After Chang Jin's tough defense in the first half of the game at Calderón Stadium, the overall performance became better and better.

The 50-50 ball fight was more domineering.

This also made Schalke 04 players' fight for the ball more restrained.

Momentum is invisible and intangible.

It has a great impact on the game.

Atletico Madrid also has the advantage of home court, with 50,000 fans fully supporting it.

Schalke 04, who fell behind by two goals, really couldn't think of a way to attack.

The Atletico Madrid players who were leading at home were not in a hurry, and they pushed forward under Chang Jin's patient organization.

If the opportunity is good, they will pass it forward.

If it is not good, they will not force the attack, but will make a roundabout transition.

Make full use of the width of the court, consume time reasonably and increase the physical expenditure of the visiting players.

Chang Jin has a long pass like a precision guide, and has the talent of [Eagle Eye], which can deliver the ball as soon as he sees the gap.

The full-level ball control can also ensure absolute control of the ball in the face of sudden steals.

With a strong body, there is no chance of fouling if there are no more than three steals.

The visiting team coach Stevens has been pacing back and forth in the technical area, frowning and thinking.

Look up at the court from time to time.

When the team attacks, the heart is the most nervous.

Atletico Madrid now switches from defense to offense faster than Mourinho's Real Madrid.

On the contrary, the defense will relax a little.

The position is set, and it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid, which is not very good at positional warfare, to break through the defense.

The 45 minutes of the first half came quickly, and the score on the scoreboard was still 0.

The home team is in front and the visiting team is behind.

When it comes to injury time, both teams will be extra careful in attacking, worried that the defense will be instantly broken through when they switch from offense to defense.

After one minute of injury time, referee Kupers blew the whistle decisively, signaling the end of the first half.

"Pa pa pa pa——"

The home fans praised their players for their outstanding performance in the first half with thunderous applause.

The Atletico players walking towards the player tunnel also responded to the enthusiastic fans by clapping.

The Schalke 04 players looked solemn, obviously worried about the game.

After interacting with the home team fans, the Atletico players talked and laughed in groups of three or two.

The live broadcast director locked the close-up shot on Chang Jin.

Undisputedly the best performance in the first half!

The offensive end scored with passes and shots, superb 01 foot protection skills, amazing long passes, and occasional kicks that caught the opponent off guard...

The defensive end made many rescues and frequently appeared on the broadcast screen, becoming the busiest player in the game.

The commentators at the on-site commentary booth and in the live broadcast room all gave Chang Jin unrepeated praise.

……

The 15-minute halftime break passed in a flash, and the players from both sides returned to the court and changed sides to continue the game.

The Schalke 04 players who were behind in the scoreThe offensive enthusiasm at the beginning of the second half was very high.

A brilliant performance that replicated Atletico's lightning-fast goal in the first half.

Schalke 04's two central midfielders Holtby and Jermaine Jones both have more defensive attributes than offensive attributes, and their offensive organization is average.

Therefore, Draxler and Raul are responsible for connecting the overall offense.

Simeone's tactics are very simple, locking Draxler and Raul's ball space and minimizing their thinking time when they get the ball.

Koke and Gabi's strangling ability is very good, which can effectively delay and destroy.

Even if they are broken through, Chang Jin, who is behind them, will be in place in time.

Defuse the danger.

Schalke 04 fans who watched the live broadcast of the game found that the team they supported was not threatening at all on the offensive end.

In order to ensure that the control of the football is not easily lost, the ball has to be thrown back.

However, the technical ability of the midfielders and backcourt players is impressive. Facing the pressing of Atletico Madrid strikers, they often subconsciously choose to kick the ball away.

Not seeking merit but not making mistakes is the principle for defenders to survive on the field.

Head coach Stevens has no other choice.

If the kick is accurate, it can also be given to Huntelaar's head, completing a relatively accurate header ferry.

If it falls somewhere else, the control of the football will fall to the feet of Atletico Madrid players.

Once it is given to Chang Jin, Atletico Madrid's offense will become particularly controlled.

His position is not fixed. After passing the ball to his teammates, he will use his abundant physical energy to move with the football and act as a backup receiving point.

With the skilled ball protection and escape technology, Schalke 04 defenders have no way to do anything.

Two or three people cannot steal the ball, so they can only be forced to foul.

But the foul gave Atletico Madrid the opportunity to attack with set pieces, which is good at, making people panic.

"What should I do?"

Stevens looked up at the match time displayed on the large LCD screen.

Ten minutes into the second half, his team had not created a decent chance.

On the contrary, Chang Jin had already made two passes that were enough to score.

One long pass to Adrian who successfully countered the offside, and one positional battle, a direct pass to Falcao who understood the situation.

