Chapter 078: The Consequences of Wasting Opportunities......

Benzema's brace helped Real Madrid overtake the score, and under the deliberate instigation of Bernabeu announcer Albert, the whole stadium resounded with a huge chant, and all Real Madrid fans chanted Benzema's surname: "Karim-"

The momentum is so loud that it is deafening.

Tang Zheng, who planned this exquisite assist, hid his merits and fame, and also joined in the celebration.

Barcelona coach Martino felt the frustration in his heart and immediately made a tactical gesture to the captain Xavi on the field, and then he felt that it was not safe enough, and then hooked his finger and motioned Xavi to come to the sidelines for a more detailed analysis.

The pressure on the guest team is very high, but what professional player is not under pressure?

Especially those who have made a name for themselves, the pressure is even greater!

The so-called fighting the country is easy and it is difficult to defend the country, this is the truth.

In fact, Martino's tactical changes are relatively simple, he asked the team to stabilize the situation first, and then try to break down the Real Madrid defense.

On the occasion of a special advice only, ditch the inverted triangle cross after the break down the two flanks or quickly sweep into the box, instead relying on the traditional Barcelona Tiki-Taka tactic to boil frogs in warm water.

Although Harvey, the strongest brain, is old, his experience and ability to read competitions have not decreased in the slightest, but he has become more and more demonic as he gets older.

Xavi is not the type of player who thinks highly of himself, he knows how to judge the situation and know when to play in the most appropriate way.

Real Madrid's players on the field have superior physical fitness and strong midfield control, but there is a bit of a problem in the central defensive area, Tang Zheng and Xavi Alonso do protect the area in front of the central defenders, but Modric in front of them has not done a good job in terms of positional connection, and there is an opportunity.

The game restarted, and Barcelona did not rush to attack with the advantage of the kick-off, but gradually under Xavi's control.

Real Madrid, who is leading in the score, is not in a hurry, fighting at home, and from falling behind to overtaking, and the mentality is more stable than the Barcelona players.

Tang Zheng was a defensive midfielder with Xavi Alonso when defending at Real Madrid, and his presence greatly relieved the defensive pressure of the double central defenders Ramos and Pepe, while Xavi Alonso's responsibility was reduced a lot.

Tang Zheng has a strong ability to read the game and has a strong sense of position, so he can often play a vital role on the defensive end, and even the defensive positions of his teammates have to be adjusted according to his running position.

Barcelona's famous ground pass has no way to do it in the defensive group led by Tang Zheng, and Xavi, Sergio Busquets or Cesc Fabregas can only use the width of the pitch to dispatch the defensive center of gravity of Real Madrid players, hoping that the pass can involve a fatal gap.

However, the game was not found until the end of the first half, and the first half ended with Real Madrid leading Barcelona 2:1.

In the period after Real Madrid overtook Barcelona, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and they looked threatening, but in fact, the shooting opportunities to test the opposing goalkeeper were not produced for a long time, which is why Real Madrid led Barcelona 2:1 to end the first half.

The game was a ninety-minute battle, forty-five minutes doesn't prove anything, only to say that Real Madrid, who are leading the way, did a better job of detailing than Barcelona.

The close-up of the live director gave Benzema, who scored twice in this game to help Real Madrid overtake the score in one fell swoop, and his aggrieved face rarely showed a hint of pride.

Since he joined Real Madrid, he has always been the back of the team, and now this crucial national derby has scored twice, which is tantamount to justifying himself.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a relatively flat performance, had a heavy expression, and he had been Real Madrid's goal pioneer in the past, although he had bright spots in this game, he was a little anxious because he had not scored for a long time.

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At the end of the first half of the game, the two sides of the game returned to the locker room, and the focus of the on-site commentators or the commentators of the live TV stations shifted to review the first half of the game.

The broadcast signal of CCTV 5 TV switched back to the Beijing studio, and the hosts were Duan Huo and Xu Yang.

Duan Huo was in high spirits and said like a river: "I believe that it is not difficult for fans who watched the first half of the game to see that the best player is not Benzema, who scored twice, but my country's player Tang Zheng, who not only directly assisted Benzema to score and send his 21st assist in La Liga this season, but also played a huge role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends......

