Chapter 14: The Trapped Bernabéu
In every football-loving city, no matter how big or small, whether it is in Europe where football is flourishing or in the wilderness of mankind, there will always be a place full of green, on which people draw square white lines, draw four semicircles, and finally put two goals, and then, countless football lovers run on it, chasing the football that is small compared to this field but the only shining football - this should be the most authentic description of the football field. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
During the long night, the city is lit up with warm and quiet lights, and the stadium becomes the highlight of the city. However, when we look at the history and present of football, we always have to choose a few stadiums that are either solemn because they carry a lot of memories, or they are amazing because of their beautiful appearance, or simply because of the shouting fans in them. So, it's a difficult task to choose the top 10 courses that the world thinks will be the best of the game, but no matter how you choose them, there will definitely be the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
The fans are lucky enough to have two teams in one city, not to mention that one of them is as star-studded and dazzling as Real Madrid. The Bernabeu Stadium, as the place where the Galaxy Battleship is suspended, is also more picky in the pursuit of fans. In addition to winning, you must also win beautifully; It is no wonder that this stadium seems to have been infused with aristocratic blood for a long time, and only the best players in the world are worthy of the honor of being the owner of this stadium.
The magical story of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium has led to the illustrious history of the stadium's owner, Real Madrid, which was named the best club of the century by FIFA in 2000. Eternal superstars such as Stefano, Puskas, Ronaldo, Raul, Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo have all roamed the hallowed grass of the Bernabeu, with its famous white stripes. Today, the stadium is located in the heart of Madrid's bustling financial district, the capital of Spain, which was a suburb when it was first built. At the time, many thought that the capacity of 120,000 people was insane, but soon the builder's bet paid off.
Before the establishment of the Bernabeu, Real Madrid did not have a stable home stadium, but moved several times. It wasn't until 1943, when Santiago Bernabeu was elected president of the club, that Real Madrid began to build a home stadium that truly matched their identity. In 1947, the stadium was put into use, then called "Lacastellana", and it was not until the beginning of 1955 that the stadium was renamed after the president, at that time, the stadium had a capacity of 75,432 people.
By the 50s and 60s, Real Madrid had won the Champions Cup six times, five of which were consecutive, a record that had never been seen before or since. 120,000 happy fans, in those days, almost stood to cheer for their Indisfano, Puskas and Hento. In 1964, the Spanish national team won the first European Championship trophy in the country's history. Then, from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, the club returned to the revamped Bernabeu three Champions League trophies in five years, and the silver Bernabeu re-established itself as the centre of European football.
"Welcome to the Santiago Bernabeu! There may not be a more crucial moment for Blake himself this season than today, and if they want to take their season to the next level, then they will have to win today's game, but it is clear that Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid will not agree! Speaking of which, Lineker, the ace commentator of Sky Sports for this game, gave up his microphone to the earth-shattering cheers in the stadium stands.
In the stands, the singing voice seemed to tell the fans watching the game in front of the TV that the people in different jerseys on the football field will never be friends, but rivals.
The lineups of the two teams were also released soon-
Real Madrid starting line-up (4-3-3):
Goalkeeper: Casillas
Defenders: Marcelo, Ramos, Carvalho, McConn
Midfielders: Kaka, Diarra, Sneijder
Forwards: Raul, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Blackburn Rovers lineup (4-5-1):
Goalkeeper: Cech.
Defenders: Baines, Kompany, Thiago Silva, Branivic
Midfielders: Bale, Alonso, Cambiaso, Frank Lampard, Di Maria
Forward: Fernando Torres
Compared with the starting line-up of the first leg between the two sides, Mourinho only replaced Pepe, who was brainy in the last game, while Blackburn's side changed a lot, Ancelotti used a more conservative 4-5-1 formation when he came to the road, but under the surprise of Bale and Di Maria, the Blues counterattacked more than the previous game.
As soon as the game began, there was a commotion in the stadium, mixed with some angry scolding, which seemed to be some conflict.
Torres was about to step forward into the penalty area and leave to wait for his teammates to pass the ball, but then he turned his head when he heard the whistle, only to see a group of people gathered on the left side of Real Madrid, including Alonso, where several people, including Alonso, confronted a group of people from Real Madrid, and the referee stepped forward and quickly used the whistle to divide the players of the two teams.
It turned out that at the beginning of the game, Blackburn had an attacking opportunity, Bale received the football on the left and ran with the ball, McCone touched Bale's support leg with his right leg, tripping the latter off the field.
Originally, McCone and Bale were teammates last season, and the two had a good personal relationship, so it stands to reason that McCone would have nothing to do with pulling Bale up, but Ramos came up to criticize Bale for faking a fall, but Cambiaso, who came over later and understood Spanish, heard it, and almost caused a conflict between the two teams.
Speaking of which, in the starting lineup of Real Madrid, Ronaldo, Diarra, McCone and Carvalho are all former Blackburn players, and Mourinho has also coached the Blue Devils, so the personal relationship between the two teams is actually not bad, but there is also a former Real Madrid player Cambiaso in the Black's team, who always thinks that he is the "commander" who was swept away by the Bernabeu, and has always been obsessed with Real Madrid, so it is inevitable that he will be a little emotional.
After the resumption of the game, both sides were torn apart by the opponent's tough defense, as a Premier League team, Blake has been good at physical confrontation, and Mourinho after taking charge of Real Madrid, also brought blood and toughness to the galaxy.
The performance of the two teams on the pitch is completely different from the current Barcelona-style pass-and-control football advocated in football, Barcelona gives people a beautiful feeling, and at the moment Blackburn Rovers and Real Madrid on the green field are burning passion for the fans!
