Chapter 279 Unlucky Courtois!
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Xian Xue Niao
Chapter 279 Unlucky Courtois!
De Bruyne's shot was so unexpected!
If there hadn't been a series of actions such as he and Lin Quan's "loud conspiracy" and Lin Quan deliberately running to the top of the penalty area to confuse everyone, then the Atletico Madrid people might not be so surprised by De Bruyne's direct shot.
After all, although this position is not particularly good, it is not impossible to hit the goal directly.
However, after seeing the conspiracy between him and Lin Quan, Atletico Madrid naturally thought that they would play a tactical free kick. After expecting to be deflected by the two, and seeing the opponent make a normal choice, they instead will feel uncomfortable.
Courtois's reaction speed was extremely fast. Originally, his focus of defense was also Lin Quan, but after seeing De Bruyne's shot, he immediately adjusted and rushed in the direction of De Bruyne's shot.
Courtois' body stretched completely in the air, and he rushed in the direction of the football, like a trapeze man.
The eyes of the fans of both teams at the scene were firmly attracted by Courtois in the air. His pounce is likely to determine the trend of the game, so it is very important for both teams.
Although Courtois is young, he can be said to be well-known in the Champions League.
In the last game against Bayern, he saved Robben and Ribery's three must-go goals one after another, making a huge contribution to Atletico Madrid's zero goal against Bayern.
In La Liga, his performance this season is also very stable. He has helped Atletico Madrid to seal opponents many times. Even against top teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, he did not drag the team down. Help the team save the day.
This time, Courtois made another contribution.
The tip of his outstretched right finger touched the ball, slightly changed the direction of the football, and let the football rub against the post and fly out of the bottom line!
The Manchester City fans at the scene sighed, they were probably only a finger away from scoring.
Atletico Madrid fans were all clutching their chests, almost having a heart attack.
Fortunately, we have Courtois, otherwise, the goal may have been scored!
Seeing Courtois save his own shot, De Bruyne shook his head. The angle of the ball could have been a little trickier.
"The fight is beautiful, and the opponent's luck is even better!"
Lin Quan ran over, rubbed De Bruyne's head, and said to him.
De Bruyne nodded, throwing away the regret and annoyance in his heart.
Then, he reacted.
This guy Lin Quan is several years younger than me, yet he actually puts on the posture and tone of a senior!
He immediately stretched out his hand to grab Lin Quan, intending to retaliate by doubling his head rubbing action just now.
However, Lin Quan had expected it a long time ago, and ran away after taking advantage, smiling and avoiding De Bruyne's capture.
Courtois, who has just completed the magic attack, is being hugged and kissed by his teammates at this time.
Compared with his excited teammates, Courtois felt a little lingering in his heart.
This shot wasn't much of a threat, but it was because the opponent deceived them with such a psychological tactic that such an ordinary shot posed such a huge threat!
I don't know who made the tactic just now?
Is it his national team teammate De Bruyne?
Or Manchester City's No. 10 player?
On the sidelines, Simeone rested his chin, frowning and thinking about the situation of the game.
Manchester City's set kick just now did pose a threat, which made him a little worried:
Manchester City's trick against Atletico Madrid, shouldn't it be a set kick?
A few minutes later, a corner kick from Manchester City deepened his thoughts.
This time, Lin Quan discussed with De Bruyne for the corner kick as usual, and continued to resort to the trick of "conspiring loudly".
However, the Atletico Madrid players on the opposite side put on a pose: I will just quietly watch your performance.
The development of things exceeded their expectations again. This time, Manchester City really played a tactical corner kick.
De Bruyne did not send the ball directly into the penalty area, but kicked the ball to Lin Quan on the left side of the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Lin Quan picked a pass to the penalty area again, and accurately found the captain Kompany.
Kompany shook his head with a lion and headed the ball towards the goal.
It's a pity that the ball was too straight. Although Courtois missed the ball, Kompany's header hit him on the nose and bounced back.
Atletico defender Godin took the lead and kicked the ball out of the sideline with a big foot to complete the clearance.
Kompany scratched his bald head, feeling a bit out of luck.
With such a large area of the door frame, why did it hit the goalkeeper's face?
