Chapter 226 Halfway Over
At this time, Flores also felt that Mark's header was very dangerous. This may be a kind of intuition from his head coach.
Flores felt that Mark's air control ability and heading strength were very good, and this time Mark's header had already surpassed the goalkeeper. At this time, the only thing that could stop Mark's score should be the crossbar, but can the crossbar really block Mark's shot?
The answer is yes.
"Boom!!" Mark's header shot hit the crossbar hard on the goal. This time Mark's header was actually blocked by the crossbar.
"Oh!!" A lingering scream came out on the court. Most of the voices came from Getafe fans.
The fans of Atletico Madrid are more regretful. They think it is too inappropriate for Mark to score this time, because Atletico Madrid has too few opportunities in this game, and finally got such a threatening header opportunity but failed to rewrite the score for the team.
"Look," a fan shouted.
It turned out that although Mark's header shot this time hit the crossbar of the goal, it did not bounce out of the bottom line. The football bounced back into the penalty area, and the landing point of the football flew towards Mark.
At this time, the Getafe goalkeeper was on the ground, and he could not get up at all. If Mark could seize this opportunity, Mark would definitely have a chance to help the team rewrite the score.
Mark flew straight up when he saw the football flying towards him, but at this time the Getafe central defender also stretched out his feet behind Mark to prepare for clearance.
If Prideau clearance ball this time, it would hit Mark directly, but Mark would not care about these things. Mark looked at the football at this time. What Mark had to do was to get the football directly into the goal.
Mark flew out all of a sudden, and Mark was preparing to head the ball again and again. Mark's eyes were staring at the football at this time. Mark saw him lifting the football and getting closer and closer.
But at this time Puredo's foot also flew over. He wanted to clear the ball. The goals of both sides were not the same. It depends on who the players on both sides were one step faster.
If Mark can beat football at this time, he should definitely help Atletico Madrid rewrite the score this time.
By then, Mark would always pay attention to Pride's feet, because Mark had already felt a black object coming towards his face in his aftermath.
But Mark knew that he could not avoid this time. If he instinctively avoided this fight, he would have lost such an excellent opportunity to score.
"The opportunities are all made, and they are made," Mark thought in his heart.
At the same time, Mark's head was pressed heavily towards the football, and then Mark's whole body flew up and flew into the goal with the football.
Pride's foot kicked Mark directly, but fortunately, Mark's pushing ball this time was very fast and his body had moved forward.
In addition, Mark's body also had a side-facing protection movement. This time Pride only kicked Mark's arm, but did not hit Mark's face.
"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!" Mark and the football rolled directly into the goal.
The referee pointed his hand at the midfield and signaled that the goal was valid. Atletico Madrid finally took the lead in the score.
But after Mark flew into the goal, he fell to the ground, and Mark did not get up for a long time. Atletico Madrid players were going to come up to congratulate Mark on this goal.
But they found that Mark had not gotten up for a long time this time, and the Atletico Madrid players felt very bad in their hearts. It seemed that Mark should be injured.
Otherwise, Mark would not have risen at this time. Moreover, many Atletico Madrid players saw Mark scrambling for the header. They all felt that Mark's scrambling just now was too dangerous.
"Get out of here, you butcher." Torres was closest to Mark, so he ran directly to Mark, and he also pushed Pride hard.
After just grabbing the ball, he knew that Mark must have been injured. From the instinct of a professional player, Mark should have been injured because he clearly felt that his feet had contact with Mark's body.
But he didn't know where he was in contact with Mark. He came over to ask about Mark's injury, but Torres pushed it away directly.
Puredo actually had no malice. This was a reaction from his instinct at that time. After all, he was a central defender. His responsibilities and tasks were to destroy the football and not let the football fly into the goal, although he knew that what he had just made was a dangerous move.
But if he doesn't clear the ball because of dangerous actions, such a thing is obviously unreasonable. He did not bet on the game, so he naturally did not want the team to lose.
"I just want to see how he is, I didn't mean it," said Prideo with dissatisfaction after being pushed away by Torres.
