Chapter 33 The Lion Shakes Its Head
Diego Simeone sat in the stands, and the staff found a seat for him, not far from the original coaching seat.
But it is probably not easy to communicate with your assistants through roars, because his voice alone can hardly cover up the noise in the audience.
He sat on the chair, his face as deep as water.
He now regrets his impulsive behavior at the time, which has suddenly put his team in an extremely unfavorable dilemma.
Although he did not show any emotions on the surface, he was already a little anxious inside.
He hopes that the first half will end quickly. When it comes to the halftime break, he enters the locker room to tell the team about his arrangements and adjustments, and also encourages the players to boost morale and let them survive forty-five minutes of the second half.
He was already thinking about how to adjust the second half.
At the same time, in order to make sufficient preparations, he has to consider the possibility of Real Madrid tying the score in these five minutes. Although he is reluctant to think so... a professional coach should not consider tactical issues based on his own personal wishes.
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After Atletico Madrid has now got the ball in defensively, under the pressure of Real Madrid's frontcourt, it is basically difficult to overdo the football from the frontcourt through the midfield. In order not to add danger to their goals, they will choose to kick the ball in the frontcourt with a big kick after getting the ball in the backcourt.
Especially at this stage where there are only five minutes left in the first half, we will ensure that there will be no chance of appearing in the half. Even if we only return the ball to Real Madrid, at least we can keep the football away from the goal. As long as the football stays away from its own goal, the threat to the goal will be reduced.
Everyone wants to survive the last five minutes this way.
Everyone has a belief in their hearts: as long as they return to the locker room, their head coach Simeone will definitely have a way to solve the current dilemma!
It is this trust in the head coach that supports Atletico Madrid players to unite.
When the football was cleared to the frontcourt by Atletico Madrid players again, Gao Zheng appeared at the football landing point, posing as if he was trying to fight for the header.
After Ramos had the experience of conceding the ball at the beginning, he did not dare to neglect any more. He now had no time to think about whether Gao Zheng's header assist was fooled. As a central defender, he did not dare or was not qualified to bet on this matter.
Anyway, as long as Gao Zheng wants to head the ball, he will compete with him for the top.
Although the two have a height difference, Ramos believes that he is better than Gao Zheng in terms of heading ability and experience. As long as he takes it seriously, he will definitely not suffer any losses.
Even if Gao Zheng stopped in advance, he was not afraid.
So he jumped towards Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng was ready to jump, but he didn't jump up, because Ramos jumped from behind in a stance of Mount Tai, and then pushed Gao Zheng down while pushing the ball back.
This time the referee's whistle sounded.
Immediately afterwards, a huge boo sounded over Calderon.
Amid the booing, Ramos also made Gao Zheng's gesture of falling down to referee Fernandez Borbaran, and the booing became even louder...
Ramos' defense did not work. The referee Borbaran believed that he was jumping towards his opponent and fighting to suppress others, so there was no problem in determining him to be fouled.
Seeing this, Ramos curled his lips, spread his hands and ran backwards. When he passed by Gao Zheng, he did not show his friendly patting Gao Zheng or shook hands with Gao Zheng.
"...I noticed a situation where Gao started to try to compete with his opponent in this game, which has never been in his previous games. To be honest, I think the criticism of Daily Sports is correct from a certain perspective. As a top striker, you may not be the best in some aspects, but you cannot have obvious shortcomings. And heading is the shortcoming of high. If Gao can make up for this shortcoming, I think the true value of Atletico Madrid's 75 million flowers..."
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Because of Ramos' foul on Gao Zheng, Atletico Madrid won a free kick on the left side of the frontcourt.
Atletico Madrid was not very active in this opportunity. There was only one person in the centre-back Godin and Miranda who came up to compete for the header. Both full-backs and midfielder Thiago and Gabby retreated in the second half and did not have front pressure.
They are worried that Real Madrid will use this set piece opportunity to fight back. Compared with the goal, it is more important to ensure that the goal is not lost.
So there are not many Atletico Madrid players who really rushed to Real Madrid's penalty area to compete for the top, including Griezmann, Gao Zheng, Miranda, and Raul Garcia.
The person responsible for taking the free kick in the frontcourt was Cork. He had a very good crossing of 40 degrees and five-angle, and his pass was accurate, so he was naturally the number one candidate for the free kick.
The others stayed in the backcourt to defend against Real Madrid.
At the beginning, the players from both offense and defense were entangled with each other on the penalty area line. Real Madrid players stood in a straight line, while Atletico Madrid players stood behind this line, closer to the goal, and in an offside position.
However, before Cork passes the football, they will definitely run back and then turn around and jump in. This is also the fixed tactic of many teams' set-pieces.
Only Gao Zheng is the exception. He did not meet with his teammates or squeeze to the front to join in the fun.
Instead, he stood in front of Real Madrid's defense line, outside the penalty area.
This is quite in line with his approach. In the past, whether it was a set piece or a corner kick from both sides of the frontcourt, he rarely went into the penalty area, but chose to wait for the second place outside the penalty area.
Ramos glanced at Gao Zheng and did not stick it to him. The focus of the defense is no longer on Gao Zheng. He cannot cause a gap in Real Madrid's defense line because of him.
So he just glanced at Gao Zheng, and then quickly focused on football and Atletico Madrid players around him.
Referee Fernandez Borbaran whistled, and Cork kicked the ball in front of Real Madrid after a few steps.
The players on both sides were immediately entangled and moved towards the goal. At this time, all Real Madrid defensive players focused on the flying football. Their eyes were staring at the football and their bodies rushed towards the goal.
No one saw Gao Zheng at all.
But Gao Zheng, who was not paying attention, suddenly accelerated and rushed to the back point of the goal at this time. He did not stay outside the penalty area and waited for the second landing point!
The football kicked by Cork went high above the front point. Raul Garcia at the front point didn't jump at all, allowing the football to fly over the top of his head. He knew that the ball was definitely not passed to him.
Griezmann and Miranda in the middle are the key points!
They jumped one after another, and the Real Madrid players who defended them also jumped.
For a moment, four players took off in front of Casillas' goal, but none of them encountered football.
The football flew over their heads at high speed and headed straight to the back point!
The back point is Real Madrid's left-back Cointran, who is already in place and is ready to push the flying football out.
But just before he could jump, a figure suddenly passed by his eyes, making his eyes dark.
Then he saw the figure jumping up and hit the ball before him!
"High!!! A lion shook his head! Wow! Beautiful!!! The ball flew into the goal! gl!!!!" Jose Maria screamed loudly.
"gl!!!" The boy on the roof also jumped up and shouted..._
Chapter completed!