Chapter 208: Real Madrid, the final victory
Even if Capdevela and Ibagasa have done their best, they are still exhausted under the combined impact of Raul and Marcelo, although Pellegrini has the specially arranged Senna to help defend, but Real Madrid's players are not vegetarians, and the midfield duo of Van der Vaart and Xavi Garcia has also put huge pressure on Villarreal's central axis.
Although Villarreal also had a chance to counterattack, but in the face of the fully operational Real Madrid defense, neither Santilago nor Cazorla could take advantage again, and Villarreal, who was in such a tired defensive situation, was finally broken through by Real Madrid in the 69th minute, and Raul, who received Van der Vaart's direct stop, calmly hit the far corner of the goal.
This also made Villarreal fans calm down instantly, although they knew that the home team had an absolute strength gap with a giant team like Real Madrid, but such a situation of being pressed to the ground and beaten violently still made them unacceptable.
Against a top team like Barcelona in Europe, they thought their home team could compete with such a strong team, and the lead in the first half made their presence even more explosive, and the bars of Villarreal were in a revelry at half-time, but everything at this time was undoubtedly destroying their naïve ideas.
After the equalizer, Real Madrid's offensive was still unabated, but fortunately, in the face of the stubborn Villarreal players, they had no better chance for a while, and the presence of Santhiago always made Real Madrid dare not take it lightly, forcing them to leave enough strength to deal with it, just when the commentators of major TV stations and Villarreal fans thought that the score would be fixed at 1-1, the change suddenly happened.
In the eighty-third minute, Brazilian fullback Marcelo rushed across the half to face Senna's return and did not dribble much, and passed the ball directly to Dutch midfielder Van der Vaart, Santhiago immediately stepped forward to intercept when he saw this, but Van der Vaart and Xavi Garcia made a delicate cooperation and shook Santiago towards the penalty area, at this time he was in front of him except for Villarreal goalkeeper Vieira, and the captain of the field Gonzalo Rodriguez There was no other obstacle, and the rest of the Villarreal players were undoubtedly contained, In such a dangerous situation, Cazorla rushed out.
He knows this is his only chance to make amends, and if he can stop Van der Vaart, it will change the bad impression of coach Manuel Pellegrini about his erratic performance in the first half, and it will also impress the discerning Real Madrid fans sitting in the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium at the moment! The limelight can't be stolen by Santiago!
With this in mind, Cazorla's eyes at this time were only Van der Vaart and the football at his feet!
"Brilliant fit! Van der Vaart and Javi Garcia played Villarreal midfield core Santhiago together to avenge the one arrow just now! At the moment, only Rodriguez and goalkeeper Matisek are left in front of him, and he can already get up in this position! What choice will he make?
Wait a minute! That person is! At this moment, Cazorla suddenly rushed out at great speed! He's trying to intercept Van der Vaart! I don't know if he will succeed! The commentator in the stands suddenly found Cazorla who rushed out and said in surprise, in fact, he was not optimistic about this outstanding young talent of Spain at all, in his opinion, Cazorla's move was undoubtedly an arm to block the car, and it was impossible to intercept Van der Vaart!
And Van der Vaart, who was rushing to the penalty area with the ball, also showed a sneering look when he saw this scene, he could pass it once, of course he could pass it a second time! Joining Real Madrid for a high transfer fee, he has absolute confidence in his own quality, and he has already imagined that the moment Cazorla rushes to make a tackle, he will hook the ball with his toes in high-speed movements, and the whole person jumps into the air to avoid Cazorla's tackle, making his efforts in vain.
But what he didn't expect was that Cazorla actually rushed up in the high-speed run, and after making an attempt to find that he couldn't stop Van der Vaart, he actually stuck his right leg directly into it.
This is undoubtedly a very dangerous move in the confrontation of players and speed competition! Not only will Van der Vaart lose his balance and risk injury, but for Cazorla himself, he will fight for his life!
In such a sudden sideways kick, the two sides collide, which can easily cause the latter's calf to deform and cause serious injury!
