Chapter 520: The Mysterious Boy
Real Madrid fans didn't care whether Abidal was wronged or not, they happily booed him off. When the slow-motion replay of Abidal's foul appeared on the big screen, and when the commentator thought that the red card for the ball was unreasonable, even bigger boos sounded.
Obviously this is Real Madrid's home court, but Real Madrid has encountered several unfair penalties. Two penalty kicks that should have been awarded were not awarded. The Meilingers could not hold back for a long time.
Was Abidal wronged? What an injustice! I want him to be wronged, unable to tell the story of his suffering, and a mute eating coptis!
Guardiola did not make any substitutions. 3 defenders, just 3 defenders.
Although he has no hope of winning, the team is lagging behind at this time, so it is impossible to replace a defender and remove a striker.
Real Madrid still defended tightly, while Barcelona, which had one less player, did not appear embarrassed on the court due to its outstanding advantage in possession of the ball. They still firmly controlled the ball.
However, it is a bit difficult for the three defenders to guard against the combination of Ricardo and Higuain plus Kaka.
In the 71st minute, Real Madrid counterattacked. Las Diarra sent a through ball. Alves did not return to defend in place, and a 3-on-3 situation immediately formed in the frontcourt.
Many Real Madrid fans stood up excitedly. This was undoubtedly another opportunity for their team to expand the score.
But when Ricardo took the ball and tried to shake Busquets away, his legs softened and he stumbled. Although he hooked the ball immediately and did not lose the ball, Barcelona's defense had been set up and he lost the space to push the ball forward.
Ricardo only hesitated for a moment before deciding to continue dribbling the ball himself. He exerted force again despite being extremely tired, using his speed to break through Busquets and penetrate into the penalty area.
Yaya Toure and Marcos were guarding Kaká and Higuain respectively, not daring to leave their defensive players behind to block the ball. Ricardo took a big step, broke into the penalty area, and was able to shoot right away.
At this time, Yaya Toure suddenly activated and stretched out his long legs.
Liccardo fiddled with the ball, and it passed under Yaya Toure's crotch. When he wanted to go around Yaya Toure, he tripped on Yaya Toure's leg and fell.
The referee Haining ran backwards while waving his hand to indicate that the game should continue, and once again refused to give a penalty kick.
There were loud boos at the Bernabeu. Pellegrini was so angry that he kicked away a mineral water bottle to express his dissatisfaction.
Both Kaka and Higuain, who were standing very close, immediately rushed to express their dissatisfaction to the referee. Haining stopped the game, showed Higuain a yellow card, and then went to check on Ricardo.
After Ricardo fell to the ground, he didn't get up for a long time. He rolled on the ground clutching his ankles.
The Real Madrid team doctor came in and carried Ricardo off the field. After diagnosis and treatment, it was determined that although there was no serious injury, he was not suitable to continue playing.
Pellegrini had no choice but to give up the idea of replacing Higuain and replaced Ricardo with Heinze.
"You have done well enough," he said cordially, putting his arm around Liccardo, "leaving the rest to your teammates. Your two goals were wonderful, and it would be great to have someone like you." We are lucky to be a player. What you need to do now is to rest well, and we will do a more detailed examination on you when you return to the club. God bless, I hope you are not seriously injured."
Liccardo also felt that the overall situation was decided, and his smile seemed very relaxed: "I hope I can catch up with the next round of the league."
Barcelona's offensive is obviously a bit fierce this time. In order to stop Iniesta and Messi, Gago and Heinze, who just came on, received yellow cards.
But in Pellegrini's view, this was just the opponent's dying struggle. He pulled Liccardo to sit down and said in a great mood: "If we get a good result in the final, I will Apply to buy another world-class defensive midfielder and an excellent central defender from the club, so that next season we will be even stronger. Maybe winning the Champions League for three consecutive years is not a dream... Liccardo, we will work together to create history."
As soon as he finished speaking, Barcelona, which was in possession of the ball, suddenly accelerated. The ball rolled past, and Messi appeared in front of the ball. He gently parked the ball to his left, avoided Cannavaro, and then took advantage of the situation and fired a powerful shot.
Casillas may have been a little slack and his reaction was half a beat too slow. He could only watch helplessly as the football rolled past the goal line in front of his gloves and into the far corner of the goal.
"Messi Goallllll! This magical boy got a goal back for Barcelona and gave Barcelona a glimmer of hope! In the 78th minute of the game, the score became 2:1, and the game became suspense again!"
Real Madrid fans paused for a moment, and then immediately sang "Forward to Madrid" with a louder voice, hoping that the players could defeat their opponents in the last ten minutes and advance to the final.
Pellegrini's expression became serious.
Liccardo was a little surprised by the opponent's goal and said: "Our midfield seems a little out of control. At this time, it would be great if there is a midfielder with outstanding defensive ability and the ability to hold the ball. I don't think so. 5 defenders can solve the problem, 4411 might be better."
Pellegrini smiled bitterly: "Unless there is another Lars Diarra, or Mohamed Diarra from last season is returned to us."
Ricardo nodded silently.
It is not the first day that Real Madrid's waist injury problem has been brought up, but there has been no good solution. The arrival of Las Diarra solved half of this problem, and the remaining half had to wait for the future.
"If those three deserved penalties, give us one... damn it," Pellegrini cursed.
Ricardo didn't make a sound. It is meaningless to say this, the referee has already made a decision, no matter how dissatisfied, he can only accept it.
The Barcelona players seemed to be stimulated by this goal. When the game was about to end and their physical strength was exhausted, they broke out with unprecedented fighting power and continued to make a fuss about Real Madrid's penalty area.
But Real Madrid put up a dense defense and never gave Harvey a chance to pass through. Barcelona could only try to kick the ball from the wing.
But look at their forwards, Eto'o, Iniesta, Messi, the average height is less than 1.75 meters, how can they get a header? Therefore, although their offensive was raging like a tide, they returned without success time and time again.
In the 85th minute, Guardiola replaced Busquets with Bojan and resorted to a 324 formation to make a final effort. Then he replaced the exhausted Iniesta with Gudjohnsen and continued to maintain the number of strikers.
Pellegrini's regret is that Ricardo has already left the field, otherwise, Barcelona's defense line will really be easily penetrated at this time. Higuain does not have such a strong individual combat ability.
If Ricardo is on the court, counterattack and steal one at this time, the game will really be stable.