Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty Fifth, the Old Man
In the Real Madrid dressing room, the Real Madrid players are in a good mood. Although Manchester United scored a goal, it is also very happy to be able to equalize the score at the end of the first half.
"C Ronaldo, your free kick is really cool!"
Marcelo patted him on the shoulder and said.
In the Real Madrid team, several Portuguese fellows such as Pepe and Coentrao have a very close relationship with Ronaldo. But the person who has the best relationship with Ronaldo is the Brazilian Marcelo.
Hearing Marcelo's praise, Ronaldo didn't have a smile on his face: "I didn't perform very well in the first half. I think I should be able to score two or three goals."
"You are really not satisfied." Marcelo said with a smile.
Ramos nodded: "That's right, we are the best club in the world. It is unacceptable that we have been at a disadvantage in the opening stage."
At this time, Zidane walked into the locker room, and the players stopped chatting, waiting for Zidane's instructions.
Zidane told his players: "Manchester United's overall cooperation in the first half was good, and their defensive system was very good. But they are not impeccable. Take the last free kick just now. Breakthrough in personal ability, to create."
"In the second half of the game, I hope you can play with more confidence, strengthen the dribbling in the frontcourt, and make more use of personal abilities to create opportunities. Manchester United played well overall, but their defenders have limited personal defensive ability. That's their biggest problem right now."
In Manchester United's dressing room, Kintag looked at Vidic, who was panting, while Alonso and Rafael also showed signs of fatigue. Kintag knew that their defensive pressure was very heavy in the first half of the game, especially in the last period, they were completely tortured by the insertion and dribbling of Ronaldo and Bell.
And when the game was equalized at the last moment, the players had some frustration on their faces.
Jin Taige cleared his throat: "Guys, I know that you are feeling a little upset now, and I am the same. Being taken away from the lead at the last moment really makes people feel angry. But the game is not over yet, we still have time to make it back .”
"In the second half, the physical condition of both of us declined somewhat, so we have to appropriately slow down the attack speed and frequency, conserve energy, and strive to improve offensive efficiency."
After the start of the second half, neither team made any substitution adjustments.
Real Madrid still continued the offensive momentum in the second half of the first half. Their offense became more and more open, and the state of the players gradually came out.
However, under the arrangement of Kintag, Manchester United properly conserved their physical strength, instead of attacking like the opening stage of the first half, but recovered appropriately, mostly threatening Real Madrid with counterattacks.
Now Real Madrid puts most of their energy on offense. Because their midfield does not have a purely defensive midfielder, when facing Manchester United's counterattack, there are often some loopholes, allowing Manchester United to pass through the midfield without much effort. . If it weren't for the defense of Ramos and Varane, as well as San Cassie's excellent performance, then Real Madrid would have been scored again by Manchester United.
In this case, Real Madrid can only suppress Manchester United's midfield through offense, and use offense instead of defense to relieve pressure on their backcourt.
In fact, it's not that Zidane doesn't want to play a defensive midfielder, but that he really doesn't have anyone under him who can reassure him.
After a Real Madrid attack, Manchester United once again threatened Real Madrid by counterattacking. Thanks to Casillas' excellent defense, they kept the goal.
Zidane looked at the Manchester United players on the field, and then at the Manchester United bench off the field. He frowned and said: "If you give me Kante, then the La Liga champion will definitely not belong to Barcelona; don't say it is Kante, even if you give me Nainggolan, the overall strength of Real Madrid will be improved a lot. Alas, the biggest problem of Real Madrid now is that their waist is not strong."
His assistant Betoni reminded: "Zinedine, you will definitely stay at Real Madrid next season, so you can consider candidates for summer transfers in advance."
"If you can get Kante,
That's definitely the best, if he can't come..." Zidane said here, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, "When the Brazilian boy who was loaned out comes back, we won't have to worry about the back next season . "
The two were chatting off the court, and the situation on the court suddenly changed.
Now in the 55th minute, Ronaldo took a long shot from outside the penalty area and was held tightly in Alisson's arms.
Alisson performed very well in this game. He has resolved Real Madrid's offense many times. Although he still lacks a lot of experience in handling the ball, his reaction and prediction are very good. He is worthy of this Champions League The start of the final.
After Alisson hugged the ball, he threw it to Kante in the middle.
When Kanter received the ball, Ronaldo and Modric of Real Madrid both rushed up, trying to break the ball under his feet. Kanter hurriedly crossed the ball to De Bruyne who was not far away.
Since Real Madrid was pressing very high, a large open space was exposed in front of De Bruyne at this time. After receiving the ball, he did not hesitate, and went straight forward along the right, rushing towards Real Madrid's half!
At this time, Real Madrid's defensive players are not in place yet, and Real Madrid's defense is alerted!
Real Madrid's left-back Marcelo quickly chased back and quickly caught up with De Bruyne. He stretched out his foot to break the ball under De Bruyne's feet from the right rear.
But De Bruyne didn't move on. He changed direction, suddenly dribbled the ball inside, and continued to kill Real Madrid's penalty area at a 45-degree angle!
Marcelo was staggered by De Bruyne's change of direction, almost fell to the ground, and lost his defensive position all at once.
At this time, Real Madrid's Isco got stuck in the middle, preventing De Bruyne from easily entering the penalty area.
De Bruyne paused for a while with the ball, and then suddenly passed the ball behind Isco!
A red figure is plugging in at high speed, it is Lampard!
At this time, there were Ramos and Varane in Real Madrid's half. They were marking Lewandowski and Griezmann respectively.
He looked at the position of his teammates and found that Lewandowski and Griezmann had no chance to turn around; he looked at Casillas' position again, and then shot directly and decisively!
"Lampard dribbled the ball into Real Madrid's penalty area! Now it's a 3-on-2 situation!"
"Lampard hits the goal straight!"
"The ball went in!!!"
"The 36-year-old Lampard has made great contributions to Manchester United! He blasted a world wave and hit the upper right corner of the goal!"
"This ball allowed Manchester United to regain the lead! They are closer to the Champions League!"