Diego Simeone looked at the green field ahead with his fists clenched.
At the exit of the player tunnel, players from both teams lined up, sandwiching the referee team in the middle.
There are not many surprises in Atletico Madrid's main lineup.
The goalkeeper is Asenjo, the defense is Felipe, Miranda, Godin and Juanfran, and the midfielder is Gabi and Suarez.
In order to deal with Southampton's powerful midfielder, Simone Lentia None of them got involved.
The frontcourt attack combination is Turan, Diego, and Adrian, and the lone forward is Falcao.
This is also Atletico Madrid's strongest combination this season.
Relying on this lineup, Atletico Madrid made it all the way to the Europa League finals Compared with Atletico Madrid's starting lineup, which was neither surprising nor surprising, Southampton's lineup had a lot of adjustments and changes compared to the FA Cup final against Liverpool.
The goalkeeper is Neuer, the defense is David Alaba, Javi Martinez, Varane and Carvajal, the midfielder is a combination of Stroman, Toni Kroos and Vidal, and the frontcourt trident It is Neymar, Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez.
Among them, the most surprising thing is Toni Kroos' starting start.
When the on-site commentator of the National Stadium read Toni Kroos's name on the stadium broadcast, the entire National Stadium was in an uproar, and everyone was shocked.
Didn’t it mean that Toni Kroos’ injury ended the season early?
Why are you showing up again now?
Could it be that all the previous rumors were smoke bombs deliberately released by Southampton?
But no matter what, the game is about to start, and all thoughts are redundant.
Simeone looked away from the court, lowered his head, and walked back to the coaching bench.
Along the way, he lowered his head and muttered to himself, as if praying, praying that his team would have better luck tonight.
"Dear viewers, this is the venue for the Europa League finals from the 2011 to 2012 seasons."
"The National Stadium in Bucharest, Romania.
My name is Charlene Lahiri."
"I'm Gary Lineker" "The game is about to start, Gary, what do you think of this game?"
Gary Lineker's voice quickly comes to mind.
"This will be a battle between spears and shields, but Simeone, the coach, is often very good at making surprises, but Bielsa, the coach, is also very bold, as if no one expected it before the game.
Nick Rose will start” Charlene Lahiri quickly took over, "This is really unexpected."
In fact, she already knew that this was Southampton's smoke bomb, and she even knew more inside information.
But she couldn't say any of this before the game.
"Atletico Madrid is a very tenacious team with a very tough style, just like when their head coach Simeone played.
Therefore, when Bielsa uses Toni Kroos, I guess one thing is to control the situation."
"But this will also cause some problems, because Atletico Madrid is a La Liga team after all, and its skills are not too bad.
Although Southampton's control is good, it may not be able to control the situation."
"Another point is that Toni Kroos's defense has always been a problem.
When facing the tenacious Atletico Madrid, it is also a matter of suspense whether he can hold up the situation."
Charlene Lahiri laughed, "I believe that Bielsa must have thought about our doubts, but he still chose Toni Kroos.
This must have his reasons."
"Yes, so it depends on whether it can achieve the effect."
Charlene Lahiri immediately changed the subject as the camera turned.
"We see that now both sides have finished guessing the side, and Southampton takes the lead to get the right to serve."
From the live TV footage, it can be seen that Southampton, wearing the visiting team's jersey, is ready to go.
The most important decisive battle of the season is already on the horizon.
When the camera fell on the referee on duty, Charlene Lahiri immediately provided commentary.
"This is an international referee from Germany, Wolfgang Stark."
"Yes, Neuer and Toni Kroos were chatting with him just now.
They obviously know each other," Lineker said with a smile.
"If Simeone had been replaced by Mourinho, I'm afraid there would have been another dispute after the game."
Charlene Lahiri also smiled and said, "Who says it's not the case?"
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As they were talking, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
When Ibrahimovic kicked the ball to Neymar, Atletico Madrid players immediately pounced on him like wolves.
Good guy, that momentum immediately made Neymar quickly turn around and kick the ball behind him.
When the ball fell to the feet of Javi Martinez, Atletico Madrid's Falcao and Adrian had already rushed to the midfielder area and rushed directly towards Javi Martinez.
There was no way, Javi Martinez immediately passed the ball to the right and gave it to Varane.
As soon as the French central defender stopped the ball, Atletico Madrid immediately turned around and rushed towards the Frenchman.
Varane once again distributed the ball to the right and gave it to Carvajal.
The Spanish right back led forward and passed to James Rodriguez.
The Colombian tried to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic, but Godin took precautions and headed the ball first and cleared the ball.
But the ball didn't fall far.
Vidal rushed forward and headed the ball back again.
But Miranda soon made a header to clear the ball.
This time, the ball fell far.
Varane rushed up quickly, stopped the ball and passed it to Toni Kroos.
But when Toni Kroos wanted to pass to Stroman again, the ball was intercepted.
"The match between the two sides was very fast and they got right to the point from the beginning."
"It can be seen that Atletico Madrid is not willing to be outdone, and they pressed hard after the start."
