Chapter 647: Volume Five, Red Guti

"Frank Ribery, who has a more flexible position, has exploded with amazing energy. Compared with him in the previous two seasons, he is now at the level of the World Footballer!" The commentator is still praising Ribery. , and the game has long since restarted.

"When he first debuted, he was fixed on the left side. His first season in the Premier League was amazing and successful. But at that time, he was at best a short and good winger. Later, Tony Twain let He leans a little more in the middle, and the fine-tuning of the position has brought us a more comprehensive Franck Ribery. Whether it is breaking the ball from the wing, shooting the goal in the middle, or even organizing the attack, he has done quite well. Great!"

It happened that Ribery had the ball, and the commentator immediately became excited: "Now Frank Ribery has the ball!"

Ribery, who scored the goal, felt that he was in very good condition, and he planned to single out Ramos. The result is... he was stuck inside by Ramos and couldn't cut in, and his speed was suppressed and he couldn't get up. The ball under his feet was shoveled out of the sideline by Ramos.

Seeing that the ball was tackled out of bounds, Van der Vaart, who was waiting for the response, was a little dissatisfied, and he waved his hand. He was right next to Franck Ribery just now, temporarily unmarked. If Franck Ribery passed the football to him, he would have the opportunity to transfer the football and reorganize the attack. However, Franck Ribery chose to single-handedly, ignoring his teammates. Come up to answer.

Ribery saw the gesture made by van der Vaart and quickly raised his hand to apologize to him. He did ignore his teammates just now, and the goal just now made him a little carried away.

Although the Forest team won a penalty kick, it did not pose any threat to Real Madrid. Bell's pass was intercepted, Real Madrid took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and Nottingham Forest quickly retreated to defend - except for George Wood.

The football reached Guti's feet again, and George Wood went forward instead of retreating.

Guti is still in the middle circle, and the two flanks of the Forest team are quickly returning to defense. George Wood intends to build the first line of defense in the middle circle.

Seeing Wood coming up, Guti planned to pass the ball, but when he looked up to find someone, he found that there was no suitable way to get the ball out. In such a dazed effort, George Wood had already approached him.

Guti flicked the football to the left, then yanked it back, trying to get away from the opponent.

Unexpectedly, George Wood was not fooled, he just leaned forward and forced Guti to turn around. As long as Guti turns his body around and protects the ball with his back to the attacking direction, the Forest players will have enough time to run back to defend.

In order to protect the ball, Guti had to turn around. In this way, he would not be able to send the football to the most dangerous place in the first place.

This is not the thing that annoyed Guti the most. What made him feel uncomfortable was that Wood kept rushing behind him, and there were so many small movements that it was annoying. That leg tried to reach forward to grab the ball, but he couldn't reach it, so it could only kick Guti's ankle...

Guti didn't want to entangle with the opponent here, he was not a fool, he knew that this was tantamount to slowing down his team's attack speed. So he passed the football to Diarra, then glared back at Wood.

What he stared at was Wood's eyes. Those eyes are definitely not "friendly", they are cold, as if what he is watching is not a person, but a prey. Guti hated this look, he felt insulted.

He ran forward, and Wood retreated with him.

He knew that he was the kid's target in this match, and he decided to give the other party a good look.

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In this game, the Forest team played a defensive counterattack, which was different from the forest team's battered defense against Real Madrid. Facing the dense and overall defensive Nottingham Forest, Real Madrid's offensive players will have to spend a lot of time thinking.

After a series of passes, the football reached Higuain's feet. He was going to turn around and break through, but told Pepeka to come down. The people turned around, but the football stayed.

However, the Forest team did not pass the ball easily. Pepe's forward pass was stabbed from behind by Raul because it was too close.

Real Madrid continue to attack.

Raúl protected the ball under Pepe's close press.

There is a big difference between Raul today and Raul when he was young. He is no longer a simple striker who only needs to be responsible for scoring goals. In today’s Real Madrid team, his job is not scoring goals more often , but to defend and make the ball.

