Despite being equalised in the final moments, Carlo Ancelotti did not criticise his players, praising their performance in the first half.

"You guys did a great job and the 2-2 score was acceptable to us."

"However, I think your performance deserves a victory!"

Hearing Ancelotti's words, the players who were originally nervous and felt that they might be criticized were relieved one by one, and even looked at Ancelotti gratefully.

As for the attacking players, after receiving Ancelotti's praise, they also puffed up their chests and looked proud.

Compared to Mourinho's strong personality, An Fat is clearly more popular in the dressing room.

This is inseparable from his high emotional intelligence and language arts.

Seeing the players' reactions, An Fat nodded with satisfaction and continued:

"So, keep attacking in the second half and break them down with the attack that the City are most proud of!"

This statement is strongly supported by attacking players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, who are good at attacking but not good at defending, and who don't like to drop back into their own half to do the dirty work.

Of course, if they want to win, they don't have to be unacceptable, but they must be reluctant in their hearts.

The reason is simple, stars like them who specialize in offense are easy to shine in attack, but they are easy to be deflated and embarrassed when defending.

In addition, if they waste too much energy in defense, they will not be able to brush up on offense.

Therefore, this arrangement of Ancelotti satisfies their psychological requirements.

On the home side, Pellegrini couldn't accept the 2-2 result.

If they can't win the opponent at home and give the opponent 2 away goals, then their hopes of advancing in the next leg may be less than 3 percent.

If you score another goal in the second half and lose at home, then wait to be eliminated!

"In the second half we need to continue to strengthen the attack, and the specific tactical arrangement is like this......"

Based on the observations of the first half, Pellegrini took out his tactical board and arranged the attacking tactics for the second half.

The players nodded their heads in understanding.

Then, he explained the defensive strategy of the second half.

"Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo are both very strong, and if the two of them defend together, we will definitely not be able to defend against them.

But there seems to be no cooperation between them, and if they continue to play like this in the second half, they can relax their defense against the other and concentrate on defending the ball carrier if they see any one of them holding the ball! ”

Manuel Pellegrini speculated that there might be a conflict between Real Madrid's two wingers, otherwise there is no explanation why they didn't work together.

He didn't know if Carlo Ancelotti knew this and whether he could fix it at half-time, but he thought he could test it.

If there is still no connection between Ronaldo and Bale, then Manchester City's defensive pressure can be greatly reduced!

The 15 minutes of the break were quickly over and the two teams were back on the field.

After the exchange of pitches, Manchester City kick off.

After Lin Quan kicked the ball to Aguero, he immediately rushed forward.

Sergio Aguero handed the ball back to Lin Quan, who easily shook off Benzema and continued to kill Real Madrid's hinterland.

At the same time, Manchester City's players began to rush towards Real Madrid's half at high speed.

This posture is clearly about wanting to start the attack!

"Stop him, don't let him pass the ball!"

Ancelotti was taken aback, he had a hunch that Pellegrini would strengthen the attack in the second half, but he didn't expect the opponent to be so aggressive and rush to attack at the beginning, is this a little too desperate?

In Manuel Pellegrini's eyes, Real Madrid's defence is very solid, and it is very difficult to break them, so he designed such a tactic to grab the opening game, hoping to catch the opponent off guard before they are fully in shape.

There are risks, of course, but the rewards of success are too tempting.

Isco and Modric were both attracted to Lin Quan and rushed towards him almost immediately.

Lin was full of Real Madrid players in front of him, and in this case, Real Madrid's players thought that he wanted to pass the ball and could not single-handedly challenge Real Madrid's entire defense.

So Modric stopped in front of Lin Quan and Isco cut off his passing lane.

But Lin Quan didn't mean to pass the ball, he saw that Isco didn't lean over to wrap himself, and immediately chose to force Modric.

Modric tried his best to stop him, but failed.

Against a player like Lin Quan, who can rush and be flexible with his feet, Modric can't do anything about him.

However, compared to the previous time, even if Modric was passed, he was not very panicked.

There are still a large number of teammates behind him, he doesn't believe that so many people can't stop Lin Quanyi?

