Chapter 154 Fortunately, These Two Did Not Form a Team, Otherwise the Other Teams in La Liga Would Be Tortured

"Real Madrid has achieved admirable success in the past season, but I still want to say that Madrid needs a second voice.

We will prove that we deserve the attention we get now.

Atletico Madrid is by no means the permanent supporting role in the Madrid derby. It is time to change the past fixed situation."

Simeone spoke confidently at the press conference before the derby.

Of course, this is in line with his character. Without this confidence in strength, he would not have made the current Atletico Madrid undergo a complete transformation.

But he seems to have forgotten one fact.

That is, even if we don't look at the previous record, the Atletico Madrid he led has lost all three games against Real Madrid since the end of 2011.

Among them, the two head-to-head confrontations against Real Madrid were both disastrous defeats, losing eight goals in both games, the kind that lost everything.

So many fans feel very puzzled and ridiculous about Simeone's inexplicable confidence.

Yes, Atletico Madrid's start of this season was very impressive, so impressive that Real Madrid and Barcelona fans had to admit that Atletico Madrid is now a completely different place.

But as a head coach, don't you know how to restrain yourself and wait until you really get a point from Real Madrid and Barcelona before you start to show off?

The public opinion before the game seemed to be fermenting in a situation that was completely unfavorable to Atletico Madrid.

However, Mourinho was not happy at this time. Instead, he bluntly said at the tactical meeting that Simeone was cunning and decisive.

"He said this on purpose. He forced his players to leave no way out and fight back in a desperate situation where public opinion was completely unfavorable."

Mourinho's point of view was very firm, so firm that Karanka and others felt a little surprised.

However, Mourinho's next sentence made his coaching staff members have no doubts.

"Well, after all, I have done this before, occasionally, occasionally, Simeone clearly wants to give his players the biggest and most exciting motivation to win on a psychological level. They should play defensive counterattacks!"

Well, Mourinho said so, Karanka and Pintus could only quickly change the subject.

After basically understanding Simeone's intentions, the members of the Real Madrid coaching staff only have one choice to make.

Tomorrow at home, they will guard against Simeone and start by defending the central defense line.

Or should they ignore so much and directly attack to test the quality of Atletico's current defensive strength?

"We must not attack head-on at the start. Simeone is definitely waiting for us to fall into his counterattack trap!

Their current counterattack tactics are completely centered around Falcao. The Tiger is in such a hot state recently. If we are attacked at the start, we will be in trouble.

Chris, I didn't mean to say that you are not as good as Falcao. I mean that if we jump into the trap even though we know it is a trap, it will make us look too stupid. We still have to play smarter in this game~"

On the evening of November 30, the night before the game, Ma Pengpeng treated us to dinner. While waiting for the meal, Li Ang confidently analyzed Atletico's tactics for tomorrow.

C Ronaldo didn't take Li Ang's ridicule seriously and waved his hand. He was obviously more interested in Li Ang's tactical analysis.

"Little lion, why are you so sure? What if Atletico chooses to compete with us for the start tomorrow?"

Li Ang asked the waiter for a lemonade and responded to Ronaldo directly without turning his head.

"I watched their last three games. They defended the center line and counterattacked in every game. They kept looking for Falcao in the counterattack!

You don't know that Atletico's half-court defense is indeed much more stable than when we played against them at the beginning of the season.

No matter how their midfield four is matched, including Turan and Koke, they are very committed to retreating to defend.

And when it comes to defense, their two midfielders in the middle pay great attention to protecting the top of the penalty area.

Gabi is fierce. He can hold his ground when he alternates with Thiago or Mario Suarez.

And their current set pieces, Godin is very strong in the header!

"

Hearing Li Ang's organized analysis, the Real Madrid first-team players at the table could only give him a thumbs up.

Look, this is called professionalism!

After training every day, they go home to eat, rest and accompany their girlfriends, but Li Ang is watching the game videos of strong opponents.

Well. Although Li Ang does not have a girlfriend to accompany, it doesn't matter!

The important thing is that with Li Ang's timely analysis and reminder, Real Madrid players have a deeper understanding of Atletico Madrid after the preparations.

This is almost as good as the tactical intelligence collected by their own coaching staff.

