There are two best ways to crack the Iron Bucket Array.

One is to use the high striker as a bridgehead, the ball from the side back and forth, and the second is to make full use of set-pieces, the importance of set-piece scoring in modern football is self-evident, and in many cases, set-pieces are the most advantageous means to break the deadlock of the game.

On the field now, Real Madrid has a lot of free kick players, Guti and Alonso's passing skills are good, and C. Ronaldo's free kick is also a scoring weapon, but Lyon has long been prepared for this, they pay attention to the position of fouls, although there are a lot of small actions, but in sensitive areas, they will not easily kick. So Real Madrid didn't get too good set-piece chances for the time being.

As for the impact with a high striker...... You don't have to think about it, Gao Gao? What's that? For Real Madrid, since Morientes left the Bernabeu, Real Madrid has not had a traditional center forward in the true sense, Ruud van Nistelrooy can only be counted as half, and the king of the small penalty area has been used less and less often to fight for the top of the high point after coming to Real Madrid, and more often it is with excellent shooting skills to score.

Today's Real Madrid, high school striker can be said to be a no. Benzema, who is at the front, plays the center forward position, but he is characterized by superb shooting skills, a keen sense of smell, and as for the ability to grab points, it is very average. Not to mention Raul, the quintessential dexterous striker who could rush up and down when he was younger, but now he's more of an opportunist as he gets older.

C. Ronaldo has excellent jumping ability, but the problem is that he is not an orthodox stump center, occasionally cruising to the middle to brush his face, if you want him to be like a pillar in the penalty area, and a muscular hunk fights against him, it is estimated that he can't bear it - even if he can afford it, C. Ronaldo will not do this kind of dirty work, others can make him balls, he makes balls for others, it depends on the mood!

Lyon just saw that Real Madrid lacked a strong high school striker, so this "weakness" continued to magnify, and their calculation was that even if they didn't score, they had to limit Real Madrid's goals away from home, anyway, this is the Bernabeu, not conceding goals, or conceding fewer goals, it is beneficial for them, and after returning to France, their hopes of advancing will undoubtedly increase greatly.

The main players walked back to the locker room, and Fan Bizhuang and other substitutes put on their vests under the orders of the assistant coach, and warmed up on the court with the help of the temporary break in the game.

Fan Bizhuang said to Kaka as he made a move: "We don't have a lot of time to play high on the wing, and the reason is because we lack a really strong centre-forward. ”

Kaka replied: "There is no way to do it, Real Madrid fans are the most discerning fans in the world, they don't like clumsy power football, Melinger likes chic dribbling, delicate passing, and then beautiful goals." But in many cases, having a strong center forward can save a lot of trouble and enrich the team's tactical play. ”

"We can see the crux of the team's inability to open the situation, and I'm sure Mr. Manuel can see it too." Fan Bizhuang glanced at the direction of the players' tunnel, smiled and spread his hands, "But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there is no suitable card in her hand, and Mr. Manuel has no way." ”

"Van what do you think Mr. Manuel will change in the second half?" Kaka raised his own questions.

"Strengthen the breakthrough, for the time being, it can only be like this, if you can get more free kick opportunities, it must be beneficial to break the deadlock." Fan Bizhuang replied.

"It's the best way to do without a centre-forward." Kaka nodded, then changed the conversation and smiled, "Actually, I think I should send you out." When I was in Milan, I watched a lot of your game footage and your goals in recent times, but a lot of them came with headers. You have excellent jumping ability, and you have a strong confrontation ability, so you should be able to do it if you play a temporary cameo role as a center forward. ”

Fan Bizhuang was noncommittal.

At Villarreal, he also played a cameo role as a central striker and did well. Although the current coach is still Pellegrini, Van Bizhuang feels that the current Chilean coach is very different from before, maybe this is the butt decides the head, when coaching the small club, he can implement his own ideas and tactics at will, but in a giant club like Real Madrid, he has become a little timid.

Maybe it's not that Pellegrini has changed, but that Van Bizhuang himself is still in place.

Either way, everything is a little bit different from before.

He's just a player, and even if he feels that he has the ability to occupy the main position of the team, and even be the attacking core of the team, the manager and the board don't think so, and he has no choice but to accept it.

"Perhaps." Fan Bizhuang sighed in a low voice, "I hope the team can make all the breakthroughs in the second half, if we are always stuffed by the opponent in this way, maybe we will suffer at that time." ”

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Fan Bizhuang had never felt that his "crow's mouth" was so effective, and only two minutes into the second half, Kaka looked at his teammates next to him with a dull face, as if to say, "Fan, you are too good, you have said it!" As for the degree of poisonous tongue, I only serve you! ”。

In this regard, Fan Bizhuang could only smile bitterly in embarrassment.

After the kick-off of the second half, as Van Bizhuang expected, after the lack of a pillar in the box, the Real Madrid players on the field began to focus more on pulling on the two flanks, and Guti and Van der Vaart, including the forward trio in the front, also increased the number of breakthroughs.

