Chapter 170: Advance to the Champions League Final
In the 35th minute, Real Madrid's superstars finally played a delicate combination to avoid Cheng Hai, and finally Ronaldo broke through the defenders on the side after a continuous bicycle cross, and Benzema successfully fought for the top in the penalty area.
Although there was no direct goal, Benzema's header managed to get the ball to Higuain, who rushed in from outside the box.
Higuain volleyed the ball straight into the Borussia Dortmund goal without stopping the ball without any interference.
Real Madrid finally equalised and leveled the aggregate score at 3-5.
With only two goals behind, everyone saw a little bit of hope.
Real Madrid only need to score two more goals to potentially eliminate Borussia Dortmund by virtue of the advantage of more away goals and advance to the final.
So both the players and the fans celebrated wildly after Gonzalo Higuain sent the ball into the Dortmund goal with a volley.
Everyone subconsciously only saw the situation in their favor, and didn't think about it, if Real Madrid can score two goals, how can the defense line with so few defenders and full of holes withstand Dortmund's counterattack?
Perhaps, it's not that it's unexpected, but everyone doesn't want to think about the consequences.
Because, once Dortmund score another goal, Real Madrid's away goal advantage will be erased, even if they equalize the aggregate score, it will be useless, and extra time will have to be played.
And looking at Cheng Hai's untired appearance, playing overtime may be more beneficial to Cheng Hai.
In any case, they finally pulled back a point and narrowed the aggregate score to two goals, giving Real Madrid's players and fans hope again.
Therefore, after the resumption of the game, Real Madrid continued to press and attack aggressively across the board.
However, although Real Madrid has many superstars, their individual strength has never been comparable to Cheng Hai, whether it is a breakthrough, a pass, or a shot, the success rate is not as good as Cheng Hai.
The last successful goal was all carried with a certain element of luck.
In the next few minutes, no matter how Real Madrid bombarded indiscriminately, Dortmund's defense was still as stable as Mount Tai under the leadership of Cheng Hai and was not broken by Real Madrid again.
On the contrary, Real Madrid's backline, under the condition of pressing on all fronts and attacking aggressively, constantly appeared loopholes and was counterattacked by Dortmund.
Although because Cheng Hai's position is too far back and rarely participates in counterattacks, coupled with the super long play of Casillas, the world's top goalkeeper, Dortmund's counterattack success rate is relatively low.
But Real Madrid's back line is too porous, and there are too many counterattacks, even Casillas can't stand it.
Before the end of the first half, in the 44th minute, Real Madrid's front-court attack lost the ball again under the joint pressure of Cheng Hai and his teammates, and Dortmund, who grabbed the ball, immediately launched a counterattack.
Although Cheng Hai did not participate in this counterattack, it was his pressing that made Real Madrid lose the goal, which gave Dortmund the opportunity to counterattack.
In the end, it was Gundogan who set up Lewandowski to form a one-on-one knife, and Lewandowski slotted the ball over Casillas' head and into the back of the net behind him with a deft lob from outside the box.
Before the end of the first half, Dortmund scored another goal to regain a 2-1 lead over the second leg and 6-3 over the second leg.
More crucially, Borussia Dortmund scored two away goals, erasing Real Madrid's advantage of two away goals.
In the following time, even if Real Madrid scored three goals in a row to equalize the aggregate score, they still couldn't win and had to play extra time.
This made the fans of Real Madrid's players despair.
Soon, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
At halftime, the commentators of TV stations from all over the world sighed that Real Madrid had gone on the momentum, and it was impossible to stage a big comeback and advance to the final.
After Cheng Hai retreated to the midfield position and swept the whole field with his perverted physical ability, Real Madrid absolutely could not have scored three goals in a row in the second half.
Moreover, even if Real Madrid scored three goals, it would be impossible for their colander defence not to concede a single goal.
As long as Dortmund scores another goal, the advantage of more away goals will be moved to Dortmund's side, and Real Madrid will have no possibility of turning the tables.
Basically, the semi-finals have ended early, and it is Dortmund who have advanced to the final.
Of course, the reason why a miracle is called a miracle is to stage a miracle in the impossible.
Many supporters of Real Madrid are still hoping that the madman Mourinho will turn the tide and lead Real Madrid to defeat Dortmund and advance to the final.
After a 15-minute break, the second half officially began, and the two sides changed sides and fought again, with no substitutions.
Perhaps it was Mourinho's impassioned speech in the dressing room at half-time that made Real Madrid's players continue to bombard Dortmund's half after the start of the second half.
Real Madrid does have too many superstars, even if Cheng Hai's defensive position and tackling ability are full of value, there are times when they fail.
In the 58th minute, it was Ozil, who was holding the ball, that suddenly made a delicate heel pass in the face of Cheng Hai's interception, passing the ball to Ronaldo who was inserted in the back row on the side.
Even with Cheng Hai's full defensive positioning and steals, he didn't expect Ozil to come with a back-heel pass.
He only jammed the route of Ozil's pass to Benzema and Higuain in the penalty area, but Ozil sent the ball out with a back-heel pass.
