Chapter 1300: Shattering a Past Ball
Benitez also got up from his seat after conceding the goal, unhappy with the performance of his players during the match.
For that foul just now, he felt that the players should not go to the referee to theorize.
A swarm of bees went, and as a result, the free kick was quickly served......
Of course, Benitez doesn't care about the players yelling at him from the sidelines, and he should now think about the practical question of how to equalize the score, or even overtake, when he is behind......
Real Madrid will certainly be more determined to counter-attack after taking the lead, they will recycle harder and their counter-attacks will be sharper.
When the time comes to face Real Madrid, will Manchester City have a way to break the deadlock?
As Benitez and Alan Hansen had predicted, Real Madrid, who had scored a goal, began to recover, but they still kept the trident of Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria and Benzema in front of them.
All three are players who are fast and have outstanding individual qualities. And their counterattack is not the kind of one person who dribbles the ball all the way to the ground, they can pass back and forth, run, and finally complete the fatal blow. The whole process of football and people is completely non-stop, and all the qiē is done in high-speed movement.
That's the terrible thing about Muhammad's counterattack.
Football itself is to move, once it moves, it is difficult for the opponent to guard, but at the same time, the requirements for the players on the side are also high.
After taking the lead, Real Madrid did not intend to score another goal while the momentum was high, but instead they shrunk their defence, which is what makes Mourinho scary. He was able to cool down the team quickly from the ecstasy of the goal.
He knew very well that City would want to equalise quickly after conceding a goal at home, so he conceded possession and space and let them attack, but what about him? Let Real Madrid shrink, look at Manchester City's big attack, and then counterattack, and then only be afraid of one hit and one accurate.
In fact, it was also the case, Manchester City looked a little impatient after conceding the goal, while Real Madrid played a defensive counter-attack, Cristiano Ronaldo had another chance, but this time his shot on the counter-attack was saved by Joe Hart, otherwise it would have been two goals in five minutes.
"Manchester City are in a dangerous situation right now, they don't know whether they are attacking or defending, they don't know it internally, and it gives Real Madrid an opportunity to take advantage ......of," Alan Hansen said with a frown.
"Now it seems that it is the defensive counter-attack that most restrains Manchester City?"
"It had to be a counter-attack with the first goal. There is a certain element of luck to this ball in Real Madrid. If the score is still 0-0, I'm afraid it won't be like this. The balance of the game was broken, but in this way, the game may also be better than the first half. ”
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Cristiano Ronaldo became more active after the goal, and he can be seen galloping in almost every Real Madrid attack.
His pace left City's defenders in the dust.
In addition to him, there is also Di Maria, who is good at dribbling, and his delicate foot skills often make Manchester City's players miserable.
Real Madrid's staffing is no worse than Manchester City's.
Manchester City did show impatience after conceding the goal, losing patience when attacking, often driving forward with a big foot, regardless of whether their teammates could receive it or not.
In this way, Real Madrid's counter-attacking opportunities will only be more, and the quantitative change will sooner or later lead to a qualitative change, and the goals will come.
Everyone knew that playing like this would go wrong, but no one could do anything about it now.
63rd minute - Ten minutes after City conceded the goal, Sneijder won the ball in midfield and was met by Khedira's close defence, and he struggled to organise any decent attacks, so he simply played a long ball and passed the ball forward.
"Again......" Alan Hansen said helplessly.
Sneijder wanted to pass the football to Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic was indeed in that direction as well, and he was also trying hard to chase the football and then jump up for the top.
But he didn't get to football.
Even though Ibrahimovic had tried very hard, he jumped up as he rushed forward, went to the top, and was still in the air.
Maybe he can get the ball on the ball with one more run, but only if there is no one around him.
And now he's always followed by a Pepe.
Pepe jumped up and slid the ball that Ibrahimovic didn't reach.
Headed to left wing-back Marcelo on the wing.
Pepe observed the situation first when he was pushing the ball, and if he went straight to the top of the ball, it would be more difficult, because he was jumping up to top the ball when he was retreating with Ibrahimovic, which was similar to a backward header, which required a lot of waist and abdominal strength, and if the top was not good, he might push the ball into an empty space - and the glory ghost knows if he would appear there like a ghost.
So Pepe chose a way that he thought was safer, and that was to give the football to his closest teammate.