Courtois also felt that his idea was very bad!
With such a big door frame, why did the ball hit his nose impartially?
He smelled a bloody smell, reached out and touched it, and his fingers were immediately covered with blood.
Come on, the nosebleeds are all smashed out.
The game had to be temporarily stopped due to the injury of Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper.
Team doctors rushed to help Courtois deal with the injury and gave him a jersey to replace the one stained with nosebleeds.
After Courtois dealt with the injury, there was not much time left in the first half.
The referee soon blew the whistle to end the first half.
Throughout the first half, the two sides completed a total of 11 shots, including 7 for Manchester City and 4 for Atletico Madrid.
In terms of the number of shots, Manchester City has the advantage.
However, apart from the last two set kicks that created a threat, the other few shots failed to pose a threat.
Atletico Madrid's situation is similar. Only one of their four shots hit the goal frame, and the remaining three shots were outrageous.
On the scene, the possession rate of the two sides was similar, with Manchester City leading Atletico Madrid's 55% with 45%.
It can be seen from this data that Atletico Madrid is not the kind of team that gives up the ball and then plays a defensive counterattack.
In general, throughout the first half, when both teams were based on defense, it was difficult for both sides to obtain excellent offensive opportunities.
However, as the game time gradually shortens, the tactics of the two sides in the second half will definitely be adjusted.
It's just that I don't know who is the first to lose their temper and break the deadlock!
……
"Brother, this way, this way!"
During the intermission, Lin Quan had just walked to the sidelines and was about to enter the player tunnel.
Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice from the stands!
He looked up and found that Guardiola and others were sitting on the side of the stands near the player tunnel. At this time, his sister Maria was waving her arms and trying to greet Lin Quan.
The reason why it is said that they are trying to say hello is because the fans in the seats near the player tunnel are almost doing this at this time.
Some of them stretched out their arms, trying to shake hands or high-five players.
Some applauded the players loudly and said something to motivate them.
Others simply took out a pen and paper and wanted to ask the players for their autographs.
As the biggest player in the Manchester City team, Lin Quan naturally encountered the largest number of fans.
Originally, he wouldn't stay here, but after hearing Maria's voice, Lin Quan stopped and walked up to the stands.
The fans in the stands were very excited when they saw Lin Quan coming up.
Not only the fans sitting around frantically rushed towards him, but even the melon-eaters behind who didn't know the truth rushed over excitedly when they saw their team's number one star suddenly appear in the stands.
Seeing that something would happen if he stayed any longer, Lin Quan only had time to hug each other with his family members, and then fled away under the escort of the security personnel at the scene.
Lin Quan is gone, Guardiola will be miserable.
He is also a celebrity anyway, fans can't get Lin Quan's autograph, it would be great if they can get Guardiola's autograph!
As a result, the object of containment changed from Lin Quan to Guardiola.
Maria and the others on the side were frightened by the huge battle. When they saw a large group of people rushing towards them, they felt a little nervous or even fearful.
But after the fear dissipated, they all began to be surprised:
It turns out that my brother's influence has reached this level?
I feel that even my father is almost inferior to him!
……
In Manchester City's locker room, Pellegrini began to arrange the tactics for the second half while letting the players take time to rest.
"At the beginning of the second half, we still maintained the tactics of the first half, and waited until the 75th minute, if the score was still 0:0, we started to make substitution adjustments.
He named Nasri and Navas, and said: "You two warm up every 5 minutes after the start of the second half, and be ready to play at any time."
Nasri and Navas are very excited. They can play as key players on such occasions, and they feel the importance and trust of the coach.
"Lin, when Keylor Navas came on, we played without a striker."
Lin Quan nodded. Atletico Madrid's defenders are difficult to deal with. If the position is too high, it is easy to be marked to death, but they cannot play a threat.
And if he retreats, he can increase the number of midfielders and make it easier for the team to control the midfield situation.
Once Manchester City had an advantage in the midfield strangle, they had the opportunity to organize and launch a threatening attack.
Pellegrini left a substitution, ready to deal with emergencies.
If Diego Costa hadn't been injured and retired in the first half, he might not have reserved a substitution spot, because three players are replaced at the same time, and the tactical effect is the best in a short period of time.