This back-heel pass not only invalidated Cheng Hai's defence, but also gave Ronaldo a great chance to shoot from outside the arc of the penalty area.
Although Hummels and Kyle in the box gave up their marking players and tried to rush up and fly to block Ronaldo's shot, their blocks failed.
Because Ronaldo didn't stop the ball at all, he shot directly at the ball passed by Ozil with his heel and kicked the ball to the left side of Dortmund's goal.
The ball flew past Sebastian Kyle's toe as he flew through the crowded penalty area and slammed into the post before goalkeeper Weidenfeller's palm was in place.
In the 58th minute of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Real Madrid, and Real Madrid equalized the score again, and the aggregate score was 4-6, only two goals behind.
Real Madrid once again saw hope of an equaliser, or even a reversal.
Ronaldo, who scored a domineering goal, did not celebrate, but rushed into the goalkeeper to pick up the ball, and raised his right hand as he ran to the halfway line, signaling the fans in the stands to cheer louder.
Under the call of Ronaldo, more than 70,000 fans in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium gave more cheers and applause, as well as the sound of cheering, providing off-field power support for Real Madrid's attack.
The game restarted, and Real Madrid, who were still two goals behind on aggregate, had no way to retreat, and still had to press heavily and attack wildly.
However, as with the previous two goals, Real Madrid, who were on the board across the board, simply did not have enough manpower to stop Dortmund's counter-attack.
Even if Dortmund's counterattack is not successful every time, because the Real Madrid backline is too undermanned and often faces the situation of playing more with less, Dortmund finally seized the opportunity to successfully counterattack.
After more than 10 minutes of stalemate at 2-2, there were less than 20 minutes left in regular time, and Real Madrid's players were getting more and more anxious, with Ramos and Marcelo both rushing into Dortmund's half to participate in the attack, and only one central defender Pepe was left on the halfway line.
As a result, in the 75th minute, Ronaldo, who was arrogant and anxious, probably wanted to challenge Cheng Hai's defensive ability, and did not pass the ball out in time after getting the ball, but went straight to Cheng Hai.
When approaching Cheng Hai, Ronaldo took out his good cycling skills, and shook his two feet on the rolling ball, trying to shake Cheng Hai.
However, how did he know that Cheng Hai's cycling skills are more proficient than him, and he also has full-value defensive positioning and steal skills.
The full value of pedaling the bicycle makes Cheng Hai's vision extraordinary, and he can almost immediately judge which of Ronaldo's cycling is a feint and which may be a real breakthrough.
Then, with a full-value defensive position, Cheng Hai can retreat and block Ronaldo's breakthrough direction.
In the end, when Ronaldo stepped on the bicycle five or six times and did not shake Cheng Hai down and did not find the opportunity to break through, it was Cheng Hai's sudden robbery and stretched out his foot to poke Ronaldo's ball away.
Cheng Hai's full physique and acceleration can support him to exert much stronger explosiveness than others, and before Ronaldo could react, the ball was poked off.
Ronaldo VS Cheng Hai one-on-one, Cheng Hai wins.
Moreover, it is not only a matter of winning one-on-one, Cheng Hai suddenly grabbed the ball this time, and just stabbed the ball at the feet of Gundogan.
When Lewandowski was targeted by Pepe, Mario Gotze on the side turned keenly and rushed towards Real Madrid's half at the moment when Cheng Hai stabbed the ball.
Then, just as he was about to overtake Pepe's position, Gundogan made a pass.
Gundogan's brilliant long pass not only allowed his pass to avoid the interception of Marcelo and Pepe, but also rolled just right to Mario Goetze's sprinting route.
Gotze didn't stop moving the ball forward and took it to the Real Madrid penalty area.
Mario Gotze successfully countered offside and received a direct pass from Gundogan's back in Real Madrid's half, forming a one-on-one counterattack.
Pepe tried his best to chase after Götze, but couldn't close the distance.
As a wing-back, Gotze's pace has always been good.
Although running with the ball is slower than running without the ball, because it is a single knife and there is no one in front of him, Götze can make the ball bigger, and it is not much slower than running without the ball at all.
Although Pepe's desperate return allowed him to close the distance between him and Gotze, it was clear that he could not catch up with Gotze before he could shoot.
Soon, Gotze dribbled the ball to the outside of the penalty area.
In the face of Casillas, who had already attacked into the big penalty area, Gotze did not choose to rush up and even break through the goalkeeper, but decisively chose to shoot.
Previously, Gotze had a one-on-one lob shot, only to have the ball hoisted high and flew off the crossbar.
Faced with Gotze's lob again, Casillas couldn't help but turn his head to look at the ball after jumping up and failing to touch it, hoping that the ball would fly off the crossbar like Gotze's last lob shot.
However, the final result disappointed St. Cassie.
Gotze's lob shot did not miss the crossbar and fell into the back of the net under the desperate gaze of Casillas.
Pepe, who rushed into the box at full speed, finally made a flying hook on the line of the small penalty area, trying to hook the ball out of the goal, but after all, it was still a step too late, and the ball fell in front of his toe and into the goal.
