Chapter 244: Crazy Real Madrid
After the 31st round of the league, Borussia Dortmund travelled to Spain for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid.
Although they lost 0-3 away from home, and were humiliated by Cheng Hai for a hat-trick of free kicks, and were constantly whipped by the media and fans around the world after the game, Real Madrid's pride made them not easily admit defeat.
Mourinho said in his pre-match press conference that Real Madrid will destroy Dortmund at the Bernabeu with a frantic attack and stage a Jedi comeback.
Real Madrid have the quality, even if they are three goals down in the first leg.
Therefore, Klopp was not careless, and did not relax on this game because of the three-goal lead on aggregate and the next game was related to the Bundesliga winning the championship ahead of schedule, Klopp still sent a full-strength lineup with a three-goal lead.
Of course, compared with Dortmund's decent arrangement, the lineup of Real Madrid under the madman Mourinho at the Bernabeu really stunned everyone on the scene and in front of the TV: Mourinho discharged a 334 attacking formation.
With three goals down on aggregate, Mourinho is going to fight.
Ronaldo, Di Maria, Benzema, Higuain 4 forwards are at the front, and the midfielders are Ozil, Kaka, and Modric, three attacking midfielders, and even Xavi Alonso failed to get the chance to start, which shows how luxurious and extravagant Real Madrid's lineup is.
On the back line, Ramos, Pepe, and Essien formed a three-center-back system, firmly guarding the penalty area, and almost completely ignoring the wings.
It's not that Mourinho doesn't know the dangers of doing so, it's that Real Madrid, who are three goals behind, don't have the energy to do that much and they have to concentrate on attacking.
Since Dortmund can't be defeated by stubborn tactics, they can only attack with all their might.
Such a luxurious offensive line, even Dortmund's defensive line, is a little unbearable.
In just 3 minutes of the opening game, Kaka Tianma Meteor broke through with the ball in great strides and almost scored a goal.
Because Real Madrid has too many forwards, all the defenders are suppressed in the penalty area and cannot move, the midfield defense is not very professional, and there is also a need to take care of Modric and Ozil's response, which led to Kaka successfully breaking through captain Sebastian Kyle and getting a long-range shot about 20 meters away from the goal outside the penalty area.
Although Kaka has not had many opportunities to play at Real Madrid due to injury, his strength is there, and as long as he can play, he can create a huge threat and trouble for the opponent.
It's the same this time.
As a typical figure of the modern attacking midfielder, Kaka's long-range shot after breaking through is quite powerful, this shot is full of power, very fast, and the angle is also very tricky.
Fortunately, after seeing Real Madrid's line-up, goalkeeper Weidenfeller knew that his goalkeeping task would not be easy today, so he was very focused from the first minute of the game.
Although Kaka's opening three minutes into the opening three minutes broke through the Dortmund defence and had a chance to shoot, it was a bit of a surprise to journalists and fans, but it did not catch Weidenfeller off guard.
In the expectant eyes of countless fans at the Bernabeu, Kaka's threatening long-range shot was saved by Weidenfeller in time and poked out of the bottom line with his fingertips.
Real Madrid players and fans sighed in disappointment, while Borussia Dortmund fans applauded and cheered for Weidenfeller.
In the next corner kick, Real Madrid failed to form a goal, and Cheng Hai, who was withdrawn to help the defense in the penalty area, grabbed the first point and pushed out of the penalty area to clear the siege.
Under the threat of Real Madrid's attack group, Dortmund's formation was suppressed very badly, not only the back Kyle, but also the forward Gundogan, the forward Gotze and Grosskloitz were withdrawn to the backfield, and even Cheng Hai had to withdraw his half to help defend, leaving Lewandowski alone in front.
However, despite the huge attacking threat of Real Madrid's attacking group, Dortmund is not without the ability to counter-attack.
Regardless of whether Cheng Hai is in the front or back, as long as he is there, Dortmund will always have the possibility of counterattacking and scoring goals, and the probability is very high.
And once Dortmund scores, even if they only score one goal, Dortmund will have a 4-0 aggregate lead and an away goal advantage, as Real Madrid have not scored a single away goal.
At that time, Real Madrid will have to score five goals to reverse the situation and eliminate Dortmund to advance to the final.
Therefore, Real Madrid, who are playing at home, has no choice but to attack with all their might.
But under such an offensive, it is inevitable that there will be negligence in the backcourt.
In the 8th minute, Dortmund played a threatening counterattack, Cheng Hai suddenly kicked more than 50 meters after taking the ball in the backfield, and then he suddenly kicked more than 50 meters to the ground, penetrating Real Madrid's defense, allowing Lewandowski to successfully counter offside and get a chance to go to the meeting alone.
The few Dortmund fans in the stands who traveled with the team were already about to cheer.
Unfortunately, in the face of Casillas, Lewandowski failed to grasp this rare one-knife opportunity, and although his angled push successfully avoided Casillas's ten fingers, it also missed the post by a millimeter.
Borussia Dortmund missed a good chance to score the game, and Lewandowski was also very annoyed and wasted a brilliant through ball from Cheng Hai.
Real Madrid escaped, but they didn't strengthen their defence, because they really didn't have that mind, and they are still three goals behind on aggregate!
Therefore, Real Madrid ignored the holes in the back line and continued to bombard Dortmund's half.
There are too many superstars in Real Madrid, and the crazy attacks of so many people regardless of them can still achieve some effect.
In the 16th minute, after wasting several attacking opportunities, Real Madrid finally passed a free kick opportunity on the side of the field, Modric hoisted the ball into the penalty area, Ramos headed the ferry, avoided the Dortmund defensive center, and Benzema sent the ball into the Dortmund goal with an easy header at the back of the small penalty area, almost unguarded.
Real Madrid finally got on the scoresheet, taking a 1-0 lead and making it 1-3 on aggregate, just two goals away.
This person, the emperor, up and down, everyone's morale was immediately boosted, and the next attack was more resolute and decisive, vowing to stage a Jedi turnaround.
However, it seems that God is working against Real Madrid, and the next few attacks, not to mention the situation of being cut off by Dortmund, even if the final shot is formed, it is either saved by Weidenfeller, or it is out of the goalframe, and even once Ronaldo's shot avoided Weidenfeller's ten fingers, but unfortunately hit the post.