Chapter 8: Blue Sky vs. Milky Way
Real Madrid club president Florentino formed the first generation of "Galaxy Battleships" including Beckham, Figo and Zidane, and then formed the second generation of "Galaxy Battleships" after taking office. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the summer of 2009, Real Madrid set off a transfer spree in the summer of 2009, spending up to 274 million euros to bring them Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, McConn...... It also brought countless fans full of excitement. After welcoming the most individual head coach Mourinho, the new generation of "Galaxy Battleship" was finally finalized and sailed.
In the 2009-10 season, the most dazzling teams in world football were undoubtedly the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, Barcelona with the new Ballon d'Or Lionel Messi, and Arthur's Blackburn, so when the quarterfinals of the Champions League between Real Madrid and Blackburn arrived, all the fans' eyes were on this match.
"José, welcome back!" Arthur laughed and hugged Mourinho.
Before the game, Mourinho specially visited Arthur with Spanish red wine, although the relationship between employer and employee is no longer there, but the friendship has become more pure.
"Top quality tequila, nice good wine." Arthur took Mourinho's gift and laughed: "But my team won't give you water." ”
Mourinho also smiled: "Arthur, even in the Rose Theater, Real Madrid will not necessarily lose. ”
"See you on the pitch." Both old friends have their own confidence.
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"Audience friends! Tune in to the Champions League quarter-finals today at the Theatre of the Roses! After six rounds of group stage and quarter-finals, Blackburn Rovers met an equally strong Real Madrid side this season......
"Now I'm going to introduce the starting line-ups of both teams......
Real Madrid starting line-up (4-3-3):
Goalkeeper: Casillas
Defenders: Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, McConn
Midfielders: Kaka, Diarra, Sneijder
Forwards: Raul, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4-2-2):
Goalkeeper: Cech.
Defenders: Ashley Cole, Kompany, Thiago Silva, Branislav Ivanovic
Midfielders: Bale, Alonso, Cambiaso, Frank Lampard
Front: Fernando Torres, Drogba
But the start of an important game is always dull and hot, especially for the two teams that know their roots well, Real Madrid and Blackburn.
In just the first ten minutes, the smell of gunpowder on the pitch seemed to spread to the spectators' stands, and the fierce heat wave made the gentlest fans roar to their heart's content.
The scramble on the field was unusually hot, fierce, and even brutal.
Violent collision, shoveling people one after another, pulling ...... It all came up in the first few minutes.
Real Madrid did not show the slightest mercy when they met Blackburn, but Blackburn did not show mercy either, especially the most aggressive Drogba really showed his role and value at the beginning of the game. The African monster almost blasted through the Real Madrid backline with his amazing energy, but it was Casillas who received the ball steadily.
Then, Casillas glanced at Drogba, who was just in front of the goalframe, and Torres, who was watching from a short distance, and chose to test the Blackburn backline with a long ball straight to the front.
Cambiaso seemed to be reminded of his past when he was "abandoned" by Real Madrid, and his fierce style of play inspired his violent nature, knocking people over when he intercepted Raul.
Cambiassol defused an opposition's attack and then played the ball towards Alonso's position. However, just as Alonso began to prepare to receive the ball, Diarra accelerated forward sharply, and a "iron mountain leaning" knocked down the Spanish midfielder.
"Didi!" Diarra received the first yellow card of the game.
It is worth mentioning that three of Real Madrid's starting 11 in this game, including Diarra, are Blackburn veterans, and there is also former Blue Devils central defender Carvalho on the bench.
Carlo Ancelotti, who has an excellent vision of the big picture, seems to have understood how obsessed Real Madrid are with Blackburn's midfield engine today, and it may not be a good idea to give the ball to Alonso frequently. So he called Bale to the sidelines after looking at the opponent's defender position.
When Bale returned to the pitch, he moved his position forward a little - from left wing-back to left wing-back, a change that subtly shifted Blackburn's attacking focus to the left wing.
Another collision near the edge of the Blackburn penalty area saw the ball cleanly cut off by Cambiaso, and this time instead of handing it to Alonso, he began to dribble forward on his own, moving forward with the ball continuously.
Cambiaso is a defensive midfielder, but he is nicknamed "The Commander", who can underestimate his ability to organize and attack?