Manuel Pellegrini asked in the dressing room in midfield to strengthen the team's breakthrough in the front, preferably to use the breakthrough to disrupt the opponent's defense and win in chaos.

The idea was good, but as soon as it was implemented, Real Madrid suffered a major blow.

In the 47th minute, Guti received a direct pass from Alonso in the backfield, decisively dribbled forward, after shaking the opponent's forward Govu, Lyon Cameroon defender Makun suddenly pasted up, a sliding tackle on the ground, and put down with the ball, the referee raised his hands to signal that Macuhn shoveled the ball first, and did not foul, which was conducive to attack, and the game continued.

Makun bounced off the ground at breakneck speed, swept the ball to the feet of his teammate up front, and then stepped forward at high speed.

Lyon's counter-attack was both sudden and violent, and before Real Madrid's midfield defence could reorganize, Lyon's counter-attack hit the edge of Real Madrid's penalty area. After a few quick and simple passes, the ball was once again pushed to the top of the penalty area, and the midfielder Macuen slapped the ball and fired a furious shot.

Faced with a powerful long-range shot, Casillas tried his best to leap up, but still couldn't save, the ball jumped into the top left corner of the goal, and the visiting team Lyon dominated the game and scored first.

This conceded goal is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Real Madrid, after more than 40 minutes of all-out onslaught, but failed to break the opponent's "turtle shell", and the opponent counterattacked quickly, but in turn turned himself over, such an encounter, in any team, is unacceptable.

Real Madrid obviously couldn't accept it, and many players stared blankly at the football in their own goal, quite at a loss in disbelief.

Even Fan Bizhuang didn't expect that he was really in a word, he just put forward a "warning" by himself, but imagination became a reality, this loss of the goal, not only is a huge blow to the team's morale, more importantly, Real Madrid lost the goal at home, not to mention whether the final defeat can be turned into a victory, Lyon has an away goal, will undoubtedly occupy a very active advantage in the two-legged knockout round.

After a brief pause, the more than 80,000 fans at the Bernabeu erupted in boos. Obviously, the fans were also extremely unhappy with the team's performance. Who are they? It's a star-studded galactic battleship, the best club in the century! As for the opponent, they are only the leaders of the second-rate league, and as a result, they bombarded half the court indiscriminately, but did not achieve the slightest achievement, but it was a counterattack by the opponent and scored.

How to look at it, how to make people feel ironic! It's like a resounding slap in the face to Real Madrid in the face – what about the Galaxy? What about the number of stars? Money is not omnipotent, we are not as famous as you, we can still beat you with a head and a mouse, and you will lose face!

At this moment, the mood of Real Madrid fans is extremely sour, and many fans who are rich in associations have sounded the nickname on their team's head: Champions League Sixteen!

"Could it be that this time we still can't get past the curse of the last 16 of the Champions League?"

"Could it be that after the team rebuilt and spent so many euros on so many stars, we still can't go any further?"

Such thoughts are not only lingering in the minds of the fans at the stadium, but even many Real Madrid players on the pitch are thinking so.

It stands to reason that with Real Madrid's heritage and strength, it should not have been so fragile just to concede a goal, but the fact is that after being blocked from the Champions League quarterfinals for many years, Real Madrid's confidence is indeed very little.

"Attack! Offensive!! ”

"Strengthen cooperation, break through more on the wing, and make more bottom crosses!"

"Pass the ball into the box! Hang in their forbidden area! ”

Realizing that the team's mentality and mood seemed to have been greatly affected, after the restart of the game, Pellegrini anxiously signaled on the sidelines for the team to press heavily and strengthen the attacking force.

However, Lyon's defence remained solid, whether it was a short pass, a ball on the flank, or a long-range shot after the stars broke through with their individual ability, they were all cleared by the visiting defenders.

Time passed quickly, but Real Madrid still had no hope of equalising.

Van Bizhuang and Kaka came off the bench after 80 minutes and, despite their best efforts, were unable to help Real Madrid find the back of the net in such a short period of time.

When the whistle blew, the entire Santiago Bernabeu stadium fell silent, the score was fixed at 0:1, and Real Madrid had to accept the fact that they lost at home and fell behind in the two-legged knockout round.

Looking at the players of the away team Lyon, with excited and satisfied smiles, laughing and chasing on the field to celebrate the victory, the Real Madrid players were all helpless and unwilling expressions, and they were also depressed, as well as tens of thousands of fans who were present, many fans were sighing, and some were roaring loudly in anger to express their dissatisfaction.

"The future is uncertain!"

Looking at the hustle and bustle of the court, Fan Bizhuang let out such a sigh.

Kaka gave him a roll of the eye, then covered his mouth with an obvious meaning - shut your crow's mouth! Good spirits do not work bad!