After the meal, Ma Pengpeng, who wanted to "play around" nearby before, gave up the idea. Now everyone wants to go home early and watch Atletico Madrid's game video.

After all, according to Li Ang's description, Atletico Madrid may be much stronger than they thought before, especially on the defensive end.

If they still hold on to the previous mentality, they may really suffer a big loss.

They don't want to let Atletico Madrid succeed in the derby tomorrow.

Losing is a small matter, but losing at home, and losing in the derby, will be on the front page of the news!

Li Ang did not make any subjective exaggeration in his description of Atletico Madrid's current strength. He did review Atletico Madrid's three recent games.

Originally, he wanted to see how Costa and Arda Turan performed recently.

After all, he and Falcao will not have many opportunities to play against each other in the game, but he will definitely have to deal with Turan and Costa, who is often used as a tactical fulcrum.

But after watching the game, Li Ang became more interested in Atletico Madrid's current tactical play and Falcao, who is in great form.

With a deliberate tactical summary and multiple replays and analyses, he can speak out his tactical insights without thinking when eating.

As soon as he arrived at the training base the next morning, Li Ang listened to Mr. Karanka briefly talk about the tactical arrangements for the evening game.

"Defend the wing and the half-court first?"

"Well, protect the wing and the half-court first. You have to run more today."

"That's no problem!"

Li Ang patted his chest, indicating that his defense would definitely keep up.

He felt relieved at this moment.

Mourinho's tactical vision is still as sharp as ever. Not only did he think of blocking Atletico's wing attack, but he also refined the defense focus of the center line directly to the half-court area.

Li Ang suddenly had a premonition that after the first 20 minutes of tonight's game, Simeone's expression would definitely not be good~

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On the evening of December 1, after Barcelona first won 5-1 against Athletic Bilbao, the pressure of winning streak also came to Real Madrid.

As the last game before midnight tonight, it is also the only focus derby in the same period.

The ratings of the Real Madrid VS Atletico game have skyrocketed since the live broadcast started.

This is the case in Spain, and the ratings data overseas are also the same.

After all, there is only one game to watch in La Liga at this time, and the five goals scored by Barcelona in the previous game have aroused the interest of the audience.

However, when the European audiences were ready to go to bed after watching the game, the fans in China rubbed their sleepy eyes and turned off the alarm clock.

In order to watch this game that started at five in the morning in China, there was no choice, and many fans could only choose to go to bed early and get up early.

After all, it is okay to stay up late to watch the game at two or three o'clock.

If you stay up until five o'clock, it will be an all-nighter. How can a large number of older fans in China endure it?

He Wei is telling a stand-up comedy again today, but his commentary warm-up skills are not weak, and he has no problem keeping the scene alone.

After roughly introducing the recent records of the two teams in today's game, He Wei looked at the players from both sides who began to enter the field, and also quickly explained the starting lineups of both sides.

Atletico Madrid played a 4-4-2 formation today, and the starting goalkeeper was Courtois, who was considered the first echelon among the new generation.

On the back line, Filipe Luis, Miranda, Godin, and Juanfran lined up.

This line of defense is also the biggest reason why Atletico Madrid has only lost ten goals in 13 league games this season.

Performance can be described in one word, hard!

Both ground and high-altitude defense are absolutely top in La Liga, and the hard power may be only slightly weaker than Real Madrid's full main defense.

From the paper data, this is indeed the case. Real Madrid has only lost eight goals in 13 league games, Atletico Madrid's number of goals lost ranks second to last, and Barcelona is third to last.

In midfield, Atletico Madrid chose to let the taller Mario Suarez and Gabi start in the middle today.

The left forward is still Arda Turan, and the right forward is Koke.

Diego Costa and Falcao continue to partner as double strikers.

This lineup is a personnel configuration with full defensive attributes when it is put into the future.

Real Madrid also chose a more stable 4-2-3-1 starting formation.

Starting goalkeeper Casillas

After Coentrao returned from injury, he resumed his starting position on the left back of Real Madrid.

Pepe and Ramos' central defender partnership remains unchanged, and Mourinho chose Essien to start at the right back position today.

After all, the "Turan + Filipe Luis" corridor on the left side of Atletico Madrid is their offensive lifeline.

Mourinho expressed his absolute respect for this and directly put Essien on this road to match Turan and Filipe.