The two soon got entangled together, and at the same time, the players from both sides gathered more and more, as if both sides were going to have a big fight because of Mark's injury.
"Die Di" referee stopped the game at this time and separated the players from both sides. He asked the players from both sides to maintain a calm attitude. First of all, we must confirm Mark's injury. That is important.
Mark was lying on the ground motionless at this time, but Mark was not injured, because although Pride just now kicked Mark, Mark had a magical necklace, and this little injury did not affect him.
Mark was scared at this time because Prideau's feet just now were very close to his face. Mark was very focused at that time, so he did not think of what happened next.
But after scoring the goal, Mark seemed to suddenly calm down. Mark felt that it was really too dangerous just now. If he wasn't so fast just now, once he really kicked his face or eyes, Mark didn't know what the consequences would be, although Mark also knew that the necklace would repair his body.
But does the body include **? Mark does not lack people in this regard, so Mark is also lying on the ground and thinking. Such a move makes everyone mistakenly think that Mark is injured.
"How are you? Do you want the team doctor to play?" the referee asked next to Mark.
"It's okay, no need." Mark stood up after hearing the referee's voice, and then said to the referee: "I have nothing to do, it wasn't him intentionally just now."
When the referee heard Mark say this, he directly asked the players of both sides to separate and continue the game. At this time, the players of Atletico Madrid have not celebrated yet. What these players are more concerned about is Mark's physical condition.
"How is Mark?" Many players ran to Mark and asked at him.
Mark shook his head and said it was okay, and hugged the players to celebrate. Atletico Madrid fans in the stands were also excited. They sang Atletico Madrid songs and shouted Mark's name. These fans were also worried about Mark just now.
But after they saw Mark stand up alive, they felt that there was nothing to worry about, so they became active in the stands.
In this game, Atletico Madrid scored a goal and took the initiative in the field, because Getafe's forward is really not the opponent of Atletico Madrid's defender.
"Mark, I didn't mean it just now. You know, as a defender, I have to clear the ball just now. Even if it is a dangerous move, I want to do it, so I hope you can understand." When Pride saw Mark walking towards the half, he ran over and said to Mark.
"It's nothing, if I had done that at that time, I would have done that." Mark didn't blame Pledo at all.
Because Mark also played as a central defender, Mark naturally knew that his responsibility was to clear the football out of the penalty area, so he felt that if he was in that environment, he would have done that way. Therefore, what Mark said was not what comforted Pride, but was entirely from Mark's truth.
After hearing Mark's words, Prideau also put his heart in his stomach, because there was no hatred between him and Mark. In this game, he just wanted to defeat Mark in competition. He had no intention of making a black foot on Mark, so he was very upset about the foul just now. He didn't expect Mark to be so generous.
Mark quickly walked towards his side within halftime. Mark's goal not only made his teammates and fans feel at ease, but also made head coach Cooper feel at ease.
Cooper felt that if Mark could score such a goal, the next game would be easier, so Atletico Madrid could also fight their defensive counterattack.
However, in sharp contrast to Cooper's relaxed mood, Getafe's head coach Flores, who had just seen Mark's header hit the crossbar and was somewhat grateful because Mark was unable to score the football into the goal.
But Flores found that Mark's second reaction was so fast, and he directly pushed the ball into the goal regardless of his injury. Mark's goal also made Flores a little anxious.
After all, the entire game has been going on for nearly seventy minutes at this time. If Flores does not respond at this time, Getafe's team would be in danger.
But this is also a kind of gambling. Naturally, if the Getafe players can burst into their peak state, they may be able to tie the score.
But Flores is not very optimistic about this, because it is not under an attack, but under Atletico Madrid's counterattack.
Getafe himself is not strong in positional offense. They rely more on the players' personal abilities to fight defensively and counterattack, and then use their opponent's negligence to score.
It would be very difficult if Atletico Madrid scored under defensive conditions, but Flores was still a very decisive head coach and he quickly sent offensive players.
Flores directly replaced a forward and an offensive midfielder.
At the same time, he also replaced a midfielder and another offensive midfielder, which is also a signal to strengthen the offense. He replaced the player with a poor physical condition before and replaced the offensive player with good physical condition next to the defense line of Atletico Madrid.
