prince's green

Chapter 191 The battle for the top spot
After the 18th round of the league, the Spanish media began to hype the upcoming top battle.

"The most watched game in the next round of the league will undoubtedly be the confrontation between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. This is a battle for the top spot. It is also the third time that the Sheets have faced Barcelona this season. In the previous two matches, Atlético de Madrid remains unbeaten with one win and one tie, but every match is a new record, and it is hard to predict who will win and who will lose."

"But against Barcelona, ​​we have to talk about Atletico Madrid's Chinese star. Although he has only played in Europe for one year, he has played against Barcelona four times. In the previous four matches between the Chinese Rockets and Barcelona, ​​he won He has a dominant record of three wins and one tie, and scored four goals in four games. He averaged one goal per game against Barcelona in his career. It can be said that he is the nemesis of Barcelona~~~”

This is the report of "Marca", the purpose is to provoke a war of words, and they have succeeded.No matter what team it is, if someone is said to be their nemesis, they will definitely not agree.

Pickenbauer went out first to express different opinions: "He only played four games with us. I don't think such data is worth referring to."

Recently, the battered Barcelona chairman Russell also came out to support the team: "I think such a statement is simply groundless. Messi has already scored 20 goals against Atletico Madrid. If the Chinese has such a performance, I will It can be admitted that he is Barcelona's nemesis."

It has to be said that as the chairman, Roselle grasped the key points of the problem.

So far, Messi has scored 20 goals in his career. Atletico Madrid is second only to Sevilla and is the second worst team killed by Messi.

梅西到目前已经面对马竞上演过三次帽子戏法，08/09赛季的国王杯梅西在卡尔德隆戴过一次帽，10/11赛季和11/12赛季的西甲，梅西都对马竞有过帽子戏法。

Being poked at the pain point, the defensive core Diego Godin came out to express his opinion: "Messi is the most difficult player I have encountered in my career, but this time, I will not let him score again."

Simeone also said: "The game against Barcelona will always be difficult, but we will not admit defeat, and the league competition is also a long-distance race. I think the competition between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will continue until the end of the season. It’s a game to decide the outcome.”

Simeone is also saying in advance that there is a way out. Atletico Madrid has been double-killed by Barcelona in the previous three seasons. This season's Super Cup is the first time he has defeated the opponent since he coached. Cholo is also a little lacking in confidence.

Although the hype is fierce, there must be another game interspersed before the league, the Copa del Rey.

On January 1th, it was the first round of the top 8 of the Spanish Copa del Rey. Atletico Madrid drew Valencia, first away and then host.

It has to be said that the schedule of the Copa del Rey is still very characteristic.For La Liga teams, the Copa del Rey schedule for each season is basically concentrated between December in the first half of the season and February in the second half of the season.

So although the annual Copa del Rey final is scheduled for April or even May, the semi-final ends around February.

The most direct benefit of such a schedule is to make it more convenient for La Liga teams to participate in European competitions.The Copa del Rey is concentrated in the middle of the season, and will not overlap with the European competition. Even if the La Liga team wins the European competition to the end, at most, the La Liga and the European group stage will fight in two lines at the beginning of the season. In the middle of the season, La Liga Two-line battle with the Copa del Rey, and two-line battle between La Liga and the European knockout rounds in the latter part of the season.

La Liga has ranked first in the European War points for a long time in recent years, and the convenience of the schedule may not be one of the factors.

Since the first battle with Barcelona is about to take place, and the Copa del Rey is a two-round system, Simeone made some rotations in this first round, and Ringer, Costa, Turan, etc. all sat on the bench.

On the bench at the Mestalla Stadium, Linger even heard the Valencia fans shouting for him.

"Lin, come to the Bat Legion."

"Valencia will welcome you."

Recently Singaporean Chinese tycoon Lin Furong is negotiating the acquisition of Valencia, and Linger has become their "target".

I have to say that now it seems that whenever an Asian sponsor buys a team in Europe, they always use him as a gimmick, and always say that they want to introduce Ringer.

This may also prove from the side that Ringer is already the most famous Asian in football.

Atletico Madrid, which had undergone a rotation, took the lead in the first half with a goal from Raul Garcia.

