Star Card System

After Leicester City changed their formation, their defense became stronger.

The midfielder, represented by Xia Xing, had few attacks in the first half.

Go all out to stabilize the defensive front.

This was even more true after Robin van Persie came off the field.

So Atletico Madrid took turns bombing, threatening Leicester City's goal.

It wasn't until the first half entered injury time that Atletico Madrid finally got a good chance!

Griezmann had the ball in the frontcourt. He knocked the ball back, handed it to Gabi, and then cruised to the left.

In this Atletico Madrid team, Griezmann's second important task is to score goals, and his first important task is to organize the team.

Torres sprints upfield!

Gabby is obviously going to cross!

Konchesky, who had just come on as a substitute, quickly moved to mark!

At the moment Konchesky was taken away by Torres, Gabi passed the ball!

Not a cross, but a cross!

The ball returned to the point in front of the penalty area again!

Griezmann bypassed Kante's defense and took the first shot to stop the ball!

At the top of the penalty area, he kicked and volleyed!

"The ball went in!

"Crap!

"Griezmann finally escaped Kante's defense!

"Although Kante's movement is very good, Griezmann's movement is even weirder!

“His excellent link-up ability in the frontcourt is his best feature!

"This is a battle between two French players and Griezmann wins!

"1 to 0!

"Atletico Madrid finally scored!

“They equalized the total score!

"1 to 1!

"Now the pressure is on Leicester's side!"

Excited, Griezmann rushed to the side of the court and celebrated wildly with Atletico Madrid fans!

Torres, Gabi, and Cork also rushed forward and hugged each other.

The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands are finally at ease!

The total score was evened!

It’s time for Atletico Madrid!

The interaction on the court and in the stands allowed the Atletico Madrid substitutes on the sidelines to become involved.

Not far away from them, Atletico Simeone was jumping and cheering excitedly, as happy as a child.

Another look at the Leicester City dugout.

Ranieri did not show any displeasure.

Even when he lost the ball, he remained calm.

I just took the time to tell the players some things.

He asked Xia Xing, who came to the sidelines, to bring some of the notes he had just written to his teammates.

After doing this, Ranieri still stood on the sidelines looking in the direction of the court, thoughtfully.

Shakespeare was a little anxious: "Man, are we okay? We've all lost the ball."

Ranieri hugged his shoulders and said: "Don't worry, it's no problem. We expected to lose the ball at the Metropolitan Stadium. Then we just need to defend well and wait for the opportunity."

Be defensive and wait for opportunities.

These eight words look simple, but are too difficult to do.

Especially for Leicester City, Griezmann's goal just made them a little anxious.

Kanter made a rare defensive leak, causing the ball to be conceded.

His mood is obviously not high now.

In the third minute of stoppage time, Griezmann received the ball again and passed it diagonally into the penalty area.

Torres fired a low kick but was punched out by Schmeichel.

Leicester City did not concede another goal.

The referee's whistle sounded and the first half of the game was over.

The Leicester City soldiers slowly came off the field.

Kanter walked very slowly and walked last.

He lowered his head and was in low spirits.

Captain Morgan patted him on the shoulder, and Schmeichel also comforted him with a few words.

But it didn't have much effect, and Kanter still seemed a little depressed.

Xia Xing walked over from the side. He gently put his arm around Kanter's shoulders and said something suddenly.

"Man, do you think you are already a world-class star? A world-class defensive midfielder?"

"Huh? What?" Kanter was stunned and shook his head repeatedly, "Of course not! I'm still far from being world-class."

Xia Xing frowned and shook his head: "No, you say that, but in your heart you must consider yourself a world-class star, for sure."

"Absolutely not!" Kanter was so aggrieved that he almost cried.

Just now, he made a mistake and lost the ball, so he was already in a bad mood. Now that Xia Xing said this about himself, he felt even more irritable.

Seeing Kanter's disappointed expression, Xia Xing paused for three seconds, and then slowly spoke.

"If you don't regard yourself as a world-class star, then how can you ask yourself not to make mistakes when facing world-class forwards?"

After saying this, Xia Xing quickly walked to the players' tunnel without waiting for Kanter.

Kanter was left alone on the court in deep thought.

Back in the locker room, Xia Xing heard Ranieri and Shakespeare still talking about Kante.

"Shall we comfort him or encourage him later?"

"No, just downplay the matter and don't add salt to his wounds."

"But if he is always in a bad mood, what will happen in the second half? Our midfield defense cannot do without him..."

At this time, Xia Xing passed by two coaches, who glanced at him.

I saw Xia Xing smiling slightly, with a very peaceful expression.

"Don't worry, he's fine."

The two coaches looked at each other.

What's okay?

Does this guy know what we're talking about?

But soon, they understood what "he's okay" meant.

Kanter was the last to enter the locker room, and everyone's eyes were on him.

But everyone was surprised to find that Kante had changed his depressed state and his eyes were shining again.

"Man, you..."

"I'm fine, don't worry, captain!"

Captain Morgan was about to say something when Kante spoke directly.

"I made a defensive mistake in the first half and caused the team to lose the ball. I'm sorry. But it won't happen in the second half! I'm familiar with Griezmann's running style, and I will definitely stop him from running in the second half!"

Listening to Kante's firm voice, everyone's emotions instantly came up!

On the front line, Vardy also expressed his opinion: "In the first half, I was blocked by the opponent and failed to suppress their defense to the maximum extent, which brought great defensive pressure to everyone. In the second half, even if I ran to vomit blood, I had to make the opponent's defenders dare not rush up!"

Drinkwater also said: "The goal lost in the first half was not Kante's problem alone, but the problem of all our midfielders. It was our defense that failed to help him more. It was our problem."

As he said, he also pulled Mahrez.

Mahrez whispered: "Why did you bring me along..."

Drinkwater: "Mahrez has big problems on both offense and defense, don't you think so!"

Mahrez: "Yes, it's all my fault..."

Seeing Mahrez's helpless expression, everyone laughed.

Originally, losing the ball was a very tangled thing, but after everyone's self-criticism, the momentum came back instantly!

It's just a goal, let's keep going in the second half!

The ticket to the Champions League final must belong to us, Leicester City!