Chapter 116: Salt the Wound
Goalkeeper Alain Zubia was already preoccupied when he saw Ronaldo on his feet, and when he saw the football flying out, he immediately took two quick steps to the right, and then jumped up quickly, stretched out his arms, and pounced on the flying football. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Ronaldo's shot was fast and flew close to the turf, and Aranzubia had stretched his arms as far as he could, but his palms were still so far away from the football.
Finally, the ball flew past his fingertips and plunged headlong into the net!
The ball is in! Real Madrid took the lead in the thirteenth minute of the game.
"Cristiano Ronaldo catches the ball, take a step, be careful! He shot! Entered! Thirteen minutes into the game, Real Madrid scored, and it was Ronaldo who scored! As soon as the host of ESPN's network station said "be careful", he saw Ronaldo shoot and the football flew into the net.
"Real Madrid's attack is too sharp, Zhang Xu has stopped Alonso, and he has put a lot of pressure on Ronaldo, but Ronaldo is Ronaldo, he found an opportunity in Deportivo Lacoruna's tenacious defense!"
"From this goal, we can see that this is not a problem of Zhang Xu's lack of ability, but a problem of Deportivo Lacoruna's overall strength, in front of the powerful Real Madrid, the promoted Mara Coruna is indeed not enough."
"Now, with a goal down in thirteen minutes and still in a passive situation, Deportivo is in danger! It may be more dangerous than two goals behind Valencia, after all, Real Madrid's attacking ability is the top in La Liga, and if you don't pay attention, you will concede goals again! β
Seeing Deportivo concede the goal, countless domestic fans in front of the computer sighed in disappointment.
"Alas, Zhang Xu should be asked to defend Ronaldo, Marchena is a trickster in front of Ronaldo, and he can't prevent Ronaldo at all!"
"Yes, I hope Zhang Xuxiong will rise up and see Ronaldo to death! Otherwise this game is really dangerous! β
"Alas, it's a pity that Zhang Xu doesn't have a few decent and strong teammates! Otherwise, Ronaldo would not have had the opportunity to shoot so easily! β
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In the barrage, countless team comments expressed their opinions on the goal and suggestions for Deportivo La Coruna.
"Old man, did my son score this goal?" At this time, in the room of her hometown in Xiangbei City, her mother couldn't read football, and only saw the football fly into the net, so she asked her father if the ball was scored by her son. In her mind, as long as there is a goal, it must be scored by her son.
"No, it was my son's opponent! In other words, the son lost a ball! The father explained with a smile in his eyes.
"Oh, that's nothing, the other party only scored one goal, it's not very good, my son will definitely score more, ten or twenty should be no problem!" Mother said proudly.
The father was speechless for a moment, he could only sigh and say, "You should play football the same as playing basketball?" It's good to score one in a game! β
"Ahh So what to do? Why don't you call your son in a hurry, you must score a goal! When my mother heard this, she became anxious.
"Calling? Your son is playing football on the field, and he can still have a mobile phone with him? After seeing Real Madrid's goal, the father was already upset, and hurriedly said to his mother: "Okay, okay, don't say more, let's see what our son will do!" β
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And in the distant United States, after Nicola saw this goal, her brows furrowed suddenly, and her heart suddenly hung in the air.
"Honey, I know that you will not be defeated by difficulties! I'm waiting for you to stand up bravely! β
Nicola clasped her hands together and silently prayed and cheered for Zhang Xu.
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Just when everyone was praying and cheering for Zhang Xu, Zhang Xu was also seriously reflecting on it, looking for the problems of his team from the goal just conceded.
This conceded goal, no matter what aspect it is, he can't get rid of responsibility, so he first starts to find problems from himself.
There will certainly be no problem to keep an eye on Alonso, but if he doesn't, it will make it easier for Alonso to take the ball forward. Then there must be a problem next.
Could it be that I can't run fast enough? No, it shouldn't be!
Zhang Xu thought about it carefully and felt that his main problem should be that after Alonso passed the ball, he must immediately tilt the attention of the defense to Ronaldo, so that even if someone passes the ball to Ronaldo, he can react in time and implement effective defense against Ronaldo.
It seems that the problem is mainly with himself, and just now, he still ignored Ronaldo.
