On April 22, at the Bernabeu Stadium, the second leg of the 1/8 final between Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen was played here.

In the stadium, there was a sea of people, and the seats were full.

Facing the imposing home fans, Bayer Leverkusen's players suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

It's the Bernabeu!

At the end of this match, all the top four places will be born.

A day earlier, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich slaughtered Porto 6-1 at home, with a two-legged aggregate score of 7-4, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

Barcelona, on the other hand, won 2-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain, and with a 3-1 away win in the first leg, Barcelona completed the double against Paris Saint-Germain.

The new local tycoon Paris Saint-Germain has also become the only team in the top 8 to be killed twice.

If you play football, you can't do it without money.

But money alone is not enough.

Of course, this is also a reflection of the firepower of Barcelona's MSN combination.

In terms of the starting line-ups of both sides, there was little change compared to the first leg.

For Bayer Leverkusen, Spašić continued to miss due to injury, while Toprak and Papadopoulos continued to partner in the Chinese position.

In addition, Dermic played as the starting center, while Kiessling was on the bench.

As for Real Madrid, the basic formation remains the same, but Marcelo failed to enter the squad due to the accumulation of yellow cards, and it was Coentrão who replaced him.

In addition, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric were all sidelined through injury, with Hernandez, Isco and Pepe rotated.

Hernandez played as a central striker, J Ronaldo played as a right winger, Ramos moved forward and switched to defensive midfield, and Pepe partnered with Varane in central defence.

On the Real Madrid bench, there is also a lot of talent, with Navas, Arbeloa, Khedira, Ilya Ramendi, Jesse and others at any time to listen to Ancelotti's orders.

When the starters and caddies of both sides lined up together, the Champions League theme song sounded.

When the majestic music reached José's ears, a sense of grandeur arose.

"What about the Bernabeu? I'm here to conquer you today. José thought silently.

At the end of the song, the players of both sides shook hands to signal that friendship is the first and the game is second.

However, Jose felt a fighting spirit bursting out of Ronaldo's body.

Is this one of the things that motivates Ronaldo to keep moving forward?

In the face of Ronaldo's fighting spirit, Jose just smiled slightly, without any intention of backing down.

20:45 local time.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Bayer Leverkusen drew the first kick-off.

Unfortunately, the first wave of attacks failed to break into the Real Madrid penalty area.

After gaining possession, Real Madrid played very aggressively as always.

In less than a minute, Real Madrid had already reached the front of the Bayer Leverkusen penalty area.

Kroos passes the ball and the ball is at the feet of Hernandez.

Fifteen yards on the right side of the penalty area, Hernandez received a pass from a team-mate and hit the goal with his feet, and the ball flew towards the near post.

Despite predicting that the opponent was likely to miss, Jose still made a save.

As a result, Jose naturally pounced.

A minute later, in the same position, it was Hernandez, but this time he chose to hit the far post.

With just one glance, Jose could already see that the opponent's shot was still off.

This time, Jose only moved his body slightly, just to prevent someone from making a follow-up shot at the back post.

Unsurprisingly, Hernandez's two shots in quick succession ended off target.

The game continued, and as in the first leg, Bayer Leverkusen had little chance to get close to the vicinity of the Real Madrid penalty area.

Schmidt had no choice but to direct his players to make a good interception in midfield.

In the 7th minute, Real Madrid again hit in front of the penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball and cross-cuts into the arc island.

Although the opponent has not yet fully burst into the penalty area, Jose has already bred up his spirits.

At this time, on the left and right sides of the penalty area, there are Real Madrid players in place.

Jose was just trying to call his teammates to pay attention to the marking of Real Madrid players on both sides, and Ronaldo kicked the goal.

The ball was pumped by Ronaldo's left foot and immediately rolled towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

It was a dangerous low ball that Jose couldn't have saved 100 per cent if it hadn't been missed.

In the end, Ronaldo's shot grazed the post and went out of the bottom line.

"Hey, Ronaldo wants to score so much, this ball is handed to J Ronaldo on the right, obviously the chance is better."

"It's the same as Messi's goals in the Champions League, and everyone wants to score more goals than the other party."

"Isn't the number of assists good?"

"People just remember how many goals Mero scored last season and how many people remember how many assists they had?"

The reality is that, as the fan said, few people will remember who the assisters are, except for veteran fans, and the number of assists is just an inconspicuous number.

Jose also provided a few assists when he kicked the goal, but the media rarely mentioned it.

The game continues.

In the 8th minute, Bayer Leverkusen finally had a chance to shoot.

Bayer Leverkusen get a throw-in near the baseline.

Castro threw the ball straight into the box.

The first landing point was punched by Casillas.

The ball flew out of the box.

On the left edge of the penalty area, the ball fell to the feet of Sun Xingchou.

