Chapter 251: Tenacious Real Madrid

Seeing Klose shoot the ball into the door of Real Madrid, referee Frisker first glanced at the linesman and confirmed that the German was not in an offside position when receiving Ronaldo's pass, then raised his right hand and pointed to the center circle of the field, announcing that the goal was valid, and Tottenham led 1-0!

As Frisker signaled that Klose's goal was valid, the stands at White Hart Lane Stadium burst into thunderous applause and loud cheers. Because of Klose's goal, www.biquge.info helped Tottenham further consolidate the lead, and at the same time, it completely forced Real Madrid, the luxurious galaxy battleship, to the edge of the cliff!

That's because, after Klose scored a goal, Tottenham Hotspur was already 4-1 ahead of Real Madrid on aggregate. So, this means that if Real Madrid are to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after this game, they will have to score at least three goals in less than an hour left!

For Real Madrid, it was clearly an almost impossible task. Not to mention that after playing for most of the season, these superstars of Real Madrid have now reached the limit, and they simply do not have enough physical strength to support them to continue to break out in this game.

You know, since the start of this season, Tottenham have only been beaten twice by their opponents in four games, and more than three of them were only the League Cup quarter-final against Liverpool, which was due to George sending a full bench lineup in that game. Therefore, Real Madrid's goal of "scoring more than three goals in a row in the next time, while not allowing Tottenham to continue to score", is undoubtedly a dream!

However, although the hopes of promotion were already extremely slim because of Klose's goal, the Real Madrid players did not give up on the game. After the restart, they continued to attack the Tottenham door under the command of Zinedine Zidane!

Even if you fall, you must fall on the road of charging! This is the only thought in the hearts of all Real Madrid players at this moment!

"It seems that I really can't believe what those media say. Real Madrid are obviously a very cohesive team, and they are also full of hunger for championship glory. How did it come to their mouths and become a performance team that only knows how to put on a commercial show?" George naturally appreciates the fighting spirit and tenacity shown by Real Madrid players in extremely unfavorable situations, "But then again, Florentino is really a little crazy in superstar strategy. The Real Madrid team that won the Champions Cup in 02 is already strong and reasonable enough in terms of configuration, and then it just needs to be updated step by step. As a result, he had to sign Ronaldo from Inter Milan and drove away Hierro, Bosque and Makellele, which not only upset the balance in the team, but also threw Raul out of shape. ”

It's hard to say what type of player Raul is. As a winger, he lacks the speed of Arjen Robben and Overmars, as a centre-forward, he does not have the physicality of Morientes and Vieri, as a shadow striker, he does not have the keen sense of goal like Inzaghi, and as a midfielder, Raul lacks the ability to sort out and organise attacks like Zinedine Zidane and Belleron. As a result, in George's view, Raul is more of the traditional Italian number nine and a half player – with excellent scoring and lethal passing ability, often delivering brilliant goals and assists, weak physical confrontation, a strong center to protect him, and plenty of space and attacking freedom on the pitch.

As we all know, the most feared thing about this type of player is that there is a classical forward behind him to share the organizational power in his hands, and at the same time, there is a shooter with weak ball awareness in the front court to squeeze his living space.

The most typical example is Roberto Baggio, who transferred from Juventus to AC Milan that year. In addition to not being appreciated by manager Fabio Capello, another important reason why the Prince of Melancholy did not have a happy time at the San Siro was that the Rossoneri were in charge of Savicevic and Boban at the time, and goals were scored by goalscorers such as Weah and Marco Simeone. As a result of this, Baggio, who is a classic nine and a half, has little opportunity to perform at AC Milan - all the work he can do is shared by other players, and he has no core treatment, so it is natural that he will not play well.

Another case in point is the zebra prince del Pierrot. Although he and Philippe Inzaghi scored 39 goals in the league and 16 in the Champions League in the 97-98 season, by the time Prince Bianconeri returned from a serious injury, there was no room for Pierrot to survive. And Pippo, who carried the banner of the Bianconeri's attack, was unwilling to continue to share the ball with Pierrot, and often chose to end the attack himself, resulting in the latter being in a state of goal drought for a long time.

If it weren't for the old Agnelli supporting Pierrot and sending Inzaghi away for this, allowing Lippi to rebuild the attacking system around Prince Zebra, I am afraid that Pierrot's fate would never be much better than that of Baggio back then.

Unfortunately, after Zidane and Ronaldo joined Real Madrid one after another, Raul actually got both elements together - The arrival of Zizou made Real Madrid quickly change from a team dominated by wing attacks to a team that advanced from the middle of the road, which greatly squeezed Raul's activity space at the same time, and also robbed the frontcourt organization rights that originally belonged to the Lord of the Rings;

In the case that the territory that originally belonged to him was seriously encroached upon, and he could only find scoring opportunities through running and cooperation, Raul's competitive state can be imagined.

However, despite his poor form, Raul showed some sharpness in this game - in the 51st minute, Alonso was stealing the ball at the feet of Graveson when he pressed forward to attack, and Figo instigated a counter-attack with a 50-metre long pass from the back. Raul, who received Figo's long pass on the left side of the front, faced Vidic, who returned to the defense in time, and calmly picked the ball to Ronaldo, who was inserted!

Although Ronaldo is no longer the alien who can single-handedly overturn the opponent's entire backline, he is still one of the best strikers in football today. After receiving Raul's cross, Ronaldo used his trademark pendulum dribble to break through Ledley King's defence, and then slotted home before Cech could make a block!

After missing a good chance to score in the first half, Ronaldo finally seized the opportunity this time to help Real Madrid equalize!

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