Chapter 428: Becoming the Background
Cristiano Ronaldo was not involved in the team's defense, he was still outside the penalty area when Gao Zheng scored, and he jumped up anxiously when he saw Gao Zheng score.
He scored a goal, and he was already ahead of Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng also scored a goal, which equalized!
He didn't care at all about the fact that he was ahead of Gao Zheng in the Champions League scorer list, for him, the duel between him and Gao Zheng was this game, not the entire Champions League.
As long as he can defeat Gao Zheng in this Champions League final, he will naturally be able to win the Champions League.
If he can't beat Gao Zheng in this match, he feels that he is not qualified to win the championship.
He tied the Champions League championship to his grievances with Gao Zheng.
Originally, he was in a position, but now the advantage is gone.
Gao Zheng scored a goal, and the score between the two sides also became a draw.
He's a striker, defending isn't what he's good at, except for corners, and he's also able to use his header advantage in the box to help the team get on the ball.
But in this kind of defensive battle, he is really powerless, and can only pin his hopes on his teammates.
This sense of powerlessness made him very unhappy.
Ramos is also unhappy, and he is one of the parties in this defense.
Originally, this was supposed to be a heroic gesture of him struggling to break the siege, but in the end, it turned into a dog-gnawing embarrassment......
When he slammed his big foot out at that time, he really didn't think that Gao Zheng would shake himself in such a way, otherwise he might have changed to a more secure way - such as blocking in front of Gao Zheng and not easily kicking.
But at that time, he didn't have time to think about that, he just wanted to kick the football out, and he definitely couldn't give Gao Zheng any chance to shoot...... Now it seems that he was not calm enough at that time.
Of course, this is not a big deal, how many people were able to stay calm at that time?
But Gao Zheng can, so Gao Zheng's calmness and Ramos's embarrassment are in stark contrast.
Ramos not only failed to defend the ball, but also became the best backdrop for Gao Zheng's goal, a stark contrast foil.
At that time, as long as Gao Zheng's goal is played, the scene of him kicking in the air and then falling next to Gao Zheng will appear repeatedly......
Ramos angrily grabbed a handful of turf and threw it out.
However, there was no too much television footage of his scene.
'Ramos seems to be angry, of course he has reason to be angry, his defense is ridiculous in front of a high goal, haha!' GOLTV's Ray Hudson laughed.
Ramos still underestimated the impact of the scene, and without waiting for the goal to be replayed, he has become a laughing stock by now......
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The Atletico Madrid players returned to their own half after the celebration, and the Real Madrid players gathered their frustration and prepared for the next game.
After all, there are still 20 minutes left in the game.
That's enough time for either side to score a goal.
If Real Madrid scores, they will regain the initiative and deal a severe blow to Atletico Madrid's morale.
For Atletico Madrid, the reverse is also true.
After the resumption of the game, Real Madrid tried to fight back.
But Simeone's adjustment came much earlier.
As the players celebrated their goals, he pulled assistant coach Boggs to tell him all about his tactical intentions.
Then, when the Atletico Madrid players returned to their own half after their celebrations, Boggs was on the sidelines and gestured to the players to tell them what to do next.
Gao Zheng's goal started from the middle and ended in the middle.
From the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid's activity in the middle was the main reason for the pressure on Real Madrid.
After conceding the goal, Real Madrid will definitely pay more attention to the middle when defending.
Relatively speaking, then their wing defense is not so tight.
Simeone seized on this and asked his players to step up their attacks on the flanks next.
Sure enough, when the game resumed, Real Madrid strengthened their defense in the middle, and there was a gap on the wing.
Carrasco and Saul continued to attack Real Madrid's two wings, especially Carrasco, who only came on in the second half and did not have any physical problems.
On the left, the right side of Real Madrid is disturbed.
However, Real Madrid did not dare to invest too many troops to assist in the defense on the side, because there were Gao Zheng and Koke in the middle.
A lot of times it was only Bale to come back and help Carvajal defend.
But this affected Real Madrid's counterattack, so Real Madrid's counterattack threat was much reduced.
But even so, Carvajal's side was under a lot of pressure, because occasionally Gao Zheng would come over and take the initiative to seek cooperation with Carrasco.
Finally, in the 77th minute, Carvajal sprained his ankle while defending a breakthrough by Carrasco and could not continue the game and had to be replaced.
Carvajal started crying because he knew how serious the injury was and how it would affect the team.
"Carvajal is injured, it's really bad news for Real Madrid...... "Jose Maria said, Real Madrid in the first half was full of momentum, the future is really bright, how to play. Who would have thought that after the second half, the situation of the two teams would be completely reversed, with Atletico Madrid playing the same way they did against Real Madrid in the league, while Real Madrid were tied down and completely reactive. Just conceded a goal, and now the main right-back is injured again, it's just a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and the unlucky things all came together......
Carvajal's injury did disrupt Zidane's plans, and he was ready to bring on Isco to strengthen his midfield control and attack.
As a result, Carvajal was injured, and the substitutions he prepared could not be used, so he had to strengthen the defense on the wing first.
I had no choice but to bring on Brazilian right-back Danilo on the bench to replace Carvajal.
Carvajal was still crying when he left the field, and the Real Madrid fans who watched it were also very sad.
And Atletico Madrid fans rejoiced – which seemed to be a good sign that the opportunity for Atletico Madrid was coming.
Danilo, a full-back, had high hopes when he first came to Real Madrid, but he didn't play at all in Real Madrid, making all kinds of low-level mistakes, and always acting like he was not in the same world as other Real Madrid players after he came on the pitch, completely out of touch.
Danilo's presence means more chances on the right flank of Real Madrid.
What's worse is that before Carvajal went off the field with an injury, Real Madrid showed a downward trend in fitness, and Carvajal's own injury was also a manifestation of his lack of fitness.
With an average age of 28 years and 175 days, Zidane was the oldest Champions League starter since Lyon in 2006.
Compared to Atletico Madrid, the older starting line-up brings a physical disadvantage. Coupled with the fact that Atletico Madrid is already known for their ability to run, under their constant onslaught, Real Madrid needs to spend more energy than usual games.
Without physical support, Real Madrid can only recover all three antennas to avoid conceding again.
In the first half, when Real Madrid set up the bus, everyone was worried that Atletico Madrid would consume more physical energy than Real Madrid, and they were afraid that they would be physically exhausted. I didn't expect it to be Real Madrid who had a physical problem first.
It has to be said that Simeone's strict physical requirements for Atletico Madrid played a key role at this time.