Chapter 047: Advance to Match Point!

Just four minutes into the second half, Mesut Ozil forced another break down the right flank, and this time, Kolarov grabbed his hands and followed Ramos inch by inch, preventing him from picking up the pace. Mesut Ozil running with all his might is terrifying, something Kolarov already knew in the first half.

Kolarov defended very resiliently this time, he had movement in his hands, interfering with Ozil, and his body squeezed over, putting pressure on Ozil and not giving him a chance to dribble comfortably.

Mesut Ozil doesn't fight hard with Kolarov, the full-back has already been drawn to him anyway, and on the other side, Modric's side is empty.

Mesut Ozil made a move to speed up, but suddenly made a sharp stop, and at the same time took advantage of the change in speed to shake the gap and pass the ball out.

Luka Modric received the ball and he began to dribble while watching his team-mate's movements.

Cristiano Ronaldo runs diagonally to get Modric to pass the ball to him.

De Jong and Yaya Toure closely watched Cristiano Ronaldo's movements, the Portuguese goalscorer's ability is indeed very good, they dare not take it lightly, not to mention that Mancini explained before the game that Cristiano Ronaldo should be listed as the number one dangerous man in the Real Madrid team, requiring the back line to be vigilant, careful of his speed and sudden shots.

The Portuguese run pulled Manchester City's midfield defence, and at the same time pulled Manchester City's defensive line.

Modric's eyes detoured to Cristiano Ronaldo, but sent the ball straight to the left, which was completely opposite to the direction of his run - Marcelo's side.

Modric had just passed the ball when De Jong came up to intercept him and knocked him to the ground.

De Jong is dangerous, decisive tactical foul. At the same time, he raised his hand after a foul.

However, the referee ignored the foul and made a gesture that was advantageous to attack.

De Jong's tactical foul did not succeed, and he fell to the ground, and Selo broke through with the ball from not far away, and his heart was cold, and he jumped up from the ground suddenly. Then he pounced on Marcelo at a rapid pace.

Even if you are followed by a foul, you have to stop this Real Madrid left wing-back.

However, De Jong is some distance away from Marcelo after all, and he can't keep up with the pace of the Brazilian international.

Manchester City's right wing-back Zabaleta rushed over to fill in and he pounced ferociously.

Marcelo felt the ferocity of Zabaleta's pounce, felt the speed and determination of Argentina, and he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly crossed.

The soccer ball just flew out. Zabaleta's toes reached out, but unfortunately it was a step too late!

It's dangerous!

Marcelo screamed in his heart.

Immediately after, he lost his center of gravity and was knocked off the pitch by Zabaleta, who did not slow down. The collision was intense, and the two men fell to the ground together, knocking down the billboard on the sidelines.

However, Marcelo was able to get the ball out before Zabaleta could intercept it.

The ball arced and flew around Zabaleta's feet towards the goal!

It was a low flat ball and a pass that was difficult for both defenders and goalkeepers to handle.

Karimari Benzemaristiano Ronaldo has been looking for opportunities since he drew the attention of Manchester City's defence.

At this point, he passed the ball and rushed forward, and he was going to grab the point.

Lescott followed him closely, not letting him make easy moves.

Joe Hart was ready in front of goal.

Benzema **** stops the ball while his arm is raised.

From this position in Lescott, Zema's raised arm seemed to touch the football. The former immediately raised his hand to signal to the referee, signaling that Benzema had handballed.

However, the referee did not say anything and the whistle did not sound.

After Benzema stopped the ball, he directly volleyed.

It's a bomb globe!

After the ball was volleyed out by Benzema, it bounced in front of the goal, and then flew again, and the ball flew over the body of Joe Hart, who had already made a flying save, and hoisted into the goal behind Joe Hart!

The ball is in!

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“!”

Luka Modric's cross...... Nice pass!Marcelo!He's dribbling the ball!It's Real Madrid's chance, pass -- Benzema appears in front of goal and shoots! Benzema scores his second goal of the game and Real Madrid put the score on top again!"

"Three to two! Real Madrid scored. ”

"Great goal! ”

"If Real Madrid advances, this goal will be crucial!"

The entire Bernabeu stadium was boiling, and this time, it was the turn of the Real Madrid fans to cheer.

After Benzema shot, he collided with the startled Lescott, both of whom fell to the ground, at this time, the ball went into the net, and the excited Benzema lifted the ground that pressed on him, Lescott, and then jumped up from the ground and began to run, celebrating this very crucial goal.

And Lescote then got up, he angrily raised his right arm, and made a gesture of slapping his right arm with his left hand, which means that the opponent has handballed!

The Manchester City players also raised their arms and complained to the referee that Benzema had handballed the ball when he stopped the ball before the shot, and the goal was handballed first, and the goal should have been ruled invalid!

However, the referee ignored the complaints of the Manchester City players, blew the whistle and pointed to the centre circle - the goal worked!

"The goal is valid, the goal is valid! "Despite the protests of the Manchester City people, the result cannot be changed, and Real Madrid are now 3-2 ahead of Manchester City." ”

'Real Madrid scored just three minutes into the second half and now they are hopeful again, they only need one more goal and they are the team that reached the Champions League final!

The Real Madrid players were frantically celebrating the goal, because the second half had just started, and there was still time for the game, so they were not in a hurry, they were not in a hurry to kick off in the middle circle, and they were celebrating.

Because the place where Real Madrid celebrated was not far from Yang Fan's side, the Manchester City captain crossed his waist and helped the Real Madrid players celebrate the goal under his nose, shouting loudly in their mouths, feeling very unhappy, and really wanted to kick it.

In the end, there was no impulse, because then he would definitely be sent off directly, and he finally gave these Real Madrid players a cold look, and then walked towards the center circle with a blank face.

Real Madrid's goal was just one goal away from progressing, and Mourinho waved his arms in celebration with excitement, and after the excitement, he continued to walk to the sidelines, applauding his disciples to congratulate and encourage.

Mancini's side wasn't as furious as no one thought, he just rushed to the sidelines, cursed hard, and sat back down.

In Manchester, fans who couldn't make it to the stadium gathered in the pubs to get out of the game, and almost everyone cursed loudly when Madrid's goal put the game out there.

Benzema's goal allowed Real Madrid to exceed the score again, and the key is that scoring so early also allowed Real Madrid to regain confidence. The rest of the game will be more delicate for Manchester City.

Now, Real Madrid only need one goal to knock out Manchester City.

In such a situation, Real Madrid's tactics must not have been said, that is, attacking, if they don't attack, it is exactly what Manchester City wants, anyway, consuming time is the last thing Real Madrid wants. Therefore, the following game is still very simple for Real Madrid, which is to continue to attack and try to score as soon as possible.

For Manchester City, it is a little different, they now have two options, one is to shrink the defence, defend, and try to hold on to the promotion advantage of this one goal.

Another option is to attack, expand the goals and establish a promotion advantage.

As for which tactic to choose, that's what Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has to consider.

One thing is certain, though, that Benzema's goal gave Real Madrid hope and a morale boost.

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How will City respond?

After a little consideration, Mancini decided to avoid the limelight of Real Madrid, hold on for a while, and wait for them to pass.

He walked to the sidelines and made a gesture to retreat to the defense.

Mourinho noticed Mancini's gesture and understood what he meant, and he realized that this was Real Madrid's best chance, and if he couldn't take it, then the first thing he couldn't forgive was himself.

Chase while you win!

So with a wave of his hand, he pressed the whole line, whether he could win or not, he would bet on this for a while!

Ramos dribbles the ball on the wing.

Lescott pressed on, Ramos played a quick one-two with Khedira, he passed the ball and turned and ran forward, and the German international immediately sent a ball over the top of the head, which was over Lescott's head!

The ball didn't fall to Ramos' feet, but flew in front of him, which was exactly what Ramos hoped he could do with his speed.

Lescote was definitely unable to catch up with Ramos, and it was Kolarov who rushed to the side, while Lescott quickly ran to the middle of the penalty area and returned to where his central defender should be to help Kolarov make up for it.

Ramos passes the football to Mesut Ozil.

Kolarov pounced on him violently, and Ozil played a beautiful trick, only to see him slam the football inward with his heel, and at the same time stop and turn around, and Kolarov immediately moved.

After Ozil made a sharp stop and turned, the next movement was very consistent, only to see him use his right foot to turn the ball to the baseline, and he changed direction in a single time.

Kolarov's reaction was still fast.

Mesut Ozil started and he followed, and in the meantime, Kolarov was ready to stretch his legs to block - now that he was very close to the baseline, Ozil should be able to pass the ball based on experience.

Sure enough, Kolarov stretched out his leg to block Ozil's cross, and it was at this point that Ozil made a move to cross.

Unexpectedly, Ozil buckled the football slightly, and the center of gravity of the deceived Kolarov changed, and when Kolarov stopped forward and was about to move his body again to block it, Ozil passed the football out.

The ball arcs high in the air and crashes towards the Manchester City goal!

"Cross!"

In order to get rid of Kolarov, Ozil changed direction continuously, which affected the number of passes in the end, which was slightly higher and not conducive to the forward forward force in the forward rush.

Cristiano, Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric's three attacking players in the box, plus City's two defenders and a defensive midfielder, made it look crowded in front of goal.

In the face of so many people squeezing in front of him, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart was also very nervous, he quickly weighed it in his mind, and finally thought that holding the ball directly might face the possibility of getting out of his hands, and he couldn't take risks, so he chose the safest way to play the football out...... Hit the danger zone.

Joe Hart struck decisively, he hit the ball with his fist and successfully knocked the ball out of the box, but it was not the Manchester City player who received the ball outside, but Khedira in a white jersey!

"Hell......" on the sidelines, the situation, Mancini stood up all of a sudden, and cursed.

Khedira didn't stop the ball for the first time, and the ball landed and bounced in front of him.

That seemed to give City time to stop him from attacking, with Dutch defender Frenkie de Jong rushing in desperately to break the ball, with the midfielder risking being kicked to his own ground.

Khedira just didn't have time to adjust to himself, so, facing the ball that was still falling in the air, he picked up his right foot and decided to volley the goal, which was the option for now, and the only option.

"Volley-volley-shoot!!"

Joe Hart reacted very quickly, and after hitting the ball out and hitting the ground, as soon as the ball was under the control of Real Madrid, he knew that something was wrong and was ready to make a save.

Joe Hart flew to the ball.

However, in the end, he did not touch the football, however, the football did not enter the net, the football had a refraction in the people, and then stuck to the post out of the bottom line and hit the side netting.

The fans on the ground and in front of the TV, everyone jumped up with their arms raised, and the football hit the side-netting as if it had scored.

When the goal was not scored, the regret and chagrin in the hearts of Real Madrid fans were ah.

However, the Spaniards' frustration had not yet fallen, and they became excited.

On the pitch, Cristiano Ronaldo slapped his raised right arm with his left hand and shouted loudly, signaling his team-mate's shot to go out on the arm of the Manchester City player.

The Man City man handballed in the penalty area, it was a penalty!

The other Real Madrid players also rushed up to the referee to warn him.

Manchester City's players also hurriedly shouted loudly, appealing and protesting to the referee.

"They're handballing!"

"Nothing to do, you guys!"

"Fart, you're blocking Khedira's shot with your arms!"

"Which of your eyes is handball, it's on the shoulder, it's on the shoulder! That's not the hand!"

"Don't pretend, you're handball. ”

"Fuck off. You beep again. ”

Players on both sides argued.

Of course, there is only one person who decides whether it is a corner or a penalty, the referee of the game.

The referee seemed hesitant, he hesitated for two seconds, then spoke to the linesman through the call system, and then walked over, pulling into his pocket as he went.

This action made Manchester City fans feel cold.

Sure enough, the referee showed a yellow card to Manchester City centre-back Vincent Kompany, who made a handball in the opposition penalty area to show the reason for the decision.

The referee then pointed to the penalty spot.

Yellow card plus penalty!

The Manchester City players, of course, were not happy and surrounded the referee to protest to the referee.

Now that the decision has been made, the referee will not change it, and in order to preserve his dignity, he showed a yellow card to Joe Hart, who was protesting and emotional, and it was only then that he suppressed the anger of the Manchester City players.

"Penalty!" shouted the Spanish commentator, "the referee was sharp-eyed, he knew that Kompany's arm blocked Khedira's shot, it was a definite penalty, and Kompany was shown a yellow card. ”

The Spanish commentator was a bit less content, and in his mind, the best outcome would be a penalty and a red card, and that would be perfect.

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There was jubilation at the Bernabeu, and the fans of Real Madrid jumped with excitement.

There was a wail from City's fan camp.

Roberto Mancini walked out of the dugout and angrily protested the referee's decision, arguing that handball did not exist, and that it was only because of the protest of the Real Madrid players that the referee finally made the decision.

Eventually, it was only after the persuasion of the fourth official and the stern warning of the referee that Mancini reined in his temper.

"Real Madrid had a great chance to score, and if they had converted this penalty, they would have taken a 4-2 home lead over Manchester City, which means that it was the Spanish giants who would have qualified for the semi-finals!"

Real Madrid fans and players obviously knew the key to the penalty, so when Cristiano Ronaldo stood at the spot, the whole stadium was quiet and they were nervous.

The referee's whistle blew and Cristiano Ronaldo ran and shot, and the ball he shot out fooled Joe Hart.

The ball is in!

“!”

"Cristiano Ronaldo!

Real Madrid stretched the deficit to two goals, almost exactly as they did at the start of the first half, with Real Madrid quickly taking a two-goal lead. ”

"Real Madrid are 2-3 away, now the score is 4-2, and the Nerazzurri lead Manchester City 6-5 on aggregate! ”

Real Madrid's goal also put Manchester City in a very disadvantageous situation, and they must score at least one more goal if they want to advance, while also ensuring that they do not concede any more goals.

Mancini immediately gave the whole team a tactical order to attack with all their might.

It should be said that Mancini's tactical change was more decisive, and Manchester City soon got a great opportunity.

Yang Fan receives Silva's pass.

Pepe went up to intercept, Yang Fan stopped the ball a little farther away from him, Pepe thought it was a good opportunity to break the ball. So he rushed up without hesitation.

Pepe grabbed too fiercely, which gave Yang Fan a chance!

Yang Fan suddenly accelerated and passed the ball in a person, and he passed Pepe, who was recklessly grabbing!

"Manchester City's chance!" Yang Fan's single knife, he cut to the middle and entered the penalty area!"

Varane threw down Aguero and came up to make up for the defense, but let Yang Fan shake the ball with a sudden stop and change direction.

It's an absolute babysitter ball.

Then the guys Guero rushed up, he got his feet up, volleyed!

Everyone thought that the goal was there, even the Real Madrid people had the consciousness of losing the goal, and even the Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas had raised his hand in surrender, but he didn't expect the football to smash on the post, and then bounced back, only then was the frightened Casillas hugged the football.

Mancini Guero's shot was blocked by the post and he almost jumped in frustration.

Manchester City must continue to strengthen their attack!

Mancini decided to make a substitution.