Then Pepe fell into the goal with the ball and fell to the ground.
But he didn't feel anything anymore, but looked at the ball that had landed with him and closed his eyes in despair.
Yes, it's despair.
Mario Gotze's goal was not just as simple as extending the aggregate score to 7-4.
His goal was Dortmund's third away goal at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, scored only two away goals at the Westfalen Stadium.
In other words, now Real Madrid is not only three goals behind on aggregate, but also at a disadvantage in away goals.
If Real Madrid want to qualify for the final, it is useless to score three goals to equalise on aggregate in the remaining time, and they will still be eliminated due to the disadvantage of fewer away goals.
If Real Madrid want to qualify for the final, they will have to score four goals in the remaining ten minutes to advance.
It's definitely an impossible task.
If it is a low-level fish belly team, with the ability of Real Madrid's superstars, it may be possible to score four goals in ten minutes, but in the face of the Bundesliga champion Dortmund, especially Dortmund who has Cheng Hai sweeping the whole field in the midfield position, it is absolutely impossible.
The galaxy battleship Real Madrid under the madman Jose Mourinho has ended this season's Champions League journey.
Mario Gotze's goal became the goal that sealed the victory, and it also announced the death of Real Madrid in advance.
Even with Mourinho's arrogance, there was no more yelling for the players to continue to attack.
Because he also knew in his heart that even if he attacked again, it would have no effect.
The same is true of the Real Madrid players on the pitch, almost everyone looks a little downcast.
Not only did they lose on aggregate, they also lost 3-2 in this game, and were conceded by Borussia Dortmund on the road.
This is a great shame for Real Madrid and for the Bernabeu.
However, the huge total score gap made it impossible for everyone to raise the fighting spirit to continue fighting, and their fighting spirit had been crushed by Dortmund.
However, in the frenzied celebration of Dortmund players and fans, there is one person who did not admit defeat, and that is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Since his move to Real Madrid for the world's No. 1 price, Ronaldo has been controversial.
was pressed under Messi in the past two years, and now he is pressed under Cheng Hai, Ronaldo has never conceded defeat.
In today's game, although the hope of qualifying for the final has been completely extinguished, this is not a reason for Ronaldo to give up the game and walk in the last ten minutes.
What's more, the loss of the ball just now is also related to the fact that he was cut off one-on-one with Cheng Hai, and Ronaldo felt that he was responsible for losing the ball.
He doesn't want to lead the team to qualify, he just has the determination to fight until the last minute, wants to continue the fight, and hopes to score another goal to make the score 3-3 in this game, and finally not let Dortmund win and capture the Bernabeu.
Therefore, after the restart, when the other Real Madrid players were a little demoralized, Ronaldo did not, and he still carried the ball towards Dortmund's half.
Although the ball was soon broken, he did not give up and immediately launched a counter-attack, trying to break the ball and immediately launched a counter-attack.
Under the influence of Cristiano Ronaldo, several more Real Madrid players cheered up and continued to play, wanting to break the ball and continue to attack.
Although Real Madrid did cut off the ball in the end, when Gundogan passed the ball to Lewandowski, the pass was deflected off and intercepted by Xavi Alonso in the middle of the game, and the attack was launched again.
But Dortmund's defence is no slouch either.
Although the 7-4 aggregate score is a huge advantage, Dortmund has no intention of letting go and letting Real Madrid score another goal or two.
Especially Cheng Hai, he didn't relax his defense at all.
Because, in this game, he didn't score, he didn't even have an assist, and he definitely didn't have a chance with the best player on the spot.
And if Real Madrid scores another goal to tie the score of this game at 3-3, he will not even get the final winning prize, and this game will be nothing.
Therefore, although the overall situation has been decided, Cheng Hai still did not relax, and continued to sprint and run with physical strength, sweeping the vast area inside and outside the penalty area, so that Real Madrid's attacks returned again and again.
In the end, after 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Real Madrid's attack in the last ten minutes still failed to score, and Ronaldo's last stubbornness did not pay off.
Borussia Dortmund defeated the Bernabeu in the second leg of this season's Champions League semi-finals, beating Galaxy Real Madrid 4-2 at home in the first leg, 3-2 away in the second leg, and 7-4 in both legs to advance to the 2011/2012 Champions League final.
In the other semi-final, which had ended the previous day, Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 3-2 on aggregate and had already advanced to this season's Champions League final.
In other words, the final Champions League title this season will be contested by Dortmund led by Cheng Hai and Barcelona led by Messi.
It just so happened that the two sides caused a huge controversy because of the FIFA Ballon d'Or awarded to Messi at the beginning of the year, and this Champions League final can be seen as the final matchup between the two this season.
If Cheng Hai can lead Dortmund to defeat Messi's Barcelona in the final, and comprehensively crush Messi in terms of championship and personal data, then this year's FIFA Golden Ball Award will definitely be in Cheng Hai's bag, and it will be impossible to award it to Messi again.
If FIFA dares to award the Ballon d'Or to Messi after Cheng Hai beats Messi to win the Champions League, then FIFA will have no prestige at all.