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Chapter 127 Iron Guard Opens [35]

Mr. Torres, who had lost face in front of his daughter, was clearly shaking hands with Sunshine with some emotion.

Sunshine could feel the strength of Fernando Torres' handshake across from him.

In fact.

Every Atletico Madrid player who shook his hand shook it hard.

"Dear audience! The last and most crucial match of Group A of the Champions League this season is about to begin. Atletico Madrid will host Monaco at home."

Inside the CCTV studio.

He Wei took a deep breath.

The Chinese fans in front of the screen were all shocked.

"It's about to begin!"

"Come on Sunshine!"

"Chinese iron-eating beast!"

"Capture Calderon!"

The fans cheered for Yang Guang.

At this moment, the Calderon Stadium was crowded and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

"This is the Calderón Stadium. Listen to the decibels right now. I have to use all my strength to suppress these sounds so that you can hear my voice."

In the commentary box.

Omar, the commentator for France 4 TV, is chanting.

"Both teams have entered the field and the game is about to begin. Compared to the starting lineups of both teams in the first round, there is only one personnel change on both sides."

"For the home team Atletico Madrid, center forward Torres replaced Gameiro in the starting lineup. For the visiting team Monaco, Falcao was injured, so B Silva moved to the forward line, and Bakayoko started the game."

Following the voices of the commentators.

The players of both teams have completed a series of pre-match rituals and are standing in their respective positions waiting for the whistle to start the game.

The camera gave close-ups of Torres and the sun first.

Obviously, these are the two focus players of this game.

"Iron Guard Torres!"

"By the way, Toni is doing well after returning to Atletico Madrid."

“It’s just OK”

"Nothing compares to the sunshine."

In the live broadcast room of Xinglang Sports, fans’ comments floated across the screen.

Just now.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game.

Yangguang kicked the ball back and turned to run towards the front court.

The ball was passed all the way back to the center back.

Atletico Madrid players also pressed forward.

Glick looked up at the position of the sun and made a long pass.

The football flew across most of the field and headed towards the front court.

Yangguang jumped slightly while running, and headed the ball away before Gabi. After landing, he accelerated and ran up several times, raised his right foot and shot!
"Sunlight!!"

The football flew towards the goal amid the commentators' exclamations.

Fortunately.

Oblak was very focused. He moved his feet quickly, then bounced out, stretched his body and opened his arms, blocking the ball out of the baseline.

Less than a minute into the show.

Monaco took the lead.

There was a cry of surprise from the entire Calderon Stadium.

They only started cheering after they realized that the football had been blocked.

Simeone was so scared that he staggered.

He knew who the player Monaco needed to pay the most attention to, but who could have expected him to do this at the start.
Jardim leaned back and held his head in regret after seeing the ball being blocked.

It would be a great advantage for Monaco if they could score a goal at the start of the game.

Although in this game, Monaco will be first in the group if they draw.

But Jardim knew.

If we play this game with the mentality of drawing with the opponent.

Then Atletico Madrid will definitely make them pay the price.

therefore.

Jardim still chose the strategy he used in the first round of the group stage against both sides!
attack!

Torres in the front field looked at the sunlight with envy.

This athleticism, this energy.
It reminded him of his youth.

With the accumulation of injuries, Torres has not been able to find the feeling of his youth for a long time.

In serious cases, he even lost confidence in shooting, so that some seemingly simple shots were missed by him.
Of course, his career was pretty perfect.

Except he never won a league title.

The national team won the World Cup and the European Cup.

The club won the Champions League and the Europa League.

It's a grand slam.
Torres looked at the sunlight and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

He knew that the current sun was indeed qualified to look down on him.

But as a player close to the Grand Slam and a top center.

He has his own pride.

Three minutes later.

Torres received the ball in the penalty area, turned and shot, but the ball went slightly wide.

Atletico Madrid's attack also began to show its power.

Seventh minute of the game.

Atletico Madrid launched a fast break.

Griezmann made a wonderful pass near the center circle.

He pretended to catch the ball while running, and then suddenly kicked the ball with the outside of his foot, catching the opponent by surprise.

The ball passed through the gap between Monaco's midfielders and Torres caught the ball while running.

This ball is dangerous.

Because if Torres gets the ball, he can immediately find himself in a one-on-one situation and shoot by creating an angle.

no way.

Fabinho had no choice but to foul.

He couldn't let Torres pass.

"Foul! Fabinho brought down Torres. Griezmann's pass was very unexpected, and Torres happened to be in position. Fabinho will pay the price of a yellow card for this foul."

Omar, the narrator, said.

"As Monaco's main defensive midfielder, it is really worrying to receive a yellow card so early."

"Let's take a look at Torres' movement. He has been moving in the area between Monaco's midfield and defenders, and... see? He consciously chose Fabinho's blind spot to move. When he started, Fabinho might not even notice it!"

“This is the competition experience.”

Omar sighed.

The camera also locked on Torres as he got up from the ground.

He was in really good shape in this game.

He felt that he was recovering well.

A few minutes after the game started.

He keeps running, fighting, catching the ball, and looking for space.
He could feel that he was in good shape.

Things like status are very metaphysical.

After all, many players have had a period of time when they can score no matter how they kick or shoot, and then suddenly they can shoot no matter how they shoot.
So in order to maintain a good condition.

Many players have superstitious beliefs.

It is a bit exaggerated to ask a wizard to pray for you.

It's usually some psychological suggestion or something like that.

For example, some players eat a certain food before the game, and then they are in excellent form and score a goal. Then they may eat this food before every game, and use this psychological suggestion to make themselves feel "in excellent form".

