Chapter 118 It's Hard to Find a Team as Tenacious as You, but I Just Want to Win

"Leon has a broad vision. Look at Di Maria's choice! Cross! Ronaldo, head the ball back! Leon--!!!

Leon shoots! A close-range shot! Goal?! Goal--!!! Cech didn't save it! Leon scored the ball into Chelsea's goal!!!

Leon became the first Chinese player to score a goal in the Champions League final! He is also the first Asian player to achieve this achievement! Leon made history! He opened the ceiling of the record of achievements of Asian players in a single season in the European League!!!"

When He Wei saw Leon score the goal, he was so excited that he cheered with the Real Madrid fans at the scene!

His passionate speech speed made Coach Zhang, who was also overjoyed, unable to interrupt.

But Coach Zhang didn't mind. After seeing He Wei's emotions calm down a little, he smiled and took over the conversation.

"This is a new milestone record. No Asian player has scored in the Champions League final before. Li Ang did it! Wow, it really fits the words of domestic fans. Li doesn't score many goals, but each one is worth a thousand gold. He loves to play tough games and score key goals!"

Coach Zhang's praise made many Chinese fans in front of the TV who had just recovered from their passionate state laugh again.

Well, this is the conclusion given by the brother in the forum when he counted the distribution data of Li Ang's goals.

At that time, the fans who joined in the fun were all flooding the screen in the "Little Lion Bar", saying that Li Ang only scored against strong teams and played tough games.

Unexpectedly, it was later moved to a certain pounce.

He Wei and Duan Xuan also mentioned this interesting story during the commentary, and then it naturally spread in the domestic football circle.

However, this is not a forced praise for Li Ang, because Li Ang is better at showing better performance and status when playing against strong teams.

Perhaps, after defeating Lazio with a header in Serie A last season, Li Ang has been on the road of becoming stronger when facing strong opponents~

At this moment, Li Ang, who was hugged and patted passionately by his teammates on the court, kept exclaiming the word "lucky".

To be honest, Li Ang felt like his soul had left his body when he scored the goal. He just felt happy and happy!

But after being hugged by Ronaldo, his mind gradually became clear, and he just felt fortunate.

If the position of the football that Ronaldo had just pointed back was a little off, not near the penalty spot, his explosive shot would have been very likely to hit the plane directly.

It would be okay to be laughed at by the fans at that time. Li Ang didn't care how the outside world mocked him. He would only hate that he missed such a great opportunity to expand the score!

Fortunately, the result was the best. Ronaldo deliberately gave the header to his most comfortable kicking position. He did not disappoint his teammates' trust, and did not disappoint his hard training for so long.

He originally thought that he would use it in the last round of the match against Bayern, but he didn't expect that it would be of great use in the final.

"This is not luck, but your own efforts that have brought you the best rewards. Well done! Little Lion."

C Ronaldo patted Li Ang's shoulder vigorously at last and encouraged him.

At this moment, the Real Madrid bench has regained some calm. The Real Madrid players on the bench have already started discussing with red faces.

Mourinho suppressed his pounding heart and surging emotions and continued to press his hands down.

He signaled his disciples, whether on or off the court, to restrain their passion at this time.

Fortunately, after Chelsea's players kicked off again, the referee on duty blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.

Mourinho had fifteen minutes to keep his players calm.

At the same time, he could calmly make tactical arrangements for the second half of the game with a two-goal lead at halftime.

Di Matteo was a little helpless, but there was not much frustration in his eyes.

This mentality made Mourinho look at him with new eyes again.

At the same time, it also sounded the alarm in Mourinho's heart again.

After the Real Madrid starting players on the field returned to the locker room, Mourinho stopped talking with Karanka and took the lead in giving warm applause to his disciples.

This was an undisguised pride and praise, which the Real Madrid players enjoyed very much.

Being encouraged and praised by Mourinho during the halftime break of the Champions League final has already shown how successful they were in the first half.

However, the turning point came as quickly as always.

Karanka quickly moved the tactical board to the front of the locker room, and Mourinho signaled the players to continue sitting on the benches to rest and did not need to stand up.

