Chapter 413: Widening the gap!

Chapter 413: Widening the gap!

In modern football matches, when a forward dribbles the ball forward, if there is a defensive player in front of him who keeps a distant distance, it will put huge psychological pressure on the forward.

If the forward gets anxious during this period and exposes a flaw, the defensive player can still spot the opportunity and destroy the ball in advance.

Even if the forward is calm-headed and not in a hurry, and both of them are dragged into the penalty area, then the defensive player has the advantage because there is still a goalkeeper in the penalty area.

Therefore, retreating to defend is a very smart defensive strategy!

Zhao Jinge frowned when he saw Casemiro's choice.

Does dropping back to defend compress space?

This kind of defensive method is quite shameless. The defender does not rush forward, does not take the ball easily, and just keeps retreating.

When people are retreating, they are definitely not as fast as running forward.

Therefore, the distance between the two will get closer and closer, which will lead to the safe space between Zhao Jinge and Casemiro getting smaller and smaller.

When the space is small enough, the offensive player dribbles the ball forward and simply gives the ball directly to the opponent.

If they don't want to hand over the ball so easily, they can only slow down and control the ball at their feet.

Once their speed slows down, this quick counterattack will basically fail.

In the future rise of Liverpool, Van Dijk relied on this move to resolve countless crises, and almost won the Ballon d'Or as a defender!

However, Fat Tiger is not Van Dijk, and Zhao Jinge is not an ordinary player.

Originally, the distance between the two was getting closer, but at this time, Zhao Jinge not only did not slow down his speed, but also accelerated it further.

Casemiro's eyes widened and sweat started to form on his back.

Is the other party planning to force it?

Casemiro chose to lower his center of gravity slightly and put on a posture ready to intercept.

When Zhao Jinge dribbles the ball forward, the ball never leaves his feet too far each time.

An average player would be considered successful every time he touches the ball and controls the ball one meter away from his feet, but Zhao Jinge, like the top players, can control the ball less than half a meter away from himself.

At this distance, it is too difficult to grab the ball from the opponent's feet!

But it’s not completely impossible, the key is to see the timing right!

Casemiro is waiting for his chance! The moment Zhao Jinge touched the ball and the ball flew away from his feet, if the Brazilian took action immediately, he would have a chance to intercept the ball before him!

However, there is only one such opportunity.

Once he fails to grab the ball, Zhao Jinge will not give him a second chance.

Casemiro waited until his time was running out. With the current speed of the two of them, if he didn't take action quickly, he would be passed by Zhao Jinge in a few seconds. Going to the shore

Finally, when he saw Zhao Jinge touch the ball again and the ball was getting closer to him, Casemiro took action!

However, the moment he took the shot, Zhao Jinge's foot that had just finished touching the ball touched the ball again before him and kicked the ball past him.

trap! Casemiro was horrified and realized that he had been fooled.

He quickly reached out and tried to pull Zhao Jinge's jersey.

This kind of action is likely to get a card, but if he does it in a subtle way and releases it immediately after pulling it, the referee may not notice it.

Sure enough, Zhao Jinge was pulled by his jersey covertly, staggering and almost losing his balance.

The referee saw the foul committed by Fat Tiger, but in order to facilitate the offense, he signaled for the game to continue.

good chance! Varane saw Zhao Jinge's staggering movements and immediately chose to destroy it!

No! Casemiro turned around and saw this scene, but it was too late to remind his teammates!

Almost at the moment Varane's foot was about to touch the football, his other foot stretched out and kicked the ball away accurately.

Varane was shocked and turned around quickly to make up for it.

But Varane is not the kind of player who turns around very quickly. By the time he completed his turn, Zhao Jinge had already entered Real Madrid's penalty area!

His teammates were passed too quickly and thoroughly, leaving Real Madrid goalkeeper Navas with no time to attack.

He squatted down slightly and stared nervously at Zhao Jinge's movements in order to judge the direction of the opponent's shot.

