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According to the current UEFA rules, in the knockout round of the Champions League, if the two teams have the same score and the same number of away goals in the two rounds, they will directly enter the extra time. out the final winner.

Among them, what fans need to know is that in overtime games, there is still an away goal advantage.

In other words, unless the two sides fail to score in overtime and the game is tied 0-0 in overtime, only then will they enter the final penalty shootout.

And if a goal breaks out in overtime, then it is destined that after overtime, there will be a winning or losing game result.

The away goal system in overtime can be said to be a compensation for the away team in the second round. After all, compared to the 90-minute games in the two rounds, the home team has the home court advantage in the 30 minutes of overtime. , while the visiting team used the threat of away goals to make up for this disadvantage.

In other words, although Liverpool played away at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano in the second round of this knockout round.

It seems that Atletico Madrid have at least 30 minutes more home court advantage than Liverpool.

But in the case of still having the advantage of away goals, as long as Liverpool's offense is scored once, Atletico Madrid may explode directly on the spot.

Before the start of overtime, Klopp, as the coach, was constantly understanding the physical condition of the players to make some changes in the ranking.

Klopp still has two substitutions in his hands, and he can directly replace players who are physically exhausted at any time to ensure the vitality of the team.

However, with the opening of the first half of the overtime game, Atletico Madrid gave priority to their own defense.

Facing Liverpool's possession of the ball, Atletico Madrid's defense did not carry out high-position pressure, but in the defense, using the overall forward movement of the defense line to slowly compress Liverpool's attacking space, passing space, and giving Liverpool players control. The ball keeps creating pressure.

After Liverpool had to complete the offense quickly, Atletico Madrid relied on defense to obtain the ball to fight Liverpool's counterattack.

However, Atletico Madrid may have taken into account Liverpool's counterattack ability, and their investment on the offensive end still continued the number of offensive input in the second half of the regular time in the second half.

The team's offense almost only relies on 5 or 6 people in the midfield, through a small range of offensive cooperation, and the display of individual abilities, to complete the offensive attempt.

Like Liverpool's offense, without the support of sufficient offensive numbers, Atletico Madrid's offense is also unable to pose a real threat to the opponent's tight defense line.

However, under the cheers of tens of thousands of fans at the scene, Atletico Madrid's offensive development is still much better than that of Liverpool.

At least the personal abilities of the team's players can help Atletico Madrid complete a good personal offense with a small-scale team cooperation to put a certain amount of pressure on Liverpool's defense.

Atletico Madrid's offense, in addition to the display of personal ability, has almost given up the offense in the middle, but mainly uses the two sides as the starting point of the team's offense.

Looking for opportunities in a small area, using the players' understanding of space and taking advantage of their speed, Atletico Madrid also began to play a very Spanish-style pass and cut cooperation.

Juanfran suddenly moved forward, holding the ball on the right, looking for Liverpool's defensive loopholes.

With a sudden through ball, Juanfran passed the ball diagonally through two Liverpool defenders and completed the pass, and it was Cork who quickly crossed from the center to receive the ball.

After receiving the ball from the baseline, Cork faced Milner's follow-up defense and chose to hold the ball with his back and bring it to the outside, looking for further opportunities.

Milner's defensive follow-up is excellent, but it is not easy to defend Cork's personal offense. During the process of dribbling the ball to the outside, Cork suddenly flicked the ball to the penalty area. It also made Milner's defense unable to keep up.

Juanfran inserted obliquely into Liverpool's penalty area in a timely manner, received the ball, and completed the escape. It was an extremely wonderful offensive cooperation. Juanfran could get an excellent position in the penalty area to pass the ball or hit the goal .

It's just that Yang Feng's supplementary defense was too fast. When Moreno was obviously absent-minded and lost his defensive position, Yang Feng used his supplementary defense this time to directly stretch out the ball to clear the siege.

To be on the safe side, in order to avoid any accidents when the ball was hit on the opponent's body, Yang Feng's ball was kicked out of the baseline quickly, without giving the opponent a chance to grab the second spot.

Atletico's first corner in extra time.

For Yang Feng, since the second half, he has found Atletico Madrid's corner kick, and he has not found Godin's head once.

But there is no way, Yang Feng can't give up on Godin's defense. After all, Godin will seize every opportunity to complete the offensive scoring when it comes to a critical game. It is the Atletico Madrid lineup, which is the easiest to break the deadlock in a positional battle players.

Cork's corner kick was passed. This time, after playing multiple front and back points, he chose to pass the ball in front of the goal and find his own central defender's high point.

It's just that instead of looking for Godin, he passed the ball to Jimenez.

Skrtel's defense is constantly putting pressure on Jimenez, but with little effect.

Jimenez used his running position to directly overwhelm Skrtel, and completed a head-shaking attack in the middle of the goal.

Due to the short distance of the ball, the reaction speed of the goalkeeper is very limited.

Fortunately, this time the header hit the goal, although the opportunity was created, it was extremely threatening, but Jimenez's header hit the goal, but it was still slightly higher than the crossbar, and did not hit the goal, allowing Liverpool to avoid a round. robbery.

After the game entered overtime, it was a huge test for the physical fitness of the players on the field, especially the players who O'Shea had been actively running from the beginning of the game and went all out in the game.

Atletico Madrid's offense is already very dependent on the running performance of the players, and the players need to rely on running to create opportunities. Therefore, at this time, the physical fitness of the Atletico Madrid players is a big problem. Offense is an unknown.

From the perspective of the game scene, it can also be seen that the fierce battle between the two sides on the defensive end of this game made the players of the two teams have no good way to complete the offense that ended the game.

In the 15 minutes of the first half of the entire overtime, except for the corner kick created by Atletico Madrid's side attack in the 94th minute, the two teams did not even complete a goal, even if it was on the outside. There is no chance for a long shot.

Consider defeat before winning. Both teams made quite conservative tactical choices when they were in poor physical condition on the court.

Through the setting of layers of defense lines, the opponent's offense is constantly created pressure, forcing the opponent to give up the attack.

After a rather tedious first half of overtime, the score was still 0-0. The first 15 minutes of overtime were not very good offensive performances. The decisive victory can only be seen in the second half or the end penalty shootout.