Six Hundred and Ninety-Two Welcome Goal!

On the evening of November 24th, at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

Real Madrid hosts Manchester City in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League Group C match.

When the game progressed to the 21st minute, Real Madrid tried to attack on the left but failed. As soon as they reached the center line, Marcelo passed the ball across to Xavi Alonso and then to Khedira. At the foot of Ramos on the right.

Ramos dribbled the ball across the center line again, was entangled by Robinho, kicked a pass, and wanted to go to the front to find Di Maria.

Former Real Madrid player Felipe got stuck and headed back to midfield.

Robinho runs back near the left line and stops the ball to Henderson.

As soon as the Manchester City midfielder stopped the ball, he saw Van Persie in front of him retreating and raising his hand for the ball.

The ball went to Van Persie's feet, but Carvalho was behind him, and Van Persie passed the ball again to the left.

Robinho was rushing forward along the left line. After seeing Van Persie score the ball, he turned around and sprinted. The Brazilian winger sent a kick behind him knowingly.

Seeing that Van Persie quickly threw away the old Carvalho, went straight behind Real Madrid's defense, caught up with Robinho's pass, and when facing Pepe's defense, he stopped and started, once A very simple but very practical movement. Relying on his excellent sense of rhythm abruptly, he threw away Pepe and made a low pass from the left side of the penalty area to the middle.

Arjen Robben arrived, blocked Harvey Alonso with his body, faced Van Persie's pass, pushed with his left foot, and sent his teammate's assist into Real Madrid's goal.

One to zero!

...

The Bernabéu fell into dead silence.

From the beginning, Real Madrid launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.

But tonight, Gao Shen adopted a different tactic than before.

Mourinho still adopts a four-two-three formation. Harvey Alonso and Khedira form a double midfielder, with Ronaldo, No. 23 and Di Maria in front, and Adeba as a single striker about.

Gao Shen still formed a four-three-three formation.

The midfield was Henderson, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure, with Robinho, Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben up front.

Anyone can see that Gao Shen didn't try his best at all in this game.

Including midfielders David Silva and Rakitic did not bring.

This led to Manchester City not even having an advantage in midfield possession.

As soon as the game started, Mourinho tried to use the home court advantage to quickly launch a rush.

Manchester City did not play aggressively, but played steadily, which caused Manchester City to be at a disadvantage on the scene, and the ball possession rate was also inferior to Real Madrid, while the Galacticos kept creating opportunities at home.

But there is an obvious sign that the most threatening thing for Real Madrid is Harvey Alonso's free kick, which assisted Ramos and almost scored with a header, but it was a pity that the header was a little bit right and was decisively rejected by Neuer. Pounce.

Most of the remaining offensive opportunities are long shots.

Among them, Ronaldo took four free kicks, but none of them posed a threat.

The Portuguese is also a little anxious tonight.

After more than 20 minutes of Real Madrid's high-pressure press, flaws inevitably appeared behind him. Finally, Manchester City seized a chance, penetrated the defense line, and formed a scoring opportunity behind him.

...

Being one goal behind is unacceptable to Real Madrid anyway.

The Galaxy Battleship launched a more violent offensive against Manchester City.

For the current Real Madrid, losing this game will be a huge disaster for their group qualifying situation.

Mourinho will not allow this to happen under any circumstances.

For a while, Real Madrid slowed down a little bit, and soared again.

On the scene, you come and go, Real Madrid stormed, Manchester City counterattacked, and the two sides played happily.

Until stoppage time in the first half, a counterattack by Manchester City was intercepted by Harvey Alonso when it hit the middle. The Spanish midfielder quickly sent a long oblique pass to the front right. road.

Di Maria sprinted at high speed, stopped the ball before Felipe, and cut inside to the left side of the penalty area. After throwing away Gary Cahill, he made a curve ball with his left foot and hit the dead corner of the goal. Real Madrid equalizer.

One to one!

After a one-to-one handshake in the first half, after changing sides to fight again in the second half, Real Madrid pressed out again, trying to play a wave of rushing attacks.

Manchester City continued to play steadily.

In the 49th minute, Di Maria made a diagonal pass from the right and wanted to find Adebayor, but Jerome Boateng held Adebayor with his body and stopped the ball. Neuer.

The Manchester City goalkeeper gave the ball to Lichtsteiner on the right, and the latter passed it to Yaya Toure, who quickly pushed forward close to the right line.

Robben retreated from the front to the gap, and after receiving a pass from Yaya Toure, he turned around and dribbled the ball forward, and behind the 30-meter area of ​​​​Real Madrid in the penalty area, he cut inside obliquely, and Marcelo and Harry Via Alonso was attracted to his surroundings, and then distributed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

Lichtsteiner was just behind Rob himself, and he caught up with the fastest speed, sent a low ball, and passed it to the point behind the goal.

