"Ronaldo, we need a goal, just one!"

Ancelotti put his left hand on Rossi's shoulder and covered his mouth with his right hand, seizing the time to lay out his tactics.

To equalise at the Etihad Stadium with just 15 minutes remaining is an impossible task.

But just one goal would give him the initiative in the second leg at the Bernabeu.

"Rowe, your task is the same as Rodrigo, to assist on the left side. And."

Rosie listened carefully as she straightened her socks.

What he knows so far is that in addition to not being able to guard Haaland, there is also the inability to press the ball from the feet of the Manchester City players.

Pep Guardiola, who likes to work all the time, while optimizing the lineup, constantly innovates tactics and adjusts the position of players to achieve the optimum.

Centre-back John Stones has moved to play in central midfield, which has been a highlight of Pep Guardiola's change of formation this season.

Unlike a three-centre-back pairing with two wing-backs, when switching to defence, the two wing-backs drop back to form a back five.

And Pep Guardiola's three central defenders, when defending, the midfielder John Stones retreated to form a back four.

In this way, the two wing-backs do not need to drop back deeply and concentrate on attacking.

Therefore, when Manchester City is attacking, there will be one more player in the midfield, forming a numerical advantage and a huge sense of pressure on Real Madrid's three midfielders.

Even against teams that are good at pressing high positions, they can deal with it calmly.

In the 29th round of the Premier League this season, Manchester City defeated Liverpool, who is good at high pressing, with a score of 4:1.

In this game, Real Madrid's pressing failed to create much of a threat to Manchester City.

Carlo Ancelotti brought on Rossi not only to strengthen the attack and threaten Manchester City's three central defenders.

Mostly, Rossi has the advantage of pressing ball carriers.

"Sir, as long as you can grab the ball, you can do anything, right?"

Rossi confirmed again after listening to Ancelotti's words.

"Go ahead and do it, boy!" An Fat encouraged.

After Benzema placed the football in the middle of the pitch, the referee signaled for a substitution.

Rossi up, Rodrigo down.

Injury was an injury and came off the bench in the second half, which was no surprise to Pep Guardiola.

He wondered what Rossi would do with the only 15 minutes left.

It's a good opportunity to test how hard his 3-2-4-1 formation really is.

Luka Modric's long-range shot hit the side-netting and the ball found at City's feet.

As soon as Ederson fed the ball back to Ruben Dias, Real Madrid went on a frantic press.

Dias wanted to take advantage of his size to protect the ball on his back.

But Rossi didn't say a word, he directly stretched out his foot from behind to steal, and even put down the person with the ball, not giving the opponent a chance.

Drip!

The attacker fouls and City kicks off.

After Rossi pulled up Dias, left a word of apology, and slowly walked back to the half.

Manchester City kicked off at the back and goalkeeper Ederson passed the ball forward to find Haaland's high post.

Rudiger clung to Haaland and didn't let him turn around easily.

The struggle between the two, let alone turning, is very difficult to even stop the ball.

Haaland was smart enough to put the ball back at Silva.

Silva won the ball and crossed it back to the other side through De Bruyne's playmaker.

Rossi stepped forward to defend, but was shaken off by Grealish's change of direction.

Grealish thought he could play tricks on his national teammate Rossi, but a foot suddenly appeared at his feet, and he stumbled and fell straight forward.

The person who stretched out his legs was none other than Rosie.

Drip!!!!

Two fouls in a row, and the referee showed Rossi a yellow card.

Not long after he came on the pitch, he received a yellow card.

Manchester City fans laughed and ridiculed, Rossi, who had been out of action for more than two months, no longer knew how to play?

But only Ancelotti off the field, when he saw Rossi eating cards, smiled and nodded.

The Real Madrid teammates on the field were also puzzled, they didn't expect Rossi to eat cards so quickly.

Teammates came over to appease Rossi, thinking that he had been out of battle for a long time and fell behind by a large score, and he was inevitably a little excited.

But Rossi told them something surprising.

After the resumption of the game, Real Madrid's pressing seemed to have changed, and at the same time, it was extremely aggressive, and at the same time, it did not hesitate to foul and destroy Manchester City's ground transmission.

For more than five minutes, Carvajal, Camavinga and Kroos were tagged.

The game was also torn apart.

Huge boos erupted inside the Etihad Stadium.

Fans believe that Real Madrid has lost their minds when they are down by a big score, and can only vent their emotions with savage fouls.

But only the whole Real Madrid team knows what they are doing.

After Rossi came on, he took over the task of Rodrigo, appearing on the left flank and linking up with his team-mates in small areas.

