Chapter Twenty-Six: Appearance
After James Rodriguez came on, Real Madrid played more aggressively in the second half, and they completely took the initiative.
Just two minutes into the second half, Carvajal crossed from the side and made a close pass, Gareth Bale preemptively stopped the ball before Godin, shook off Godin, and then caught up with the ball and shot hard!
Moya made a crucial save to keep the ball out.
"Bale's shot! Moya! It's dangerous! Atletico Madrid almost conceded a goal! I think many Atletico Madrid fans were relieved to know that Cristiano Ronaldo was not playing in the second half. But you must know that Real Madrid is not short of stars, even if there is no Ronaldo, whether it is Benzema or Bale, they are very threatening figures! ”
The TV broadcast repeatedly played a slow-motion replay of Bale's shot just now, and Bale handled the ball really well, stopping the ball was a breakthrough, all in one go, no adjustment at all, and he was caught off guard by Godin, if Moya hadn't performed well enough in this game, he would have conceded the goal.
Of course, the lack of a goal could also be due to the fact that Bale had just shot with his right foot, not his best left.
After Bale's shot, Real Madrid's attack continued to rise, and during this time, Atletico Madrid could not threaten Casillas' goal, even if they had occasional chances.
In the 54th minute, Xavi Alonso passed the ball to the inserted full-back Carvajal, who opted for a long-range shot from about 30 yards from goal, which went just wide.
Then James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos both had shots on goal, but they were blocked by Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Moya.
Seeing that Real Madrid's offensive was getting more and more fierce, Diego Simeone made a decisive substitution adjustment.
replaced Saul with Griezmann, and reverted to the two-striker combination that had been practiced during the warm-up game - the team's previous starting lineup was Gao Zheng with a single center forward at the front, and five midfielders lined up behind him, playing 451.
Now removing Saul and replacing it with a striker, Atletico Madrid is back on the path of 442.
Gao Zheng also has a partner who can help him and answer him, and many times he is no longer just alone.
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In the 60th minute, Atletico Madrid made a long pass from the back to Griezmann in the front.
Griezmann jumped up and competed with Ramos, but neither of them could get the ball completely under the interference of the two men.
The football smashed on them and bounced to the side, which happened to be where Gao Zheng was.
However, there is also another Real Madrid centre-back, Pepe.
After Gao Zheng threatened the Real Madrid goal several times in the first half, Real Madrid's defenders paid great attention to Gao Zheng's defense, whether he took the ball or not, there would be Real Madrid defenders not far away.
Seeing the football flying towards Gao Zheng, Pepe pounced fiercely, decisively and quickly.
But Gao Zhengren looked tall, but his feet were not as bulky as he thought, and before he grabbed the position, he gently picked the football with the outside instep of his right foot.
The ball flew over Pepe's head.
At the same time, in order to avoid Pepe's strategic pounce, Gao Zheng turned around and evacuated after picking the football with his right foot, just avoiding Pepe's snatch - he almost finished the turn with Pepe's body, took Pepe's body as the axis, turned around, and after bypassing Pepe, he just received the football that he picked over!
"Wow! Nice lobble! Turn around cleanly! ”
After Gao Zheng picked the football over Pepe like this, a huge exclamation rang out at the Bernabeu Stadium.
As soon as he turned Gao Zheng, he saw that the football picked up by him was falling in front of him, he didn't go to get the ball immediately, but stood in place and waited for the football to land, and then rebounded, and then he picked up his right foot and volleyed directly!
At this point he was a little outside the box, about 24 or 5 metres from goal, and although there was no one in front of him to stop him, he could continue to dribble inside and face goalkeeper Casillas.
But Gao Zheng didn't choose to do this, but a little unexpectedly directly volleyed.
After exerting a force from the bottom to the top, the ball flew high and fell sharply, just past the ten fingers of goalkeeper Casillas.
This time "Saint-Igor" failed to save his team, and he could only look back and watch the ball crash into the goal behind him.