For example, Marcelo is very close to him, and the two of them are less than ten meters apart, and it is not difficult to pass over.
Marcelo then stops the ball with his chest or pushes it out of the touchline to clear the ball, in short, it is safe.
But at this time, Pepe, who had just completed his header, saw a terrifying scene when he was falling - he saw that Kaka, who was originally on the outside of Marcelo, suddenly appeared on the inside of Marcelo at some point, and then jumped up with a lunge!
It was Pepe's football that was pushed against Marcelo, and it just let Kaka go with his head before Marcelo!
"Kaka!"
John Mortenson shouted.
There was also a wave of exclamations at Manchester City Stadium.
In the midst of the exclamation, Kaka hit the ground, then started to accelerate, chasing the football that he pushed into the penalty area!
At this moment, people seemed to see the Kaka who was five years younger and ran like the wind.
Even Real Madrid fans are eye-catching – this is the same Kaka they once coveted!
But it's a pity that after coming to Real Madrid, they have never seen such a Kaka again.
Now, they were lucky enough to see him, but Kaka was no longer his player.
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Casillas was going to make a move, but as soon as he ran to the six-yard line, he noticed that Kaka was faster than he expected and rushed out, unsure if he would be able to catch the ball sooner than Kaka.
So he chose to stay on the line of the small penalty area.
At the same time, Kaka also followed the football into the penalty area.
The soccer ball was bouncing in front of him, not very well controlled.
Kaka chased the ball to the baseline.
Casillas was more relieved to see this, and now he only needed to seal the near corner.
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"Kaka! He's so fast! He caught up with football! John Mortensen exclaimed excitedly.
It was City's best chance of attacking in the second half and if it was also City's best chance of equalising.
The City fans in the stands also cheered loudly for Kaka.
Real Madrid's players were quick to get back on the defensive, some running to the goalkeeper to defend Ibrahimovic and others chasing Kaka.
Kaka burst into the box and the ball was bouncing in front of him.
This kind of scene has also happened in the time of Real Madrid, the football is in front of him, and he is desperately chasing behind, but no matter how hard he runs, the football in front of him is getting farther and farther away from him......
His feet were as if they had been filled with heavy lead, and he couldn't lift them at all.
Since when has he been able to repeat this impotent and helpless chase over and over again?
Since when is he no longer the Kaka that makes people cheer and celebrate?
Since when did his name become a symbol of ridicule and helpless sighs?
Since when have you been unable to run at full strength on the pitch and catch up with football?
Kaka gritted his teeth and stepped forward, the football was still ahead, but there seemed to be many mirrors in front of the football, and what was reflected in the mirror was his dejected figure, the appearance of him sitting on the Real Madrid bench wrapped in a coat, the helplessness of spreading his hands after the ball was broken on the field, and the newspaper report about "Kaka is a parallel import...... In addition, his ears were buzzing, and there were countless voices of all kinds.
"Kaka was injured at the World Cup in South Africa and missed the pre-season preparations, Mourinho was furious......
"A groin injury is fatal for a player like Kaka who eats with speed and I know there are still people who are expecting Kaka to get back to the top. But I have to tell you all that, unfortunately, your idol will never be able to go back to what he was when he was at AC Milan......"
"Kaka is already useless, and Real Madrid must now regret that they spent 65 million euros to buy such a waste ......"
“…… It is said that Real Madrid intends to give up Kaka, but Kaka's annual salary is too high, and no club is willing to take over......"
'Kaka's time at Real Madrid may be countdown, and if there is no club in Europe to accept him, it does not rule out that he will return to Brazil. This is definitely not good news for Kaka, who is not yet thirty years old......"
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The ball bounced off the ground and Casillas moved to the near post to block Kaka's possible angle.
Kaka made an arrow step in the middle of the run, then picked up his right leg, he didn't stop the ball, and chose to volley directly!
With a bang, the ball was pumped towards the goal.
Casillas made a save, but the ball flew over him.
He looked back to follow the trajectory of the football, but the speed of the ball was so fast that he only saw the net at the top of the football goal.
The ball went in......
Kaka seemed to see that the mirrors in front of him were shattered by his own kick, and as those mirrors shattered, the various sounds that lingered in his ears also disappeared. He was back at the Manchester City Stadium and all he could hear was the tsunami cheers of the City fans!
“KAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA――!!”