Chapter 119 Volley!
After the fourth official raised a sign to signal Atletico Madrid to substitution, Fran walked towards the sidelines. He hugged Isco who appeared and walked directly to the bench.
When passing by Wan Sheng, Fran turned his head and said nothing, and then he walked directly to the bench and sat down.
Many media have noticed the fate of Fran.
So they immediately thought of Fran's agent appearing in Milan City and subsequent reports about Fran's upcoming transfer and leaving. When they contacted Fran, they did not communicate with Wan Sheng at the end of the game. A commentator immediately stood up for Fran. "It seems that Fran has entered the countdown at Atletico Madrid, and it is not surprising that he chose to leave. The Chinese prefers young players, such as Aguero, Diego Costa, and even the Chinese young player Wang Qiuming, who can get a lot of playing time. Fran's position at Atletico Madrid is very embarrassing, let alone, there is also a Klose who is in the same situation as him..."
"It is understandable that Klose has limited playing time. He came to Atletico Madrid as a player to supplement the lineup. After all, he is old and cannot be compared with a few years ago. But the situation between Fran and Klose is different. Fran played for Atletico Madrid for three seasons, and this season is the fourth season. He has always performed very well and won the European Golden Boot Award two years ago. He is a great contributor to Atletico Madrid, but facing his departure, Atletico Madrid, or the Chinese, did not make any retention..."
"It seems that the two of them are already broken. The Chinese man has no move to greet Fran, and he doesn't even have a smile..."
"As the team's head coach, it's a bit chilling to treat the heroes of the goal like this."
"But this is still not surprising. This Chinese is like this. He has enough authority at Atletico Madrid, but this is how conflicts within the team often arise. Seeing this scene, perhaps we can imagine that once the summer transfer window opens, there will be many people in Atletico Madrid who choose to leave. Fran is definitely not the only one..."
While the game was over, some commentators started talking.
But in fact, this did not have much impact on Atletico Madrid fans. Fran is a very outstanding player and a hero of Atletico Madrid. However, Atletico Madrid has a "tradition" of selling star players. In other words, in the La Liga, except for Barcelona and Real Madrid, other teams have a "tradition" of selling star players.
This is not really a ‘tradition’, but a way for La Liga teams to survive.
Most clubs in La Liga are in a loss-making state. They cannot turn the club into profits and cannot pay high salaries, so they cannot retain star players and can only rely on selling star players to maintain the normal operation of the club.
Atletico Madrid is no exception, and it is even the "leading player" among them.
In recent years, the most typical example is the Spanish golden boy Torres. Everyone knows that Torres is a very outstanding genius and has always performed well in Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid can only sell Torres to give the club the funds to take a breath and continue to maintain it.
Compared to Golden Boy Torres, what can Fran, as a foreign signing, count as a result?
Atletico Madrid fans are used to this. When they hear the news that Fran is leaving, many people are not surprised at all, especially when the team performs well. Even without Fran, the team can still perform well, so Fran leaves. At most, they just feel sorry for a little and will not think about anything more.
Many people will also consider Atletico Madrid club, believing that it is correct to let Fran go, because the team also has younger and better forward players such as Aguero and Diego Costa.
Of course, this cannot affect the media's performance and criticize Wansheng.
They kept talking about Fran's contribution and importance to Atletico Madrid, and said that if Fran leaves, Atletico Madrid's strength will decline, and then explains that Wan Sheng's dictatorship is unpopular in the team. Many players such as XX and XX are very dissatisfied with Wan Sheng, including the original Atletico Madrid team such as Aguero, Uyfalusi.
The Catalan narrator even asserted that, “In two months, Atletico Madrid will fall apart.”
But in fact, there was nothing between Wansheng and Fran.
Fran hopes to leave, and he and the club are also aware of this. Wansheng also talked carefully with Hill for this. Wansheng actually hopes Fran will stay. The Uruguayan is the best substitute on the front line. His experience is of great significance to the team, but Fran himself pursues more playing time and can play firmly in the main position.
The needs of players and clubs are often completely opposite.
For example, personal salary.
Clubs always want to pay less to sign better players, and each player wants to get a high salary, which is the case in many other aspects, but no matter how many conflicts there are, at least what Fran wants to leave is the default of both the club and the players.
If Fran can find a better boss, the club will decisively release people. Otherwise, Fran can also continue to stay in the club according to the contract.
There was no conflict between the two sides in Fran's affairs.
Both the club and Fran knew all this. Hill and Wan Sheng had talked to Fran separately. After they opened up, nothing happened between them.
So the media's statement is purely nonsense.
When Fran just left the court, Wan Sheng was not without any expression. He nodded to Fran and then paid attention to the game. If he knew that the media had conducted so much analysis, he would definitely be amazed!
They can really tell you any opportunity they have seized!
After Isco replaced Fran, Atletico Madrid no longer had a real forward. The only one that seemed to be a forward was Aguero, but Aguero frequently retreated, and Atletico Madrid had no one in the frontcourt. It seems that Barcelona's suppression of Atletico Madrid was even stronger.
The fans in the audience had a feeling that the football had been passing around at Atletico Madrid's halftime, and most of the players on the stadium stayed at Atletico Madrid's halftime.
For a long time, Barcelona had not even a single Atletico Madrid player in the half.
"It seems that Atletico Madrid has completely given up on the offense. They just want to get the end of the game." Catalan media judged that at the same time, they were also slandering Wan Sheng in their hearts. Atletico Madrid did this and could really defend until the end of the game. After all, no team could grasp the goal. Atletico Madrid was passively defending, and all players were in their own half. It was not easy for Barcelona to score and score.
