In the 26th minute of the game, FC United led 1-0! And it was an own goal, and Simeone cursed and waved his hand up and down the courtside, venting his displeasure.

FC United, on the other hand, was full of laughter and celebration of the team's lead.

"It seems that we have really had good luck this season, the first Premier League goal is an own goal, the first Europa League final goal is also an own goal, we will not be the team that has produced the most own goals this season."

Steele smiled and high-fived with the other coaches, Lu Wei also smiled and shook his head, luck is indeed good, but luck alone can not win the championship, this ball even if Godin does not block will be in front of Giroud, so close, Lu Wei does not believe that Oblak can save Giroud's shot.

But regardless of black balls and white balls, as long as the goal is effective, Lu Wei called Tavernir to tell the players to maintain the status quo, don't worry, and stabilize the defense after three consecutive warnings, he has been standing on the sidelines, the game is still more than an hour away, now is not the time to relax.

Although Simeone is cursing, he is not in a hurry, the game is already common for Atletico, and the reversal has not only happened to Real Barca, Atletico have also created many big reversals, and the Atletico players on the field have not yet begun to exert their strength.

Costa is in no form, Torres is old, Gameiro has limited ability, and Atletico Madrid have indeed suffered from weakness this season, but they have a peak Griezmann. As the saying goes, the ironclad Mero, the third of the flowing water, Griezmann in these two years is fully worthy of the title of the third person in the world.

Kok, Gabi and Saul, three Atletico academy midfielders are also at the peak of their careers, and with a mad dog-like style of play, Atletico are not difficult to win in Europe, but they are definitely the last opponents any team wants to face.

This is also the reason why Lu Wei did not choose a relatively stable Hayden in the back position, but sent a somewhat immature Rice, Hayden's frontal defense ability is very strong, but the defensive coverage is relatively small, the running ability is not very strong, and it is easy to be run out of the hole when encountering an opponent like Atletico.

Lu Wei has been asking McGim, Grimes and Sobos Roy to imitate the playing style of the Atletico midfield trio during pre-match training against Atletico, using non-stop runs to interfere with Rice and others, and after more than a week of training, Lu Wei was satisfied with the first barrier formed by Matuidi and Rice.

But football is round and there is no guarantee that the opponent will not score, just as no one would have guessed that FC United would lead because of an own goal.

In the 38th minute, Maddison hesitated a little in the middle to get the ball, was caught by Gabi and Saul, stumbled and lost the ball, Atletico launched a quick counterattack at the back, Diego. Costa pulled back to take the ball, did not lose the wind in the physical confrontation with Maguire, and turned around and carried Maguire hard to pass the ball.

Tarkovsky wanted to grow another leg on his body at this time, because he couldn't keep up with Griezmann's speed, Griezmann also received the ball and slowed down a bit, and suddenly accelerated to throw off the defense before making contact with Tarkovsky, Tarkovsky hesitated to foul, and the next moment he lost his balance and let Griezmann enter the box by himself.

Edward. Mendy is already waiting for Griezmann to move with open arms, he is not a goalkeeper who is good at attacking, but he is a goalkeeper with very strong one-on-one ability, relying on his world-number one reaction and save range.

The move successfully blocked the one-handed ball of several of the world's top strikers in the Premier League, but failed today, and Griezmann pushed the ball into the far corner, just from Edouard. Mendy's arm drilled under and Atletico equalised before the end of the first half.

For the rest of the first half, Lu Wei really saw Atletico's mad dog-like football philosophy, with Giroud's shot in the box blocked by the returning Cork, Gabi risking a head-to-head header in front of Tarkovski, and Atletico's running in midfield completely disrupted FC United's attacking rhythm.

By half-time, Atletico's players were still a little unsatisfied, everyone's faces glowing red, staring viciously at the FC United players on the opposite side, as if looking at their own prey.

FC United's players returned to the dressing room gasping.

"After the second half starts, we have to attack first."

After entering the dressing room, Lu Wei's first words set the purpose of the team in the second half.

'Atletico are not going to settle for a draw, they don't have as long a break as we have, and the longer the time passes, the worse it is for them, so they will definitely launch the fiercest attack at the beginning of the second half, want to solve the game as soon as possible, and then defend it until the end of the game by defensively counter-attacking, which is what they are best at this season.

"So we must drive them back!" Keep putting pressure on them, you have to speed up the tempo offensively, their wing defense is not very good at connection, you have to take turns opening the breakthrough from there, if the left doesn't work, switch to the right, if the right doesn't work, go to the left, I don't believe their full-backs can be as good as us.

"Also, you have to concentrate, Costa won't say anything, Harry, he's yours, you have to pester him, it's not enough to give him space to shoot, he hasn't played for half a season, his threat isn't even as big as Torres on the bench, we have to pay attention to Griezmann, you also see how we concede the ball, this is a very sneaky striker, Dirk, Griezmann is up to you when he's outside the box, don't let him casually plug in the attack, Tucker, Your task in the second half is a bit heavier, not only keeping an eye on Griezmann, but also taking care of all the threats in the box. Rice

and Tarkovsky nodded, they were indeed under a lot of pressure in the first half, Atletico's attack was like Tyson's successive punches wave after wave, the help given by the midfield often could not keep up with the rhythm of Atletico, FC United only conceded a goal in the first half or relied on Edward's steady play.

"Well, that's basically all I have to say, and finally I'm going to remind you again, this opponent is not the same as the Premier League team we've met before, this team is tough, it's hard, it's harder, but we're going to be harder than them, harder than defensively? Do you see which team can keep a goal in the 90 minutes of Manchester City's siege, more than attacking intensity? We're the team with the most players scoring more than five goals in the five major leagues, and with 45 minutes left, let me see your real energy! "

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