Chapter 422: An even more terrifying Ronaldo
Everything seems to have been said by José Maria.
The flagged offside ball did not affect Real Madrid's performance, and their attack was still sharp.
Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, are a bit timidant, perhaps some of them are thinking about their Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid two years ago.
It's a terrible psychological shadow.
It's like a player who suffers a serious injury, even if his body has recovered, but he always doesn't believe in his heart, and always feels that his body must have some hidden dangers, so when it comes to the injured part of the game, he doesn't dare to exert any more force, and he can't use it normally, and once this psychological long-term effect forms a kind of physical conditioned reflex, then the injured place really becomes "not as good as before the injury".
That's why a lot of players who have been seriously injured have a dip in performance, not just physically, but also mentally.
From this point of view, in fact, those players who have no experience in the Champions League final may be what Atletico Madrid needs the most - after all, the experience of the Champions League final has become a heavy burden. With this kind of baggage on your back, how can you run to your heart's content?
Real Madrid isn't just about attacking sharply.
In addition to their sharp attacks, Real Madrid's attacking players are also actively defending back.
During the period when Real Madrid's attack was dominant, Atletico Madrid was not completely without attacking opportunities, but under the active defense of the whole Real Madrid team, Atletico Madrid's attack did not pose much threat.
Wingers like Gareth Bale are very aggressive in dropping back and defending, sprinting up and down the flanks as if he had just made his debut as a full-back.
In addition, Benzema, as a center forward, has also retreated to defend many times.
When defending, Real Madrid relies more on the whole, with three midfielders Modric, Kroos and Casemiro, and the Brazilian midfielder retreats more to act as the team's central defender. More on defense.
In terms of attack, it was handed over to the BBC group of three, but all three were in good shape today, so although they did not invest too many troops in the attack, and often saw Bale, Benzema and others fighting alone, but they could always create a killing opportunity - the game has been played so far, the most threatening attacks are all from Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid basically has no decent chances.
Some people say that Zidane's Real Madrid is X**T, probably because they rely more on the individual ability of the players in attack than on mature tactics. However, relying on the individual ability of the player is also a kind of tactic in itself.
In addition, in defense, it can be seen that Zidane's skills in coaching the team can be seen.
This Real Madrid team is solid defensively.
Although Atletico Madrid has played Real Madrid many times in the league, but Real Madrid has only played Zidane once, and Real Madrid in today's Champions League final still gave them a very different feeling and made them feel strange.
Gao Zheng only had one shot on goal after the start of the game, and under Casemiro's close interference, he didn't hit the goal frame at all.
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After solidifying the defence, Real Madrid's attack is still a big threat.
Bale relied on his speed to attack Atletico's defence on the flanks on a number of occasions, forcing Atletico to use two men to cover the Welsh.
In this way, there will be holes in the defense elsewhere.
Although this vulnerability is very, very small and not obvious.
But it depends on who is in front of the vulnerability. If it is any other ordinary player, this kind of loophole is not in the way at all, and the opponent may not be able to find it on the one hand, and even if it can be discovered, it may not be able to catch it.
After all, no team can be defense-free and flawless, but why do you always win and lose?
Because even if you have a problem defending, if the opponent's level is not high enough, it is nothing, as long as you are higher than the opponent, you can take advantage of the opponent's defensive loopholes before the opponent finds and exploits your defense, and finally changes the trend of the game.
It's just that now it's Real Madrid who stands in front of the hole, it's Cristiano Ronaldo.
From the beginning of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was very active, was robbed of the limelight by Bale during this time.
However, the Portuguese was not in a hurry at all, and he waited patiently for his chance.
To defeat Gao Zheng, he must turn into a seasoned hunter and deliver the fatal blow at the most opportune time.
He can't be in such a hurry as usual, getting the ball and thinking about sending the ball into the goal.
That would only make him the object of Atletico Madrid's heavy care.
It's good now, everyone's attention is on Bale, who has been a bit depressed since he almost scored from the first free-kick.
But this is what he did on purpose.
It's because this doesn't look like his usual person at all, so everyone won't notice anything abnormal.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the man who always wants to grab everyone's attention from him, is now willing to be silent and hide himself in the shadows......
But this kind of him is probably even more terrifying......
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When Real Madrid cut off the ball from Atletico Madrid and launched a quick attack, the ball was passed to Bale's feet on the right.
Cristiano Ronaldo didn't rush forward as hard as he normally would, cutting into the open and then raising his arm to signal Bale to pass the ball to him.
Instead, he leaned closer to the sideline, but not forward.
However, Benzema in the middle quickly rushed forward and ran to the middle to meet Bale.
As Bale rushed forward with the ball, he looked up to see the situation.
He saw Benzema, but in front of Benzema were two Atletico Madrid centre-backs, and he felt that it was useless for him to pass the football, and it was difficult for Benzema to play against two Atletico Madrid centre-backs alone.
So he looked past the middle where Benzema was and fell to the left, and he didn't see Cristiano Ronaldo.
This took him by surprise.
But then he noticed that because Ronaldo wasn't there, there was a huge gap there.
Atletico Madrid's defensive attention is on Benzema and their side, doesn't that mean that there is an opportunity over there?
Although Ronaldo is not there, he believes that if he passes the football to him, Ronaldo will definitely appear like football.
Yes, he has that trust in his teammates. With what he knows about Ronal, how could he be absent from every attack by Real Madrid?
Although football has been passed more to his side because of his activity during this period, every time he breaks through on the right and creates a threat, he will always see Ronaldo on the other side - he doesn't even know when he ran up.
So Bale kicked the ball long to the left wing.
The ball crossed most of the pitch and flew to the left wing.
Sure enough, at the same time as he passed, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was still near the halfway line, began to accelerate and rush forward, faster and faster!
Seeing this, José Maria shouted: "Bell's big foot transfer! Strike! Ronaldo is in front! ”
Cristiano Ronaldo's sprint was very fast, and when the football was about to fly off the sideline, he fished it back with his foot!
At this time, Atletico Madrid's right wing-back Juanfran hurried to defend.
In the face of Juan Fran, Ronaldo used the outside instep of his left foot to slam the ball towards the baseline, and then the man jumped up and dodged Juanfran's foot, and then started to accelerate on the spot and chased the football.
Juanfran was too late to stop him, and even if he reached out to pull Ronaldo, it was too late, and he only grabbed a handful of air.
"Beautiful!! Ronaldo's breakthrough!! ”
The Real Madrid fans in the stands cheered for their hero.
Cristiano Ronaldo's breakthrough from Juanfran was almost one-on-one – the original two centre-backs were defending Benzema in the middle, while Ronaldo came from the corner of the box.
Seeing this, Savage hurriedly put down his work with Godin to defend Benzema, and turned to fight Ronaldo.
Ronaldo made a sharp stop after he turned, leaning his weight towards the middle and lifting his right foot as if to turn the ball through and cut inside into the middle.
Tricked Savage into braking hard to block Ronaldo in the middle.
As a result, Ronaldo just made a false shot, raised his right foot and slashed over the top of the football, and when he retracted it, he used the inside instep to buckle the ball in the direction of the baseline, he broke through from the left and wiped Savage!
The Real Madrid fans in the stands were thrilled to see this scene!
Ronaldo, who got rid of Savic, adjusted his pace, did not continue to dribble the ball, and shot directly after catching up with the football!
Although Oblak quickly rushed over to block Ronaldo's angle, the Portuguese shot was tricky and hit a back corner from a tight angle.
The ball flew past Oblak's feet on the turf and into the goal!
There was no problem with the goal, and Real Madrid finally took the lead! 8)