1014 This Is the Top 8 of the Champions League!
On the evening of April 2, at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.
Real Madrid hosts Juventus in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.
When the game progressed to the 31st minute, Marcelo dribbled the ball along the left side and cooperated with Ronaldo to hit the wall, but was intercepted by the Juventus defender. After Ronaldo turned to protect the ball, he returned Passed to Toni Kroos.
The German midfielder turned around again to protect the ball and passed it back to Ramos behind him.
The two Juventus forwards pressed the Real Madrid central defender at the same time. Quagliarella rushed to Ramos at the first time, but the Real Madrid central defender quickly passed the ball to Pepe.
Another striker Matri also immediately rushed to Pepe.
Yes, Conte unexpectedly chose Matri to stand up in this game, and Quagliarella's mobile double striker style of play.
Pepe stopped the ball to avoid Matri and passed it to Carvajal on the right.
Real Madrid's right back stopped the ball and moved forward. Before Marchisio ran over, he quickly passed the ball to Di Maria who retreated in front.
The Argentine stopped the ball with his back and sent a cross.
Modric quickly moved forward, received a pass from Di Maria, slanted from the right rib to the outside, and drove straight in with the ball.
Di Maria also turned around quickly and sprinted forward quickly.
Modric dribbled the ball at top speed, broke into the Juventus penalty area from the right side of the penalty area, was squeezed by Chiellini's body, but lost his balance and passed the ball back.
The ball fell to the right side of the small penalty area, and after it bounced off the ground, Di Maria did not wait for the ball to fall, and with the help of the inertia of sprinting, he shot an angry shot with his left foot.
The ball went straight to the goal at an extremely fast speed.
Facing the sudden shot, Buffon reacted, but it was too late.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Di Maria scored a goal!!!"
"Real Madrid broke the deadlock on the pitch!"
"One to zero!!"
"In the 31st minute,
Real Madrid managed to break through Juventus' defensive formation on the right. Modric assisted Di Maria to score a goal. This was a very wonderful attacking coordination. "
"After Real Madrid failed to open the situation on the left, they quickly moved to the right and opened the channel from the right."
Amidst the cheers of the entire Bernabéu stadium, Di Maria quickly rushed out of the stadium and compared his heart to the live camera.
The surrounding Real Madrid players also chased them out, celebrating the goal on the sidelines.
This is the knockout round of the Champions League quarterfinals!
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On the sidelines, in front of the coach of the home team, Gao Shen raised his fists excitedly at the moment Di Maria scored.
One to zero!
This lead is still very important to Real Madrid.
Before this game, Real Madrid's players had just returned from the national team. Gao Shen made a big rotation. As a result, he almost drew with the relegation team Zaragoza in the away game. Higuain's goal at the last minute Saved the team.
The Argentine striker's goal helped the team maintain the pressure on Barcelona, and at the same time allowed the team to face Juventus with a better mentality.
But in this game, Conte's starting lineup was somewhat unexpected.
Matri stood up, Quagliarella swam, and Juventus counterattacked more with long passes.
Real Madrid still followed the profound pre-match deployment, controlled the midfield and suppressed Juventus, but because the Bianconeri's two sides retreated very far back, it looked more like a five-three-two formation, resulting in Real Madrid can't get in even if they attack continuously.
The ball possession rate is close to 70%, and the number of shots has reached 13, but only four shots are on target.
It is conceivable how much defensive pressure Real Madrid is facing.
But Juventus' situation was not much better. In the first 30 minutes, there were only two shots and no shots on target.
On the sidelines, Gao Shen kept urging the players to be patient, control the scene and the ball, stabilize the rhythm, and slowly pull Juventus' defensive position.
When playing pass and ball control, you must not be in a hurry.
It is easy to go wrong when you are in a hurry.
Facts have also proved that it is this kind of non-stop pulling back and forth, and the two flanks taking turns to attack, that caused cracks in Juventus' defense, which contributed to the cooperation between Modric and Di Maria on the right just now.
"Continue to hold on!"
"Don't worry, control the rhythm and stabilize the ball!"
"Harvey, slow down a little bit in midfield."
"Defense back and forth."
Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and continuously gave adjustment instructions.
This is a well-worn adjustment.
Gao Shen is mainly worried that Juventus will launch a counterattack.
If it was an away game, Gao Shen would definitely not mind playing against Juventus, but this is the Bernabéu stadium.
Gao Shen didn't want to give Juventus an away goal, so after the team scored a goal, they should take a break.
In fact, if Gao Shen hadn't been concerned about the backcourt, Real Madrid's offense would have been even stronger.
But there is no way, once Juventus is given an away goal, the situation will become very troublesome.
This is why, in the Champions League knockout rounds, the home team tends to be a little more conservative, while the visiting team is more aggressive.
After returning to the coaching bench, Gao Shen listened to the coaching staff's report.
Real Madrid's strategy for tonight's game is very clear. When they get the ball, they will control, pull, and cooperate. When they don't have the ball, they will launch a high-position press, and it is very fierce.
