Chapter 924: Divine Courage
No one other than Jose Mourinho was ready to speculate that Iello would start, so many commentators were surprised when they got their starting line-up half an hour before the game.
In their cognition, Iello should rest for at least a week just after participating in the fierce Asian Cup, otherwise his physical condition will be extremely unsatisfactory, which is very unfavorable to Valencia's preparation for the league and Champions League knockout rounds, because from the past games, Valencia with Elo is the top team, and Valencia without Eelo is a first-class team at most.
Valencia No. 1 Stadium commentator Hyde frowned and talked about his question: "Is it really appropriate for Ai to start three days after returning to the team?" ”
His guest partner Barry shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, as Valencia's number one star, he is the captain of the team when captain Albelda is unable to play due to injury, and he lost 1:3 at home to Real Madrid in the first leg, which means that the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals at the Bernabeu cannot be lost, and it is difficult to say about the following games, when Valencia needs three away goals, it is not surprising that Ai, who has the most deterrence, starts......"
Speaking of this, Barry paused, looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees, and then said slowly: "Actually, this is the Ai we know, and he always maintains a hunger in the face of honor, so when Valencia needs to score, he must take the initiative to ask to play, I guess...... Carlo Ancelotti's idea before the game was to let him play as a substitute, but Ai had a strong desire to fight, so he ......"
"That's right, this is the Ai we are familiar with, I think...... Valencia will have a good chance of completing the impossible and beating Real Madrid away to qualify for the Copa del Rey final! ”
The two have been commenting together for many years, so the commentator Hyde knew what Barry was pausing at the first time, and quickly said.
Countless Valencia fans sitting in front of the TV were thrilled to watch the game with anticipation, but with the commentary of commentator Hyde and guest Barry, they rekindled their hopes that Valencia would advance to the Copa del Rey final, because Iello represented a miracle......
Mourinho took the starting line-up from his assistant Faria and glanced down at the names of L.AI's players before grinning as if everything was expected.
Faria was a bit surprised by this, and in his imagination, shouldn't Mourinho be surprised to see Airo in the starting line-up at Valencia?
You must know that he himself was stunned for a moment after getting the official starting list, and sure enough, people are more popular than people, and he can still learn a lot by staying by Mourinho's side as an assistant.
At least...... In the face of Valencia, who has Elo, he was still able to win, not be arrogant and not discouraged.
Valencia must beat Real Madrid by more than two goals to qualify for the Copa del Rey final, so the lineup is full of attacking four-three-threes, goalkeeper Moya, defenders Alba, Albiol, Godin and Azpilicueta, the three midfielders are Xavi Martinez, Cazorla and Mata, and the forward three are Eiro, Cavani and David Silva.
Real Madrid's starting line-up is not much different, they give the official line-up of 4231, goalkeeper Casillas, defenders are Marcelo, Ranocchia, Carvalho and Arbeloa, the two midfielders are Las Diarra and Xavi Alonso, the three forwards are Kaka, Mesut Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo, and the single striker is Benzema.
However, in fact, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo are both in the category of strikers, echoing Benzema in the frontcourt, Mesut Ozil in the middle, Xavi Alonso is the offensive and defensive hub and long ball scheduling.
Of course, his most important job is to defend, forming an impenetrable wall with Las Diarra and clearing the way for the centre-back combination of Ranocchia and Carvalho.
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After the run-in of Real Madrid's squad in the first half of the season, Mourinho's rapid counter-attacking tactics have been almost perfectly integrated into this Real Madrid's tactical system, and a total of 64 goals can be scored in 21 rounds of the league this season, and the rapid counterattack has contributed greatly.
The test of a team's strength is to attack and defend quickly on the counter-attack, and if both ends are done very well, then ...... This team is a strong team!
However, the run-in of the lineup has little to do with Kaka, Kaka, who has just returned from injury, is not in the best condition, if it is not for the face of the capitalist Florentino, Mourinho prefers to use Di Maria to play Kaka's position, and the current Kaka's state is far from the Kaka in his impression......
Fortunately, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo have continued to be in good form and have always been able to help the team in the transition from defence to attack.
Of course, Valencia's offense is more threatening, and the attacking group led by Ailo is difficult for any team to withstand.
Cavani, who came on in place of David Villa due to injury, played well as a central striker, could play the ball, could shoot and was a top scorer if he had a little more experience in the game.
