Chapter 151
Chapter 151
After the winter break, Atletico Madrid's first game was an away game against Mallorca.
Mallorca's performance this season is average, and it is now ranked fourth from the bottom in the league, only one step away from the relegation zone.
So they are now particularly cherishing every point in the league.
Although there is a huge gap in strength with Atletico Madrid, Mallorca still played back and forth with Atletico Madrid at home.
And with the cheers of the home fans, Mallorca scored the first goal. In the 23rd minute of the game, Mallorca got a direct free kick in the frontcourt. Their striker Barop made a beautiful arc ball that directly penetrated the gate guarded by Courtois.
After taking the lead, Mallorca began to retreat across the board and played a defensive counterattack, trying to drag Atletico Madrid to death.
However, after Atletico Madrid was scored a goal, it seemed as if it had just woken up and began to attack Mallorca's goal.
And at the end of the first half, Lin Rui shot 25 meters away and blasted their goal.
The two teams entered the halftime break with a score of 1-1.
Simeone was quite dissatisfied with the performance of his disciples.
In his opinion, it was a shame to play against a team like Mallorca so hard.
In the locker room, he severely criticized a group of players.
When the halftime break was over and the two sides returned to the court, the players of Atletico Madrid poured out their grievances during the halftime break on Mallorca and started a crazy attack. In the
55th minute of the game, Costa received a through ball from Raul Garcia in the penalty area, and then shot low and penetrated Mallorca's goal.
The score was rewritten to 2-1.
Seeing that the score was overtaken, the players of Mallorca began to get anxious. They could no longer shrink in their own half, but began to actively press out to attack.
However, their behavior was basically no different from seeking death against Atletico Madrid, which was in high spirits.
In the 61st minute of the game, Mallorca, who had just attacked, made a mistake when passing the ball in the frontcourt. Felipe successfully intercepted the ball and then made a long pass to find Lin Rui in the frontcourt.
After Lin Rui got the ball, he quickly cut inside, flashed past the two defensive players who came to defend him, and then kicked the ball directly into the lower left corner of the goal.
3 to 1!
At this time, the fans of the home court in the stands of the entire Mallorca stadium had completely lost their passion.
The game continued, and Mallorca, who was at a loss, collapsed even more. In the 73rd minute of the game, Gabi was tripped more than 30 meters away from the goal in the frontcourt, and Atletico Madrid won a free kick in the frontcourt. Lin Rui stepped forward to take the penalty. He hit the goal with a heavy shot and smashed the ball into the goal again.
The score became 4 to 1!
Lin Rui once again performed a hat trick.
When the football passed over the top of the wall of people formed by Mallorca, the sound of the wind made the players in the wall unconsciously shrink their necks.
This scene also caused serious dissatisfaction among the fans in the stands.
For a while, boos were heard from the stands, and no one knew whether the boos were for Atletico Madrid or Mallorca.
Some home fans could not bear to see their team being abused and had already begun to leave the field early.
In the subsequent games, Atletico Madrid also began to slow down the offensive rhythm and began to play pass control.
On the other side, Mallorca, knowing that it was hopeless, no longer dared to press forward.
In this way, in the remaining ten minutes of the game, neither side scored any more goals.
When the game time was up, the referee did not even give extra time, and blew the whistle to end the game. In the first game after the winter break, Atletico Madrid won a big victory.
And Lin Rui continued his heroic state, scoring goals like cutting melons and vegetables.
After the game with Mallorca, the entire Atletico Madrid team went straight to Valencia without stopping.
There, they will play a King's Cup match with Valencia.
Valencia is a traditional strong team in La Liga, so this game is not easy to play.
In the league, Atletico Madrid and Valencia have already met once this season.
In that match, Atletico Madrid won 2-1 with the advantage of home court.
Now it was Valencia's home court, and the whole Valencia team was ready to teach Atletico Madrid a lesson.
The match was scheduled for 8 pm on January 9th, local time.
Fifteen minutes in advance, the players of both sides walked onto the court under the guidance of three referees and began the pre-match ceremony.
At this time, it was already two o'clock in the morning in China.
《In the live broadcast room of Sports Weekly, three hosts sat upright
"Welcome fans to the live broadcast room of"Sports Weekly". I am Liu Jian. Today we are bringing you a match of the Spanish King's Cup quarter-finals. The two teams in the game are La Liga teams, Valencia and Atletico Madrid. This game is held at Valencia's home stadium, Mestalla Stadium. This game will be explained by me and my two colleagues, Zhang Lu and Shu Fan."
Liu Jian said a simple opening speech, and then began to introduce the situation of both sides of the game.
"We see that the players from both teams have already stepped onto the court. First, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams."
"First, the home team Valencia"
"Goalkeeper: No. 1 Diego Alves"
"Defenders: No. 12 Pereira, No. 14 Barragan, No. 20 Ricardo Costa and No. 4 Rami"
"Midfield: No. 5 Gago, No. 17 Guardado, No. 28 Juan Bernat and No. 8 Feghouli"
"Forwards: No. 23 Canales and No. 11 Pi���Di"
"The formation they played today was 4-4-2"
"Next, let's take a look at the visiting team Atletico Madrid"
"Goalkeeper: No. 13 Courtois"
"Defenders: No. 23 Miranda, No. 3 Filipe, No. 2 Godin, No. 20 Juan Fran"
"Midfield: No. 14 Gabi, No. 6 Koke, No. 8 Raul Garcia and No. 10 Turan"
"Forwards: No. 9 Falcao and No. 18 Lin Rui"
"Atletico Madrid's formation today is also a 4-4-2"
"Well, we see that the players of both sides have finished the pre-match ceremony. Atletico Madrid has the right to kick off, while Valencia has the right to choose sides."
"We see the referee has blown the whistle to start the game, let's turn our attention to the court."
With Liu Jian's commentary, the game between the two sides began on the court.
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