Although Middlesbrough also has some offensive opportunities, since their players in the middle of the midfield are all engineer-type players, Middlesbrough's two central defenders are Dutchman Boateng and former Arsenal midfielder Palor who joined freely this season.

There is another story about how Palor was able to join Middlesbrough this season as an Arsenal native player.

Real Madrid chairman Perez said that football only has money, and this sentence is not necessarily correct, but for Arsenal midfielder Palor, it seems that it is true. Palor is now in a serious "economic crisis", and all around him seems to be money. Joining Middlesbrough negotiations is because of money, and staying at Arsenal is also for money.

Palor was so down and out because of a lawsuit that ended in July 2004. Half a year ago, Palor's ex-wife Karen's former husband sued Palor in court for failing to fulfill his father's responsibility. Last week, the court ruled that Palor must hand over one-third of his annual salary of 1.2 million to Karen every year, and also hand over two houses worth 1 million pounds and pay 1.25 million pounds of litigation fees. This penalty also set a new high for property compensation in British marriage dispute cases and will become an example of similar cases in the future.

The sudden loss of 2.25 million and the upcoming loss of hundreds of thousands of pounds each year both made Palol heartbroken. To improve this situation, the only solution is to increase income, and transfer is the first way for Palol to consider. Since Arsenal can no longer play as a main position, Palol can only find a better position and a higher weekly salary in other clubs. When Arsenal hinted that it could transfer Palol, many clubs such as Everton and Middlesbrough became interested in the old midfielder. Among them, Middlesbrough's actions

As fast as the coach, McLaren, had already negotiated informally with Palor. But the rumors were suddenly completely denied on Thursday because Palor could make more money by staying at Arsenal. According to Arsenal, the club planned a farewell match for Palor after the end of the 2004/2005 season to recognize his contribution to the club over 13 years. The game is expected to bring Palor 750,000 pounds of income, and for the 31-year-old Palor, this considerable income should never be given up.

However, in the end, the Middlesbrough team had better economic conditions and then got the 31-year-old all-around midfielder.

Ray Palor is a loyal, reliable, tenacious player, a much better player than he has gained.

His signature may be his blonde curly hair. Marco Orvemas called him "romfordpele". He grew up in the youth team and the reserve team and entered the first team in Arsenal in January 1992. This was a fire baptism: Palor was awarded a penalty foul in Anfield's 0:2 loss, but the teenager was not timid and made a comeback. Seven months later, he ran on the same field and Arsenal reversed the score.

George Graham is obviously full of trust in young Palor. This player himself is also suitable for playing in the midfield. He is proud of his diligence and tenacity, which also allows players to perform magic ahead.

But Palol is far more than a tough job, and he reached his peak under Wenger's custody. Some people think that the arrival of the Frenchman in September 1996 would be a precursor to Palol's end of Highbury's career, but it inspired him to show himself on the court, and Palol added extra standards to his game.

He never gave up tackles and always won the ball, which gave Arsenal a perfect balance in the midfield and won the trust of Highbury, but Palor gradually showed that he also had a subtle side. Training and playing with Patrick Vieira and Dennis Borgkamp was undoubtedly helpful to him.

Palor has never scored a large number of goals. In fact, he only scored one goal before Wenger arrived, but he must have the vision to score a beautiful goal. A beautiful hat-trick in Bremen, another hat-trick against Newcastle, and a lightning strike against Valencia in the Champions League match of Highbury. These are unforgettable.

In 2002, he won his second double championship, Palor was more on the bench due to knee trouble and Fred Lungberg's emergence. But he is still a key player of the team, replacing the injured Patrick Vieira in the FA Cup final, defeating Southampton and captain of the team in San Siro's famous 5-1 victory over Inter Milan in the famous 5-1 victory over Inter Milan.

After Palor joined Middlesbrough this season, he became the absolute main force of the team. However, Middlesbrough's performance this season has not improved better because of Palor's joining. Middlesbrough is only ranked eighth in the league.

However, Palor's experience helped the team make better progress in the League Cup, and at the same time, it also brought the experience to Middlesbrough, including Viduka and Hasselbaink on the front line.

However, as an engineer player and suitable, Palor lacks the skill and momentum if he is the commander of the team's midfield, so Middlesbrough's offense mainly relies on players from both sides to cross the ball, and then pass it to two forward players in the penalty area, and then let the two forward players use their personal strength to compete for the header.

This style of play is also very suitable for the two forward players of Middlesbrough team. The two forward players of Middlesbrough team Viduka are the kind of tall and strong forwards.

