The green devil

The match between Espanyol and Atletico Madrid will be held at [-]:[-] pm.

Before the players from both sides entered the field, La Liga had already ended two games.

Malaga drew away with Granada, and Real Madrid beat Eibar 4-0.

This is bad news for Atletico Madrid and the Spaniard.

Real Madrid tied the Spaniard, only two points away from Atletico Madrid.

Ronaldo scored again, only 4 goals away from Zhao Yang.

This news affected the players on both sides. After the game started, Atletico Madrid and the Spaniard played offensive football at the same time.

Atletico Madrid, which has always been known for its iron-blooded defense, played offense very simply.

Combining short passes with long passes, he reached the Spaniard's penalty area with just a few kicks.

On the front line are Griezmann and Torres.

Of these two people, one is skilled and the other is experienced. Under their impact, the Spaniard's back line was in a panic.

In the 5th minute of the game, after being passed by Griezmann, midfielder Victor Sanchez shoveled behind his back and received a yellow card.

Seeing that the defense could not resist, the Spaniard had no choice but to retreat collectively to compress Atletico Madrid's offensive space.

Atletico Madrid's technology is not enough to use short pass penetration to break through the intensive defense of the Spaniard. After several pass errors were countered by the Spaniard, Atletico Madrid gave up the short pass penetration and began to pass and shoot from the side.

Breaking dense defenses, headers and long shots are very effective weapons.

But with so many players defending, it takes some luck to score with headers and long shots.

In the 15th minute of the game, Godin crossed Torres from the wing. Torres missed and the ball went to Griezmann's feet.

The moment Torres missed the ball, everyone's attention was on him.

Griezmann gained valuable shooting time and space. He didn't dare to stop the ball and shot directly.

Griezmann has done his best, but there are too many Spaniard players around the penalty area. When Griezmann kicked, Asensio blocked Griezmann's shot with a kick from the rear.

The ball flew out obliquely and fell in front of Perez. Perez counterattacked with the ball, but was countered by Atletico Madrid on the spot.

Perez couldn't get rid of the pressure and tried to drive the ball with his big foot. The ball hit the Atletico player and turned back to the Atletico player Carrasco.

Carrasco took two steps laterally and rubbed the back corner of the goal from the corner of the penalty area.

It's a banana shot, not fast but with a lot of spin.

The ball bypassed the players in the middle and the goalkeeper Lopez, and went straight to the back corner of the goal.

The arc of the ball was too large, and the goalkeeper Lopez had no time to intercept it, so he could only watch the ball fly towards the goal.

Then Carrasco lost a little luck, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the goal post.

Spaniard goal kick.

Because the opponent was pressing too tightly, Lopez did not dare to pass to the defender, and directly drove to the frontcourt with a big foot.

Standing in front of the Spaniard are Zhao Yang and Moreno.

Caicedo suffered a thigh muscle strain in the national team and needs to rest for two weeks.

This gave Moreno a chance.

In the game against Atletico Madrid, the Spaniard would not dare to play as a three striker. If Caicedo is not injured, then it must be Caicedo who will partner with Zhao Yang.

In such a focus battle, Moreno seemed very excited and moved very actively.

Both Zhao Yang and Moreno went to grab this point.

Moreno ran faster and grabbed the spot almost at the same time as the Atletico defender.

Zhao Yang couldn't grab the landing point and didn't move forward, but the ball bounced towards Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang stopped the ball with his chest and wanted to volley directly to try his foot style, but Atletico Madrid central defender Juanfran had already blocked it.

Zhao Yang had no choice but to pick the ball and passed Juanfran.

Juanfran has rich experience. As soon as Zhao Yang picked the ball, he knew something was wrong, and he didn't dare to count on other players, so he reached out and grabbed Zhao Yang's jersey.

Zhao Yang picked the ball over the top and wanted to pass Juanfran from one side, but he couldn't escape Juanfran's "claw" and was almost dragged down by Juanfran.

Just this pull, another defender Felipe rushed over and cleared the ball with one kick.

Juanfran's action was too obvious, the referee saw it clearly, he immediately blew the whistle to stop the game and gave Juanfran a yellow card.

The Spaniard gets a free kick.

This position is not very good, almost 30 meters away from the goal.

Asensio glanced at Zhao Yang and asked him if he was here to take the penalty or to grab a point.

Zhao Yang wanted to try his footwork. It had been so long since the game started, and he hadn't scored yet.

Zhao Yang is the first kicker of the Spaniard's set kick. He wants to take this free kick. Asensio has no objection, and he also screens for Zhao Yang on one side.

After the whistle blew, Zhao Yang made a short run-up and shot a "tiger shot". The ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal like a missile.

Zhao Yang's shot came from the system, and there was no deviation after the kick, and the ball went straight to the goal.

The distance of 30 meters is still a bit far, which gave the goalkeeper Oblak enough time to react.

Oblak moved sideways quickly, jumped into the dive, stretched out with one hand, and hit the ball out of the baseline.

After the opening, the Spaniard has been suppressed by Atletico Madrid, and there is almost no chance to fight back. Zhao Yang's shot is also the Spaniard's first shot.

Although the goal was missed, it created a great threat.

The fans in the stands were encouraged. After regretting, they couldn't help applauding and cheering for Zhao Yang and the Spaniard players.

The Spaniard gets a corner.

For the passive Spaniard, set kicks are the best chance to score.

When Asensio took a corner kick, not only Zhao Yang, but also the Spaniard's players who are good at heading the ball came to the penalty area to compete for the header.

Zhao Yang is of course Atletico Madrid's key defensive target.

Atletico Madrid's two central defenders, Felipe and Juanfran, are marking Zhao Yang.

Asensio fired a banana ball and the ball circled a big arc in the penalty area.

Players from both sides in the penalty area came to compete for landing points, you pushed and pulled, squeezed and leaned, just like crabs in the fish basket.

In such a situation, no matter how good the header is, it is useless, because you can't get rid of the entanglement of the defender.

Just like Ronaldo's good bounce and header, he couldn't get rid of it, and finally became angry and knocked Godin down with three punches.

Zhao Yang's physical fitness is far inferior to that of Ronaldo, and it is even more difficult to get a chance to head the ball.

But the players in the penalty area competed so fiercely that they ignored the Spaniard midfielder Diop who advanced from the periphery of the penalty area.

Diop rushed into the penalty area like a heavenly soldier, leaped high, and smashed a header hard into the goal.

Goalkeeper Oblak saw Diop rushing to the top, but he was also surrounded by players, and he couldn't make it if he wanted to make a save, so he could only watch the ball fly into the goal.

1:0

The game had just progressed to 23 minutes, and the Spaniard, who had been passively behind, scored with a corner kick.