two forwards who can pass the ball to the center.

Atletico Madrid's players poured the ball quietly in the backcourt, while Barcelona's players did not dare to step forward for a while. After all, Atletico Madrid's counterattack is also very powerful.

In this way, the opening game was not as fast as expected, but the Atletico Madrid fans on the scene were still shouting loudly. Atletico Madrid fans are very pragmatic. They know that what the team is doing now is good for the team. So they have been encouraging the team.

Atlético de Madrid's players are also very encouraged. It is normal for their fans to encourage their team.

At this time, Gabi took the ball and saw that Cork was in a good position, far away from Alba, and there were no people around.

So Gabi passed it on directly.

At this time, Iniesta saw Gabi's movement, and immediately moved a step, trying to break the passing ball, but Cork directly took a step back, took the ball first, and then he saw Iniesta He was running towards himself, and at this time, Wang Yu ran directly to the middle and ran behind Iniesta. Now Wang Yu is behind the two strikers, like a midfielder or a second striker. After Cork takes the ball, Glanced, then turned his right ankle and started dribbling the ball on the sideline.

As soon as Cork made this move, Wang Yu knew that Cork was about to cross, so he immediately rushed to the penalty area with Villa and Costa.

At this time, Alba was approaching. Cork knew that he might not be able to match Alba's speed, but his physical fitness was much better than Alba, so Cork faced Alba, turned sideways, and protected the ball on the baseline. At this time, Alba is very likely to qualify as long as he touches at this time, which can be regarded as creating a penalty.

Alba's first goal must be to hook the ball back, but he is also a problem, short legs, after being sided by Cork, if the ball in front of Cork is to be hooked by Alba behind Cork , that requires a considerable distance, but it is a pity that Alba cannot go beyond this distance.

(End of this chapter)