Torres was just about to take the ball and move forward to create an angle to shoot, but he was stopped by Fabinho with a foul.

But he was not angry at all, because he found some of the feeling of his former peak form from these few minutes of the game.

He believed.

Have this feeling.

Scoring a goal is only a matter of time.

With this confidence.

Torres's movement became more active.

Atletico Madrid has no way out in this game.

Therefore, they have made full mental preparations to launch a fierce attack at home.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid was not conservative at all.

Griezmann and Torres controlled the offensive rhythm of Atletico Madrid.

Taking advantage of the home field, they pushed Monaco back.

Fourteenth minute of the game.

Atletico Madrid launched an attack from the wing.

Full-back Felipe Luis makes a high-speed run.

Griezmann passed the ball to the left.

Luis stopped the ball for a moment and passed it directly into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, central defender Germerson jumped high and tried to head the ball away, but the ball went over his head.

"Danger!"

Chinese commentator He Wei exclaimed.

Everyone looked towards the back point along the flight path of the football.

Torres was seen rushing forward at high speed. He faced the ball, without jumping, and headed the ball directly!
The angle of Torres' header was not big, but at such a close distance, Subasic had no time to react.

I could only watch the football fly into the goal.

"The ball went in!!!"

Accompanied by extremely enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

The Marca Radio commentator cheered.

"Fernando Torres!! He scored with a header in the 14th minute of the game, helping Atletico Madrid lead Monaco 1-0 at home!!"

Amid the commentator's loud shouts.

Torres spread his arms, ran to the corner flag area, and slid on his knees to celebrate.

The on-site broadcast was also shouting.

"Fernando."

"Torres!" Tens of thousands of fans in the stadium responded collectively.

At this moment.

Torres is the only protagonist in the entire Calderon Stadium.

Someone knows the comment area:
"Tonyo scored a goal!!"

"See you soon!"

"Ye Qing is back!!"

"Tears..."

"Sunshine, I'm sorry, I still support Torres, my first love in football."

"Can't even a Chinese player like Yang Guang escape the curse of qualifying after a draw?"

"Torres scored! Atletico Madrid leads 1-0 at home and has taken the lead in the fight for first place in the group!"

He Wei frowned slightly.

"There's still time left in the game, only fourteen minutes. Monaco still has time."

Xu Yang said on the side.

"Torres looked very good, he made a foul that got Fabinho a yellow card and then scored."

He Wei thought of the news that came back from the Spanish media before the game.

Could it be that Yangguang’s remarks stimulated Torres’ condition?

If Torres gets angry, it will be really difficult to deal with him.

The camera is now locked onto the sunlight.

He was given a long close-up.

The language of the lens is meaningful.

"Before the game, Sunshine claimed that Atletico Madrid could not rely on a veteran who was past his prime to win, but now Torres scored! This is the best response to him!"

The commentator of Marca Radio was very excited.

The Spanish reporters in the media seats also smiled.

Of course they support Torres.

Although Torres' performance at the club level has not been good for a long time.

But in the Spanish national team, he was the hero who helped the team win the World Cup and the European Cup consecutively.

Now Torres scored the first goal, this is the response to the sunshine!
"I think Yangguang's words were very good! Because he aroused Fernando's fighting spirit!"

"That's right!"

"If it's peak Torres, he may not be inferior to Sunshine."

"That's good. Atletico Madrid scored first. They are best at playing games where they score first."

These reporters are right.

Just look at how excited Simeone is to know how much this goal means to Atletico Madrid.

After the game restarts.

The entire Calderon was like a pot of hot soup, roiling and boiling.

The huge cheers shook everyone's eardrums.

Atletico Madrid players are in a good position to score a goal.

Continue to launch a fierce attack.

Torres quickly completed an attack, forcing Subasic to make a thrilling save.

No goals though.

But the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands immediately applauded Torres.

The golden boy who wore the captain's armband of Atletico Madrid at the age of 19 was the darling of Atletico fans.

This can be seen from the huge applause and cheers.

How popular he is in this stadium.

Torres was very regretful.

He waved his fist vigorously, wishing he could do it again and kick the ball into the goal.

As an experienced veteran.

He knew that the temporary lead was not enough for Atletico Madrid to win the game.

Now is not the time to take it lightly.

A one-goal lead is not safe.

not to mention.

The opponent also has a terrifying striker who scored 8 goals in the Champions League group stage.

8 goals were scored before the group stage was even over.

What is this concept?
Anyway, when Torres himself was young.

Van Nistelrooy, who held the record for the most goals scored in a single season in the Champions League that year, only scored 12 goals in that season.

Now these years.

The fans' appetites have been spoiled by the two goal-scoring machines, Messi and Ronaldo.

It is easy to score more than a dozen goals in a single Champions League season.

People have become somewhat desensitized to the shock of scoring double digit goals in a single Champions League season.
But Torres knew better.

If we don't count Messi and Ronaldo, there are actually very few players who have scored more than 10 goals in a single Champions League season in recent years.

As for the Sunshine, with one round left in the group stage, they have already scored 8 goals.

He surpassed Ronaldo and ranked first in the Champions League scorer list.

Such a guy should never be underestimated.

If we don't take advantage of the current hot form and high morale of the team and hurry up to score another goal and expand the score.

Wait until the opponent recovers.

Atletico Madrid may not be able to withstand the opponent's attack.

So Torres ran more actively during the game.

He kept asking his teammates to pass the ball into the penalty area and launch an attack.

Torres was a very versatile center in his prime.

He can fight off opponents, head the ball, protect the ball, and has a high success rate in one-on-one situations.

But Torres now does not have the abilities he had in his peak period.

His body doesn't allow him to do so many things.