Under the pressing pressure of Real Madrid, Juventus' midfielder couldn't hold the ball at all.
For Juventus' defense, Benzema pressed Bonucci more, and Barzagli and Chiellini on both sides got more chances to play the ball, but their passing ability was not strong, and they did not dare to pass the ball. Too forward.
Modric pushed forward more to suppress Pirlo. He was able to quickly slant to the right just now because he was nearby.
Under Real Madrid's targeted style of play, Juventus was forced to launch an attack through long passes and let Matri grab it, but the effect was not ideal. Pepe and Ramos were still in high ball defense Well done.
This is actually a problem on Juventus' front line now.
Conte's meaning is very clear. Matri is a tactical center, trying to receive long passes in the frontcourt, hold the ball, and then let Quagliarella go forward to form a second-tier attack, which will drive the entire Juventus counterattack.
But Matri itself is not a tactical center forward, he is good at attacking, and his advantage lies in the rushing in front of the goal, which caused Juventus' counterattack tactics to be ineffective.
If a three-five-one formation is adopted, Juventus will also not be able to take advantage, and may even be more passive.
All the deployments before the advanced game are aimed at the three-five-one formation.
And Gao Shen is also very clear that the real rise of Juventus in the previous life is that they have tactical centers like Llorente and Mandzukic. Before that, their strength was still weaker.
As for Pirlo, although Modric is oppressing him, the Italian midfielder is also very depressed.
If you are a fan watching the game, you will definitely think, why is Pirlo playing so slowly today? Seriously dragged down the team's counterattack and offensive advancement speed, the state is too bad, right?
But actually?
This is because he can't find the right place to hit the ball.
In other words, there was no one around to meet him.
This is also a problem for Juventus now. The combination of passing and receiving the ball cannot open the situation.
Under Real Madrid's high-pressure tactics, the players' technical ability to pass and receive the ball is limited. If you want a success rate, you have to narrow the range of the pass, but if the range of the pass is reduced, the situation will not open.
Once the range of passing is expanded, under the pressing pressure of Real Madrid players, passing and receiving errors will increase.
This is a very unsolvable problem.
In contrast, after Real Madrid has a technical advantage, both the success rate of passing and receiving the ball and the range of passing the ball are obviously greater than Juventus, which leads to the obvious pulling effect of Real Madrid.
Juventus is very difficult to defend.
Not only that, Real Madrid's defense is also very well organized and well targeted.
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In the 42nd minute, Juventus quickly launched a counterattack after stealing the ball in a midfield.
Pirlo finally seized an opportunity, and his long pass finally had room to play. He made a direct diagonal long pass and transferred the ball to the right side of Real Madrid's penalty area.
Matri jumped in, stopped the ball before Pepe, and blocked Real Madrid's central defender with his body.
But Real Madrid's return to defense is extremely fast, and Carvajal has already returned to defense.
Behind him is Pepe, and Carvajal will be added at any time, which puts Matri in a difficult situation.
So, the Juventus striker tried to bring it back and passed the ball back to the left back Peluso who came up from the back row.
Peluso took a look, made a pass directly, and sent the ball to the middle of the penalty area.
Quagliarella and Ramos took off to compete for the top at the same time, but the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Ramos.
The Juventus striker fell in the penalty area when he landed, but the referee did not blow his whistle.
Xavi Alonso grabbed the spot, stopped the ball, turned around, and pushed forward with the ball himself.
Benzema dropped back across the center line from the front and raised his hand for the ball.
Ronaldo quickly stepped forward obliquely, assumed the role of Real Madrid's forward, and attacked Juventus' defense head-on.
Xabi Alonso passes the ball to Benzema.
The French striker stopped the ball and turned to the left, pushing the ball forward. After crossing the center line, he saw Marcelo accelerate on the left side and go forward at a very fast speed.
When entering the 30-meter zone of Juventus, Benzema sent a kick and gave the ball in front of Marcelo.
After the Brazilian left back caught up with the ball, he drove straight in and directly hit the left side of the Juventus penalty area. Before Isla came over, he made a cross with his left foot and sent the ball to the front of the small penalty area.
Cristiano Ronaldo jumped in at the fastest speed, ahead of Bonucci, and directly hit the goal with a header, pushing the ball towards the back of the goal.
Buffon stood on the left side of the goal. Facing Ronaldo's header, he tried his best to save it, but it was beyond his reach.
The football hit the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Ronaldo!!!"
"Two to zero!!"
"Real Madrid scored the second goal!!!"
"C Ronaldo overwhelmed Bonucci, hit the goal with a header from close range, and made another victory for Real Madrid!"
"Juventus' defense line was torn apart by Real Madrid from the wing again."
"Conte's three-back tactic exposed its fatal weakness at the Bernabeu tonight."
"In the last fifteen minutes of the first half, Real Madrid scored twice."
"This should put Conte and the Juventus players on notice."