I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

When the ball was lost in the front court, Manchester United quickly returned to defense, and Rooney also chased all the way back, but in the end Atletico Madrid still scored, which made Rooney a little disappointed.

What Simeone caught was a relatively obvious loophole of Manchester United, that is, the hidden danger of Luke Shaw on the left.

This is a weakness that all offensive full-backs will have, and Manchester United has also made plans for this. But Simeone's move this time is a bit strange, because he asked Torres to pull the side and let Griezmann occupy the center, but Torres passed the ball to find Saul, who was plugged in, instead of Griezmann.

It is often such subtle details that play an important role at critical moments.

In fact, when Atletico Madrid played this way for the first time just now, Manchester United had already been on guard, but unexpectedly, Atletico Madrid still seized the opportunity and scored Manchester United's goal first.

Ye Su also made a pre-match plan for conceding the ball first in the away game. In recent years, this team has been able to compete in La Liga with Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the Western Super League duo. There is no doubt about its strength.

Because they were mentally prepared, Manchester United did not panic. Having killed the two super giants Juventus and Bayern one after another, Manchester United's morale is now booming. Even if the situation is not good, they still have the confidence to equalize the score or even reverse the game.

Taking a step back, even if Manchester United lose at the Calderon Stadium, as long as they don't lose too badly, after returning to Old Trafford in the second round, they are confident that they will regain the disadvantage.

In fact, in the previous ten minutes, although Atletico Madrid took the lead under the arrangement of Simeone, the team played very proactively and successfully scored goals, but the scene was still under the control of Manchester United. The most important thing is to play defensive counterattack tactics.

But Atletico Madrid seized the few opportunities to counterattack and scored a goal.

Simeone really deserves to be an expert in defensive counterattacks!

Rooney still admires Simeone, but he is also very unconvinced.

Ye Su on the sidelines also quickly made adjustments, indicating that Manchester United should start to press up again, which is a signal of an active attack.

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Atletico Madrid still has a 442 formation in this game.

Oblak in goal, Juanfran, Stefan Savic, Jose Jimenez and Felipe Luiz in defense,

The midfielders are Koke, Gabi, Augusto Fernandez and Saul, and the double forwards are Torres and Griezmann.

But after the opening, United played hard on the left, with Luke Shaw and Martial putting a lot of pressure on Atletico Madrid's right from that side, so Simeone adjusted and Gabi leaned more. On the right, help defend Juanfran.

Juanfran looks mediocre and seems to have no advantages, but in fact he also has no flaws. He can attack, retreat and defend. No big mistake. Coupled with Gabi's assistance from the side, Atletico Madrid's right-sided defense barely blocked Manchester United's left-sided attack.

Ye Su's tactics for this game mainly emphasized two points.

One is to maintain the integrity of tactics, so there is no need to say more. Facing a team like Atletico Madrid, it is impossible to win loosely, and Manchester United's biggest advantage is the whole.

Vardy was able to perform well in Manchester United precisely because he showed his own advantages on an overall basis.

And the second point, which is also targeted, is to control the second drop point.

Torres is the offensive pillar of Atletico Madrid's frontcourt. When defending, it is very difficult for Manchester United to compete with him for the first position. Therefore, Ye Su's defensive strategy is to grab the second position.

For the same reason, Rooney's tactical role in the frontcourt is also very obvious. Because of the role of old trees and new shoots, Rooney's state has been very hot in the past two years. Even in the muscle forest in the penalty area of ​​Atletico Madrid, he can still get the ball. , grab the ball, so the most important thing for Manchester United's offense is to grab the second spot.

But what Ye Su could think of, Simeone could also think of. Therefore, Atletico Madrid deployed heavy troops near the penalty area, easily denying Manchester United any chance.

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Both sides are very defensive teams. Although they have never played against each other, they are both teams with excellent records in Europe in the past two years. The tactics of each other have long been figured out, and the coaches of the two teams have also tried their best. Played the best defensive position I could, so the game was intense, but not exciting at all.

It can even be said that neither side has created any decent opportunities.

After Atletico Madrid scored the first goal, Manchester United further pressed the attack, but they still failed to create a threat. In the first half, they were temporarily behind 0:1.

During the intermission, Ye Su affirmed the team's performance in the first half.

Ye Su said very calmly: "I am very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, and we will continue to maintain this state and performance in the second half. Believe me, as long as we keep this score and return to Old Trafford, we will Give your opponent a terrible blow!"

