Chapter 590: Give you a chance, you're useless

At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, the 35th round of La Liga officially began.

Leaders Real Madrid take on Sevilla at the Bernabeu.

The league title race remains grim, despite the physical exertion of Real Madrid having played a game against Chelsea three days ago.

However, the main players did not get a rest and continued to start.

The current points of the three heroes in La Liga are Real Madrid 81, Barcelona 81, and Atletico Madrid 79, and the gap is very small.

With just four rounds remaining, one mistake will change hands at the top of the table.

In the case of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's Champions League exit, Real Madrid, which is fighting on both fronts, is under great pressure.

Sevilla have always been a bitter favourite for Real Madrid, not because they are very strong, but because they don't have clean defensive moves.

Sevilla, who booked the fourth place in La Liga in advance, have no desire for this game and are better in mentality.

Under the influence of a variety of unfavorable factors, even if it is a home game, Real Madrid has less than half a advantage in the field.

Raphael Varane's injury has put the Real Madrid defence to the test again.

Zinedine Zidane even pulled defender Miguel Gutiérrez from the second team as a substitute in case of emergency.

Once the game began, the Sevilla players were the first to get into the groove, using pressure to limit Real Madrid's passing.

Without the backline of Ramos and Varane, the ability to play the ball at the back was lost, and the pressure on the midfield team increased instantly.

Modric frequently retreated to get the ball to relieve the pressure on the defense.

Kroos was even pressed by the opponent closely, and even fouled with small movements, and was unable to launch a counterattack.

In the past 30 minutes of the first half, the score between the two sides is still 0:0, and Kroos's hairstyle has been messed up.

One can imagine how fierce Sevilla's defense was.

With a number of players injured in the defence, Zinedine Zidane did not abandon the controversial three-centre-back system against Chelsea.

Valverde's return to the line of fire has allowed Real Madrid to follow the tactical line of the national derby, switching back and forth between three and five central defenders.

This tactic, of course, is also a warm-up for the life-and-death battle at Stamford Bridge in the middle of next week.

Defensively, Valverde's role is still evident, consolidating the right side of the defence.

However, when switching from defense to attack, Kroos and Modric were limited, which seriously affected the speed of Real Madrid's counter-attack.

The tactic of turning from the strong side to the weak side could not be executed, and Zidane took the lead in making adjustments and countering with the opponent's offensive line.

If Sevilla FC attack Real Madrid's left flank, then after the ball is converted, Real Madrid's attack will start from the left side and will not need to move to the right side of the weak defense.

In the process, Rossi's drop-back ball played a decisive role.

In the 35th minute, Real Madrid launched a counterattack from the right side.

Valverde and Rossi tore apart the defence by hitting the wall under the opposition's dense defense.

Valverde, who was full of impact, raced quickly along the flank.

At the same time, Rossi and Benzema also quickly stepped forward to follow up, forming a three-arrow salvo.

Valverde dribbled the ball to near the baseline, suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, evaded the close interception of the defender, and passed the ball back to Rossi on the right side of the box.

Sevilla's defense retreated deeper, and for a while no one marked Rossi outside the box, allowing him to easily get the ball.

With four defenders in the box, Rossi didn't have a chance to shoot at all and immediately crossed the ball to Modric near the top of the box.

After passing the ball, Rossi did not stay where he was, but cut diagonally into the middle of the penalty area as fast as he could.

He drew all the Sevilla side defense on the left side of the defense.

The full-backs and midfielders both invariably adducted to protect the middle.

As a result, Sevilla's defense on the left side did not have lateral coverage, exposing gaps in the flanks to Valverde.

Luka Modric's well-placed pass gave Valverde an easy chance to shoot.

The latter also lived up to expectations, shooting into the near corner with a very small angle, giving Real Madrid the lead.

However, the lead could not be maintained until the end of the first half, and Sevilla seized a free-kick opportunity in front of the goal to quickly equalise.

Lotterpage, who had a brief spell in charge of Real Madrid, knows his old club's defence very well.

In the battle for the first landing point in front of the goal, Real Madrid has the advantage.

Therefore, Sevilla avoided the heavy and used the free-kick tactic to pull Real Madrid's defense to move.

The Real Madrid players were in a hurry to counterattack, and the strikers in the box had the movement to move forward, resulting in a lack of personnel at the defensive end.

At this time, Sevilla crossed the ball again, and the scramble in the penalty area had a certain advantage, so as to score.

