Chapter 093: There Are No Miracles at the Bernabeu
Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted, Tang Zheng gained more control of the ball, Real Madrid's attack became obviously mature and more layered under his organization, and the tacit transmission of midfielders began to increase, and the ball was pleasing to the eye.
And that's something that Cristiano Ronaldo didn't have when he was there.
It's not that Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't have enough tacit cooperation with Real Madrid's midfielders, it can only be said that he wants to express himself too much now, so as to ignore the tacit understanding and cooperation that football itself should have.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a lot of goals for Real Madrid, becoming the most goalscoring player in Real Madrid's history in just six seasons, in addition to his outstanding goal-grasping ability and super comprehensive ability, it is more because of his tacit cooperation with his midfield teammates.
You know how I run, I know how you kick.
Together, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
However, with the conflict between Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng over the ball at the end of last season, and then the current break, Cristiano Ronaldo has gradually gone to the extreme, ignoring the team nature of football.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was substituted, went straight back to the dressing room, and instead of showering directly, he turned on the TV in the dressing room to watch the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.
"This ...... How is it possible?
Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't believe the facts in front of him and didn't understand it at all.
Another dazzling wave of crosses and cuts, Benzema accelerated into the box after winning the ball, and Boateng did not keep up with the rhythm at all, and he faced Neuer directly.
But Benzema's shot from the right side of the box was saved by Neuer, and the Real Madrid fans in the stands let out a burst of exclamations: "Oh, oh-"
If this goal is scored, Real Madrid still has hope of reversing the promotion.
Real Madrid's away goal at the Allianz Arena also means that Real Madrid only need to beat Bayern Munich 3-0 at home to rely on away goals to qualify for this season's Champions League final with an aggregate draw.
What a pity!
As the game entered 70 minutes, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich significantly strengthened their defense.
As early as the end of the first leg of the semi-finals, Pep Guardiola knew how to play the second leg.
It's good to be able to score away goals at the Bernabeu, but it doesn't matter if you can't get it, after all, a 4-1 win at home leaves Bayern Munich with a lot of ways to fall.
In the face of Bayern, which strengthened its defense, Tang Zheng's attack really couldn't find a good way, he could only organize the attack by running in a wide range to find Bayern's defensive gaps.
Ten minutes passed, and the game came to eighty minutes, and the attack organized by Tang Zheng did pose a threat to Neuer's goal, but the striker player did not seem to have shooting boots and did not score for a long time.
Some disappointed Real Madrid fans began to boo, and some even chose to leave the stadium early to express their strong dissatisfaction with this Real Madrid team this season.
It wasn't until the 85th minute of the game that Real Madrid broke the deadlock with a brilliant direct free kick from Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, did not have time to celebrate, he rushed directly to the goal, scooped up the football, and then put it on the tee-off and waited for the game to restart.
Time is running out for Real Madrid!
Bayern Munich, who conceded the goal, did not panic, and in their pre-match preparations, there was the slightest plan to fall behind.
As the first team to successfully defend the title since the Champions League was restructured, Real Madrid has the absolute strength to turn the tide, so Bayern Munich opened the second plan.
Naturally, you can't play against Real Madrid away from home, so there is a chance that there will be a big reversal, and the away team will fall behind by one goal, Guardiola will make substitution adjustments to strengthen the defense in the middle, especially to increase the marking of Tang Zheng.
The source of Real Madrid's attack is Tang Zheng!
Tang Zheng helped Real Madrid break the deadlock, and the Real Madrid fans in the stands saw a glimmer of hope, but it was only hope.
This season's Real Madrid is not the invincible Real Madrid.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei shook his head and said: "The time left for Tang Zheng to play alone is too short, and the player's physical fitness has decreased significantly by the end of the game, and the activity area has greatly decreased, which is very difficult for Real Madrid, which has to score two more goals......
In the blink of an eye, the game came to the end of the first half, and the scoreboard showed that the score was still 1:0, and Real Madrid was ahead.
But...... The aggregate score was still 2:4 behind.
Out of those die-hard Real Madrid fans, most of them think that Real Madrid is about to be eliminated.
With about 10 seconds left before 90 minutes of normal time, the fourth official held up the electronic card for four minutes of injury time, which also meant that there were four minutes left in the game.
