Chapter 430: An Unreliable Three-Ball Lead
However, the Torino boss's worries did not last long, as he believed that Roma's reversal of Barcelona was already a manifestation of the gods, and if such a situation could happen in a short period of time, it would not be a miracle.
And through the tactical training in the past few days, as well as the conclusion drawn from the comparison of the strength of the two teams between Torino and Red Bull Salzburg, he does not think that the latter can still achieve a three-goal victory with a relatively smooth strategy.
Of course, Barcelona's exit is caused by a combination of factors, but the conservatism of coach Valverde is to account for more than seventy percent of the responsibility, and after the game, a number of media broke the news that Messi, Xiaobai and other team generals were angry in the locker room, and criticized the team's tactics for being too conservative, but unfortunately it was too late. In fact, in terms of the strength of the La Liga giants, as long as the offensive pressure in the first leg is maintained, the possibility of the Red Wolves wanting to turn the tables will be infinitely close to zero. After all, the attacking line led by superstars such as Meiqiu King and Su Ya is still the best in the world, and with their full containment in the frontcourt, it is difficult for the Romans to get so many shooting opportunities.
It is necessary to adhere to the tactical arrangement with me as the main leader, and this is the key topic of communication between Li Mudi and Qi Zu during their phone call at noon on Wednesday. Although Real Madrid beat Juventus by three goals away and returned to their home stadium in the second leg, it was considered a foolproof way to advance. However, with the experience of Barcelona the day before, Zidane still did not dare to speak lightly of victory, except for Ramos, who accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, he still sent all the main players in this game that many people saw as going through the motions, even though the team just played an extremely difficult Madrid derby last weekend.
Seeing that his friend did not repeat the mistakes of the Barcelona coach, Li Mudi naturally completely relieved himself and felt that there should be no suspense in tonight's game. The Bianconeri are now facing a do-or-die battle for the domestic league title, and given the heavy first-leg defeat at home in the Champions League, Allegri is another manager who is trying to be even-handed, and the possibility of going all out at the Bernabeu is not too great. The best chance is to try to attack in the first half to see if you can close the difference, and if you can't, give up in the second half.
However, few people should have predicted before the game that the Real Madrid defense that had lost the water master would be so fragile, and Navas, who has always been considered a world-class goalkeeper, would be so unreliable, and his players would be so determined to try to turn the tables away from home.
Due to Thursday night's schedule, the Torino team arrived in Austria on Wednesday evening and stayed in a hotel, so it was impossible for the coach to travel to Spain alone to watch the game. So he invited Casillas, Diego Llorente, Febas and Jesus, four Real Madrid players, to come to his room to watch the Champions League match live.
In order to liven up the atmosphere, Li Mudi also specially prepared some snacks that will not affect the health of the players, although there is no beer to help the fun, but it can be regarded as a collective gathering of these Real Madrid people in Turin.
But what everyone didn't expect was that just as Febas was holding the tool and preparing to smash the first walnut, Juventus scored. Just 76 seconds into the game, the home midfielder made a passing error, and Casemiro, who was not resolute after Douglas Costa broke the ball, then cut forward at high speed and split the ball to the right after encountering a supplementary defense. Khedira picked up the ball in the box and fired a cross past the heads of three Real Madrid defenders who had retreated to the back post, where the unmarked Mandzukic scored with an easy header to help the old lady strike a perfect lightning strike.
It is worth mentioning that this goal also broke the record for the fastest goal conceded in the history of Real Madrid in a Champions League home game, leaving all defenders in shame.
In the process of conceding this goal, many players of the home team have been slow to enter the game and lack of concentration, and they are completely willing to give big gifts to the opponent. But what is even more terrifying is that scoring so early in the opening game strengthened the confidence of the Juventus players to complete the big comeback, and they broke out in the subsequent game with a strong fighting spirit and desire to attack, and even formed a siege on the home team's goal like an opponent, which made the Real Madrid supporters feel a lot of shock.