There were some unexpected goals conceded, which made the Real Madrid players feel the pressure.

At half-time, Zidane rearranged the tactical task, between the opponent's defense did not have enough counter-attacking speed, through active front-court pressing, the formation was greatly preliminary.

After adjustments, Real Madrid did have some attacking advantages in the second half.

Although Sevilla is a little weak in attack, with the number advantage brought by the retreat of the strikers, the Real Madrid midfielder does not dare to attack too forward.

Unable to score for a long time, the Real Madrid players gradually showed anxiety in their mentality.

Asensio and Vinicius came off the bench and wanted to make a change in attack.

Sevilla, on the other hand, are not arrogant, defending patiently, counter-attacking when they have the opportunity, or using the ability of their players to create set-piece opportunities up front.

In the 78th minute, Sevilla had another set-piece opportunity in front.

But this time, it was a direct pass into the box.

After centre-forward En-Nesyri's header bounced off Militão's body, Real Madrid seized the opportunity and launched a quick counter-attack.

Kroos guided precisely at the back, Benzema headed back, and the ball came to Rossi, who had successfully countered offside.

Rossi relied on his excellent movement to form a single knife and face the goalkeeper directly.

Bounou went out to the ground to pounce, but was shaken off by Rossi with a feint.

Bounou didn't touch the ball and instead knocked Rossi down.

This is an undisputed yellow card + penalty package, but the referee's decision has made this incident a polar reversal.

VAR replays showed that En-Nesyri's header hit Militão's arm in the box before Real Madrid counter-attacked.

Real Madrid not only did not win a penalty, but instead gave a penalty to their opponents.

Such a penalty was naturally strongly protested by the Bernabeu fans, and boos erupted.

I've only heard of love call transfer, but I haven't seen a penalty kick and can call for transfer.

Former Barcelona player Rakitic scored a penalty and rushed to the sideline to his knees.

Kneeling with him are also the majority of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid fans.

If Real Madrid loses this game, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, who kick off late, have a chance to reach the top of the table.

With only ten minutes left, Real Madrid's five substitutions have been exhausted, and Zidane has no back.

On the contrary, Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui made substitutions to strengthen the defense and kill the game time.

The game soon came to the final minute of normal time, with the referee giving three minutes of stoppage time.

The Bernabeu fans are using their loudest voices to build momentum for their players.

However, Sevilla, which has already returned to the defense deeply, has built a tight defense near the big penalty area, and does not give Real Madrid a chance at all.

Only by shooting from distance can you barely threaten the goal.

In the 91st minute, Casemiro was covered by Benzema, forced a breakthrough, and shot directly with his feet.

Due to the pressure of the opponent in the Real Madrid midfield, Casemiro has been focused on defending and has not been able to attack forward.

This time, he finally seized his chance, forced a breakthrough, and fired a long-range shot near the top of the arc of the penalty area.

But he never imagined that Rossi would actually appear on the line of his shot.

In fact, Rossi's appearance was not an accident.

As he kept moving, he found a hidden front line.

Coincidentally, Casemiro also spotted it, but instead of passing, he shot straight at goal.

Rosie wanted to avoid it, but it was too late.

[Casemiro shot!!] 】

[Ouch, what's going on, the ball actually went in!] 】

[It seems to be a refraction!] 】

[Let's watch the replay!] 】

[Oh, it hit Rossi's body, and a line change occurred! 】

[The score becomes 2:2!] 】

[Real Madrid is still alive in this game! 】

[A precious point will bring subtle changes to the severe championship situation! ] 】

[Real Madrid played very hard in this game! 】

[Penalties are not counted, but they are awarded by the opponent!] 】

[Fate has played a big joke on them! 】

[But fate is fair! 】

[It's just another way, and it's been returned to Real Madrid! ] 】

In the end, Real Madrid drew against Sevilla thanks to Rossi's unexpected goal in stoppage time.

Real Madrid's draw gave hope to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, who were chasing behind them.

In the league at the weekend, Atletico Madrid won away, but Barcelona was unexpectedly forced to draw and unfortunately missed the top.

Give you a chance, but you don't use it!

In this way, the three heroes of La Liga have 82 points.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, continued to stay at the top of the table by virtue of the advantage of more points against each other.

This is a competitive scene that La Liga has not seen in many years.

There are only three rounds left, and each one is a final.