As soon as Modric received the ball from Mikel, he had already observed Elo's movement, and he was confident that he could send the ball to Elo's feet very comfortably, and then help the team extend the score to two goals before the end of the first half, but what he didn't expect was that the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, which made all the Chelsea players a little confused.

John Terry and Frank Lampard stepped forward to put pressure on the referee, with three seconds left in stoppage time.

Pepe and Ramos, who were chasing back frantically, heard the referee blow the whistle at the end of the first half, and they were secretly happy in their hearts, Ailo's running position just now was very weird, as long as the pass was in place, then this defense would be very dangerous!

The Chelsea players didn't pay much attention to the ineffectiveness of the complaints, just to impress the referee, otherwise there was a high risk of a whistle in favour of the home team in the second half.

'Referee Massimo Busaka was clearly helping Real Madrid, with three seconds to go until a minute of first-half stoppage time, but he blew the whistle for the end of the first half, which was unfair to Chelsea because Eddie Fernandes had already pulled out the blanks and the unmarked Modric would have sent the ball to his feet and it would be ...... then.'

"With the referee's two short and one long whistles, Real Madrid Madrid home against Chelsea Champions League 1/8 finals in the first half of the end of the game, the score on the field to the away team Chelsea 1:0 ahead of the home team Real Madrid, given the entire first half of the play, the away team Chelsea obviously has more advantages, the three lines are maintained perfectly, the front line of Ai and Drogba to the Real Madrid back line brought great pressure, if it were not for Casillas's excellent play in the first half, Chelsea is not so simple as a goal ahead."

'At the end of the first half, the players from both sides went into their dressing rooms in batches, and in the first half, Real Madrid did not play at their own level at home, but let the visiting team Chelsea play against the visitors, which is a very abnormal situation, manager Juan Ramos has to solve the team's attacking problems at half-time, otherwise Chelsea will take a win at the Bernabeu and have a valuable away goal, which is not an acceptable result for Real Madrid, who are aiming to win their tenth Champions League trophy."

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Fifteen minutes in the midfield are fleeting, but not for the players on both sides in the dressing room, they have to listen attentively to the manager's instructions, the game is a 90-minute battle, winning 45 minutes is not a victory, only after 90 minutes is still the score is still leading, that is a victory.

Jose Mourinho affirmed the team's first-half appearance in the dressing room, but was a little unhappy with Robben's defence, with both flanks almost becoming his exclusive corridor.

But overall, the atmosphere in the visiting dressing room was good.

In the second half, it was worth mentioning that Real Madrid took the lead in making substitution adjustments before the game began, replacing Gago, who did nothing in the first half, with Guti to increase the team's midfielder's ability to pass the ball.

For this substitution adjustment, the commentators in the live studio expressed their opinions on it.

"Before the kick-off of the second half, Real Madrid took the lead in making substitution adjustments, and it was the team's vice-captain Guti who came on the court, compared to Gago, who started the game, Guti's through ball passing ability is stronger, and forward, passing, shooting and awareness are more outstanding, I believe Juan Ramos has ideas for him!"

"Guti has always been a controversial player, skilled with the ball and footwork, very good small skills, full of aura, but sometimes he likes to fight with opposing players, so that he can't effectively control his feelings, so it is debatable for the backward Real Madrid to replace Guti?"

'The substitution is a sign to strengthen the attack, but will the aging Raul and the new generation of striker Gonzalo Higuain be able to seize their chances? It's all a topic worth discussing, but the substitution has increased the chances of them being beaten back while enhancing Real Madrid's attack, and Guti is known to be less motivated as he gets older......

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Real Madrid took advantage of the kick-off in the second half and quickly launched an attack on the Chelsea half, but the Chelsea players were well prepared for the home team's rapid attack in the second half, and they responded with considerable poise and did not make mistakes.

Guti, who held the ball, had nothing to do about 30 meters away from the Chelsea goal in the middle, and his teammates in the front court were all standing rigidly, and there was no flexible running at all, so that he had no room to pass, so he shook his head and chose to pass the ball back to control the rhythm of the game.

I have to say that Guti's play did drive Real Madrid's attack, but it was difficult to find a lethal route to pass due to Chelsea's tight defense and the lack of flexible running of teammates.

But Guti is Guti, no matter how difficult the conditions are, he has his own way of handling the ball, coupled with the tacit understanding with Raul for many years, the two are still relatively compatible.

