There is a belief called football

Chapter 569 Home game against Atletico Madrid ([-])

When the game started, Li Qiao recalled the training and realized that Martinez was really polite to him.

At this time, Li Qiao was facing "Juanfran" and "Gabi". Gabi was fine, but Juanfran had a lot of tricks, often kicking Li Qiao's calf when the referee was not paying attention.

That was the most vulnerable part of the player. Juanfran's movement was small, but it hurt Li Qiao a lot. Finally, after a few times, Li Qiao broke out and pushed the bearded "Juanfran". This action was seen by Simeone on the sidelines. Instead, he reacted more than Sammer and asked the referee for a yellow card.

Wherever Simeone goes, it feels like he is here to provoke trouble, and it is the same at Allianz. His exaggerated expression attracted countless scolding at the scene.

The referee gave warnings to both Li Qiao and Juanfran, especially Juanfran, who was a thief. His actions would not be a card, but they were just right to make people disgusted.

Each side gave a verbal warning, and Simeone seemed to have suffered a lot, and he was still relentless.

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In this game, Simeone showed his housekeeping skills-defense, and the formation on the field was also 442.

Goalkeeper - Oblak

Defenders - Juanfran, Gimenez, Godin, Felipe
Midfielders - Fernandez, Gabi, Koke, Saul
Forwards - Griezmann, Torres
Except for "Griezmann" and "Torres" who crossed the half, everyone else shrank to defend in their own half.

The starting lineup for Bayern Munich is:

Goalkeeper - Manuel Neuer
Defenders - Alaba, Boateng, Benatia, Lahm

Midfielders - Javi Martinez, Vidal
Midfielders - Costa, Muller, Joe Lee

Striker - Lewandowski

This is also the strongest lineup that Bayern Munich has lined up. Sammer's goal is very clear, to win Atletico Madrid at home.

Seeing Juanfran's rough defense against Li Qiao, Sammer on the sidelines was furious. If possible, he really wanted to go up and beat the bearded man. Atletico Madrid's style of play is relatively ugly, but it is very effective, especially in the Champions League. Atletico Madrid's results are often very good.

Although he has undergone intensive training, Li Qiao is still not used to this kind of high-pressure defense, so he can only retreat to reduce the pressure.

When Li Qiao was pressed to halftime, Juanfran, Fernandez, and Gabi suddenly surrounded Li Qiao. Li Qiao could only pass Vidal back, and Atletico Madrid seemed to have rehearsed beforehand, waiting for Li Qiao to return the pass. Griezmann suddenly rushed out and intercepted the ball.

Griezmann's ability to combine man and ball is super. After stealing the ball, there is only one "Benatia" in front of him. As the new generation of Atletico Madrid striker, Griezmann's ability is obvious to all.

Sammer on the sidelines was startled, the ball had already formed a murderous intent, Simeone clenched his fists on the other side, ready to celebrate the goal at any time.

"boom",
Torres’s push shot was at a very tricky angle. It should be said that it was too tricky. Although Neuer was helpless, after the ball drew a wonderful arc, it hit the far post. The ball missed. Simeone knelt down, shook his head, and then got up to applaud Torres. This counterattack was very good, basically successful, except for the last one.

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Summer kicked a piece of floating grass on the sidelines. The ball just now made his face livid. The outside world said that Bayern is afraid of the West. In the past few years, Bayern has indeed been afraid of La Liga teams. The main reason is that La Liga teams are too strong to counterattack.

Whether Torres' shot scored is not the most important thing, the key is that Atletico Madrid's counterattack was successful, an interception, a pass behind the ball, simple and simple, it was done like this.

Sammer immediately gestured and asked the midfielder to strengthen the passing and possession of the ball. If there is no good opportunity, don’t pass the ball to Li Qiao in a hurry. Li Qiao is under the double-team of the opponent, and it is easy to lose the ball. When Bayern loses the ball, the opponent will counterattack. With the ability of the opponent to counterattack, Bayern will be very uncomfortable.

Simeone saw Bayern playing Guardiola's pass-and-control style again, and he was even less afraid. Atletico Madrid was least afraid of the opponent's possession of the ball. You must know that they are a La Liga team.

Several people in the Bayern midfielder passed around, Vidal, Müller, Martinez, when the ball was at their three feet, Atletico Madrid's midfielder just stood still, but did not go up to grab it.

Sammer understood that Simeone’s defensive art has improved again. It turns out that Simeone now has a professional team. In the past, Atletico Madrid was all over the field. That kind of efficiency is actually not high. Now Atletico Madrid is different. Simeone will let the technical team analyze several players who can pose a threat to the opponent before the game.

Then Simeone arranged for the players to focus on pressing these people, and for other players who were not so threatening, Atletico Madrid players stood still and did not rush.

"What a thief this Argentine is," Summer thought.

