Since ancient times, there has been no name in the finals, and in such an important game, often a single goal can decide the winner.

In the history of the Champions League, there has been only one goal in 14 finals.

So, don't look at Real Madrid only scored one goal, but at this time Real Madrid's advantage is already very big.

Real Madrid's players also seemed to know that they had the advantage, so after scoring a goal, they didn't need to be reminded by the coach at all, they became conservative, and they all retracted into their own half, wanting to play Manchester City's counterattack.

One side becomes conservative, and the other naturally becomes radical.

Manchester City have run out of way after falling behind, and they must attack, they must score, or they will have to sit back and watch the opponent end their winning streak and walk away with the trophy in front of them.

From the 21st minute onwards, City's attack became extremely ferocious.

As soon as the players get the ball, they will pass forward as soon as possible, and the wing will quickly advance from the wing when he has the opportunity, and the wing will attack the opponent's middle when he has no chance.

During this time, Real Madrid played very passively, and the overall formation was compressed to the extreme, and the players originally wanted to seize the opportunity of the opponent to press the attack and play the opponent's counterattack.

But under the frantic siege and pressing of Manchester City's players, it was difficult for them to hold the ball, and because of the excessive defensive pressure at the back, the strikers had to retreat to participate in the defense, even if it was a supergiant like Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City's attack on the right side penetrated Real Madrid's defense on the left side, and Marcelo's misjudgment was cleverly passed by Lin Quan.

After passing Marcelo, Lin Quan prepared to cut in, Modric, Ramos and others were attracted to him and were forced to lean over to him, but Lin Quan's action of cutting inside was just an illusion, and after seeing the opponent following him, he accelerated along the sideline of the penalty area to break through to the bottom line.

Modric hesitated and didn't follow to the end, he was worried that Lin Quan would pass the ball back to the attacking player who was inserted in the middle.

I was really afraid of something, just when Modric had this idea, Lin Quan grabbed the back pass before Ramos posted it, and handed the ball to De Bruyne, who followed up from behind.

Seeing that De Bruyne was about to receive the ball and shoot, Kroos made a contribution at the critical moment, he made a tackle outside the penalty area, and brought De Bruyne down with the ball, ruining this great opportunity for Manchester City.

Kroos was full of apologies after the foul and was concerned about De Bruyne's injury.

Just now the save was heartfelt, and when he put down his foot, he didn't completely contain the force, and the force of this foot shovel is relatively large, and De Bruyne is likely to be injured.

De Bruyne, who fell to the ground injured, looked pained, clutching his right leg and unable to stand up.

Manchester City's players were furious, Kroos's kick was too ruthless, if it weren't for the fact that he was a former team-mate, they would have stepped forward to ask Kroos if he wanted to kill!

In Manchester City's coaching box, Guardiola saw De Bruyne injured and fell to the ground, and stood up from the coach's bench with a bang.

De Bruyne has a very big role in the Manchester City team, and if he goes off injured, then Manchester City's attacking firepower will be greatly affected, and it will even lose because of it.

It's not just Pep Guardiola who is worried, but everyone on the bench across Manchester City is craned their necks and looked at the pitch.

Now that just over 20 minutes have passed, if De Bruyne is out at this time, it can be said that it will be very unfavorable for Manchester City, not only will it passively waste a substitution, but also disrupt all their pre-game deployments.

Some people are happy and some are worried, on the side of the Real Madrid bench, seeing the opponent's midfield core injured and falling to the ground, everyone in Real Madrid couldn't help but look forward to it.

If De Bruyne were to end up here, their chances of winning this game would be much better.

The referee checked De Bruyne's injury after showing Kroos a yellow card, then reached out and motioned for the stretcher to come up and carry him off.

When Pep Guardiola saw the referee's gesture, he couldn't help but be even more worried.

He had to warm up and then decide whether to make such an early substitution based on the team doctor's examination of De Bruyne's injury.

However, who can replace De Bruyne on the bench?

Is it a midfielder or a player in a different position?

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is also concerned about this issue, and he is curious who De Bruyne will put on to replace him if he really can't hold on.

