Kiessling was given the first yellow card of the game.

The elbow was a foul, of course, and the referee did not award Ramos because he had not made up his mind to award a penalty.

Therefore, Kiessling's yellow card was not wronged at all.

Real Madrid's counterattack.

It was just three or two passes and the ball was already in front of Bayer Leverkusen's penalty area.

Kroos took the ball and glanced inside the box.

There was a small gap between Spašić and Papadopoulos.

Without any hesitation, Kroos decisively took a long-range shot.

The ball turned into a white light and flew towards the center of the goal.

Kroos had a lot of power on goal, but he took it for granted.

He was able to spot the back-of-the-air for Bayer Leverkusen, and how could Jose not have found out.

The reason why Jose did not alert his teammates was just to test whether the Real Madrid players would find out.

Facts have proved that these players of the Real Madrid team are indeed extraordinary.

In the face of Kroos's long-range shot, Jose, who had been prepared for a long time, did not have any pressure.

I saw his figure shaking, and easily confiscated the opponent's shot.

After winning the ball, Jose habitually aimed at the front of the field.

Jose saw that Sun Xingchou was unmarked at this time.

Decisive and quick goal kick.

With a bang, the ball turned into a streamer, crossed the half court in an instant, and then flew in the direction of Sun Xingchou.

Son had no trouble getting the ball that Jose had passed to him.

After getting the ball, Son suddenly accelerated, shook off Carvajal and burst into the left side of the Real Madrid penalty area.

It's a pity that there are no teammates to answer, and Sun Xingchou can only try to hit the goal.

In the end, it was blocked by Varane.

Bayer Leverkusen were awarded another corner.

Calhanoglu takes a corner kick that is directly disrupted by Ramos.

This wave of Leverkusen's attack was declared a failure.

In the blink of an eye, 20 minutes have passed in the second half.

Although Real Madrid still firmly controlled the ball, the number of shots on goal between the two sides gradually balanced.

It's just that the quality of Real Madrid's shots is much higher than that of Bayer Leverkusen.

In the 68th minute, Ronaldo retreated to the midfield to get the ball.

After being targeted by Schmidt, Ronaldo can't even touch the ball if he doesn't retreat.

On the left side of the penalty area, Ronaldo broke through with the ball.

Hilbert and Bender intercept him.

Knowing that there was no hope of a breakthrough, Ronaldo chose to pass the ball to the middle, where Bale and Benzema were connected.

Eventually, the ball rolled to Bale's feet.

From 12 yards out, Bale got up and hit the goal.

The ball passed past Papadopoulos and flew towards the top right of the goal.

Just as the Real Madrid fans were ready to cheer, Jose arrived.

José tried his best and leaped towards the right side of the goal.

Right on the goal line, Jose blocked Bale's shot with both hands.

Then, Papadopoulos cleared the ball out of the box as soon as possible.

"Hey, Bale's shooting skills are worse than Ronaldo's, if this shot is handled by Ronaldo, maybe it will go in."

"Huh."

With Bayer Leverkusen's players scrambling, Real Madrid no longer had the same ease of passing through midfield as they did in the first half.

In the 76th minute, Carlo Ancelotti began to make adjustments.

Isco came off the bench and Benzema was substituted.

After Isco came on the pitch, Ronaldo moved to the center forward position, and Real Madrid's formation became 4231.

Seeing Real Madrid's adjustment, Schmidt is not far behind.

Rolfes came off the bench and Calhanoglu was substituted.

Calhanoglu has lost himself in the confrontation with Real Madrid's midfielder, and there is still a long way to go between him and the top midfielder.

In the 81st minute, Bayer Leverkusen won another corner.

Bender was in charge and passed straight into the box.

In the Real Madrid penalty area, there was chaos.

Surprisingly, no one hit the ball.

The ball ended up at the feet of Spašić.

From 15 yards in front of goal, Spasic fired a powerful shot.

I don't know if I was too nervous, but Sparšić hit the ball high.

Bayer Leverkusen missed another great opportunity.

In the 83rd minute, the score on the field was still 0-0.

Real Madrid began to shrink their formation, and after a long period of attack, they began to change their strategy.

In this game, they are playing away from home, and they don't have to win the game in the two-legged knockout round.

On the other hand, Schmidt's side will be very difficult if he can't win at home, and the second leg will go to the Bernabeu.

So Schmidt made another substitution.

Dermic came off the bench and Russ Bender was substituted.

Remove a midfielder and add an appropriate number of attacking personnel in the hope of victory.

Schmidt's thoughts, how could Ancelotti not know, he immediately made adjustments.

Carvajal, who was out of fitness, was substituted and Arbeloa came off the bench.

In this game, Carvajal made great contributions in order to prevent Son Xingchou.

Although Sun Xingchou failed to show his strength, he also made Carvajal tired and half dead.

Ancelotti's substitution made Schmidt's substitution work.

For the next ten minutes, the situation on the pitch did not change much.

However, Delmic's impact caused Marcelo to receive a Topaz card, so Marcelo will miss the second leg.

In the 90th minute, Kiessling almost finished the stunner.

Dermic took the ball and attracted Casillas' attack.

But instead of shooting, Dermic passed the ball to Kiessling.

