Chapter 644: Pushing back, Rossi brings a wave of rhythm

As we all know, Real Madrid's defensive leakage lies in the air defense ability of the two central defenders.

In addition to restricting Liverpool's crosses on the periphery,

Filling the space in the ribs is also an important part of strengthening the defense.

Liverpool first used the group to attack the space between the two ribs, flattened the Real Madrid defense, and then cut inside through the winger to look for a shooting opportunity.

But once the ribs were filled by Casemiro at the back, Liverpool's attack did not pose much of a threat.

The midfielders are filled, the central defenders are in front, and Real Madrid are battling Liverpool in the rib area.

In the 10th minute, Thiago played a long diagonal pass to Henderson on the right, who returned the ball to the penalty spot.

Unfortunately, the landing point was too deep, Salah had no angle to shoot, and the forced shot was held by Courtois with both hands in front of his chest, leaning forward and lying on the grass.

In the 15th minute, full-back Robertson stepped forward to assist, and Mane leaned on Militão before stopping the ball and turning.

Stunned by the speed of his opponent's turn, Militão immediately turned and chased back, grabbed Mane's shot, and used his body to block the ball off the line.

A corner followed, and Salah's header was too high for Courtois.

After withstanding Liverpool's frantic attacks in succession, Real Madrid began to try to counterattack.

Although the formation is far behind, putting too much pressure on the defence, Real Madrid's many technical players have high-quality shots when switching from defense to attack.

The quality of the ball is high, and the counterattack can also be pushed forward, and Real Madrid's passing control + acceleration can be realized.

Giving up high pressing was a bold attempt for Klopp, but the counter-attack after losing the ball in front of him was still aggressive.

In this way, although Liverpool gave up aggressive high pressing, they based their defense on the midfield and greatly reduced their physical exertion.

You know, Real Madrid is a team that is not afraid to run.

They showed as much fitness in the second half as Chelsea and Manchester City.

Klopp is also starting to become cautious.

In the face of Liverpool's "careful", Real Madrid's attack was slow to push up, and could only pass the ball back and forth in the midfield, trying to find a gap.

Rossi has been in charge of the team's operations up front, helping to defence the pressure, and has not been much of a standout performer in attack.

And his "slump" also affected Real Madrid's offensive performance.

Carlo Ancelotti didn't make any adjustments.

At this time, the two sides are facing a fierce tug-of-war, Real Madrid are trying to get the game into their own rhythm, and it is helpless to give up the attack.

The game was intense and the clock was fast and it was not long before the final five minutes of the first half.

At this moment, Real Madrid, which had been forbearing, began to exert its strength.

Vinicius won the ball on the right and began to try to break through the dense defence.

Carvajal also stepped forward to link up with Vinicius.

But when the two tried to "two-by-one", Liverpool's dense defense did not give the two room to pass the ball, and Carvajal was forced to pass the ball back.

Kroos took the ball and watched the big picture, with Luka Modric reaching for the ball nearby, and attracting a number of Liverpool defenders.

At this point, Rossi suddenly activated in the middle and allowed Kroos to find the passing line.

Bang!

A long pass over the top and the ball came to the back of the net.

At the moment of the pass, Robertson had already raised his hand to signal that Rossi was offside.

But Vinicius's forward insertion just now made Van Dijk go one step further back.

And it was this step of distance that was exploited by Rossi.

On the edge of the small penalty area, Rossi, who was advancing at high speed, unloaded the ball perfectly, faked a real shot and shook Robertson.

But by this time Van Dijk had already made up the defence and had no angle to shoot.

[Rossi has a chance to shoot!] 】

[No ejaculation! ] 】

[He passed it to his teammates!] 】

【Oh,no! 】

Obviously, the on-site commentator had a strong personal subjective opinion about Rossi's pass.

Luka Modric, who came in from behind, followed up with a shot but was intercepted by centre-back Ibrahima Konate with a frontal tackle.

To avoid the tackle, Modric could only jump.

And the ball rolled back in front of Rossi again under the combined force of the two.