If the two had not been too keen on the angle of their shots, the scoreboard would have shown at least 3:0.

Without any other options, he decided to make personnel adjustments.

Spanish attacking midfielder Jurado replaced pure defensive midfielder Jermaine Jones.

Obasi replaced Farfan.

After the substitutions, Schalke 04's offense did change.

But they couldn't stand Chang Jin's abnormal defense in the middle.

Not only can he achieve a 100% defensive success rate, but he can also make accurate substitutions in time when Koke or Gabi are out of position.

This... made Jurado, who came on as a substitute, very depressed.

He couldn't penetrate forward, so he could only pressStep by step, pass the ball to the two sides.

Unless the cross is placed in a very good position, it is impossible to pass the ball to Huntelaar's head.

Even if Huntelaar can find the point, he needs to complete the header under the double defensive pressure of Miranda and Godin.

Clearing the ball is much easier than scoring.

Miranda and Godin, who are cooperating more and more tacitly, will use the small movements that South American players are used to, forcing Huntelaar to be unable to exert any strength.

The small movements are so subtle that the referee Kupers and the assistant referee can't detect them at all.

In addition, Atletico Madrid also has the talented goalkeeper Courtois in front of the goal.

With triple insurance, it is not so easy to score.

Schalke 04 players are still trying to find a way to knock on Atletico Madrid's goal. Chang Jin has captured the traceable and usable space through long-term observation.

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, he would make a change of gesture to his teammates that only his team could understand.

In the 68th minute, the away team's attack on the right ended with Atsuto Uchida's cross being picked up by Courtois.

Chang Jin immediately waved for the ball, which immediately attracted the defensive attention of Holtby and Jurado who were planning to retreat to the half court.

Courtois quickly bypassed Huntelaar in front of him and threw the ball without hesitation.

Holtby and Jurado thought that moving over would cause Courtois to change his decision due to fear, but unexpectedly...

Still threw the ball to Chang Jin.

So, they hurried to the left and the right.

Pounced on Chang Jin who was facing away from the attack direction.

"Be careful!"

Go1 TV commentator Jose Maria blurted out in the live commentary booth.

Chang Jin, who was playing on the field, seemed to have heard a reminder, and paused for a moment when he held the football thrown by Courtois on his chest.

He raised his right foot and put it on the instep, and kicked the football that fell to the height of his thigh behind him.

Poor Holtby and Jurado were still thinking about jointly stealing the football from Chang Jin's feet from both sides, and then launching a counterattack on the spot.

Looking at Chang Jin who had completed the turn, his eyes widened.

Stupefied!

"A beautiful lob and turn!"

Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said excitedly: "Schalke 04's defense is going to be in big trouble!"

At the same time, Holtby, who had excellent defensive awareness, made a quick decision after being passed, and used his right foot that was dragging behind to trip the opponent.

But his kicking speed was slower than Chang Jin's starting speed, which resulted in only kicking a ball of air.

"It's over!"

Schalke 04 coach Stevens' pupils shrank suddenly, and he suddenly realized that the situation was not good.

Holtby and Jurado were the two central midfielders in the 442 formation. Draxler and Obasi on the wings actively participated in the attack, and they couldn't make up for the defense.

The most fatal thing was that right back Uchida Atsuto went to the area near the baseline in an overlapping manner and just completed the cross. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

There was no time to return to defense!

It means that the defense line is notIncomplete.

There are only two central defenders, Matip and Papadopoulos, and left back Fuchs.

In front of Chang Jin, there is Arda Turan running at high speed and Falcao turning forward.

Chang Jin picked up the ball and turned to get rid of Holtby and Jurado's defense. []

The closest one is Fuchs who is more than ten meters away.

Everyone thought Chang Jin would move forward with the ball, but he stopped the ball more than half a meter in front of him and swung his right foot!

Long pass!

The football flew from the 25-meter defense zone in the middle of Atletico Madrid to Arda Turan who was just past the center line on the left sideline.

The right central defender Papadopoulos, who was marking Falcao, decisively pulled out to mark him according to the principle of defense first.

The left central defender Matip always kept a safe distance from Falcao.

Left-back Fuchs hurried to the middle to see if he could help Matip while paying attention to Chang Jin who was running at full speed without the ball.

Arda Turan, who was running at full speed, led the ball to the right front in front of him, and twisted his raised right ankle in front of Papadopoulos who came up to defend.

With a pause in the rhythm, he suddenly pushed the ball to the right.

Cut inside and speed up!

Falcao, who was running in the middle, immediately understood and asked the middle to give up the area, and ran to the left front with Matip.

In order to prevent Arda Turan from giving the ball to Falcao, who was very fast and explosive, Matip did not dare to stick to the middle and turned around.