Commentator Xu Yang then added: "Tang Zheng's existence allows Real Madrid's players at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends to worry a lot, but I am a little worried about his physical fitness in the second half, and the large-scale running in the first half only exchanged for Real Madrid's two goals, and the defensive end is again and again key fill-ups, and the physical consumption is very serious, so from another point of view, Real Madrid's offensive and defensive ends are becoming more and more dependent on Tang Zheng." ”

The implication is that if Tang Zheng is not in good shape or has an injury, the blow to Real Madrid's attack and defense will be huge.

At the same time, the Real Madrid players in the home team's dressing room were excited, obviously excited about the first half of the victory over Barcelona, especially Benzema, who scored two goals alone, and he rarely joked in the locker room.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti didn't have a presence, he stood silently and waited until the player's voice came down before taking the tactical board from his assistant Clement.

At the other end of the pitch at the Bernabeu, the Barcelona players were generally in a bad mood.

Looking at it, almost all of them are frowning.

Martino sees it, but he's not the kind of manager who is good at stirring up the emotions of his players, so the control of emotions can only be handed back to the players and they can adjust themselves.

For the tactical play in the second half, Martino has only one new addition.

Neymar, who has super breakthrough ability, is responsible for the team's overall transfer and breakthrough with the ball, which means that the initial stage of Barcelona's game in the second half is to help Neymar attract attention as a whole, and then he will break through with the ball to create opportunities.

Neymar, who was taken seriously, was naturally very happy, so he almost patted his chest and assured every teammate present.

But the rest of the players were not in a good mood, especially the ones that La Masia had cultivated, and they had reached a stage of obsession with the Tiki-Taka tactic.

They used to be called the Cosmos team, but they didn't want to seek the results of the game in such an untechnical way, after all, people have faith.

But then again, the quality of professional players will follow the manager's arrangement, and it is unknown what the final result will be.

In the blink of an eye, the fifteen-minute halftime break passed, and the players from both sides walked back to the pitch from their respective locker rooms one after another.

The atmosphere at the Bernabeu Stadium grew feverish as the players returned to the stadium, and the South Stand where the die-hard fans were located played the Real Madrid anthem "Come on! Madrid!"

The momentum is so great that it is like a sea of mountains.

Many Real Madrid players who have just stepped on the pitch seem to feel an inexplicable blood boiling, so much so that they have an illusion of giving up their own people.

At the beginning of the second half, captain Ramos tripped Messi because of a big tackle, and referee Marienko decided to cross in front of Ramos in order to avoid a clash between the players of the two sides at the first time in the second half, and then pulled out a yellow card.

The on-site director gave a slow-motion replay, and Yang 5 commentator He Wei shook his head and said: "Ramos is really reckless this foul, we can see from the horse face that Tang Zheng has come from the side to make up for it, and he received a yellow card in less than two minutes at the beginning of the second half, which is very unfavorable to Real Madrid's overall defense in the second half." ”

Ramos, who was shown in the broadcast footage, also regretted that he didn't know why he suddenly made a mistake.

But the results are already in, and it is useless for Ramos to regret it, all he can do is try to keep a cool head for the rest of the game.

You must know that in the past national derby, Real Madrid's many game defeats are directly related to his lack of cool-headedness.

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Head coach Carlo Ancelotti looked very speechless, and he didn't understand why Ramos stepped forward to foul in advance when Tang Zheng's defense was in place, but the result had already been produced, and Ancelotti could only pray that Ramos would not be hot-headed in the next game.

Real Madrid under Jose Mourinho is full of blood, and Ramos is one of the representatives, but the most important thing for Carlo Ancelotti's team is not blood, but the execution of game tactics.

Fortunately, Ramos is not lacking in this aspect, what he lacks is the ability to control his emotions.

This is also the fundamental reason why Ramos has been unable to become a world-class top central defender.

The game continued with the Barcelona attacking players clearly focused on the sudden number of times against Ramos, who was yellow-carded.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Andres Iniesta, and even Cesc Fabregas, stepped in to try their hand at attacking.

Fortunately, Tang Zheng and Xavi Alonso protected the area in front of Ramos and Pepe well, and even if there was a fish that slipped through the net, they could barely cope with Ramos's solid basic skills.

Messi saw that Ramos's impromptu intention did not have the desired effect, so he gave up decisively, and then re-executed the attacking tactics arranged by head coach Martino during the half-time.

