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After Real Madrid took the lead, it was somewhat unexpected that Zidane did not let the team pursue the victory, but quickly recovered and played a defensive counterattack.

This scene surprised many people, and they couldn't figure out why Zidane would do this.

Because in their view, Real Madrid, who just scored a goal, is full of morale and the players are in good condition. At this time, shouldn't they use their leading advantage to strengthen their offensive and try to score another goal in a short time?

Even if you can't score, it's not Real Madrid's style to shrink the defense after leading...

But that's what Real Madrid did.

Not only did they shrink the defense, they gave up possession.

It was simply waiting for Atletico Madrid to attack.

After just conceding the ball, Atletico Madrid originally wanted to stabilize their defense first and withstand the impact from Real Madrid.

As a result, the game played for a few more minutes before they realized that Real Madrid was really not coming up easily.

At first they worried that this was a trap for Real Madrid to lure the enemy deep, luring them to come up and attack, and then pressed them up suddenly, catching them by surprise.

So I tried to attack a few times, and found that Real Madrid really set up a bus...

Now Atletico Madrid attacked boldly with confidence.

It was only after they attacked that they realized that the situation was not as good as they had imagined.

Simeone's team has a habit. When playing against a strong team, they will choose to give up possession of the ball and concentrate on defensive counterattacks.

When playing against Barcelona and Bayern Munich, their possession rate basically did not exceed 40%.

It is Atletico Madrid's practice to give up possession of the ball against a strong team, so when playing against Real Madrid, they also intend to give up possession of the ball and play defensive counterattacks.

Unexpectedly, the practice of giving up possession of the ball now has been learned by Real Madrid, and Real Madrid also played a defensive counterattack. This forced Atletico Madrid to fight positional warfare.

But that's not what they're good at.

Because Atletico Madrid's player configuration and tactical habits are solid defense and then counterattack, their offense is more forward, and they rarely back and forth in the midfield.

Atletico Madrid's two sharp wing attacks reflect this. The four-man combination they formed in the midfield, two of them are full-time defensive midfielders, and the offense mainly relies on the four-man combination of two wingers and two forwards.

Gao Zheng occasionally plays a cameo passer to provide assists for his teammates. But he is not a professional after all. His biggest threat is shooting. If he is pulled out to organize an attack, it will be overkill and wasteful.

Except for him, neither Griezmann, Cork, or Saul are good at organizing offenses.

So when they faced the iron wall put up by Real Madrid, it was inevitable that they were a little bit tied up and didn't know what to do.

In many cases, their offense can't even get the football into Real Madrid's penalty area. After passing it horizontally for a long time, they can only choose long-range shots.

But under the interference of Real Madrid players, the long-range shot was very low.

Gao Zheng was closely marked by Real Madrid in this game, and he basically couldn't catch the ball smoothly.

Even if he doesn't get the ball,

He will also have Real Madrid players around him, sometimes Ramos, sometimes Pepe, and if he drops back in midfield, then Casemiro and Kroos will appear next to him.

There is only one purpose, which is to prevent him from easily handling the ball.

Everyone knows that Gao Zheng is Atletico Madrid's most threatening player. As long as he can be contained, Atletico Madrid's offense will lose its threat.

In fact, this is also the case. With Gao Zheng surrounded by Real Madrid players, it is difficult for Atletico Madrid's offense to improve.

Griezmann can't do anything alone, Koke and Saul can't do anything.

Gao Zheng got the ball twice in Real Madrid's penalty area throughout the first half.

For him, this can be said to be the lowest in his career.

How could Gao Zheng, who only got the ball twice in the penalty area, threaten Real Madrid's goal?

Atlético Madrid has possession of the ball, but it cannot be converted into a threatening attack. The possession rate is useless to them.

It's no wonder Simeone is so disdainful of Barcelona's set...it doesn't suit his team at all.

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When referee Clattenburg blew the whistle to end the first half, the San Siro stadium at San Siro erupted in cheers from the Real Madrid fans.

Although they were only one goal ahead of Atletico Madrid in the first half, the Real Madrid fans were still very happy.

Especially after watching the game after leading, everyone can see that Atletico Madrid has nothing to do with Real Madrid.

This gives Real Madrid fans confidence in the team.

Before, they complained in the stands whether Zidane was a little too timid, and played a shrinking defense with only one goal ahead. You must know that a one-goal lead is the most dangerous score in the world.

But now they are convinced by Qi Xuanzong, and feel that although they can't understand it, the effect is really awesome.

Give away possession and let Atlético de Madrid siege their own goal, and Atlético de Madrid are helpless against Real Madrid's defense...

This is really going the way of Atletico Madrid, leaving Atletico Madrid with nowhere to go.

Zidane is a genius!

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In the locker room at halftime, Simeone first comforted his players and told them not to be depressed because they were behind. After all, they were only one goal behind and still had a chance.

Next he began to make tactical adjustments.

Obviously, his team was tactically targeted by the opponent.

Zidane was able to make Real Madrid, a team that dissolves offense in blood, bust. This was indeed something Simeone did not expect before the game.

But fortunately, tactics can be adjusted during the intermission.

He replaced midfielder Augusto Fernandez with striker Carrasco.

Cork retreated to play as a midfielder, partnered with Gabi, and Carrasco took Cork's original position.

It still looks like a 442 formation, but then Simeone asked the players to adjust their positions when attacking.

Cork moved forward and came to the front waistline, Gao Zheng retreated to the middle, leaving only Griezmann at the forefront.

In this way, Atletico Madrid's formation became 4141, with Gabi as the single midfielder.

But since there are four Atletico Madrid players in front of the single midfielder, the control of the midfield has not been weakened.

Naturally, Simeone made such adjustments in response to Zidane's bus-positioning tactic.

I said before that Gao Zheng has a certain ability to organize and attack.

His retreat can help the team sort out the offense and organize a threatening offensive.

At the same time, placing a combination of four behind Griezmann can also tear up Real Madrid's offensive and continuously deliver shells to Griezmann.

After all, in the first half, facing Real Madrid's defense, Atletico Madrid lacked manpower in the front and center. Both Koke and Saul were active on the wing. The space behind him may be used by the BBC team. You must know that Real Madrid has midfield pass masters such as Toni Kroos and Modric.

Now that this problem has been resolved, Saul and Carrasco continue to attack the two sides of Real Madrid on the wing, while Gao Zheng and Cork directly threaten Real Madrid's defense in the middle.

This is equivalent to two more points of exit, which increases the difficulty of Real Madrid's defense.

After arranging the tactics, Simeone finally encouraged the players: "You have to believe in yourself, our average age is younger than Real Madrid, we are younger than them, everyone can run one kilometer more than them, that adds up to ten more runs. Kilometers! If there is such a gap, the victory can only belong to us. So as long as we can keep dragging Real Madrid like this, their physical fitness will be exhausted sooner or later, and then it will be our chance, so be patient and don’t rush , and don’t panic! Remember, the victory belongs to whichever team can run better!”

Running is something Simeone has always emphasized. He believes that in modern football, running is the most important quality. A player can have rough skills and average consciousness, but he can't run and doesn't want to run.

This is why the classical attacking midfielders who used to play standing up and often able to send instant passes are becoming rarer and rarer in this era, so that they have basically disappeared completely.

Teams that can't run will be dragged down by teams that can run better.