In the first minute, Real Madrid did not score.
In the second minute, there was no goal either.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Benzema received Carvajal's cross to complete the head, and the football flew quickly to the near corner of the goal, only to see goalkeeper Neuer subconsciously make a flying side pounce and drag the football off the crossbar with one palm.
Corner kick!
Although the game came to the third minute of injury time, Bayern Munich did not slack off because of this, but woke up twelve points under the reminder of captain Lahm.
At this time, the Real Madrid fans in the stands have already left a lot, and many empty seats are increasing at a visible rate.
Luka Modric took a corner kick from the left side of the attack, and the ball flew to the middle of the box with a strong inside arc, Tang Zheng jumped high and beat Xavi Martinez and Lewandowski to complete a difficult lion's head, and the running football changed its trajectory and flew to the bottom right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Neuer's reaction was not unhappy, but Tang Zheng's football power was very large, and the angle was quite tricky......
“Gooooooooooooooooal——”
British Sky commentator Andy Grey looked at the football that had spilled into the net, jumped up from the commentary seat, raised his arms and shouted.
In stoppage time, Real Madrid extended the score to two goals, which also means that if Real Madrid can score another goal in the final time, it will make history!
Jedi Reversal!
Suddenly, the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu Stadium fell into the extreme wind and crossed the alarm clock function, and those fans who were queuing up for the exit of the stadium in turn were affected by the frenzied atmosphere, and they raised their arms and shouted, creating a deafening huge chant: "Whoa, whoa, whoa—"
However, Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, was very calm, he ignored the severe pain in his right shoulder caused by jumping high, and rushed directly to the goal after landing on the ground, trying to fish out the football from the goal, and then use the last time to score another goal!
Obviously, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will not let Tang Zheng succeed, and two goals behind and one goal behind are completely two different concepts.
One more goal for Real Madrid means Bayern Munich will be eliminated.
As a result, Tang Zheng had a physical altercation with Neuer, who deliberately protected the football.
The Real Madrid players in the Bayern penalty area have the same idea as Tang Zheng, racing against time.
The physical conflict between Tang Zheng and Neuer soon extended to the entire small penalty area, and the players on both sides were entangled together, and the referee on duty, Kuppels, woke up like a dream, and hurriedly blew the whistle, and the second assistant referee also hurriedly entered the court and dealt with the emergencies on the field with the referee.
With the referee intervening, the conflict between the Real Madrid players and the Bayern players was well resolved.
After all...... Everyone's mind was on the game, but Tang Zheng and Neuer, as the instigators of the incident, received a yellow card even if they hugged affectionately afterwards.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice trembled obviously: "The four-minute injury time has ended, but the conflict caused by Tang Zheng and Neuer occupies a certain amount of time, I believe that the referee Kupels will give a little more time as appropriate, but ......"
"However......" commentator Zhang Lu added: "Referee Kupels has limited time and hopes that Real Madrid can score another goal in the remaining game time. ”
When the time came to the fourth and a half minutes of injury time, Bayern coach Pep Guardiola looked very anxious, he pulled the fourth official, pointed to the game time displayed on the scoreboard, which means that the fourth minute of injury time has passed, why not blow the end of the game?
The fourth official was very helpless, but his professional ethics were in place and he patiently explained.
Pep Guardiola realised he couldn't expect pressure to settle the battle, and he pulled Bernat on the bench to push forward, ready to come off the bench.
It looks like a change in players, but it's actually a delay in the game.
By the time Bayern Munich completed the substitution adjustments, the time also came to the fifth minute of injury time.
The time used for substitution adjustments is completely different from the time consumed by skirmishes, and is counted in injury time.
The Real Madrid fans in the stands shouted hysterically for the Real Madrid players on the field.
Bayern fans travelling with the team were in mixed moods and very nervous, fearing that the team would concede another goal in the remaining game time.
If you concede another goal, it will be Real Madrid who will advance to the final!
Bayern had the advantage of the kick-off, they did not rush to attack, but controlled the football firmly at their feet, hoping to burn the rest of the game time by passing, but the Real Madrid players who saw the hope of promotion were full of energy and completely desperate.
