Chapter 253 Return to the top of the list(1/2)
J-Rodriguez's goal was very exciting, which was a manifestation of his personal ability.? He conquered all Atletico Madrid fans with this goal, and some of the Marcelo fans also gave applause for the exciting goal.
Commentators from all media also praised J-Rodriguez because his performance was so gorgeous.
This is not good news for the entire Marseille team.
Marseille coach Deschamps is having a headache.
J-Rodriguez's goal helped Atletico Madrid open up the situation and also broke all his arrangements for the game.
How to play in the quarterfinals of the Champions League is a difficult challenge for Deschamps. Perhaps anyone who sits in the position of Marseille coach will be troubled by facing Atletico Madrid.
Some French media pointed out that Atletico Madrid is just a "Champions League new team". However, as an insider in the football industry, we must not just listen to the media. Just the odds of European gambling companies can see how optimistic Atletico Madrid is: on the website of the British gambling company, the odds of winning the Champions League before the quarterfinals have been issued.
This data shows what ordinary fans expect from each team.
The team with the lowest odds at the moment is Barcelona, with Real Madrid in second place, and Atletico Madrid ranked third.
However, Atletico Madrid, which ranked third, has only 3.65 odds in winning the championship, and Barcelona, which ranked first, is only 3.1. In other words, fans have similar expectations for Atletico Madrid's championship and Barcelona's championship.
Among the eight teams in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Marseille odds rank 7th, ranking only lower than the Greeks' competitive edge, with the odds of winning the championship being 32.1.
Atletico Madrid 3.65, Marseille 32.1, anyone can see the gap between the two numbers at a glance.
This gap is no longer just about fame and attention, but also reflects the gap in personnel allocation and overall performance of the two teams.
Just taking the leagues of both sides as an example, Atletico Madrid ranks second in La Liga and has hope to compete for the league championship with Real Madrid, while Marseille ranks ninth in Ligue 1, and there is no hope to compete for the qualifying for the Champions League next season.
The only thing is that both teams entered the Champions League quarterfinals.
In the eyes of the media and fans, Marseille and Atletico Madrid are just two teams of level qualities. Perhaps the public's perspective is somewhat biased, but it also shows in some aspects that there is an irreparable gap between the two teams.
As Marseille head coach, Deschamps must face the gap.
So how to compete with Atletico Madrid?
Deschamps has been thinking for a long time, but decided to play conservatively. Perhaps, any French team will adopt conservative style when encountering Spanish giants and strong teams. The technical strength of both sides is not at the same level at all. Even Lyon, which was powerful a few years ago, is the same. When they meet Barcelona, Real Madrid will also play conservatively.
Deschamps chose to let the team defend with all their might, hoping to defend the goal.
If a single striker can play a role, it is of course better to find an opportunity to break the Atletico Madrid goal. If you cannot break the opponent's goal, it is also a good choice to decide the winner with a penalty kick after two rounds of the game.
This tactic sounds bad, but in fact, in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, many weak teams will play like this, so they have the most hope of creating unpopular defeats to defeat strong teams. The two games of 180 minutes sounded long, and many games were not scored, not to mention that the entire Marseille team defended the goal and wanted to break through the defensive tactics of the sea of people, which required more than strength. Chelsea once defeated Barcelona to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
That powerful Chelsea can be so big, what can Marseille be considered?
But luck stood on Atletico Madrid!
j-Rodriguez helped Atletico Madrid break through the Marseille goal. Marseille was very embarrassed at this time. It would definitely not work to continue to defend the goal. If they were unable to score, it means they were absolutely passive.
Now they have to attack!
But there will be gaps when attacking. Will Marseille be Atletico Madrid's opponent when playing against attack?
Deschamps' brows frowned tightly.
In contrast, Wan Sheng had already returned to his seat in the Atletico Madrid coaching seat. He crossed his legs and chewed chewing gum in his mouth, completely looking like he was watching a show, as if the game on the court had nothing to do with him.
Deschamps knew that it was necessary to attack.
As time came, Marseille also began to attack.
If we analyze from the data, Marseille is only one ball behind, and this is only the first round of the game. They still have many opportunities, but analysis is analysis, how can the game be so easy?
Atletico Madrid has already grasped the victory in his own hands while leading the way. The situation in Marseille is passive. How easy is it to break the Atletico Madrid goal?
Atletico Madrid is easy to score, but difficult to score.
Marseille is not a big attack, it is very unwise. They choose to counterattack defensively and have limited troops to invest in offense. They do not have players like J-Rodriguez with outstanding personal abilities, so it is difficult to threaten Atletico Madrid goal.
In order to create opportunities to threaten the goal, they must invest more experience in offense, but this way there will be problems with the defense.
This is called losing one's attention.
Atletico Madrid is leading and plays easily. After a period of time in the second half, Marseille cannot continue playing like this, otherwise the defense line may concede again.
If you lose another goal, it is theoretical to qualify. You will lose two goals at home. How can you play the game when you go to Calderon Stadium?
At this time, Marseille could only hope that luck would come to them.
pity……
Luck only favors the prepared and capable side. Marseille cannot even threaten Atletico Madrid goal, so how can he have the luck to score a goal?
At the end of the game, Marseille's defense was successful. They made Atletico Madrid not score in the second half, but they didn't score either, and they were at home.
The two teams scored 1.
In the first leg, Atletico Madrid won Marseille and scored a away goal.
After this game, the media generally believed that it was difficult for Marseille to threaten Atletico Madrid. Although the two sides were only one goal apart, the gap in performance in the game was too big. The second round was held at Calderon Stadium, and Marseille's chances would become smaller.
