Chapter 40: The Goal Contest
The excitement of scoring goals made the players on both sides even more excited. The situation of the game became more intense, and the pace became faster in vain. The impact of both sides on the other's defense, the gap between offense and defense has become shorter. The dazzling transition between offense and defense made everyone forget to breathe.
The two goals were just the beginning, and five minutes later, Real Madrid once again relied on the individual ability of their stars to strike hard.
Real Madrid took the lead again, which took the atmosphere at the Bernabeu to another level. The boiling of the white sea is like the sea in a typhoon, which scares the fans of the Granada team.
"Real Madrid must win!"
Compared to the first goal, Real Madrid's momentum reached an extremely high level at this moment. The momentum is like a rainbow to describe it, and it looks a little pale and weak.
Yan Feng, who was in the middle of it, felt that his side was like being in the eye of the storm, and he was in an extremely disadvantageous position. However, he was not demoralized by the team falling behind again. The wind knows the grass. In this environment, he has more and more ignited the fighting spirit of not giving up.
And Yan Feng is not the only one in this situation, the entire Granada team has not been discouraged because of falling behind again.
If you fall behind, you just have to catch it up.
We are going to fight for the championship, and a momentary disadvantage cannot be an excuse to admit defeat.
Until the end of the game, winning or losing is inconclusive.
With similar thoughts, the Granada team did not back down and did not lose confidence. With a strong belief in the competition, the Granada team launched a fierce counterattack against the opponent after the restart.
Real Madrid didn't rest on their laurels either. They weren't resting on their laurels and a one-goal lead wasn't a safe one. In addition, there are cases of Granada defeating and winning in previous encounters. This time, they all want to take advantage of the situation to crush the Granada team in one fell swoop. They should only be proud of defeating their opponents.
Real Madrid contracted without taking the lead, which left Granada with no shortage of chances. The increasingly frustrated Granada team faced a Real Madrid team who continued to be aggressive, and they first calmed down to withstand the home team's attack, and then took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Counter-attacks are not always successful, but when the Granada team counter-attacked, they continued to attack from behind at the first opportunity.
Real Madrid, who did not shrink and strengthen the defense, was finally scored under a wave of continuous bombardment from the Granada team.
Under Luka Modric, although Granada's attackers do not have superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, their attacking combination is inferior to that of Real Madrid.
Fast, fluent, and layered continuous attacks, just seized the situation of Real Madrid's wide defensive space, Martial made a 45-degree reverse pass, and Lin Fan, who was the third wave of attacks from the back heel, directly raised his foot to hit the goal. The ball holds a corner of the goal.
2:2. Just five minutes after Real Madrid's second goal, Granada equalized again.
The excitement at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was immediately subdued. And the countless Granada fans sitting in front of the TV jumped up with joy.
"Another goal. It's cool!"
"Real Madrid don't want Granada to bow their heads with the advantage of their home stadium. ”
"That's the temperament of a strong team. The current Granada team is reassuring to look at. ”
Faced with the advantage of leading for a long time so quickly and again, this time Real Madrid's coach Zinedine Zidane regretted it a little.
Zidane really regretted that he was too confident in his own team. He felt that he should really learn from Mourinho and let the team go straight to defense when he had the advantage in hand. In that case, it would be impossible for Granada to tie so quickly.
It's just that Zidane regrets it now too late. And to be honest, it's not his style, and it's not the style that Real Madrid would like.
Cristiano Ronaldo is aware of similar problems. It's just that his pride also made him quickly put aside the idea of retreating as soon as he was ahead. He also began to frown slightly.
The Granada team is now tougher and stronger than ever.
Real Madrid also lost to Granada last season. But Ronaldo never felt that Granada were an equal team to them. Because those defeats were all won by the sneak attack after they couldn't attack for a long time and were exhausted by the Granada team.
And today, the Granada team does not have the shameless practice of putting buses to fight for consumption and then waiting for opportunities to counterattack. Granada opened up to fight Real Madrid in attack. In this case, they could not be crushed, and both leads were quickly leveled. This made Ronaldo feel the Granada team's offensive ability far beyond the past, as well as the confidence to compete for the championship.
"We've got one more real opponent in the future!"
The rest of the Real Madrid team felt similarly. It was only at this point that they really saw Granada as an opponent to be taken seriously.
Finding that the opponent is not the kind of opponent that cannot be taken seriously, the stars of the Real Madrid team also put away the psychology of contempt.
Real Madrid are starting to get their mindset right and are no longer bent on defeating Granada in one fell swoop. At this time, the high-intensity and fast-paced game in front of the game also caused great physical consumption on both sides.
