Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 225 The old pattern reappears (earlier!)

In the 65th minute, Wen Zhihao assisted Costa to score, and Atletico Madrid took a crucial lead at home.

Nearly seven and 10 minutes scored, the balance of the game was obviously tilted towards Atletico Madrid, and Simeone had already started to arrange defense and control the rhythm.However, he is not in a hurry to adjust, he can first see what moves his opponent makes, he has enough room to adapt to all changes without change.

There is also a purpose just in case, I only have the last substitution quota left, in case a player is injured in the final stage, it can be used to deal with unforeseen needs.

Marcelino had already planned to replace Mina to strengthen the attack. Now this plan has been overturned. In less than 10 minutes, with Atletico Madrid's performance and Simeone's style, they will never be satisfied with this most insecure advantage.

Having coached in La Liga for more than ten years, he has led a championship team like Valencia, and also coached relegation teams like Racing Santander and Zaragoza. Marcelino has rich experience in making choices and grasping advances and retreats.It will never be like the young coach of the young school, who is hot-headed for a while, knowing that he can't do it.

Valencia quickly made adjustments to the position. The defensive iron waist Kondogbia went off, and the Chilean midfielder Orellana came off the bench.He has no record of playing this season, but Marcelino takes a fancy to his ability to play the ball on the offensive end, which can provide some help to Parejo.By replacing the defensive midfielder with an offensive midfielder, Marcelino completed the smoothest transition to strengthen the offense in this way.

With two offensive players serving as midfielders at the same time, Valencia did set off a wave of counterattacks. After 10 minutes, Valencia once suppressed Atletico Madrid.Parejo and Zaza kept Atletico Madrid busy for a while in front of their own gate, and also gave Oblak a chance to perform on camera in the focus game.Although the scene has been very hot, there were not many shots that allowed Oblak to save before this. Who made Atletico Madrid's midfielder both offensive and defensive are abnormally strong, and there are two world-class defenders Godin and Savage guarding the penalty area.Being a spectator on the field is also a kind of invincible loneliness...

This offensive did not last long. Oblak just mobilized his excitement. Simeone replaced Griezmann with Saul to strengthen the midfield and regain the initiative in the game.

Simeone changed to 4-5-1 at the last moment, including Wen Zhihao retreated to the midfield, trying to kill the opponent's fighting spirit by controlling the back pass and cross pass.

The final stage of the game was like a match between strong teams. The leading Atletico Madrid played conservatively. Although Valencia wanted to control the ball, most of the time it was just doing useless work.Wen Zhihao has encountered such a situation countless times in one season at Waiters, and he is naturally able to deal with it with ease.

He Wei felt very interesting, this is very unlike Atletico Madrid's style.

"Is Simeone trying to learn from Barcelona and disintegrate the opponent's will by passing the ball? If this is Simeone's original intention, it can only be said that he has only learned the superficiality. The core of Barcelona's tiki-taka style is to attack forward. Now Atletico Madrid is almost all crosses and back passes. In fact, Atletico Madrid can fight for another one at this time, and they can rest easy if they lead by two goals."

The fans and commentators certainly hope that the scene will be as hot as possible, but Simeone will not be stupid at this time. Being able to win the key battle at the least cost is the perfect result.And there are only ten days before the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals. Simeone does not want to cause unexpected injuries because of meaningless risks.

In the last 10 minutes, Atletico Madrid really exhausted Valencia's fighting spirit by passing back and forth, maintaining the 1:0 advantage until the end.

Marcelino was somewhat dissatisfied with the defeat after the game, because Atletico's tactics were "too rogue."

Valencia fans and Real Madrid fans immediately went online to criticize Atletico Madrid's style of play, which is simply discrediting La Liga, which is heading for the world's first league, and seriously hindering the viewing of the league.

Simeone doesn't care about this. After this victory, Atletico Madrid not only surpassed Valencia and ranked second in the standings with 54 points, but also won eleven consecutive victories in all competitions.It is only two games away from tying the team history record of 2012 consecutive victories created in the 13-[-] season.

What makes Atletico Madrid fans even more proud is that the league has already been halfway through, and Atletico Madrid and Barcelona remain unbeaten in the standings at the same time. This record is far behind Real Madrid, and the number of goals conceded is in single digits.

Real Madrid is currently eight points behind Barcelona and has fallen to fourth in the standings. The league's counterattack is as difficult as ever, and they want to reach the top again in the Champions League?First ask the ambitious Atletico Madrid if they agree.

After the second round of No.20 in La Liga, Atletico Madrid replaced the top two that belonged to Real Madrid for a long time, four points behind Barcelona, ​​and became the team that most threatened Barcelona's re-crowned crown.

Compared with Atletico Madrid at the beginning of the season, the current pattern is surprising enough, but this is not the first time this has happened. It happened once in the 2013-14 season.

At that time, relying on Costa's omnipotent scoring performance and Simeone's strong defense, Atletico Madrid firmly suppressed Barcelona and Real Madrid in the second half.Before the last round of the league, Atletico Madrid led No.2 Barcelona by three points, and No.3 Real Madrid by five points. In the final battle for the championship, Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona as a guest at Camp Nou.

That time, Simeone had the last laugh.Sanchez opened the scoring for the home team, once giving Barcelona the hope of reaching the top at the buzzer.However, Godin equalized the score for Atletico Madrid in the second half and became the hero of the team.

It was in that season that Atletico Madrid scored 26 goals conceded in a single season, and Simeone's iron-blooded defense has truly become famous in the European arena since then.

When the Catalan media found out that Barcelona was following closely behind Atletico Madrid, excitement and tension ensued.Today is different from the past, now the dominant side is Barcelona, ​​and the lead is four points, more than one goal gap.The pro-Barcelona media represented by "World Sports Daily" is full of confidence.Barcelona will definitely throw Atletico Madrid out of sight.Unrivaled posture strong to regain the championship trophy.

However, the facts immediately hit the face. In the No.20 three league rounds, Atletico Madrid had twists and turns in the away game. They beat Malaga 3:2 without any risk. Wen Zhihao contributed a key equalizer goal.Barcelona was tied 0:0 by Getafe's Iron Barrel at home.With the lead narrowed to two points, the Catalan media finally felt the price of arrogance.

If God wants to destroy man, he must first make him mad.The situation has taught the pro-Barca media to keep a low profile.Lost character in advance, the rest is estimated to be only a chicken feather.

Atletico Madrid's winning streak has expanded to twelve games this season.In the first round of the quarter-finals in the middle of next week, Atletico Madrid's chance to tie the team's winning streak is close at hand.

(End of this chapter)