"Real Madrid's players took the initiative to press Bayern at the Allianz Arena in Munich! They chose to take the initiative! Essien and Leon are up too! ”

The development of the competition situation greatly exceeded the expectations of Duan Xuan and Director Zhang.

Real Madrid did not expect a defensive situation in the opening period.

On the contrary, Bayern's attempts at the offensive end were seriously hindered by Real Madrid!

Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria were also very active on the defensive end today, and Coach Zhang both praised them.

'We could see the players on both sides, especially the midfielders, who were involved in defending from the very beginning of the game today.

On Real Madrid's side, Ronaldo, Di Maria, grabbed fiercely, Bayern's side Franck Francis, eh! Ribery saw that he couldn't catch up with Di Maria, who broke the ball, and directly chose a tactical foul.

It seems that Heynckes also set up well before the game to deal with Real Madrid's counter-attack, and both sides were prepared."

The two watched the game that started with a rhythm, and the speed of commentary gradually increased.

Of course, the attacking players on both sides have been praised, and it must not be without Leon.

Even if Li Ang doesn't have much camera to take care of now, Director Zhang spoke in advance.

"Today, the midfielders on both sides, especially the players in the back midfield, have a great stage to play, and Xiao Li will become the key to Real Madrid's midfield!

I'm not bragging, I feel that the coaches on both sides will pay close attention to the battle for the ball today, and maybe Xiao Li can play on the offensive end today."

As soon as Director Zhang's voice fell, in the live broadcast camera, Li Ang and Essien carried out a wave of decisive siege and interception of Kroos!

The immature TK is now playing in central midfield, and he is not the midfield beat master of Real Madrid in later generations.

Positionally, he'll need to get forward in the middle of the attack and look for opportunities to feed a couple of Knife teammates.

The work of organizing and sorting out in the backcourt is more done by his teammate Schweinsteiger, so now he and Leon are directly opposed.

How to get rid of Leon's defensive interference with him in today's game is an important tactical issue that Heynckes assigned to him half a month ago.

Cross himself was mentally prepared.

But at this meeting, he really didn't expect that Li Ang would decisively wrap himself up with Esin as soon as he started!

Somewhat surprised, but not flustered, Kroos intended to slip the ball through the gap between the two to Gomes, who was retreating to pick up.

It's not that he's arrogant, he's got the ability, and he's used his skills to find this kind of passing opportunity more than once in the Bundesliga.

But he still underestimated Leon's "understanding" of him.

When he accelerated a little away from Essien and just put the ball down to his left foot with more passing space, Leon had already decisively chosen to put the tackle!

Don't give Crostin's starting space, don't give it at all!

Kroos fell to the ground, but the look on his face was not painful, because Leon was not rushing at others, and the tackle was clean, and after shoveling the ball out of the sideline, he closed his feet.

However, for the sake of the team, Kroos still rolled on the ground twice and lay down.

The referee on duty blew the whistle and did not give Li Ang a verbal warning, he saw it relatively clearly just now, but only blew a foul.

Leon didn't do anything to complain, he knew very well that it was a normal home whistle.

"Hey, can you stand up?"

Leon walked straight to Cross, held out his hand to the other party, and asked in English.

"Nothing was a problem. Thank you. ”

Cross took Leon's hand, got up from the ground with all his might, and replied in English as well.

"They're all underestimating you, but I won't."

After a brief moment of closeness, Leon left this sentence at Kroos, and then trotted back to his own defensive third to set up with his teammates.

Cross was even more surprised, he couldn't understand what Leon meant by what he said.

Doesn't sound like sarcasm, that's in, compliment him?

"Tony, how do you play this set-piece?"

Franck Franck Ribery, who came over to discuss set-piece arrangements up front, brought Kroos back to his senses.

Ten seconds later, Kroos, who was about to take a free kick, watched Ribery continue to gallop on the left, and while running in response, he couldn't help but subconsciously glance at his right front.

Well, Leon is coming with him again.

Seeing this, Kroos subconsciously asked Ribery, who had been locked up by Arbeloa, to pass the ball back to him.

The moment he received the ball, Kroos quickly returned the ball again, allowing Schweinsteiger to reorganize the attacking line, and he himself followed the trot back.

Seeing that Kroos chose not to move forward this time, Leon also slowly retreated, focusing on Luo himself, who was likely to get the ball next.

And Heynckes, who had seen the development of these two attacks, also nodded secretly.

Kroos' choice was a little smoother, but that was the tactical effect he wanted.

He doesn't want to give Real Madrid too many chances to break the ball and counter-attack in the middle of midfield, especially in Real Madrid's half.

Kroos has already completed his tactical task as a link between the central midfield, able to deliver the ball to the wingers on both wings and to the full-backs on the wings.