Due to the decline in the physical fitness of Real Madrid's midfielder "Xuan Ming Er", the speed of the midfielder's ball movement is slow.

Valverde shouldered the burden of attacking advances.

In the 78th minute, Valverde grabbed Grealish on the right flank, broke the ball and knocked someone into it by the way.

The referee did not blow the whistle, but signaled for the game to continue.

Fans erupted in loud boos protesting against the referee.

Grealish sat on the turf and raised his hands in protest.

After the break, Valverde will decide whether to dribble forward or move the ball forward, depending on the situation on the pitch.

This time, thanks to Gundogan and Rodri, Valverde was forced to shift his attack to the left.

This is a tactical adjustment made by Pep Guardiola.

Manchester City are already three goals ahead, and how to keep the fruits of the victory without being attacked by the opponent is what he needs to do now.

A proper retreat in the midfield will keep the formation in a relatively stable state.

Vinicius Jr. drove the ball down the middle, leaving the wide passage for Camavinga.

At the same time, Rossi began to move towards the ribs, ready to meet Vinicius.

Karim Benzema occupies the middle and slowly approaches the left to assist his team-mates and tear apart the defence.

When Real Madrid instigated an attack, John Stones would immediately drop back from the midfield position to defend Rossi in the ribs.

Vinicius, however, was quick and passed the ball to Rossi before Stones could return to defence.

Benzema was just walking down the middle and immediately cut diagonally into the box when he saw Rossi ready to receive the ball.

With this move, he attracted all the attention of Dias and Stones.

After Rossi and Vinicius hit the wall together, he turned around and quickly stepped forward.

But Manchester City's defense on the right side was all piled up in the rib area, and it was very difficult for Vinicius to pass the ball to Rossi.

Fortunately, Benzema's diagonal cut in advance appeared near the top of the arc of the penalty area and could receive the pass.

Vinicius quickly passed the ball to Benzema and continued to move laterally down the middle and from behind him in an attempt to avoid the defence.

At this point, Benzema only needs to turn the ball back and the follow-up Vinicius has a direct chance to shoot.

Kyle Walker was astute enough to spot Vinicius' running line and immediately patched up the middle.

As soon as Benzema passes the ball, he immediately falls to the ground and tackles the ball, destroying it.

But Benzema didn't get the ball to him in the first place.

Instead, he used his heel to knock the ball into Rossi, who cut forward.

This run and pass, like a spike, pierced Manchester City's originally dense defense line in an instant.

When Stones spotted the ball passing from his side to him, his face changed dramatically, and he immediately turned around and did his best to save it.

In front of Rossi's starting speed, Stones' tall body made Stones look a little clumsy when he turned.

Rossi led the ball forward with his left foot, adjusted his pace in the process of insertion, and directly lifted his right foot to push it into the far corner.

Seeing this, Stones immediately fell to the ground and slid the tackle, if not to intercept, at least to interfere.

Unfortunately, Rossi stopped and shot in quick succession, showing his excellent footwork and finishing skills.

Shot evaded interceptions from John Stones and Ederson and the ball drilled into the far corner.

【GOAL！！！！！ 】

[Real Madrid has scored! 】

[Rossi has scored!] 】

[This is a subtle cooperation of several attackers in the front field of Real Madrid! 】

[Benzema's heel pass is the finishing touch of this goal!] 】

[His passing is very imaginative!] 】

[And Rosie's running position is a must!] 】

[Appears in unexpected places like ghosts!] 】

[Will Real Madrid set off a wave of counterattacks because of this goal? ] 】

An Pang off the field waved his fists and pressed down desperately.

Before Rossi came on the field, he confessed a total of two things.

One of them is to go to the left and help his teammates with the ball.

There is also a major task, which is to use fouls to test the scale of the referee.

Because of City's excellent passing, it was difficult and physically demanding to break the ball by pressing.

Therefore, the experienced Ancelotti took the form of fouls to test the referee's law enforcement scale.

This leads to Manchester City's Grealish complaining about Real Madrid's foul one second ago, and Rossi having scored the next second.

That's the experience!

That's the foundation!

Although the Champions League has removed the away goal advantage.

But with only a two-goal lead, City cannot guarantee a full sweep at the Bernabeu in a week's time.

Guardiola also has to admit that Ancelotti and his Real Madrid are indeed much higher than themselves in terms of experience.

After all, Real Madrid is the team that has won the most titles in the history of the Champions League.

In particular, in the past decade, they have reached seven finals and won the Champions League six times.

It's the absolute king of the Champions League, not a small club.

Pep Guardiola kicked a water bottle in the enclave, furious at the goal.

There is also a strong unwillingness and humiliation.

Okay, okay, let's play like this!