In fact, a one-to-zero score is the most unstable, because accidents may occur at any time in the game, and a one-to-zero score can bring more hope to the opponent, because if the opponent can only get in with one shot, the score can be equalized.
However, Getafe's offense was not ideal under Atletico Madrid's strong defense. Cooper also replaced Salva on the court and replaced Torres, because Torres' physical condition recently was not very ideal.
Salva is replaced by hoping that Salva can hold more balls in the frontcourt and wait for Atletico Madrid players to fight back.
Such a tactical style is also a typical tactic of defensive counterattack. If a center is placed in the front court, the center does not need to be fast, but it must be able to hold the ball. When counterattacking, it depends on the running of players on both wings and the insertion of players in the back volleyball team.
Atletico Madrid has basically no offensive players on both wings, and the defensive formation of the five defenders also limits the speed of Atletico Madrid's counterattack.
But they are powerful all-around players like Mark. Mark's ability to plug in the back row is very strong. As long as Mark can seize such an opportunity, Atletico Madrid can also lock in the victory.
This situation is very interesting. This situation is exactly the opposite of the situation of both sides before. Atletico Madrid attacked Getafe, and Getafe fought back.
At this time, Getafe was attacking around Atletico Madrid, and Atletico Madrid fought back. The football game was so interesting. The offensive and defensive states of both sides would change at any time according to the form on the field.
In the 80th minute, Getafe's ball on the side, but the pass was directly pushed out of the penalty area by Baboro, and then Van der Fate got the football.
After Van der Fate kicked off, he passed the ball to Mark. After Mark got the ball, he passed it to Salva, and then Mark ran forward, and Salva soon passed the ball to Van der Fate again.
Van der Fate dribbled the ball and started running wildly, and at this time Getafe had only one midfielder, so his interception ability against Van der Fate also decreased. This should be the best opportunity Van der Fate in this game.
He quickly passed the midfielder who was defending him and continued to dribble the ball. At this time, Mascherano and Lusin also rushed up.
Atletico Madrid quickly formed a situation of five-on-four, with Getafe's two centre-backs marking Salva and the other preparing to mark Mark.
But Mark's position is a bit erratic, and it is not easy for all central defenders to keep a guard against Mark, and he also has some concerns about Mark's ability to start.
In this situation, Van der Fate did not pass it to Mark or Salva because he felt that his chance to dribble the ball forward was even greater at this time.
Mark obviously saw Van der Fate's idea, and soon Mark and Salva began to pull the side, and at the same time took away the two Getafe central defenders who were guarding them.
Getafe's central defender did not go to mark after seeing Mark move, and he handed over the task of marking Mark to their full-back.
It was just such a move that led to the next big disaster. Van der Fate saw that Mark had a chance and he was very keen to pass the football to Mark.
Mark received the ball in the gap between Getafe's central defender and full-back and then took a kick. Getafe's goalkeeper also responded very quickly, and he decisively saved Mark's shot.
But at this time, Getafe's central defender had lost their position, giving Salva a good chance. Salva scored a goal in the penalty area.
"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!" Salva scored a substitute in this game.
"I finally scored the goal, haha!!!" Salva was also very happy after scoring the goal, because this goal was scored by him after Atletico Madrid introduced Portillo.
However, Portilo did not score in this game, which also made Salva feel that he had a certain advantage in the competition for the main position.
Salva's goal also allowed Atletico Madrid to completely lock in the victory of this game, because there are still ten minutes left in the game, and if Getafe wants to score two goals in a row, it will be almost impossible to complete the task.
The Getafe team is not as powerful as that, so they naturally cannot have such powerful attack capabilities.
Mark also cooperated and shouted. Although Atletico Madrid also got several opportunities in the next ten minutes, the score could not be rewritten.
Atletico Madrid won the same-city derby away after the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.
Atletico Madrid also completed the half-time competition. In the nineteen rounds of the game, Atletico Madrid also scored 38 points, ranking second, and the gap with Barcelona was five points.
Chapter completed!