It is not easy for Pepe to steal the ball from Raul. The position is very sensitive now, and he does not dare to foul easily. He can only interfere from behind. As long as Raul does not have the idea of ​​turning around and breaking through, he can only do so.

Raul also found that Pepe's defense at the back was quite tight. He was not fully sure that he could turn around and break into the penalty area, so he passed the football out.

Football once again fell to Guti's feet.

Guti didn't even need to look up to know who the black figure in front of him was.

He is now in front of the penalty area, raising his foot to shoot, Wood rushed to block without hesitation. Guti flicked his ankle, and the shot turned into a direct pass!

He didn't pass it to Raul who was right in front of him, but passed it to the other side, which was almost a blind spot in his vision. He found the way to pass the ball, and the ball passed through the crowd in front of the penalty area and was sent to Robinho's feet.

Huge cheers erupted from the stands at the Bernabéu. The popular Brazilian cyclist instills a certain anticipation every time he takes the ball. Real Madrid fans love this kind of player who is good at performing fancy skills, because it can please them.

Piqué made up for the first time, and asked Robinho to sway the ball away.

Seeing Robinho start to perform, the cheers in the stands grew louder.

Piqué's reaction was quick. He expected that Robinho's next move would be to cut inside, so he quickly turned around and cut across Robinho's advancing route.

But this time he was wrong. Robinho didn't make any moves after pulling the ball, but Piqué made himself lose his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

The Brazilian boy easily shook off Piqué who fell to the ground, and then, without waiting for other Forest players to force him up, he cut in and kicked the goal!

Van der Sar put all his attention on Robinho after receiving the ball. Seeing his shot, he quickly saved it and blocked the football from the bottom line.

Although this attack did not score a goal, Guti glanced proudly at George Wood next to him. He initiated this attack from here, and the direction and line of sight he took the ball at that time completely deceived George Wood - when he looked at Raul and Higuain on the left, who would have thought that he was actually going to The ball goes into the space on the right?

But when Goodie glanced at Wood, what he saw made him even more depressed.

He only saw George Wood's back - Wood was busy returning to the penalty area to defend the corner kick.

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After falling behind, Real Madrid significantly strengthened their offensive, and a corner kick was not over yet. The football was pushed out by Forest's defender, and Real Madrid's midfielder intercepted the ball and continued to attack. Real Madrid, unwilling to be reconciled to falling behind at home, must quickly equalize the score.

However, Forest's overall defense has been tested by many major games. Until the end of the first half, Real Madrid did not get any good chances. In addition to Robinho's shot, Sneijder also had a long-range shot that bypassed Van der Sar's cross, but flew out against the post. Subsequently, Raul shot another close shot and Pepe used his body to the bottom line.

These three offensive opportunities were concentrated within ten minutes after conceding the ball, but when they failed to attack, Forest's quick counterattack forced Real Madrid to temporarily stop this crazy attack-they were worried that a quick counterattack by Forest would pull the ball away. Opened the score gap.

Seeing this scene, Tang En showed a happy smile on the sidelines. So far, games have been in his plans. Real Madrid is not afraid of others playing against them, or they like other teams to play against them, because they don't care how many goals they concede behind, as long as they score one more in front. What they hate most is when the opponent shrinks up, sets up troops near the penalty area, defends intensively, and then uses resolute and quick sneak attacks to get everything done.

But Nottingham Forest is such a team in its bones.

So the first half was very hard for Real Madrid's players on the field. On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the offensive and strive to equalize the score. On the other hand, it is necessary to always be on guard against their sudden fast break. With Beckham, the master of the long pass, the forest team's quick counterattack speed is even faster than before-the flying speed of football is always faster than the speed of human running...