The responsibility of defending Arda Turan was completely handed over to his partner Papadopoulos, who turned quickly.

"Ah ...

At the same time, he heard a familiar and penetrating shout: "Arda!!"

Arda Turan, who wanted to create a free kick, had his eyes lit up!

Looking up, he saw Chang Jin, the fastest player in the team, running across the center line at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Behind him was left-back Fuchs, who was gradually being pulled away.

Papadopoulos also noticed Chang Jin running at full speed, and he quickly took two big steps!

The extended right foot tried to foul before Arda Turan passed the ball.

The man was kicked to the ground, but the footballHe passed the ball half a step ahead.

It means he was ahead of time.

The referee Kuppers saw the ball rolling towards Chang Jin's full-speed running route and held the whistle in his mouth.

His arms were raised and pointed straight ahead.

It means...

The attack continued!

Matip, who was dragged at the back, ignored Falcao and rushed sideways towards Arda Turan's pass.

According to his judgment, he had a great chance to clear the ball before Chang Jin arrived.

But just one second later, Matip realized that his judgment was seriously wrong!

"Ah ...

Matip, who wanted to clear the ball, could only bite the bullet and see if he could get ahead by even half a step and complete the ultimate clearance.

But in the face of absolute speed, hard work is of little use!

The fans on both sides of the stadium have the clearest sense.

Chang Jin is like a speeding sports car chasing Arda Turan's pass with overwhelming force.

Matip is still more than two meters away from the rolling football. He gritted his teeth and threw his whole body about two meters in front of the top of the penalty area using the huge inertia brought by running.

A fierce sliding tackle!

Interfering with Chang Jin who was about to handle the ball.

At this stage, the tackle will definitely not be able to knock him down.

The ideal result of 130 is to use the flying tackle to put psychological pressure on Chang Jin.

I saw from the corner of my eye that goalkeeper Hillbrand was ready to attack. Once Chang Jin dribbled the ball too hard, it would mean missing a great opportunity!

Chang Jin, whose dribbling attribute is only [70], naturally would not do anything beyond his ability. His overall vision had already caught something.

He did not stop and dribble as most people thought, but... rubbed the bottom of the football with the inside of his right foot!

Trigger with a kick!

The football rose up from the ground and fell to the left rib of the penalty area with a slight inward arc in a small parabola as Chang Jin thought.

After completing the pass, Chang Jin continued to run forward two steps to avoid being rubbed by Matip's shoe tip.

Goalkeeper Hillbrand, who was ready to leave the goal, had his pupils shrank suddenly and turned around in a hurry.

At the same time, he did not forget to raise his hand to remind the assistant referee that the attacking team was offside!

But...

The assistant referee ran towards the end line along the sideline.

What it means is...

Not offside!

After all, Chang Jin, who caught up with the football, was the attacking player closest to the end line.

How could Falcao be offside when he ran forward without being marked?

His relentless running put him at the point where the pass landed.

What happened next was a piece of cake for a player of Falcao’s level.

He stopped the ball to the left front with the arch of his left foot andLander flew to the right and completed the shooting action.

The distance was a bit far, so Hillbrand, who made a save, naturally had no way to save the situation.

The football close to the ground rolled quickly towards the goal, passed the goal line along the inner edge of the left post, and fell into the embrace of the snow-white net.

"Gooooooooooo1"

The commentator in the live commentary booth habitually stretched out his voice.

Falcao, who scored a goal, turned around excitedly and waved to Chang Jin, who selflessly assisted, indicating that they should celebrate the goal together.

He did not use the habitual sliding kneeling, but chose to become Chang Jin's signature celebration action.

Arda Turan, who was kicked to the ground by Papadopoulos before, got up when he saw Falcao receiving the ball, and swarmed over with many teammates.

Celebrate the third goal of the game!

The score displayed on the LCD scoreboard also became 3:0!

Atletico Madrid coach Simeone and his assistants celebrated the goal passionately.

Schalke 04 coach Stevens felt the fanatical atmosphere coming towards him and closed his eyes painfully.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the possibility of advancing to the Europa League final was gone.

The eyes of the two stars Huntelaar and Raul became dazed and lost faith in going one step further to the final.

After the wonderful replay, the commentator once again gave Chang Jin the words of praise.

It was his header from defense to offense that made the subsequent counterattack smooth.

Finally, he drove a supercar to deliver the last pass.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chang Jin is the biggest contributor to this goal.

After the game resumed, the continuous shouts of "Chang Jin" rang out at the Calderon Stadium.

"Chang Jin's ability to create opportunities is too strong!"

Old Sang Sports commentator Huang Jianxiang said loudly: "Atletico Madrid fans love him deeply, as if... he has become the new king of Calderon!".

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