Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 307: Visiting Eindhoven

After Barcelona made up for the missed game, they became the first in the league.

But the real competition may start from this time.

The Champions League is about to start next, and the three teams that have reached the knockout round will definitely be inevitably affected.

For example, in the twenty-fifth round, in Atletico Madrid's home game against Villarreal, Diego Simeone rotated the lineup to a certain extent.

Gao Zheng started the game, but his strike partner was replaced by Fernando Torres.

Reserve your strength to play in the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week. The mind of the game against Eindhoven is obvious.

Fortunately, Simeone didn't let Gao Zheng also enter the rotation list.

In the end, it was Gao Zheng's goal that helped Atletico Madrid beat Villarreal 1-0 at home.

Barcelona was also affected. Unlike before, they always beat their opponents easily. This time they only defeated Las Palmas 2:1 in the away game. You must know that Las Palmas is currently ranked eighteenth, third from the bottom, and is already in the relegation zone.

Playing against a team like this, Barcelona are winning so hard.

Their UEFA Champions League game will be played one day earlier than Atletico Madrid. At the same time, they also played a game in the middle of this week. They have played twice in a week, which must have had a negative impact on their physical fitness. That's why Enrique played in this game. Rotation is taken.

Real Madrid was even more affected by the Champions League. They were tied 1:1 by Malaga in this round of the league.

Some analysts believe that Zidane must feel that with Real Madrid's current state and points situation, it is basically impossible to win the La Liga championship. So after weighing it up, he simply gave up La Liga and focused on the Champions League.

That's fine.

When the time comes to fight on two fronts, both sides don't want to give up. In the end, there is a high probability that it will be nothing.

It's better to give up earlier, so that you can play better in the Champions League.

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In addition, in this round of the league, the Spaniard finally ended their three-game losing streak in the league.

Wu Lei got nearly half of the game playing time,

Although there were no goals or assists, his various active advances in the frontcourt disrupted Deportivo's defense and helped Asensio score.

This performance is just as good.

After coming off the bench for two consecutive games, he performed brilliantly. Chinese fans and the media began to expect Wu Lei to start in the next game.

Anyway, there are many wounded soldiers in the Spaniard at present, and there are a large number of positions that need to be topped. Why not choose Wu Lei, who has performed well recently?

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Atlético Madrid did not adapt to PSV's venue and local climate very early. They left for Holland early in the morning the day before the game.

As the first in the group, their schedule is to play away games first, and then play home games.

This time, Griezmann, who was rested in the last league game, appeared in the starting lineup, partnering with Gao Zheng.

Just three minutes into the game, Atlético de Madrid created a killing opportunity. Juanfran made a long pass from the backcourt. Griezmann succeeded in countering offside, but he stopped the ball slightly and the football fell to Einstein. At the feet of Huo Wen's defender.

A minute later, Atletico Madrid once again launched a precise long ball attack from the backcourt, hitting the edge of PSV's penalty area.

This time it was Gao Zheng who advanced forward. He ran diagonally and then used his chest to push the flying football forward. Then he strode to catch up with the football, ahead of the attacking PSV goalkeeper Geron Zote Picked the football to the empty goal behind him!

"Atlético Madrid's chance—!!" José Maria was excited, scoring in the opening four minutes, which was a golden start for Atlético Madrid.

But he was happy in vain. Just when the football was about to fly into the goal, Eindhoven defender Bruma, who flew back to defend, stretched out his foot and stabbed the bottom line...

"Ouch! Bruma has done a great job, this kick to clear the siege is really crucial!" This time it was the Dutch commentator who shouted excitedly.

Almost, Eindhoven fell behind.

And Atletico Madrid can still score an away goal, which is definitely bad news for Eindhoven.

Eindhoven played at home in this game. They played very proactively and had a lot of premise in the front line, which gave Atletico Madrid a lot of opportunities to play behind them directly.

But Eindhoven's head coach Kokumin knew this, but there was nothing he could do about it. It's impossible for him to shrink his defense at home, right?

In order to score goals and win, he has to make some trade-offs and sacrifices.

Of course, he didn't completely ignore this problem. In the past week, he specially let the team practice the offside tactics, hoping to use the offside method to curb Atletico Madrid's offense.

But at present, the effect of this offside is not particularly good.

Gao Zheng and Griezmann moved forward in turn, making PSV's defense a bit at a loss.

Even if they keep an eye on Gao Zheng and Griezmann at the same time... there are other Atletico Madrid players!

In the 18th minute, Atlético de Madrid launched an attack with a long pass again. This time, both Gao Zheng and Griezmann contained the players of PSV. As a result, Koke stepped in from behind, and a beautiful anti-offside appeared in the In front of PSV Eindhoven's penalty area.

Then Cork did not stop the ball, but directly chose a lob shot. Eindhoven goalkeeper Zote jumped up hastily during the attack, leaned back and stretched out his hand to hold Cork's lob shot out of the bottom line!

"It's dangerous! Atletico Madrid's offensive is raging during this period, and PSV's defense is under tremendous pressure!"

Seeing this situation, Eindhoven's head coach Cocu got up and left, stood on the sidelines, watching the field nervously.

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Atletico Madrid had the best chance in the 29th minute.

After Gao Zheng retreated to the midfield to respond, he sent a beautiful through ball. Griezmann ran horizontally first, then suddenly turned forward when Gao Zheng passed the ball, another successful anti-offside!

Griezmann then left all PSV defenders behind and dribbled towards PSV's goal.

"Griezmann's one-handedness! Atletico Madrid's chance!"

But Griezmann did not seize this opportunity. His shot was blocked by Eindhoven goalkeeper Zote with his chest!

"Wow! Zote saved the team again! Cocu's offside tactics do have a lot of risk, but with Zote, this risk has been reduced!" The Dutch commentator praised Eindhoo Wen's goalkeeper.

The morale of the rest of the Eindhoven players was also boosted after Zote made consecutive excellent saves.

They created a murderous intent in the 33rd minute and formed a siege in front of Atletico Madrid. They shot three times in a row, threatening each time, which made Atletico Madrid embarrassed.

The team's performance made the Eindhoven fans in the stands see the hope of winning. They sang loudly and cheered for the team.

Even in terms of strength, there is a little gap between the two teams, but the home court advantage is enough to even out the gap!

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