Chapter 206: Real Madrid, Dream Match
At the moment when Keni passed Guti, the Leverkusen fans in the stands cheered at the same time, such a pass not only made the fans cheer, but also a morale boost for the Leverkusen players, Keni used his actions to tell everyone that Real Madrid's players are also people, and the stars will also be passed by me!
At this time, Guti also wanted to turn around and chase back after being passed, and he was still unwilling to be passed by Kenny, but Keni did not choose to continue to dribble the ball, but distributed the ball to Barberto, who rushed over in an instant.
Not only Guti, but Kenny's pass also made Raul, who wanted to come forward to intercept, give up his idea and let Barberto go directly, he knew how difficult it was to start on the spot at his speed to catch up with a player who was already at full speed, and he was not a good defensive player himself, so he was not prepared to waste his physical strength to do such a meaningless thing.
But what he didn't expect was that his actions made a very bad reference to the teammates behind him, and the first to bear the brunt was Figo and others, so the Real Madrid attackers on both sides of Barberto's dribbling did not rush up to flank as Raul did, but let Barberto rush over without pressure.
Real Madrid coach Bosque on the sidelines was a little disappointed when he saw this scene, Raul's move was understandable, Bosque himself knew that Raul was just a futile drain of physical strength even if he rushed forward, but Raul, who is now a banner figure of Real Madrid, did not consider how his actions had a negative impact on his teammates.
After sending Redondo away, everyone knew that Raul would become the true leader of Real Madrid, but now he does not seem to realize his responsibility, even if it is in vain in the situation just now, he must be robbed, as a leader, he must inspire his teammates to lead by his actions in such a situation.
But Raul's approach not only allowed Barberto to pass the half easily, but also undone Bosque's previous hard work.
Fortunately, the blue-collar brother Makelele appeared in front of Barberto in time, and used his tough defense and physical fitness comparable to Barberto to block Barberto in the half, and in desperation, Barberto had to pass the ball to Ballack, and controlled the rhythm in his hands with him as the center.
Under this pause, Real Madrid's players also completed the defense, but unlike before, after Raul's drive, the tactics of pressing high began to loosen a little.
And Leverkusen's players also after many attempts, they were surprised to find that Real Madrid's back line was unexpectedly solid, and repeated long passes did not get the desired effect, but were almost cut off to form a counterattack, and they wanted to play steadily but found that there was no good breakthrough, Neuville on the right side did not have any advantage in the face of Carlos, and the back line was also under the leadership of Hierro.
For a while, Leverkusen's counterattack was temporarily blocked, and after a while, minute by minute, the two teams fell into a stalemate.
Ballack also observed the position of the Real Madrid players in the non-stop passing of the ball, and thought about countermeasures in his heart.
In such a situation, the Leverkusen fans became more and more excited, they sang the battle song feverishly under the leadership of their respective leaders, the entire Bayer Arena seemed to be ignited, Worrall also kept signaling the fans on the sidelines not to stop, louder, in order to dispel some of the players' concerns against Real Madrid's big stars, the home team's advantage in such a stalemate situation is undoubtedly apparent, the chorus of 10,000 people makes the Leverkusen players enthusiastic.
When the song resounded throughout the stadium, Ballack also turned his eyes to Keni again, he saw that Keni had raised his arms high to ask him for the ball, he knew that after losing Kirsten, such a positional battle would be extremely disadvantageous to Bayer Leverkusen, and Keni would need to activate the game.
At that moment, he nodded to Kenny to show that he was clear, and then gestured to Emerson and the others behind him, and then launched another attack.
In the face of Makelele and Guti's marking, Ballack naturally will not rush stupidly, if you want to create opportunities for Kenny, then you must attract enough firepower, this is not an easy task, a bad one is likely to be tackled to form a counterattack, but fortunately, with the cooperation of Emerson and Barberto, things are much easier.
After making the decision, Ballack passed the ball directly to Neuville on the right side, and then interspersed with Barberto towards the front of the Real Madrid penalty area.
And Neuville did not choose to break through after receiving the ball, in the first few confrontations, he had enough of Carlos's physical strength, facing Carlos who rushed up to defend himself again, Neuville did not intend to break through, he immediately leaned towards the diagonal back with the ball to the midfield, and ran directly out of Carlos's defensive range.
Carlos was puzzled by Neuville's move, but out of caution he did not follow his own defensive zone, at this time the game was almost in the 35th minute, and he knew that during this time, it was a period of high mistakes for the players in the game, so he did not dare to let go of the space behind him.
But it turned out to be a wrong decision, Neuville quickly disrupted the situation in the middle after a quick insertion back to the middle, Figo and others who stayed behind decided to intercept him after hesitation, and this also gave Emerson an opportunity, when Raul and Figo returned to the defense, Neuville gave the ball to the feet of Emerson, who seemed to pass by unintentionally, and then Emerson, who had been prepared, got up and hoisted the ball into the penalty area!
At this time, Ballack, who was ambushed in the penalty area, immediately rushed towards the goal, as if he was about to grab a goal, and he immediately caused the Real Madrid players to block him, Hierro and Elgra quickly chased towards Ballack, and Makelele guarded Barberto, who was ready to fight for the ferry, and Guti blocked the rushing Neuville.
In the chaotic but seemingly orderly penalty area, everyone ushered in the flying ball, and Barberto and Makelele jumped on the edge of the box at the same time to fight for the ball!