Chapter 233 He Can Play Football Like Beckham
"Atletico Madrid played extremely aggressively, or in other words, they played very... violently!"
Barcelona commentator Comans didn't know how to describe this game.
Atletico Madrid's current tactics give people the feeling of a "seven-injury punch", hurting the enemy and themselves.
What is needed is to exchange physical fitness for physical fitness, which is to bully Barcelona's aging and running ability.
The purpose of passing the ball is to use the ball to consume the opponent's physical energy.
But passing control must have sufficient running ability.
The reason why Barcelona's passing control has lost its threat is because their physical fitness has deteriorated due to aging.
On the other hand, in addition to a few veterans, Atletico Madrid has many younger generation players, which gives them sufficient confidence.
Just like now, Barcelona has suffered enough with Felix and Griezmann's physical sprinting and pressing.
Finally, in the 51st minute, Barcelona lost the ball in midfield.
Busquets made a stupid mistake.
His pass was too weak and the ball speed was too slow. Atletico Madrid players quickly completed the interception and launched a counterattack.
Ma Jing's transition between offense and defense is so fast!
When the counterattack horn sounds, you can see that starting from the midfield, players wearing red and white stripes began to sprint towards Barcelona's penalty area.
Although there were only a few people, they ran with the courage of thousands of horses.
Everyone was focused on sprinting, causing Barcelona's defense to be on the verge of collapse.
Yile also rushed to the penalty area to help defend, but there were too many people to defend, and Barcelona's return ability was obviously not as good as Atletico Madrid's.
Griezmann quickly went down and before Barcelona's defense players had time to retreat, he directly chose to cut inside.
Changing directions again and again, Griezmann's graceful figure shook Lenglet back step by step.
Watching Griezmann gradually approaching the goal, Lenglet became more and more nervous. He subconsciously stretched out his foot, but Griezmann was waiting for him to stretch his foot.
Looking at Lenglet's outstretched foot, Griezmann's eyes lit up. He flexibly smashed the ball, and the ball immediately moved sideways. He also quickly changed direction and shot past Lenglet.
"Griezmann!! Go in!!"
The commentator at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium roared passionately.
Atletico Madrid fans also stood up in surprise.
Now, in the penalty area, 2V1.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen had already abandoned the goal and made a forward pounce.
Facing Ter Stegen's forward attack, Griezmann made a deft pick.
The ball passed between Ter Stegen's hands.
Watching the ball pass Ter Stegen, Griezmann did not look towards the goal to confirm whether he had scored a goal. He turned around and slowly raised his right hand and clenched his fist fiercely.
Boom! ! ! ! ! ! !
Wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Listen, the fans at the scene have already given him the answer.
A confident smile bloomed on his face.
He slowly raised his head. The halo of lights made him feel a little dazed, and the cheers around him made him even more fascinated.
For some reason, he turned to look in the direction of the Barcelona fans.
He saw every Barcelona fan looking annoyed, which made the smile on his face brighter.
Is this performance enough?
...
On the other side, Yi Le got up from the ground.
When he was participating in defense, he was knocked over by a Macau player. He even suspected that this player was playing basketball. Wasn't this a pick-and-roll?
Shaking off the grass clippings on his body, Yi Le looked at the ball in the goal with some depression.
Now back to the same starting line, it turns out that Atletico Madrid is not that easy to face France.
Simeone, meanwhile, held a grand celebration in the dugout.
The Argentinian with a fiery personality jumped up and down excitedly, and the passionate head coach affected the emotions of the fans. The entire Wanda Metropolitan Stadium was filled with joy.
Griezmann's celebration ended when he passed Yile as he returned to half-time.
He looked at Yi Le subconsciously, and Yi Le also looked up.
The two looked at each other.
Griezmann smiled at him, and Yi Le nodded in a friendly manner, but couldn't smile.
"They want to restrict the midfield by pressing." Messi walked to Yi Le, covered his mouth and finished speaking, looked in the direction of Busquets and said: "Sergio can't hold on anymore."
Hearing this, Yi Le nodded. He knew that at the beginning of the second half, Busquets became Atletico Madrid's breakthrough point and frequently made fuss where he was. This caused Busquets to be under a lot of pressure. At the same time, due to lack of physical fitness, Busquets Lost the ball.
Busquets seems to be particularly blaming himself now. After all, this conceded goal was directly related to him.
But Yi Le believes that Valverde will make the right judgment.
Sure enough, before kick-off, Valverde made substitutions.
De Jong comes on, Busquets comes off.
After Busquets walked to the sideline with his head lowered and high-fived De Jong, he took the towel handed by the assistant coach and put it directly on his head before returning to sit on the bench.
After De Jong came on the field, he ran towards Yi Le and whispered: "Sir, I want you to retreat and kick the midfielder."
Hearing this, Yi Le was stunned for a moment.
This set of operations is somewhat familiar!
Isn't this what Villas does when faced with difficulties?
When he was at Paris Saint-Germain, Yi Le was the fire captain, moving wherever needed. After coming to Barcelona, Yi Le thought that Valverde would be more inclined to attack and control. Unexpectedly, he also learned the methods of Villas-Boas. Let Yile withdraw the organization.
Yi Le was familiar with this position, so he nodded and retreated to the midfielder position.
When Piqu saw Yi Le appearing in front of him, he blinked and felt a little surprised.
Yi Le retreats, which will greatly reduce Barcelona's defense pressure.
Although he knows that in order to maximize Yile's role, Yile must participate in the offense, but in his own little mind, he prefers Yile to play as a defensive midfielder.
In this way, his defense will still be easier.
After all, compared to Busquets who can't run at the start, a physically energetic Yile is obviously more convincing.
"Hey! Yi, I feel full of power!"
Pique shouted loudly and immediately acted like a fitness instructor.
Seeing the funny Pique, Yi Le also smiled and said: "If you can't find the passing point, just look up at me!"
Pique immediately gave a thumbs up, waiting for this sentence.
This is a very practical thing to say.
In the coaching bench, the assistant coach looked at the position on the field and frowned: "Are you sure this is the right choice?"
Valverde said calmly: "This is the most correct choice for this game."
"After Yi retreats, our offensive capabilities will be greatly reduced."
Hearing this, Valverde turned around and chuckled: "That's not necessarily true,"
The assistant coach was stunned.
Valverde squinted his eyes and said: "Don't forget, he can play like Beckham! His range of control is amazing. Retreating only weakens our breakthrough ability. Yi can still play in the backcourt Create opportunities for us to attack.”