Real Madrid, who were at home, naturally did not let Barcelona go wild in their own chassis, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been relatively quiet in the first half, took advantage of a quick counter-attack opportunity from defense to attack to test Valdés with a long-range shot.

If Valdés hadn't reacted quickly in front of goal, Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden cold arrow after the breakthrough could have helped Real Madrid extend the score.

While Valdés single-handedly saved Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot, the reactions of the coaches on both sides were mixed.

Ancelotti held his head in his hands, looking pained.

Martino, on the other hand, let out a sigh of relief.

Real Madrid also created a definite threat from a corner, with Tang Zheng leaping high from the middle of the pitch to the back post, but neither Pique nor Cesc Fabregas could keep up with him, allowing him to get an easy start.

Tang Zheng's header kung fu understands that he has enough power to be almost completely unmarked, and the angle is also accurate.

Valdés, who was moving from the middle of the goal to the near corner, looked at the soccer ball that fell to the far end of the goal with a parabola, and subconsciously froze in place and turned his head to look at the soccer ball in the air.

"Whoa—"

The Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium subconsciously raised their voices, creating a deafening loud cheer.

But the momentum came to an abrupt end when it reached the top.

Because, the football smashed between the goal post and the crossbar on the right side.

Mascherano, who had just followed Cristiano Ronaldo, reacted quicker and pushed the ball off the line before Cristiano Ronaldo.

Immediately, a cry of regret sounded over the Bernabeu Stadium: "Oh, oh, oh-"

Tang Zheng, who thought he was going to win, looked at the football that was pushed out by Mascherano and covered his mouth with both hands, which looked incredible.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei only said one sentence for a long time: "It's really ...... Too...... Too...... It's a pity. ”

If Real Madrid can take a 3-1 lead over Barcelona within the hour of kick-off, the chances of an eventual win over Barcelona will increase by one more point.

Compared with Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden cold arrow after the breakthrough, Tang Zheng's header this time was closer to scoring, so Ancelotti's reaction was like being shot with a gun, and he suddenly hugged his head.

Martino patted his chest while letting out a sigh of relief, apparently frightened by Tang Zheng's header hanging goal.

If the score is 3:1 at 60 minutes, the rest of the game can be surrendered.

Thankfully, fortunately!

Messi, who has been waiting for an offensive opportunity, did not breathe a sigh of relief like most of his teammates, but crossed his hands on his hips, very helpless.

However, it does not mean that Messi accepts his fate, on the contrary, it also stimulates his desire to fight.

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Perhaps it was the reason for the catastrophe that Barcelona equalised on a subsequent attacking chance.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng provided a series of dangerous shots, but neither could extend the score, so much so that the frenetic atmosphere at the Bernabeu Stadium decreased.

At this point, Barcelona switched from defending to attacking, Xavi changed his previous control of the rhythm, and he directly handed the ball to Brazil international Neymar, who opened up the big gap on the left side.

Carvajal was not out of position, but he did not dare to rush forward to defend.

Neymar is extremely skilled at his feet, and many times it is difficult for both players to break the ball.

It wasn't until the defense of the forty-meter area that Tang Zheng chased back into place and helped defend him.

Neymar, who was attacking with the ball, did not try to break through Tang Zheng, and pushed the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, and the football came to Messi's feet.

Tang Zheng had no choice but to turn around to defend Messi when Xavi Alonso did not chase back in place, but Messi's upper body had a dangle to the right, which deceived Tang Zheng into making a move to retract inward.

Taking advantage of the change in Tang Zheng's center of gravity, Messi flicked the ball to the left with the outside of his left instep, which was the opposite direction of Tang Zheng.

Messi knew that Tang Zheng was explosive and reacted quickly, so he quickly pushed the ball to Neymar who was diagonally inserted into the ribs with the arch of his left foot.

Neymar was very clever and he took the ball to Ramos, who was carrying a yellow card.

Ramos took care of a yellow card on his back and fought and retreated, all the way to the penalty area.

Tang Zheng had no choice, he returned to the penalty area to help defend Neymar.

Neymar's frontal shot was blocked by Ramos, and Tang Zheng was cut inside, and he cleverly passed the ball to Messi behind the back.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

With an exclamation over the Bernabeu, Messi kicked the ball with the inside of his left instep on the left rib of the penalty area.

The ball flew through the gap between Tang Zheng and Ramos towards the goal, and it was too late for Diego López to react when he saw the football......