"They didn't give up. If we could open the door of Chelsea's dressing room, we would hear that the anger and resentment hidden in their team was about to burst through their bodies.

That was a mature enough team. They had played a Champions League final, many Champions League semi-finals, and they had played against many strong teams.

So, what I have been emphasizing before the game, vigilance and respect for opponents, is also here.

You can feel that even if we have done enough detailed tactical drills before the game, Drogba, Lampard, and other veterans will still cause us a lot of trouble in the game. "

When he said this, Mourinho picked up the pen on the table and tapped the area of ​​the court where Drogba and Lampard were on the tactical board.

"They are too familiar with how to adjust their mentality, and too familiar with how to withstand pressure and make the right choice in adversity.

Believe me, they will be very united, very, very united, just like us, because the team that can successfully stand on this stage at the end of the season all understands the meaning of unity and sacrifice.

I am very sad to face the disciples I have taught, but I am also very fortunate, because today I am fighting side by side with you!

Believe me, you are the best group of players I have ever seen, no one! (Applause)

Come on, in the last half of the game, promise me, let's forget the so-called leading advantage we had before, and let those scores go to hell! Let's start from the beginning, step by step, down to earth, and make new tactical adjustments."

Amid the enthusiastic applause and cheers, Mourinho calmly and confidently began to arrange his tactical arrangements for the second half.

Every Real Madrid player was listening carefully.

The tactics are not complicated, but because they are not complicated, it is more difficult than usual to do the best in their respective positions.

In such a final stage, a little mistake may bring far more serious consequences than expected.

Compared to their strong performance in some periods of the first half, Chelsea's players are not as good in hard power, but their mentality is indeed better.

Even when they were two goals behind, Li Ang could see anger and depression in Cech and Terry's eyes, but only saw Not frustrated.

At this moment, Li Ang finally understood why Mourinho had been asking them to be alert before the game.

Mentality.

Chelsea has come a long way in this year's Champions League, and has survived many times, so their mentality has long been relaxed.

Real Madrid is going a bit smoothly, not to say that they can't play against adversity, but in terms of mentality, they have more faith in winning, which is a good thing, but it also has a bad effect.

Li Ang couldn't say what kind of changes the difference in mentality between the two teams would bring to the second half of the game.

But he knew that he himself would not have the slightest psychological burden.

Because since he set foot on the road to the professional arena, he has not had too many complicated thoughts and desires for fame and fortune.

Fame and fortune, that's good, he doesn't refuse, if not, he actually doesn't care more.

But there is one thing he cares about, that is, on the field, he just wants to win!

Seize every opportunity in life that may only come once, he will try his best, just to stand on the top of the final victory!

This is what he enjoys most in the professional field, winning the game, winning the victory, winning the trophy!

This is completely different from the career path chosen by Master Belleron.

But Leon got Belleron's praise in La Coruña, because what he pursued was also the part he enjoyed most in professional football.

From this point of view, Leon and Belleron are already on the same path, walking their own way, pursuing their ideal goals, and their thoughts are also very pure.

The slight changes in Leon's temperament soon attracted Alonso's Attention.

But the halftime break was already halfway through, Casillas and Ramos were making the final mobilization, and Brother Long did not ask Li Ang what he was thinking.

However, there was one thing that Alonso was sure of as always.

That is, Li Ang was his most trusted midfield partner in Real Madrid, and he also believed that Li Ang would not let him down!

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The second half of the game soon resumed with the cheers of tens of thousands of fans on the scene.

Chelsea unexpectedly stepped up the rhythm of the confrontation.

They wanted to speed up the attack and defense frequency of the two teams to provide more offensive opportunities for themselves.

Still the 4-4-2 formation, Chelsea played more and more simply and directly.

If there was a chance, they would make a long pass to Drogba, with Drogba as the axis, and radiate the offensive route around after getting the ball steadily.

In the last stage of the first half, Chelsea once opened up the scene on the offensive end with this trick.

At this time, Di Matteo should have directly established a counterattack tactic based on this set of play.

It's true that when you are in doubt, you can find the Magic Beast. The big center forward is very useful in the cup game.

