Chapter 1178 An Incredible Mistake

As the world's top coaches, Ancelotti and Simeone's control over the game will basically not cause any major surprises.

The two coaches' deductions for the situation in the first half basically happened, with just a few surprises.

Just nine minutes into the game, Diego Costa couldn't hold on.

The Spanish Spanish forward of Brazilian origin was very active after the opening, pressing and pressing Real Madrid's defense. However, after a sprint, he obviously felt something was wrong and could not persist, so he was replaced by Adrian.

Simeone's big gamble failed!

Losing this bet caused Atletico Madrid to lose a valuable substitution, and also lost the frontcourt fulcrum for counterattack.

The combination of Villa and Adrian is far from able to replace Diego Costa, whether in terms of tactical effect, playing style, or personal strength. Although Villa is a world-class forward, his age It's big after all.

This created the earliest substitution in the history of the Champions League final.

Simeone looked very depressed on the sidelines. Obviously at this moment, he felt that lady luck was not on his side tonight.

Subsequently, Atletico Madrid still adopted high-pressure tactics, which is what they are best at and the only way they can possibly defeat Real Madrid. Real Madrid did not choose to go head-to-head, but instead shrunk appropriately and used passing and controlling the ball to consume Atletico Madrid.

Simeone knew Real Madrid's intentions, but he had no choice.

Only the strong have choices, the weak can only accept their fate!

In addition to pressing like a mad dog, Simeone's team also committed frequent fouls.

The two teams were mortal enemies in the same city. The Dutch referee Capers was too soft on the whistle. After a few tests at the beginning, Atletico Madrid figured out the Dutch referee's style and began to increase the intensity of their actions. This made the game more tense. Very strong.

On one occasion, Real Madrid wanted to launch a quick counterattack, but Raul Garcia made a decisive tactical foul and tackled Di Maria, destroying a very good counterattack opportunity for Real Madrid. The referee gave Raul Garcia a A yellow card was given, but both Ramos and Di Maria were very annoyed and went to the referee to appeal.

As a result, Ramos had a bad tone and was shown a yellow card. Fortunately, he was pulled away by Yang Yang who arrived in time.

Both sides played very hard, and the players' execution skills were also high. Neither side left too many opportunities for the other, so the game became a war of attrition. In comparison, Real Madrid's consumption was less.

Diego Costa left the field due to injury at the beginning, Atletico Madrid lost an important frontcourt fulcrum, and the game situation was deadlocked. These seemed to be favorable factors for Real Madrid, as if the goddess of victory was waving to Real Madrid.

But just when everyone thought that the balance of victory was tilting towards Real Madrid, the game suddenly reversed.

In the 36th minute, Atletico Madrid got a corner kick on the right.

Captain Gabi took a corner kick and was pushed out of the penalty area by the Real Madrid defender. However, Juanfran pushed the ball back outside the penalty area and it fell back into the penalty area again.

In the penalty area, Ramos and Godin were competing for the landing spot. It seemed that Godin had already grabbed the position, but Ramos also took off at the same time, desperately interfering with Godin.

At this time, Casillas, who was originally guarding the goal line, abandoned the goal for some unknown reason and rushed directly towards the spot where the ball landed. But just halfway through the attack, he realized that he had made a mistake.

Under the interference of Ramos, Godin's ball was not fast, weak, and the angle was not tricky. But precisely because of Casillas' attack, Real Madrid's goal was empty and no one was guarding it.

After Casillas realized something was wrong, he immediately turned around and ran back, and quickly rushed over, trying to fish the ball out before it went in. Although he succeeded, the ball eventually fell to the ground and bounced back in. goal.

The Real Madrid goalkeeper was so angry that he pounded the grass hard inside the goal, but he could no longer change the reality.

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"Whoa whoa whoa, my God, what's going on?"

"It's really surprising that Casillas would make such a bad mistake."

"This should have been an offensive opportunity that Atletico Madrid themselves had not thought of, but it resulted in a goal."

"This is really unbelievable. Casillas's mistake was so fatal. It directly put Real Madrid in a backward position. It was simply a gift to Atletico Madrid."

"The change in the situation of the game is so surprising. Just now we were saying that if we continue to develop in this direction, Real Madrid will win in the second half. But what I didn't expect is that now Atletico Madrid has scored the first goal."

"We can see that Simeone was extremely excited on the sidelines. He did not expect that Real Madrid's captain would give them such a goal, and for Atletico Madrid, this goal is likely to win them the championship. .”

"It's unbelievable, it's just unbelievable."

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Real Madrid's players were also shocked.

