Chapter 418: Entering the Top 8?

On the bench, Ricardo squinted at Mackay as he ran wildly in celebration.

It's a terrible situation.

The aggregate score is now 4:3 while Bayern Munich have 2 away goals. With just one more goal, they can knock out Real Madrid and reach the last eight.

And there are 90 minutes left in the game. Can Real Madrid hold on to this goal? Hard. Because although the team's defense is better than last season, it is still not top-notch.

So it is likely that Capello will have to change some of the pre-war arrangements.

Before this game, Real Madrid had a lot of bad news. In addition to Ricardo, who has not yet recovered from injury, Beckham and Reyes have also stayed in Madrid due to injury, Cannavaro did not pass the medical before the game and sat on the bench like Ricardo, and Ruud van Nistelrooy and Higuain also had minor injuries but had to play with injuries.

Capello lined up in formation, and the only change at the back compared to the last game was that Ramos replaced the injured Cannavaro.

The double back has become a back three, and Diarra, who has just recovered from injury, is paired with Gago and Guti, and they are Raul and Kaka in front of them, respectively. Single striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

On Bayern Munich's side, the only change made to the starting line-up was to replace Demichelis with Hargreaves.

However, compared to the slow heat of the last game, they obviously got into the form faster in this game, and the style of play was more treacherous.

After conceding the goal, Capello thought for a moment and waved for the team to continue to recover. He put on a three-man formation just to hold on to the two-goal advantage. Although he only has a one-goal advantage now, he still stubbornly decided to keep going.

Bayern Munich attacked generously and continued to create killing opportunities.

Lucio chested the ball and nearly opened the scoring with a volley, followed by Schweinsteiger's cross in front of the box and Podolski's left-footed long-range shot also threatened.

With 20 minutes played, Real Madrid was only beaten by Robert Brown. Carlos' free-kick from distance completed a shot on goal, and he was completely in a position of being beaten passively.

It's nothing to be beaten passively, after all, Real Madrid's tactical thinking today is to defend and counterattack. But I can't fight back, so it's uncomfortable.

In the 21st minute, Robert. Carlos' free-kick cross was headed out, Podolski pulled into the right space to take the ball and drove it forward at high speed, and fired a powerful shot from the right side of the box, which Casillas showed great courage to save.

Four minutes later, Raul conceded a ball up front and Van Bommel immediately crossed through to Mackay's high-speed cut, but this time Casillas did it again, striking quickly and keeping out Mackay's shot with his legs.

Soon Bayern Munich attacked again, Lahm broke through on the left side and crossed, Gago cleared the ball and did not kick the ball away, Schweinsteiger volleyed a powerful volley in front of the penalty area, which shocked the Real Madrid players in a cold sweat.

Capello finally understood that it is not okay to be beaten passively like this, even if it is a defensive counterattack, there must always be a high-quality counterattack to threaten the opponent, otherwise he will only be pressed to the ground by the opponent and beaten fat.

So he made a minor adjustment, Guti's position was moved forward, and the top position was pushed to the position of the forward midfielder.

The effect of this adjustment was immediate, and Real Madrid's frontcourt was immediately revitalized, and they were finally able to play a counterattack, which also made Bayern Munich dare not press again.

In the 36th minute, Raul returned to the back to knock down Podolski, Sagnol crossed a free kick, Van Bitten pushed the rebound ball in the small penalty area under the interference of Erguera, and Casillas opened it and subconsciously blocked the ball. If it weren't for Casillas' brave performance, it is estimated that the score on the field would have become 0:2 or even 0:3 now.

A minute later, Higuain fired high into bounds from Gago's pass, which was Real Madrid's first shot on goal in the first half. The attack also signaled a resurgence in Real Madrid's attacking line.

In the 40th minute, Raul broke through and crossed, and Van Nistelrooy shot on the edge of the box, but it didn't hit the target, and he used the outside of his foot to sway the ball away from the goal.

In the 42nd minute, Guti sent a delicate through pass, Kaka knocked the ball with his heel on the line of the penalty area, Guti cut in and bounced with the outside of his left foot, just wide of the near post.

A minute later, Guti crossed from the left side of the box and the unguarded Ruud van Nistelrooy headed in the six-yard box, but he missed the spot and shot was weak, and Kahn easily held the ball.

After another minute, Robert. Carlos' low left-footed free-kick once again threatened the Bayern Munich goal.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Raul intercepted the ball and volleyed after receiving a pass from Gago on the right side of the penalty area, and the ball hit the side net of the Bayern Munich goal.

It was a dazzling array of attacks, but it failed to score.

The commentator lamented: "The impact of Ricardo's absence is so great, Real Madrid are missing a consistent scoring point in the front. If Ricardo was on the field, he would have been able to grasp one or two of these attacks, right? ”

"Bayern Munich played 30 minutes and Real Madrid made adjustments for 15 minutes. Real Madrid are still leading the aggregate scoreline, and if they can continue to perform for 15 minutes, it is believed that they can advance to the next round. ”

During the break, neither side made any adjustments.

At the start of the second half, Real Madrid almost conceded another goal, and just 22 seconds into the opening period, Podolski passed through, Van Bommel burst into the box and swept a right-footed shot, which was saved by the attentive Casillas.

In the 53rd minute, Real Madrid launched a counter-attack, Guti cleverly split the ball in the middle, Raul took the ball on the left and shook it open and crossed, but Van Nistelrooy's powerful header on the line of the six-yard box was saved by Kahn.

The best performance in this game so far was the goalkeepers of both sides.

Time is running out for Bayern Munich and they are more involved in attack.

59 min: Schweinsteiger's cold shot from the left is held by Casillas.

One minute later, Lahm crossed on the line of the box and Van Bommel bounced wide of the post with the outside of his instep.

In the 65th minute, Podolski pulled to the left and crossed. Carlos tried to chest the ball and cleared it, but it couldn't be stopped, and the ball bounced off Ramos' arm and bounced off the line.

The Bayern Munich players immediately gathered around the referee to ask for a penalty, but the referee only awarded a corner.

Bayern Munich's players didn't argue too much and now that time is running out, they have to jump into the attack right away.

Sagnol took the corner, he drove the ball in front of goal, Lucio headed in the six-yard penalty area, and Casillas couldn't continue his heroic performance and the ball went headlong into the back of the net.

"Lucio Goal!! He rewrote the score to 2:0, and the current aggregate score is 4:4, if this score continues to the end, Bayern Munich will enter the last 8! ”