Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 224 Breaking the Ice
After the half-time break, the two sides returned to the court, and the scene burst into warm applause. The broadcast camera captured Atletico Madrid's substitution for the first time. No. 18 Costa came on the field and No. 21 Gameiro was replaced.

"Costa returns to Atletico Madrid for the third time to see if it will be another peak of his career. Of course, there will be sparks between him and Wen Zhihao, which is a better scene."

He Wei gave his expectations in the BJ studio.

The referee Lahoz blew the opening whistle for the second half. Unexpectedly, Atletico Madrid's opponents broke out in a cold sweat as soon as they came up.

Valencia originally wanted to take advantage of the kick-off advantage, but Thomas squeezed Parejo with his body. The two were not of the same size. Thomas directly squeezed his opponent to the ground.

Thomas didn't even think about it, and immediately put the ball at Wen Zhihao's feet. Wen Zhihao took the ball and broke through two steps, attracting the other midfielder Kondogbia to move to his side, and then made a diagonal pass to Kondogbia's original position. There was a big gap in front of the central defender.Valencia's defense has serious loopholes, and only Garay, a central defender, is dragged behind to mark Costa.Griezmann gave a certain amount of advance to Costa. He and Costa had a tacit understanding before, and the cooperation will naturally not be as unfamiliar as Wen Zhihao's first appearance on behalf of Atletico Madrid.

Costa took a step forward, stopped the ball with his chest, and many fans were already leaning forward, ready to jump up and celebrate the goal at any time.The former Costa has full confidence in the opportunity to face the goalkeeper directly.

"Costa, Costa! Became a hero as soon as he appeared on the stage? This is definitely a big gift!" Garcia, as the commentator, was also full of expectations.

Facing the front and back interference of Garay and goalkeeper Neto, Costa's push slightly missed the post.There was a burst of regret in the audience.

"It's such a pity! If this goal can be scored, it will definitely be the best meeting gift for returning! It's only two centimeters away. I haven't experienced peak intensity for several months. It will take some time for Costa to regain the feeling of scoring goals." Although Garcia regretted it, he gave Costa enough tolerance.

Wen Zhihao walked over and immediately encouraged: "You did a good job. If you adjust the sight, you will be able to enter next time."

Costa was in a calm mood: "I don't need comfort. Boy, don't treat me like a novice."

Wen Zhihao coughed dryly and smiled awkwardly.It does seem a bit redundant, the person in front of him has never experienced any scene.The Champions League final, the World Cup... are all new experiences for me, why do I need to tell others what to do?
I am not the captain, so doing this is not justified, and the old teammates may not mind if they understand it, but they should really keep a low profile in front of the new teammates who are great gods.

Marcelino couldn't sit still after being beaten off at the beginning.He sees that Atletico Madrid is showing signs of gaining momentum, and he must nip it in the bud, otherwise Atletico Madrid will go crazy at home, and he will not be able to suppress it.And the strategy he chose was to let the two wingers Guedes and Pereira break through the bottom more resolutely, suppressing Juanfran and Felipe's back-up, at least weakening the power of Atletico Madrid's side attack.

In the first half, Valencia had an inextricable battle with Atletico Madrid in the center. Atletico Madrid's threatening attacks were all transferred from Wen Zhihao to the side, and launched from Carrasco's side.Marcelino obviously summed up the experience of the first half and tried to turn passive into active.

However, Simeone changed his tactics faster, and Marcelino's tactics have not yet fully unfolded, and he has already made a second substitution.Cork replaces Carrasco.

"Koke has a certain ability to transfer and dispatch. Is Atletico Madrid going to attack the middle? In the first half, neither Wen nor Griezmann had an advantage. This substitution is not a wise move."

Garcia was the first to express doubts.But he forgot about Costa.

The biggest significance of Cork's appearance is to control the rhythm and smoothly pass the ball to the feet of the trident in the frontcourt. The wing attack is just a cover.

For the rest, Simeone can only see how much the training results can be transformed into actual combat effects.

Cork came on the field with Simeone's latest instructions. In fact, this was the general attack signal that Atletico Madrid blew in advance, but at this moment, no one except the Atletico Madrid players knew.Instead, Valencia's overall formation pressed forward, thinking that this was an opportunity for them to bring a faster offensive rhythm.

Marcelino soon discovered that he had misjudged, and very wrongly.

Wen Zhihao seized the opportunity of the opponent's defensive line not being tight enough and quickly passed the ball to Costa.Garay pulled and tugged behind him, but Costa's large body resisted the interference of his body and turned to face the attacking direction.Wen Zhihao moved forward immediately after passing the ball, and Griezmann and Cork also ran behind the two full-backs at the far end.

If Garay was a little smarter, instead of being tough one-on-one with Costa, and standing on the same line as the defense as a whole, no matter how Costa passed the ball, the receiver would be offside.

But just hypothetical.The real situation is that Garay dragged back half a body, which was fatal to Valencia's defense.Atletico Madrid is facing the offensive direction at the front of the penalty area, forming opportunities to play more and less.

Costa had rich experience and passed the ball to Wen Zhihao nearby. Gareth could only drop Costa, turn around and run to Wen Zhihao - he must not be allowed one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

Fleeting opportunity fleeting, full-back Montoya has returned to the restricted area, and has stretched his feet to intercept the shot route.But Wen Zhihao thought a step ahead of the opponent, and made the goalkeeper Neto dizzy with a fake move. Wen Zhihao didn't take a shot, but passed the ball back to Costa's feet.It is almost no difficulty for Costa to shoot into an empty goal that is not defended.If even such an opportunity is wasted, it cannot be excused by saying that the game feels bad.

Costa chose to volley with a kick, exerting great force, as if all the troubles of this season were concentrated on this kick to vent out.The teammates next to him were nervous, and they didn't gather around to celebrate the goal until they were sure that the ball had landed in the goal.

Garcia smiled and said: "The goal is scored! The goal is scored! Costa's meeting ceremony was a little late, but it came at the right time. In 65 minutes, Atletico Madrid took the initiative of the game back into their own hands."

He Wei fully embodies the position of the Chinese commentator: "Costa's first goal, for him, is an ice-breaking goal, which comes from Wen Zhihao's selfless feeding of cakes! Wen Zhihao is really good at uniting his teammates and using actions to support the return of new teammates. Nothing can bring the spiritual identity and tacit understanding between the two closer than this. If you want to gain a foothold in a giant, football skills and emotional intelligence are really equally important."

If Wen Zhihao knew that such a small matter could be praised so harshly, he would definitely be embarrassed to tell the truth, he just made a slightly unexpected choice, he really didn't think so much...

(End of this chapter)