Zhao Jinge took a look at the goalkeeper's position, swung his feet and finished the shot before Ramos tackled the ball.

The position of this shot is almost exactly the same as that of Neymar's shot just now, both heading towards the upper left corner of the goal!

Although Navas was ready to make the save, he was not tall enough after all. Although his reaction speed was definitely no problem, his extremely stretched palms were just a little short of the distance!

With a "bang" sound, the football hit the inner crossbar and the inside of the uprights and bounced into the net.

The score was rewritten to three to one, with Manchester City leading by two goals.

This result was beyond the expectations of all the fans at the scene. Not only the Real Madrid fans did not expect this result, but also the Manchester City fans who were under great pressure just now did not expect it.

It's like this again, they were besieged for more than ten minutes in the first half, but they scored first, and it's the same in the second half!

is this real? !

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff fell into a brief silence. A few seconds later, huge boos came from the stands where Real Madrid fans gathered and flew to the entire stadium.

Real Madrid fans finally woke up! They were completely unable to accept that their hopes, which they had just barely seen, were dashed again.

This is the Champions League final! This is the stage that Real Madrid fans are most looking forward to!

Two consecutive finals without any breakthrough in front of the same opponent is simply something that these proud Real Madrid fans cannot accept!

However, when the game restarted, Real Madrid's offense did not stop. When it comes to the stage of the Champions League final, no team will give up easily!

Neymar dribbled the ball forward. After being surrounded by Manchester City players, he lost the chance to break through and passed the ball to Modric.

Modric handed it over to Toni Kroos to reorganize, and Toni Kroos glanced at Manchester City's penalty area.

The penalty area is densely packed with players from both sides. It is too difficult to pass the ball directly.

So he passed the ball back to Casemiro and used a backcourt kick to control the rhythm.

At the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid's attack was fast and fierce. Manchester City's defense was compressed so much that the three defense lines were almost stuck together.

Although they just scored a goal through a textbook quick counterattack, the Manchester City players are still not relieved. They are all top players. If it is not to win, who would be willing to be a turtle on the big stage of this kind of Champions League final! At this time, seeing Real Madrid backing up in the backcourt, Manchester City's players immediately seized the opportunity, pressed out of the formation, and regained the flexibility of the defense.

However, this is exactly what Real Madrid's midfielders, Toni Kroos and Modric want to see!

In the 61st minute of the game, Real Madrid saw Manchester City's defensive formation move forward a lot after making many consecutive turnovers in the midfield. There was a gap in the backcourt, and Toni Kroos suddenly moved the ball in a wide range. To the wing.

There were no Real Madrid players here, but after Toni Kroos passed the ball, a figure rushed over and received the pass from Toni Kroos in the open space on the wing.

Who?

Real Madrid's No. 2, right back Carvajal!

Carvajal immediately dribbled the ball down after receiving the ball from the wing. Manchester City's left back Clichy thought the opponent was going to pass down the bottom, so he put his hands behind his back and was ready to block it.

Other Manchester City players also had the same idea, and they all blocked their positions in the penalty area and did not give the opponent a chance to header the ball.

However, surprisingly, Carvajal did not choose to cross, but knocked the ball back.

Neymar appeared on the path of the football and received the ball at the corner of the penalty area.

This is the connection between the two players on the right side of Real Madrid. Carvajal's previous dribbling was just a cover. The purpose was actually to open up space for Neymar and create a chance for him to shoot.

Neymar did not waste Carvajal's exquisite assist. After receiving the ball, he adjusted and shot the ball into the dead center of the goal.

Joe Hart was powerless to do anything about the ball and could only watch as the ball flew into the goal.

Real Madrid soon regained the rhythm of the game through Neymar's wing attack and rewritten the score to 2-3.

This is Neymar's eighth Champions League goal this season. In addition, he has six assists.

If you exclude the monster Zhao Jinge, his statistics are definitely very impressive, and he can even be said to be a candidate for the best player in the Champions League this season.

