The green devil

In the second half of the game, neither Atletico Madrid nor the Spaniard made substitutions.

Atletico Madrid continued the tactics of the first half, pressing high and pressing overall.

The difference from the first half is that the defense against Zhao Yang and Asensio is not only tight and fierce, but also separates them, cuts off the passing line, and prevents them from cooperating. .

This defense worked well against the Spaniard.

Atletico Madrid defended the Spaniard's offensive and defensive hub, Asensio. The other Spaniard players had rough skills. Under Atletico Madrid's high-pressure press, it was difficult to control the ball and pass the ball accurately. There were almost no passes with more than five feet.

Without the organization of the midfield, Zhao Yang and Caicedo are almost equivalent to waiting on the sidelines in the frontcourt, and can only compete with the defenders for the ball that Bigfoot clears to the frontcourt.

Although Zhao Yang also signed the "Taishan Overwhelming" header skill, he is alone and alone, and he can't beat Atletico Madrid's defenders.

Caicedo's header is not as good as Zhao Yang's, and there is no way to grab the ball.

Fortunately, the Spaniard's offense could not be organized, and the defense was still on the line. The defenders and midfielders worked together to block Atletico Madrid's continuous offense.

Zhao Yang knew that he was more threatening in the frontcourt, but there was nothing he could do if he couldn't get the ball.

More than ten minutes into the second half, Caicedo and Zhao Yang did not create a single chance to shoot.

Caicedo is a striker and must stay in the frontcourt to restrain Atletico Madrid's defenders. Zhao Yang felt that he couldn't touch the ball in the frontcourt, so he came to the midfield to look for opportunities and also helped Asensio control the ball.

Because Zhao Yang has a strong ability to surpass others, his position is relatively flexible.Head coach Sergio didn't have any opinion on Zhao Yang's position change. The scene was very passive, and it was a good attempt to make some changes.

Zhao Yang returned to the midfield and was close to Asensio. Both of them were able to dribble and control the ball. When they were together, they had a chemical reaction very quickly.

In the 60th minute of the game, Asensio received a pass from the defender and immediately passed it to Zhao Yang next to him.

When Zhao Yang received the ball, he used the "fried meatball" feint to sway past the rushing defensive player.

Zhao Yang took two steps forward, Asensio had already run out of space, Zhao Yang gave the ball to Asensio, and ran forward himself.

With Zhao Yang opening up the defense, Asensio handled the ball a lot more calmly. He saw Perez on the other side of the court going forward, and immediately made a long pass to find Perez.

Perez went straight to the bottom line along the wing, and Zhao Yang and Asensio immediately rushed to the penalty area to outflank the support.

Perez didn't go down to the bottom line, and went directly to the side of the penalty area and made a cross.

Inside the penalty area, Caicedo was fighting for positions with defender Godin. Outside the penalty area, Zhao Yang and Asensio rushed in at high speed.

Atletico Madrid defender Godin accurately judged the landing point. Before Caicedo, he flicked the header and threw the ball to the midfielder.

Although this attack did not result in a shot, it was much stronger than before when he had no chance to shoot.

Now the Espanyol players saw hope. Not only did Zhao Yang directly stay in the midfield, Caicedo also retreated, approaching Zhao Yang and Asensio, giving them an additional pass point.

Zhao Yang, Asensio and Caicedo cooperated tacitly, and all three returned to the midfield. The Spaniard's control ability in the midfield was enhanced. On several occasions, Atletico Madrid surrounded the three in the midfield, and they were all blocked. Asensio plucks the ball from the crowd with ease.

After Caicedo retreated to the midfield, the control of the Spaniard's midfield was strengthened, and he was able to attack the ball to the frontcourt, but there was no one in front to respond, so he couldn't play a quick attack.

The Spaniard passed the ball to the frontcourt, and Atletico Madrid's players had already set up the defense, so it would be difficult for the Spaniard to attack again.

In the 70th minute of the game, the Spaniard controlled the ball in the midfield. At this time, the aggressive winger Perez quickly moved forward. Asensio saw the running line of Perez, and he made a long pass. Accurately found Perez.

The unguarded Perez took the ball and entered the penalty area from the right side of the penalty area.

At this time Oblak attacked at high speed and blocked Perez's shooting line.

Perez lacked confidence in facing Oblak. He was thinking that he shot directly and passed the goalkeeper to hit an empty goal.

With this hesitation, the defender rushed from behind, shoveled the ball out of the baseline, and brought Perez down by the way.

Perez thought he had been tackled, so he got up and asked the referee for a penalty, but the referee signaled the game to continue without a penalty.

Seeing that Atletico Madrid was still attacking, Perez didn't dare to argue with the referee anymore, and quickly returned to defense.

It was too late when Perez came back. Atletico Madrid pushed the ball to the frontcourt, and the deputy Koke took a long shot directly in the frontcourt.

Cork's foot was very hard, but the sight was almost missed, and the ball was kicked into the stands by him.

Simeone saw signs of activity in the Spaniard, and he immediately made adjustments.Replaced Vietto and replaced veteran Torres, hoping to use Torres' experience to help Atletico Madrid complete the goal.

At the same time, Simeone discovered that only Asensio had the ability to organize and dispatch the Spaniard's front trident, and immediately sent a player to stare at Asensio.

In the 75th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid full-back Felipe got the ball in the backcourt. He rushed all the way along the sideline and was miraculously killed by him into the penalty area.

Facing goalkeeper Lopez, Felipe curved the ball to the back corner of the goal.

The ball bypassed goalkeeper Lopez, but was headed out by the Spaniard's defender on the line.

Atletico Madrid in the 78th minute, Atletico Madrid striker Griezmann pulled the ball to the wing.

Espanyol defender Fuentes came to defend and was flicked by Griezmann, and then Griezmann grounded the ball across the penalty area.

Spaniard defender Alvaro made a clearance from the front point, but kicked the ball to Griezmann who walked towards the penalty area after passing the ball.

Griezmann stopped the ball and brought it into the penalty area.

Alvaro hurried over to defend, and Griezmann passed Alvaro with a croquette.Facing goalkeeper Lopez directly.

Lopez blocked the near corner. Griezmann feinted and tried to push the far corner, but he failed to fool the goalkeeper Lopez.

The Espanyol fans were about to applaud the save when they discovered that the ball was actually blocked in front of veteran Torres who came off the bench.

Torres had just played, and he didn't even expect the opponent's goalkeeper to kick the ball to himself.

Although the ball came suddenly, Torres was extremely experienced, and his shooting was almost carved into his bones.

Torres subconsciously blocked it with his foot, and the ball returned the same way, just flying into the Spaniard's goal.

3:2

Torres, who had just played for less than 1 minute, scored with a supplementary shot and regained the lead for Atletico Madrid.

Torres made his debut at Atletico Madrid. He was almost a symbol of Atletico Madrid back then, and he is still the favorite star of Atletico Madrid fans.

Seeing Torres scoring a goal and running with his arms high, the fans seemed to see the heroic golden boy back then. In an instant, many fans felt like "Ye Qinghui".