Without a midfielder, Manchester City's defence is easily penetrated by Real Madrid when switching from attack to defence.

Especially in the face of the opponent's counterattack, the key to the first attack of the back waist can form a interference restriction and affect the success of the opponent's attack.

In Real Madrid's attack just now, Gundogan, who played the role of a midfielder, saw his teammates return to defense, and he also retreated and followed behind Rossi.

Because of the weak defense of the three central defenders, it is easy to be torn apart by Real Madrid's counterattack.

But he followed Rossi all the time, being taken to a deep defensive area instead of protecting the area in front of him.

Mendy's pass can pass through midfield unhindered and into the feet of Rossi.

Even at the same waterline, Gundogan could not catch up with Rossi, who suddenly stepped forward.

Don't say he's behind Rossi.

Manchester City's goal conceded, Gundogan has an unshirkable responsibility.

Pep Guardiola clearly sees this, but he has no plans to make a substitution for the time being.

The tactical arrangement before the game is to create a technical midfield with De Bruyne as the core, and tear apart the Real Madrid defense with passing and fast advancement.

"Ilkay, go forward, defend at the top!"

Pep Guardiola reminded Gundogan off the pitch to press forward appropriately when defending and not always drop back.

After Real Madrid took the lead, they also used passes to stabilize the tempo.

And they mostly pass the ball at the back, attracting Manchester City's formation premise.

The return of Ramos and Varane solved the problem of Real Madrid's ball at the back.

Kroos dropped back between the centre-backs to assist with the ball.

This is a very typical and very common tactic of Real Madrid.

Because of Vinicius's sudden presence, Manchester City's defense did not dare to press high.

For a while, Pep Guardiola tried to retract his formation, taking advantage of a tight position in the middle to drive the ball to the wing and then commit a robbery.

Seeing this, Zidane immediately adjusted the direction of the attack, allowing Modric and Casemiro to press forward to put pressure on Manchester City's middle.

The battle of wits and courage between the two coaches made the game fast and the ball changed hands repeatedly.

Manchester City have created more chances than Real Madrid, and the presence of De Bruyne in front of them has made them rich and dangerous in attack.

His passing can always find the most suitable line in the chaos.

Occasionally, he'd get in and have a shot.

Compared with the opponent's fierce attack, the performance of the Real Madrid players is more calm.

The two full-backs cut back and defended City's attacks on both wings.

Vinicius was the only one left in the front line as a counter-attacking point, and both Rossi and Benzema had to drop back into midfield to participate in the defense.

Real Madrid's midfielders didn't have the same delicate passing as Manchester City, but the numerical advantage better compensated for this shortcoming.

After a long attack, the first half ended quickly.

Back in the dressing room, Guardiola rolled up his sleeves with a serious look.

"Sit down, rest, drink water!"

He brought a tactical board and quickly laid out the formation map of the two sides on it.

"This is the final, and I want you to stay 200 per cent focused and not make any mistakes."

"In the first half, Real Madrid put the defence around the centre circle and compressed our space.

'We have to learn to look for chances in there to be chances.'

'So, Bernard, in the second half you have to look for chances between the two lines and we have to be brave to get the ball and try.'

"If we want to play short passes, we have to find space."

"How do you find space?"

"Use your movements, mobilize their movements, this is space!"

"If they don't run, that's great. We're going to break through, we're going to make fouls,"

"Remember your own area."

'If you get the ball here, you have to know whose area it is, it's Kevin De Bruyne.

"When the ball comes to this area, Gundogan is responsible for organising."

"Everyone does their part, let's go cheer and fight together."

"Victory will be ours!"

Amid applause, the City players began to change into clean clothes and get ready to play.

In the second half, Real Madrid kicked off.

They continued to use the tactics of the first half, passing from the back and attritioning the opponent.

Entering the second half, Manchester City began to press hard, with Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Foden all pressing forward aggressively.

Casemiro wanted to drop back to receive the ball, but De Bruyne kept an eye on him.

Once the ball is about to pass to Casemiro, he will go up as fast as he can.

Aggressive pressing up front made Real Madrid's backline feel the pressure.

Raheem Sterling's restriction on Kroos caused Real Madrid to be unable to play the ball for a short period of time.

In desperation, he could only pass back to goalkeeper Courtois.

However, Sterling immediately lunged at him.

Bang!

Courtois was forced to kick the ball forward and play it to Vinicius on the wing.

Manchester City's siege soon covered the flanks.

Vinicius's breakthrough speed is unparalleled, but his ability to hold the ball with his back is really weak.

Even if Zinchenko couldn't cut the ball, it could stop him from turning.

Vinicius watched where the ball landed and lowered his weight to meet Zinchenko.

At the same time, he recalled what Rossi had said to him during previous training.

The two secretly competed on the side, not giving an inch.

However, Vinicius did not unload the ball on the premise of seizing his position.

Instead, let the ball hit the ground, bounce behind you, and then use your flexible body to turn around.

Zinchenko was taken aback, not expecting the opponent to be so cunning and use such a way to get rid of the defense.

When he turned to chase back, he couldn't catch up with Vinicius in terms of speed.

【Real Madrid Wing Opportunity! 】

[Vinicius passed Dias and wiped it over!] 】

[Benzema in the middle is following up! ] 】

【Take a look at this opportunity!】 】

When Vinicius was close to the penalty area, Benzema suddenly ran to the back post and led the back post to defend.

Rossi, meanwhile, detoured back to the middle from the back post and was ready to wait for his team-mate to pass the ball.

But this movement has been seen through by Stones, and he quickly moves towards Rossi.

When he started moving, Rossi immediately changed direction in the other direction.

And that's not all.

After changing direction, Stones still followed closely, so Rossi made a third change of direction.

The successive changes of direction allowed Rossi to completely break away from Stones' defense and appear in the middle of the flank.

Vinicius swept the ball in front of goal and Stones tried to make a sliding tackle to disrupt the pass. It's too late.

In a quick follow-up, Rossi opened his hip bone and used the arch of his right foot to cushion the ball into the goal.

The whole action is simple and direct, not dragging mud and water, and fans have exclaimed, it turns out that the simplest way to score goals can also be so light and chic.

【GOAL！！！！ 】

[Real Madrid expands the score! ] 】

[It's Rosie again!] 】

[A pass from Vinicius!] 】

[Manchester City's defense, there is a hole at this moment! ] 】

[Zinchenko was cleaned up by Vinicius! ] 】

[And Stones' defense also disappeared in Rossi's psychedelic running!] 】

[Now they are in danger!] 】

[The disadvantage of two balls is not easy to chase!] 】

[Guardiola, will you regret not going to the back!] 】

[He overestimated his defense!] 】