Cambiasso fed the ball to Frank Lampard, who drew the Real Madrid midfielder to him and fed it back to Cambiaso, who picked up the ball again on the run and passed it back to Lampard.
Frank Lampard made a quick run to get the ball to Alonso, who had been watching him, but then reached behind his left foot and flicked the ball deftly past Sneijder's defence and towards Bale.
Like a lightning bolt on the side, Bale accelerated quickly towards the middle, and rushed forward at full speed after getting the ball.
It was an unexpected combination, as the left winger, who had barely made much effort since the start of the game, burst out with astonishing explosiveness.
The Welshman sprinted with the ball and Real Madrid's defence dropped back quickly, with Diarra and McCone both biting down on Bale's back.
Bale was so badly marked that he couldn't break free of the mark, returning from the left flank to the middle and finding a suitable moment to shoot, almost to the left of the goal, facing off against two Real Madrid defenders.
Bale's eyes were fixed on the two McConn who were standing in front of him, dangling the ball with his right foot and kicking it out between McConn's feet for a thrilling pass.
The moment Bale passed the ball, centre-forward Drogba, who was closer to the point where the ball landed than Torres, showed the power of his rapid start - the Ivorian monster had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and it seemed to slow down his time.
Drogba made a strong effort, quickly rushed past Vidic, the backbone of the Real Madrid backline in front of him, and after getting the ball, knocked over Pepe and Ramos who were trying to "close the door" one after another, and successfully broke through the defense line and formed a single knife.
Single Knife!
It was a great chance to shoot and Drogba didn't hesitate too much to shoot hard before the Real Madrid backline could catch up again.
The shot was so powerful that the ball, which was being chased by 20 men on the pitch, barely spun and headed towards Real Madrid's goal.
However, the angle of the shot was still too correct after all, and although the force was amazing, it was still knocked out by Casillas who was guarding in front of the goal with two fists.
The ball was knocked out, but Drogba still didn't give up. He violently shook Ramos away at the moment when he was grabbed by the Real Madrid player, and continued to rush forward, towards the direction where the ball was saved, and completed a follow-up shot at the moment when his body collapsed due to the inertia of breaking free and pulling.
However, being too nervous and subconsciously wanting to kick a shot from an angle led him to unexpectedly kick the follow-up shot into the frame of the goal, which was bounced off the frame of the goal before Casillas could get up to pounce.
The moment the ball hit the post, Drogba's eyes widened and he watched in disbelief as the ball bounced off the frame of the goal.
After the chaos had passed, Marcelo, who reacted, scrambled to kick the ball out before Torres could make a stoppage, bringing the most lethal attack Blackburn Rovers to an end in such a deeply regrettable fashion.
Drogba, who had two unsuccessful shots, stood in front of the goal distractedly, unable to recover after Torres patted him on the head.
It was not only Drogba who was unbelievable, but also Carlo Ancelotti and the rest of the Blackburn Rovers in the stands, Drogba had been able to hit almost 100 per cent of his shots in the previous games, and he had excellent consistency in his follow-up shots, but these two shots were just too substandard.
"What's this called?" Arthur is also extremely helpless in the stands, Drogba is not the kind of prolific goalscorer, but the ability to seize opportunities is still extremely strong, but this choice made Arthur recall how he felt when he was a fan in his previous life.
Arthur, who was a Chinese in the previous life, is naturally a fan of the Chinese men's football team, and the feeling of watching the game is really ......
On the pitch the situation seemed to be at an impasse.
"After the start of the game, many attacks launched by Real Madrid were blocked by Blackburn's players from their backline, although there were no goals and no beautiful shots that threatened the goal too much, but the game was completely undull! At least that's what I think! The midfield was fierce, and of course the Blackburn players launched three beautiful counter-attacks, but they were also hindered by the Real Madrid backline! Lineker, who was in charge of commentating the game, explained in a slightly dull voice that the game was not too intense.
"The defenders on both sides played extremely well in this game, especially Blackburn's two attacks that threatened the goal were blocked by Pepe with precise judgment, although Pepe sometimes makes unexpected brain-dead choices, but I think he is a high-IQ player who plays with his brain."
When the players on both sides were clinging to the ferocious scramble in the midfield, Lineker seized the time to say such a long list at a very fast pace, but the next moment, he said, "Ah! He shouted.
Just because of the situation on the field, the situation has changed suddenly! (To be continued.) )