Real Madrid's players also have the same idea, although they were surprised that Lin Quan passed Benzema and Modric in succession, but they did not think that Lin Quan would directly attack their defence.

Because normal people don't do that!

So, while staring at Lin Quan, they were extra wary of Sergio Aguero, De Bruyne and other players inserted behind Manchester City.

However, not everyone thinks so, Xavi Alonso and Ramos are extremely wary of Lin Quan because they were teammates with Lin Quan and suffered a big loss at his hands in the first half.

Both of them invariably leaned towards Lin Quan, and Ramos blocked Lin Quan's line of continuing to break through in the front.

Xavi Alonso rushed from the flank to entangle Lin Quan and help his team-mate break the ball from his feet.

Seeing the actions of the two, Lin Quan still did not give up the attack.

He avoided the two and continued to dribble towards the right side of the penalty area, and he was killed in the penalty area!

Real Madrid's players originally thought that Lin Quan must have passed the ball, but the opponent brought it all the way, and now it has been brought into the penalty area, but there is no intention to pass the ball.

This surprised them in their hearts, and they all involuntarily had an idea:

No way? Is this guy really going to single-handedly take on our entire defense?

It's crazy, it's crazy, they can't believe it!

But when they saw Lin Quan who had entered their own forbidden area, they had to believe that this was actually true!

Now, not only Xavi Alonso and Ramos are close to rivalry, but the other players in Real Madrid's backline are all starting to feel nervous.

If this goal is really scored by Lin Quan, then these people, one of them will be counted as one, and they will all be nailed to the pillar of shame, which makes people laugh.

As a result, with the exception of Xavi Alonso and Ramos, almost all the players in the Real Madrid backline were attracted to Lin Quan and leaned towards him, and the overall defense began to deviate to the right.

After Xavi Alonso and Ramos were taken away by Lin Quan, Aguero also successfully entered the Real Madrid penalty area.

This made Real Madrid's other centre-back, Pepe, feel like a big enemy, and he hurriedly called for Aveloa to come over to help the defence.

However, just as Aviloa came to make up for it, he felt something fly over his head.

When I looked up, oh, it was football!

Wait a minute!

Football?

Avelloya woke up in an instant, subconsciously looked towards Lin Quan, and found that the football under Lin Quan's feet had disappeared!

Avelloa broke out in a cold sweat!

Wouldn't it be that if you leave the right side with your front foot, the opponent will attack from the right side?

According to Murphy's Law, the worst fears usually happen!

At this time, on the right side of Real Madrid, on the left side of Manchester City, a short player wearing the number 21 blue jersey appeared in the vacant space and received a pass from Lin Quan.

David Silva stopped the ball and looked at Casillas' position, and before Arbeloa rushed over, he fired a shot into the goal!

The ball was hit with great power, and the football flew to the goal in an instant.

No sooner had Casillas made a save than the ball flew into the net.

3:2！

Manchester City played a lightning attack, scoring in the opening 14 of the second half, reversing Real Madrid and regaining the lead of the game!

Because the goal was scored so quickly, many people went to the toilet at halftime, and the spectators who had just come back and had not had time to sit down did not have time to see the process of the goal clearly, and were awakened by the huge cheers from the scene.

"What? Are we ahead? Who scored the goal? ”

Frustrated that they had missed such a spectacular goal, they asked the other fans around them to find out who had scored it.

"It's David Silva, he received Lin Quan's pass and completed the goal!"

"Haha, we're ahead again!"

"Look at the expressions on the faces of those Real Madrid fans, like they have eaten?"

It's not just the Real Madrid fans who look like this, but the coaches and substitutes on their bench react similarly.

Manchester City doesn't talk about martial arts, they rushed to attack at the beginning, and most of their players haven't even entered the state, and they were scored by the opponent without even touching the ball!

"Damn, underestimate the madness of this old man!"

Ancelotti cursed in a low voice that was his mistake and he should have expected City to do it.

"Avelloa shouldn't have lost her place!"

An assistant coach said with some annoyance.