After the game, Marseille coach Deschamps's "conservative" was criticized. At the press conference, a French media reporter directly raised questions, "Doesn't it mean to admit defeat when playing with Atletico Madrid like this?"
The head coach generally ignores this kind of layman's problem, but this is the case in Marseille. In professional football, most people are laymen, and fans don't care about your professionalism. What they see is that Marseille has no power to fight back in the game, and is quite conservative and passive in terms of tactics and styles of play, and has no intention of trying to defeat the opponent.
Deschamps felt a headache, but Wan Sheng said something for Marseille, "Their tactics are very correct, but unfortunately they lack a little luck. Rodriguez performed very well, his goal was perfect, I hope he can continue this performance. With this goal, we will have a considerable advantage in the second round."
However, Wan Sheng's statement is also considered to be "the mercy of the winner", and Deschamps is still criticized by the media.
This has nothing to do with Atletico Madrid.
That night, all Atletico Madrid took a plane back to the club. After that, the team had a day off and regrouped for training on the third day to start preparing for the next two rounds of the league.
The league is very important to Atletico Madrid, because their competition for the league championship with Real Madrid has reached a critical stage.
The La Liga has been held for 29 rounds, and 9 rounds are about to end. The difference between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is 1 point, and the difference of 1 point is just a draw. The competition between the two sides is very hot in the league. In subsequent games, the results of a game and even the difference in a goal may directly affect the final championship.
Faced with such a league competition situation, Atletico Madrid has felt pressured.
This kind of pressure is a bad phenomenon, which will directly affect the players' mentality and performance on the court.
In the league round, Atletico Madrid drew Getafe at home. The game was very difficult. In the 90 minutes of the game, Atletico Madrid failed to break Getafe's goal.
In the final score, Atletico Madrid regretted losing two more points.
The good news after the game was that Real Madrid failed to win, they drew 1-1 with Malaga at home. It seems that it is not only Atletico Madrid who is under pressure, but Real Madrid is the same.
In fact, it is normal for both teams to be under pressure.
At present, neither side can devote all their energy to the league. After all, the Champions League is still in progress. Both teams have entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League. They must deal with the Champions League and the Champions League and the league. In addition, the competition is so fierce, it will definitely affect the team's condition.
The championship battle between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has become the most intense championship competition in the five major leagues. Even the championship battle between Manchester United and Manchester City in the British League, the points are not so stalemate.
Everyone is paying attention.
Soon the next round of the league is coming again, Atletico Madrid challenged Levante away.
Since this game was the day before Real Madrid's match, the number of media interviews surged. The press venue of Valencia City Stadium cannot accommodate so many reporters. Many reporters have to wait in the corridor outside the door. Later, most of the reporters simply went directly to the mixed area because they could not interview them at all.
Before the game, Wan Sheng walked into the venue crowded with his bodyguards. He glanced at the scene and said a few words of confidence that the team would win, and then left directly, disappointing the media reporters at the venue.
Some people argued that "this young Chinese has no confidence at all," but in the game, Atletico Madrid showed strong firepower.
Two goals were scored in the first and second half, and the game ended 1-4. Atletico Madrid defeated Levante cleanly away.
Atletico Madrid won, so there was nothing to report. The next day, all media paid attention to Real Madrid's game. Their opponent was Villarreal, who ranked fifth in the league last season. After experiencing painful difficulties, their results were quite bleak.
After the La Liga round, they only ranked 16th, and whether they can relegate has become a big problem.
Media analysts believe that the important reason for the sharp decline in Villarreal's performance is injury.
Currently, nine players in Villarreal are unable to play due to injuries, and the team is even difficult to put out the roster. Three forward players Rossi, Neilma and Camnias are all on the injury list.
In the past few months, Villarreal has changed coaches twice. In November last year, head coach Garrido was fired. After Espanyol's famous Molina took over, Molina was fired after losing to Levante at home. They invited former Claruna coach Lotina. Unfortunately, no one can face the lineup full of wounded soldiers. Villarreal led by Lotina has not improved.
Will such a Villarreal pose a threat to Real Madrid at the Love Song Stadium?
The public's view is negative, but the answer is very confusing.
"Real Madrid draws Villarreal 1-1, but this is a shocking scandal!"
"scandal!"
"Marca" uses such a word to summarize the competition.
At the Love Song Stadium, Rui Falia, Mourinho, Ramos and Di Maria were all sent off with red cards. After the game, Pepe received a red card in the player channel for scolding the referee.
In the view of "Marca", referee Romero is obviously intending to suppress Real Madrid, and his level of punishment deserves the word "scandal".
Mourinho and Romero have an entangled past: after coaching Real Madrid, the first red card that Mourinho received was Romero's "send" to him. It was in the second leg of the King's Cup 16 last season. Real Madrid played against Murcia at home. Mourinho was sent off by Romero's red card for excessive protests. Mourinho cursed the referee on duty to "go and eat-shit-let's go".
In this game, Romero became the focus again.
In the whole first half, Romero's penalty standard was relatively fair, but there were two controversies. The biggest controversy was born in the first minute, when Real Madrid defender Alvaro reached out to pull Nealma's jersey, causing Nealma to kick the ball out of bounds when he lost balance.
In the commentary article of "Marca", it was clearly stated that this ball should be awarded a penalty, "Romero helped Real Madrid."
Before the end of the half, the smell of gunpowder became stronger.
When Pepe cleared the ball with a big kick in the midfield, he kicked Mousaccio with one foot. The latter also slapped Pepe at the corner of his mouth. Pepe's lips bleed. Romero showed Pepe a yellow card, but he did not warn Mousaccio.
Mourinho returned to the locker room early in a fit of anger.
The first Real Madrid man to dye red was physical coach Rui Faria.
To be continued...