Bayern's winning hand was on the wing, in the individual play of the two Robery, in Lahm's set of crosses, in the front of the edge of the combination of the point of grab.

So to take tactical adventures, it's also around the wings, and let Ribery and Robben take advantage of these adventures.

Instead of letting Kroos and Schweinsteiger use the loss of possession to allow Real Madrid to launch a quick and sharp counterattack.

That's Heynckes' winning idea.

The middle has to be steady, and he has to be steady, and he has to draw Real Madrid's attention to the side.

If Mourinho wants to play against him, then he must force Real Mara, Ronaldo and Di Maria to return to the half to defend!

In fact, Heynckes was successful, at least in the 10th minute of the first half.

Real Madrid began to shrink their formation.

In the face of Bayern's constant impact on the left and right wings, Mourinho met his tactical prediction of "having to" choose to defend solidly.

This will be the same opinion of the commentators of various countries.

There are many commentators who regretfully watched Real Madrid, who had previously rolled out the offensive formation, begin to defend.

In the end, the offensive and defensive battles are not as exciting as the strong teams attacking each other, but unfortunately Real Madrid only lasted the first ten minutes.

But is that really the case?

When Duan Xuan continued to explain the rationality of Real Madrid's tactics of shrinking the formation, Coach Zhang saw Mourinho standing up from the Real Madrid coach's seat!

"Mourinho seems to be about to make tactical instructions, and Essien in the midfield is the first to see Mourinho's tactical gestures! Is Real Madrid planning to put Bayern in the half for tactical targeting?! ”

Coach Zhang's voice made countless Chinese fans also pay attention to Mourinho who shouted loudly to the stadium on the sidelines!

It's like a signal, a switch.

After Mourinho made a mobilisation of tactical adjustments, Real Madrid's front-court players who had shrunk back increased their pressing runs.

And this will be on Robben's Leon, and they will also launch their own defensive performance in the backcourt!

Robben has also seen many top midfielders on the field over the years.

He's played against a solid midfielder who has been well chosen, and he's also played against a sweeping midfielder who runs aggressively and likes to fight.

But like Leon, who never forgets to block his in-cut space in the active sweep, Robben is really the first to see.

He felt bad, and he also sensed that Leon knew his characteristics very well.

He's going to cut inside, and Leon will always be the first to press his space.

He wants to smash the ball down, and Leon will stay at least half a metre away from him.

Just let him pass on the backfoot, and if he passed on Li Ang, he didn't care, so he let him pass.

But he just didn't give him the chance to smash the ball back and cut inside into the box or cross with his feet!

What's going on?!

Robben had tried it a few times before, and he felt that he was playing awkwardly, and seeing that Li Ang didn't give him a chance, he passed back first.

But in the fourteenth minute of the first half, Robben couldn't help himself after seeing both Gomez and Kroos rush forward into the Real Madrid penalty area.

He was determined to explode Leon!

Before Gomez could enter the box, Robben took the ball up the right flank.

As before, Coentrão and Leon completed the swap, adducting to help Leon fill in the position, and Leon pressed towards Robben for a one-on-one battle with Bayern's right-hand knife.

Robben didn't give Leon another chance to come closely, and chose a simple and rough trip to cut inside strongly!

His explosive speed is still much faster than Leon's, and this breakthrough choice is very effective, and Leon was indeed left behind by Robben for the first time.

And as Robben had predicted, Leon was smart enough to choose the in-cut line that was stuck in his line first.

So Robben was very relieved to smash the ball, and in the case of judging that Leon did not react in time, he was able to successfully complete this smooth in-pocket cross after smashing the ball!

But Leon's reaction speed exceeded Robben's expectations!

In other words, Li Ang predicted his offensive choice this time, stopped the momentum of returning to the defense in advance, turned around and went straight to him to seek confrontation!

Thanks to the fact that he has been practicing boxing since Serie A, Leon's sense of balance is quite good, and it is not difficult for him to stop and turn around in the slightest.

On the contrary, it was Robben, who didn't react a little after Leon got close, and was squeezed away by Leon in an instant and lost control of the ball!

"Run!"

Li Ang, who was the first to charge in the opposite direction, yelled, and after dribbling beyond six or seven meters, he decisively sent a short pass to his own middle.

There, Alonso, who followed up forward, did not stop the ball, and his early observation allowed him to quickly simulate the optimal attacking route.

Facing the short pass given by Leon, Alonso quickly swung his right calf and gave a diagonal long pass to the right side of Bayern's half, that is, the road where Ronaldo was!

However, the Real Madrid player who will receive the ball is not Ronaldo, but Benzema, who is running in advance!

Long's long pass is still flat and accurate, and Benzema can comfortably stop the ball and then do it back.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had previously rushed forward from his own half, had increased his horsepower in the middle.

After quickly passing past Bayern's midfield, Ronaldo knocked the ball across to Di Maria, who followed up on the right side, before Gustavo intercepted!