"Let's take a look at Atletico Madrid's attack this time.
It was passed to the left, passed to Turan, and passed into the penalty area."
"Neuer rushed out of the small penalty area, got ahead of Falcao, and picked the ball out of mid-air."
"So beautiful, Noelle" Lineker also laughed out loud, "It can be seen that Neuer is in very good condition."
"Yes, I have been very active and brave from the beginning."
Lineker snorted.
Southampton took a goal kick, but during this period, Atletico Madrid grabbed the ball very fiercely, and the ball soon fell to Atletico Madrid's feet.
"Look, that's it."
Lineker had a headache.
"Atletico Madrid doesn't play tricks with you, nor does it play other tricks with you.
It just grabs you and grabs desperately.
This is a very troublesome tactic.
The same is true for Klopp of Dortmund. " "However, what is different from Klopp is that Simeone has played in Serie A for many years in a professional league and is deeply familiar with the Italian defensive system, so his football is more rigorous and his defense is more layered."
"Belsa also advocates high defense and pressing.
This game will be very intense."
The game also seemed to prove Lineker's judgment.
The two sides fought fiercely from the beginning.
Both Atletico Madrid and Southampton refused to give an inch and launched a crazy press.
The ball possession changed very quickly and the rhythm was also fast.
The entire central circle area almost turned into a gladiatorial arena for both sides, and people were killed and their horses were turned upside down.
But just when everyone thought the situation would fall into a stalemate, suddenly, an Atletico Madrid player successfully intercepted the ball near the center circle, and the ball fell to Diego's feet.
At this moment, Diego is unguarded and facing the direction of the attack.
I saw that the Brazilian midfielder did not hesitate at all.
As soon as he saw Falcao's running, he directly hit a long-distance through ball.
Diego's kick was very comfortable, almost perfect.
Before Falcao broke into the Southampton penalty area, he received the ball and moved forward into the penalty area.
Javi Martinez followed Falcao step by step, not daring to relax at all.
As soon as he reached the penalty area, Javi Martinez stood between Falcao and the goal.
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Varane also returned to the penalty area, but did not step forward to block it.
Instead, he helped defend behind Xavi Martinez. .
But then I saw Falcao skillfully dribbling the ball, suddenly dunking the ball behind him, and his body quickly adjusted.
The ball rolled to the left, and Javi Martinez immediately recognized the danger and yelled, "Oops!"
Falcao had successfully pulled out of the gap.
He faced the ball with his left foot and almost didn't even adjust.
He just shot with his left foot.
The ball was fast and fierce, and it drew an arc that was not obvious.
Go straight to the left of the goal.
The entire National Stadium was shocked No one expected that the first shot of the game turned out to be Atletico Madrid The fans of the Shenlian Legion were even more excited and cheered loudly, as if they had already seen the goal in their eyes.
But just when the fiercely rotating ball was trying to hit the goal line, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out and a big slap blocked the ball between the ball and the goal.
The ball hit my hand, turned in one direction, and went out of the baseline.
There was a clear cry for survival in the National Stadium, and many people breathed a sigh of relief.
The angle of the goal was too tricky and the shot was too clever.
Neuer climbed up from the ground, still watching the ball out of the baseline with lingering fear.
Fortunately, he was well prepared, otherwise, the ball would have been a sure thing.
Who would have thought that Falcao would be able to hit a shot from such a tricky angle under such circumstances, and it would also be so accurate.
Too terrible It's really terrible Falcao looked at Neuer with a wry smile.
He originally thought he had it, but unexpectedly, the goalkeeper actually reacted.
It's not easy.
"Sorry."
Javi Martinez turned back and looked at Neuer apologetically.
"Be careful, he can complete this kind of high-quality shot with both feet."
Neuer raised his hand with a nonchalant expression, but did not forget to remind him.
These feet will be the most troublesome Toni Kroos had just reached the edge of the penalty area at this time, feeling very mixed emotions in his heart.
Just now, he didn't block Diego immediately, which gave the Brazilian a chance to pass the ball calmly.
If this goal is really scored, then he will be the team's number one sinner.
Thinking of this, Toni Kroos felt very uncomfortable.
If it had been Matic, the ball would definitely not have been passed so easily.
Toni Kroos feels a surge of pressure when he thinks of Matic. pressure from competitors Therefore, he quickly regained his morale and began to prepare for Atletico Madrid's corner kick.
Bielsa on the sidelines shouted loudly.
He signaled Toni Kroos to pay attention and not miss Diego anymore, and also asked Stroman and Vidal to pay more attention to protecting Toni Kroos.
The German has a very heavy task in this game.
Whether he can win Atletico Madrid depends on him.
After being shouted at by the head coach, Toni Kroos calmed down.
At this time, don't be anxious, you have to calm down Only by being calm can you kill your opponent.
If you are anxious, you will be finished.
As the team's core midfielder, if he gets anxious, the team will be in chaos.
I have to say that Toni Kroos's psychological quality is really outstanding.
He quickly got out of the shadow of his mistake and looked at Diego, his eyes seeming to say, come on At this time, the corner kick came: