Chapter 039: Tenacious Manchester City!
Yaya Toure suddenly kicked away from Casillas, and suddenly Aguero rushed up like a shark smelling blood. Pepe desperately put his body across in front of him. Blocking him.
Just when Pepe thought he was blocking Manchester City's attack, a figure suddenly appeared on the high C next to him, and before he could see it clearly, he passed in front of him, followed him and saw that Ramos was also higher than the C next to him.
It turned out that it was Yang Fan who ran over just now!
As soon as Casillas got up from the ground, he saw Yang Fan kicking up the door at a very small angle. He had to make another save...... In order to settle this battle once and for all. He simply shot the ball off the line and Manchester City got a corner!
The main reason for the embarrassment of Real Madrid's backline is the sudden forward C of Yaya Toure, who has been pressed by Ozil at the back. The sudden S-gate made Casillas not expect that a lack of preparation caused a break.
However, the momentum shown by Manchester City in this attack is also a reason that cannot be ignored. If it weren't for Aguero and Yang Fan's crazy * robbery, Casillas would not have had no choice but to hit the bottom line of the football, otherwise he was really afraid that he would lie on the ground and how to catch the third S goal.
"How can you let him in so easily!" Casillas asked Ramos, who was in charge of keeping an eye on Yang Fan, in a loud voice. Ramos looked ugly, but it was true that he was unable to hold his position and was burst in by his opponent.
Manchester City's corner, this time they played a tactical combination.
Yaya Toure played the ball to Zabaleta, who made a gesture to cross the ball high into the box, but handed it to Nasri, who came to pick it up.
Nasri received the ball and immediately passed it to Yang Fan.
Di Maria immediately came up, in order to prevent Yang Fan from turning around. Yang Fan didn't plan to turn around, he protected the ball while observing the surrounding situation.
That's when Alonso came over to help.
Manchester City is a single midfielder, while Real Madrid is a double midfielder, so they are qualified to use two people to defend Yang Fan.
Manchester City can't do that. This is one of the reasons why Real Madrid have scored two goals and Manchester City have only scored one.
Di Maria saw that Alonso wanted to come up to help, he immediately carried Yang Fan, Yang Fan didn't want to be surrounded, he pouted, turned around at the same time, and then plucked the ball at his feet, avoiding Alonso's upper grab, but turned around and saw Modric's face again.
Three people together!
Real Madrid really gave Yang Fan face.
Modric came up, and he took the opportunity to poke the ball at Yang Fan's feet.
He thought that Yang Fan would not know his existence when he turned his back to him, but he didn't expect that the corner of Yang Fan's eyes had already swept him when he was observing everywhere, at this time, Yang Fan was worried about how he could go out, and the appearance of Modric gave him a great opportunity.
Modric grabs!
It was at this time that Yang Fan was waiting for him to rub the ball forward with his back to Modric - the soles of his feet rubbed the ball forward. Modric kicks in the air!
Follow Alonso on the other side!
What a Yang Fan!
Straight to a Marseille maneuver and avoiding Alonso!
Immediately following him, Yang Fan dodged, and he rushed out of the encirclement of three people!
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Yang Fan! He killed himself from the encirclement of three people!"
Yang Fan, who got rid of Real Madrid beautifully, dribbled the ball horizontally in the front of Real Madrid's penalty area. The Real Madrid man, who had let him pass like this, was quite faceless, Ramos rushed up from behind and pushed Yang Fan to the ground, and he applied for a yellow card for himself.
Just when Ramos pushed Yang Fan to the ground. There was a loud boo in the stands, a noise that almost stopped a person's heart.
Neither Manchester City fans nor neutral fans can afford Ramos' art-destroying behavior.
Manchester City get a free-kick opportunity!
Yang Fan stood in front of the football.
Seeing that Yang Fan was going to take the ball, Real Madrid became nervous up and down!
Mourinho also whispered from the sidelines that Ramos had fouled and didn't look at the spot, which gave City a direct free-kick straight in front of goal...... With Yang Fan and other footwork, the free kick in this position is really too threatening.