Mourinho looked at Drogba, and then looked at Benzema, who was wide-eyed and silly in the Chelsea half.

He felt a little uncomfortable, but in the end Mourinho could only comfort himself with words like "Benzema is still young and has a future of reform."

Benzema didn't know what his head coach was thinking at this time, and he was still very diligently waiting for the counterattack ball that could be passed at any time.

In the second half, Real Madrid changed to the same 4-4-2 formation as Chelsea. Benzema, as a center forward, played quite well today.

There is definitely a qualitative difference between him and Drogba, but his current tactical position in the team has successfully surpassed Higuain.

If he gains weight and practices more headers and confrontations, he will be a standard center forward for Mourinho.

Ronaldo will be relieved of the heavy responsibility of defense. As the core figure of the counterattack, Mourinho has given him more tactical privileges.

Li Ang, who was pulled to the side, and Di Maria, who was kicked back to the midfield, had to control Chelsea's ball advancement on both wings.

It can be said that Mourinho's adjustment once again pinched Chelsea's offensive life.

You can pass the long pass from the back to the front, and you can pass it as you like, but don't think about combining the side and the middle.

Reduce the destruction of the cross from Chelsea's two wings to the middle. Drogba either dribbles into Real Madrid's penalty area by himself, or relies on Kalou to create a weak defensive side for him.

But these two points are obviously not feasible. The Warcraft's footwork is much better than when he was young, but he is not the type of player who can shoot.

As for Kalu's skills, he may pass Arbeloa once or twice, but what about shooting after passing?

Less than ten minutes into the second half, Di Matteo frowned as he saw that his offensive tactics were once again cracked by Mourinho.

After a little consideration, he had to call up several Chelsea players on the bench and asked them to warm up quickly.

If he doesn't play the back hand now, after 70 minutes of the second half, if Mourinho signals Real Madrid to shrink its formation, Di Matteo will be in trouble.

The warm-up of Torres and Bertrand on the sidelines quickly attracted the attention of commentators from various countries.

He Wei and Zhang Lu also made a quick analysis.

Bertrand can play in two positions on the left side, but it is not realistic to use him to replace Ramirez or Ashley Cole.

In comparison, the possibility of replacing Kalou with Torres is much greater.

Torres' shooting level has declined a lot now, but his advantages in running and speed are still there. It is better to replace him than Kalou who just messes around and doesn't know what to do after passing the opponent.

Di Matteo did not keep the suspense of substitution for too long. In the 60th minute of the second half, Kalou, who had played for 15 minutes, was replaced by Torres.

At this time, Malouda also started warming up on the sidelines. It seems that Di Matteo is determined to launch a general attack.

After Torres came on the court, Chelsea also began to use Drogba and Torres to attack.

The first is that Drogba can pass the ball to Torres, let Torres help to attract some of Real Madrid's defensive forces, and then he will run to find opportunities to grab points.

Torres scored in the two rounds against Milan before. It seems that his form has recovered recently. Real Madrid's defense dares to let Kalou shoot, so they still have to be vigilant against Torres.

With the two of them as cover, Lampard, who was in an advanced position, could also look for long-range shooting opportunities.

This is Lampard's signature offensive move.

After Li Ang pulled to the side, Essien and Alonso had to guard against Lampard's sudden heavy artillery attack.

As an old teammate and old friend, Essien naturally would not give Lampard too much room to play.

After Lampard's first long-range shot tested Casillas, Essien took the initiative to defend him.

To be honest, as long as the defense was interfered in the first time, Lampard's long-range shooting effect would naturally be greatly reduced.

Mourinho was relieved when he saw this, and repeatedly indicated that Essien did a good job.

Torres began to retreat frequently to get the ball, connecting Lampard and Mata on the wing.

With Li Ang's defense, it was difficult for Mata to easily pass the ball into the penalty area, but cutting inside to organize the ball and connecting the attack still had a certain effect.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Chelsea's seemingly out-of-bounds pass was once again in vain.

Drogba protected the ball and passed it back. Lampard retreated two steps under Essien's close defense, but suddenly passed the ball horizontally!

