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Chapter 236
Thiago Silva's injury departure gave Simeone a glimmer of hope for victory.

The importance of Thiago Silva to Paris Saint-Germain is self-evident. His defender statistics are far ahead in the Ligue [-] in these two seasons. Paris Saint-Germain with him and without him are completely different Two levels of teams.If it is said that in the frontcourt, Paris Saint-Germain's offense relies on the invincible trident, then Thiago Silva is the pinnacle of Paris Saint-Germain's defense.

Now, there are two less tridents and Dinghaishenzhen has also left the field. The Paris Saint-Germain lineup this season has never looked so thin.

Simeone quickly replaced Raul Garcia with David Villa, and he had to give it his all.Blanco has no cards to play, and Paris Saint-Germain's bench is indeed not as deep as other giants.

In the 74th minute, Villa hit the goal from a small angle in the penalty area, but was blocked by Siriguru with his legs.In the 76th minute, Atlético de Madrid won a free kick in the frontcourt. With a flick from Cork, Gabi volleyed the ball, and Sirigu flew to block the ball.

But after all, Siligu is only a human being, not a god. Once the time for asking the god to possess him passed, the skill CD appeared.In the 78th minute, Cork, who had completely entered the state, made a diagonal pass from the right to the goal. Costa nodded from the back. Sirigu couldn't make a save, and Atletico Madrid finally equalized the score.

Blanco really wanted to change to another guard at this time, but he had no cards in his hand.Reluctantly, he replaced Shi Hao with Pastore. After all, Pastore's defensive ability was slightly stronger than Shi Hao's, and Shi Hao's physical strength had obviously bottomed out, and he didn't run much for a few minutes.

Despite his reluctance, Shi Hao obeyed the arrangement.Blanco gave him a hug after he left the field and whispered in his ear: "You played great, but this time it's a tactical need to replace you."

Shi Hao nodded to express his understanding.

At the same time, Lavezzi was replaced, and Blanco replaced Mene, trying to use a counterattack to cause a little threat to Atletico Madrid.

But the crazy Atletico Madrid ignored Paris Saint-Germain's counterattack and kept attacking and attacking.

In the 81st minute, Juanfran assisted the bottom line and broke through Maxwell's defense on the right.In the 82nd minute, Simeone used up the last card in his hand and replaced the midfielder Suarez with the versatile frontcourt Jose Sosa to continue to strengthen the offense.

Although the Argentine player who has played for Bayern and Naples has not played, he is still qualified as a role player.

Sousa created a murderous intention not long after he came on the field. In the 84th minute, he kicked the ball from the wing and found Costa. Costa put the ball on his chest on the edge of the penalty area and shot directly with an undercut. The football just missed the post slightly.If this goal is scored, it will really have a chance to compete with Shi Hao's previous goal for the best goal of this UEFA Champions League.

In the 86th minute, Juanfran broke through the bottom line again and made a pass. Villa, who was not tall, dived with a header from the back and the ball flew high above the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.

In the 90th minute, Felipe took a free kick and his vigorous volley went over the crossbar again.

At this time, the fourth referee held up the electronic card for 5 minutes of stoppage time. Blanco was very dissatisfied with this. He believed that there was not much dead ball time in the second half of the game, and the stoppage time should not be so long.After being verbally warned by the referee, he sat back in his seat unhappily.

Shi Hao didn't go back to the locker room, just put on a coat and stood there watching the game, seeing this scene, he suddenly had a bad feeling.Blanco is so concerned about the length of stoppage time, is it possible that he has no confidence in the team's ability to stick to it for another 5 minutes?

In the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Felipe made a cross, Costa overwhelmed the teenager Digne with a header in the penalty area, and Sirigu set the ball out in embarrassment.But his trials were not over.

Atlético de Madrid took a corner kick. In the chaos, Gabi rushed out of the crowd and shot. This time, God favored Atletico Madrid. Gabi's shot was rejected by the goal post.

In the 4th minute of stoppage time, Atletico Madrid was still attacking persistently.Juanfran made another assist into the Paris Saint-Germain penalty area, passed the ball to Cork and immediately ran to the baseline, and Cork's return pass arrived as expected.Juanfran did not stop the ball, and directly swept the ball vigorously towards the goal.

Villa, who is still young, took the lead and shot. The football passed between Kamara's legs, but it touched the inside of Kamara's calf, and there was a slight change of line. Sirigu The reaction is too late, the ball is not touched, and the football continues to roll towards the far post.

Several long legs stretched towards the ball at the same time, and finally Costa's leg touched the ball first. In the eyes of everyone, the football rolled into the Paris Saint-Germain goal.

The referee blows his whistle and points to the middle circle!Costa scored twice for Atletico Madrid to overtake the score!The 25-year-old Spanish striker is really popular!
Blanco rushed to the field excitedly, indicating that the referee Juanfran was offside when he received the ball, but was shown a yellow card by the referee.Had it not been for assistant coach Makelele to tear him down desperately, maybe he would have missed the next game.

The Paris Saint-Germain players all looked extremely frustrated. Their 94-minute efforts were destroyed at the last moment, and their mood can be imagined.

After they kicked off again, the referee blew his whistle three times quickly, and the game was over.Atletico Madrid defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2:1 at home in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

The Paris Saint-Germain team did not stay in Madrid, and chartered a flight back to Paris that night.

Shi Hao asked Blanco for leave, and wanted to stay in Madrid for one more day to accompany Liu Xiyu for a stroll.Originally, after the away game, the team would take a day off, and Paris Saint-Germain's loss in this game was not ugly, and they also scored valuable away goals.

Blanco just can't accept the result of winning first and then losing. In fact, in his heart, he can accept that the players can play like this with an incomplete lineup.

So he readily agreed to Shi Hao's request for leave.

Although he lost the ball, Shi Hao's mentality is very peaceful.It's just a goal, and you can win it back at home, so why not forget it?So he put aside the influence of this defeat, and had a good night with Liu Xiyu, and the next day he spent a whole morning shopping in downtown Madrid before flying back to Paris.

In the 4th round of Ligue 27 on April 35th, Paris Saint-Germain, who played as a substitute, was tied 1:1 by Sochaux in an away game, so that the points gap between them and Monaco was reduced to 10 points.Despite this, with 3 rounds left in the league, they have already won the championship ahead of schedule!
After the team returned to Paris, the celebration ceremony was held soon, but the celebration did not last too long, because they had to prepare for the second leg against Atletico Madrid.

On the 29th, Blanco and all the players re-watched the video of the last round and made the final tactical arrangement.

(End of this chapter)