Facing the ball sent in front of him, Sun Xingchou did not make any adjustments and shot directly with his feet.

The ball hit by Sun Xingchou first smashed on the grass and ejected on the spot.

Unfortunately, the refracted ball did not fly towards the goal, but deviated from the goal.

Bayer Leverkusen's attack fell short.

Casillas quickly took the goal kick and Real Madrid launched a quick counter-attack.

The pace of attack and defense on both sides is very fast, and in less than ten minutes, the two sides have played more than a dozen back and forth.

In the 16th minute, Real Madrid got a corner kick opportunity on the right side of the front.

The penalty spot is located on the edge of the penalty area, just 20 yards from goal.

Rodriguez is in charge of taking the free-kick.

The penalty spot is very close, and the role of the human wall will be extremely important.

God's perspective opens, and José tries to find flaws from as many angles as he can.

After confirming that there was no problem, Jose stood in the middle of the goal.

A whistle blew and Ronaldo began to run.

"Hehe, how can you break the human wall I arranged?" Seeing that Ronaldo chose to volley directly into the upper right corner, the corners of Jose's mouth rose slightly and sneered.

Sure enough, Ronaldo's shot, although it went around the wall, also deviated from the direction of the goal.

Real Madrid wasted such a great free-kick opportunity.

I don't know if it was because of the free kick missed, Rodriguez actually made a mistake in passing.

Bender broke the ball at the back and moved directly to the ribs of the front court, and the ball reached the feet of Bellarabi.

Outside the box, Velaraby fired a powerful right-footed shot.

It's a pity that the angle was too positive, and it was directly confiscated by Casillas.

In the first 30 minutes, although there were a lot of shots on goal from both sides, there were no absolute scoring chances.

In the 31st minute, Real Madrid hit again.

Rodriguez broke down the right and got past Wendell and crossed with his feet.

The ball crossed over the small penalty area and fell towards the left side of the penalty area.

On the left side of the penalty area, Hernandez was the first to get to the ball and he opted for a direct header.

The ball flew towards the underside of the goal.

"Let me come." José suddenly let out a loud shout.

It turned out that Jose saw that Hilbert had already arrived back and was ready to block Hernandez's header.

After Jose finished shouting, he was worried that Hilbert would not be able to react in time, so he decisively used the first plug-in of the game.

The reason why Jose had to make his own save was to confiscate the ball directly.

Although Hilbert can block with his body and prevent the opponent from scoring, he cannot control the opponent's second follow-up shot.

Only by completely controlling the ball can the possibility of the opponent scoring can be completely eliminated.

When space and space resumed, all one could see was that Jose burst out with superhuman speed, and then leaped forward to keep Hernandez's header straight away.

Jose defused another wave of Real Madrid's attacks.

In the blink of an eye, the game had come to the 40th minute.

Castro brought down the opponent directly when defending Isco and received the first yellow card of the game.

In addition to gifting Real Madrid a free-kick on the left, Castro will also be suspended for one match due to the accumulation of yellow cards.

Cristiano Ronaldo was in charge of the free-kick opportunity.

The penalty spot is about 30 yards from the goal, and Ronaldo has a lot more options to choose from.

Jose knew that at a distance of 30 yards, the role of the human wall would be greatly reduced.

With the referee's whistle.

Cristiano Ronaldo's run-up began.

"Huh?"

Through God's perspective, José saw that Ronaldo had made an unusual choice.

Cristiano Ronaldo opted to volley directly into the bottom left corner.

It's a clever choice, with the near corner and a low flat ball, and the goalkeeper's line of sight likely to be affected by the wall, the threat of a volley into the bottom left corner is undoubtedly the greatest.

I saw the ball go around the feet of the human wall, and then flew towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

The average goalkeeper will never be too late to make a save when he sees the ball coming out from behind the wall.

However, Jose saw through Ronaldo's intentions early through the perspective of God.

I saw his figure flash, and the whole person was like an eagle, quickly rushing towards the lower left corner of the goal.

In front of the goal line, Jose blocked Ronaldo's shot with one hand.

Jose saved Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick and gave Real Madrid a corner.

The corner kick was taken without any threat and Jose took the ball straight into the air.

Unfortunately, there is still no chance of a quick counterattack.

In the 44th minute, Real Madrid almost scored.

Son Heung-cho picked up the ball at the back and was cut off, and the ball went to the feet of James Rodriguez.

James Rodriguez made the first pass and penetrated the Bayer Leverkusen backline.

Cristiano Ronaldo rushed out first and got the chance to face Jose alone.

In the face of Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose did not choose to attack, he knew too well that this kind of top scorer would only increase the opponent's chances of shooting.

From 10 yards out in the box, Cristiano Ronaldo got up and fired into the near corner.

The ball sped towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

I wish you all a happy Labor Day, and the working people are the most glorious.

(End of chapter)