Chapter 410 Opening the scoring

Chapter 410 Opening the scoring

Players from both teams were highly nervous. In the 15th minute of the game, Marcelo tried to pass the ball to Bell when he was attacking from the left, but the ball was blocked by Clichy and passed to Real Madrid. A throw-in in the frontcourt.

This is Real Madrid's first throw-in in this game.

Marcelo quickly threw the ball to Modric who ran over to catch the ball. As soon as the Real Madrid midfielder caught the ball, Mane, who returned to his own half, immediately pressed him closely, but Modric wanted to Get the ball and cut inside.

At this moment, Gundogan suddenly came over. Without taking a step or making any movement, he just raised his head and raised his chest, directly blocking Modric's line with his body. As a result, the Real Madrid midfielder bumped into him. Gundogan.

The force was not heavy enough to prevent him from falling to the ground, but he lost control of the ball and was immediately intercepted by Mane, who then stabbed De Bruyne in front of him.

The Belgian was ready to go. As soon as he saw Mane passing the ball, he stopped the ball and moved forward.

Go forward!

Manchester City launched a quick counterattack.

Blue Moon's entire midfield, Mahrez on the left, De Bruyne and Zhao Jinge in the middle, Mane and Gundogan on the right began to move forward, everyone was sprinting forward quickly, counterattacking with great strength. It was so big that even Real Madrid was surprised.

Zidane loudly reminded his players on the sidelines, especially the defense.

There were bursts of exclamations throughout the stadium.

De Bruyne's dribbling speed is not too fast, but he has been rotated many times recently. After adequate rest, he is in very good physical condition and has skillful movements with his feet. Especially with his excellent vision, he can play in Real Madrid's half. The field showed his dribbling skills to the fullest.

Toni Kroos was about to get stuck in his position at the first moment, trying to block De Bruyne's path. He saw the Belgian skillfully carrying the ball and rushing into the German defense zone. With a slight pull, he used His body leaned against Teacher Tony, making it impossible for Teacher Tony, who was not strong in defensive ability at this time, to make the next move.

De Bruyne was a little slower, but the ball was still under his control. He took a step forward, got rid of Teacher Tony's entanglement, rushed into Real Madrid's defensive third area, and passed the ball long to Zhao Jinge in front.

The Manchester City center stopped the ball between the two Real Madrid center backs, but he noticed Ramos's action of calling Casemiro. The Real Madrid center back called out too fast, and Zhao Jinge asked himself whether he was sure to force a breakthrough.

One-on-three, they are still the three top defensive players in the world. As long as the opponent is willing to pay a little price, the possibility of him passing is very low!

If it was a single person or even two people, he would just kick the ball forward, accelerate quickly, and rush over.

But breaking into a cage with three people is definitely not a wise choice.

So, when Zhao Jinge rushed to the 30-meter area of ​​Real Madrid, he suddenly stopped and stopped De Bruyne's pass. He turned around and wanted to go to the left to find Mahrez.

At this time, Mahrez should be allowed to use his technical advantages on the wing.

But he thinks so, and Real Madrid thinks so too.

Real Madrid's attack just now was on the left. Carvajal, the right back, was not too far forward. At this moment, he had returned to his position in time, following Mahrez, while Varane was stuck. Zhao Jinge passed on the route behind him.

If you really want to pass it, there is a certain probability of success, but it is relatively small.

Zhao Jinge changed his mind almost instantly, quickly protected the ball and passed it back to De Bruyne.

As soon as the Belgian stopped the ball and was about to take it forward, he heard Gundogan's shout from behind him.

"Right, right!"

De Bruyne just heard the shout and instinctively looked to his right.

That's a huge gap.

Before Marcelo could return to his position, Mane had already stepped forward to this area.

“Don’t stick to the ball, pass it when it’s time to pass it, there are not many opportunities, don’t waste it!

When Zhao Jinge was surrounded by Real Madrid, he tried to use our two wings. I believe they can make good use of the space created by Zhao Jinge! "

De Bruyne's head coach's pre-match instructions flashed through his mind, and he passed the ball diagonally to the side without thinking.

The ball was passed diagonally from the center of the thirty-meter area to the right side.