It's just that the 32-year-old Raul is no longer the aura scorer Raul of the year, the successive arrivals of Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy have made him sacrifice himself away from the penalty area for the benefit of the team, and the inspiration is long gone, no matter how exquisite Guti's pass is, but there is no way to break the goal guarded by Cech.

In the 49th and 53rd minutes, Guti seized the opportunity to send lethal through balls to Raul one after another, but what he didn't expect was that Raul missed all of them.

"What a pity! Guti really gets older and more demonic, and when the team's offense is restricted, he always has his own passing route to send the ball to the feet of the most dangerous teammates, but Raul doesn't seem to be in shape, otherwise the goal would have gone in......"

Juan Ramos watched Raul waste Guti's second passes one after another, frowning, and considering whether he should try his luck with the king of the small penalty area, Van Nistelrooy, but this thought only lasted half a second, because he is a new manager, and he must have a good relationship with Real Madrid flag Raul, unless Raul is physically exhausted or takes the initiative to go off, it is difficult to make up his mind to replace him.

"Let's take another look!" Juan Ramos said secretly.

There is no doubt that although Real Madrid have the advantage at home, there is not much real threat in the next game, and Chelsea still have a one-goal lead away from home.

The situation on the pitch is biased in favor of the home team Real Madrid, but Mourinho did not express his dissatisfaction, after all, this is Real Madrid's home stadium at the Bernabeu Stadium, and it is already a good result to be able to take a one-goal lead on this field, and it is acceptable to end the game with this scoreline, of course...... The more ahead, the better.

And now is not the right time to press on the attack as much as in the first half, with another league game at his home stadium three days later and another Carabao Cup final against Manchester United at the new Wembley Stadium seven days later, and a week of double games has forced him as a manager to take care of the fitness of his players.

As we move into the second half of the season, any oversights could cause the team to lose the season.

As a result, Chelsea made their first change in the 65th minute, bringing on Essien for winger Kalou, adding to the defensive depth of the team's central pitch while also limiting Guti's play.

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'Why did Chelsea suddenly change tactics in the second half and not choose to continue to put pressure on the Real Madrid backline? Is it really good to defend like this? Lineker frowned and said: "If we continue to put pressure on the home team, it is very possible for Chelsea to score a second goal of the game to seal the win, but ......"

The Real Madrid fans in the stands swept away the slump of the first half, cheering much louder than in the first half, especially when the home team organized the attack, as if the whole stadium was trembling.

Chelsea had to show their skill – defending on the counter-attack.

With the exception of Didier Drogba and Elo who were not involved in defence, the other eight players were on the defensive, meaning that with Essien on the pitch, Chelsea opted to defend thoroughly and take the lead into full-time.

Fortunately, Chelsea also counter-attacked after holding on, and Elo's role was very prominent, always suppressing the four Real Madrid defenders in their own half and not moving.

With Real Madrid attacking Chelsea's main defence, with occasional quick counter-attacks, more than half of the second half passed.

Juan Ramos watched from the sidelines as Raul was still struggling on the front line, gritting his teeth and opting to replace Higuain with Ruud van Nistelrooy to keep the pressure on the Chelsea goal in the penalty area.

'As the game time became less and less, the home team Real Madrid put more and more troops into the attack, and the attack became more and more fierce, but the score remained the same, and Chelsea still led Real Madrid 1-0 ......

In the 75th minute, Petr Cech saved Ruud van Nistelrooy's shot under him, and the Real Madrid fans in the stands instinctively booed, as they seemed to have seen that Cech was ready to lay on the ground and stall for time, but this time they were disappointed, he got up from the ground with his hands and feet, rushed all the way to the edge of the box, and then flung the ball straight to the front.

A big reason why I chose to throw the ball with my hands instead of kicking off with my big feet this time is because the accuracy of the hand throw is higher, and it can also effectively prevent the Real Madrid players from waiting for the ball to clear out after half court.

Drogba, who retreated to his own half-circle arc, first squeezed the position, carried Pepe behind him, and then looked at the landing point of the football, and very dashing used his chest to make the ball to Modric, who ran out of the open space.

Ramos was the first to look for Iello on the pitch, and in his mind, he was the most dangerous player in Chelsea's counter-attack, and the rest of the team was the most supportive!

"-Attention Ai!" At the same time, Juan Ramos stood on the sidelines and shouted a reminder to his defenders.