But he is smart enough to know that Valencia is all about serving Elo, unless there is a chance to shoot directly on goal, under normal circumstances, he mainly makes the ball for Elo, which can also increase his tacit understanding with Elo.
It is believed that as David Villa gets older, manager Carlo Ancelotti will give Cavani more opportunities to play......
Nearly 90,000 fans poured into the Bernabeu Stadium for the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, including the 3,000 Valencia fans who travelled with the team.
At the beginning of the game, Valencia quickly organized a wave of attacking attacks, and Kaka and Ozil, who assisted in the defense, were like stakes at all, and they could not play a defensive role at all, which meant that Real Madrid's defense still relied on Las Diarra and Xavi Alonso and four defenders to complete.
The ball quickly reached the feet of David Silva, the heart of the playmaker, but this time the defender did not go up to the top and stood on the left side of the defense.
With this in mind, David Silva had no choice but to get the ball to Juan Mata in the middle and deflect it to the left.
It is clear that Real Madrid's defense on the right side is a strong defensive ground.
However, Real Madrid's two-man midfield combination has a limited area to cover, so Iroh was in a comfortable position to get the football.
Immediately after that, Iroh picked up the thick right leg and hit the football.
A long-range shot more than thirty meters from the goal!
Elo's shot was so sudden that defender Xavi Alonso didn't have time to make a block.
Fortunately, goalkeeper Casillas was fully prepared at the moment when Iroh got the ball, so he was able to react at the first time after Iroh completed the shot, tiptoed with his left foot, stretched his body, pounced to the left, and rubbed his fingertips slightly, pulling the football away from the original trajectory, and the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the outer edge of the left post of the goal.
"Oh!"
Immediately, a huge exclamation erupted from the stands.
Originally, the Real Madrid TV commentator was still talking about introducing Real Madrid's starting lineup, but he was frightened by Aelo's sudden long-range shot, but fortunately, his reaction was fast, and then he said: "--Saint-Igor is in such good shape!" ”
At the same time, the fans in the stands also gave applause to Casillas, who had performed well.
If it weren't for his miraculous save, Valencia would have scored less than a minute into the game!
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Valencia's players before the bench hugged their heads and expressed their regrets, and if they had scored in the first minute of the game, it would have been a much easier game......
Commentator Hyde was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sigh of regret: "Real Madrid is really lucky, if it weren't for a super goalkeeper of Casillas's level, then Ai's long-range shot would have scored, it's a pity!" ”
No one noticed that Kaka's face was a little gloomy, and once upon a time, his best thing was to shoot from a comfortable position, just like Iroh just now......
With a shot threat on goal in the opening kick-off, Real Madrid's defence was clearly focused on Ayro.
But it is difficult to completely limit a player of Elo's level, especially Real Madrid's four-two-three-one formation with a relatively strong attack and weak defense, and the combination of two backs can only protect the space and not take the initiative to defend, otherwise there will be a situation of dislocation, Mourinho as the manager of Ello in Chelsea in the past, he knows Mourinho's coaching characteristics very well.
Jose Mourinho hates nothing more than a midfielder leaving his defensive position.
Of course, the exception is the back three.
So Iroh has plenty of ways to create chances against Las Diarra and Xavi Alonso, who can't leave their posts without permission.
Two minutes later, Iroh switched positions with David Silva and came to the right flank.
With Azpilicueta on the wing, full-back Marcelo did not dare to grab easily, otherwise the unmarked Azpilicueta would have easily gotten the opportunity to take the ball and cross easily.
Iroh faced Ozil's stake-like defence and flashed straight past with an acceleration shot.
Seeing that Iroh was getting closer and closer, Russ Diarra had no choice but to wait solemnly, but Iroh's right foot suddenly pulled the ball to the left, shook off the angle, and directly picked up his left foot!
Hyde was stunned, and then exclaimed, "-Shoot!" ”
"Oh!!"
The Real Madrid fans in the stands also exclaimed as Iello got up on his feet.
Seeing that Iro's leg swing was so wide, Lars Dilaya did not hesitate to fall to the ground and stretch his leg to block, only to have Elo's exaggerated left foot slammed the ball to the right, and switched to the familiar right foot to kick again.
It was too late for centre-back Carvalho to make a block, and all he heard was a muffled 'bang' as the ball flew over his forehead towards the goal.
Casillas had already moved to the near corner of the goal with Iro's fake shot, but Iro's long shot was in the far corner!
I saw that his right foot was on tiptoe and flew sideways.