When he saw the ball return to Rossi's feet again, the commentator instantly raised the decibels.

[Rosie! 】

[Opportunity! 】

【Supplementary shot!!】 】

【it's in!! 】

【GOAL!!!!!!!! 】

Real Madrid fans instantly boiled.

They never expected that Rossi, who had always been mediocre, would score as soon as he shot.

Familiar attacking routines, familiar ways of scoring goals, Rossi's goals, always so lightly.

But his goals mattered.

The goal before the break helped Real Madrid boost their morale heading into the second half.

After the goal, Rossi also took off the shin guards, kissed them lightly, and then aimed at the box where Pixie was.

It was not announced to the public that the two will officially get married this summer.

Rossi's celebration has also turned into a kiss that represents love.

Soon, the first half of the game ended.

On the way back to the dressing room, the Real Madrid players stepped forward to give Rossi a high-five or hug.

Back in the dressing room, Carlo Ancelotti was already on the tactical board, arranging the positions of the two sides, and analyzing the team's performance and the players' personal form so far.

"Militão, be decisive when you go forward, hesitate and lose your position."

"Casemiro, watch your moves, I don't want you to take cards."

"Vinicius, you can try to pull a cross and don't command the sudden."

"We were a little slow to keep the ball and it was easy for the opponent to chase the ball, so the receiver didn't have time to prepare."

"If you are not prepared, you will not be bold enough, and you will not be in the right position."

'We have to get it right, get the passing speed up and get the rhythm going.'

"At this time, you will find that the opponent is starting to be a little afraid of us!"

"Let them be scared of us from the second half until the end of the game!"

With An Fat's encouragement, the morale of the Real Madrid players is like a rainbow.

The second half of the game began with Luka Modric's kick-off.

Liverpool, who were behind, resumed their previous high pressing and pressed wildly towards Real Madrid's half.

Edouard Mendy threw a throw-in and Rossi picked it up and the Liverpool captain pounced on him.

After handing the ball to Militão, Liverpool continued to press him.

Militão turned on the spot and distributed the ball to Carvajal on the weak side.

Carvajal and Luka Modric combined to try to break through the wide defence.

But Liverpool's lateral movement was very fast and soon covered the right side.

Modric was unable to hold the ball and his passing path was cut off at the same time, so he had to dribble back and try to pull the defence and find space to pass.

In this game, Real Madrid's defense was very solid under the high pressure of the opponent.

It was also thanks to Rossi's goal in the first half, which made the players completely relaxed.

Modric dribbled the ball back as he turned his head to watch.

Not only did he observe the defence around him, but he also looked at Liverpool's backfield.

[Liverpool continues to put pressure on Modric to see if he can turn around!] 】

[Wow, Modric, surrounded by the two, turned around and passed the ball! ] 】

【Beautiful! 】

[Carvajal receives the ball to avoid interception and passes to Casemiro!] 】

[Vinicius in the front right is empty!] 】

[Vinicius dribbles the ball, is he going to break through the penalty area towards the bottom line? ] 】

Van Dijk, who was responsible for defending Vinicius, stood sideways, leaned forward slightly, and gave priority to blocking the line to break through to the baseline.

Perhaps he thinks Vinicius will choose to break through at the bottom.

Or, he believes that his teammates behind him can intercept the opponent's cross.

Real Madrid fans instantly had an adrenaline rush and were looking forward to how Vinicius could break through to the world's No. 1 player.

However, the wide fast horse, who was expected by Real Madrid, did not go head-to-head with Van Dijk as usual.

Instead, he swept the ball in front of goal with a powerful pass.

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The ball slid sharply in front of the goal, and because of its speed, it skimmed the defence of Fabinho, Van Dijk, Benzema, Konate and Alexander-Arnold.

Seeing that the ball was about to slide past the goal, Rossi suddenly went sideways, shocking everyone.

Why is he here?

Under the burning gaze of the audience, Rossi gently cushioned the ball into the goal with the arch of his foot.

Followed by

The Real Madrid fans behind the goal were the first to erupt in amazing cheers.