Ronaldo without the ball is much faster than Gustavo, and in desperation, Gustavo can only signal the dragged Bad Stuber to come over and restrict Ronaldo with him.

Di Maria chose to pass the ball in advance at this time!

A smooth outside instep cross flew to the back post of the Bayern goal!

Benzema, who had previously made the ball and stepped forward, jumped up in front of Boateng with all his strength and completed a mid-range header!

Neuer's reaction was quite quick and his choice was bold, and he chose to block the ball with one hand after the explosion and horizontal movement!

Some goalkeepers with weak arms are likely to have a deformed save gesture, causing the ball to continue to fly into the goal.

But Manuel Neuer is not among those goalkeepers.

He successfully hit the bottom line with the exclamations of more than 70,000 fans at the scene!

After the thrill faded, Bayern's home fans frantically cheered and applauded Neuer!

Benzema couldn't care about the frustration either, trotting to the bottom line and quickly setting the ball in the corner.

And several Real Madrid headers in the backfield have converged with Leon and Ronaldo and rushed into Bayern's big penalty area!

Neuer began to yell at his teammates in their defensive positions.

Real Madrid's set-piece threat is still very large, and Heynckes has studied it carefully before, and he does not dare to take Real Madrid lightly in this area.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and Pepe have become the focus of Bayern Munich's defenders.

Leon, who threatened with a little less header, and Benzema, who was less threatening, ran in the box to draw the attention of Bayern's defence.

Essien and Rongo were ready to pick up two points on the edge of the box.

Di Maria stood at the tee point and raised his right arm.

Chaos began to erupt in the Bayern penalty area, with players from both sides starting to push and shove the card slots.

At this time, Leon suddenly activated, retreated from the middle of the penalty area to the back point, and retreated to about the same area as Pepe.

This change made Boateng wary, and he quickly ordered Bad Stuber to go to the back post to assist Gustavo in keeping an eye on the two.

Di Maria's corner kick was also sent almost at the same time, looking for Ronaldo in the middle of the penalty area!

The ball is a little high, but that's what Ronaldo likes the most.

Because the other defenders couldn't stand up, he just happened to be able to complete the duel with his excellent bouncing ability.

However, Boateng did not give Ronaldo space to sprint, and the two completed a head-on confrontation in the air, Boateng failed to jump, but he successfully interfered with Ronaldo's strength!

"Rise to the top!"

Duan Xuan yelled, with a lot of anxiety in his voice.

Director Zhang will see at a glance Li Ang who broke free from Gustavo's defense!

The falling football from behind the penalty area soon ushered in a scramble between players from Real Madrid and Bayern.

But Leon was the fastest of them all!

Even if he has no chance of shooting directly at the goal!

Gustavo was behind Leon, and Lahm also rushed quickly from outside the penalty area, and was about to destroy Real Madrid's attacking opportunity this time!

Leon didn't have time to think and make a choice.

All he can do is get his header back as soon as he can!

And it was a header towards the top of the ground, and he hoped to see a white figure on Bayern's big penalty line, anyone can do it!

Fortunately, after Li Ang completed the header back, he saw Brother Long's face that was as calm as water at the moment.

And those resolute eyes!

Alonso lifted his left foot slightly and stopped the ball in front of his right foot.

Under the attention of thousands of cameras and the eyes of hundreds of millions of fans, he completed a powerful volley in one step inside the line of the Bayern penalty area!

When the football penetrated Bayern's defense, appeared in Neuer's pupils and enlarged sharply, the heart of the German international began to sink infinitely.

His super reflexes allowed him to make a save in the first place.

His strong physique and abundant energy allowed him to approach the football in a flash of explosion.

But the moment his fingertips rubbed against the football, pain appeared in Neuer's eyes.

He can't save the ball!

"Whoa——!!!

The crisp sound of the friction between the football and the net echoes in the ears of every Real Madrid fan at this moment, like a heavenly sound!

And Leon, who had completed the key return ball before, had already rushed to Alonso who had completed the shocking blow excitedly!

The Allianz Arena in Munich, which had previously cheered passionately for Neuer's god-level save, was like a library at this moment!

No, there was a small crowd of people dressed in white screaming and screaming frantically in the red crowd of fans!

Combined with Mourinho, who was released on the sidelines to celebrate with a roar, this scene deeply pierced the hearts of all Bayern fans watching the game in front of the TV!

Duan Xuan directly roared angrily at the moment of the goal, and Director Zhang on the other side was equally excited.

"A broken ball counterattack! Do it with a header back at a time! I'll just say that Leon will be the key figure to break the game today! ”

Today's game will definitely not be finished, leaving a margin of words, and tomorrow I will finish the first leg of this Champions League semi-final at one time.

(End of chapter)