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Chapter 821 European Super Cup
Chapter 821 European Super Cup
The European Super Cup is a competition between the Champions League champion and the UEFA Cup champion, so in terms of name, the European Super Cup is still very loud. After all, this is the battle for the best teams in Europe last season.
And this time the European Super Cup is the Spanish civil war. Atletico Madrid was the champion of the Champions League last season, and the champion of the Europa League was Sevilla. This is the third time that La Liga has won the Europa League in five seasons.
It’s a coincidence that Sevilla’s opponent, Atlético de Madrid, won the first two championships. In the 09-10 and 11-12 seasons, Atletico Madrid won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. In other words, this will be the third UEFA Super Cup final for Atletico Madrid.
Although Atletico Madrid has won the European Super Cup twice before, no one thinks too much about the championship, let alone the honor of several championships.
It’s not just Lin Dong and Simeone who have ambitions. Atletico Madrid players, Atletico Madrid players, and even Atletico Madrid as a whole have this ambition, but they won’t express it too much. Before they really win the championship, it’s useless to say more.
The venue for this UEFA Super Cup is located at the Millennium Stadium in Wales, which is also the home of the Welsh national team. It used to be the largest stadium in the UK, which can accommodate more than 7 people.
"We have a lot of experience in this championship competition," Simeone said jokingly in the dressing room.
"Of course, this is our advantage, but if we are arrogant because we have such an advantage, it will become a joke in the end." Simeone's performance slowly began to become serious.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that this season, our goal is to defend the title, and our goal is to win all the championships that can be won." When he said this, Simeone's expression became vicious.
"Champion~~~champion~~~champion" Gabi understood, and Atletico Madrid players also expressed their support for the head coach under the leadership of the captain.
Sevilla actually performed very well last season. Although they failed to break into the top four in the league, the gap with Athletic Bilbao is very small, plus a UEFA Cup champion.
However, this summer, Sevilla went back to the old way, and outstanding players were poached, such as Rakitic, Moreno and Fazio, one joined Barcelona, and two were brought to the British arena.
As far as the current position is concerned, Sevilla ranks at the forefront of La Liga in terms of personnel changes. This is completely different from Atletico Madrid. Although Atletico Madrid has changed this season, the real core is still there. Even if Costa leaves, it will not hurt Atletico Madrid.
Even to some extent, the existence of Costa last season did restrict Lin Dong, so with Costa's departure this season, Lin Dong will be further liberated.
Of course, some people will compare Lin Dong's performance at the end of last season. After all, when Lin Dong cooperated with Costa at the beginning of the season, he achieved an average scoring rate of two goals per game.
Therefore, this season will also be a season for Lin Dong to prove again. Last season, Lin Dong proved that he does not need Ronaldo, and is even better. But this season, he needs to prove whether the existence of Costa helps or limits him.
In the starting lineup, Simeone is still very conservative, with Lin Dong and Raul Garcia on the front line, Cork, Gabi, Thiago, Turan behind, Siqueira, Godin, Miranda and Juanfran behind, and Oblak is not selected as the goalkeeper.
For Sevilla, goalkeeper Beto, the defense is Carrizo, Pareja, Figueres, Kolodjicak, Tremulina, midfielder Vitolo, Krihowiak, Vidal, Mbia, Baca.
With the referee Clattenburg, the European Super Cup officially opened, and Atletico Madrid, which has the right to kick-off, was not polite at all.
Raul Garcia passed Gabi back, and the Atletico captain didn't even return the ball and sent the ball directly into the hinterland of Sevilla, where the red and white striped number 9 had already taken the position.
Stopping the ball with the chest, turning around forcefully, throwing away the defenders with small skills, but Sevilla sent five defenders in this game. Even though Lin Dong broke through a defender, he was still double-teamed.
But at this time, Raul Garcia has already caught up. Lin Dong passed back with his heel, and then passed between the two defenders. Raul Garcia had already formed a tacit understanding with Lin Dong.
"Beautiful~~~ Lin disrupted the entire defense line of Sevilla alone, and Raul Garcia's return pass shows the tacit understanding between him and Lin."
However, Atletico Madrid did not complete the first goal as they wished. Raul Garcia's pass was indeed very tacit, but it was a pity that Cheng Yaojin was killed halfway.
Sevilla seemed to have taken precautions. Just as they were about to enter the penalty area and came in front of Lin Dong, Carrizo rushed out from the side. With a shovel on the ground, he directly shoveled the ball and flew out of bounds.
For a throw-in, Siqueira ran up quickly, and then threw the ball into the Sevilla penalty area. Raul Garcia won the first spot, completely Atletico Madrid's first goal of the game.
For the corner kick, Raul Garcia's header was actually very good, but the Sevilla goalkeeper was also very focused. Beto jumped up and blocked the ball out of the penalty area with one hand.
Therefore, Atletico Madrid's attack is not over yet. Because of the large number of people in the Sevilla penalty area, Atletico Madrid chose a tactical corner kick. Gabi passed the ball to Turan, who took the ball to the Sevilla penalty area to attract the defense and then crossed.
"Long shot~~~Atletico Madrid's second attack~~~Koke~~~No goal~~~It's still a corner kick." Koke's long shot didn't even threaten the goal. The ball hit the defensive player and popped out of the baseline.
It was still a corner kick, and even the sides hadn't been changed, that is, the person taking the corner kick and the tactics hadn't changed in any way. Gabi kicked the ball lightly to Turan.
But all this began to change after the ball came to Turan's feet. Turan did not cross the outside of the penalty area, but passed it into the penalty area.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~The goal is scored~~~The goal is scored~~~ One minute and 12 seconds into the game, and one minute and 12 seconds into the game, Atletico Madrid scored a goal."
"Number 9~~~Number 9 with red and white stripes. This is Lin Dong's number. Lin Dong scored Atletico Madrid's first goal of the season."
Before Turan sent the ball into the penalty area, Lin Dong started on the penalty area line, and rushed directly from the penalty area line to the front of the small penalty area. At this time, Turan's pass also came. Lin Dong only needed to stretch his feet towards the ball.
(End of this chapter)