Chapter 34 Counterattack

After watching a lot of reports and watching the video of the game between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona several times, Valencia coach Emery believes that Atletico Madrid's offense has strengthened a lot compared to last season, but their defense is correspondingly poor. A lot, so if Valencia wants to win the game, it must not passively choose to defend.

So Emery's tactic for Valencia is attack-pressing attack, letting go of counter-pressing, striving for the rhythm of attacking with Atletico Madrid.

There is nothing wrong with this tactical choice of play, but Valencia is not always good at attacking a team, their defense is better than attacking.

Generally, teams and Valencia have a headache to break through their defense.

So is Atletico Madrid.

Before the start of the game, Wansheng studied Valencia's defense. He kept watching Valencia's game video to learn more about the team's defensive layout and the ability of the defenders.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can win a hundred battles!

After Wansheng increased its understanding of Valencia, it also passed this information to the players so that they can play better when facing the opponent's solid defense on the field of play.

But Wan Sheng felt as if he had done a futile effort.

Valencia did not defend as closely at all. Instead, from the first minute of the game, they let go of fighting against Atletico Madrid.

What is the other party doing?

Do you want to take advantage of home advantage to score first?

Wan Sheng was a little confused.

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At the start of the game, Atletico Madrid played a tentative attack.

After Valencia finished stealing the ball, it suddenly launched a quick counterattack, which caught Atletico Madrid by surprise. Fortunately, the team did not press too hard and did not give the opponent a chance.

Valencia's specialty is counter-attacking, so it's no surprise to see them play that way.

But then it's different.

In the frontal advance, Valencia's frontcourt, midfield and two full-backs all stepped forward, quite suppressing Atletico Madrid's momentum in the half.

In the face of Valencia's strong attack, Atletico Madrid chose to retreat.

The same is true of Atletico Madrid's tactical play. When the team is on the defensive side, the three fronts are fully compressed backwards to squeeze the opponent's attacking space to ensure defense and goal safety.

Seeing Atletico Madrid back in their own half, the Valencia players were suddenly full of confidence.

Before the start of the game, the head coach Emery analyzed Atletico Madrid for them. He said it in great detail. The general meaning is to try not to let Atletico Madrid attack, and to obtain a suppressing situation in order to ensure that the team has always been in an advantage.

Now Atletico Madrid is retreating in the third line, just hit what Emery said.

"Atlético de Madrid can't defend well! They can only retreat to defend in the third line to maintain the stability of the back defense, so we can keep pressing them to play, forcing them to keep passively defending..."

Thinking of this, Valencia players feel very happy.

Valencia is a strong team in La Liga, but in many games, they are still very depressed, because their main style of play is defensive counterattack, and most teams in La Liga play offensive football.

No player wants his team to focus on defense, in other words, who doesn't want to play good offensive football?

So when Emery suggested that the team should let go of their hands and feet to attack, every Valencia player felt very excited and looked forward to it.

Now that the performance of the other side has fulfilled what the coach said, Valencia players began to think that this game would be a game that can be played smoothly and can be played by the team!

So the next two teams fought against each other.

Valencia's strength is still very strong. When they start the offensive, their overall and threat are also quite strong. They may not be as good as Barcelona, ​​but they are still much stronger than the average La Liga mid-level team.

In the first five minutes of the game, Atletico Madrid were very passive.

Wan Sheng looked at the game and felt very strange. In his opinion, Valencia's best way to play is to defend and counterattack, but after a few transitions from attack and defense, it is obvious that the opponent is fighting for the initiative in the midfield and fighting for his own ball. The team is suppressed.

One thing is for sure, Valencia is definitely not focusing on defense!

But what's the point of them doing it?

Wansheng never thought that Valencia would play like this. If a team that is good at attacking, such as Villarreal, is understandable to play against Atletico Madrid, after all, they have adopted the best tactical style of play.

Valencia?

When did this defensive counter-attack team open up?

Wan Sheng pondered, turned his head to look at Valencia's coaching bench, and Emery swept over as if sensing.

After the two looked at each other, Emery showed an 'unpredictable' smile.

It's like 'everything is under control'.

"Is that so?"

Wansheng wondered what advantage Valencia could have.

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Fifteen minutes passed quickly.

In the past time of the game, Valencia was the absolute protagonist.

They sat at the Mestalla Stadium and quickly entered the state. In the shouts of the fans, they suppressed Atletico Madrid and launched the offensive again and again.

Atlético de Madrid looked a little passive. They couldn't find any good opportunities in attack. They were always passive in defense.

Perhaps, the last point is the most important!

