After Real Madrid took the lead, it was somewhat unexpected that Zidane did not let the team take advantage of the victory, but quickly recovered and launched a defensive counterattack.

This scene surprised many people and couldn't understand why Zidane did this.

Because in their opinion, Real Madrid, who just scored the goal, is very morale and the players are in good shape. At this time, shouldn't we use our leading advantage to strengthen the offensive and strive to score another goal in a short period of time?

Even if you can't score a goal, it's not Real Madrid's style to shrink your defense after taking the lead...

But Real Madrid did that.

Not only did they shrink their defense, they also gave up possession.

It's just waiting for Atletico Madrid to attack.

After just conceding the ball, Atletico Madrid wanted to stabilize its defense and withstand the impact from Real Madrid.

As a result, after a few minutes of the game, they realized that Real Madrid was really not coming up easily.

At first they were worried that this was a trap for Real Madrid to lure the enemy into deep, lure them up and attack, and then suddenly pushed them up and caught them off guard.

So I attacked several times and found that Real Madrid had really set up a bus...

Now Atletico Madrid attacked with confidence and boldness.

But after attacking, they realized that the situation was not as good as they thought.

Simeone's team has a habit of playing a strong team. When playing with a strong team, they will choose to give up possession and focus on defensive counterattacks.

When they played against Barcelona and Bayern Munich, their possession rate was basically no more than 40%.

It was originally Atletico Madrid's approach to giving up ball possession when playing against a strong team, so they also plan to give up ball possession and play defensive counterattack.

Unexpectedly, the practice of giving up ball possession has allowed Real Madrid to learn, and Real Madrid has also launched a defensive counterattack. This forced Atletico Madrid to fight a position.

But this is not what they are good at.

Because Atletico Madrid's player configuration and tactical habits are all about solid defense and then counterattacking. Their attacks are often forward and rarely fall back and forth in the midfield and backcourt.

Atletico Madrid's two wing-lane offenses are sharp, which reflects this. The four-man combination they lined up in the midfield are two full-time defensive midfielders, and the offense mainly relies on the four-man combination of two wing-lane and two forwards.

Sometimes Gao Zheng would occasionally play a guest appearance as a passer to provide assists to his teammates. However, after all, he is not doing this professionally. His biggest threat is to shoot. If he is asked to pull out to organize the attack, it would be useless and wasteful resources.

Apart from him, neither Griezmann nor Cork or Saul were good at organizing offenses.

So when they faced the iron walls that Real Madrid had put up, they were inevitably a little restrained and didn't know what to do.

Many times, their offense can't even hit the ball into Real Madrid's penalty area. After passing sideways for a long time, they can only choose to shoot from a long time.

However, under the interference of Real Madrid players, the accuracy of the long shot was very low.

Gao Zheng was closely guarded by Real Madrid in this game, and he was basically unable to catch the ball smoothly.

Even if he doesn't get the ball, there will be Real Madrid players following him. Sometimes it's Ramos, sometimes it's Pepe. If he retreats to the midfield, then Casemiro and Kroos will appear next to him.

The purpose is only one, which is to prevent him from taking the ball easily.

Everyone knows that Gao Zheng is the most threatening player at Atletico Madrid. As long as he can curb him, Atletico Madrid's offense will lose its threat.

In fact, this is the case. With Gao Zheng trapped in layers of Real Madrid players, Atletico Madrid's offense is unlikely to improve.

Griezmann was unable to sing, and Cork and Saul did nothing.

Gao Zheng scored two goals in Real Madrid's penalty area in the whole first half.

This is simply the lowest career for him.

How could Gao Zheng, who only got the ball twice in the penalty area, threaten the Real Madrid goal?

Atletico Madrid has a ball possession rate, but it cannot be converted into a threatening offense, and the ball possession rate is useless to them.

No wonder Simeone is very disdainful of Barcelona's style... This is not suitable for his team at all.

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When referee Clattenberg blew the whistle at the end of the first half, a cheer broke out at the San Siro Stadium in Meazza, which came from Real Madrid fans.

Although he only led Atletico Madrid one goal in the first half, Real Madrid fans were still very happy.

Especially after watching the game after the lead, everyone could see that Atletico Madrid had no way to beat Real Madrid.

This gives Real Madrid fans confidence in the team.

They had complained in the stands before that Zidane was a little too timid, and he only led one ball and started to shrink the defense. You should know that one ball is the most dangerous score in the world.

But now they are convinced by Qi Xuanzong, thinking that although they can't understand, the effect is really awesome.

He gave in to the ball, allowing Atletico Madrid to besiege his goal, but Atletico Madrid was at a loss for Real Madrid's defense...

This really took Atletico Madrid's path and left Atletico Madrid with no way out.

Zidane is such a genius!

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In the locker room at the halftime, Simeone first comforted his players and told them not to be frustrated because they were behind. After all, they were only one ball behind and there was still a chance.

Next he began to adjust his tacticality.

It is obvious that his team was tactically targeted by the opponent.

Zidane was able to put Real Madrid in a bus, a team that would be able to dissolve the attack in blood, which was indeed something Simeone didn't expect before the game.

Fortunately, you can adjust your tactics during the break.

He replaced the midfielder Augusto Fernandez with forward Carrasco.

Cork withdraws to play the midfielder and partner with Gabby, while Carrasco occupies Cork's original position.

It seems to be a 442 formation, but then Simeone asked the players to adjust their positions when attacking.

Cork moved forward and came to the front midfielder. Gao Zheng retreated to the middle lane, leaving only Griezmann at the front.

In this way, Atletico Madrid's formation became 4141, with Gabi serving as a single midfielder.

However, since they were four Atletico Madrid players before the single midfielder, the control of the midfield did not weaken as a result.

Simeone adjusted this way naturally to deal with Zidane's bus tactics.

I said before that Gao Zheng has certain organizational offensive capabilities.

His retracement can help the team sort out the offense and organize threatening offensives.

At the same time, a combination of four people was formed behind Griezmann, which could also tear up Real Madrid's offensive and continuously transport shells to Griezmann.

After all, in the first half, facing Real Madrid's defense, Atletico Madrid lacked manpower in the middle of the frontcourt. Both Cork and Saul were active on the wing. If Gabi and Fernandez were allowed to press, the gap behind him might be used by the bb combination. You should know that Real Madrid has midfield passers like Tony Kroos and Modric.

Now this problem has been solved. Saul and Carrasco continue to attack two sides of Real Madrid on the wing, while Gao Zheng and Cork directly threaten Real Madrid's defense in the middle.

This means two extra points of goal, increasing the difficulty of Real Madrid's defense.

After setting up the tactics, Simeone finally cheered the players: "You must believe in yourself. Our average age is younger than Real Madrid, we are younger than them, and everyone can run one kilometer more than them, which means running ten kilometers more! If there is such a gap, then victory can only belong to us. So as long as we can drag Real Madrid like this, their physical fitness will be exhausted sooner or later, and it will be our chance at that time. So be patient, don't worry, and don't panic! Remember, which team can run better if victory belongs to!"

Running is something Simeone has always emphasized. He believes that modern football, running is the most important quality. A player can have rough skills and average awareness, but cannot run but is unwilling to run.

This is why classical midfielders who used to play football while standing and often gave out instant passes became rare in this era, and they basically disappeared completely.
Chapter completed!