The result was unexpected, Guardiola called two players from the bench and told them to warm up, but none of them were substitutes opposite De Bruyne, but two wingers - Mbappe and Sane!

This is......

Zidane seemed to think of something, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

……

On the pitch, Manchester City are taking a free-kick.

The place where Kroos fouled was not far from the penalty area and a free-kick from this position could have been attempted straight at goal.

De Bruyne was not there, and Lin Quan naturally stood in front of the penalty spot.

He looked at the human wall lined up on Real Madrid's side, and then observed the position of the opposing goalkeeper, and already thought about what to do with the ball.

Everyone in Real Madrid has seen the power of Lin Quan's free kicks, especially the battle at the Bernabeu, which they still remember vividly.

So all the players, including Ronaldo, returned to their own penalty area and honestly began to line up the human wall according to the goalkeeper's arrangement.

Seeing the human wall lined up by Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Kroos and others, fans couldn't help but think of the famous scene in the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship - the most expensive wall in history composed of Raul, Figo, Beckham, Ronaldo, Zidane and others, worth more than 220 million euros.

More than ten years later, this generation of galactic battleships is even far more valuable than before in terms of the value of the human wall.

In this game, the combined value of the 22 players on the field of Real Madrid and Manchester City exceeded 1 billion euros, which can be called the most expensive Champions League final in history.

Although it is often said that you get what you pay for, sometimes, expensive is not necessarily good.

For example, this time, Lin Quan's free kick easily bypassed the opponent's human wall, suddenly jumped out from the side of the human wall, and almost flew into the goal by grazing the side net of the far post.

The goalkeeper has nothing to do with this kind of ball, the angle of the opponent's play is too tricky, although the height is a half-high ball, theoretically very good to pounce, but due to the blocking of the human wall, when he sees the ball, it is too late to react.

Lin Quan's goal put the two sides back on the same page, and it took City less than five minutes to quickly equalise.

Instead of celebrating, Lin ran to the sidelines of the pitch and leaned over to give De Bruyne, who was lying on a stretcher, a hug.

A good friend for a lifetime, you are not here, I will take your will and move forward together!

Seeing this scene, countless fans at the scene and in front of the TV were deeply moved.

I didn't expect these two people to not only have good football skills and tacit cooperation, but also have such a good relationship.

Ronaldo, who was standing in the middle circle waiting for the kick-off, kept his eyes on Lin Quan, and after seeing this scene, he was also a little envious.

He doesn't have such good friends in the team.

But Ronaldo quickly abandoned this idea, he is a professional player, he is here to help the team win championships, not to make friends!

……

After De Bruyne was forced off the pitch, Pep Guardiola's substitution came as a big surprise to the vast majority of fans.

De Bruyne was replaced by 18-year-old Kylian Mbappe.

Many people admire Pep Guardiola's courage, and on such an important occasion, boldly use a newcomer to replace a young player who has just turned 18 years old, is it really not worried that he will be crushed by the huge pressure?

Mbappe didn't feel any nervousness when he heard the news that he was going to play, he was a player with a big heart and didn't know what nervousness was.

At this moment, I only felt extremely excited in my heart.

This is the stage of the Champions League final, and it is Mbappe's dream to appear on such a stage.

As soon as he thought of the manager's trust and value, Mbappe secretly made up his mind that he must not live up to the manager!

After the game restarted and was held to a draw, Real Madrid returned to normal and were not as conservative as before.

In fact, if they had not been so conservative after taking the lead and continued the previous attack, Manchester City might not have been able to equalize so quickly.

It was Real Madrid who took the initiative to give up space to Manchester City, so that Manchester City did not have to go through a brutal battle in the midfield, and directly burned the fire to Real Madrid's half, which was their biggest mistake.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is the lack of experience on the side of Real Madrid.

Although they also reached the final last year, they lost after all, and the players did not go through the baptism of the championship, so they had a serious psychology of gaining and losing.

As long as they can get over this hurdle and get the tenth Champions League trophy that the team dreams of, then next year, even with the same squad, Real Madrid's strength will be greatly enhanced.

