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This away goal is indeed precious.

Everyone knows that with Atletico Madrid's defensive ability, they can completely maintain a one-ball advantage. Even if Southampton's offensive ability is excellent, it will be difficult for them to get a good chance in front of the defending Atletico Madrid.

The goal scored by Torres is indeed extremely important!

This also makes Torres really excited.

After all, in the past few years, he has indeed had a hard life.

Obviously he has been training hard, but his state will go down. Whether in the Premier League, Serie A, or returning to the familiar La Liga, he just doesn't perform well.

How long has it been since he scored in an important game?

He can't remember clearly, he can only vaguely remember the last time he scored an important goal, it was the goal that eliminated Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League in 12...

So Torres' excitement is indeed difficult to describe in words.

This made him more and more active in pressing and running in the following time.

This is not a problem in itself, because the center forward's pressing itself is the first line of Atletico Madrid's defense. In Simeone's tactics, everyone must participate in the defense. The more active the running, the more useful it is.

This is actually the reason why Torres rarely scores goals now, but can always play as a center forward in Simeone's tactical system.

Not only because after Costa left, Atletico Madrid had no other good center - of course this is the main reason, the secondary reason is that although Torres scored few goals, his running and pressing are still very good in terms of tactics. useful.

As for the goal, it can be handed over to Carrasco and Griezmann.

So there is nothing wrong with him actively pressing down at this time.

However, the mistake was that because of excitement, his movements were a bit big.

Just 2 minutes after the goal, Torres kicked Kanter who was holding the ball in the press, and the referee showed a yellow card.

He didn't pay too much attention to the yellow card, as he created another great chance just minutes later, and after receiving a pass from Koke, Torres cleverly passed the ball to Griezmann. Griezmann made a volley shot before Alonso made a clearance. Fortunately, Gulac reacted quickly and flew to save the ball. Van Dijk, who retreated into the penalty area, immediately made a clearance.

"It's dangerous. Torres is really in good condition. When a center starts to perform well, the opponent's defense will have problems..."

Just when the commentator was shouting, Torres made the balance of the whole game suddenly unbalanced at the beginning.

The game went to No. 305 minutes.

Southampton looked for opportunities in the backcourt, while Atletico Madrid's frontcourt players suddenly advanced collectively, and there was a wave of pressing. As soon as Van Dijk received Bailey's return pass, Torres pressed forward.

At this time, Carrasco and Griezmann had cut off Van Dijk's passing route. Torres was very confident when he pressed up, and Van Dijk seemed to have only one way to pass back. Normal!

Soon, however, Van Dijk proved his quality.

He first turned around with the ball, pretending to pass back, and after luring Torres to press, he quickly pulled the ball back and broke forward!

This was a bold move. After all, if the ball was intercepted, it would be an irreversible mistake, but he succeeded, dribbling the ball past Torres!

Seeing Van Dijk passing in front of him, Torres stretched out his foot from the side and back in a hurry, and the next moment, he tripped Van Dijk...

The referee's whistle blew immediately.

Simeone jumped up on the sidelines and cursed.

And Ji Ya also stood up, staring at the field firmly.

The referee ran over and showed a second yellow card to Torres who was still pleading, followed by a red card!

Two yellows turned into one red, and Torres was sent off with a red card!

Ji Ya waved his fist fiercely, while Simeone rushed out with open arms, protesting loudly.

Unfortunately, such protests are of no use.

Torres' foul is obvious, two yellows and one red, there is no dispute.

So the referee was very confident, he dispersed the Atletico Madrid players, and then signaled the game to restart.

After a few protests, Simeone calmed down, and he began to direct the players to retreat.

Leading by one goal and missing one player, then there is nothing to say, just stick to it.

In the away game, it is good to lose one less.

If it's a one-to-two away game, that's not unacceptable.

Simeone's idea is very bachelor, and it is also a very rational idea.

And Ji Ya began to direct the players to press up slowly.

At this time, the more you can't be anxious, attack slowly and create pressure a little bit.

The most important thing at this time is field control.

If Atletico Madrid can't make a counterattack, it will be a headache.

For the rest of the first half, the two sides were relatively entangled. Southampton was not in a hurry to launch an attack, and Atletico Madrid did not become impatient so quickly. They were patiently launching their defense.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score was still zero to one, with Southampton trailing at home.

However, for such a situation, the players of Southampton did not appear to be very disappointed, but the players of Atletico Madrid looked dignified.

Because everyone knows how serious the consequences of Torres' red card will be.

On the surface, Torres is a center and has nothing to do with defense. However, in fact, the reason why a center who scored less than ten goals in a season can still play the main force in a strong team like Atletico Madrid is because He spared no effort to run and press in the frontcourt, and can provide enough strength tactically. Under such circumstances, the importance of Torres to defense is beyond doubt.

And how to put it, one less person on the court is a huge pressure.

"We performed well in the first half and held them back strongly...Of course Torres' red card was an accident, but even without this accident, we were able to complete the counterattack in the second half. Now we can play more steadily and control their attack. Attack and keep scoring goals. We can do that with our attacking quality, understand?"

The players nodded one after another. Indeed, although they were still one goal behind in the first half, Southampton's lead was already quite large.

Atletico Madrid's tactics are relatively extreme. Their players can often play explosively until 10 minutes. However, if there is overtime, they will be miserable when their physical fitness collapses. This is Simeone's other approach. In terms of the novel, such an approach is actually a bit evil...

Of course, as long as you can win the championship, it doesn't matter whether it's the righteous way or the evil way, it's a good way.

But at this time, there are enough places for Ji Ya and Southampton to take advantage of.