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After the start of the game, although the weather was cold, the initiative of the game was still in the hands of Atletico Madrid.

Astana's tactics are very clear, that is to defend and counterattack.

They set up the bus in front of their own goal, completely giving up possession beyond the thirty-meter zone.

So Atlético Madrid had plenty of time to hold the ball and build up the attack, they bombarded the Astana half with a lot of intensity.

Atletico Madrid won the corner soon after.

After the corner kick was taken, there was chaos in front of Astana's goal. Thiago took the opportunity to shoot, but the football was blocked.

Then came another corner. This time it was Saul who headed the ball over the bar.

There were people everywhere in the penalty area, and it was very difficult for Gao Zheng to get a chance to kick.

This time, Astana really took their defense to the extreme.

In fact, tactically speaking, Astana's game is no different from the previous game, and it is also a bus.

But because this is their home stadium, amidst the cheers of 30,000 fans, the Astana players feel that they are in very good condition.

Whether it is a cross, a through pass, or a long shot, Atletico Madrid can defend them.

At the same time, the cold did affect the performance of Atletico Madrid players. In handling some key balls, their movements were obviously not as comfortable as playing in a normal environment.

Atletico Madrid players wore long-sleeved jerseys, and some players who were afraid of the cold also wore gloves and a scarf around their necks, but it didn't seem to have any effect.

In the opening 20 minutes, Atletico Madrid basically besieged Astana's goal, but they didn't score a single goal.

On the contrary, every successful defense by Astana will cause thunderous cheers from the stands, as if they played a beautiful offense...

Every Astana player was running tirelessly, using their bodies to block Atletico Madrid's shots. Their minds were particularly focused at this time, and there was only one thought, and that was-the name will go down in history forever!

They firmly believe that as long as they can prevent Atletico Madrid's attack, then as time goes by, Atletico Madrid will definitely become impatient, and then it will be Astana's chance to counterattack.

They scored two goals for Galatasaray at home, so with a discount, they can always score one goal for Atletico Madrid at home, right?

The outcome of this game is between one goal, so as long as they can score one goal, they are sure that they can beat Atletico Madrid at home and make history.

Stoilov sat on the coach's bench, watching his players defend as if they were united to block a bullet hole. He was very satisfied.

This is the effect he wanted, otherwise why did he talk so much before the game?

He is well aware that there is a huge gap in strength between Astana and Atletico Madrid, and even at home, it is very difficult to make up for this gap in strength. So at this time, the only thing to do is to stimulate the inner potential of the players. To put it bluntly, it is to say beautiful and pleasant big words to arouse the fighting spirit of the players.

The cold weather, the home advantage, and the mental strength, he believes, will be enough for him to fight Atletico Madrid.

For this competition, he studied Gao Zheng very thoroughly.

To ensure that Gao Zheng has Astana players by his side at all times,

Sometimes it's one, sometimes it's two.

Gao Zheng is the center of gravity of the team's defense. Wherever Gao Zheng is, the center of gravity will be there.

Just to prevent Gao Zheng from taking the ball comfortably.

Judging from the first twenty minutes of the game, his tactics were successful, and Gao Zheng really didn't get many shots.

His performance was far worse than when he was at home in the last round.

Stoilov is very satisfied with the performance of his players. If this continues, it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid's offense to threaten his goal.

So he sat on the coach's bench with the look of "sit firmly on the Diaoyutai". Although his team was being besieged, he was not in a hurry.

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"Gao Zheng was severely restricted in this game, and he basically had no chance to perform..." commentator He Ping said this, which made many Chinese fans in front of the TV a little worried.

Although we know that the various objective conditions of this game are not on Atletico Madrid's side, everyone still hopes to see Gao Zheng perform well.

This is also the biggest motivation for them to watch Atletico Madrid games. After all, the number of native Atletico Madrid fans in China is still not as large as those of traditional giants.

Now many people watch Atletico Madrid games and become familiar with Atletico Madrid because of Gao Zheng.

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Gao Zheng himself was not in a hurry, he even thought it was a good thing.

Because the opponent has strengthened their own defense, it means that they have not defended enough against other Atletico Madrid players.

For example, his striker partner in this game, Fernando Torres, faced much less defensive pressure.

Gao Zheng has noticed several times that Torres ran into the space, but there was not even a single player from Astana around him.

Obviously, Astana did not take Torres seriously.

In their view, Torres is just a rotation player. If Griezmann played, maybe they would be a little more serious.

In the 32nd minute, when Gao Zheng got the ball, he was once again surrounded by Astana players.

It was difficult for him to get close to Astana's goal.

But Gao Zheng didn't want to do this. He stopped the football lightly when he was catching the ball, and then made a pick, picking the football still in the air directly over the heads of the Astana players. , Passed to the space in front!

Torres is going forward quickly, running to the ball's landing point!

Seeing that Torres was about to get the ball, an Astana defender finally caught up.

But his start was over, and Torres reached out before him to unload the ball from Gao Zheng.

Astana's defender took a lunge and stretched his legs up to interfere with Torres.

Torres did not adjust after unloading the ball, but poked and shot at the first time.

After the football flew past, the Astana defender's feet arrived. If it was later, he might not have a chance to shoot!

"Torres—!!"

Jose Maria dragged out his voice, his eyes fixed on the football on the TV screen - because the distance was too far, he did not go to the scene to comment on the game - he was looking forward to the sound of "S" , I can keep up with "GOL".

He knew that Torres had scored ninety-nine goals for Atlético Madrid, and one more would be the hundredth.

Although he didn't have much hope before the game, when the goal could really appear in front of his eyes, he still couldn't help his heart beating wildly - am I going to witness a historical moment? !

Instead of flying into the goal, the football slid out.

"Ah!!!" Jose Maria held his head in his hands regretfully. "The goal was missed! It's a pity!"

Sure enough, how can historical moments come so easily?