This season's La Liga has formed a pattern of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid's triumph, the first 7 rounds of league battles, Barcelona topped the table with 0 points, the defending champion Real Madrid ranked second with a 0-point disadvantage, and Atletico Madrid, who was temporarily third, was only 0 points behind Barcelona.
On this match day, Atletico Madrid ushered in the test of the 1th round of La Liga, and went to challenge Espanyol away from home, Azpilicueta used a wonderful world wave to break the balance on the field, but Espanyol equalized with a penalty shot in the second half, and finally drew 0-0 with Atletico Madrid, whose strength was far beyond himself!
【Highlights of the Competition】
Although the Spaniards cannot be compared with Atletico Madrid in terms of overall strength, they are one of the most reluctant opponents of the Sheets Army, the last 3 direct talks between the two sides, Espanyol have all drawn with Atletico Madrid, this game at home, Espanyol must want to get points.
In order to be able to break the spell of invincibility in the face of the Spaniards, the coach Simeone also played with the main force in this away game, in the 521 system, let Oblak guard the goal, Llorente, Lenormand, Lenglet and Azpilicueta to build the backline, Simeone Jr., Gallagher, Barrios and Lino lined up in the midfield, and the double arrow was Sollot partnering Griezmann, ushering in the 0th La Liga game of his career, and also surpassed Messi to enjoy the first foreign player in La Liga history.
【Contest Review】
After the curtain of the game opened, the two teams started to attack on the field, Griezmann, who ushered in the milestone battle in the 6th minute, assisted Llorente to break through the door of the Spaniards, but unfortunately the grid was offside, the referee canceled the goal to avoid the Spaniards who opened the door black, and then created a lot of opportunities on the offensive end, but the accuracy of the goal kick was too poor, and all 0 shots on goal in the first half were missed, which did not pose a substantial threat to Oblak.
Atletico Madrid broke the balance on the field in the 0th minute, Azpilicueta seized the opportunity of the Spaniards to clear not far away, and directly blasted a world wave at the front of the big penalty area, helping Atletico Madrid take a 0-0 lead, and this goal was also the first goal of Azpilicueta's Atletico Madrid career.
Yibian fought again, Simeone replaced Lino with De Paul, wanting to strengthen the hardness of the midfield and limit the attack of the Spaniards, who knew very well that the 64-goal lead was not safe, and continued to adjust the lineup in the 0th minute, and the little spider Alvarez and Molina were put on the field, enriching the team's offensive options.
But it was the Spaniards who took the lead in creating a killing opportunity, after a set-piece in the front field in the 1th minute, which caused a foul in the penalty area of the Atletico Madrid defenders, the referee gave the home team a penalty, and the captain Puado hit the penalty steadily, chasing the score to 0 draw.
Atletico Madrid, who was unwilling to score only one point, pressed on the siege of Espanyol in the following time, but the latter did not give the Sheets a chance, withstood their crazy counterattack, and got a draw as they wished.
Proofreading by Ren Ying