Real Madrid's defensive focus also shifted immediately, especially Ramos, the captain of Real Madrid who was the first among them, and he immediately rushed towards Mane.

The Senegalese winger dribbled the ball into the right side of Real Madrid's penalty area. After being caught up by Ramos, he suddenly stopped without giving Ramos any time to adjust his center of gravity. He moved the ball to the center with the outside of his foot for a short time. Step forward and cut inside yourself to catch up.

As soon as Ramos rushed into the penalty area, he saw Mane make an emergency stop, and he immediately followed suit.

But he was caught off guard, and he didn't react as quickly as Mane. When he adjusted his focus, he saw that Casemiro had also chased back into the penalty area.

Just as the two players were about to form a double attack, Mane suddenly hit a half-high ball with his left foot.

The football just flew out from between the two defensive players Casemiro and Ramos. After drawing a beautiful arc, it landed at the back of the goal!

There, Zhao Jinge, who was advancing, faced Varane's defense and directly knocked Mane's pass into the upper left corner of Real Madrid's goal!

"GOAL!!!!!"

"Zhao Jinge!!"

Zhao Jinge quickly turned around and rushed out of the stadium, roaring crazily all the way, venting his inner excitement and excitement, and opening the scoring. It was such a wonderful feeling!

It was at this moment that the entire Cardiff city erupted in exclamation for thousands of years.

But the ball has been scored! "Zhao Jinge!"

"Less than twenty minutes into the game, Manchester City scored against Real Madrid with a header from Zhao Jinge."

"Oh my god, this goal came so suddenly!"

"A great start for Manchester City!"

"We really can't say anything more. Manchester City used a wonderful goal and counterattack to prove to the world that they are still one of the strongest teams in the world!"

"Even in the Champions League final, it only took them 17 minutes to score against Real Madrid."

"One to zero! Real Madrid's strong offensive after the start did not yield the results they wanted, and they fell behind before it was over!"

"Steal the ball on the right and quickly counterattack from the left. This is also reasonable. After all, Mane retreated so far, but Real Madrid also consciously blocked Manchester City's counterattack from the left, so Zhao Jinge wanted to pass Mahrez, but no success."

"Mane's back-up move! Mane's sudden back-up move this time was not only timely, but also very threatening. Even Marcelo couldn't keep up in time!"

"This kind of communication and response from Manchester City players on the field is also worth learning from. I saw that someone shouted and De Bruyne turned around. Otherwise, I guess he wanted to go on by himself. "

"If De Bruyne had done it himself, he would have hit Real Madrid's defense and he would have been able to shoot, but it would have been difficult to create a threat.

Even if he managed to create a threat, he probably wouldn't be able to score a goal. Although Navas is not tall, his skills on the goal line are not vegetarian.

On the contrary, De Bruyne cleverly moved the ball to Mane's side, directly hitting a gap and pulling out Real Madrid's defense.

Even if Mane chooses to start by himself and not pass the ball, as long as he grasps the appropriate shooting angle before Casemiro and Ramos are surrounded, Manchester City still has a high probability of scoring.

The personal abilities of this group of players make it a high probability for them to score goals as long as they get a chance.

Real Madrid's conceding seemed inevitable.

After all, when it comes to preventing counterattacks, especially after Modric lost the ball, no one immediately launched a counterattack in time.

It may be that the players have not entered the state yet, or it may be that the players are still a little relaxed.

And this very slight flaw was caught by Manchester City. "

With Zhao Jinge's opening goal, Manchester City tried to steal another wave, but this time Real Madrid learned the lesson.

Seeing that there was no chance, and Real Madrid gradually stabilized its position and regained control of the game, Guardiola signaled the team to start to retreat.

Real Madrid gradually took control of the ball again,

I have to admit that Real Madrid's ability to pass and control the ball is really very good. The players' skillful and tacit understanding of passing and receiving each other, although it has not reached the level of Barcelona, ​​​​but it is still not to be underestimated.

As an opponent, facing such a team, it is simply impossible to chase the ball.

The result of doing that is that you will tire yourself to death. Not only will you not be able to grab the ball, but you will also be constantly pulled by Real Madrid, creating a gap that will be blown away by the opponent in one fell swoop.