A tall blue figure led the ball and began to move forward. This change made Di Maria on the side not even have time to recover his position to intercept!

That was Mikel.

Mikel, who had been silently defending and passing the ball before, and had hardly participated in the attack.

At this moment, at a distance of about 33 meters from the Real Madrid goal, he adjusted his pace silently and firmly while running!

"Stop him!"

Pepe reacted immediately and shouted for Alonso to press forward to interfere.

But it was too late!

Mikel's long shot went straight to the far corner of the Real Madrid goal like a heavy artillery!

This was a half-high ball, which should not be difficult to save, but Casillas' heart sank at this time!

Because the ball was too fast and the force was too good!

When he was halfway through the save, the ball had already passed his fingertips!

"Bang!!!"

The slightly crisp sound of the ball hitting the post made Casillas' heart turn from sadness to joy.

But the next second, a Chelsea player rushed into the penalty area and made a supplementary shot at the rebounding ball, which made Casillas feel like he was falling into an ice cave again!

"Torres!!! Make up the empty goal! The ball went in--!!! Incredible magical long shot! Incredible Mikel and Torres! The ball went in!!! Chelsea pulled themselves back from the edge of the cliff! There are still more than 20 minutes left, and Chelsea still has a chance to drag the game into overtime!"

The commentator of Sky Sports in England was completely crazy at this time!

See life in despair!

This goal made all Chelsea fans "alive" again in despair!

Chelsea fans at the Allianz Arena in Munich also roared fiercely in the stands with great passion!

They are not dead yet, they are still alive, they are still living on the stage of the Champions League final! ! !

From 0-2 to 1-2, the morale is completely different, for both teams.

Real Madrid did not make a big mistake on the defensive end, but they did give Chelsea a chance.

A trivial opportunity, but Chelsea seized it!

Torres, who came on as a substitute, used his spiritual running position to help Chelsea regain a glimmer of life.

He held the ball and called on his teammates to return to the half court to wait for Real Madrid to kick off.

Li Ang was also rarely "excited" at this time.

No accusations, no scolding, Li Ang just waved his arms excitedly, and shouted loudly to signal his teammates that they must cheer up!

"We must be aware! This is not an opportunity that can come again next year if we miss it! Ten years! It has been ten years since our club last won the Champions League!"

"Fight everything, brothers, fight everything! Because we may only have such a chance!"

"Don't be discouraged, fight to the last moment! We must, must fight to the last moment!!!"

Li Ang's roar and roar almost exhausted all his strength. Other Real Madrid players who rarely saw him like this were stunned at first, and then.

The "anger" in their hearts was also ignited!

"Yes! Is it easy for us to get here?! Chelsea can fight, we can fight harder than them!"

"Cheer up! We will definitely win!!!"

"Today is the day! I've had enough of the failures and embarrassments of the past few seasons! We must win the championship today!"

"Remind your teammates to stand more, stay calm, and score a few more goals!"

From the turbulent atmosphere to the stable situation within the team, it took just one or two minutes.

Chelsea had already set up the football and shouted encouragement to each other to stand in position, but Real Madrid's momentum was no worse.

The murderous aura in Ronaldo's eyes was almost overflowing!

He just felt that he needed to vent, and he needed to use a goal to severely crush all the hopes of Chelsea!

In the final of 2008, he scored in the game, but the penalty he missed in the end became a regret in his heart.

Today, he didn't want to leave any regrets, and didn't want to cry because of the defeat.

"Chris!"

Leon shouted loudly when Ronaldo and Benzema were about to kick off.

Ronaldo looked back and saw Li Ang nodding vigorously at him with a determined look in his eyes.

The two did not communicate much, but their nods to each other had silently said all the words of mobilization.

Mourinho also walked to the sidelines at this time. He saw the strong spirit of his disciples after the game resumed!

He saw Ronaldo's unstoppable advance after passing Mikel after getting the ball.

He saw Benzema's toughness in squeezing into Terry's defensive area.

He also saw Li Ang's madness in sprinting at full speed without sparing his physical strength!

"This is my team, this is, my Real Madrid!"

Mourinho suddenly felt that he had no tactics to adjust.