"Tevez. He turned and gestured to Tevez, who was sitting on the bench. "Go warm up and come back in five minutes. ”

Tevez was a bit surprised. He and Mancini had conflicts before, so Tevez once returned to Argentina to play, this time back to Manchester City, he found that his main position was occupied by Aguero, which strengthened Tevez's determination to leave, however, Manchester City is now only one step away from the Champions League final, Tevez is of course eager to play in the Champions League final, and he also wants to contribute to the team in the game.

From the moment Tevez landed in Europe, the voice of controversy never stayed away from him. Is he a genius on the football pitch, a simple-minded beast, or a combination of both? Does his style of play prefer to play solo or team football? There are a lot of questions about Tevez in the minds of fans, and the Argentine spoke from his own experience in a recent interview: "Looking back now, when I first landed in the Premier League, I was always hot-headed. At that time, if the coach had asked me to play as a substitute, I would have cursed him or even said something insulting to him. But now I've matured and over the years I've learned how to be a good player. ”

Tevez said so, but he still poked a lot of Lou in Manchester City in recent years, the most famous of which was in the 2011/2012 Manchester City Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Mancini asked Tevez to come on in the last five minutes of the game to replace Dzeko, but the Argentine ruthlessly refused, and the mouth of the words. Mancini was thoroughly enraged, after which Tevez was suspended for a long time. Tevez finally spoke publicly about the scene after his return to Manchester City, explaining: "The reality was nowhere near as serious as it was on TV. When the manager decided to replace Dzeko, one of the defenders was injured and I was asked to come back to the bench, which was a disappointment. At that moment, Dzeko walked off the field in a fit of rage and began to speak foul words to Mancini, who responded in Italian. I was sitting calmly on the bench and chatting with Zabaleta next to me, and somehow Mancini suddenly turned to me, and he sat on the bench and didn't move, and immediately became angry. In fact, the anger in his heart came from the quarrel with Dzeko. ”

Regarding the relationship with Mancini, Tevez stressed in the interview: "No matter what the media says about me, Mancini and I always have a lot of respect for each other. ”

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tevez slammed the team's training system: "I really don't understand clubs that practice twice a day. Even at the end of the season, the players were very tired and they continued to train twice a day. I can't understand why that's going to be done and the players are angry about it......"

In fact, this was considered by some media in England to be the reason for the real break between Tevez and Mancini.

At this time, Tevez and Mancini have also temporarily put aside the grievances between the two sides, and in the face of the Champions League final, those are nothing.

Tevez scrambled his white vest and rushed out.

Five minutes later, he was panting and standing in front of Mancini.

'I want you to come on for Nasri, he doesn't play much on the wing. You go up and use your skills and dribbling ability to break through from the flanks into the box and create chaos and chances. Mancini pointed to Tevez on the pitch.

Tevez nodded as he listened.

'If you can't break through, then create set-pieces. Of course, it's better to take a penalty. Mancini said.

"I see!" Tevez said without a smile.

"Go ahead. Mancini patted Tevez on the shoulder and said, "The relationship between master and apprentice is quite good to outsiders."

When City were awarded a throw-in, Nasri was substituted and Carlos Tevez came on.

"Well done, Nasri. Mancini shook hands with Nasri, who walked down, and praised him for his performance.

Tevez's appearance immediately strengthened City's attack. This time Manchester City is more aggressive in attack, Yang Fan continues to rush forward, Aguero's position is slightly retreated, he and Tevez left and right, whether it is Aguero on the left or Tevez on the right, they have excellent dribbling skills, they can play Real Madrid's defenders alone.

Just as the Real Madriders were putting their defensive focus on the right flank, Tevez was coming alive again.

Tevez may not be as fast as Sergio Aguero, but he is better than when he first comes on, he has plenty of energy and impact, and Marcelo has been played by him. Several times he had to foul Tevez to stop Tevez from breaking through.

