Chapter Five Hundred and Fifty-Three, Physical Problems

In the locker room of the home team, Simeone wrote and drew on the tactical board: "Although Manchester United attacked very hard in the first half just now, they are already at the end of their strength. They just played against Chelsea in the league three days ago. It was a fierce battle, Manchester United lost that game, and most of Manchester United's starting players participated in that game today. So at the end of the first half, I found that many Manchester United players had already started to cry out of breath."

"Therefore, there will definitely be problems with their physical strength in the second half! In the second half, you listen to my orders, and when the Manchester United players are exhausted, we will counterattack and try to defeat them with one blow!"

In the locker room of the visiting team, Kintegger is making substitution adjustments: "In the second half, Ashley Young came on and replaced Alonso; Van Persie came on and replaced Lewandowski!"

Hearing Kintag's substitution adjustment, the Manchester United players were all taken aback!

Both Lewandowski and Alonso are mentally prepared. In the last game against Chelsea, both players started and played the whole game, and Lewandowski also scored a goal for Chelsea. In this game, the two players only played half a game, and their physical condition dropped significantly. Therefore, Jin Taige replaced the two players and replaced them with two new players.

And Ashley Young replaced Alonso. This substitution is normal. As the team's standing substitute for the left back, he has performed very well in recent training.

But no one thought that Jin Taige would be replaced by Van Persie!

During this period of time, Van Persie has resumed training with the ball, and has repeatedly scored goals in team training games, performing well. But everyone thinks that Van Persie is like this this season. He is already old, and he performed well on the training ground, which does not mean that he can perform well in the official game. Now the scarred Van Persie is no longer the "General Fan" of the past Prestige.

This time Kintag put Van Persie on the bench and replaced Icardi. Everyone thought that Van Persie would not play, and even if he played, he would let him find his status in garbage time. Unexpectedly, Kintag actually dispatched Van Persie directly in the second half, giving him 45 minutes to play.

Everyone looked at Van Persie, and Kintag also looked at Van Persie: "Robin, I hope you can break through Atletico Madrid's goal in the second half."

Hearing Jin Taige's words and seeing everyone looking at him, Van Persie smiled slightly, the corner of his mouth still showing a confident look: "Don't worry, boss, the task must be completed!"

"The 15-minute intermission is about to end, and the players from both sides walked out of the locker room. I think the coaches of the two teams must have made a lot of adjustments and changes during the intermission to cope with the second half of the game. Now the total score of the two sides is still 0 If the score is 0, whichever team can score first will have a great psychological advantage."

"Atletico kicked off the game in the second half. They cooperated continuously in the midfield, with a through ball, Torres got the ball!"

"Vidic was in a key position and tackled Torres!"

"The referee whistled Vidic's foul and gave him a warning! The referee awarded Atletico Madrid a free kick on the left side of the penalty area."

"It was Smalling's out of position just now, and Atletico Madrid pierced through Manchester United's defense in one fell swoop. If it weren't for Vidic's full experience, Torres is likely to get a single-handed goal now."

"Atlético chose the pass! Mandzukic headed it! Alisson hit the ball out with one fist! It was a world-class save!"

"Although De Gea was injured and unable to play, Alisson has shown a superb level. If he can maintain a stable performance, then there will be another new goalkeeper rising star in world football!"

"Manchester United's crisis is not resolved, Atletico Madrid still has a corner kick. Cork's pass! Torres pokes in front of the goal! The ball hits the post! It pops out of the baseline!"

The moment the ball hit the goal, there was a huge, unanimous sigh from the entire Calderón Stadium. For the fans of the home team, it is a pity to lose this good opportunity to score; for the fans of the visiting team,

They still have lingering fears about the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

Scholes' shoulders were still trembling: "It's really dangerous..."

Jin Taige, who was next to the coaching bench of the visiting team, let out a long sigh and pressed his chest: "Atletico Madrid's offensive efficiency is really high. Two chances to attack the goal are extremely threatening."

"Look at this opportunity! Turan broke through Ashley Young's defense from the wing and made a pass from the bottom! Smalling pushed the ball out, and this time he made up for it."

In the following time, Atletico Madrid's offense gradually picked up. They pressed Manchester United for more than ten minutes in a row, and Manchester United had no power to fight back.

Although Simeone on the sidelines was very annoyed by the ball that hit the post just now, seeing Atletico Madrid attacking during this period, Simeone also nodded with satisfaction: "The Manchester United players are already at the end of their strength, and their overall physical strength is now declining." It's very serious, if you continue to play like this, it is estimated that the goal will not be far away."

Simeone discovered the problem, and Kintag also noticed the team's disadvantages early on. About 60 minutes into the second half, Manchester United's overall physical strength still declined a bit. Although Kintag used two substitutions, it still couldn't stop the team's overall physical strength from declining. Most of the players just had a big battle with Chelsea three days ago, and it is not easy to be able to fight Atletico Madrid to this level today.

Although Manchester United is in good form this season and the team has plenty of bench players, the gap between the starting players and the substitute players is still not small. Large-scale rotation, and for this reason, also caused Manchester United's physical problems in this game.

Among the few players currently on the field, apart from the brave Alisson, the best performers are Valencia and Vidic. Valencia did not start the last game, so today he is full of energy. He stubbornly blocked Atletico Madrid's attack on the right; Vidic also rotated in the last game against Chelsea, and his physical condition is very good today. Except for the two of them, Kanter still performed bravely, trying his best to block the opponent's attack in the midfielder position.

The defense is basically solid, but the physical condition of the offensive players is currently the most worrying. Although the veteran Lampard is an iron man, he is not as tough as before after consecutive battles; Mahrez and De Bruyne are also a little bit unable to rush; Griezmann, who tried his best in the last game, also Showed fatigue.

But the most worrisome thing is the veteran Van Persie who just came on in the second half...