He only hoped that his disciples, with this resolute spirit, would play until the last point and the last second of this game!

The players of the two teams directly fought with gunpowder on the field.

As the movements became bigger, the referee's whistle sounded frequently.

In the 76th minute, Di Maria and Ashley Cole both fell to the ground in a fight for the ball.

After they stood up, they started to push and shove each other, and each received a yellow card.

In the 79th minute, Chelsea intercepted the ball and quickly counterattacked. Marcelo blocked Chelsea's rapid advance with a foul tackle and received another yellow card!

The rhythm of the game began to be interrupted by frequent confrontations and fouls on both sides.

However, at this time, Di Matteo took the initiative to ask his players to be more rational and calm.

Because there was really not much time left, if they continued to play like this, Real Madrid would win the Champions League with a one-goal lead.

The Chelsea players who came to their senses first subconsciously avoided the direct confrontation with Real Madrid.

They had to be patient at this time.

Because Real Madrid would press forward and attack greatly, Mikel also found an opportunity to make another long pass to Drogba, who was only guarded by Ramos!

This time, without double-teaming, Drogba no longer hesitated, and chose to turn around with the ball in a rude manner the moment he stopped the ball with his chest!

Ramos alone could not withstand his brute force, but at this critical moment, Alonso, who had been lagging behind, decisively made a frontal tackle!

The ball that Drogba had just brought over was beautifully shoveled back by Alonso.

Arbeloa, who rushed out from the flank to meet the attack, passed the ball to Marcelo who started to advance before Lampard!

The Chelsea players who had just started to rush forward had to urgently chase back and set up defense.

Li Ang ran faster than all Chelsea defenders in the middle, and he didn't even need to raise his hand to ask for the ball. Marcelo quickly passed the ball to him!

Mikel learned his lesson this time and started to retreat in advance, not giving Li Ang the opportunity to pass him directly.

But at the moment when Li Ang retreated, he chose to make a bold through pass!

The through pass of more than 20 meters in Chelsea's half was like a sharp sword that tore through the two lines of defense of the Blues!

Ivanovic turned a beat slower and failed to keep up with Ronaldo's forward pace.

Gary Cahill did react, but his speed was not up to par, so he took a gamble and tried to intercept the through pass in advance!

He failed. The through pass given by Li Ang was very fast, almost without considering whether Ronaldo could stop it!

So after Ronaldo was ecstatic in his heart, he felt cold in his heart the moment he touched the ball!

The ball stopped too far the moment he stopped, and Ronaldo was numb, but Cech didn't react in the first time.

When fighting for the second reaction, Ronaldo made up his mind and simply threw himself out, completing the shovel shot while falling to the ground!

Cech and Ronaldo collided with each other. Cech, who was wearing a helmet, did not suffer any physical injuries, but the area of ​​his heart was torn apart infinitely at this moment!

Because the football was picked up by Ronaldo and passed his interception range, it bounced towards Chelsea's goal at a moderate speed!

Terry rushed into the net at the critical moment and hooked the football out with his foot before it landed.

Benzema, who followed up, was a little flustered. He looked at the referee. The referee on duty did not hesitate too much after being reminded by the linesman. The next moment, he pointed to the kick-off point!

"The goal is valid! The goal is valid!!! Ronaldo's shovel shot finally crossed the line completely! The 84th minute of the game! The final goal! The connection between Li Ang and Ronaldo almost completely killed the game! Real Madrid's counterattack is too tough!!!"

He Wei almost didn't come back in one breath. His face was red, and the passionate commentary made countless domestic Real Madrid fans start the early carnival at this moment!

After seeing the referee signal that the goal was valid, Ronaldo did not celebrate as excitedly as before.

After kissing the grass where he had just fallen, he sat in the Chelsea penalty area and laughed and opened his arms to Li Ang!

Li Ang, Ronaldo and Benzema who ran over hugged each other tightly!

He exhaled deeply, and his heart was completely at ease!

This Chelsea is the toughest team he has met this season!

Maybe in the history of the Champions League, there will be no team as tough as this Chelsea.

But he just wants to win today!

No one can stop him!