Haselbaink is a player who is good at stealing points and shooting from a long time. If these two people cooperate well, they can also exert great power. However, since Viduka often suffers from injuries to join Middlesbrough this season, there are not many opportunities for them to cooperate.

With a height of 1.88 meters and a weight of 92 kilograms, such a figure may not be considered a big deal in the rugby arena, but in the football arena, Viduka can be called a "strong man". With such a burly figure and flexible foot skills, he naturally became the offensive core of the Australian team, which uses "long passes and rushes" as the main offensive method. As the oldest and most accomplished player of the team, Viduka has also become the team's spiritual leader unswervingly.

As an outstanding representative of Australian football, Viduka became famous with the Melbourne Cavaliers. In the 1993-1994 season, he scored 18 goals in 22 games, and his outstanding performance also made him the first national team in 1994. Viduka joined the Celtics in the Scottish Premier League in 1998 and was elected as the Footballer of the Scottish Premier League with 24 goals in the 1999-2000 season. His success in Scotland made Viduka

In the summer of 2000, he transferred to the Premier League Leeds United for £6 million, and in the same year he was named Oceania Footballer. In 2001, he helped Leeds United reach the Champions League semi-finals. In 2002-2003, he scored 20 goals in the Premier League. In 2004, due to financial problems, he and his compatriot Harrykewell were sold by the club. After he joined Middlesbrough, he had been fighting against injuries.

The situation of the game between the two sides is also very obvious. Atletico Madrid defends its own half-court defense and then waits for a counterattack. Although Middlesbrough is pushing the attack, it is only a long pass from both wings, and their defense in the middle is still very solid.

There was no more way to fight back and forth between the two sides. The first half ended soon, and the Atletico Madrid fans at Calderon Stadium could also enjoy a short rest. In the first half, the fans at Calderon Stadium were shouting loudly and seemed very excited.

During the halftime, they can go and have some drinks and prepare to continue cheering for the home team in the second half.

Atletico Madrid players were in a very good mood during the halftime break. After all, they felt very relaxed by taking a goal at home, and the heavy burden before the game also suppressed them very much.

However, after Torres scored, Atletico Madrid no longer had the previous psychological pressure. They just needed to defend and then find opportunities to counterattack.

"You did a good job in the first half, there were no loopholes in defense, and they were able to score a goal, which gave us a good situation on the court. We must continue to maintain this momentum in the second half," Cooper said encouragemently to the players after entering the locker room.

"Coach, don't worry, we will work hard," the Atletico Madrid players shouted.

Cooper also nodded with satisfaction. Cooper was quite satisfied with the performance of Atletico Madrid players in the first half. Whether it was his performance on the court or in statistics, it was due to Middlesbrough.

In addition, because Atletico Madrid has five midfielders, it is better than Middlesbrough in interception, and Middlesbrough's long-pass and rushing style has no more good ways for Atletico Madrid.

"Mark, you need to help Velasco defend more in the second half," Cooper said specifically to Mark.

Although Mark successfully suppressed Middlesbrough's left offense in the first half, it was also because Middlesbrough paid too much attention to defending Mark. Cooper was also worried that if Middlesbrough really attacked desperately in the second half, there would be problems with Mark's side.

Although there are great opportunities on both sides when they give up defense, and Atletico Madrid has a greater chance of counterattack, Cooper dare not gamble. There is no so-called gambling in Cooper's dictionary. Cooper's football philosophy is the first priority. He believes that only by maintaining good defense can the team win the game.

Mark also nodded to show his understanding. Mark could still express his understanding of Cooper's football philosophy. Because Mark was a central defender, Mark also accepted a lot of the concept of defensive supremacy before, but because he later came to the Netherlands and passed the change of Dutch football with all attacks and defenses, he had the desire to attack.

However, Mark is not a very selfish player. He is willing to use his selfless spirit to help the team win the game. In Mark's view, winning the game is the most important thing, and anything can be put second.

Cooper said a lot during the half-time break. He also made great demands on the team's defense in the second half, but after all, the half-time break is limited, and the second half will soon be time.

Atletico Madrid players ran back to the stadium to continue the game, while Middlesbrough made a substitution adjustment at the beginning of the second half. Their defensive midfielder Boateng was replaced, and the wing player Downing was on the court.

Cenden replaced Boateng and appeared in the middle of the midfield with Palol. Mark will face a new opponent in the second half.

Downing is a Middlesbrough native. He has been an apprentice in Middlesbrough youth team for many years, but in 2002 he already played for the first team. It was just because of the team's position that he was loaned to Sunderland last season.

