Chapter 520： Moscow's severe cold

Chapter 520 The Severe Cold in Moscow

After the 22nd round of the league, Atletico Madrid ushered in a league away game!

They challenged Racing Santander away.

Since Atletico Madrid was drawn by CSKA Moscow in the Champions League round of 16 draws, in order to prepare for the difficult Russian away game four days later, Atletico Madrid made a substantial rotation in this game.

Despite this, Atletico Madrid still achieved a victory away.

With Mario Suarez's header in the 78th minute of the second half, Atletico Madrid defeated Atlético de Santander 1-0 and continued to maintain their unbeaten momentum. Their unbeaten record has extended to sixth. Eleven games!

After the game, Atletico Madrid immediately flew to Moscow.

Russia's away game has always been a nightmare for Western European teams.

Especially for the teams from the warm Iberian Peninsula, they are located in the southern tip of Europe, and the minimum temperature does not fall below zero every year. At this time in Russia, temperatures of more than ten degrees below zero are just the most common routine.

Ice, snow and severe cold, all of which are no small tests for the South team.

Historically, Russian teams have repeatedly defeated giants from the west by relying on the cold weather at home. It's like they repeatedly used the winter cold to repel foreign enemies in their history.

Even Napoleon lost his soldiers and soldiers in the severe cold.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Manchester United and other European giants, when they play away in Russia, they lose more and lose less. Especially at a time like February, Russia at this time is freezing and freezing. .

This was felt by the Atletico Madrid players when they stepped off the plane at Moscow Airport.

Although they had put on thick lint coats early, every player, including the coaches, wrapped themselves tightly.

But the moment they got off the plane, almost every player shuddered.

Even Gao Bo couldn't stand the severe cold weather.

He is also a Southerner-of course the South of China.

Guangdong is considered to be one of the southernmost provinces in China-of course, Hainan is even more southern than them. However, since Hainan was also part of Guangdong in the past, traditionally, Guangdong people have a concept-except for brother provinces People in Guangxi and other provinces are from the north.

Although the latitude of Guangdong is similar to that of Spain, compared to the winter temperature, Guangdong is actually much colder than Spain.

Affected by the warm and humid Atlantic current, Spain is a place where you don't have to wear winter clothes all year round.

Gao Bo's nose and hair are red, not to mention a group of Atletico Madrid players who live in Spain all the year round.

Some of them wrapped their coats tightly with their hands, some rubbed their hands, ignoring the microphones and cameras of the surrounding reporters, and quickly stepped onto the bus waiting outside the airport.

There is heating on the bus. This is what the players need most at this time.

Almost every player who got on the bus breathed a sigh of relief.

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The trembling figures of the Atletico Madrid players after getting off the plane were recorded by the Russians and then put on the TV station.

"The Spaniards can't adapt to the climate here. Looking at the performance of their players, we know that CSKA Moscow will once again win a battle against Western giants at home! The weather forecast shows that the temperature will be better the day after tomorrow. Today is even lower. This is a great opportunity for CSKA Moscow. If it can take this opportunity to score as many goals as possible and defeat Atletico Madrid, CSKA Moscow may be able to eliminate Atletico Madrid and enter the Champions League quarter-finals. !!!"

On a local TV station in Moscow, a host said so.

In fact, what he said is right, the cold weather is indeed a big challenge for Atletico Madrid.

On the second day of training, the players first jogged to warm up and then took off their jackets. Almost everyone was breathing white, as if submerged in smoke.

After a training session, the players' cheeks and noses were red with cold. Gao Bo had to urgently instruct the logistics staff to buy a large number of masks and warm hats in Moscow.

When the players were training, Gao Bo frowned.

Under this kind of weather, it is difficult for the players to come up with a 100% condition-in fact, if they can have a 50% condition, Gao Bo is very satisfied.

In the afternoon, the team went to CSKA Moscow’s home field, the CSKA Arena for training.

Here, Gao Bo looked even more solemn.

He walked to the center of the court, squatted down and pressed the playing field with his hands!

"The court is very hard, this is an artificial grass court!"

Moya came up behind him, his face also frowned.

Gao Bo grabbed a handful of rubber pellets from the court.

