Chapter 308: Football Matches, The Most Important Thing Is Confidence!
The Real Madrid players were doing their job, and they were like a well-equipped and well-oiled machine, launching wave after wave of fierce attacks towards the heart of Dortmund's defense amid the cheers of more than 90,000 Real Madrid fans in attendance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Jurgen Klopp paced back and forth in the visitors' coaching area, and from time to time he walked to the dugout to chat with assistant coach Gerliko Bouácz.
Clearly, he wanted to get out of this predicament.
Playing away from home, there will definitely be problems if this situation continues.
Tang Zheng's ability to read the game is the most profound in the face of the team's predicament, and he tries to slow down the forward speed of Real Madrid's midfield through his wide range of runs.
The results were good at first, with Mesut Ozil and Luka Modric having a relatively difficult time to get on the ball and it took time to get to the front of the pitch.
But Real Madrid were quick to adjust, no longer relying on ground attacks to move forward, but instead sending long balls directly to Di Maria or Cristiano Ronaldo on the wing.
Whether it's Xavi Alonso, Luka Modric or Mesut Ozil, they all have a strong ability to play long balls.
Muhammad's counter-attacks are all about efficiency, and ground advancement is contrary to his tactical philosophy.
Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid didn't play the dazzling ground attack of Barcelona, but each highly efficient and quick counter-attack always got the adrenaline rush of the discerning Real Madrid fans.
Due to Tang Zheng's limited position, Real Madrid's quick counter-attacks limited Ozil and Modric at best, and Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo could not help on the wings.
At this time, the flaws of the back-to-back combination of Kyle and Pirlo are infinitely magnified.
Kyle's defensive hardness and movement are okay, but Pirlo's style of play is soft and his inclination is insufficient.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria both have super breakthrough ability and endurance on the wings, and many times even the two players can't interfere with them too much.
So Dortmund looks very dangerous in the process of switching from attack to defense.
In the 33rd minute, Xavi Alonso won the ball in the 30-metre area of his own defense and played a long ball directly to the left side of the attack, and Cristiano Ronaldo unloaded the ball with his chest as he ran forward.
Piszczek was very nervous and his confidence was frustrated by Cristiano Ronaldo twice in the last few minutes.
"This is a good opportunity for Real Madrid to counterattack!" the Spanish national TV commentator excitedly shouted: "Cristiano Ronaldo! speed up over him!
At that, he sighed because Hummels, who had come over to make up the defense, was very decisive and his sliding tackle kicked the ball off the right touchline.
Arbeloa threw a touchline ball from the left flank near the baseline, and Higuain kept the ball straight to Arbeloa.
Piszczek hurriedly approached Abeloa, who picked up his right foot and crossed it, and the ball hit him right in the chest and bounced towards the baseline.
Corner kick.
The live director gave two close-ups very meaningfully, one is Tang Zheng and the other is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Sure enough!
The two came from different directions and finally gathered at one point.
Tang Zheng defends Cristiano Ronaldo.
British Sky commentator Andy Gray turned his head to look at his old partner Martin Taylor: "Do you think which of the two of them will finally be able to grab the landing spot?"
"I'm telling my dear that my answer will always be Don!" Martin Taylor said with his fists raised.
Real Madrid manager, meanwhile, Jose Mourinho, stood on the sidelines and was looking forward to the corner.
Since the positional attack cannot make a real threat, one can only expect a set-piece attack.
Of course, a little luck is needed.
Moments later, Mesut Ozil whipped in a corner from the left and the ball was played from the outside in.
Goalkeeper Weidenfeller was very difficult to deal with, so he gave up the intention of attacking and taking the ball and stood in front of the goal.
The football flew to the center of the penalty area, Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo leaned on their shoulders and made small movements to each other, but neither of them reached the football, and the football was pushed out of the penalty area by Subotic, who suddenly came out of the small penalty area.
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The ball was pushed out by Subotic, but the alarm was not lifted, and the ball flew to Real Madrid player Di Maria outside the box to protect him.
"Get out and get out!!"
Tang Zheng had a wide field of vision, and hurriedly raised his voice to remind his teammates to move forward quickly and create an offside position for the Real Madrid players.
As long as Di Maria, who receives the ball, passes, it is absolutely offside.
However, Di Maria had no intention of passing the ball, he took the initiative to meet the football, picked up his left foot and shot with a blast, and tried his luck.
Players on both sides are withdrawing from the penalty area at this time, which means that there are people inside and outside the penalty area, and more than 90% of Di Maria's forced shots will be high above the crossbar or hit the 'human wall'.
If you want to pose a threat to Weidenfeller's goal, unless the quality is particularly high.
Of course, Di Maria's shots are not of high quality,
The ball hit the blocked Royce and bounced towards the area controlled by Abeloa, who were attacking the 40-metre zone.