Li Ang also stood on the right side of the midfield today, just to limit Atletico's offensive engine Turan, and Alonso played as a left midfielder.

Modric continued to be the starting central midfielder, with Ronaldo and Di Maria on his left and right sides, and Benzema rushed forward.

Simeone's smile has faded a lot now.

He really wants to "thank" Mourinho now, and the intention of making tactical restrictions should not be too obvious.

Once Turan and Filipe Luis both lost their attack, it would be no exaggeration to say that Atletico's attack would be paralyzed by at least half.

The key is that Real Madrid's offensive focus is also on the left, which happens to be staggered with Atletico's strong wing.

Mourinho can use Li Ang and Essien as tactical sacrifices, but when Atletico is targeted on one wing, does it dare to let Juanfran and Koke retreat too far to limit Ronaldo?

If Simeone really dares to make such a decision, then Atletico's offense on both flanks will be finished.

Just rely on Gabi's support for Falcao in the middle?

How much difference is there between that and no support?

Unfortunately, the punctual start of the game did not leave Simeone too much time to think about countermeasures.

From the whistle, Real Madrid's right-wing pressure directly put pressure on Atletico.

Li Ang and Essien are together, so no matter where they are in what area of ​​the court, the defensive interception pressure on the opponent is the highest.

More importantly, while they are fighting fiercely, they also do not delay filling each other's positions in time.

Other full-back and defensive midfielder combinations usually have one player unable to return after going up, while the other player is more likely to make up for the position and make tactical sacrifices.

They are different. They go up together and return together. The key is that Turan's speed is not fast.

So they only need one player to block the route space of Filipe Luis's advance, and the other player can unscrupulously confront Turan when he tries to get the ball.

After several attempts at the opening, Turan and Filipe Luis were in a mess.

Costa, like usual, subconsciously leaned over here at the beginning, trying to help Turan do the ball to resolve his current advancement dilemma.

But when I realized that I would have to face Li Ang again, my beautiful face subconsciously tightened my pants again.

This siege was definitely unsolvable, but Turan was also an offensive organizer who played football with his brain, and he began to make frequent position changes with Koke.

Well, in fact, it is just to let Koke sit in the left wing for a while, but it must be said that Turan has the capital to let Koke make a tactical sacrifice first.

His offensive organization is extremely important and irreplaceable in Atletico Madrid.

Alonso is also difficult to deal with, but Brother Long is not as stubborn as Leon in defense and has a wide range of activities.

Turan began to move more in the flank area, and Juanfran also cooperated with him to actively move forward.

Falcao still had relatively few offensive opportunities, but with the help of Turan, Costa became active first.

After all, he likes to pull out more frequently to help his teammates engage the defense line.

After avoiding the matchup with Leon, Costa also used a short three minutes to make Alonso and Ramos who was fighting with him suffer.

There were really many small actions in secret, and the key was that the referee only blew Costa's foul once, which made Ramos quite dissatisfied!

At the critical moment, it was Leon who stood up and took the initiative to change positions with Alonso.

Costa smacked his lips and cursed inwardly. Li Ang was also unceremonious. He came up behind Costa and greeted him with a smile.

Although Brother Long was tough, his actions were too clean at times. He always suffered some losses when he faced Costa.

But Li Ang still didn't get used to Costa. When Costa ran to receive Juanfran's pass again, he grabbed his jersey and got into a fight with the opponent!

In the end, both of them fell to the side. Costa complained to the referee that Li Ang had just pulled his clothes, but Li Ang on the other side was even more straightforward!

He had covered his chest and started rolling around!

Good guy, this looks really miserable. The linesman also indicated that Costa had just committed a foul.

However, before he could say the next sentence "They elbowed each other", the referee had already decisively awarded the ball to Real Madrid.

Costa was stunned.

The live broadcast camera quickly let the confused fans see the two people's entanglement.

When they saw Costa and Leon avoiding the referee's sight and elbowing each other, and then fell to the ground almost at the same time.

Many neutral fans laughed immediately.

Good thing these two players didn't team up.

Otherwise, the players of other La Liga teams would be tortured~

There are still a few hundred words to 10,000, and I will make up for it tomorrow.

My condition this morning has not been very good, so the update is a little late. I will try to post the first chapter at 12 noon tomorrow.