The rubber particles slipped from his fingers like sand.

"With this kind of stadium environment and weather, I'm afraid it's easy to get injured..." Gao Bo shook his head. "In this game, we need to keep playing, not to make the game fierce, even if it is a draw or even a small loss. Opponents are not a big deal. Our goal in this game is not to have injuries or to lose, and not to lose by a big score!"

Mo Xie nodded when Gao Bo stopped.

CSKA Moscow is not a strong team, they rely on the harsh environment at home.

Therefore, the away game Atletico Madrid can't afford to work hard against the opponent in such an environment. Anyway, the Champions League knockout matches are two rounds. At home, Atletico Madrid will teach CSKA Moscow to be a man.

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On the second day of the game, when the players on both sides were in the player channel, they could see the difference between the two teams.

Atletico Madrid players are all wrapped in thick cotton coats, while on the other side, CSKA Moscow players just add a piece of thermal sports underwear to the short-sleeved jersey.

Before the two teams enter the field, they can see the different degrees of adaptation to such a cold climate.

Gao Bo and his coaching staff looked at the stands.

In the stands, the Russian fans were even more sturdy. Many people took off their shirts, shirtless, and shouted while waving their clothes.

Lin Sen was stunned as he wrapped his coat tightly.

"This old Maozi is really not afraid of cold..."

Gao Bo smiled.

"They can only do this for a while, and teach them again when we are at our home court!!"

Then he sat back on the coach's bench.

.......

The game was very boring. Atletico Madrid controlled the ball and slowed down the pace as much as possible.

The CSKA Moscow players were very excited. They carried out a very high pressure on the court in an attempt to bring the rhythm of the game.

In such a venue environment, Atletico Madrid's control has dropped significantly.

CSKA Moscow’s offensive was wave after wave. In this case, Atletico Madrid could only shrink the half-court defense.

Gao Bo has already anticipated this situation. He has a defensive formation on the starting list.

Diego Costa is alone in front, and next to him is Aguero.

In the midfield, Kanter, Gabi, Mario Suarez, and Modric started.

As for Griezmann, the French boy is sitting on the bench and constantly rubbing his hands.

His ears were flushed with cold.

On the court, Atletico Madrid even fell into a siege situation.

But until the end of the first half, CSKA Moscow failed to score.

In the second half of the game, Atletico Madrid also made a defensive posture.

Cork replaced Aguero, and Gao Bo continued to increase his number in the midfield.

By more than 80 minutes, the score on the court was still zero to zero.

For this situation, Gao Bo is still acceptable.

Zero to zero away, back to Calderon, he will never give CSKA Moscow any chance.

CSKA Moscow obviously knows this too. If they want to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, at least they have to win at home!

Right now, the time and place are on their side. If they can't win, the quarter-finals of the Champions League will definitely miss CSKA Moscow.

And in the eighty-ninth minute of the game, after high center Dombia grabbed the high point, he gave the top of the ball to the Russian star Zagoev, known as the "New Tsar"!

Zagoyev's volley after stopping the ball from the penalty zone line penetrated the Atletico Madrid goal.

Atletico Madrid defended most of the game and was eventually scored by CSKA Moscow.

This goal made some changes in the two rounds of the game.

At least the Russian commentator was quite excited: "Zagoyev's goal gave CSKA Moscow the hope of qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals!!"

In the CSKA Arena, the Russians are completely crazy!

As the Russian commentator said, this goal really gave CSKA Moscow the hope of promotion.

Zagoev's goalkeeper allowed CSKA Moscow to beat Atletico Madrid one-to-zero at home.

In the two rounds of the contest, CSKA Moscow won the first round and had not yet allowed Atletico Madrid to score an away goal. It seems that this score is very favorable for them.

Gao Bo shook his head slightly when the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

In fact, he had already expected the result of such a game.

The severe cold weather and the extremely unsuitable artificial turf field created considerable difficulties for Atletico Madrid.

Just losing a ball is still acceptable for the team.

At their home court, Atletico Madrid has absolute confidence.

The CSKA Moscow is only able to rely on the Russian environment to be fierce at home. In Spain, their strength may not even be considered second-rate!