After the restart, Bale's dribble was quickly tackled, and it took less than ten seconds for the ball to reappear in the home team's penalty area, and Higuain, who returned to the Bernabeu, chose to force a shot from a tight angle, which was cleared by Keylor Navas. But two minutes later, the Bianconeri created another killing chance, Desiglio's suspected cross from the right unexpectedly formed a shooting effect, caught Navas off guard, but the ball finally slid past the goal, but also shocked Real Madrid's next cold sweat.
In the sixth minute, Higuain took advantage of a previous mistake by the home team's two centre-backs to poke the ball down the right. Douglas Costa, who was very active after the opening kick-off, got past Raphael Varane, who had fallen to the ground and made a sliding tackle, and then accelerated away from Isco's pursuit and sent a cross from the right side of the box. Keylor Navas's agile save intercepted the ball midway but couldn't get under his own hands, giving the midfielder's outflanked Smokeball a chance to shoot from close range. It's just that the Argentine striker's character of not being good at playing tough games was exposed again, and he actually kicked the ball on the Real Madrid goalkeeper who couldn't get up in time to block, and missed the golden opportunity to score.
Juventus had created a number of good chances in the first few minutes of the game and seized one of them, and if they were lucky, perhaps the aggregate score would have been levelled to the surprise of all who watched the game, is this the same old woman who had lost three goals at home a week ago?
But after all, this is the home of the Bernabeu, the world's top giant, Real Madrid, even Barcelona, which has washed this field many times in the past 20 years, cannot suppress the home team from beginning to end, so when the competitive state of Real Madrid players is gradually mobilized, the initiative on the field has shifted. Zizou fulfilled his pre-match promise and did not choose to be conservative in the face of a big lead, and the ball appeared in the area in front of the away team's goal continuously, and the fans finally breathed a sigh of relief, no longer afraid of the possibility of being overturned by the opponent.
In the tenth minute, Real Madrid played a series of wonderful passes on the right side, Carvajal and Ronaldo sent wonderful passes in a row, Modric crossed to the middle after winning the ball, and Bale, who arrived at the horse, shot low under the interference of two defenders, which was saved by Buffon. However, the rebound was again picked up by the Welsh winger, who had the blink to shoot with his back to the goal with his heel, but unfortunately the angle of the shot was too small, and he only hit the near side-netting and flew off the line.
Four minutes later, Real Madrid's classic counter-attacking tactics reappeared in everyone's field of vision, Cristiano Ronaldo received a long pass from his teammate from the left side of the rib and smashed into the away team's penalty area, shook off Chiellini and Desiglio with a series of bicycle feints, and then cut inside to complete a heavy bombardment. Buffon's down-and-down save prevented the shot but he couldn't control the ball and was saved by Isco, who was inserted in time, for the second touch. The latter dodged the ball in a tight space and sent the ball into the empty net, and the home team beat seven Juventus players, including the goalkeeper, with only two counter-attacks, which is sharp enough!
Unfortunately, before the players and fans could start celebrating the goal, the referee's whistle sounded early, and the linesman had already raised it to signal Isco for offside, which naturally caused unanimous dissatisfaction among Real Madrid. However, the slow-motion replay of the broadcaster showed through freeze-frame that when Ronaldo shot the goal, Real Madrid's forward midfielder did pass Benatia with an extremely weak body of one shoulder, and theoretically there was no problem with this decision. It's just that Li Mudi and the others are teasing the linesman's eyes after that, it's really good, and you can see the relative position between the two people at the far end between the lightning and flint, and they are really gods!
The blow did not have much of an impact on the psychology of the Real Madrid players, who still had plenty of possession, but after Juve strengthened their protection at the back, they were unable to find a good opportunity to threaten Buffon for some time. On the contrary, the away team, which played a counterattack tactic, tried several quick attacks in the next ten minutes or so, and received certain results.
In the sixteenth minute, Desiglio tackled Cristiano Ronaldo and then made a long pass to the front, and Juve formed a five-on-five situation in the heart of the penalty area. Mandzukic, who was pulled to the right, burst into the box and sent a cross, because the pass was far from the goal line, so Navas made a serious mistake in his attack, leaking the ball, as long as Higuain, who was outflanked at the back post, could touch the ball, it was basically a great opportunity to kick the empty goal. Fortunately, Carvajal arrived in time to get ahead of the Argentine and kick the ball out of the way, but he also almost gave an own goal, and the ball almost crossed the crossbar and flew off the bottom line, startling all the home supporters.