The reason is simple, the mood of the team is different!

Just like Manchester City, even when they are behind, the players do not panic in the slightest, and they will not play with their hands tied when they are ahead.

Although Real Madrid's form has finally adjusted, this time, their attack did not seem to be so smooth.

After De Bruyne came off, City's formation changed.

Lin Quan took the winger and replaced Kevin De Bruyne as the team's midfield commander.

Mbappe appeared in Lin Quan's previous position, but his style is completely different from Lin Quan, he is a speed winger, such a winger, as long as his teammates can pass the ball to his feet, then his threat will be infinitely magnified.

Real Madrid have clearly not done enough to prepare for Mbappe, after all, no one expected him to come on so early.

It is possible that the coach mentioned the player before the game, but not on it.

The players only know that this guy is young and fast, but they don't know how fast he is and how powerful he can be on the court.

After all, football isn't about sprinting, it's not just about being fast.

But in Mbappe's first counterattack after coming on the pitch, the Real Madrid players saw how powerful this young player is.

In the 28th minute, Manchester City played a quick counterattack, Lin Quan got rid of Modric's entanglement and quickly sent a long pass, accurately found Mbappe, and gave him a certain amount of advance.

Mbappe showed his pace to the crowd and in front of the TV for the first time, only to see him overtake from the outside corner with a blistering cadence and powerful kicks, eating Real Madrid's full-back Marcelo alive.

Marcelo was taken aback and tried to foul the opponent by tugging on the other man's arm, but he still couldn't stop the youngster from overtaking him!

Mbappe overtook Marcelo and also received the ball.

He immediately cut inside with the ball, and the goalkeeper chose to attack immediately.

Real Madrid fans have already held their breath, and some timid fans have even closed their eyes and are afraid to continue watching.

However, in the face of the goalkeeper's attack, Mbappe was a little anxious, and shot directly with his feet, and then was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Courtois was frightened when he attacked, thinking that this little kid was too fierce, but he didn't expect the opponent to shoot the ball directly into his arms, which made him stunned for several seconds without relieving himself.

What?

Doesn't this guy know how to shoot?

Is there such a way to deal with single knives?

Not to mention Courtois, even Manchester City fans are in disbelief.

The quality of this ball is too low!

The breakthrough and passing just now are very domineering, like driving an accelerated Ferrari sports car, there is a kind of beauty of speed.

As a result, this kick fell directly from the clouds, which is simply worse than an amateur player.

It would be great if this ball was played by Aguero or Lin Huang!

But it's a pity that neither of these two has the explosiveness and speed of Mbappe.

Real Madrid's coach Zidane saw that the opponent's shot did not score, unscrewed the water bottle with a trembling hand, and poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth.

Tainima was scary, just saw the opponent break through on the side and cut into the penalty area, Zidane was already desperate, but he didn't expect the opponent to not score.

Although he was lucky enough to pick up a life, he didn't want to see such a thing a second time.

Although this kid's archery skills don't look very good, no one knows if he is too nervous or something else.

If the next time he suddenly returns to normal, won't Real Madrid die?

In short, one cannot pin one's hopes on the enemy's mistakes.

Real Madrid's full-back Marcelo looked at the dejected Mbappe with some fear, this little kid's speed is really fast, and his explosiveness is too strong.

And the next plate is also very stable, just now I really wanted to foul, but the result was so pulled.

Is this really the age of eighteen?

Eighteen years old is so terrifying, when he grows up for a few more years, then he won't become a monster in football?

It's not just Marcelo who thinks so, but a lot of scouts who come to the scene think about it too.

Although Mbappe's goal was not scored, the merits he showed in this attack were remembered by many.

Archery can be practiced, but innate talent cannot be changed.

Mbappe is fast, explosive, stable in the lower game, and has a good ability to combine people and balls.

These advantages alone are enough to make the vast majority of wealthy families tempted.

It's just that the thought that the other party is a Manchester City player, these giants' scouts can't help but beat the drum in their hearts.

Will Manchester City give up such a great talent easily?

(End of chapter)

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