Chapter 1,202, Necessary Sacrifice!

Since Valencia uprooted Ronaldo, Ronaldo has obviously restrained himself a lot. He was not afraid of Valencia, but he was unwilling to be injured by his opponent. Therefore, in front of Valencia, Ronaldo reduced the number of times he controlled the ball and tried to cooperate and pass as much as possible. Moreover, Ronaldo's physical fitness has begun to decline, and it is impossible for him to sprint endlessly and accelerate past others.

Ronaldo's changes greatly reduced Manchester United's defensive pressure on the right, and Alonso, who defended Bell on the left, also found a defensive rhythm. Bell is very fast, but if the defense is tight and does not give him room to sprint, Bell's power will also be reduced a lot.

In the following time, Manchester United's defense did well and they did not give Real Madrid too many chances.

In the last few minutes, the two sides were still in a stalemate, and the 90 minutes of the game were over.

The referee gave 3 minutes of injury time, but the 3 minutes passed quickly.

The referee blew the whistle to end the 90-minute game, and what awaited the players from both sides was overtime.

Overtime in a football match is 30 minutes, consisting of two halves, with no rest time in between.

Before overtime, players have a five-minute rest period, but they cannot leave the court and can only relax and rest in the venue.

The coaching staff, medical staff and substitute players from both sides came to the court to massage the leg muscles of the players and help them relieve stress.

At this time, Jin Taige did not tell everyone much about the tactical arrangements. He just told the players that if they are not very sure, they must defend solidly. Even if they counterattack, they should not invest too many troops to avoid being beaten by the opponent. Fight back.

Real Madrid coach Mourinho also arranged this.

Now the Portuguese still has two substitute places in his hand. He asked the players on the field who was weak and needed to take a rest. No one said anything. Real Madrid players on these fields all hope to finish the overtime.

Mourinho secretly asked Ibrahimovic: "How are you?"

Ibrahimovic punched his leg muscles: "I'm very good. I can at least play for another 90 minutes!"

Mourinho smiled, nodded and said nothing else.

In this case, let them persist. Anyway, they have no signs of physical exhaustion, and the remaining substitutions will be regarded as insurance.

The five-minute break came quickly, the players from both sides returned to their positions, and overtime began!

Manchester United kicked off the first half of overtime. This time they had no intention of grabbing the opening. Carrick made steady transition in the midfield and controlled the rhythm of the game.

Jin Taige looked at Carrick off the court and felt very at ease. Changing to the captain of Manchester United at this time will definitely be of great benefit to the stability of the team. Moreover, the physical fitness of the players on the field has declined seriously, and few of them sprint quickly, work hard for speed, or work hard for physical strength. In this way, Carrick's weakness of slow speed will not have much impact.

With Manchester United deliberately slowing down the pace, Real Madrid no longer pressed hard. Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale had two good breakthrough opportunities. In the end, the long-range shots were not effective and were saved by De Gea.

Under Carrick's control, the first half of overtime passed so uneventfully.

There was no rest time in overtime, so the two teams took a sip of water and continued the 15 minutes of the second half of overtime.

Real Madrid kicked off this time. Modric launched a quick attack again. After receiving the ball, Ronaldo volleyed from the edge of the penalty area.

The ball missed the near post and flew out of the bottom line. Real Madrid missed the opportunity and the Manchester United players had another false alarm.

Next, Carrick continued to slowly control the rhythm of the game near the midfield, everything was the same as in the first half.

Modric saw Manchester United's passivity, and they moved forward slightly to see if there was any chance of a sneak attack.

The moment Real Madrid's formation moved forward, Carrick suddenly took off!

He directly started a long pass from behind the center circle in his own half, and the ball flew in the direction of Mbappe on the right!

At this time, the Real Madrid players were slowly pressing forward. They did not expect that Manchester United suddenly launched a fast break! And the initiator of this fast attack was actually Carrick, who had been taking his time!

Just this long pass showed Carrick's value on the court!

The situation changes in an instant, and movement and stillness change. This is the skill of a master of field control!

Just now Carrick looked up and glanced at Mbappe. Mbappe didn't hesitate at all. He immediately increased his speed and ran forward along the right road! Just when Carrick's pass was in place, Mbappé also arrived!

Now there is no one in front of Mbappe! Ramos and Varane in the center of the penalty area were entangled by Lewandowski and Griezmann. They had no time to defend Mbappe, and Mbappe ran towards the penalty area at an extremely fast speed!

"Mbappé went solo! He ran towards Real Madrid's penalty area! This time Real Madrid is in danger!"

"Mbappe was about to rush into the penalty area... He was tackled from behind! Mbappe rolled over on the ground and seemed to be injured!"

"It was Marcelo who tackled Mbappe from behind! He had just assisted and was recovering. He had no time to defend Mbappe! He had no choice but to foul! But this foul is fatal!"

"The referee stopped the game and ran to the scene of the incident! Red card! Marcelo received a red card and was sent off!"

"The second half of overtime has just begun, and Real Madrid's defense has undergone tremendous changes! They will have one less person to fight in the next ten minutes!"

Marcelo got up from the ground after receiving a red card. He came to Mbappe and wanted to bend down to see how injured Mbappe was, but he was pushed away by Lewandowski who came over!

Griezmann, who had already rushed over, glared at him: "Get out of here! Why are you pretending to be a good person!"

Seeing that his teammates were angry, Ramos wanted to question Lewandowski and Griezmann, but was stopped by Marcelo.

"Don't go. If you get sent off again, it will be completely troublesome." Marcelo's expression was very calm. "I knew when I took the step that I couldn't escape with the red card. But there is no way. Sacrifice is a must at this time. Yes. I just hurt the French boy, so I can’t bear it."

With that said, Marcelo turned and left the court and walked towards the sidelines.

Mourinho was waiting for him on the sidelines. Marcelo saw him, shook his head, and said hello expressionlessly: "Mourinho, I was sent off."

Mourinho did not say anything too harsh. He stepped forward and hugged Marcelo, and then said in his ear: "Go to the locker room and rest for a while. You have worked hard in this game. There is a TV in the locker room, you can watch the game. Wait for us to win. Don’t forget to come out and win the cup when the time comes!”

Marcelo nodded solemnly, said nothing, and slowly walked towards the player tunnel...