"Aha! Well done. He is indeed extraordinary, if he does not continue to quarrel with Manchester City, if he stays at Manchester City, Manchester City's attack power will be quite terrifying, imagine it, Yang Fan, Tevez and Aguero formed a trident, tsk...... Look at his breakthrough...... Heel knock ball, change direction!" John Mortenson exclaimed excitedly.

Tevez after passing Marcelo. Protecting the football with his body, so that Marcelo couldn't break the ball easily, and then he suddenly passed the ball, Yang Fan came up to get the ball, and after taking the ball and turning, Yang Fan drilled into the penalty area.

Facing Pepe, who came up to make up for the defense, Yang Fan suddenly knocked on his heel, and then Weiss came up to catch the ball, and in the narrow penalty area, Tevez also planned to pass through the crotch. The football was pushed through, but Varanel was out of the way. Tevez, who fell to the ground on his back, raised his hand to take the penalty, but the referee signaled him to get up quickly. Don't waste time.

This time it was Mancini's turn to be angry on the sidelines: "This is a typical blocking foul!

The referee ignored him, and Mancini scolded a few words and kept his mouth shut. He knows that impatience is not the way to do it now, and if he has the strength to compete with the referee, he might as well think more about the game.

Yaya Toure once again played the ball to Carlos Tevez on the right. Take the ball. Cristiano Ronaldo ran up to defend. Tevez slid the ball past the opposition along the touchline, and then faced with a blockade in front and a chasing man, he distributed the ball to David Silva, who came up to meet him, and after passing the ball he continued to rush forward. David Silva was also smart enough to pass the ball back to him, two-for-one!

Marcelo learned smartly this time, no longer rushing to the feet, but followed Tevez backwards. He only tried to break the ball after forcing Tevez near the corner flag. Unexpectedly, Tevez pinned his foot with his back to him to protect the ball, hooked the football between Marcelo's legs with the arch of his foot, and then quickly turned and wiped him!

Tevez, who got rid of Marcelo, caught up with the football on the baseline. This time, against Pepe, the opponent who blocked him last time, he did not choose to wear the crotch, but made a shot on goal.

Ask for money so close to the goal. Pepe didn't dare not make a move to stop it. Tevez took advantage of his outstretched leg to shoot and pulled the ball back, then flicked his left foot and flashed in behind Pepe.

When Casillas was hesitating to attack and expand the blocking area, Tevez passed!

The ball passed under Varane's crotch, and Yang Fan broke free from Ramos's entanglement at the moment of Tevez's pass, and jumped forward, all he had to do in the face of the huge empty goal was to stretch out his foot and block......

Casillas turned and pounced on Yang Fan, but he was a step too late.

'Tevez's pass...... Yang Fan, Yang Fan, ----!! easy to push!, Manchester City scored!!" Mortensen stood up from his seat with the microphone.

When Weiss got past Pepe, the City fans cheered. After Yang Fan scored the football goal, the cheers finally reached their peak.

"Hooray---- Manchester City!!"

There was nothing the Real Madrid players could do about the goal conceded, Tevez was so good, he dribbled the ball nimblely, and the technique at his feet was quite good, and the Real Madrid players just turned around and got rid of it with their former teammate Tevez nimbly, stirring up a miasma in front of the Real Madrid goal, and then sending the football to the most dangerous place......

Mourinho angrily punched the awning behind him. Then, thinking that this punch was not enough to vent his anger, he punched again.

He didn't make timely adjustments to Mancini's substitutions. This has led to serious consequences. His anger was a dissatisfaction with his slow response.

Next door, Roberto Mancini rushed to the sidelines to hug the assistant coach, and Tevez, who had just been replaced for less than ten minutes, was the man who took the lead, which showed that his substitutions worked.

"We've scored, aha!" shouted the Manchester City assistant coach excitedly. The goal made the score 3-4 and the aggregate score 5-5, and although it was a draw, Manchester City had the advantage of away goals, and if it ended with this scoreline, it would be Manchester City who would advance.

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