This season is the first season of returning from loan period, and Downing quickly occupied the main position of Middlesbrough and squeezed the previous main player Zenden into the middle, which can also show Downing's strength and head coach McLaren's love for him.

He is a player who is born with left foot. His left foot is full of magic and can break through the defense of any defensive player. For Tang Ning, who is the left winger, he can also be a shadow striker.

Moreover, Tangning is a very fast winger, and his speed has even surpassed Centen. In addition, Tangning is about the same age as Mark. Tangning is only twenty years old this year, while Mark is only nineteen years old. These two players are representatives of the new generation of players.

Although Downing's national football is better than Mark's country, it is not a competition of national strength on the stadium, but also a competition of personal skills. The national team played for Milan's team, Liberia, had never participated in the World Cup, and Via did not win the double score of World Footballer and European Footballer.

After the opening, Middlesbrough indeed passed more football to Downing's left. It seems that during the halftime break, Middlesbrough's head coach McLaren should have made arrangements, and it should be for Downing to play against Mark.

Because in the first half, Mark had already paralyzed Middlesbrough's left offense alone, forcing McLaren to use a better way to defend Mark.

The reason why McLaren replaced Downing on the court was that he hoped that Downing could rely on his skills and speed to form an offensive confrontation with Mark. McLaren also decided to give up defense on the wing.

He felt that the only way to get Middlesbrough to defeat Atletico Madrid was to attack, and only crazy attacks on the wing could better defeat the opponent.

McLaren also concluded that Cooper must have been a little unaware of the tactics during the halftime break, because Atletico Madrid led by one goal in the first half, and then he would defend with all his strength in the second half to fight back.

Although Middlesbrough did not have many offensive routines in the first half, McLaren was also very stubborn and believed that Viduka would definitely bring opportunities to Middlesbrough on the front line.

McLaren is a very typical English head coach. He is also confident in England's traditional tactics. Although he has made changes to Middlesbrough's tactical style, he has purchased some technical players and increased ball possession time, but when he is behind in the score, he still hopes to use England's long passes to solve the problem.

After the second half, Tangning indeed caused a lot of trouble to Mark. Tangning's experience was not as rich as Cenden, but his unscrupulous offense also made Mark's defense very troublesome.

In addition, Centen seemed very active after moving to the middle. After Tangning passed the ball to Viduka in the penalty area, Viduka headed the ball back to Centen also made Atletico Madrid's defense a little ugly.

But this is not a problem, because Mark has gradually adapted to Downing's defense twenty minutes after Downing's play. In the 75th minute, Middlesbrough attacked on the left.

After getting the ball from the wing, Downing made a fake move and shook Mark's defense and prepared to make a cross, but Mark did not completely lose his position. Downing was also a little fluttering in the previous few confrontations. He felt that Mark was not that difficult to break through. If the head coach had replaced him on the court, he might have helped the team rewrite the score. After Downing made a fake move, Mark directly tackled the ball and got the football.

"It's broken" Tang Ning thought to himself after being tackled by Mark's ball and others.

However, Mark had already driven the ball towards the front and front court. Tangning rolled and crawled, so he wanted to get up and chase the football under Mark's feet. However, Mark's speed was too fast. After Tangning got up, he was already a long distance away from Mark.

"A good opportunity for Atletico Madrid to counterattack. Middlesbrough has pushed their defense and there are not many people defending." The commentator shouted excitedly after seeing Mark intercept the ball.

After Mark dribbled the ball and advanced on the wing, he soon saw Bates coming over to intercept the ball. Mark did not choose to break through one-on-one with Bates. Mark saw that there was no one around Van der Fate on his side to defend. Mark quickly passed the ball to Van der Fate and then directly inserted into the penalty area.

Two central defenders were guarding Torres in the penalty area of ​​Middlesbrough. After Torres was nailed to the penalty area like a nail, Mark soon rushed into the penalty area of ​​Middlesbrough.

After getting the ball, Van der Fate shook it away and pressed him to continue to attack. Although Palor is an engineer-type midfielder who has been fighting in the Premier League for many years.

However, due to his age, he naturally could not keep up with Van der Fate's speed, so he was left behind by Van der Fate. Van der Fate dribbled the ball and faced the middle-back of the middlesbrough team directly.

One of the two center backs of Middlesbroughs is guarding Torres and the other center back is guarding Mark. They have no time to clone to interfere with Van der Fate. This time, Atletico Madrid's counterattack speed is as fast as a whirlwind.
Chapter completed!