number one striker

Chapter 402 Equalizing
"The end of the first half! Manchester City maintained a one-goal lead and entered the intermission! It can be seen that the Manchester City players are in a good mood. They maintained a high offensive momentum throughout the first half and suppressed Atletico Madrid in their own half. Atletico Madrid also had many offensive opportunities at home. Their counterattack also made Kompany and others quite uncomfortable. Let us see what adjustments Mancini and Simeone will make in the midfield."

Atletico Madrid's dressing room was full of gasps. Manchester City, as a Premier League team, perfectly combined technology with England's high-flying, fast-paced attack.Most of Atletico Madrid's offenses are counterattacks, the kind that need to attack the entire half.

So after 45 minutes, everyone was panting, but they still had energy left.

With a confident expression on his face, Simeone tapped the tactical board and said: "At 40 minutes into the first half, we took the initiative in the game. Most of Manchester City's players can't run anymore, and you are all alive and well."

Caesar recalled his usual physical training with a painful face, which made his hair stand on end.Even the tough guy Vidal has a look of unbearable looking back, which shows how painful physical training is.

"I dare not say that I am the most demanding coach, but I dare say that you must be the players with the highest degree of training. Continue to maintain our tactics in the second half until their physical energy is exhausted. By then, it is time for us to launch a total attack!"

As for Manchester City, Mancini expressed his satisfaction with the team and asked the players to continue attacking in the second half.

Toure could see it clearly. After all, after 40 minutes, Atletico Madrid's offense came, and he was responsible for the first interception.

The physical fitness of the team does not allow to continue to maintain this offensive tactic, but Toure is not a coach, so he can only follow Mancini's arrangements.

Mancini's thinking was still too simple. Atletico Madrid's recovery in the first half made him mistakenly think that Manchester City could completely suppress them. As everyone knows, in La Liga games, Atletico Madrid even recovered their defense against the Spaniard, let alone facing Manchester City.

There is still a difference between active recovery and passive recovery. Unfortunately, Mancini was blindfolded by the good situation and planted the seeds of disaster for this game.

Rudy returned to the studio after a break. He has been explaining Atletico Madrid games this year, so he knows this team very well.

"Hey, Rudy, it seems that Atletico Madrid is going to die in this game." The colleagues in the studio chatted.

Rudy said: "That's not necessarily the case. Manchester City's physical fitness can't keep up. After 65 minutes, the game belonging to Atletico Madrid has just begun."

"Maybe, but today I'm on City's side and they played so well."

Rudy shrugged and said nothing, and the second half of the game was about to start.

"Don't stop, keep the speed and compactness of the press until you overwhelm them." Gabi encouraged his teammates in the player tunnel, and finally grabbed Caesar, and said softly: "It's up to you to counterattack, don't be soft-footed."

"Don't worry, Captain."

"Okay! The second half begins! The two teams switched directions! In the second half, Manchester City took the lead in attacking!"

Whether it was Silva, Nasri or Carlos Tevez, they all had a great time attacking in the first half, showing the relaxed feeling they had during training.

Tevez still felt a little bored, why, it turns out that one of the strongest teams in La Liga is this virtue?
"The ball was given to Tevez! He broke through Felipe Luiz's defense many times in the first half! Simeone did not adjust to this in the second half!"

"Here!" Zabaleta jumped in from behind at high speed, trying to catch the pass from his teammates.As a result, Tevez did not give it out, but used Zabaleta's running to cut in and directly hit the goal.

Courtois concentrates and holds the ball firmly.

"Don't worry!" Aguero had already run out of the opportunity in the middle, and he was a little dissatisfied.

Tevez walked off without saying anything, and Aguero sighed, it was exhausting to be team-mates with this guy.

"It's our turn to counterattack!" Courtois gave the ball to Godin, Godin gave it to Vidal, and Vidal, who was always passionate, gave the ball to Turan.

Facing Nasri's supplementary defense, Turan was a little anxious to speed up the offensive rhythm, but was almost intercepted by the Frenchman.

"Here!" Diego responded, Turan quickly handed him the ball and ran forward by himself.

"Diego came to the middle! But there is not much support, what is he going to do?"

Costa was at the front, and Caesar was a little behind, walking slowly.

The one who defended him was Zabaleta who had just stepped in. Mancini knew that Caesar was powerful, so he asked Zabaleta, who had the most physical fitness and the most frequent back and forth running in the team, to defend him.

Not to mention, after 45 minutes, it was Zabaleta who seemed to be fine.Especially since he had an assist just now, he won't be breathing at all.

Caesar's slow look made Zabaleta more vigilant, this must be for yourself!

"Diego took the ball! Costa blocked Kompany and unloaded the ball with his chest!"

Kompany seldom dealt with this type of high center forward in the Premier League. He was tall and had such delicate skills at his feet, which made Kompany unexpected.

"Don't make him turn around!" Hart yelled, watching Costa's movements.

However, Costa did not try to turn around, but used his knee to bump the unloaded ball, and then ferried vigorously to the right rear.

Ok?
Why is the ball coming towards me?
Zabaleta was a little puzzled. Looking back, why did Caesar disappear?
"Look! What are you doing?!" Mancini jumped anxiously, why was Zabaletta distracted at this time!
"Caesar came around from the outside! Zabaleta lost control of him!"

Hart immediately chose to attack, but Caesar was faster and poked the ball before Hart.

Joe Hart chose to hit the high-altitude ball, but Caesar stabbed the ball under him.

The ball just rolled into the goal slowly, and Hart landed on the ground with a helpless expression on his face.

And the fans at the Calderon Stadium cheered following the beating of the ball, and the score was equalized!
"Caesar's stab shot from the back equalized the score! This is a precious goal! When the team fell behind and the scene was passive, Caesar stood up again!"

However, now is not the time to be happy. The score of 1:1 is far from enough for Atletico Madrid. They must defeat their opponents in order to take the initiative in their own hands.

Simeone checked the time, it was 55 minutes.

"Tell Saul to warm up and be back in 10 minutes."

Boggs nodded.

(End of this chapter)