However, before the away team's corner kick was taken, the referee blew the whistle to stop the game, Desiglio had just accidentally injured his leg muscles when breaking the ball, and had to be replaced by Lichtsteiner with regret, Juve were forced to use up a substitution when the game was only one sixth of the way.
Pjanic's subsequent corner was also a threat, and Khedira's header flicked back to give Mandzukic a chance to stab from close range, but the angle was too straight for Keylor Navas to securely confiscate. Khedira then found another good chance to shoot from distance at the top of the box, but his volley turned out to be an anti-aircraft gun, and his finishing skills were usually unreliable.
In the face of continuous attacks on their own goals, Real Madrid's superstars naturally refused to give up, and they immediately organized a number of ferocious offensives to regain their momentum.
In the thirtieth minute, Real Madrid drove a set-piece on the right side to the penalty area, the ball was rubbed by the defender in front of the goal and came to the back point, Marcelo, who quickly inserted into the penalty area on the left side, did not make any adjustments, and directly fired a strong volley, but unfortunately it was slightly higher than the crossbar, otherwise it would be a wonderful world wave.
Two minutes later, Isco pulled back from the triangle and Kroos' follow-up shot was blocked by Pjanic, before the German midfielder shot again but was still unable to break through the blockade of the defenders, this time with his international team-mate Khedira who flew to block the shot.
Isco then showed his individual prowess as he faced interceptions from two defenders on the left side of the penalty area, and suddenly fired a beautiful curling ball almost seven or eight centimeters above the far crossbar, causing the home fans to sigh.
In the 34th minute, Real Madrid's sharp counterattack once again penetrated the entire back line of the visiting team, Ronaldo sent a straight plug into the penalty area on the left side, and Isco in the middle successfully countered offside and got a good chance to face Buffon alone. Unfortunately, when he got the ball, the angle of his shot was already a little small, and although he tried very hard to make a quality shot, it was still bravely blocked by Buffon.
After squandering many good scoring opportunities in succession, the famous law in football still came to today's game, that is, those who waste chances will be punished by football.
In the 37th minute, Juve launched a positional attack, and after a simple pass, Lichtsteiner sent a precise long ball to the back post of the box against Marcelo's interference on the right flank. Mandzukic, who was ambushed there, beat Carvajal, who was a head shorter than him, and knocked on Real Madrid's goal for the second time with a powerful header, becoming the first visiting player to score a brace in the first half of a Champions League game at the Bernabeu. At the same time, the aggregate score of the two legs of this quarter-final group has also become 2-3, and the Bianconeri have seen the light of the day.
In the Salzburg hotel, Cassie analyzed with Li Mudi with a serious face that Navas had made obvious mistakes in the selection and saving just now, and was another guilty of conceding a goal other than Carvajal. Real Madrid still has certain hidden dangers in the goalkeeper position compared to other European powerhouses, although the Costa Rican international occasionally plays like a god, but it is too unstable, and the Galaxy Battleship wants to maintain the strong performance in the past two years, or have to find a solution from the recruitment.
Back in the game, the home team, which was not in good shape, still did not stabilize the back conservatively, but continued to attack. In the 45th minute, Ronaldo wanted to shake Benatia away with a smash after dribbling into the penalty area, but was savagely blocked by the latter, but the referee did not say anything, which was strongly dissatisfied by the Portuguese. Benatia has already escaped punishment by violating Real Madrid's No.7 on a number of occasions with small gestures, which naturally makes the home team's players and fans very disgusted.
In the 47th minute, Kroos drove a set-piece from the left to the middle of the box, and Varane in front of goal jumped high to hit the crossbar with a header, and Juventus narrowly escaped. In the midst of the sighs of the fans, the whistle of halftime was also blown, and Juventus unexpectedly scored two percent in a row away from home, bringing back the suspense of promotion.