Facing an empty goal, Kiessling fired a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner.

Seeing that the ball was about to cross the goal line, substitute Arbeloa arrived in time.

On the goal line, Arbeloa hooked Kiessling's shot with his foot.

Bayer Leverkusen's attack fell short.

If this goal is scored, the back line led by Jose, even at the Bernabeu, may not be able to achieve a clean sheet.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

The game went into injury time.

Although Carlo Ancelotti gave up on winning on the road, the competitive Cristiano Ronaldo did not think so.

Last minute of stoppage time.

Cristiano Ronaldo pulls the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

Facing the defense of Wendell and Spašić, he went directly to the bottom line and forced his feet to shoot at a small angle.

"If this goal lets you score too, I don't have to mess around." The corners of José's mouth rose slightly.

In all fairness, Ronaldo's shot is still very good, and he can still hit the inside of the goal when he is close to zero angle, which not many people can do.

What's more, it was completed under the interception of Wendell and Sparšić.

In the face of Ronaldo's shot from a small angle, Jose did not spend much effort and easily confiscated.

In the end, Bayer Leverkusen played 0-0 at home to Real Madrid.

The second leg between the two sides will be played in a week's time.

Post-match wrap-up.

First of all, in terms of possession, Real Madrid ended up with 61 per cent possession, while Bayer Leverkusen rebounded in the second half, rising from 29 per cent in the first half to 39 per cent.

Secondly, in terms of shots on goal, Real Madrid completed a total of 17 shots on goal, and the number of shots in the goal reached 8, which is a staggering quality.

Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, had just eight shots on goal and only two shots from inside the goal.

As for the individual performances, Jose undoubtedly won the Man of the Match award, and he also won the Man of the Match trophy in the Champions League again.

In this game, it can be said that Jose's excellent play ended Real Madrid's BBC attack combination.

The high-profile Cristiano Ronaldo, who completed a total of 5 shots and did not score in this game, received a rating of 6.84 points, which is only higher than Benzema's 5.9 points among all Real Madrid starters.

As for Bale, he only completed 3 shots on goal, and the pass completion rate was only 72%, and finally received only 6.88 points, only higher than Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.

It was not Luka Modric who had the highest pass completion rate, but Kroos, who completed 66 of his 68 passes, a 97 per cent success rate, slightly higher than Modric's 69 passes and 65 passes.

The next day, all the sports media around the world reported the game in detail.

Among them, headlines such as "the Blues abandon the general, let Ronaldo be dumb" have become the front page headlines of most of the media.

All of a sudden, José's popularity climbed again.

Of course, most fans believe that Ronaldo and others failed to score, not only because of form, but also because they were playing away.

Bayer Leverkusen don't have big names but are currently at the top of the table, and they are not as vulnerable as they have been rumoured.

In the second leg of the match between the two teams, Real Madrid also needs to be careful not to kick the gift package into a stealth bomb.

Despite the failure to win, Bayer Leverkusen fans were delighted.

José's song was quietly sung at the Bayer Arena.

After a hearty battle, the Bayer Leverkusen players didn't have much time to refresh before the Bundesliga weekend arrived.

Now, Bayer Leverkusen are only four points ahead of Bayern, and with six league games remaining, it is too early to talk about winning the title.

On April 18, the 29th round of the Bundesliga continued.

Bayer Leverkusen host 15th-placed Hannover 96.

As for Bayern Gua, who have just lost 3-1 to Porto in the Champions League, they will continue to play away from home against Hoffenheim.

In the end, relying on Rode's goal and Beck's own goal, Gua's Bayern defeated Hoffenheim 2-0.

If Bayer Leverkusen want to maintain their lead, they must not miss the match against Hannover 96.

In this game, Spašić was sidelined due to injury, Toprak and Papadopoulos teamed up in central defence, and Brandt replaced Bellarabi as the starting right midfielder.

Bellarabi, Yedwai, Rolfes and others were on the bench.

Hannover 96 kicked the ball first and had the first shot on goal.

However, it was not a threat to Jose at all, and the opponent's shot was missed.

After that, Bayer Leverkusen began to press the opponent all over the field, and Jose was once again the most idle man on the field.

In the 20th minute, Calhanoglu took a corner kick.

Drive directly to the far point of the exclusion zone.

Toprak got to the ball.

Direct header on goal.

The ball went in.

1 to 0.

In the 40th minute, Kiessling passed.

Brandt received a pass from Kiessling and volleyed straight away.

2 to 0.

In the 49th minute, Bayer Leverkusen won another corner.

Kiessling headed in and hit the crossbar.

In the confusion, Papadopoulos made a stoppage.

3 to 0.

In the 70th minute, Bender made a direct pass from the ribs.

Kiessling was successfully countered offside.

Facing the goalkeeper one-on-one, Kiessling calmly picked up the back of the net.

4 to 0.

Jose had barely exerted effort to get a clean sheet.

Looking at the clean sheet bonus, Jose's heart was happy.

It's just that the thought of going to the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid in four days makes Jose feel a little worried.

You can guess where the protagonist will be next season? Still in the pharmaceutical factory? Or recalled by Chelsea? Or was it forcibly bought by other wealthy families?

(End of chapter)