There was something ...... in that look Afraid.
"High! High! High!!!! Ahh!!h José Maria roared hoarsely, a succession of high-pitched notes that had thundered on the ground in a series of extremely rapid commentary, leaving no one in their chair.
Atletico Madrid fans jumped to their feet and raised their arms and chanted.
In their shouts, the football had already landed on the turf of the Real Madrid goal, bounced, not too high, fell forward and bounced again, and when it landed again, it was entangled in the net and could not move.
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"Oh my God! O Jesus God! What did Gao accomplish just now? He scored a brilliant goal! As his first goal in an official match for Atletico Madrid, it will go down in history and will be a work of art every time people look back on it! ”
How else do you say that Spanish commentators like to exaggerate?
Listen to Jose Maria's evaluation of Gao Zheng's goal, I'm afraid that even if China's most senior fans come to blow, it will be difficult to blow so high.
linked Gao Zheng's goal directly to the artwork.
But José Maria doesn't feel like a "big blower" at all, because he is telling the truth, and he has ample evidence to support his "work of art" claims.
"The moment Gao passed Pepe just now reminded me of the match between Real Madrid and Valencia in the 2001-2002 season, when Zinedine Zidane, the core of Real Madrid's midfield, used the outside instep to gently pick up the ball from his teammates with his back to the attacking direction, and at the same time turned around and dodged Baraja who was grabbing...... And Gao's pass is exactly the same as him, but Zidane rubbed the football from the turf, and Gao picked the football directly above Pepe's head in the air! ”
Zidane's turn is known as the "Bergkamp turn", and you know where this turn came from when you hear the name. Bergkamp and Zinedine Zidane are both famous masters of art in world football, and Gao now used the same way to pass the opponent, and the goals he scored couldn't be linked to the "work of art"?
Zidane's classic passing action is one of the highlights of his first season after joining Real Madrid, and Gao Zheng is now in his first season with Atletico Madrid, copying Zidane's classic moments, and then thinking about the transfer to Atletico Madrid, Zidane praised Gao Zheng very high-profile in an interview with the media, saying that his most optimistic young player is Gao Zheng.
I have to sigh that there seems to be some fate that has long been predestined.
After Gao Zheng's goal, the TV broadcast briefly cut the camera to Zidane, who was sitting on the rostrum and next to Florentino.
Zidane pursed his lips, without any expression or movement. He probably knew that there would be cameras on him at this time, and he didn't want to make headlines after the game.
He resisted the urge to squint his eyes to glance at Florentino, because he really wanted to see his boss's expression at this moment. Until this goal, Florentino's attitude towards Gao Zheng was lukewarm, and he was not enthusiastic about introducing Gao Zheng, so when Gao Zheng publicly rejected Real Madrid, he simply stopped the introduction of Gao Zheng.
Although he didn't say it, Zidane believed that deep down, Florentino didn't quite believe how high Gao Zheng could be.
After all, how good can a Chinese player be? To be able to play in the middle and lower reaches of the European second division is already the best player in China.
The Chinese market is suddenly huge, but after two commercial developments in 2003 and 2005, Real Madrid is now less interested in the Chinese market.
But Zidane's admiration for Gao Zheng is not for some bullshit in the Chinese market, he really thinks that Gao Zheng has a very high talent, and he should come to Real Madrid to play.
As a result, he has now become a sworn enemy player in the same city, which really makes Zida feel pain and regret in his heart.
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After the goal, Gao Zheng did not run wildly to celebrate, but stood in place, opened his arms, turned to the direction of Real Madrid's coach's seat, and made an "appearance" posture.
For Gao Zheng, in this strange and not so friendly environment, it was perfect to start his trip to Spain with such a classic goal.
This is his Gao Zheng's appearance in Spanish football.
Barcelona's Daily Sport once said in a sarcastic tone: "Welcome to the Western Super League, Chinese!" ”
And Gao Zheng used such a goal to tell the entire La Liga: "I'm coming!" ”