Real Madrid's attack, Ronaldo broke through with the ball on the right side, and Baines followed him in small steps.
As a double substitute for Ashley Cole's club and national team, Baines is far less famous than Ashley Cole, and his salary is nearly half less, but in this defense, Baines has proved to the world why he can be part of the Three Lions' 23-man squad.
Cristiano Ronaldo pedaled a bike and then started suddenly, but the next moment, someone else passed and the ball was left by Baines.
Cristiano Ronaldo stumbled, and then he could only see Baines deliver the ball accurately to the front court - in fact, under Mourinho's tutelage, Ronaldo is becoming more and more like a pure goalscorer, although his goals and goal efficiency have been significantly improved, but the previous invincible dribble on the wing has been completely lost.
Baines' pass went straight to Real Madrid's half, Ramos stared at the depraved football, his body was already jumping up, trying to break the ball before the Blue Devils player could catch the ball, he had absolute confidence in his speed!
However, he is fast, but there are people who are faster than him!
As soon as the black jersey flashed in front of him, Ramos saw that the football in the air was taken away, and looking at the No. 9 figure wearing the black black jersey of Blackburn in front of him, Ramos exclaimed in his heart.
There seems to be only Casillas and Carvalho behind him?
Ramos had the thought in his head, and then, almost subconsciously, his right hand reached out and grabbed Torres's right shoulder tightly. It took almost a combination of hands and feet to bring Torres down outside the box.
Seeing Ramos's foul, Mourinho on the sidelines smiled and applauded his favorite - in the first leg of the game, it was Ramos's indecisiveness when he fouled that allowed Torres to complete the goal, this time Ramos did not repeat the mistake of the past, and with the minimum cost, snuffed out this Torres's shooting opportunity.
Ramos' foul was not big, and Carvalho was behind him, so the referee did not show a yellow card to Ramos, who had the advantage of being at home, but only a verbal warning.
Torres won a well-placed free-kick for Blackburn, a free-kick that could be shot and crossed, with left-footed players Bynes and Bale both standing in front of the ball.
"Drop!"
When the whistle blew, Bale ran to the ball first, but only ran past the football, Baines did not hesitate, and with a diagonal pass, the ball spun in a wonderful arc towards the Real Madrid penalty area, where a good Blackburn header was waiting for him!
The front point?
Seems to be the previous point, yes, just looks!
At least, Baines's goal has made almost all Real Madrid defenders focus on the front point, and Torres, as the number one arrow figure of the Blue Devils, also seems to want to grab this point, only to see that his body seems to be desperately squeezing towards the forward point!
However, just as the ball was about to fly, Thiago Silva's body, which seemed to have completely fallen to the forward point, suddenly reversed and jumped towards the back point at a very fast speed!
At this point, the ball suddenly spun towards the back of the goal as if it had turned in the air, and the timing was perfectly matched with Thiago Silva's movements!
"Good ball ......" At this time, seeing such a wonderful cooperation, Lineker, who could see it clearly in the commentary, couldn't help but clench his fists and screamed out.
Baines' curling free-kick was a perfect interaction with Thiago Silva, who was like a bomber full of bombs making a final dive, spilling his fury on enemy territory.
And when the ball flew into the net, Casillas, who could only act as a spectator during the whole process, was also speechless in surprise, in the face of such an attack, the goalkeeper, whose attention had also been attracted to the front point for a long time, could only watch the ball fly into the net!
1:0!
After the goal, Thiago Silva jumped high here, his hands casually and comfortably spread freely in the air, roaring loudly, at this moment, he seemed to cover the entire blue sky!
When Thiago Silva celebrated his goal, the camera also gave a close-up of the assist Baines, and after stealing Ronaldo, he used a free kick to stage an assist, and Baines's performance in this round at least increased his value by one million euros!
After Ashley Cole fell into a slump due to his divorce from Cheryl, many people thought that Blackburn's left-back position would be a concern, but Baines's performance slapped the expert who made this judgment in the face.
The Bynes proclaimed to the world how many fierce men there were in Blackburn!
In the 22nd minute, Thiago Silva broke the deadlock for Blackburn, rewriting the aggregate score to 4-1 and erasing Real Madrid's advantage of an away goal in the first leg.
And Real Madrid, which is 3 goals behind in aggregate, must give up the previous smooth tactics and must go all out at all costs!
"Offense...... Offensive! On the pitch, Mourinho's voice came from the sidelines again and again.
Blackburn's midfielder was tackled, in a casual way that made Ancelotti extremely dissatisfied: facing the bag of two Real Madrid defenders, Di Maria, who was carrying the ball, saw that he could not continue to break through, and did not choose to pass the ball to his teammates, but shot the ball out, and when the angle was already blocked, he just glanced at the goal and sent the ball out!
Obviously, in the face of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, it was another three-goal lead, which made Di Maria's mentality a little unbalanced, and the intention to make a contribution was highlighted.
After all, against the Galaxy Battleship, the publicity effect of scoring a goal is much better than brushing a hat-trick against an underdog in the Premier League.
Di Maria's shè door was high and floating, and he flew out of bounds without any suspense......
"I'm X!" Seeing this, Di Maria scolded in a low voice, but there was no guilt on his face, he turned around and ran back, and the others also looked indifferent, in their opinion, this was just a mistake made by the young player in the team and lost a ball!
Even Torres, who had just found a good opportunity but was wasted by Di Maria, felt that it was nothing, after all, Di Maria had always cooperated well with him, so let him be "alone" once.
The ball belongs to Real Madrid again!
However, the worries seem to remain. (To be continued.) )