Chapter 243 Simeone's Counterattack

The Calderon Stadium, which can accommodate 54,000 fans, was packed. The enthusiastic atmosphere did not decrease from the warm-up of the players from both sides until the eve of the game. It is not difficult to see that Atletico Madrid fans are very much looking forward to this strong dialogue in the death group.

Five minutes before the start of the game, the main players of both sides came to the player tunnel, waiting to play.

As the UEFA Champions League theme song "Champions League" sounded at the Calderon Stadium, the enthusiastic atmosphere of the entire stadium rose to an extreme, and everyone was in awe.

This song with a religious flavor is to be played in the first three minutes of each UEFA Champions League game. Li Qing, who followed the referee on duty to the Calderon Stadium, felt that the blood in his body began to flow faster, and he felt a sense of blood rushing.

Ce-sont-les-meilleures-équipes (French: They are the best team)

Es-sind-die-allerbesten-Mannschaften (German: They are the ultimate team)

The-main-event (English: The most important event)

Die-Meister (German: The victorious team)

Die-Besten (German: The king's team)

Les-grandes-équipes (French: The great team)

The-champions (English: The champions)

……

The repeated lyrics make the whole song extremely passionate, solemn and imposing. It is obvious that this song with a religious flavor has driven the excitement of the players and fans, making the next game more enjoyable.

Atletico Madrid and Liverpool had a record of playing against each other in the Audi Cup final more than a month ago, but both teams played with substitutes at that time, so the reference value was not great. The commentator who got the starting lineups of both teams began to report the starting lineups of the two teams to the fans in front of the TV for the upcoming game.

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun said loudly: "The official formation given by the visiting team Liverpool is 433, with goalkeeper Karius, defenders Robertson, Joe Gomez, Van Dijk and Matip, midfielders Henderson, Wijnaldum and Li Qing, and forwards Mane, Firmino and Salah."

"The official formation given by the home team Atletico Madrid is 442, goalkeeper Oblak, defenders Felipe, Godin, Lucas Hernandez and Juanfran, midfielders Carrasco, Saul, Thomas and Koke, and forwards Correa and Griezmann."

After the song "Champions League" ended, the excited fans sat back in the audience, and only the fanatical Atletico Madrid fans and Liverpool fans shouted loudly to release their passion for the fans they supported.

Li Qing contributed 3 goals and 1 assist in the first round of the Champions League group stage, and performed a hat trick in the league that just ended. He is in good form and is the Liverpool player that Atletico Madrid players need to pay the most attention to. Therefore, many Atletico Madrid players before the game did not regard Li Qing as a 16-year-old teenager, but instead took the highest precautions.

Before the start of the Champions League group stage, the media compared Liverpool's top scorer Li Qing with Atletico Madrid's top scorer Griezmann, which made Griezmann very depressed. Facing the doubts and ridicules of the media and fans, he was holding back and thinking about showing a super performance in this group stage and leading Atletico Madrid to defeat Liverpool.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone looked at Li Qing. Judging from the tactics formulated before the game, whether the team can beat Liverpool at home depends largely on whether Thomas, Koke and Saul can limit Li Qing, who is the core of Liverpool's offense.

As a key player, Li Qing did not feel anything special. He stood in his own position area, waiting for the game to start.

"Beep~"

Accompanied by the whistle of the referee Brüch, the second round of the Champions League Group C match between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool at home officially began.

Atletico Madrid, who had the advantage of kicking off, did not pass the ball behind them at the first time, but slowly moved forward. However, due to the limited technical ability of Atletico Madrid's midfielders, they quickly lost possession of the ball in the face of Liverpool's high-risk pressure.

Liverpool switched from defense to offense, and Atletico Madrid players who switched from offense to defense returned to their own half in a row, as if they had been prepared.

Klopp, who was standing in the command area of ​​the visiting team coach, could see Atletico Madrid's strategy in this game - steady defense and counterattack.

Correa, Griezmann and Carrasco all have fast speed and strong technical ability at their feet. Coupled with Koke's dispatch and Saul's back-insertion, Atletico Madrid's quick counterattack can create a highly ornamental three-dimensional sense.

It has to be said that Atletico Madrid's defensive ability is beyond imagination, one link after another, even if Li Qing's footwork is extremely good, there is no way to complete continuous breakthroughs.

Even if they can break through, Atletico Madrid's defensive players will quickly and decisively foul.

Maybe considering that this is Atletico's home court, the referee Brüch gave some face. In general, there was no warning for fouls, let alone yellow cards.

Li Qing is very strong personally, and many older players did not regard Li Qing as a minor. Therefore, Li Qing was very depressed after being fouled by Atletico players.

Fouls are fouls, can you be gentler?

Thomas is black and hard, and it's okay to be reckless, but why did Saul and Koke make such a big move? Don't they have face?

In fact, for Saul and Koke, as long as they can win the game, face is secondary.

Li Qing played very uncomfortable in Atletico's targeted tactics, but he did not act on impulse. In the subsequent game time, he mainly passed the ball, assisted Henderson and Wijnaldum to control the rhythm of the game, and firmly controlled the initiative of the game in his own hands.

In the tenth minute of the game, the broadcaster gave the ball possession ratio of both sides. Liverpool led Atletico with 72.5% to 27.5%. You must know that this was at the Calderon Stadium.

However, Atletico fans in the audience did not feel any discomfort, because this is the tactic Simeone is good at.

It seems to be passive continuously, but once a threatening offensive is launched, the opponent can only cry.

For Simeone, extra ball possession time is useless, what he needs is efficiency.

In the sixteenth minute, Simeone's team launched a wave of efficient counterattacks.

Lucas Hernandez, with the help of Godin, intercepted the ball from Firmino's feet and passed it directly to Koke. Koke did not make any adjustments and directly passed it to the left side of his team's attack. Argentine international Correa took the ball and faced the young Joe Gomez and chose to break through and cross the ball. Griezmann alertly rushed to Van Dijk to complete a shot.

Perhaps due to Van Dijk's interference, Griezmann's shot near the penalty spot did not find the right target. The football brushed the outer edge of the left goal post and went out of the bottom line, hitting the billboard outside the field, making a crisp collision sound.

"wowoowowoooo——"

There was a cry of surprise over the Calderon Stadium.

If Griezmann had found the right target, the team could have taken the lead through this efficient counterattack!

Griezmann, who missed the goal, pulled his hair with both hands, looking very upset.

The on-site director then gave the camera to Li Qing. The meaning of this picture was very clear. Griezmann had completed a shot that was very close to scoring. As Liverpool's leading striker, should Li Qing also respond?