Real Madrid threw out a wall of six and the Manchester City captain was treated in a manner befitting his terrifying prowess and who he was.
Yang Fan's free kick bypassed the human wall and smashed the crossbar!
The ball hit the crossbar and bounced out, Pepe pushed the ball outward, but not far from the top, Yang Fan's header was ferried to Yaya Toure, who followed with a strong S goal, and the ball was slightly off the post.
City's stormy attack is finally over.
Jose Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief from the pitch.
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Manchester City's attack was taken seriously by Mourinho, which reminded him that the 2-1 score was not safe and the team had to continue to put pressure on Manchester City.
Real Madrid counter-attack.
After City's frenzied attack, they realised that a one-goal lead would not make City give up the game and would not secure victory for them. The best thing to do, the only way to do it is to score again to close the gap.
Luka Modric dribbles the ball down the middle.
Zabaleta defended Modric and the former made a tackle.
Luka Modric seemed to be prepared for this, only to see him flick the ball out of the way, dodge Zabaleta's defence, and instead of continuing to dribble, he passed the ball out.
Mesut Ozil won the ball and after he duffled a shot, he passed the ball out.
Cristiano Ronaldo latched on to Mesut Ozil's pass.
In the face of De Jong, Cristiano Ronaldo made a very light bicycle movement to shake De Jong.
At halftime, Jose Mourinho gave them an analysis that De Jong, who temporarily switched from midfield to central defender, was Manchester City's defensive weakness, and Mourinho asked Real Madrid's attackers to play De Jong's side at every opportunity.
As long as you break through the 'cameo central defender' De Jong, you will be closer to the goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo made up his mind to highlight De Jong, and his frequent crosses made De Jong's center of gravity very unstable.
Opportunity!
Cristiano Ronaldo saw the moment and slammed the ball to add ...... But he did not break through the past as he wished.
De Jong made a brilliant interception!
The Dutch titan in a moment at Cristiano Ronaldoga. De Jong, who was unusually strong, turned around, and then turned sideways, blocking Cristiano Ronaldo, who was also strong, and kicked the football out of the bottom line himself.
Although Real Madrid was given a corner, it was quite good not to let him break through against Cristiano Ronaldo.
Successfully intercepted Cristiano Ronaldo's breakthrough, De Jong let out a bad breath in his heart, he ran back to his own penalty area to defend this corner, Manchester City deputy Kompany patted him on the shoulder, meaning that the defense was very good just now.
After the Ozil corner, Kompany leaped high and slotted the ball out before Ramos.
Real Madrid's attack also came to an end.
Mourinho stared at De Jong on the sidelines, this time, De Jong's defense surprised him, Mourinho didn't expect De Jong to successfully defend Cristiano Ronaldo, is this still the De Jong who performed like sleepwalking in the first half of the game?!
Mourinho smiled.
He didn't believe it, he insisted that De Jong was the key to Real Madrid's goalscoring account!
Jose Mourinho asked the squad to keep the pressure on City for another goal.
Real Madrid's possession, Mesut Ozil dribbling the ball.
Mesut Ozil faced Yaya Toure for the umpteenth time, and in this game, because Yaya Toure was the one responsible for marking Mesut Ozil, and Ozil was one of the attacking cores of Real Madrid, the two often played against each other.
Mesut Ozil made a feint to pass the ball.
Yaya Toure's center of gravity changed slightly, but it quickly stabilized.
Mesut Ozil slowly dribbled the ball and Yaya Toure followed slowly backwards.
Suddenly, Mesut Ozil flicked the ball at his feet.
Yaya Toure's eyes narrowed, and his heart said, here it is!
Sure enough, Ozil's kick was the one that lured Yaya Toure into fooling him.
Ozil saw Yaya Toure stretch out his foot to kick it, and his left foot quickly pulled the ball back again.
However, Yaya Toure was also quick to strain, and he forced his weight back.
And taking advantage of Ozil's unpreparedness, he snatched the football!
Ozil, who was cut off the ball, was a little stunned, as if he didn't expect Yaya Toure to be so accurate with his ball this time.
