Super Marshal

On September 19th, the Calderon Stadium was packed with people, and there were no seats left.

Amidst the overwhelming voices of more than 50,000 fans, Atlético de Madrid ushered in the first game of the UEFA Cup in the new season. The opponent is the deputy squad leader of the Danish Super League, Silkeborg.

The last time the Sheets participated in European competitions was the 1999-2000 season. They finished fifth in La Liga and participated in the UEFA Cup. In the last sixteen knockout rounds, they were eliminated by Ligue 1 Lens.

Now, after an absence of more than a year, the team has made a comeback and once again competed in the European arena. Atletico Madrid also has high hopes.

Head coach Gao Han also did his part. In the pre-match press conference, he uttered a rare high-profile slogan that the team will end the battle at home, requiring every player to go all out and not be taken lightly.

The team was united. From the very beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid took advantage of the home court to launch an offensive against Silkeborg.

Silkeborg has performed unsatisfactorily in the domestic league this season, and has no time to take into account European competitions.

Only six minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid took the lead in breaking Silkeborg's goal by Villa, opening the scoring for the team.

Afterwards, the Sheets continued to attack violently, and Silkeborg retreated in an all-round way, but they were still powerless to stop. In the 20th and 25th minutes respectively, they conceded two goals in a row. The goals were scored by Torres and Villa.

Leading by three goals in the first half, Atletico Madrid's offensive strength can be seen.

But after the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, the Sheets did not carelessly and continued to launch an offensive against Silkeborg. Every player was resolutely implementing the strategy formulated by the head coach before the game, which was to determine the outcome.

In the fifty-second and sixty-ninth minutes, Kaka and Fernando Correa, who came off the bench, scored two goals respectively, and finally locked the score at 5-0.

The five-goal victory, every goal made Calderon's fans fascinated, and the wave after wave of offensives made every fan of the Sheets even more hooked.

After the game, both the fans and the media gave Atletico Madrid a very high evaluation, thinking that although Gao Han's team played in European competitions for the first time, their performance was remarkable.

The five-to-zero victory basically announced that Atletico Madrid had advanced from the first knockout round ahead of schedule.

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After playing Silkeborg, Atlético Madrid rested for two days in Majadaenda, and immediately rushed to the away game to challenge Valladolid.

Valladolid lost 0-4 away to Deportivo in the first round of the league, but quickly adjusted, drew with Valencia at home in the second round, and defeated 2-1 away in the third round Malaga.

The head coach Pepe Morey is a Catalan, but he has been coaching in Valladolid. In the past ten years, he has frequently changed back and forth between the assistant coach, the second team head coach and the first team head coach. It took until 2000 to gain a firm foothold.

And his best style of play is the four-five-one defensive tactic.

This is also the usual style of play of many La Liga teams in recent years, with double midfielders strangling and defensive counterattacks.

Sitting at home against the leaders, Pepe Morey didn't dare to be careless, and still put on a defensive posture, waiting for work with ease, and defending and counterattacking.

Gao Han also expected that his opponent would adopt such a style of play, but he was not afraid at all.

In the away game, Atlético de Madrid still adopts high-position pressing and ball-handling tactics in the midfield and backcourt, patiently looking for the opponent's loopholes.

In the end, in the 61st minute of the second half, when the first half was zero to zero, Atletico Madrid finally seized a chance. After the frontcourt attack was frustrated, midfielder Marcos Senna stepped in from the back and kicked in the front of the penalty area. Long shot, pierced the Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo's goal.

This is also Marcos Senna's first La Liga goal!

This goal broke the deadlock on the field, but it did not rewrite the situation of the game. Valladolid still stayed in front of the goal.

Gao Han quickly made adjustments, replacing Torres with high center Kiko, and replacing Kaka, who had been fighting continuously, with Roberto. Rio Srna served as the two wings, Deco went up to play the midfielder, and Xavi Alonso and Marcos Senna formed a double midfielder.

This adjustment took effect quickly, and Atletico Madrid once again launched a wave of offensive.

In the 78th minute, Srna made a pass from the right and accurately assisted into the penalty area. Under the blessing of the Samsung counter card, Kiko squeezed the opponent's central defender in front of the goal and hit a header , two to zero!

This score was also maintained until the end of the game, and Atletico Madrid won four consecutive La Liga victories!

Since Vigo Celta also defeated Real Mallorca 2-0 in the fourth round, Atletico Madrid still has a two-point lead.

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Three days later, Silkeborg, Denmark.

In the case of winning 5-0 in the first round and basically advancing ahead of schedule, Gao Han arranged for rotation and substitute players including Kiko, Fernando Correa, Gabi, Aguilera, Roberto, etc., but still Relying on Kiko's final decision in the away game, they beat Silkeborg 1-0.

The total score of the two rounds was 6-0, and Atletico Madrid successfully advanced to the second round.