What's more important is that Simeone knows that Bayern must score points at home, which gives Simeone the confidence to wait and see.

Sammer was anxious, but in the face of Atletico Madrid's defense, it was useless to be anxious. Sammer looked up at the sky of Munich, hoping to have a little luck.

After a while, luck did not come, and Summer looked forward to the rain. Munich in February was still very cold. The rain was mixed with ice particles, and it was chilly on the body. Summer returned to the bench and sat for a while, and Simeone over there also put on the team's rain jacket.

Maybe it was hit by the ice rain, the players on the field slowed down their running rhythm, and the fans began to entertain themselves and cheer for Bayern.

"Bayern",
"Bayern",
"Bayern",
With the loud slogans of the fans, the atmosphere of the stadium recovered a bit. Summer looked at his watch. It was 30 minutes into the first half, and the combined shots from both sides did not exceed 5 shots.

As the rain became heavier and heavier, Atletico Madrid made more and more mistakes on the field, because in Madrid, such sleet weather is rare.

When the sleet gradually increased, Atletico Madrid players ran to the sidelines to communicate with Simeone. Although they covered their mouths, this scene was clearly seen by Summer, who suddenly thought of something.

The corner of Summer's mouth curled up, thinking: "Luck is here."

Walking to the sidelines, Sammer rearranged his tactics and asked the midfielder to give Li Qiao more points, and Li Qiao also received the latest tactical instructions from Sammer.

The sleet stopped Bayern's attack for a while, but with Sammer's gesture, Bayern obviously sped up. Simeone called it cheating in his heart. In fact, when his disciple communicated with him just now, he just asked him if he wanted to change his shoes. It felt a bit slippery on the field.

Simeone rubbed his feet on the sidelines and found that the grass was really slippery after a burst of ice particles floating on it, but it was impossible to change his shoes before the end of the first half. Simeone could only hope that Bayern would not use this time to attack.

But he was wrong, Summer chose this time.

Vidal scored the ball again, and Li Qiao stopped the ball very well. Juanfran, who was defending against him, was surprised. On such a slippery field, Li Qiao's stopping skills were not affected at all. Of course, when Li Qiao was in Ukraine and Dortmund, it often snowed in winter, and snow football was commonplace.

As soon as Li Qiao got the ball, Juanfran, Gabi, and Fernandez once again surrounded Li Qiao. At this moment, a miracle happened. Atletico Madrid's defensive triangle suddenly lacked three, and Juanfran accidentally slipped.

It turns out that the floor heating of the Allianz Stadium radiates from the middle, and there are more ice particles on the sidelines. When Juanfran was defending Li Qiao, he accidentally slipped under his feet. In this way, Atletico Madrid's defensive triangle was missing a piece.

"God help me too", Li Qiao thought to himself.

With a quick trot, Li Qiao quickly reached the corner of Atletico Madrid’s penalty area. Jimenez defended him, and Lewandowski in the middle was competing with Godin for a position. It was not easy to pass the ball over Lewandowski’s head, but Li Qiao didn’t want to be extraordinary. He spent a lot of energy defending against Atletico Madrid.

Thinking of this, Li Qiao rubbed his right foot, rubbed the ball into an arc, and the ball flew towards Lewand, "I can only do this, Lewandowski, it's up to you."

Li Qiao's ball is good, but Godin is tall, and it is not easy for the ball to pass over Godin's head. Lewand's position is behind Godin. He can only wait for the ball. It is impossible to compete with Lewandowski. As long as he touches Godin, it is a foul.

The current situation is that Li Qiao curled the ball in, Godin wanted to make a clearance in the middle, and Lewandowski waited at the back.

In this situation, Bayern fans know it, Atletico Madrid fans know it, and Godin knows it better. The key to this goal lies in him.

Godin was in a panic, he jumped too hard, and his forehead hit the head, commonly known as looking back at the moon. Godin was afraid that he would not be able to reach the moon, so he obviously pushed too hard. He thought the ball was out of bounds, but when he turned his head, Godin was stunned.

Looking at the replay, Godin's clearance turned into a beautiful header lob by accident. Atletico Madrid goalkeeper "Oblak" couldn't save the ball even when he jumped up.

The ball came so suddenly that both sides were stunned, and then the Allianz Stadium was boiling, but during the celebration, the host was in a dilemma. According to the usual practice, he had to call out the name of the scorer, but is this ball Li Qiao's?

Soon the big screen gave the answer, and UEFA officials still counted the ball on Godin, so it was an own goal.

But all the Bayern players rushed to Li Qiao and hugged Li Qiao. In their hearts, it was Li Qiao who scored the goal.

Summer went to the sideline and patted Li Qiao's face, indicating a good job, and then immediately returned to the bench. Summer suppressed the excitement in his heart, knowing that this was the so-called "God helped", and looked at the big screen again. The eye-catching 1-0 gave Summer a reassurance.

(End of this chapter)