Simeone was very satisfied with this result, so he let Linge and others continue to rest.Valencia equalized the score before injury time came. At this time, there was not much time left, and Simeone didn't mean to change and attack again. After all, a 1:1 draw in the away game is also an acceptable result.

In this way, Ringer and others sat on the bench for the entire game at the Mestalla Stadium.

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On January 1th, the 11th round of La Liga, the day when Atletico Madrid played against Barcelona at home.

"This is a battle for the top of the list, and it is also Lindlinger facing Barcelona again and challenging Messi again." This is the Chinese commentator explaining.

"Linger's performance in Spain for half a season has already conquered the Spanish media. According to the Spanish media, the most likely players in football to challenge the status of Ronaldo and Messi are Ringer, Neymar and Bale. Ringer is at the top right now."

"Messi has just recovered from his injury, and he only came off the bench for 30 minutes to adapt to the last Copa del Rey, while Neymar has been put on the bench by Martino since returning from the holiday. According to the starting list announced before the game, May Neither West nor Neymar will start."

When the two teams came out of the locker room, the cheers of the fans resounded throughout the stadium, especially the team song of Atletico Madrid.

In this game, Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is still the usual 442,

Goalkeeper: Courtois
Defenders: Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Felipe;

Midfielders: Thiago, Gabi, Cork, Turan;
Forwards: Ringer, Costa.

Barcelona is also a regular 433 formation;

Goalkeeper: Valdes;
Defenders: Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba;

Midfielders: Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets;
Forwards: Sanchez, Fabregas, Pedro.

Messi has just returned from injury, and it is normal to sit on the bench.Neymar may have played too much back in Brazil during the holidays, which made coach Martino unhappy. In the two games since 2014, Neymar has not played a minute.

Messi and Neymar are on the bench at the same time, and it may also be the most expensive bench in football.

At the start of the game, Barcelona kicked off first and started their best pass and control style of play, controlling the ball at their feet.

Atletico Madrid started to press the defense, using counterattacks to threaten the opponent.

"Judging from the situation in the first few minutes of the game, Atletico Madrid's defensive effect is good, and it is difficult for Barcelona to pass the ball to a threatening position for the time being."

Barcelona were forced to pour the ball in midfield, and even in midfield, Atletico Madrid would keep pressing, trying to force the ball back into their half.

In the 9th minute, Cesc Fabregas couldn't find a chance to get the ball, so he passed the ball back to Harvey who was responding. Cork and Turan seized the opportunity to jointly grab the ball and broke the ball. Turan immediately launched a long pass. fight back.

Ringer received the pass at the front of the right side of the midfield, stopped the ball and turned around, throwing off Busquets who was chasing and defending.

"Lin~~ threw off the defense, he is advancing fast!!"

Ringer quickly dribbled the ball forward along the right, and Alba came up to meet him. Ringer took off, turned around and pulled the ball under his feet at the same time, and used a Marseille to spin over.

"Lin~~ beautiful Marseille roundabout~~ passed Alba!!"

Although Alba was passed, Mascherano immediately made up the defense, and Ringer was forced to advance to the bottom line.

Just when he was about to reach the bottom line, Linger suddenly returned the ball again, which caused the little brother to lose his center of gravity and speed up to wipe past him.

"Lin~~ cut in along the bottom line!!"

Ringer cut in along the baseline, and Professor Bu, who had just been passed, was desperately chasing back, so before the opponent caught up, Ringer kicked a pass to the goal.

At this time, Costa is the goalkeeper. Although he seems to be completely stuck by Pique, Gabi is also following up at the end.

"Lin~~In front of the pass~~Barcelona is in danger!!"

"Oh~~ Pique~~Headed the ball to make a clearance??!"

Pique not only blocked Costa in front of the goal, but when Ringer passed the ball over his head, he also jumped up and hit the ball.

boom! !

The ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal.

The audience was silent for a second, and then burst into loud cheers.

"Nice job~~Pickenbauer!!"

"Spain's No. [-] center ~~ Pique scored a goal!!"

Ringer didn't expect that he just wanted to pass the ball to create opportunities for his teammates.I didn't expect Pique to be so kind, to dare to make a header in such a dangerous position, and I was happy to hear it.