The coach's confidence was quickly passed on to the players. But the away loss to Atletico Madrid is obviously not within the acceptable range of Manchester United players. At the very least, it's only halftime now, and it's not Manchester United's style to admit defeat early.

After the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half, they still failed to create good opportunities for each other. Atletico Madrid is still playing steadily. Manchester United played a burst of offense at the beginning, but they didn't have a good chance.

Martial is also a bit misfired on the left. No kidding, facing a stalking, focused and focused defensive player like Juanfran, and a top midfielder like Gabi, if a rookie like Martial can have a good performance Performance, that's the weird thing.

After Torres assisted Saul to score, Luke Shaw also began to bear some pressure on the left. In this case, Martial has not had a good performance or opportunity from the beginning of the game to the present.

The game went on in such a fierce and dull manner, even both sides played relatively restrained. After 70 minutes, there was not even a yellow card in the audience, but the atmosphere of the game was very tense. Everyone knows that both sides are tense, and it depends on who makes a mistake first.

Atletico Madrid wants to score another goal to establish an advantage, because there is no chance of winning the away game with a goal lead. And Manchester United wants to equalize the score, or even reverse the opponent.

The trailing side took the lead in making substitution adjustments. Ye Su replaced Martial with Bruno Fernandez in the 65th minute. Obviously hoping to use Bruno Fernandez's passing ability to create more opportunities.

Atletico Madrid's defense is too tight, and Martial's breakthroughs are rarely successful. Ye Su found that the young French player has lost confidence in Atletico Madrid's impregnable defense.

Simeone is holding back. Atletico Madrid is in a good situation now, and he doesn't need to make adjustments to the team.

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The game time is passing bit by bit.

Manchester United, who was able to double-kill Juventus in two rounds and eliminated the southern king Bayern, encountered a tenacious sniper from Atletico Madrid at the Calderon Stadium.

The whole game really didn't even have a decent chance. The red and white army trained by Simeone is really very strong, especially on the defensive end, it can really be said to be impeccable.

Their line of defense can be called the strongest line of defense in world football today!

Seeing that Manchester United still had nothing to do with Atletico Madrid's bus, Ye Su played his second card in the 70th minute of the game and replaced Vardy with Harry Kane.

Although Vardy has a strong entanglement ability, he is more suitable for defensive counterattack tactics. Facing Atletico Madrid's impregnable walls like today, Vardy's characteristics cannot be played well.

After Harry Kane came on the field, Manchester United's formation also changed, from the previous 4231 to an irregular 4141. Carrick's position was slightly advanced, while Rooney retreated slightly and ambushed behind Harry Kane.

Others don't know, but Manchester United knows it well. This is to let the team attack, no matter whether they can score or not, at least they must suppress Atletico Madrid's spirit.

Simeone obviously knew Ye Su's intentions very well, so he followed Manchester United and made the first substitution adjustment of the game. Thomas replaced the goal hero Saul.

Atletico Madrid's intentions are also very clear, don't you want to attack? Okay, I'll stand firm and wait for an opportunity to hit you back. Don't be afraid of death, just come!

The fighting style of the two coaches can be said to be very targeted, both restraining each other's weaknesses, and every substitution is very targeted.

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The appearance of Harry Kane allowed Rooney to relieve his previous responsibility of attacking the bridgehead and gain more degrees of freedom.

Rooney also began to expand his range of activities, actively interspersed in the middle and the penalty area, and patiently looked for opportunities. De Bruyne pressed up and put pressure on Gabi.

Atletico Madrid continued to shrink their defense, waited for the opportunity, and played a counterattack.

Regardless of whether it is Rooney or De Bruyne, the goal is also very clear, and that is the second spot that Harry Kane grabbed.

Bruno Fernandes had the ball on the right and he tried to get past Felipe Luis, but the Brazilian left-back didn't give him a chance.

Felipe Luis, who has stabilized, is also very good in one-on-one defense. Bruno Fernandez was not sure, so he could only protect the ball and pass the ball back.

Kyle Walker moved forward quickly and entered the 30-meter area. After receiving the ball, he glanced at the penalty area. He saw Harry Kane raising his hand in the penalty area to ask for the ball. He was already stuck in the position.

Kyle Walker did not hesitate to choose a forty-five-degree cross and sent the ball directly into the penalty area.