Sure enough, when Cassel stretched out his right foot and inserted it between Van der Vaart's legs and the ball, the blocked Dutch midfielder fell to the ground hard, and Cazorla screamed miserably holding his right leg and fell to the spot to inhale cold air, the players on both sides immediately rushed over when they saw this, and the Real Madrid players were naturally very angry when they saw Van der Vaart being violated like this, and began to abuse and ridicule Villarreal's players, and Villarreal's players knew that they were at a loss and did not fight back.
But with the intensification of the Real Madrid players, Villarreal's players can no longer hold back, and when it seems that there is about to be a dispute or even cause a catastrophe, the referee Kosol appeared in time to stop all this, fortunately, Van der Vaart is not in big trouble under this collision, and Cazorla is only injured, but it is estimated that he will not be able to continue the game, and then the referee still showed a red card to Cazorla, who has been stretchered on the stage, and awarded a free kick in an excellent position, This also made Pellegrini, who was preparing to make a substitution on the sidelines, kick the grass hard!
It is because of this that there is now a scene where Real Madrid takes free kicks and Villarreal players nervously organize the human wall.
As Rodriguez advised, Van der Vaart and Xavi Garcia were indeed some of the best free-kick masters, but they still overlooked one man, and it was this person who put Real Madrid ahead of the scoreline in one fell swoop.
Raul, the top superstar who has an absolute position at Real Madrid and has absolute dominance at the imposing Bernabeu, taught Villarreal a profound lesson with his weighty footwork and explosion, and when the ball flew into the goal at an unpredictable speed, Vieira didn't even have time to react!
It wasn't until this moment that the Villarreal generals woke up to the fact that the radiant King of the Bernabeu still had such a free kick technique!
“goal!!!!!!!! In the final minute, Real Madrid scored directly from Raul thanks to a free-kick opportunity!! This is an absolute reversal! Real Madrid completed the killing of Villarreal! ”
"A brace!! Brace!!! When Real Madrid needed victory the most, their king stepped up!!!! ”
The commentators in the commentary table jumped to their feet, and shouted as if no one was around.
Real Madrid's players also embraced this celebration one after another, and they once again showed their strength to the world after achieving a reversal!
Only Villarreal's players fell into despair, at this time there are only a few minutes left before the end of the game, in the face of Real Madrid's impregnable defense, even San Tiago has no certainty, and at this moment he is slowly squatting on the lawn, after Raul completed the goal, San Tiago knew that he and others had completely lost the game, he had already consumed all his physical strength, he had no strength to fight again, and the rest of the Villarreal players were all like this!
Looking at the Real Madrid players who hugged and celebrated, Thiago, who wanted to fight hard to survive the last few minutes, finally couldn't help it, he sat on the ground as if he was evacuated, panting and looking at the Real Madrid players who seemed to have won, at this moment he felt tired like never before, he felt that he had done his best, and he was only one step away from victory, but at this moment it was all gone.
In AC Milan, he can stand behind Maldini, Kaka and others, get their support, the overall strength of the team allows him to play and perform to his heart's content, and in Boca Juniors, there is also a group of returnees led by Riquelme in front of him.
But here, in Spain, everything has changed, he needs to rely entirely on himself to open up the situation for the team, in the first half he once thought he had succeeded, once complacent, but in the second half Real Madrid players with their strength to give Saint-Thiago a slap in the face, La Liga in European football as the most mature football system in the world, the most technical place, is not as simple as he thought.
For the first time since landing in La Liga, he felt powerless in the game, such a strong opponent made all his efforts in vain, and just as he was about to struggle to stand up, suddenly the voices of countless Villarreal fans came from the stadium, countless shouts converged, and people shouted passionately: "Santiago! ”
"Santiago!!" The Villarreal fans in the stadium shouted at the same time, this amazing momentum even a large number of Real Madrid fans on the side couldn't help but look sideways, there is no doubt that at this moment, at the moment when the team was almost in a desperate situation, Villarreal fans pinned their hopes on Santo Tiago! Obviously, in the eyes of Villarreal fans, only Santhiago can save it all.
At this moment, listening to the voices of the fans in the stands, Santhiago suddenly realized that he was no longer the rising star who came off the bench in Serie A, nor was he the down-and-out golden boy who returned to the A-League with a disgraced face to climb and roll again, in the eyes of Villarreal fans, he was hopeful, he was already a player who could take charge on his own!