"Linger, he forced Pique to score an own goal. He continued his outstanding performance against Barcelona!!" The Chinese commentator was cheering for Ringer.

"Actually, there is nothing Pique can do about this ball. If he lets it pass, Costa will be stuck behind him and it will be difficult to get a chance, but Gabi who will follow up later will get a good chance to hit the goal. So in general Said that this own goal should not be all Pique's responsibility." The Spanish commentator is looking for Pique to make up for it.

An own goal was created by Ringer, Barcelona will be more stable next time, control the ball under their own feet and slowly infiltrate. If they encounter a strong press, pass the ball back to the backcourt, and spend time looking for opportunities again. .

This is a typical Barcelona pass-and-control style of play, a hypnotic style of play that many people have said. Many times, watching Barcelona keep pouring the ball there but rarely making a substantial attack, it makes people drowsy.

However, when this style of play first came out, it could kill the Quartet, because no team has ever experienced such an opponent. Seeing the opponent keep pouring the ball there, I have to go up and press.But once he went up to press, and Barcelona's intentional guidance of passing the ball, a loophole soon appeared in his defense line. The opponent passed the ball a few times, and the ball quickly reached a dangerous position, finally allowing the opponent to get a good chance to attack.

Many things are time-sensitive. When they first came out, they were amazing, and after a long time, they will be like that.The same is true of Barcelona's pass and control style of play. After the European teams have been devastated by the Cosmos team in the past few years, everyone has gradually found a way to deal with it.

Regardless of whether your team uses offensive tactics or defensive tactics, it is very important to face Barcelona. It allows them to pour the ball in insignificant places, but they must not allow them to pass the ball calmly and look for opportunities in the threat area.

If the ball cannot hit the threatening area, Barcelona's pass control becomes an innocuous pass control.

Therefore, in those games that Barcelona lost, the ball possession rate and the number of passes were greatly superior, but there were not many threatening attacks, not even as many as the opponent's threatening attacks.

Now Atletico Madrid also has the same arrangement. Once Barcelona falls in their own half, basically only Ringer and Costa are pressing in the frontcourt.

Under such circumstances, Barcelona has been in control of the ball, but they have rarely been able to attack. Their first shot did not even appear in the 18th minute, barring Pique's header.

On the Atletico Madrid side, there are not many good opportunities to counterattack.

"Costa seems to be restricted." On the sidelines, Boggs was saying to Simeone.

"Well, Pique has been very effective against him, but we are leading the score now."

Barcelona arranged for Pique to defend Costa today and Mascherano to defend Ringer.

Although Pique scored an own goal at the beginning, he really has the demeanor of Pickenbauer today. Basically, he restricted Costa alone and completely silenced Costa.And Ringer's side is not very easy, often being restricted by the joint efforts of Pony and Alba, and even Pique will have the opportunity to come to defend from time to time, and there are not many opportunities.

In the 20th minute, Ringer received a volley from Turan outside the penalty area and was confiscated by Valdés. The quality of the shot was not high, but it was Atletico Madrid's first shot within the frame of the goal.

In the 29th minute, Atletico Madrid got a corner kick. Gabi took a corner kick. Miranda headed the ball. Ringer came out from the back and fell to the ground for a tackle. In the end, Mascherano poked the ball out of the baseline. .

"Oh~~ Lin's shovel shot~~ What a pity!!"

"This is the second time that the Sheets threatened Barcelona's goal in this game. This time Mascherano made a contribution, and he saved Barcelona with a stab with his toe."

These two threatening offenses were also all threatening offenses of the two teams throughout the first half.At other times, the two teams can only try some peripheral long-range shots to gamble, but today it is obvious that neither side has the luck of long-range shots, and long-range shots rarely even hit the goal.

"In this top game, the only thing to watch in the first half should be Pique's own goal in the opening game. The rest of the time was boring. Barcelona tried to control the ball in the midfield, but Atletico Madrid kept pressing in the midfield. The two sides kept fighting. Strangled, but rarely created attacking chances, both Valdes and Courtois were probably going to sleep."

This is the halftime commentary of the Spanish commentator.

(End of this chapter)