Chapter 243: Challenging the Galaxy Battleship (3)
"Ronaldo! Shoot!" After seeing Ronaldo break through Ledley King's defense like a wooden stake and almost penetrate Cech's ten fingers with a shot, the Real Madrid commentator sighed with regret, "Ronnie is really unlucky, he is only a few centimeters away from scoring the first goal of the game for Real Madrid." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć It is a pity that God did not favor Real Madrid and Ronaldo this time, but helped Tottenham Hotspur and let the post block Ronaldo's shot. ā
On the other side, seeing the ball shot by Ronaldo fly out of the bottom line after hitting the goal post, George, who was standing on the sidelines and commanding the overall situation, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. He was really worried that his door would be breached by Ronaldo, and then Tottenham's situation on the pitch would become quite passive.
Although it was a chance for Tottenham to win the game by withstanding Real Madrid's offensive in the opening stage and holding on until the opponent's physical strength was unsustainable, it was only when it was time to actually operate that George and the Spurs players realized that the difficulty of completing this goal was really not ordinary. Not to mention anything else, in the absence of physical problems, Real Madrid alone with the three superstars of Zidane, Figo and Ronaldo in the front court is enough to cause extremely huge trouble to Tottenham's defense!
For example, in the attack just now, Figo diverted the attention of Alonso and Evra on the right side, and Zidane, who held the ball, attracted Vidic and Mascherano to cover the defense, and then seized the gap exposed by the Tottenham backline to pass Ronaldo, creating a one-on-one chance for the aliens to go head-to-head with Ledley King!
If it weren't for Zidane's ability to change the trend of the game in an instant, so that the inexperienced Mascherano and others would have dispersed the defence, then Tottenham's carefully crafted Allegri backline would not have allowed Ronaldo such a good opportunity!
Seeing Zidane and other superstars have such a wonderful performance after the opening, Real Madrid fans are naturally extremely satisfied. As soon as they were in a good mood, they spontaneously began to cheer for the Real Madrid players in the stands - and of course, if the team's performance in the game did not suit their hearts, the Real Madrid fans would cheer for their own players as well.
The cheers from the stands boosted the morale of the Real Madrid players, making them as excited as if they had beaten the blood, and the attack was even higher and higher, and it seemed that they could break through Tottenham's door at any time. These conditions have almost multiplied the defensive pressure on Tottenham players during this period!
However, although Tottenham Hotspur was very passive during this period, they did not blindly shrink at the back at the expense of attack. With Alonso as a top-level midfielder, and Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo roaming up front, Tottenham naturally has no reason not to play Real Madrid's quick counter-attack. Not to mention, the current Real Madrid has an extremely serious problem of heavy offense and light defense, Carlos, who is old and old, can no longer return to defense as quickly as he did when he was young, and the two main central defenders Samuel and Elgra have a stubborn problem of slow return to defense!
If the players he has carefully selected and developed cannot even grasp these obvious weaknesses in Real Madrid, then it will be necessary for George to consider changing the team in the next transfer window.
To George's satisfaction, the Tottenham players lived up to his expectations. In the face of Real Madrid's increasing offensive, they stubbornly withstood the pressure, and at the same time seized the opportunity of Real Madrid's big attack from time to time to launch a long counterattack, so that the home team did not dare to further press the formation.
After the Tottenham players fought hard to withstand Real Madrid's onslaught in the opening stage, as time went by and the game deepened, the physical fitness of the Real Madrid players began to gradually become unsustainable, and the morale also fell because of the long-term inability to attack. The double decline in fitness and morale has made Real Madrid's offensive less sharp and dangerous than it was in the first 20 minutes of the game!
It's no surprise that Real Madrid will have fitness problems so early. You must know that Zidane, Figo and Carlos are all veterans who are over 30 years old, and their physical fitness is no longer as good as when they were at their peak, and Ronaldo, who is getting fatter and fatter after the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, also has similar problems when he evolves from "alien" to "fat". So, it's impossible for them to guarantee that they'll be fully committed at all times for 90 minutes!
As a future world-class playmaker, Alonso is naturally keenly aware of these changes at Real Madrid. So, in the twenty-fifth minute of the game, he seized the opportunity of Zidane's pass to be tackled by Mascherano and sent a precise long pass over the top directly to Robben's position!
After receiving Alonso's long pass, Robben did not hesitate at all, and immediately took the ball and launched an attack towards the door of Real Madrid!
Here, by the way, when instigating a quick counterattack and choosing the direction of attack, Alonso secretly played a trick. The Spaniard remembers George's pre-match instructions not to choose the side of Carlos, which looked like it was easier to create a counter-attacking opportunity, but cleverly handed the ball to Robben and let Peter Pan attack Salgado's right side of defence!
Although Robert Carlos, who will turn 32 years old in a little more than a month, is no longer as able to take care of both offensive and defensive ends as he was two years ago, the decline in fitness and speed has made the defensive vacuum left by the Brazilian insert in the attack continues to increase, but in today's game, Salgado's right side is the real fatal wound in Real Madrid's backline!
The reason why I say this is because unlike everyone else, Salgado came into play with an injury in this game. The old injury to his right knee severely limited his speed and explosiveness, making it impossible for him to defend with all his strength. Especially when defending a player like Robben who is good at speed, Salgado, who is injured, has no way at all!
Sure enough, in the face of Robben's impact, the Real Madrid No. 2 simply couldn't keep up with the speed of the Dutch Peter Pan. Robben made a simple emergency stop change of direction, and left Salgado far behind, single-handedly!
Next, in the face of Casillas, who took the initiative to attack and tried to block the angle of the shot, Robben deftly flicked the ball with his left foot, easily broke through the defense of the Spanish goalkeeper, and then directly pushed the empty goal!
In the first leg of the Champions Cup quarterfinals, Tottenham, who were not favored before the game, took advantage of a quick counterattack opportunity to take the lead in breaking through the door of the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid!
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