Chapter 430 The last counterattack
In fact, when Simeone was about to tell the players on the court about his adjustment, the Atletico Madrid players on the court made their own choices and started recycling, preparing for the next overtime game.
This is a natural choice. After all, the game has reached this point and cannot score the goal. Instead, the opponent seized the opportunity to push the attack and almost scored the goal.
Any normal player will make a move to seek profit and avoid harm, and avoid losing the ball at the last moment.
This is also a performance of the team's maturity.
Looking at Atletico Madrid's recovery, Real Madrid, who had just threatened their goal with Cristiano Ronaldo, was thinking of taking a wave of attack before the end of the game.
What if it can defeat Atletico Madrid?
The reason why Real Madrid players have such an idea cannot be said to be immature is that they are very clear that there is a problem with their physical fitness and they probably won’t be able to gain any advantage if they play in overtime.
Then maybe it will collapse faster...
It's like a repeat of the final two years ago, but this time Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have to swap positions.
So Real Madrid mustered up the last strength and launched an attack on Atletico Madrid's goal.
This was not a decision made by Zidane, it was also a spontaneous decision by the players on the court. But Zidane saw it but did not stop them.
Because he is very clear about the team's physical condition, playing overtime is not good for Real Madrid. If the battle can be ended within 90 minutes, that's the best.
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Real Madrid's offensive started, and Real Madrid fans in the stands seemed to be resurrected, cheering for their team.
After all, they also hope that the game will end in ninety minutes, because Real Madrid's physical fitness declines soon can be seen by anyone.
Even players like Cristiano Ronaldo, who are known for their physical fitness, will support their knees with their hands and bend over and breathe heavily during the game.
They certainly hope that the team can beat Atletico Madrid in ninety minutes, thus avoiding the doom of crashing in overtime.
Real Madrid has been hit by Atletico Madrid before, which can be considered to have accumulated some physical strength. Now they have released all their physical strength, which has indeed put a lot of pressure on Atletico Madrid.
Everyone at Atletico Madrid retreated to their half.
Seeing this, Simeone decided not to remind the players, obviously they had realized this.
He just stood on the sidelines and showed his support for the team to show his presence with them.
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Faced with Real Madrid's last crazy offensive, Atletico Madrid fans think it's better to play overtime. At least when entering overtime, their team has a physical advantage. If they are defeated by their opponents before the end of the game, they really have to relive the pain and despair of two years ago...
So seeing Atletico Madrid recovering its defense, Atletico Madrid fans didn't say anything.
As long as they can defeat their city rivals in the Champions League final, they don’t care what the method is, nor do they care whether it is in ninety minutes or one hundred and twenty minutes.
In the 88th minute, Real Madrid launched an attack in front of Atletico Madrid's goal. Bale made a cross from the side, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had switched to the middle to play center, jumped high and headed to attack!
"Ronaldo!!"
He grabbed the header in front of Godin, and then a lion shook his head and pushed the football towards the goal!
Oblak made a wonderful save and blocked the football with one hand!
"Obrak! He made a key save again! Beautiful!" He Ping cheered for Atletico Madrid goalkeeper. He saved not only Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper, but also the hope of Atletico Madrid's victory in the Champions League!
However, Atletico Madrid's crisis has not yet been touched.
Oblack's save was actually quite barely, and Cristiano Ronaldo's header was strong and it was not easy for him to block it. He could not hold the ball out of the crossbar or hit it further away.
So the football blocked by him fell into Atletico Madrid's penalty area, causing chaos!
In the chaos, Savage kicked the football out with one kick.
But he cleared the ball not far away, and the football neither flew to Real Madrid's half nor flew out of the sideline.
The football fell to Modric's feet.
Modric tried to find Marcelo in a separate way.
But his pass intention was seen through by Saul.
The moment he passed the ball, Saul suddenly stepped forward and came to the pass route.
At the same time, Gao Zheng, who was in front, saw this scene, turned around and ran forward without saying a word.
Ramos, who was next to him, was stunned for a moment, but immediately chased after him.
He was still glad when he chased after him, but fortunately he was not the last line of defense, and there was still Pepe behind him.
This is a one-on-one defensive master.
Even if Atletico Madrid wants to fight back, then he will chase him back and Pepe will intercept him in the front, and they will defend Gao Zheng alone, which is enough to keep him.
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Gao Zheng suddenly stepped forward, and no one noticed that except Ramos and Pepe.
Everyone's focus is in front of Atletico Madrid's penalty area.
Modric passed the football to the side and wanted to pass it to Marcelo.
But his ball was intercepted by Saul in the middle of the way.
Marcelo and Modric rushed to Saul, trying to cut off his ball, and also prevented Atletico Madrid from hitting the counterattack.
Saul actually looked up and observed the situation before intercepting the ball, so he saw Gao Zheng turning around and jumping forward resolutely. He now knows what he should do.
Without any hesitation, he kicked the football into the frontcourt with his big feet!
"Saul's long pass on Gao Zheng!!" He Ping shouted excitedly.
"This is Atletico Madrid's opportunity!" Xu Yang was also very excited.
All the fans in the stands, whether Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid, stood up from their seats. This was a counterattack opportunity after Atletico Madrid defended for a few minutes. The game time was so sensitive that if Gao Zheng could score a goal, it would be very likely to kill the game.
But if you can't enter, the game may be dragged into overtime...
So for Atletico Madrid, this counterattack is not very important, the most important thing is that you cannot concede the ball. Therefore, when Gao Zheng stepped forward to sprint, no other Atletico Madrid players followed him to help him.
Maybe it's because I can't run anymore, maybe it's because I don't want to destroy the integrity of the defense.
No matter what, Gao Zheng is fighting alone now.
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Gao Zheng's speed is not slow, but he rarely sprinted with all his strength in the past, so he gave people the illusion that he was slow.
Now when Ramos was chasing behind Gao Zheng, he found that his previous impression of Gao Zheng's speed was wrong. This bastard ran away without any slowness!
He has to grit his teeth so that he will not lose it.
But what he didn't know was that Gao Zheng actually had to grit his teeth to avoid being caught up by Ramos.
Gao Zheng's speed is indeed not slow, but his physical fitness is not very good. It is really difficult for him to make him sprint to the last moment of the game.
He felt his lungs burning.
But this tone cannot be relaxed no matter what.
Because he doesn't want to play overtime...
If you can kill your opponent in regular time, why not?
There is still a roadblock ahead of him, blocking his own way.
There are pursuers behind him. If he hesitates for a little or adjusts, he may fall into the defense of double-teaming front and back.
No wonder other Atletico Madrid players did not come up to pick him up. Such a counterattack was clearly unlikely to threaten Real Madrid's goal.
Gao Zheng's best result is to use his own skills to control the football so that the opponent will not grab the ball in a short time and delay more time.
It would be even better if the Real Madrid players could still foul. If you lay on the ground for a few more minutes, maybe the game would be over if the free kick from the frontcourt was sent.
Chapter completed!