Both sides also found that the opponent is not every kind of opponent who can defeat the opponent in a short period of time, and if you want to win, you must fight to the end. The race slowed down.
And it's impossible to keep that rhythm that makes you forget to breathe. After that, the slowed pace of the game fell into a kind of parity. and until the end of the first half.
First Half 2:2 result. Obviously, there is no way to decide the winner, and this situation has also given the outside world a lot of talk at halftime. And the first half was an absolutely fantastic game, that's what everyone agrees on.
And this situation also means that the second half will be more intense.
When the second half resumed, it was exactly like that. Real Madrid, in particular, were trying to regain the lead at Zidane's behest, and the game became more intense at the start than in the first half.
Zidane's idea was to take advantage of the home advantage and attack at the start of the second half in order to disrupt the Granada team. And once they take the lead again, this time he thinks about it, and he will immediately switch the team to a shrinking defence.
Ideas are beautiful, and reality doesn't necessarily come out as someone's thoughts.
Contrary to Zinedine Zidane's thoughts, it was not Real Madrid who took the lead at the start of the second half, but Granada.
On a counter-attack, Modric's long ball found Mahrez. Mahrez, on the other hand, relied on his super passing ability to connect two people when Real Madrid's defense was not completed, and stumbled into the ball when Marcelo interfered.
3:2, Granada actually led Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. This was a surprise to countless people.
For the first time in a favorable situation, this is the first time that the game has been in a favourable situation.
After Yan Feng celebrated excitedly with his teammates, he also understood that the most difficult game had just begun.
After the game restarted, Real Madrid really went back on a frantic attack. They began to push on the top in a big way, regardless of it, and let it go.
Granada, after taking the lead for the first time, did not switch to a shrinking defence. Since coach Andrea Pirlo did not ask the team to adjust their tactics, Yan Feng and other defenders are all focused on defense, but attacking players like Anthony Martial and Mahrez in the front court have some thoughts of wanting to make persistent efforts.
This situation made the Granada team in a situation where the front and back were not close enough for a while. As a result, Granada failed to defend with all their might in the face of Real Madrid's frantic attack, and thus began to become a little passive.
The defensive pressure on Granada after taking the lead began to rise exponentially. In the difficult defense, they also failed to organize a counterattack to contain them, which made them more and more passive. Gradually, the lead put them in a situation where they were in a state of gain and loss, and thus were suppressed by Real Madrid in terms of momentum.
Later, Pirlo also began to direct the Granada team on the sidelines to defend. Seeing that the team was getting more and more unfavorable, he remembered to ask all the frontcourt players to retreat.
It's just that it's too late. In the siege, Real Madrid got a set-piece opportunity. And this set-piece opportunity, Real Madrid seized it, Ronaldo jumped high under the defender's clip, shook his head and smashed the ball into the Granada team's goal.
3:3. The score is tied again, and the two sides return to the same running line again.
Once again, the game was back on the same page, but for some of the young players in the Granada squad, psychologically they retreated more.
Granada failed to pull back in time after taking the lead and failed to withstand Real Madrid's counterattack. If they can pull back with all their might and hold on for a while, the game will be extremely good for them.
But now that the lead is gone, some young players like Benkovic may not be as firm psychologically as Yan Feng.
After the resumption of the match, the Granada team looked a little inferior to the Real Madrid team in terms of momentum. In the siege ahead, their sharpness was frustrated. And the momentum of the Real Madrid team is unstoppable.
Momentum is such a thing as a wonderful thing, and it often goes up and down in a game. Real Madrid, on the other hand, took the opportunity to suppress the Granada team in terms of momentum.
In the next game, the Granada team gradually became passive. When the momentum and the situation are overtaken by the opponent, the situation begins to become more and more unfavorable.
Although Yan Feng led his teammates to resist hard, it seems that Lady Luck began to favor the Real Madrid team at home. The home side took advantage of another corner to smash the Granada goal. However, it was not Ronaldo who scored this time, but Benzema.
3:4. Real Madrid leads again.
The atmosphere at the Bernabeu was pushed to the top this time. The morale of the Real Madrid team has also reached its peak.
The Granada team really suffered a bit of a morale loss this time. It's just that with the encouragement of Yan Feng and Modric, they also began to attack aggressively.
At this time, Real Madrid did not take the lead again as every time they did. After Zidane immediately made personnel changes, they strengthened their defence.
Granada rose on the offensive in the hope of equalising again. However, after the main force of the Real Madrid team contracted and strengthened the defense, especially after Modric was favored by Casemiro, the Granada team's attack began to encounter great obstacles.