After the first knockout round, UEFA immediately organized a draw, and Atletico Madrid drew Legia Warsaw in the Polish League.

Judging from the strength of the opponents in the UEFA Cup, those who can really pose a threat to Atletico Madrid may have to wait until the third round, or even the fourth knockout round.

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Time to enter October.

On October 1st, which coincides with China's National Day, Atletico Madrid welcomes La Liga's fifth-round opponent Las Palmas at home.

After the two sides experienced a difficult offensive and defensive battle, the Sheet Army relied on Kaka's key lore to defeat the opponent 1-0.

A week of consecutive double matches, coupled with the misfiring of the Gemini shooter who has been in the limelight since the season, has caused many outside media to speculate that Atletico Madrid's state will gradually decline, especially in the next two games.

Zambrano even boldly judged in his column that Atletico Madrid will lose in the next two league rounds.

To everyone's surprise, on October 4th, Atletico Madrid challenged Heynckes' Athletic Bilbao away.

The last two rounds of the Basque Lions can be described as brilliant. First, they defeated Deportivo 2-1 in the away game, and then drew 2-2 with Valencia at home. Defeated, impressive record.

In this round of home games against the leader Atletico Madrid, Heynckes is full of confidence and aims for three points.

The famous German coach adopts the overall press and oppression tactics that Athletic Bilbao is best at at home, hoping to use the advantage of the home court to suppress the sheet army, but it is obvious that the tactics that can work against Deportivo and Valencia, When facing Atletico Madrid, it suddenly failed.

Although in the first thirty-five minutes of the game, Athletic Bilbao caused considerable trouble to Atletico Madrid and did not give the Sheets much chance to attack effectively, but as their physical fitness declined, it was difficult for them to maintain this momentum. oppressive situation.

In the end, in the 38th and 43rd minutes of the first half, taking advantage of the opportunity of counterattack after stealing the ball twice in the frontcourt, Villa scored two goals in a row, helping Atletico Madrid lead by two goals and entering the second half.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Athletic Bilbao quickly regrouped and counterattacked wildly in the second half, and quickly used high center forward Ursesz to score an equalizer goal, chasing the score to 1-2.

But Atletico Madrid was also unambiguous. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Athletic Bilbao's counterattack, Torres and Villa scored a goal each, rewriting the score to 4-1.

Especially Villa, in the 75th minute, after picking two players in the penalty area, he hit a volley with his left foot and scored his first hat-trick in La Liga!

Four to one, the game finally ended with this score.

Although judging from the score, this is a big victory, but in fact, during the game, it was not easy for Atletico Madrid to win, and the team consumed a lot, which directly led to the team sitting at home three days later to face Allah. When Weiss, the team's up and down state was not ideal.

The game remained stalemate until the 84th minute. In the end, Atletico Madrid relied on Kaka's personal flash at a critical moment to forcefully break through the opponent's defense and assisted Kiko to score the lore goal.

One to zero, Atletico Madrid scored three points again.

This also made all the Sheets fans who came to the Calderon Stadium to watch the game a sigh of relief.

But after that, they celebrated wildly!

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Seven consecutive victories!

Atletico Madrid shocked the entire Spanish football world!

In the history of La Liga, the start of the seven-game winning streak is second only to Real Madrid's eight-game winning streak in the 1961-1962 season.

That was the most glorious period of five consecutive Champions League titles in the history of Real Madrid.

Gao Han is very satisfied with the opening seven consecutive victories, but he is more satisfied with the team's ranking in the standings.

Atletico Madrid still firmly occupies the league leader position, with 21 points from seven consecutive victories, which is well-deserved.

Ranked second in the league is Barcelona.

Rexach's team ushered in a three-game winning streak after winning one and drawing two in the first three rounds, but lost 1-2 away to Deportivo in the seventh round. In the end, they accumulated 14 points in seven rounds and won To the second in the league.

Also four wins, two draws and one loss, with 14 points, Deportivo ranked third in the league because of goal difference.

Then there are three teams with 13 points, namely Celta Vigo, Villarreal and Valencia.

There are four other teams with 11 points, namely Alaves, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Osasuna.

Espanyol ranked eleventh in the league with ten points, and Athletic Bilbao ranked twelfth in the league with nine points.

Star-studded, Real Madrid, which was hailed as the number one favorite to win the championship before the season, ranked thirteenth in the league after seven rounds. Although it has successfully escaped the relegation zone, it is still surprising.

However, the real surprise is Real Mallorca.

Aragones' team only scored four points in the first seven rounds of the league, with one win, one draw and five losses. Compared with the third place in the league last season, this report card is indeed a bit surprising.

But the most surprising, even shocking, was leaders Atletico Madrid.

Originally, all the media felt that after three consecutive weeks of two-line battles, the Sheets Corps would definitely fall from the leading position.

Unexpectedly, instead of falling, it further expanded its lead.

A full lead of seven points!