In Wansheng's view, in the previous game, the team did not make any mistakes, the defense was relatively stable, but the offense did not show much, mainly because the game has just started, and many players have just entered the state.

To analyze rationally, Atletico Madrid's players are gradually adapting to the game, their performance is gradually getting better, and the time of possession and the frequency of attacking are also gradually increasing.

These are what Wansheng sees.

But Valencia's supporters certainly don't see it this way, and the local radio commentator of Valencia 'analyzed' said, "The game is very beneficial to Valencia, the team has an overall advantage in terms of ball possession and number of attacks! "

"We can expect it to be an easy victory!"

"Although Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona by a big score at home, they had to wait for defeat at the Mestalla Stadium..."

This is obviously blind faith in Valencia.

At this time, even Valencia coach Emery saw the problem. It is very obvious that in the past time, Valencia has not been able to get a good opportunity.

"If Atlético Madrid defended poorly, why did Valencia attack for 15 minutes and not even have a good chance in front of goal?"

Emery was a little puzzled.

But Emery doesn’t want to think about it in depth. No matter how he explains it, it doesn’t seem to be beneficial to the team, so he simply ‘hopes’.

"It must be bad luck!"

Emery gritted his teeth.

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Unai Emery is no god and his thoughts cannot influence the game in progress.

After nearly 20 minutes of the game, most of the players have found their form, Atletico Madrid adapted to Valencia's offense, and tactics began to play out.

When Valencia's wave of attacks ended, the football was controlled by Atlético de Madrid.

Valencia were not reconciled to being steals, they wanted to continue to suppress Atletico Madrid to play, so the two frontcourt players wanted to counterattack on the spot, and several midfielders did not retreat immediately, but watched their teammates steal , It seems that there is still the meaning of continuing to insert assists.

At this moment, Ozil suddenly shoved the ball straight to Asunsang's feet.

Asunsang joined Atlético Madrid two years ago. He previously played for Porto, and his performance can only be said to be 'passable'.

During the summer transfer, Wansheng originally wanted to "clean up" Asunsang, but the player couldn't sell for a price, so he still kept Asunsang in the team to supplement the depth of the bench.

No one would have thought that Assung Sang would have such an outstanding performance this time!

After receiving a pass from Ozil, Asunsang quickly turned around and hooked the ball forward with his right leg. Just this action just made the football pass by Soldado who was pressing forward.

"pretty!"

Even the on-site commentator could not help but exclaimed.

Asuncang may not have thought that he could complete such a beautiful pass. He took a step forward, hesitated for a while, and then handed the ball to Morris in front.

Morris gave the ball to Raul Garcia, Raul Garcia made a forward pass, and the ball went to Diego Costa.

Atlético de Madrid took advantage of the intermissions to pass the ball from the back to the front.

At this time, there were even midfielders in Valencia who didn't have time to retreat to their own half, and they panicked as a whole.

"Atlético de Madrid's counterattack! They attacked too fast!"

The commentator at the Mestalla Stadium was a little surprised.

Just under ten seconds ago, Valencia was still attacking, but after Atletico Madrid finished stealing the ball, the ball reached the front of Valencia's penalty area within a few passes.

This... is too fast!

"It is said that Valencia is good at counter-attacking, but Atletico Madrid seem to be faster..."

It was Valencia who were attacking before, and they even wanted to counterattack on the spot without realizing the danger, so now they have no time to defend.

So when Diego Costa has the ball, there is only one David Navarro to face.

David Navarro is an experienced player in Valencia. From 2001 to the present, he has been playing for Valencia except for a year and a half loan to Mallorca halfway through. The unstoppable defender of West Iron.

In one-on-one defense, David Navarro is very experienced. His eyes are fixed on the ball at Diego Costa's feet, his legs are slowly moved back, there is no doubt that as long as Diego Costa With a little mistake, Navarro can immediately complete the steal.

"This is a battle of personal abilities!"

The commentator at the Mestalla Stadium saw it this way, and maybe David Navarro hopes it too, but it’s a pity that Diego Costa is not alone. He made a move to break through, but the next moment he turned the ball to the left Push sideways.

A figure followed!

Ozil!

In the running rhythm of the German boy, he waved his left foot against the football!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the football went straight towards the goal.

Valencia goalkeeper Cesar tried his best to save, but the speed of the ball was too fast. By the time he was in position, the ball had already flown into the goal.

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PS: The computer is broken, I typed a chapter on my mobile phone and uploaded it~~~ I am so worried~~~ Sorry for the late update, Mengmeng, please forgive me. (To be continued ~^~)