Of course, what the Catalan media can accept may be the only one at Atletico Madrid that opens the goal and allows them to score the ball at will, otherwise they will never be satisfied with Atletico Madrid.
And on the field, Barcelona has begun to feel the pressure.
Since the beginning of the second half, Barcelona has been continuing their offensive. They have gained the advantage of the game with continuous offensives. It has been nearly twenty-five minutes now. For such a long time, their players have been trying hard to score.
Some players began to feel tired.
What makes Barcelona players feel more stressed is that Atletico Madrid frequently launches counterattacks, and Atletico Madrid's offensive speed is very fast. After they get the ball, they can reach Barcelona's halftime in a short time. It is precisely because of this that fans in the audience feel that Barcelona has always controlled the scene, and the football has always been at Barcelona's feet, but in fact, Atletico Madrid is not inferior to Barcelona at all in terms of threats to the goal.
Fran's fate made the media and fans feel that Atletico Madrid is about to start defending.
Isco's appearance made Atletico Madrid's defense at the front end of the penalty area tighter. Morris no longer had to follow Messi. He had a good assistant. The two blocked the front end of the penalty area together, making it difficult for Messi to perform. His speed was very fast and his skills were very outstanding, but Morris and Isco, one old and one young, had very good technical strength, and the two of them had a great joint defense power.
In addition, Isco has enhanced the front and back connection of Atletico Madrid.
What makes Isco better than Fran is that he is a young man with abundant physical energy. Fran has almost no running on the court, while Isco is the opposite. He is constantly running regardless of offense or defense. His running brings him more opportunities to get the ball, and also makes Atletico Madrid's midfield and backcourt stronger. Morris has more room to play. He doesn't have to worry about the team going forward and behind the scenes. The team will be empty in the backcourt, and Isco himself has a certain offensive ability.
In short, Isco directly enhanced Atletico Madrid's midfield ability.
As time slowly passes, Barcelona's offense slows down. They must make some adjustments, otherwise the players' physical fitness will be a little unable to keep up.
As a result, Atletico Madrid's counterattack began to increase.
In the 78th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid played a series of quick cooperation and the football fell at the feet of Aguero who was about to run to the penalty area line.
After Fran left the court, Atletico Madrid had no forward, and Aguero became Barcelona's most important player. Every Barcelona player attaches great importance to Aguero's defense, so Aguero's more times afterwards, and it was easier for him to get opportunities later.
When Aguero got the ball, Barcelona reacted immediately.
Iniesta and Puyor ran over from both sides to double-team Aguero, and Buzquets was guarding the penalty area line in front.
Aguero had the chance to shoot by himself, but his position was not very good and he had little chance of scoring, so he did not choose to shoot, but suddenly passed the ball over the top!
This made the Busques in front of him unable to defend!
In the game, Aguero often plays a direct shot. Even if he passes the ball, he usually passes the ball against the ground and rarely passes a high ball. Barcelona is not prepared to pass the ball over the top of the ball against Aguero.
Buzks stood there in a daze, watching the football fly overhead.
He turned to look behind him.
The football passed Puyol, and he also crossed himself, and fell into the middle of the penalty area!
"Aguero! Pass over the top! Beautiful pass! Morris is following in the penalty area! His timely insertion and wonderful running make Barcelona unable to limit it!"
"This is a great opportunity for Atletico Madrid!"
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, looking at Barcelona's goal defense line, clenching his fists tightly.
Morris!
This is a good opportunity!
Wan Sheng didn't expect Aguero to pass such a ball. The Argentine seemed to be gradually adapting to the central-level forward position, and only an excellent forward can pass such a ball.
This may be just an impromptu performance by Aguero!
Aguero is indeed a genius, and genius is unexpected, but their occasional performance can determine the outcome of the game!
Morris's plugging was also timely.
This run alone is enough to show that he is still the best player!
Adriano was running towards the middle of the penalty area. He was just keeping a guard against Ozil, but he didn't expect Atletico Madrid to threaten the goal directly in the middle. He ran and looked up again, and saw the football jumping over Buzquez's head and falling directly into the middle of the penalty area.
Morris on the heel is about to raise his foot!
Adriano subconsciously raised his arm, wanting to remind the referee's lineman that Morris was offside just now!
Pique in front did not do this. He still had a chance to defend, so he rushed towards Morris. He knew very well that no matter the ball was off the line, he would stop Morris from shooting!
"Morris! Morris!"
The live commentator was already shouting.
At the moment of raising his foot, Morris also noticed Pique. The opponent rushed over very quickly. He originally wanted to stop the ball and then adjust the action and shoot, but time was no longer allowed. If Pique rushed over, he would probably lose the opportunity.
So Morris changed his mind temporarily. He stared at the falling ball and swung his right foot directly.
Volleyball!
The football fell from behind, and it was very difficult to complete the shot swing. However, at such a close distance, as long as you can hit the ball, even if you don’t hit the angle, the goalkeeper would have almost no response time.
The moment Morris' feet touched the football, the result was already destined!
Bang!
With a dull sound, the football rushed into the net without any suspense. Goalkeeper Valdes watched the football fly in and did not have time to make any save!
"Morris"
“l!!!”
Everyone stared at the football in the net in a daze, and for a moment, their minds were a little bit unreal.
Just now, many people were looking forward to Barcelona using the offensive to break the Atletico Madrid goal to tie the score, but now Atletico Madrid has broken through Barcelona's goal!
Barcelona fans were stunned!
They are completely unable to accept everything in front of them!
Atletico Madrid fans were completely opposite. They almost all stood up from the stands and started roaring excitedly with all their might.
Not just celebrating the goal, they began to celebrate the championship in advance!
ps: Please ask for two monthly tickets if you are weak (to be continued.)
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Chapter completed!