Finding his own problems, he started looking for problems with his teammates and the team as a whole. In his opinion, his teammates have burst out with enough energy. It's not that teammates don't do their best, but that teammates haven't formed enough tacit understanding when defending, so the overall defensive strength has not been fully exerted.
Improving the tacit understanding between teammates and building the team's midfield and backfield into a unified whole is what Zhang Xu needs to do.
However, tacit understanding is certainly not something that can be cultivated in a while.
This requires Zhang Xu to put in more effort, thread the needle, connect every player in series, form a whole, and use the overall strength to resist Real Madrid's attack.
However, what Zhang Xu didn't expect was that he had not yet had time to deploy the team's defense, to be precise, he had not fully organized the team's defense, and the team conceded again.
It was less than three minutes after the resumption of play that Real Madrid's No.22 Maria broke through on the left and then quickly crossed with his feet.
When Aitami cleared the siege, he was interfered with by Ronaldo, and the header did not reach the right position, and the football not only did not fly out of the penalty area, but flew diagonally to the center of the penalty area.
And it just so happened that No. 9 Benzema was in that place, and No. 2 Evaldo, who was watching him, was a full two meters away from him!
After receiving the football unexpectedly, Benzema naturally will not be polite, and the flying football is a volley!
The ball flew so fast that goalkeeper Aranzubia had barely had time to fully stretch his arm when he saw the ball fly into the net from in front of his arm!
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In less than 20 minutes, Real Madrid had an absolute advantage of two goals!
This goal not only made the host of ESPN's network station speechless, but also made all the fans in China speechless.
Many fans just went to make a cup of coffee, and when they came back, they found that Real Madrid had scored again!
As a result, fans were disappointed and dissatisfied with Deportivo LaCoruΓ±a's backline, and they blamed the number two Ewaldo, who failed to keep an eye on Benzema.
And this time the mother finally understood, and she nagged anxiously: "Another one has been entered!" This man is really, why do you still rub salt on the wound? Don't you understand forgiveness and forgiveness? Alas, what a good thing it is now! β
The father had a gloomy face and stared at the computer screen in a daze without saying a word.
Zhang Xu was also a little angry, the goal just now was completely caused by the mistake of the defender's marking. But No.2 Evaldo is also a veteran of Deportivo La Coruna and immediately apologized to his team-mates after conceding the goal.
In such a situation, Zhang Xu couldn't say anything, he could only silently fish the football out of the net, and then kicked the football towards the kick-off point of the middle line with a big kick.
"Brothers, it's okay, isn't it just two balls? We'll be able to catch it back! It's like the game against Valencia! We are miracle workers! Come on! We can do it! Zhang Xu ran to his position while cheering for his teammates loudly.
With Zhang Xu's encouragement, the morale of his teammates, who had been battered twice, was restored, but it was almost impossible to fully recover, unless he could score a goal.
However, in such a situation, how difficult it is to score a goal!
After the game resumed again, Zhang Xu had to increase his speed again, run with all his might, and completely connect the team's midfield and backfield through fast passes.
Thanks to his efforts, the team's defensive strength has finally been strengthened, and Real Madrid's offensive frenzy has finally been initially contained.
In the 19th minute of the game, Alonso crossed the halfway line after a pass from Essien on the street near the halfway line, and then crossed the halfway line and made a diagonal pass under the interference of Belleron.
But when the football was about to pass to Ronaldo's feet, from behind Ronaldo's side, a foot suddenly stretched out and destroyed the pass.
It was Zhang Xu who tackled, and after he saw Alonso raise his foot, he immediately realized that he might pass to Ronaldo, who was in a very good position, so he approached Ronaldo at high speed in concealment, and then stabbed the football with an accurate tackle.
In the twenty-third minute of the game, it was Alonso's pass again, and one of his overhead passes happened to be destroyed by a beautiful header from Zhang Xu.
In the twenty-seventh minute of the game, it was still Alonso, but this time it was not his pass that was destroyed, but before he could pass the ball, he was accurately stuck by Zhang Xu, separating his body from the football, and then easily controlled the football.
During this period of time, Zhang Xu and Ronaldo did not have much confrontation, mainly because Ronaldo was too cunning and erratic, making Zhang Xu, who has just broken through 70 points, elusive.
However, cutting off the ball passing to Ronaldo can also achieve a good defensive effect.
Now, through Zhang Xu's efforts, the team's defense is completely stable!
Now, it's finally Deportivo's turn to attack!