Although Real Madrid are stronger than Juventus on the road in terms of overall strength, the gap between the two sides is by no means irreparable.

As a result, when Carlo Ancelotti hid the playmakers of Mesut Ozil and Luka Modric and handed over the midfield to Khedira, Xavi Alonso and Isco, Juventus' pressing at the high post caused problems in their midfield.

Although Xavi Alonso has some playmaking skills, he still relies more on mid-to-long-distance passing when organizing attacks, rather than relying on his own passing skills to connect the team's attacks. What's more, under Juventus' ferocious pressing, it is difficult to control the ball calmly with his ability.

At the same time, because Real Madrid's starting central defenders Pepe and Varane in this game are both the kind of frontal defensive ability, but there are certain problems with turning speed and chasing ability. Therefore, Juventus coach Antonio Conte deliberately arranged Sebastian Giovinco, known as the "atomic ant", and Carlos Tévez, the "Argentine beast", to play together.

Although Giovinco is only 1.64m tall, due to his low centre of gravity and the physical flexibility that is common among short players, it will take a lot of effort for Real Madrid's "tough guy" centre-back duo to take advantage of physical confrontations.

As for Giovinco's striker partner Tevez, in addition to having the same characteristics of low center of gravity and physical agility as him, the "Argentine Beast", who weighs 75 kilograms, will not fall behind even if he has a tough physical confrontation with defenders.

In addition, Claudio Marchisio, who played as a forward midfielder behind the two strikers, although he did not have any special abilities other than his physical strength. However, his physical advantage is very suitable for the task of high pressing in the front court, and Marchisio, who is relatively balanced in all aspects, can deliver shells to other teammates well in the process of switching from defense to attack, and even shoot directly from his feet to long-range.

In the face of the highly targeted tactical deployment of the Juventus team, especially the crazy pressing of Giovinco, Tevez and Marchisio in the front, the Real Madrid team, which was playing at home, also made many undeserved mistakes in the opening stage.

In the ninth minute of the first half, Xavi Alonso, who was standing at the edge of the penalty area to receive a pass from Varane, was just about to turn around when Tevez, who was quietly ambushing him, poked the ball out between his legs.

If it weren't for goalkeeper Casillas' timely attack to quickly take the ball out of Giovinco's arms, Giovinco, who was cleverly roaming the edge of the box, would have had a good chance to score directly against the goalkeeper.

Xavi Alonso, who escaped with the help of Casillas, does not seem to have learned his previous lessons and still seems to be a little sluggish in handling the ball.

So, when the first half was 19 minutes into the game, Real Madrid finally paid a heavy price for Xavi Alonso's carelessness.

At that time, Xavi Alonso was ready to pass the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo cruising on the left side of the front line after receiving Isco's cross near the halfway line. But when Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba blocked his pass, Xavi Alonso was ready to get past the opposition before passing the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo.

However, before Xavi Alonso could make a full feint, Marchisio, who had been running frantically up front after the opening kick-off, stabbed the ball at his feet from the right side of his body.

Pogba, who quickly started to grab the ball first, took two steps forward, then distributed the ball to the feet of Tevez who was cruising on the right side of the field, and then continued to run in the direction of the opponent's penalty area.

At the same time, he was originally going to go straight into the opponent's penalty area, but after seeing that Pogba had run quickly to the penalty area, he immediately changed his forward route and ran to the relatively weak defensive area on the left side of the front. And Varane, who was in charge of keeping an eye on Giovinco, naturally moved closer to the direction of his run.

Tevez didn't push forward quickly after getting the ball, but slowly dribbled forward, while carefully observing the position of the players on both sides in the front court.

Just as Varane was taken away from the middle of the penalty area by Giovinco, Tevez, who had been slowly dribbling forward, suddenly sent a fast through ball towards the position Varane had occupied.

Immediately afterwards, Pogba, who had been inserted into the penalty area at high speed before, grabbed the ball before Pepe, who came to fill the position, and just remembered to shoot with his feet, he was tripped directly in the penalty area by Pepe, who came from behind.

Although the referee on duty decisively awarded a penalty the next moment Pogba fell to the ground, when he then showed a yellow card to the fouler Pepe, the fans on both sides of the Bernabeu Stadium invariably booed him deafeningly.

In the eyes of Real Madrid's supporters, the referee's decision to take the penalty was a "mistake" in itself. Therefore, Pepe's yellow card should not exist at all; In the eyes of Juventus fans, although the referee's penalty was very correct, the foul action of "warrior monk" Pepe, who seemed to "sweep the hall", should have received a yellow card directly.

Although the penalty was awarded to the dissatisfaction of the fans of both sides, the reaction of the players of both teams on the field was not very violent. With the exception of Sergio Ramos and Xavi Alonso, who briefly protested at the beginning, the rest of the Real Madrid players, including Pepe, accepted the penalty calmly.

Then, when Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo scored a penalty, there was another shrill boo inside the Bernabeu stadium. But even so, it can't change the situation of Real Madrid falling behind.

In an effort to turn the team around, Carlo Ancelotti replaced the underperforming Xavi Alonso with Luka Modric after Andrea Pirlo's penalty.

Although Modric improved the midfield organization of the Real Madrid team after his debut, the Juventus team, which was demoralized after taking the lead in the score, still relied on relentless running and fierce pressing to not fall behind.

Although the two teams created many good scoring opportunities in the following games, the goalkeepers of both teams maintained a score of 1-0 until the 43rd minute of the second half.

At this time, Bale, who saved Real Madrid at the last moment in the last round of the league, stepped up again.

Bale used his speed advantage to force his way down the right flank and then slammed the ball behind him with his right foot, then suddenly accelerated towards the box before Asamoah could make the turn.

However, just as Bale was about to cut into the penalty area, Asamoah, who played as a temporary left wing-back in this game, finally completed the turn and reached for Bale's shirt.

Then, the next moment when Bale fell in the penalty area, the referee's whistle sounded at the right time. 8)