"This has nothing to do with Aveloya, our defense line has been deflected by Lin Quan."

Ancelotti did not blame Aveloa, he did have some responsibility for this goal, but the biggest responsibility is not on him.

Lin Quan didn't pass the ball when everyone thought he could pass it, but passed the ball out when everyone thought he couldn't pass it.

It was this contrast that caught the players who played Real Madrid off guard and made them make mistakes.

The second half had just started and they weren't quite into the game yet, so it's understandable to make such mistakes.

But we can't make mistakes again, Ancelotti can barely accept the score of 3:2, but if Manchester City scores another goal and rewrites the score to 4:2, the situation will be very unfavorable for Real Madrid!

Thinking of this, Ancelotti couldn't help but hesitate a little.

Should you change your strategy, give up attacking Manchester City and play defensive counter-attacks instead?

Carlo Ancelotti's team is very good at counter-attacking, and Real Madrid are already very defensively strong under Mourinho and his tutelage.

Once they play on the counter-attack, it will be difficult for City to score again.

In this way, Real Madrid may be able to keep the score into the midfield and not be extended by the opposition.

Moreover, if the opponent's attack is too fierce, once the ball is broken in the midfield, then Real Madrid will quickly seize the opportunity of the opponent's mistake and play a threatening quick counterattack.

Maybe that could level the score?

Carlo Ancelotti hesitated, promising his players in the dressing room to play in the second half, and now that the second half had just begun, he reversed his decision and the players on the pitch were sure to feel overwhelmed.

Carlo Ancelotti was right, and after Manchester City's goal, Real Madrid's players' opinions began to split.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale and other frontcourt players were eager to attack immediately and equalize the score.

But the players at the back were a little scared by City's attack, and they wanted to stabilize the situation first, and then play steadily when the situation stabilized.

The consequence of this internal disagreement is that Real Madrid is disjointed, unable to attack, and a little unable to defend when defending.

Manchester City, on the other hand, were demoralised after David Silva scored the goal.

One by one, they became very active and frantically attacked Real Madrid.

The Blue Moon fans at the scene were all excited when they saw their team pressing the star-studded Galaxy Battleship to the ground and beating it, cheering one after another, wave after wave.

Cheered on by the home fans, Manchester City completely took the initiative on the field, from the opening of the second half to the 55th minute, for a full ten minutes, they firmly suppressed Real Madrid in their own half, and could not push the battle line through the midfield.

If it weren't for Real Madrid's goalkeeper Casillas, who showed great courage and blocked high, and saved Manchester City's several dangerous shots, Real Madrid would have fallen behind Manchester City by a wide margin by now.

Seeing that the situation on the pitch was not in his favour and the team's backline was shaky, Carlo Ancelotti finally made up his mind.

He began to shout at the players on the pitch to change their tactics and shrink to their own half to play defensive counter-attacks.

Carlo Ancelotti's decision was a relief to the Real Madrid players, especially those at the back!

If An Pang didn't give such an order again, they all felt that they couldn't hold on.

But the expressions on the faces of stars such as Ronaldo and Bale became ugly after hearing An Fat's shout.

Didn't you say that you were going to play offensive football?

How did it turn into a defensive counterattack again?

Bale may be a little better, but Ronaldo is in a bad mood.

Before Bale, he was a key point in Real Madrid's counter-attack.

But after Bell came, the key man became him.

No way, who told this guy to run fast, and have a speed advantage when playing a quick counterattack?

Therefore, An Fat's adjustment greatly reduced Ronaldo's chances of scoring, but provided Bale with a lot of opportunities!

As it turned out, Ronaldo was a bit overthinking.

After seeing Real Madrid switch to defensive counter-attack, Manchester City quickly changed their strategy.

From the previous kind of wide-open attack, it has changed to controlling the rhythm, firmly holding the ball at his feet, and not giving the opponent a chance to counterattack.

Seeing this scene, both the Real Madrid players on the field and the members of the Real Madrid coaching staff on the sidelines felt extremely familiar.

If you change the red and blue jerseys to the Manchester City players, they even feel that their opponents are Barcelona!

(End of chapter)