Yang Yang stood at the front and looked back towards the goal. He saw Casillas slowly getting up from the goal, looking extremely embarrassed, while the other Real Madrid players looked very surprised and disappointed.

This kind of conceding the ball has the biggest impact on the players.

Everyone worked so hard to actively create opportunities, but in the end, because of a low-level mistake, the team's good situation was ruined. What would the players think?

Casillas has experienced many battles and must have understood this, so after getting up from the ground, he looked very lonely, but he had to raise his hands to apologize to his teammates from afar, but this did not do much for the team's morale. s help.

Trailing 0-1, Casillas made such a mistake and it really took some time to adjust his emotions.

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In the stands of the Stadium of Light, Real Madrid president Florentino, accompanied by general manager Manuel Redondo and technical director Valdano, sat with a group of Real Madrid celebrities to watch the game. .

When they saw Casillas make such a low-level mistake and the team conceded a goal, everyone had disappointment on their faces, even Hierro, Raul and Guti, who had played alongside Casillas for many years. People also showed expressions of disbelief.

This is the Champions League final and a single goal could change the outcome.

It is impossible to have zero mistakes in any game, but Casillas's mistakes this time were indeed too serious.

"The adjustment of the goalkeeper's position is imminent and must be done as soon as possible." Florentino's eyes flashed with a sharp look.

If Real Madrid lose the Champions League tonight, Casillas must be responsible.

No one will deny that Casillas has made a lot of contributions to Real Madrid, but they cannot ignore the fact that his overall competitive strength has declined greatly. His technical characteristics and his age make him now very good. It's hard to reassure people anymore.

For the goalkeeper position, Real Madrid wants to sign players for more than a day or two, but it has never been as urgent as it is now.

This is the Champions League final, a game worth over 100 million, but the goalkeeper made such a mistake. How can anyone be reassured?

"We have been in contact with Manchester United and strive to bring in De Gea. The player himself also wants to come to Real Madrid, but Manchester United's attitude is also very tough. Unless we let Di Maria go, they will not consider selling De Gea. Ya." Valdano frowned.

Manchester United attaches great importance to De Gea, especially this season. The Red Devils' performance is sluggish, but De Gea has performed bravely. This has made the Spanish goalkeeper even more popular and has become an important part of Manchester United's revival plan, so Manchester United basically refuses to talk. .

According to what Manchester United said privately, if Real Madrid wants to get De Gea, they have to exchange Di Maria for him. This is unacceptable to Real Madrid because in the current European football world, players like Di Maria Right wingers are very difficult to find, but De Gea is not Real Madrid's only candidate.

"I talked to Vic, and he gave two reliable candidates, one is Manchester United's De Gea, and the other is Chelsea's Courtois who is on loan at Atletico Madrid. From the current point of view, Courtois The possibility is higher, but Barcelona also wants him."

Courtois is nearly two meters tall and has performed so well in Atletico Madrid in the past few years that many people have forgotten that he is actually only 22 years old and a very young rookie, but tonight But he stood in front of Atletico Madrid, playing high and low, and performed well.

The important reason why Chelsea is considering selling Courtois is that they have Petr Cech.

As we all know, Cech is Mourinho's favorite player. Courtois's loan contract at Atletico Madrid expires this year. Chelsea hopes that he will return, but Courtois made harsh words as early as April. Unless he is given His main position, otherwise he would not want to go back.

In fact, this is understandable, because Courtois is now the main goalkeeper at the Champions League final level. If he goes back to Chelsea to serve as a substitute for Cech, it will be a big mistake for a 22-year-old who is at a critical stage of his career. For a goalkeeper, this is fatal.

It was because of this contradiction that Barcelona took advantage of the opportunity and tried to sign Courtois to replace Valdez. However, according to the news, Chelsea offered a high price of 30 million pounds, which made Barcelona very hesitant.

The 23-year-old De Gea and the 22-year-old Courtois are undoubtedly the most eye-catching young rookies in European football. top goalkeeper.

Real Madrid's goalkeeper coach Vic has trained many top goalkeepers in his career, such as Buffon, Dida and Cech, and he has a positive attitude towards De Gea and Courtois, which shows the quality of these two goalkeepers. Strength and potential.

"Strive for De Gea!" Florentino made a decision immediately after hesitating for a while.

Valdano nodded in agreement, because De Gea will be Spain's main goalkeeper for the next ten years.

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In the stadium, after Atletico Madrid unexpectedly scored a goal, Simeone's team began to adopt more prudent defensive tactics, began to retreat across the board, and became extremely conservative.

Obviously, Simeone scored a goal and started their best defensive counterattack.