Chapter 173 It's time to fight!
The offensive battle does depend on the performance of the players on both sides, and Barcelona's subsequent goal seems to prove Guardiola's judgment.
In the 41st minute, Barcelona launched an offensive from the middle, Messi dribbled the ball and pushed Tiago Silva, and then Messi passed the ball to Iniesta. Iniesta passed the ball in front of the goal, and Pedro followed up and kicked the ball into the goal.
"Pedro!"
"The ball has entered!"
Barcelona played exquisite cooperation, and Pedro got the opportunity to help the team equalize the score.
Barcelona fans cheered excitedly. They saw Barcelona falling behind and were very worried about the game. Now that Barcelona has proved their strength, they equalized the score in a short time.
Barcelona supporters believe that the situation will be detrimental to Atletico Madrid.
Their judgment is time. There is not much time in the first half. If you score a goal, the goal ahead is different from the goal behind. You often have an advantage in the player's mentality to equalize one side than the one who was leading the previous one. Especially when the first half is about to end, Barcelona recovers from the score and momentum and is likely to gain an advantage in the second half.
This is also Guardiola's judgment.
After seeing Pedro send the ball into the goal, a relaxed smile appeared on his face for the first time.
In the Atletico Madrid coaching seat, Wan Sheng also watched the game seriously. The team was scored. He was definitely not in a good mood, but his judgment on the game was the same as Guardiola.
Now is the battle between the two sides. In the battle between the highest technical level, it often depends on the performance of the players on both sides.
In fact, this is what Wan Sheng hopes to see. Of course, it does not refer to Barcelona's goal, but the game situation between the two sides.
According to the strength of both sides, Atletico Madrid is actually not as good as Barcelona. Even if the players' abilities are similar, Atletico Madrid have several young players, such as Diego Costa, who just emerged last season. Kevin De Bruyne has no fame in the five major leagues. These young players lack experience in battle and their technical performance is not so stable. In addition, Kevin De Bruyne and Thiago Silva are both new players in the team. They are not so skilled in tactical adaptation, and their performance is naturally worse. This is also where Atletico Madrid is not as good as Barcelona.
However, the coaching skills of the football training master are enough to make up for everything.
Supporting Wan Sheng with sufficient confidence is also the offensive skills of football training masters, "shot" and "long-range shooting ability increase". The skills in front of the two goals will give Atletico Madrid a higher goal-front efficiency than Barcelona.
With the support of these two skills, if the team still loses the game, Wan Sheng will be helpless and can only sigh, "This is professional football."
Fortunately, the game has only been halfway through, and Atletico Madrid still has many opportunities.
In the last time of the first half, the two teams had offense and defense, but it can be seen that since the first half was about to pass, the two teams were still a little conservative in offense. They invested more in defense and did not score any more goals in the first half.
At the end of the first half, the players of both teams returned to the locker room.
Wan Sheng walked into the locker room and saw that the players were silent. Although it was only 1-1, the final goal of Barcelona equalizing the score was still a blow to the team's morale.
So Wan Sheng praised the team's performance, "Everyone did a good job, especially Kevin, we scored the first goal!"
Everyone looked at Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian seemed a little shy. He didn't expect the coach to name him.
Wan Sheng then talked about Barcelona's goal, "It is normal for a goal to concede, and no team can guarantee that they will not concede, especially when facing Barcelona."
"I always say that the team will definitely win. But we cannot despise our opponents tactically. Barcelona is a strong team, the world's top team. If we want to defeat them, we have to work hard."
Afterwards, Wan Sheng praised the team's performance, indicating that losing the ball is not the team's responsibility, which made everyone cheer up. Then he officially talked about the game.
Wan Sheng emphasized the defense of the center and right. In the first half, the two opponents were the most active. One was Messi in the middle. His continuous breakthroughs posed a great threat to the team's defense. The other was Iniesta on the right. The Spanish star had very strong personal abilities and rich experience. Sometimes, the defense of Ozil and Felipe Kasmirski could not be completely restricted.
Wansheng made the team pay more attention to these two players, and then continued to emphasize the offense, "We need more, more fierce attacks! I said before, we want to compete with them for who scored more goals."
"We are not at a disadvantage now, but we still need to continue to strengthen in the second half, and run more actively and cherish opportunities more."
After emphasizing all aspects, Wan Sheng did not consider substitutions. The team performed well in the first half, so substitution adjustments were not suitable.
As Wan Sheng arranged the second half of the game, time passed by in a blink of an eye, and soon the two teams returned to the court.