The stands at the Etihad Stadium roared with cheers to applaud Yaya Toure's successful defence.
Yaya Toure's successful defence is arguably a microcosm of Manchester City's tenacious performance today.
When the referee showed Colo Toure a yellow card in the first half. Almost everyone thinks Manchester City is finished. This game is also over. The rest of the game must have been for Manchester City to recoil, then Real Madrid bombarded their penalty area before finally scoring a goal to win the game. Real Madrid's away win laid the foundation for the final, while Manchester City fell on the road to the semi-finals for the second year in a row.
But the tenacious Manchester City people did not agree. When Roberto Mancini brought Frenkie de Jong back to play at the back, City showed their tenacity.
Under the leadership of their captain Yang Fan, Manchester City have shown their fighting spirit and unrelenting spirit to fans around the world.
Yang Fan wiped the sweat on his forehead, this game was really too hard, after playing a high-intensity game that was close to a season, almost full attendance, the season entered the final stage, and the players' physical fitness began to have problems.
And the intensity of this game is higher, because first of all, this is the semi-final, because the opponent is the strong Real Madrid, and secondly, they have one less person, in order to make up for the numerical disadvantage, which makes everyone who stays on the field have to run more than usual, do more, and exert more physical exertion.
Yang Fan's physical fitness is definitely the best one in the Manchester City team, and his physical fitness has a little problem, so it is conceivable that the other players in Manchester City are now gritting their teeth and persevering.
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Real Madrid's attack, the football was cut off, and Manchester City immediately counterattacked.
City took advantage of Raphael Varane's chance to go up and couldn't get back, and Yaya Toure made a long drive to attack.
Zabaleta struggled to get his hands on the ball and get straight into the Real Madrid penalty area before Real Madrid's player Arbeloa could come up and interfere with him.
Yang Fan, who followed up in the middle, still managed to top the football under the interference of Ramos, and the football was slightly above the crossbar, which made the Real Madrid people break out in a cold sweat.
Manchester City frequently sought breakthroughs from Raphael Varane in the years that followed.
When City frequently broke through Varane, Mourinho immediately saw that something was wrong.
For the first time, he could still think that it was accidental. But when Manchester City only need to attack, they go this way. It's definitely premeditated.
It's clear that Real Madrid are going to attack Raphael Varane here.
Mourinho frowned, and he could tell that Varane was struggling to cope.
"Let Coentrão warm up! I'll give him five minutes! I'll be back soon!" Mourinho shouted to his assistant.
Mesut Ozil was brought to the ground again by Yaya Toure in front.
The referee awarded a free-kick.
Jose Mourinho looked disgruntled, believing the referee should have shown Yaya Toure a yellow card, as the Ivorian had brought down Mesut Ozil on several occasions.
The Real Madrid manager's protest drew him a referee, who verbally warned Mourinho.
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Real Madrid's free-kick is taken.
The ball was blocked by the wall, but the second drop was controlled by Real Madrid.
The ball fell to Luka Modric again and Zabaleta immediately came up to mark the ball.
Modric wanted to speed away from Zabaleta, but Zabaleta dragged him from behind. This small action he did was very hidden, and he immediately released it after pulling it, so the referee couldn't see it at all. These are some of the tricks that the Argentine players, the South American players to be exact, and especially the South American defenders are very good at using.
Luka Modric couldn't handle the ball well under Zabaleta's small movements, and his pass was a little high, which gave Kompany the opportunity to play to his high advantage, Kompany pushed the ball out, Yaya Toure came to pick it up.
Yaya Toure gets the ball, which largely means that Manchester City is going to play a counterattack!
Modric was well aware of this, so the Croatian immediately pounced on Yaya Toure, who was ready to deliberately foul him.
But the cunning Yaya Toure didn't give Modric a chance to foul, and the Ivorian passed the ball before Modric got close to him!
The target is still Varane's right flank!
The camera follows the football, and then the people see the goal of this pass from Yaya Toure:
Yang Fan!
This is Manchester City's quick counterattack, Yaya Toure directly in the backfield long pass to find Yang Fan!