After scoring the goal, Neymar was extremely excited. He ran to the corner and danced the samba.

Real Madrid fans at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff also gave warm applause and cheers to the rising star in their team.

Neymar's outstanding performance made Real Madrid fans feel a lot better.

We have Neymar, you have Zhao, we have Neymar!

They took turns singing Neymar's song to express their innermost thoughts and support for the Real Madrid star.

Seeing Neymar's goal, Zhao Jinge was a little helpless.

There is a leak in the defense line!

The teammates were probably a little relaxed because Real Madrid didn't attack as fiercely as before.

And their laxity gave Real Madrid the opportunity to create murderous intent.

Toni Kroos passed the ball very well and took advantage of the change in rhythm to catch Manchester City off guard.

Of course, Neymar's movement is also very good. When Carvajal dribbled the ball down, he did not rush into the Manchester City penalty area immediately, so that the Manchester City players did not pay attention to him. Otherwise, I'm afraid he won't have a chance to shoot.

"Manchester City and Real Madrid scored goals one after another within ten minutes, and there was a back and forth between the two teams!"

After conceding the ball this time, Guardiola called De Bruyne and other midfielders to the sidelines, asking them to play more aggressively in the following time, and must impose greater pressure on Real Madrid's midfield. pressure!

When play resumed, Real Madrid quickly noticed the difference in Manchester City.

They found that Manchester City played more proactively, and the players were more active in counterattacking against Real Madrid in their own half.

It’s not like Real Madrid has never encountered this kind of pressing, so they didn’t care at first.

But as Manchester City players committed several fouls on the court, they began to realize that something was wrong.

"Real Madrid has the ball, Toni Kroos holds the ball, Gundogan steps forward to intercept, De Bruyne also comes over, Toni Kroos is pressed by Manchester City!"

Not only did Real Madrid realize that something was wrong, but the commentators in the commentary box also discovered Manchester City's intentions.

"Since the restart of the game just now, Manchester City seems to have increased its pressure on Toni Kroos. As long as Toni Kroos gets the ball, there will be Manchester City players attacking him immediately, which makes it difficult for Toni Kroos to gain space. Go organize the attack.”

Toni Kroos is the core of Real Madrid's midfield and one of the team's quickest brains. Without his command and dispatch, Real Madrid's offense was not as smooth as it was in the first half.

And due to Toni Kroos' position, once he loses the ball here, Manchester City will immediately form a threatening attack.

Such attacks occurred very rarely in the first half, but Manchester City had already played them several times in the second half.

If it weren't for the outstanding performance of the defender and goalkeeper, Manchester City might have expanded the score again at this time.

Toni Kroos is experienced and after realizing the opponent's intention, he reduced the number of receptions and did not give the opponent a chance to steal the ball and counterattack.

But in this way, it is equivalent to killing one thousand enemies and damaging oneself eight hundred.

Although Manchester City can't open a breakthrough from him, Real Madrid's offensive threat has dropped a lot since they lost Toni Kroos' organization and planning.

Moreover, Manchester City's counter-attacking intensity in the second half was comprehensively improved. This does not mean that Toni Kroos gave up the organization work to Modric and Neymar and they stopped grabbing.

When Modric and Neymar hold the ball, Manchester City players will also press them.

After all, Manchester City has the top sweeping defensive midfielder Kante. With his sweeping range, Manchester City's efficiency in executing counter-attack tactics will be greatly improved.

In the 68th minute of the game, Manchester City successfully counterattacked in the backcourt. Gundogan immediately handed the ball to Mane on the wing after receiving the ball.

Mane knew how fast these guys from Real Madrid were pressing, so he didn't dare take the ball and immediately passed it to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne did not dare to take more and quickly passed the ball to Zhao Jinge.

The ball came to Zhao Jinge's feet and basically got rid of most of Real Madrid's defensive players.

Taking advantage of the fact that Real Madrid's full-back had not come back after assisting, Zhao Jinge quickly dribbled the ball along the wing.

(End of this chapter)