Chapter 597 Atletico Madrid escaped the penalty kick!

Gu Ran's goal accelerated the pace of the game.

The first half is not over yet. In addition to the remaining 4 minutes of the regular game, there are also 3 minutes of injury time.

The players on both sides gritted their teeth and fought for each other with their physical fitness that had reached the window period.

In the 45th minute, Atletico Madrid got a chance to attack in the frontcourt. Fran dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area. Luke Shaw stepped forward to fight against the blocker but was obviously a beat slow. While Fran was physically confronting Luke Xiao, he half He turned around to protect the ball and knocked it back to the center. Diego Costa met the ball at the top of the arc and pushed it directly——

The football hit Gu Ran's body, reflecting a high parabola!
Before Diego Costa could fight for the second spot, Gu Ran jumped first, headed the ball to clear the ball, and pushed the ball out of the dangerous area.

Under Gu Ran's movement defense, Atletico Madrid missed a good opportunity to take the lead again.

When Mikel received an early red card and Van Dijk Henderson and others had not fully grown up to take charge on their own, Gu Ran's performance on the defensive end was as outstanding as his performance on the offensive end.

It can be said that Gu Ran is both a father and a mother, and Gu Ran is also the boss behind the Southampton team, which is equivalent to being a father.

After the game entered stoppage time, the Southampton team relied on Salah, a defender-forward, to intercept the ball in the midfield and counterattack. Sturridge received Salah's through pass and single-handedly rushed into Atletico Madrid's goal. Large restricted area.

Atletico Madrid's double triangle strangulation formation was activated immediately. The inexperienced Sturridge was firmly blocked, with no chance to break through and no way to pass the ball.

Sturridge could only bite the bullet and shoot towards Atletico Madrid's goal.

The kick was so forced that Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper didn't even need to jump. The football flew over the goal and into the stands - Sturridge jacked off.

Although neither Atletico Madrid nor Southampton scored in these two waves of offense and defense, the rhythm of this game is already very exciting.

At the end of stoppage time in the first half, Atletico Madrid won a corner kick through another sharp defensive counterattack.

Forlan took a corner kick and passed the ball accurately into Southampton's penalty area. The young Rudiger beat Atletico Madrid's stars to touch the football first and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

And Diego Costa, who was ambushing on the outside, directly met the ball with a heavy long-range shot.

Unfortunately, the ball missed the mark by a bit and missed the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

After this wave of corner kicks, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The score between Atletico Madrid and Southampton is temporarily fixed at 1:1.

Players from both sides left the field amidst the cheers and cheers of the fans and returned to their respective locker rooms to rest and adjust.

In addition to praising the young players for their outstanding performance in the first half, Coach Adkins slightly adjusted the tactics to move Henderson closer to the center and strengthen the defense in the middle. In this way, Gu Ran can also get more free play.

After the 15-minute intermission, the players from both teams appeared again, changing sides and fighting again.

At the beginning of the second half, Southampton launched a quick attack from the left. Gu Ran and Chamberlain played two-on-ones on the left ribs twice in a row. Atletico Madrid had no time to react to the double-triangle stranglehold. Gu Ran used his personal ability to cut. After opening Atletico Madrid's double triangle encirclement and attracting most of Atletico Madrid's defensive attention, he directly directed the ball with a magic lamp and passed it through, passing the ball to Lallana who was inserted in the back row.

Lallana didn't even stop the ball, he just shot!
Atletico Madrid's defender desperately stepped forward to block the ball, and the football hit the Atletico Madrid defender's hand. The force was greatly slowed down, and the ball bounced out of the baseline.

Southampton players immediately raised their hands to appeal!

The Southampton fans at the scene also shouted for a penalty!
However, after consulting with the linesman, the referee did not award the penalty kick. Instead, he handed the ball back to Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper, who took the goal kick!
Southampton fans booed wildly.

Head coach Adkins also complained loudly in the tactical area. But the referee still insisted on his decision.

At this period, European football did not yet have video referee technology. Even if there was replay on the big screen in the stadium, it would not be used as the main basis for penalty decisions.

Southampton should have been awarded a penalty and should have taken the lead early in the second half.

The head coach's preference for home games really made Southampton's young players a little unstable.

The game continues.

Atletico Madrid, which escaped the disaster, launched a quick counterattack in the 53rd minute.

Diego Costa used his personal ability to go straight in the middle, but Mikel and Henderson's double-team stranglehold could not stop Diego Costa at all.

Mikel has already received a yellow card in this game and cannot do too much.

Henderson, on the other hand, is soft and does not have the temperament of a beast-waisted sweeper.

Diego Costa dribbled the ball and passed people continuously. After showing his superb passing skills, he pretended to pass the ball, but the next second he suddenly swayed and took a long shot to hit the goal!

The kick was very sudden. Davis was very focused, but his final body reaction was still a little slow!

The football hit the inside of the goal post and bounced into the net!

The ball went in!
After Atletico Madrid escaped a penalty kick, they went ahead with Diego Costa's wonderful performance!

The score on the big screen of the Calderon Arena was immediately changed to Atletico Madrid 2:1 Southampton.

The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands cheered wildly.

Southampton's young players became even more impatient.

In the 66th minute, Henderson injured his thigh during a confrontation, and coach Adkins had to start substitutions early.

Southampton's midfield is already difficult to stand up, and is often beaten to pieces by Diego Costa, Forlan and Aguero. Now Mikel has a yellow card and Henderson is injured again. It really rained all night when the house was leaking.

After Henderson was replaced, young Ward-Prowse came on.

Although Ward-Prowse is young, he is very confrontational and has good physical fitness. He is more aggressive than Henderson.

The game continues.

Under the leadership of Gu Ran, Southampton's young players have slowly stabilized their position.

In the 71st minute, Atletico Madrid continuously besieged Southampton's gate in the frontcourt. Van Dijk, Luke Shaw, Rudiger, Gu Ran and others sacrificed their lives to block it, resolving the goal line crisis many times in a row. When Atletico Madrid After Atletico Madrid's fourth attack failed, Southampton finally seized the opportunity. Van Dijk counterattacked with the ball and broke through Atletico Madrid's blockade, running wildly along the right wing.

Gu Ran supported Van Dijk in the ribs, and the two seemed to have cooperated countless times, making wonderful two-on-one cooperation in the wing area.

In the middle, Lallana, Salah and others are also running after Gu Ran, ready to respond at any time!
Atletico Madrid's double triangle surrounded and strangled, completely unable to restrain Gu Ran, who was sprinting wildly!
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