Not only does it improve the combat effectiveness of Manchester City the most, but it also poses a greater threat to Atletico Madrid.
Of course, this kind of substitution adjustment is very radical, almost leaving no way out for himself.
In case of injury to a player on the field, he has no one to replace.
On the other side, the dressing room of Atletico Madrid.
Simeone also explained his tactics. Like Manchester City, Atletico Madrid will also attack in the second half.
There is no way to procrastinate like this. With the physical consumption of their high-position press, once they are dragged into overtime by Manchester City, I am afraid that it will be a disaster.
And Manchester City's defensive strategy in this game made him feel that the opponent's intention seemed to be to drag the game into overtime.
Therefore, Simeone cannot let his opponent do what he wants.
It's just that how to break the deadlock is not a small difficulty for Atletico Madrid, which lacks Diego Costa.
"Manchester City's defensive ability is not that strong. Their defense has many flaws. In the second half, our offense must be more determined and speedy. When passing the ball, don't be timid. Pass forward boldly. It's a big deal if we lose the ball. Take it back!"
Losing the ball in the opponent's half is better than losing the ball in one's own half. As long as you can contain the opponent's goal in time and interrupt the opponent's counterattack, then even if you lose the ball, it will not cause too much damage to your own goal. threat.
"If positional warfare is not enough, you can try to use more set-pieces. Manchester City played a few set-pieces well in the first half. We can also learn from it!"
Atletico Madrid is not the kind of team with very strong offensive firepower. They only scored more than 70 goals in La Liga this season. Compared with Real Madrid and Barcelona, two teams with more than [-] goals, the gap is very big big.
Defense can be compensated by discipline and tactics. Offensive is really a bit of talent. The personal ability of a striker is directly related to the number of goals scored by the team.
As far as Atletico Madrid themselves are concerned, Diego Costa, the top scorer in their team, has helped the team score 27 goals in the league this season, accounting for more than 35% of the team's total goals!
This ratio is much higher than the proportion of goals scored by Messi and Ronaldo in Barcelona and Real Madrid!
Without Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid's offensive firepower is equivalent to abolishing at least one-third.
Villa's scoring efficiency is less than half of Costa's, and none of the remaining players has scored in double figures. If you expect them to finish the goal, it's better to give up as soon as possible!
Therefore, there is no way to solve the offensive problem with set kicks!
Hearing Simeone's arrangement, Villa was a little sad.
He felt that he was really old, and he was unable to stand up to help the team when the team needed him most.
In the first half, Atletico Madrid actually created several good opportunities, but neither Villa nor Lopez, who came off the bench, could seize the opportunity.
As long as they seized an opportunity, the game would not be so anxious, and Atletico Madrid might have already taken the lead.
Thinking of this, Villa secretly made up his mind.
After this World Cup is over, I will not renew my contract with Atletico Madrid, leave the five major leagues, and go to the low-level leagues to seek gold!
Anyway, he has basically won all the honors that he should have won, the Grand Slam at the national team level, the six crowns at the club level, except for the unattainable things like the Golden Globe, he has other honors.
No regrets anymore!
However, before leaving, Villa decided to do his best with his teammates to win this big ear cup!
……
The second half of the game began, and the two teams changed sides to fight again.
After the kick-off, the tactical play of both sides continued in the first half, and no obvious changes were seen.
However, Manchester City's players quickly noticed the difference in Atletico Madrid. When they attacked, they became more aggressive than in the first half.
Atlético's players made more forward passes and fewer back and cross passes.
As a result of this, Atletico Madrid's pass success rate began to decline, and Manchester City got more opportunities to counterattack when defending.
In the 47th minute, Zabaleta succeeded in stealing the ball and passed the ball to his teammate before the opponent counter-robbed.
Fernandinho just got the ball, and Atletico Madrid's players rushed up like mad dogs.
He quickly passed the ball to De Bruyne.
The pass was not good, and De Bruyne was fouled from behind by Gabi before he could hold the ball, which stopped Manchester City's counterattack.
Although he missed the opportunity to counterattack, Pellegrini's eyes lit up on the sidelines.
He saw his chance to score!
If Atletico Madrid continues to make mistakes and give opportunities, Manchester City may score goals soon!