Amid the fans' calls, the referee blew the whistle and the second half began.
"In the first half, Atletico Madrid's right-wing teenager Kevin De Bruyne scored the first goal, and then Barcelona striker Pedro equalized the score."
"Now the score is 1-1, and the two teams will have to fight for the first time in half!"
"As soon as the second half started, we can see that the game is already very fierce, and both sides are engaged in the competition for the half."
"Barcelona's two consecutive waves of offensives seem more targeted, while Atletico Madrid's defense is stable and its counterattack is sharp..."
As the commentator mentioned, Barcelona launched an offensive from the beginning.
Their offensive is quite targeted!
Messi's performance in the middle is second, and the most active one is Iniesta on the right. Iniesta cooperates with his teammates very well. Personally dribbling makes Ozil seem powerless. Ozil is not a player who is good at defense. Most of the time he can only keep up with Iniesta. When his teammates come to defend, Iniesta often has sent the ball to a dangerous position.
Although Atletico Madrid played well in offense, the defense was in a bit of crisis.
Fans supporting Barcelona have re-sented their anticipation, hoping that Barcelona can win a goal in one go.
Wansheng stood on the sidelines, his brows frowned.
Barcelona's performance was somewhat unexpected. They completely let go of the offense and wanted to score a goal before Atletico Madrid.
This relaxed offensive is very threatening.
Importantly, Barcelona players performed very well, they were almost in physical fitness, and Atletico Madrid were kicked and retreated a little.
This will definitely not work!
Do you need to strengthen the wing defense?
Wan Sheng thought about it and shook his head in the end. To play against Barcelona, strengthening defense is equivalent to "demolting the east wall and filling the west wall", because Barcelona's other two routes are also very threatening. If players are asked to fill up the position, there will be problems in the middle defense.
Change to a defensive player?
Not even possible.
If the defensive player is replaced now, the team's offense will be affected, which is actually equivalent to admitting that he lost to Barcelona in the offensive battle.
Wansheng is not someone willing to admit defeat!
He trusted his judgment very much. This game is a battle against the attack. Since Barcelona wants to score at any cost, then the team will also strengthen the offense?
Very dangerous...but you can try it!
Wansheng considered himself and the muscles on his face were gathered together.
He turned his head suddenly, shocking the players on the bench, and then they saw Wan Sheng pointing at Falcao.
"Radamel, get ready to play!"
"Me?" Falcao pointed at himself, looking disbelief.
He is a '40 million euro' gentleman, but someone with a little tactical awareness will think that the best choice is to change defensive players at the moment, and he is definitely not a defensive player.
"Why? Don't want to go up?"
J-Rodriguez next to him pushed Falcao, and Falcao reacted and immediately walked to the side to warm up and said, "I think, of course, I'm planning to play!"
That made many teammates laugh.
Wan Sheng didn't have the heart to laugh. After reminding Falcao to prepare to appear, he looked at the field again.
In the 57th minute, taking advantage of the opportunity when Thiago Silva kicked the ball out of bounds, Atletico Madrid signaled to make a substitution adjustment.
"Mr. 40 million euros" Falcao appeared, and he replaced... Raul Garcia.
Atletico Madrid's substitution surprised everyone. Now on the field, Atletico Madrid's situation is at a disadvantage, and Iniesta's activity makes Ozil's journey very dangerous.
"Atlanie Madrid should replace a defensive player in the midfield and backcourt..."
Central TV commentator Han Qiaosheng commented, "I don't know what Wansheng means to replace Falcao at this time. Do you need to strengthen the attack?"
Falcao's replacement of Raul Garcia is a signal, which means to be bluntly speaking, Atletico Madrid is going to strengthen its offense.
If the time came to the end of the game, no one would say much, but it would be a bit too early to do so now, and it would be a bit inappropriate.
That's just the idea of ordinary people. When they see Atletico Madrid passive, they think that defending the goal is the most stable. Wan Sheng doesn't think so. He thinks that even if he replaces a defender, the team will still be passive. It's better to fight for the offense according to the original considerations!
If the team strengthens its offense, they can compete with Barcelona for who can score first and increase the defender to strengthen defense, which is equivalent to admitting the failure of the offense. More importantly, the team will still be very passive, and it will not be easy to save the situation.
Now it’s time to fight!
As long as you can play the offensive rhythm and with the team's efficiency in front of the goal, the hope of victory will become greater!
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Chapter 173: The moment of fighting!:
Chapter completed!