At the beginning of the game, Sporting de Gijón, who was playing at home, put on a defensive counterattack posture. Their formation retreated. When they had the ball, if it was a positional play, they did not put in many offensive forces. They seemed to intend to surrender the ball at home.
"Sporting de Gijón is a little too conservative," González criticized. The commentator, González, criticized him. "Has Coach Li Ang not considered playing a hearty game at home?"
"Even if Pablo and Simone are suspended, Atlético Madrid still has the advantage in terms of strength." Dagestino was not too surprised by Sporting de Gijón's tactical choice. Pablo was Atlético Madrid's main center back, but the old Simone was not an important player for Atlético Madrid. Therefore, the red card suspension had less impact on Atlético Madrid than expected. This determined that the visiting team's strength was still higher than the home team.
"This is their home ground," González said.
"Sporting de Gijón is still a newly promoted team. Although they are now ranked higher than Atlético Madrid, Manager Li Ang has the team play counterattack and lower their stance. There is nothing to say about this." Dagestino said with a smile. Sporting de Gijón could only be said to be a dark horse. A so-called dark horse, in the face of a powerhouse like Atlético Madrid, there was nothing wrong with lowering their stance.
This was the benefit of being a newly promoted team. If Li Ang's Sporting de Gijón had been in La Liga for two seasons and were still so conservative, he would definitely be criticized a lot.
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Atlético Madrid's manager, Ferrando, glanced at the home team's technical area. Since Sporting de Gijón took the initiative to retreat, he would not be polite.
Moreover, Ferrando was not surprised by Sporting de Gijón's defensive counterattack tactics at home. Although Sporting de Gijón's league ranking was higher than Sporting de Gijón's, in terms of the overall strength of the two teams, Ferrando certainly thought that his Atlético Madrid was much stronger than Sporting de Gijón.
In Atlético Madrid's subsequent attack, Torres took the ball at the top of the penalty area arc and did not have a chance to turn around. He knocked the football to Geluncharles, who directly kicked a long shot high.
Sporting de Gijón set up a tight defensive formation in their own half of the field, waiting for Atlético Madrid to attack. They would find that it was difficult to tear apart Sporting de Gijón's defensive line.
Li Ang sat in the technical area and crossed his legs. He knew that Atlético Madrid would be very eager to press up. He just needed to wait for them to hand over the possession of the ball and then wait for the counterattack. Although the two teams were so warm and friendly before the game, Li Ang knew that after Atlético Madrid was humiliated by Real Madrid in the derby, they were still holding their breath. Maybe they wanted to regain their place as a strong team from Sporting de Gijón.
Since Atlético Madrid wanted to turn the tables, Li Ang would fulfill their wish.
Before the game, he told his players to defend well in the fifteen minutes after the start of the game. If Atlético Madrid wanted to press out, he would give them a chance to press out.
At that time, Ribéry also asked what would happen after fifteen minutes. Li Ang's answer was that all actions were to follow the command and act according to his "eye signals" and orders.
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Now, Atlético Madrid seemed to be playing the game exactly as he envisioned.
This was another attack by Atlético Madrid. The bedsheet army rushed up and more than half of the players participated in the attack. But so many people were helpless in the face of Sporting de Gijón's "Iron Bucket Formation." After three passes and two falls, the ball was intercepted.
Carlos intercepted the ball from Gelunxiaer, then quickly passed the ball to Albertini.
This was a great opportunity for Sporting de Gijón to launch a counterattack!
The Sporting de Gijón fans suddenly shouted excitedly in the stands.
They had seen such a scene countless times. Sporting de Gijón's quick counterattack was now definitely their biggest offensive weapon. It was like a hurricane. Few teams could defend against Sporting de Gijón's counterattack.
"Sporting de Gijón intercepted the ball. Carlos passed the ball out. The ball was passed to Albertini's feet. He looked up to observe the situation. Cursa rushed up! Oh! It was passed! Long pass! Albertini suddenly made a long pass … Franck Ribéry desperately chased after the ball. Beautiful! He stopped … and passed the ball to the center! Diego Milito … had made a mistake! Antonio … DiIIIINAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
"Beautiful coordination! What a brilliant counterattack! The ball went in! In the eleventh minute of the match, Sporting de Gijón scored! This was inconceivable! Sporting de Gijón was in a passive position. They were almost suppressed by Atlético Madrid. Now, with one counterattack, they succeeded! Looking at the expressions on the faces of the Atlético Madrid players, they were still "immersed" in their team's powerful offense, as if the goal was right in front of them, but now they had conceded the goal! This is a huge contrast and blow … "
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Seeing Di Natale nimbly plug in from the back and head the ball into the net, Li Ang jumped up excitedly. This kind of counterattack was exactly what he wanted. It was also why he dared to let Atlético Madrid press out to attack. Now, as expected, the counterattack succeeded. His players really lived up to his expectations!
Beautifully done!
"This is Di Natale's ninth goal of the season! The 27-year-old Italian striker was unknown before. The Empoli team he played for last season was also relegated from Serie A, and Li Ang brought him to Gijón. Now, we all know that Sporting de Gijón has such an excellent striker. He can pass, shoot, assist, and score goals! "Dagestino was full of praise for Di Natale.
"Sporting de Gijón's counterattack was very fast and very layered. With Diego Milito covering in the front and Di Natale plugging in from the back, Atlético Madrid's defensive line was caught off guard!"
Ferrando frowned. The team took the initiative at the beginning of the game, but lost a goal because of the opponent's counterattack. This was a blow to their morale.
He walked to the sidelines and shouted the name of the team's young captain, Torres, and pushed forward with both hands. Continue to attack, don't be affected by this goal loss! Continue to attack the middle!
Yes, Ferrando's tactic today was to attack the middle. He wanted to tear apart Sporting de Gijón's defensive line from the front.
He had now confirmed that Sporting de Gijón was going to play defensive counterattack today. Very well, then let's compete. Is your defensive counterattack effective, or is Atlético Madrid's strong offense able to destroy everything?
At this time, Ferrando did not notice that Li Ang walked from the technical area to the sidelines and shouted the name of the team captain, Albertini. Then the Italian star saw the team manager give a thumbs up and then three thumbs up in the air.
Albertini was a little amused by the manager's slightly mischievous gesture. He knew that this was a signal for tactical adjustment!
Attack! Attack! Attack!
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In a team's game, tactical changes were common. However, how to effectively execute and realize the manager's tactical intentions was the time to test the team's execution strength. It tested the manager's control over the entire team, the players' obedience and discipline, and of course, the foundation of the players' strength was indispensable.
Discipline, control, and strength factors were factors of execution. Li Ang's Sporting de Gijón did not lack all of these.
If Sporting de Gijón's defensive counterattack was a silent and stubborn assassin, then Sporting de Gijón's full strength was like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep!
The bloody mouth, following Li Ang's gesture, quietly opened!
The Atlético Madrid people did not know that a storm was about to hit them in the next moment …
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