(End of this chapter)
De Bruyne's shot was so unexpected!
If there hadn't been a series of actions such as he and Lin Quan's "loud conspiracy" and Lin Quan deliberately running to the top of the penalty area to confuse everyone, then the Atletico Madrid people might not be so surprised by De Bruyne's direct shot.
After all, although this position is not particularly good, it is not impossible to hit the goal directly.
However, after seeing the conspiracy between him and Lin Quan, Atletico Madrid naturally thought that they would play a tactical free kick. After expecting to be deflected by the two, and seeing the opponent make a normal choice, they instead will feel uncomfortable.
Courtois's reaction speed was extremely fast. Originally, his focus of defense was also Lin Quan, but after seeing De Bruyne's shot, he immediately adjusted and rushed in the direction of De Bruyne's shot.
Courtois' body stretched completely in the air, and he rushed in the direction of the football, like a trapeze man.
The eyes of the fans of both teams at the scene were firmly attracted by Courtois in the air. His pounce is likely to determine the trend of the game, so it is very important for both teams.
Although Courtois is young, he can be said to be well-known in the Champions League.
In the last game against Bayern, he saved Robben and Ribery's three must-go goals one after another, making a huge contribution to Atletico Madrid's zero goal against Bayern.
In La Liga, his performance this season is also very stable. He has helped Atletico Madrid to seal opponents many times. Even against top teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, he did not drag the team down. Help the team save the day.
This time, Courtois made another contribution.
The tip of his outstretched right finger touched the ball, slightly changed the direction of the football, and let the football rub against the post and fly out of the bottom line!
The Manchester City fans at the scene sighed, they were probably only a finger away from scoring.
Atletico Madrid fans were all clutching their chests, almost having a heart attack.
Fortunately, we have Courtois, otherwise, the goal may have been scored!
Seeing Courtois save his own shot, De Bruyne shook his head. The angle of the ball could have been a little trickier.
"The fight is beautiful, and the opponent's luck is even better!"
Lin Quan ran over, rubbed De Bruyne's head, and said to him.
De Bruyne nodded, throwing away the regret and annoyance in his heart.
Then, he reacted.
This guy Lin Quan is several years younger than me, yet he actually puts on the posture and tone of a senior!
He immediately stretched out his hand to grab Lin Quan, intending to retaliate by doubling his head rubbing action just now.
However, Lin Quan had expected it a long time ago, and ran away after taking advantage, smiling and avoiding De Bruyne's capture.
Courtois, who has just completed the magic attack, is being hugged and kissed by his teammates at this time.
Compared with his excited teammates, Courtois felt a little lingering in his heart.
This shot wasn't much of a threat, but it was because the opponent deceived them with such a psychological tactic that such an ordinary shot posed such a huge threat!
I don't know who made the tactic just now?
Is it his national team teammate De Bruyne?
Or Manchester City's No. 10 player?
On the sidelines, Simeone rested his chin, frowning and thinking about the situation of the game.
Manchester City's set kick just now did pose a threat, which made him a little worried:
Manchester City's trick against Atletico Madrid, shouldn't it be a set kick?
A few minutes later, a corner kick from Manchester City deepened his thoughts.
This time, Lin Quan discussed with De Bruyne for the corner kick as usual, and continued to resort to the trick of "conspiring loudly".
However, the Atletico Madrid players on the opposite side put on a pose: I will just quietly watch your performance.
The development of things exceeded their expectations again. This time, Manchester City really played a tactical corner kick.
De Bruyne did not send the ball directly into the penalty area, but kicked the ball to Lin Quan on the left side of the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Lin Quan picked a pass to the penalty area again, and accurately found the captain Kompany.
Kompany shook his head with a lion and headed the ball towards the goal.
It's a pity that the ball was too straight. Although Courtois missed the ball, Kompany's header hit him on the nose and bounced back.
Atletico defender Godin took the lead and kicked the ball out of the sideline with a big foot to complete the clearance.
Kompany scratched his bald head, feeling a bit out of luck.
With such a large area of the door frame, why did it hit the goalkeeper's face?
Courtois also felt that his idea was very bad!
With such a big door frame, why did the ball hit his nose impartially?
He smelled a bloody smell, reached out and touched it, and his fingers were immediately covered with blood.
Come on, the nosebleeds are all smashed out.
The game had to be temporarily stopped due to the injury of Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper.
Team doctors rushed to help Courtois deal with the injury and gave him a jersey to replace the one stained with nosebleeds.
After Courtois dealt with the injury, there was not much time left in the first half.
The referee soon blew the whistle to end the first half.
Throughout the first half, the two sides completed a total of 11 shots, including 7 for Manchester City and 4 for Atletico Madrid.
In terms of the number of shots, Manchester City has the advantage.
However, apart from the last two set kicks that created a threat, the other few shots failed to pose a threat.
Atletico Madrid's situation is similar. Only one of their four shots hit the goal frame, and the remaining three shots were outrageous.
On the scene, the possession rate of the two sides was similar, with Manchester City leading Atletico Madrid's 55% with 45%.
It can be seen from this data that Atletico Madrid is not the kind of team that gives up the ball and then plays a defensive counterattack.
In general, throughout the first half, when both teams were based on defense, it was difficult for both sides to obtain excellent offensive opportunities.
However, as the game time gradually shortens, the tactics of the two sides in the second half will definitely be adjusted.
It's just that I don't know who is the first to lose their temper and break the deadlock!
……
"Brother, this way, this way!"
During the intermission, Lin Quan had just walked to the sidelines and was about to enter the player tunnel.
Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice from the stands!
He looked up and found that Guardiola and others were sitting on the side of the stands near the player tunnel. At this time, his sister Maria was waving her arms and trying to greet Lin Quan.
The reason why it is said that they are trying to say hello is because the fans in the seats near the player tunnel are almost doing this at this time.
Some of them stretched out their arms, trying to shake hands or high-five players.
Some applauded the players loudly and said something to motivate them.
Others simply took out a pen and paper and wanted to ask the players for their autographs.
As the biggest player in the Manchester City team, Lin Quan naturally encountered the largest number of fans.
Originally, he wouldn't stay here, but after hearing Maria's voice, Lin Quan stopped and walked up to the stands.
The fans in the stands were very excited when they saw Lin Quan coming up.
Not only the fans sitting around frantically rushed towards him, but even the melon-eaters behind who didn't know the truth rushed over excitedly when they saw their team's number one star suddenly appear in the stands.
Seeing that something would happen if he stayed any longer, Lin Quan only had time to hug each other with his family members, and then fled away under the escort of the security personnel at the scene.
Lin Quan is gone, Guardiola will be miserable.
He is also a celebrity anyway, fans can't get Lin Quan's autograph, it would be great if they can get Guardiola's autograph!
As a result, the object of containment changed from Lin Quan to Guardiola.
Maria and the others on the side were frightened by the huge battle. When they saw a large group of people rushing towards them, they felt a little nervous or even fearful.
But after the fear dissipated, they all began to be surprised:
It turns out that my brother's influence has reached this level?
I feel that even my father is almost inferior to him!
……
In Manchester City's locker room, Pellegrini began to arrange the tactics for the second half while letting the players take time to rest.
"At the beginning of the second half, we still maintained the tactics of the first half, and waited until the 75th minute, if the score was still 0:0, we started to make substitution adjustments.
He named Nasri and Navas, and said: "You two warm up every 5 minutes after the start of the second half, and be ready to play at any time."
Nasri and Navas are very excited. They can play as key players on such occasions, and they feel the importance and trust of the coach.
"Lin, when Keylor Navas came on, we played without a striker."
Lin Quan nodded. Atletico Madrid's defenders are difficult to deal with. If the position is too high, it is easy to be marked to death, but they cannot play a threat.
And if he retreats, he can increase the number of midfielders and make it easier for the team to control the midfield situation.
Once Manchester City had an advantage in the midfield strangle, they had the opportunity to organize and launch a threatening attack.
Pellegrini left a substitution, ready to deal with emergencies.
If Diego Costa hadn't been injured and retired in the first half, he might not have reserved a substitution spot, because three players are replaced at the same time, and the tactical effect is the best in a short period of time.
Not only does it improve the combat effectiveness of Manchester City the most, but it also poses a greater threat to Atletico Madrid.
Of course, this kind of substitution adjustment is very radical, almost leaving no way out for himself.
In case of injury to a player on the field, he has no one to replace.
On the other side, the dressing room of Atletico Madrid.
Simeone also explained his tactics. Like Manchester City, Atletico Madrid will also attack in the second half.
There is no way to procrastinate like this. With the physical consumption of their high-position press, once they are dragged into overtime by Manchester City, I am afraid that it will be a disaster.
And Manchester City's defensive strategy in this game made him feel that the opponent's intention seemed to be to drag the game into overtime.
Therefore, Simeone cannot let his opponent do what he wants.
It's just that how to break the deadlock is not a small difficulty for Atletico Madrid, which lacks Diego Costa.
"Manchester City's defensive ability is not that strong. Their defense has many flaws. In the second half, our offense must be more determined and speedy. When passing the ball, don't be timid. Pass forward boldly. It's a big deal if we lose the ball. Take it back!"
Losing the ball in the opponent's half is better than losing the ball in one's own half. As long as you can contain the opponent's goal in time and interrupt the opponent's counterattack, then even if you lose the ball, it will not cause too much damage to your own goal. threat.
"If positional warfare is not enough, you can try to use more set-pieces. Manchester City played a few set-pieces well in the first half. We can also learn from it!"
Atletico Madrid is not the kind of team with very strong offensive firepower. They only scored more than 70 goals in La Liga this season. Compared with Real Madrid and Barcelona, two teams with more than [-] goals, the gap is very big big.
Defense can be compensated by discipline and tactics. Offensive is really a bit of talent. The personal ability of a striker is directly related to the number of goals scored by the team.
As far as Atletico Madrid themselves are concerned, Diego Costa, the top scorer in their team, has helped the team score 27 goals in the league this season, accounting for more than 35% of the team's total goals!
This ratio is much higher than the proportion of goals scored by Messi and Ronaldo in Barcelona and Real Madrid!
Without Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid's offensive firepower is equivalent to abolishing at least one-third.
Villa's scoring efficiency is less than half of Costa's, and none of the remaining players has scored in double figures. If you expect them to finish the goal, it's better to give up as soon as possible!
Therefore, there is no way to solve the offensive problem with set kicks!
Hearing Simeone's arrangement, Villa was a little sad.
He felt that he was really old, and he was unable to stand up to help the team when the team needed him most.
In the first half, Atletico Madrid actually created several good opportunities, but neither Villa nor Lopez, who came off the bench, could seize the opportunity.
As long as they seized an opportunity, the game would not be so anxious, and Atletico Madrid might have already taken the lead.
Thinking of this, Villa secretly made up his mind.
After this World Cup is over, I will not renew my contract with Atletico Madrid, leave the five major leagues, and go to the low-level leagues to seek gold!
Anyway, he has basically won all the honors that he should have won, the Grand Slam at the national team level, the six crowns at the club level, except for the unattainable things like the Golden Globe, he has other honors.
No regrets anymore!
However, before leaving, Villa decided to do his best with his teammates to win this big ear cup!
……
The second half of the game began, and the two teams changed sides to fight again.
After the kick-off, the tactical play of both sides continued in the first half, and no obvious changes were seen.
However, Manchester City's players quickly noticed the difference in Atletico Madrid. When they attacked, they became more aggressive than in the first half.
Atlético's players made more forward passes and fewer back and cross passes.
As a result of this, Atletico Madrid's pass success rate began to decline, and Manchester City got more opportunities to counterattack when defending.
In the 47th minute, Zabaleta succeeded in stealing the ball and passed the ball to his teammate before the opponent counter-robbed.
Fernandinho just got the ball, and Atletico Madrid's players rushed up like mad dogs.
He quickly passed the ball to De Bruyne.
The pass was not good, and De Bruyne was fouled from behind by Gabi before he could hold the ball, which stopped Manchester City's counterattack.
Although he missed the opportunity to counterattack, Pellegrini's eyes lit up on the sidelines.
He saw his chance to score!
If Atletico Madrid continues to make mistakes and give opportunities, Manchester City may score goals soon!
(End of this chapter)