In order not to delay the fighter, Abeloa passed the ball directly to Ozil, who took a corner kick but deliberately kept his distance from the last defender of the Dortmund defence.
Schmelzer, who was dragging behind him, raised his right arm and turned his head to look at the assistant referee, and hurriedly ran into the penalty area after seeing that the opponent did not say anything.
Tang Zheng immediately looked for Cristiano Ronaldo, and then the two of them both ran forward.
Other Borussia Dortmund players didn't have the bother to look for opponents to defend from corners and they adopted the principle of proximity.
Mesut Ozil took two steps, glanced in the direction of the penalty area, and then picked up his left foot.
Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo stopped at the same time because the ball did not fly to the near end of the goal, but to the far end.
The sound of the Santiago Bernabeu pitch suddenly rising again suddenly fell, and the direct confrontation between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo can often give their adrenaline rush.
The ball continued to fly, and the live broadcast camera flicked to the far end of the goal.
I saw the bald Pepe and Hummels jumping at the same time, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Pepe, who was in the middle of the position, was obviously more dominant!
"Whoa—"
So once again, the Bernabeu stadium resounded with deafening chanting, and the home fans cheered on Pepe's tussle.
People are to have hope.
Otherwise, what's the difference with a salted fish?
Pepe and Hummels both jumped very high, but Pepejiang was even hotter, and he had a small movement at the moment of jumping, which caused Hummels to be at a disadvantage in the air confrontation.
Taking advantage of Hummels' inability to interfere, Pepe met the ball on the edge of the six-yard penalty line and the ball flew towards goal.
Goalkeeper Weidenfeller's body subconsciously fell to the right, and at the same time extended his right hand to block.
But Pepe's top ball was so powerful that he didn't touch the football......
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"Whoa—"
With Pepe's powerful header crashing into the snow-white net, the shouts created by the Bernabeu Stadium poured down like a mountain and tsunami, sweeping the stadium with lightning speed.
Coach Jose Mourinho was very excited, raising his arms and shouting as if he was venting something.
Klopp sighed, shook his head and smiled wryly.
But he quickly collected his mood and clapped his hands hard at the players who were not in a good mood on the field, cheering them on and encouraging them.
At this time, what the players on the field need is not criticism and abuse, but support.
Although Tang Zheng, who is accustomed to the role of captain, did not wear the captain's armband in the away game, his captain was full of fan, clapping his palms and shouting: "Hey~ Brothers, it's common to lose a ball, just score one more! Mario, Robert, Marco!"
Gotze, Lewandowski and Reuss were instantly motivated in Tang Zheng's incendiary tone, and tacitly cooperated with Tang Zheng to clapped his palms and convey the necessary confidence to his teammates.
Football games, the most needed is...... Assertive!
Moreover, the score is still 1:1
What does it matter?
Isn't it just getting back to the starting line?
When the game restarted, the Real Madrid players who equalized were aggressive, but the Dortmund midfielder had delicate footwork, and the continuous coaxing of the Real Madrid players did not even touch the skin of the football.
In desperation, high pressing had to turn into zone defense.
A game is 90 minutes, and they can't run blindly at all costs for the sake of a theoretical break, otherwise they won't be able to play in the second half.
Borussia Dortmund regained control of the game through midfield control, but the Real Madrid players did a good job of protecting their spaces.
So Borussia Dortmund have the same problems they did in the first leg at Westphalia.
It will take a bit of luck to get on the scoresheet, just like Real Madrid's equaliser.
The game was once again in a stalemate, with the live director switching shots and giving Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp a close-up shot of each of them pushed to the face.
At this time, it is a test of the ability of the two head coaches to adjust on the spot.
Immediately, taking advantage of the dead ball state, the live director gave Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo a close-up.
There was a hint of distress on his handsome face, obviously thinking about what to do at this critical time.
There are many factors that go into scoring a goal, but the most adrenaline-pumping goal in the strong conversation is undoubtedly the flash of the star.
It is equivalent to saying that Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo have been entrusted with the task of scoring goals for their own side......
In the blink of an eye, the game entered the end of the first half.
The fourth official received a stoppage time report from referee Kupels and bent over the court official's bench to adjust the stoppage time of the electronic card.
Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp signalled to the players on pitch through their tactical gestures – to stabilize the situation first and wait until the end of the first half.
According to the calculations of scientists, the beginning and end of the first and second halves are the most likely extremes to concede goals.
And the root cause of conceding a goal is the lack of defensive concentration of the team that conceded the goal.
Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp are the kind of managers who pay attention to detail, so before the end of the first half, they reminded the players on the pitch to stay focused on the game.
Despite this, Real Madrid still had random passes in the process of switching from defense to attack......