After a day of adapting, Flores could no longer laugh at all.
Fran has a fever and a cold, and Salvio is the same. It looks like he won't be able to play the next day.
Before the game even started, he was missing two cards. It seemed that his trip to Eastern Europe was in danger.
After everyone went to the Donbas Arena to adapt for an hour, they all retreated to the hotel gym for warm-up exercises.
Only Lindy went to the outdoor activity venue behind the hotel to exercise. Originally, Aguero wanted to persuade him to go back together.
As a result, Lin Difei dragged him to exercise together, and the child was so regretful that his tears were frozen.
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Based on this situation, the coaching staff gave their own suggestions, hoping to change to a conservative anti-counterattack style.
However, Flores still insisted that even if Fran could not play, he would still attack in 451.
Or else he would die. Before he came, he went to see Chairman Cerezo.
I only asked one question: The situation is not optimistic. There are two options now: conservative play has a high probability of not losing, and it is unlikely to happen. But if you pass and control the offense, you may lose miserably, but there is a possibility of qualifying.
Cerezo stared at Flores for a long time. After these few games, he already had a deep understanding of the new head coach:
If you have the courage, be brave and brave!
Although he is not the person he wants, he can be the person Atletico Madrid needs most now, so he patted Flores and said: "There is another motto of Atletico Madrid: endure difficulties! Go ahead, I will answer any questions." Face the fans!"
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The final round of the Champions League group stage just started in the heavy snow.
For the sake of fairness, Chelsea's game against Wolfsburg will also be played at the same time.
This game was also broadcast in China for the first time. Recently, Lindy's series of performances have greatly increased the ratings of the sports channel. For this reason, our old Comrade Liu was paired with Comrade Lao Duan.
"Zhuang TV Station."
"Zhuang TV Station."
"Next..."
"Wearing the black away jersey is Atletico Madrid. Today's starting lineup is: goalkeeper De Gea, defenders Uyfalusi and Valera, captain Lopez and Domingos, midfielders Lindy and Hu Rado, Simao, Reyes, Paulo Assuncao, forward Aguero. Huh?" (The jersey number will be re-registered during the winter break!)
"Forlan, who has been playing steadily this season, did not play. In the game where victory is required to qualify, Atletico Madrid coach Flores actually arranged a 451 lineup, and it looked like a defensive counterattack formation." Lao Duan felt deeply. I'm confused. The men's football team has encountered this situation many times. After a draw, they will qualify, and the final result will be a feather.
At this time, Lao Liu added: "The news just came back from the front. Forlan and Salvio had a fever the second day after arriving. The two South American players were not very adaptable to this extreme climate, so they were absent from the game. It's a pity that it's a game."
"Let's take a look at Shakhtar Donetsk's starting lineup today, wearing their traditional orange jersey: the goalkeeper... and finally their striker, Luis Adriano."
"There is still snow in the sky at Donbas Arena today, but it seems to be lighter than yesterday. We found that many Atletico Madrid players wore gloves. It seems that the bad weather is a problem for them. It's quite a challenge!"
Under the cheering and cheering of more than 50,000 fans in the Donbas Stadium, all players from both sides were in place.
With a classic reverse-foot kick from Adriano, the game officially began.
Even though the top spot in the group has been confirmed, Shakhtar Donetsk stated before the game that they would go all out to fight for the fans.
Judging from the performance on the field, the same is true, just after the game started.
Fernandio and Stepanenko played an exquisite cooperation on the wing.
After receiving Adriano's back-foot kick, Fernandio quickly knocked the ball to Stepanenko and then quickly moved forward. There was a good understanding between the two Brazilian players.
The latter pulled the ball behind him, avoided the rushing Jurado, and passed the ball to Fernandio who was advancing forward.
As a Brazilian-born frontcourt player with a keen sense of smell and good foot skills, Fernandio made a lateral pass with the outside of his right foot before encountering Lindy, and handed the football to the running William.
At this time, Adriano had already run to the outside of the penalty area and was entangled with Dominguez. The two were stuck in each other's positions.
Seeing this, William no longer hesitated and took a long shot before Paul Assuncao could tackle the ball.
This long-range shot from 30 yards away was very powerful, but unfortunately the angle was too right and was easily taken by goalkeeper De Gea.
This also kicked off the game. Shakhtar Donetsk showed everyone through actions that they are determined to win no matter what the game is.
Lao Liu and Lao Duan in the studio looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.
Flores, who had just sat down on the coaching bench, jumped to the sidelines and shouted angrily: "Get moving! Don't let him take action so easily! The weather freezes your body and even your brain." !"
As if he still wasn't relieved, he continued to yell: "Lindy! Were you practicing the plum blossom pile just now? Is this all your ability?"
Flores saw the situation just now. Compared with the Shakhtar team (which was subsequently unified) that moved freely, Atletico Madrid's players always seemed to be a bit slower in reaction.
Lindy was a little stunned when Flores yelled at him like this.
He was indeed a beat slower just now, but it seemed that his teammates didn't react. This was very dangerous.
Before this game, he was assigned by Flores alone to protect the defense and assist the offense.
Because Atletico Madrid really has no one left.
"Cao!" Lindy suddenly shouted, trying to warm up his body a little more. Although he had done some adaptive exercises with Aguero yesterday, the weather was getting colder day by day, which was really too much for him.
But the teammates all looked at Lindy, and Jurado looked confused: "Lin, what are you yelling at? Is it Chinese?"
Well, this is a normal language in China, but it seems inappropriate here. Lindy was a little embarrassed, so he could only make up an explanation: "This is Chinese, meaning "up"."
"Cao (up)!" Jurado also shouted, and others learned about it and followed suit.
Then before the goalkeeper kicked the ball, all the Atletico players shouted "Cao (up)!"
He directly confused Lao Liu and Lao Duan.
"There may have been some changes on the field that we are not aware of. Although the sound is somewhat familiar, it is too far away and some of it is not clear."
Although he didn't know what the players on the field were shouting, Flores returned to the coaching bench with satisfaction after seeing everyone regain their energy.
After all, standing on the sidelines all the time will give players and fans a sense of restlessness.
Sure enough, after shouting, Jurado felt refreshed.
The 11th minute of the game.
The Shakhtar team repeated their old tricks, and several Brazilian players wanted to take advantage of their tacit understanding to find opportunities in the middle.
But this time Lindy didn't care about them at all, his eyes kept staring at William who was rushing forward.
After several reverse kicks, midfielder Jedson of the Miners made a long pass and passed the ball to William, who had been running in the frontcourt.
Lindy was waiting for this pass, and directly stepped in from behind, trapping William behind him.
No matter how hard the opponent pushed and squeezed, they just didn't move at all and watched the ball come over.
Lindy pouted, and William suddenly took a few steps back. Lindy ignored him, stopped the football, and started dribbling the ball forward.
However, as Paul Assuncao said, "Lin, hurry up! I'll cover you from behind!" He staggered and almost fell down.