[Rodri grabs Modric!] 】

[I was knocked down, and the referee didn't say it! ] 】

[Real Madrid conceded the goal! 】

[Rodri is fighting for this half goal!] 】

Ooh!

After a loud exclamation, there was a restless roar in the Bernabeu stadium.

Just now, Rodri made a suspected foul and knocked Modric to the ground.

Just as he was about to snatch the ball, a furious Casemiro kicked the ball out of bounds.

Casemiro's clearance was very large, with the intention of going towards Rodri's body.

In the process of walking back, Casemiro also stared at Rodri viciously, full of oppression.

And Rodri is not afraid of things, when he played in La Liga Villarreal and Atletico Madrid, he had the experience of opposing Casemiro, provoking with the same eyes.

The battle between the two in the midfield directly reflects the tactical deployment of the two coaches at the beginning.

Away at the Bernabeu, Manchester City did not follow the pressing tactics of the first leg, emphasizing midfield interceptions in the off-ball phase, and only launched ferocious counter-attacks after conceding the ball.

Rodri snatched Modric just now, which was the team's quick reaction immediately after conceding the goal.

The returning Casemiro was given more defensive tasks by Anfat, covering the backfield with his wide runs.

Four goals were scored by Manchester City in the first leg, because the back was completely blown out.

Only by relying on a solid defense can Real Madrid's passing + acceleration be expected to be realized.

Manchester City took the ball in front of him, and after Mahrez received the ball, he passed it back behind him and was not in a hurry to attack.

With an aggregate lead and no away goal advantage, Real Madrid will need to score at least two goals if they want to progress to the final.

Psychologically, Manchester City is not in a hurry to attack, but uses their own skilled passing to control the pace of the game.

However, Real Madrid will not let the ball easily play at the opponent's feet, and immediately start pressing high.

Kyle Walker returned to the starting line-up after returning from injury, and was able to form a passing link with B. Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez on the wings, taking care of both attack and defence.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, put Rossi, Benzema, Luka Modric and Edouard Mendy into the press, and had a mirror dialogue with Manchester City's wings.

Manchester City wins at a young age, while Real Madrid have the advantage of experience.

Before Rossi's arrival, Real Madrid's pressing structure was not tight enough and not aggressive, which is why Real Madrid rarely played high pressing.

After Rossi arrived, the situation improved.

Rossi, who has his own "oppression" attribute, will cause an extremely nervous sense of pressure to the passer, which will slowly lead him to rush the ball.

In the 11th minute, Manchester City handed the ball to De Bruyne under continued pressure from Real Madrid.

After receiving the ball, the Belgian midfielder saw that all the nearby passing lines were cut off by Real Madrid players, and they had to rely on a wide range of transfers to break the press.

Rossi's up-and-down grabbed aggravated De Bruyne's sense of crisis, and he went straight to Foden on the left.

But the pass was substandard, it landed too deep, and Foden didn't run any more after a few steps, wasting his energy.

Real Madrid started the game well with pressing, but City did not give Real Madrid a chance to counter-attack with a tackle up front.

In this way, they can calmly move to the defensive position.

With the defence retreating deep, Vinicius' threat is greatly weakened, and he is unable to attack the opponent vertically on the counter-attack.

Since the fast attack could not be played, Real Madrid simply turned to positional warfare.

Vinicius Jr. picked up the ball on the flank, not only pinning down the defence, but also creating time for his team-mates to get into a flanking position.

Carvajal stepped forward, received a pass from a team-mate, and crossed directly with his feet.

The ball arced quickly and came to the middle.

The two sides intercepted each other as they fought for position, causing neither to jump up and let the ball come to the back post.

Rossi stepped forward to charge up and leapt high to top the ball at the far post.

Goalkeeper Ederson was too scrambling to make a save in the face of such a close-range header.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly into the net, one foot swept into the air and cleared the ball.

[The header was actually kicked out!] 】

[Who is it, who is it?] 】

[Who blocked Rossi's close-range header!] 】

The footage of the high-definition camera on the scene locked the Manchester City players who were at the limit of the clearance.

De Bruyne.

The heart of Manchester City's midfield, a top 5 midfielder in the world.

After successfully clearing the siege, De Bruyne and his teammates high-fived and celebrated one by one, and the morale of the team was greatly boosted for a while.

"It's okay, it's luck!"

Benzema comforted Rossi.

Any striker would be a little discouraged by such a thrilling goalmouth rescue.

But Rossi's eyes are still full of fighting spirit.

In the next game, the two sides went back and forth, playing offensive football, and the rhythm of the game was pulled up for a while.

In the 14th minute, De Bruyne tried a long-range shot from outside the box and was confiscated by his good brother Courtois.

In the 18th minute, Vinicius forced his way into the box on the counter-attack and shot high from a tight angle.

In the 20th minute, De Bruyne smashed outside the penalty area to grab two penalties, faked a real pass, and picked up a pass in the penalty area.

But B-Silva's shot from a tight angle was brilliantly saved by Courtois.

Both sides played well in attack and defended much more solidly than in the first leg.

In particular, Real Madrid has performed very well in air dominance, physical confrontation and ground interception after Casemiro returned to the central midfield position.

In the 25th minute, in the face of De Bruyne's shot after cutting into the penalty area, if it were not for Casemiro's tackle interference, Manchester City may have changed the score.

In this period of the first leg, both sides scored three goals.

At the moment, both teams have a lot of shots on goal, but there are not many shots that actually threaten.

This also reflects the improvement of the defensive quality of both sides.

The fast-paced attack and high-quality defense made the first half of the game extremely intense.

Although Real Madrid is under the tutelage of Pintus, they have plenty of physical reserves.

But if you want to give full play to your physical strengths, you have to build on the basis of an equal situation.

Now Real Madrid is still facing the unfavorable situation of falling behind on aggregate, and the physical energy is naturally depleted faster than Manchester City.

Soon, the two sides went into halftime with a draw.

In the locker room, An Fat, who had never relaxed, immediately began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

'Everyone did a good job in the first half, both offensively and defensively!'

"But I said that if you want to win the opponent, you have to defend well!"

"Manchester City's attacking routine, which is not much different from the previous game, is to use the wing to cut inside and attack the air above our defensive zone."

After that, Carlo Ancelotti drew a circle and marked the gap between the full-back and the central defender.

"These two places are the gaps that we often get caught up in."

'So, in the second half we have to adjust!'

'Tony, you and Casemiro play at the back and cut off their connection.

'As soon as we get the ball here, we counter-attack immediately.

"Vinicius, you will sing the lead role in the second half."

Huh?

There was a low cry in the locker room.