The tactics adopted by Guardiola are different. Under his tactical guidance, Manchester City will take the initiative to apply pressure once they lose the ball, but always maintain the meticulousness of the overall formation. The players cooperate with each other and never go to Real Madrid. Grabbing the ball is just a constant movement of the overall formation.

As Guardiola has always emphasized, when facing Real Madrid, as long as they maintain a rigorous defensive formation and put enough pressure on their opponents, no matter how much Real Madrid controls the ball, it will be useless.

At the same time, it is necessary to find out Real Madrid's offensive routine.

After gradually taking control of the game, Real Madrid tried hard to bring the game into the rhythm they are best at.

But Manchester City just didn't live up to their expectations.

Whenever there was an opportunity, Manchester City applied pressure, forcing Real Madrid to increase the pace. Once they got the ball, they immediately launched a quick counterattack.

As Guardiola expected, Real Madrid actually wanted to achieve a breakthrough from two ribs.

The front three of Bell, Benzema and Neymar frequently cross and change positions, and there are even situations where Bell breaks forward.

But Manchester City remained unmoved. No matter who played in which position, Manchester City stuck to the center and flanks.

Kanter often retreats to the area near the penalty area, even level with the central defender, while De Bruyne and Gundogan can actively return to the defense line to protect.

Mahrez, Mane, and even Zhao Jinge actively retreated to defend.

This allowed Real Madrid to have a high possession rate, but the offense was never able to open up, let alone a threatening offense.

Manchester City's defense is very different from the passive, iron-barrel defense.

For example, this one at twenty-one minutes.

Real Madrid tried to break into Manchester City's hinterland from the right rib of the Manchester City penalty area, but as soon as the ball was passed, Stones, who stepped forward in time, got ahead of Benzema, cleared the ball and kicked it away. go out.

The ball flew very far and landed in the front court.

Zhao Jinge retreated to the left side of the bottom of the center circle in his own half, determined the landing point, and got stuck in the position, trying to grab the first landing point, but Ramos caught up from behind and jumped directly on Zhao Jinge. Headed back.

This made Zhao Jinge really depressed. If he had been a little bit thief just now and just walked away, the Real Madrid captain would have been beaten to pieces.

Injuries are even possible.

This Real Madrid central defender is so outrageous. Do you really think he is still the best in the world on the court? !

This kind of personality will suffer a big loss sooner or later.

It can be said that, but after the ball was pushed back by Ramos, it fell to the left side of the top edge of the Manchester City penalty area.

Benzema and Neymar both rushed over to grab the ball immediately, but Stones was one step faster, relying on his height and strength advantages to forcefully block the position, grab the first landing point, and stop the ball with his chest. , passed to Gundogan.

In this regard, Real Madrid players are really at a disadvantage.

But Real Madrid also has its own set of tricks, which is close combat.

Toni Kroos, Benzema and Neymar formed a double attack on De Bruyne at the same time, trying to trap the German and intercept the ball.

If you steal in this position, you can score a goal at any time.

Of course, Teacher Guo also knew that. He immediately took action to protect the ball, and he spotted an opportunity and wanted to take it to the left.

To the wing, the defensive pressure will be so great.

The small movements of Benzema and Neymar interfered with De Bruyne. Toni Kroos took a chance and suddenly took the ball to the left sideline.

Krish decisively grabbed the ball and stopped it.

But as soon as the ball was stopped, Toni Kroos had already rushed forward.

The two struggled again. Clichy wanted to pass the ball back to De Bruyne, but was blocked by Toni Kroos.

The ball bounced high and fell to the left wing.

Mahrez retreated and used his body to hold up Carvajal who was following him. Facing the falling ball, he directly headed the ball behind Toni Kroos into a small unmanned area in the middle.

Casemiro did not dare to press too far forward, and Toni Kroos chased the ball, resulting in a small gap between him and Modric.

De Bruyne took the lead, intercepted the ball and passed it to Zhao Jinge in front. After avoiding Modric, he ran into the gap and Manchester City got another good opportunity to counterattack!

(End of this chapter)