Most of the time Nottingham Forest attack like this - hand the ball to Beckham, then van der Vaart and Ribery go forward, Van Nistelrooy pulls wide and Eastwood drops back. . Then Beckham made a long pass and accurately sent the football to the Forest players, maybe it was Ribery, maybe it was Van der Vaart, maybe it was Ruud van Nistelrooy, maybe it was Eastwood... In short, Eight of his long passes are accurate.

This situation is a headache for Real Madrid's defense. Unless someone can stick to Beckham, he can't stop him from doing so. The cost of this kind of counterattack is too low, and only Beckham needs to lift his foot.

Apart from the conceded goal, Schuster was silent throughout the first half, looking for a way to break this tactic. He knew very well in his heart that if he couldn't break it, he could only count on luck...

It would be a real shame if a manager admits that winning is a matter of luck.

At the end of the first half, Schuster's face was not very good. He could already hear boos coming down from the stands. Some people are complaining about the score behind, some people are complaining that the scene is ugly... What should he, the head coach, complain about?

I need defenders, not Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo!

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Tang En in the locker room was very happy. He didn't hide it at all. He praised everyone. The offensive players played their best in the process of scoring goals, and the defensive players are the contributors to the team's current lead.

"You guys did a great job. We have to play like this in the second half. Unless all luck goes to the opposite side, we won't lose." Tang En said firmly, boosting the players' confidence. In fact, these words are a bit superfluous. Today's Nottingham Forest is not the first time to play at the Bernabeu. When you see the stadium outside, you will take out your mobile phone and digital camera to take pictures of Nottingham Forest.

Someone from the forest team nodded. Twain wasn't saying nice words to boost morale, but the facts - as long as the Forest team took the lead, with their style of play, victory was a sure thing.

"Guti is the core of their offense." After Tang En finished speaking what everyone knew, he began to arrange more detailed tactics. "I think our only problem in the first half was that... we didn't stimulate Guti enough." The smile on Tang En's face was sinister.

"Don't expect George to be alone. We will change our strategy a little in the second half. Try to irritate Guti and make him lose his composure." Judging from the first half of the game, Guti's temper this season is much restrained than before. After Wood fell to the ground and refused to be friendly, anyone faced with this situation would be dissatisfied. If it was Guti two seasons ago, he might have gotten up and strangled the opponent, or when the Forest team hadn't even crossed halftime, he made an unnecessary bad foul and received a yellow card or even a red card. He vented his emotions and was sent off.

In this game, when Guti faced Wood's repeated provocations intentionally or unintentionally, he was able to hold back his anger, which made Tang En have to look at him differently. Is it Schuster's request, or his own character has matured?

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In the locker room of the home team, Schuster was pulling Guti and telling him something very important: "Obviously, you are now the first person that all opponents want to kill."

Guti drank water and did not express any opinion on this statement.

"You did a great job in the first half, but I'm still worried... I wonder if Tony Twain will ask more Forest players to attack you?"

Guti stopped drinking and looked at his coach.

"I believe he can really do this." After saying the previous sentence that surprised Guti, Schuster seemed to be more sure of this idea, and he added another sentence. "He will do whatever it takes to win. Everyone knows now that you are the heart of Real Madrid's attack..."

"That means he wants people to irritate me, make me play abnormally, or simply get sent off by himself?" Guti asked.

Schuster nodded.

Guti recalled George Wood's performance in the first half, and it really meant that.

"I won't let them do what they want," he cursed.

"You have to stay calm, no matter how provocative they are." Schuster reminded.

Guti put down the water bottle and nodded: "I know how to do it, sir."

Schuster patted him on the shoulder and ended the conversation.

As long as Guti does not lose his composure, Real Madrid has the hope of pulling back the score in the second half and even taking advantage of the situation to overtake.

The key lies in Guti. His state and performance are now the barometer of Real Madrid's performance.

But would Dunn let Guti go easily?

Schuster changed his mind, if Guti could really keep calm, then Nottingham Forest must be the unlucky one in the end, not us. Just wait and see, whose world is the second half.