Referee Kupels did not blow the whistle for the end of the game, and the Bayern players became more and more panicked, and the central defender Boateng, who was worried about a bad pass, chose to kick the ball forward.
With the clock ticking the fifth and a half minutes of stoppage time, a full half-minute beyond the four minutes of stoppage time, Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola looked particularly angry, especially after the change of control of the game......
Everyone was nervous, whether it was the players on the field or the fans, coaches, and commentators on the field......
It's all very stressful.
Referee Kupels was already looking down at the time on his left wrist, and it was clear that Real Madrid would blow the full-time whistle after this wave of attacks.
When the football came to the feet of the retreating Tang Zheng, the frenzy of the Bernabeu Stadium increased significantly, and the fans in the stands held their breath and couldn't take their eyes off it, for fear that they would accidentally miss a wonderful picture that would be difficult to make up for for a lifetime.
With little time left, all the Bayern players had retreated to the 30-meter defensive area, and Tang Zheng, who had retreated to 30 meters away, was unmarked after receiving the football.
He spun around to meet the ball, glanced up at the direction of the goal, and then adjusted his footsteps.
This...... Is it to shoot from a distance?
Lewandowski, who is a teammate with Tang Zheng in Dortmund, doesn't know what Tang Zheng is going to do?
Without hesitation, he pushed forward and blocked Tang Zheng's shooting angle.
Lewandowski saw Tang Zheng pick up his right foot, and there was not much defense to realize that he jumped forward and tried to block Tang Zheng's long shot with his body, but Tang Zheng's right foot did not hit the football, but used the inside of his instep to buckle the football to the left and went forward.
Thiago and Robben pounced on Tang Zheng with the ball like sharks smelling fish.
At this moment, everyone thought that Tang Zheng was going to break through Thiago and Robben, but Tang Zheng unexpectedly picked up his left foot in the left rib of the attack, kicked the inside of his instep to the left side of the football, and the football drew an obvious arc in mid-air and flew quickly to the right rib of the penalty area.
I saw James Rodriguez, wearing number 11, stand out from the crowd and chase after the football.
Javi Martinez, who was at the back of the defensive line, subconsciously raised his right arm to remind linesman James Rodriguez that he was suspected of offside.
But the linesman did not say anything, that is...... No offside!
The Real Madrid fans in the stands saw this, and a passionate air flow suddenly erupted from their bodies, making them go from nervous to excited.
In stark contrast to the Bayern fans who traveled with the team, they were as dead as ashes.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was the first to abandon the goal and block James Rodriguez's shot.
"Whoa—"
James Rodriguez unloaded the ball with the outside of his left foot very comfortably during the run, then looked at Neuer, who had abandoned the goal, and picked up his left foot.
The near corner is sealed by Neuer and can only pursue the far corner.
But...... After more than 90 minutes of play, James Rodriguez was a little weak on his right foot, but he still managed to finish with a low shot that rolled against the turf into the far corner.
Neuer's subconscious fall to the ground did not touch the football, the football quickly rolled to the far corner of the goal against the ground, and everyone's eyes were attracted by the football printed with the five-star logo of the Champions League......
"J Ronaldo! Left footed shot, Manuel Neuer didn't touch the football!"
Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice was significantly higher an octave.
The entire Bernabeu stadium heated up a lot in an instant, but only half a second passed, and it was like falling into an ice cellar.
Because...... Instead of rolling into the net, the ball kicked by James Rodriguez hit the front of the left-hand post and bounced back.
Captain Lahm was very timely in making up the defense, didn't think about anything, and kicked the ball directly out of the bottom line.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"
With a burst of exclamations at the Bernabeu Stadium, the referee on duty Kupels did not give Real Madrid a chance to take a corner, but decisively blew the whistle in his mouth, two short and one long: "Beep~Beep~~~"
"The game is over! The game is over!" said Andy Gray, the British Sky commentator, depressedly: "James Rodriguez received Don's imaginative pass and got a one-on-one shot, but his shot hit the post, Filip Rahm kicked the football out of the line, and the referee did not give Real Madrid any more time!
Not many people noticed that it was drizzling over the Bernabeu, but even if anyone did, they wouldn't care.
On this night, there were no miracles at the Bernabeu.