Van Persie threw off Carvalho and quickly plugged in. He elegantly and calmly sent the cross from the right to the left of Real Madrid's goal.

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas could do nothing about the conceded goal.

Two to one!

Fight back! Still fight back!

When Real Madrid presses out to play, there will inevitably be flaws behind them.

With a flaw, things are much easier to handle.

And the most terrible thing is that Real Madrid's midfield lacks control.

In terms of ball possession, Real Madrid's ball possession rate in this game is even slightly higher than that of Manchester City, but every time Manchester City counterattacks, they almost pass the midfield in one hit, directly facing the double midfielders and even the defense line.

Real Madrid's midfield defense, especially on the 23rd point, did little.

This was the case in the first game between the two sides, and it is still the case now.

For the second goal just now, Neuer went directly to Yaya Toure. As a result, the Ivorian did not see the defensive player for at least two or three seconds, which caused other defensive players to leave their positions to plug the leak.

But this leak is blocked, but the gap after Robben's retreat cannot be blocked.

Gu's head is hard to take care of his buttocks, that's what he said.

...

Falling behind in the score again, Mourinho began to make substitutions desperately.

He first replaced Pepe with Higuain, adopted a two-forward style of play, and changed his defense to play three defenders.

This is actually Mourinho's standard configuration. If there is a disagreement, the forward will be replaced by the defender.

Gao Shen remained unmoved.

*** said: You hit yours, I hit mine.

These words are actually very profound.

The implication is, don't get into the opponent's rhythm, but play your own rhythm.

The more you think about it, the more you can understand the meaning of this sentence.

Or why do everyone say that the great leader is a master who raised the art of war to the ideological level?

Now Manchester City just don't fight against Real Madrid, don't rush or rush, and play slowly.

Real Madrid know you are in a hurry, but I am not in a hurry.

Slow down and control the ball every chance you get.

This style of play made Real Madrid feel very uncomfortable.

Before this game started, Real Madrid was destined to play very hard, because their opponents were not only Manchester City, but also time, and Schalke Zero Four.

Far away in the Veltins Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Schalke 04 continued to maintain a tenacious posture at home, and played one to one with Inter Milan, but the game was not over yet.

Former Real Madrid player Huntelaar scored a goal.

And now at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid are one to two behind.

Even if it ends with the current score, Real Madrid will be in a very bad situation.

Because in the last round, they had to face Inter Milan in an away game, and they may not have a chance of survival.

Therefore, for Real Madrid, the optimal result is to win Manchester City at home.

But now, facing Manchester City's style of play, Mourinho really has no good way.

Seventy-five minutes into the game, Gao Shen made a substitution, replacing Robben with Sturridge.

The England striker's speed and explosive power are also amazing, and he is a huge threat when counterattacking. After playing on the left, Robinho was switched to the right.

Eighty minutes into the game, Gao Shen simply replaced Robinho with Adam Lallana, and the team changed their formation again, changing to a four-four-two midfield diamond position, allowing Adam Lallana to play This front waist position.

Mourinho also changed quickly, replacing Adebayor with Pedro Leon, putting Ronaldo on the front line, partnering with Higuain, Di Maria went to the left, right foot Handed over to Pedro Leon.

But this substitution adjustment still failed to work.

The time left for Real Madrid has become less and less, but Mourinho still has not been able to find an effective way to break through Manchester City's defense. Real Madrid's offense seems to be very powerful, but the threat is very small.

More are long shots.

...

Gao Shen always stood in front of the coach of the visiting team, as motionless as a mountain.

Regardless of whether the Real Madrid fans in the stands booed, cheered, or criticized, he was standing there anyway.

Regarding the current result, he really has nothing to say.

What can I say?

I have already set up such a rotation and substitute lineup, and you still can't break through, what can I do?

Could it be that I want to open my defense and pull out a banner that says: Goal welcome! ?

"Mourinho's offense has been going on for so many years, and he hasn't improved at all!" Gao Shen said, I am very disappointed.

Basically those axe.

Once behind, it is to play the guard and change the striker.

If it's really that simple, what do you need a head coach for?

However, no matter what the result is, Gao Shen will not change his attitude.

As the head coach of Manchester City, he did not blame Real Madrid, but insisted on his attitude and game plan, which even conspiracy theorists cannot find fault with.

In this case, if Mourinho's team can't break through Manchester City's goal, Gao Shen can't do anything.

Facts have also proved that Real Madrid players become more irritable and anxious the more they play, and the more anxious they are, the more likely they are to make mistakes.

It was even almost caught by Manchester City to counterattack and score.

Although it was just a cold sweat, it was exciting enough.

After that, Real Madrid's offense has obviously weakened a lot, and it seems that they have lost their interest.

The unfavorable Champions League for many years has caused this team to seriously lack self-confidence in the Champions League, and it feels like it has been put under a spell.

Although Mourinho is crazy, it is not easy to break the spell.

But the terrible thing is that on the German side, Schalke scored four goals!