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Mustafi finally withstood Atletico Madrid's offensive. After playing, he quickly found his state and rhythm of the game, and partnered with Alberto Massi to re-establish the defense in front of Romero.

This is thanks to Di Francesco's use of rotation many times this season, allowing Mustafi to get more opportunities to play. He and Alberto Massi have also partnered many times, so they can find the feeling and tacit understanding of cooperation so quickly.

In addition, Di Francesco also quickly made adjustments to allow the team to strengthen its defense as a whole.

Simeone saw that the goal was not cleared in a short period of time, and he was worried that Gao Zheng would score another one for him before the end of the first half. In the second round of the Coppa Italia semi-final, Gao Zheng, without the support of his teammates, scored two goals with only two long-pass counterattack opportunities, ending Naples' hope of qualifying for the Coppa Italia final.

Others may not care much about the Coppa Italia, but Simeone has been paying attention since Sampdoria let the main players participate in the Coppa Italia. He has seen every performance of Gao Zheng.

Unlike the league, the Coppa Italia and the Champions League are both knockout matches. He believes that Gao Zheng's performance in this kind of competition may have more reference value than in the league. Because once you lose, you will be eliminated, and players must go all out.

Worried that Gao Zheng would suddenly go crazy in this game, Simeone retracted the formation again, signaling the team to slow down and deal with Sampdoria slowly again.

The commentator of the Argentine TV station saw that Atletico Madrid took it back again, and said with some doubts: "It's really surprising that Atletico Madrid took it back so quickly, it seems that Sampdoria has created a great threat to them. But since After Gastadro was injured, Sampdoria put the focus on defense. They didn't even have a decent chance to counterattack. How could they threaten Atletico Madrid's goal? Simeone's doing this is more like an outing What a stupid trick - if he keeps the team going, maybe he can tie the game?"

Hearing what the narrator said, this time Giovanni did not express his puzzlement about his father's behavior, because he knew why his father did such a thing—he was worried about Gao Zheng.

Although he knew why his father did this, it didn't mean that Giovanni agreed with this approach. He also felt that it was a stupid move.

Dad was a little too afraid of Gao Zheng.

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The first half ended with this wonderful balance between Sampdoria and Atletico Madrid at the end.

After losing Gastadro,

Sampdoria's morale and state have been affected, not as sharp as before.

And Atletico Madrid also played cautiously, which is a bit unlike the usual Atletico Madrid style.

"Before Gastadro was injured, the game was pretty good..." Caresa said with emotion as he watched the players from both sides leave the field one after another. "Hopefully there will be some changes in the second half."

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After all Atletico Madrid players returned to the locker room, coach Simeone came in last, then turned around and kicked the door shut.

He slapped his hands hard again, and said to his players with satisfaction: "Guys, you did a good job! Although there is one goal, that's no big deal. The important thing is that there is only one goal and no more goals .”

Every Atlético Madrid player can tell that their manager is in a genuinely good mood, not faking it to encourage them.

Simeone rubbed his hands together and said expectantly to his players: "Okay. The first half has been successfully completed. Then it's the second half. Remember what I said before the game? Their There's been some fitness issues, so they're definitely going to try to get on the ball at the start of the game, hoping to score as quickly as possible and extend their lead. They did score a goal, but they couldn't extend their lead, and they The main central defender is also injured. This is all good news for us. All we have to do in the second half is to change the way we played in the first half and use our best style of play to wear them down!"

The players were not surprised by such an adjustment, the head coach had revealed all his tactics before the game.

They all knew what to do in the second half, and it was precisely because of this that they faithfully implemented the coach's tactics in the first half.

To be honest, they played awkwardly in the first half of the game, because it was not their usual style of play at all.

But in order to win, in order to be able to advance to the quarterfinals, they must listen to the head coach.

Simeone only took over the Atletico Madrid team at the end of 2011, and it has only been more than two years now, but he has already established his authority in the hearts of Atletico Madrid players.

Apart from a part of this authority coming from Diego Simeone's personal charisma, a large part of it comes from his achievements.

Professional football is a very real world, winners and losers. No matter how successful you are as a professional player, you may not be successful as a coach. If you can't lead the team to victory, then the prestige accumulated during the player era will also be consumed.

The success of Simeone is that after he took over Atletico Madrid, he won nine consecutive victories in the Europa League that year, and finally won the Europa League championship, and then defeated the Champions League champion Chelsea in the European Super Cup. became king of Europe.

Such achievements laid the foundation for his coaching in this team.

After having two heavyweight champions, Simeone has a lot of confidence in his words, and the players are naturally willing to listen to him, because listening to him can bring championships!

You must know that when Simeone just took over Atletico Madrid, the team ranked tenth in the league. As a result, after that season, the team won the Europa League, ranked fourth in the league, and won the UEFA Champions League play-offs. Qualifications.

Last season was Simeone's second season in charge of Atletico Madrid and his first full coaching season.

In the end, Atlético de Madrid defeated their rivals Real Madrid 2:1 in the final of the Copa del Rey and won the Copa del Rey. After coaching the team for one and a half seasons, he led the team to three important championships, only the league championship and the Champions League championship.

Such a performance is naturally worthy of the trust of the players.

Even if they privately feel that the head coach seems to have made a big fuss this time, they will still strictly follow the head coach's instructions when they are on the court, and they will never obey the head coach's instructions.

Simeone is elated in arranging tactical arrangements in the locker room. If this scene is seen by outsiders, they will definitely be surprised, because when he left the field just now, Simeone was still frowning, full of thoughts, and dissatisfied with the team's performance. look.

After closing the door, he changed his face.

It seems that the tail is finally unable to hide.

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In the home team's locker room, Di Francesco frowned at the state of his team.

It stands to reason that leading by only one goal at home is not enough if you want to advance, and it can even be said to be dangerous.

But the current situation is that if you want to continue the offensive in the first half, maybe Sampdoria will collapse before the game is over.

Because the team's physical fitness is not enough. Gastadro's injury also reminded him that lack of physical fitness will not only cause problems such as inability to run, but also cause players to be injured.

In the long run, we can no longer fight like this.

At the same time, Atletico Madrid played a bit abnormally in the first half, which made Di Francesco a little worried. This is not the usual style of Atletico Madrid, and it is impossible for them to choose this style of play because they are afraid of Sampdoria. After all Sampdoria is not Barcelona, ​​and Di Francesco still has this self-knowledge.

So there must be some conspiracy hidden in Atletico Madrid's kick like this. If Sampdoria continues to maintain the pace of the game in the first half, it may be in the hands of Atletico Madrid.

After much consideration, despite being very unwilling, Di Francesco made a choice.

He told the team to shrink and fight counterattacks in the second half, and slowly dealt with Atletico Madrid. The primary goal is not to concede the ball. If it is a counterattack, it is better to leave it to Gao Zheng alone, just like the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.

As long as you can not concede a goal, even if you beat Atletico Madrid 1:0, it is a victory and the total score is also leading.

The problem of the second round will be considered in the second round. If the first round cannot be won, the second round is meaningless.