Chapter 598 Mercury Floods the Ground

Zidane analyzed to his players during the halftime break that if Manchester United was a truly weak team, generally speaking, such a strong team would be satisfied to reach the Champions League final, so even if the game was tied at 1:1, they would not rush to exert their strength, they would be more cautious to avoid losing more goals, dragging the game into overtime, or even a penalty shootout.

This is the usual practice of the weaker side in a game where the strength of the two sides is clearly determined, and it is also the most likely way to achieve an upset.

But Manchester United is not a weak team in the ordinary sense. They are a wealthy club that has begun to recover, and have performed well on all fronts in the past two seasons. This has given Manchester United ambitions. They will not be satisfied with reaching the final, they also hope to win the championship.

But their strength is not up to the mark, so in the game, they inevitably rush for quick success and take some risky approaches, such as pressing forward in large numbers when attacking, almost completely ignoring the space behind them. That's because they don't have the conditions and qualifications to consider the space behind them. If they don't press forward in large numbers, their attack will not pose a threat to Real Madrid's defense.

Real Madrid's countermeasure is to let you press forward and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Of course, even if Manchester United doesn't press forward, they still have many ways to deal with you, but counterattack is the most cost-effective one.

Now they are carefully guarding against Manchester United's attack while waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

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After Bruno passed the ball to Kante, he ran forward. Kante quickly passed the ball to him, but Bruno did not completely get rid of the defense of Real Madrid players.

Now Real Madrid has returned to their own half, they have shrunk their formation and can form continuous pressing in some areas. So although Bruno passed Casemiro and Modric, it does not mean that he can sit back and relax, because he did not pass a straw man standing there and unable to move, but a living person.

The moment he received the pass from Kante, Casemiro continued to chase him from behind, and in front of him was Kroos.

Bruno did not continue dribbling the ball. He passed the ball again after receiving it. This time he passed it to Mbappe who retreated to receive him.

After passing the ball, Bruno did not continue running forward, but moved sideways to the middle, just behind Mbappe, who passed the ball to him again.

If there was a computer analyzing Manchester United's passing routes at this time, everyone could see at a glance that Bruno was the focus of this attack. No matter what, the football would be passed to him. Many Manchester United players who received the ball did not even need to move. All they had to do was simple: receive the ball and then pass it.

The one running was Bruno. He ran from the back to the front, from the left to the right and then to the middle. He used his running to receive the pass from his teammates, and then passed the football to the next teammate, just like this. The teams are all connected.

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Bruno received the pass from Mbappe, but he did not pass it directly forward, although many people thought he would pass it directly forward.

When Real Madrid players saw Bruno getting the ball, they couldn't help but glance to their sides to see if there were any obvious gaps that he could exploit.

Bruno passed the ball to the wing, and Mbappe made a cross. Harry Kane, who followed up in the middle, failed to head the ball, but he shook Varane, who also failed to head the ball. The ball went straight in, passed over everyone's heads, and flew to the other side.

Rashford stopped the ball on the left and was about to pass it to the middle, but when he looked up, he realized that the opportunity inside was not good because the Real Madrid defenders had all stood still.

Cancelo was right behind Rashford, and Rashford turned around and passed the ball back.

After receiving the ball, Cancelo passed it to Bruno in the middle.

Bruno lowered his center of gravity and used his chest to stop the football directly on the grass.

Casemiro saw him get the ball and rushed up to press him, so Bruno just stopped the ball and passed it again. He passed it horizontally to Kante who was waiting for him in the middle, and Kante passed the ball horizontally to Mbappe.

After turning around, the football returned to Mbappe's feet.

Mbappe tried to break through from the ribs, but after taking just one step, he realized that it didn't work. He quickly stretched out his foot to get the ball back, turned his body and blocked Marcelo who was approaching.

Faced with Marcelo's pressure from behind, Mbappe could only pass the ball back, and the ball fell to Bruno's feet again.

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Because Casemiro was always by his side, Bruno passed the ball to Kante with his heel, then turned around and ran, circled around Casemiro, and went to the left.

Kante did not receive the ball directly. Modric next to him had already pressed forward. He made a move to receive the ball, but he dodged and let the ball pass by. Then he turned around and caught up with the ball. At this time, Bruno had changed his position and he passed the ball to him.

Bruno still didn't stop the ball, but directly passed Kante's pass to Cancelo.

Manchester United's left back has come up, but he didn't wait on the wing, which was occupied by Rashford. Cancelo came to the ribs. After receiving the ball, he broke through directly from the ribs!

Real Madrid players are very familiar with Cancelo's characteristics. He is a player who is better at attacking than defending. His breakthroughs and crosses from the wing are very sharp, so he must never be allowed to break into the penalty area.

Seeing him break forward, two Real Madrid players rushed up, trying to block his breakthrough.

Cancelo pushed the ball to his right while running, and the ball fell into Bruno's feet again.

The Real Madrid players who had just gone to defend Cancelo turned around and saw Bruno in control of the ball, but they did not press forward immediately.

Because behind Bruno is Casemiro, they are not needed here, they only need to defend Cancelo.

The two Real Madrid players were thinking this in their minds, but suddenly discovered a problem: Cancelo, the person they were defending, was missing!

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Cancelo slips between these two Real Madrid players!

Carvajal watched Cancelo running past him, and he didn't dare to commit a foul because both he and Cancelo were in the penalty area. As long as he stretched out his legs and Cancelo fell, it would be a penalty, without a doubt!

Besides, even if he didn't do anything, as long as there was a little physical contact between Cancelo and him, he would be able to fall down and get a penalty.

He could only raise his hands to indicate that he had not committed any foul. If Cancelo really fell, then he must have been faking a fall.

At this time, the ball was still in Bruno's control. Who knew if he would pass it to Cancelo? He could also pass it to someone else with a fake shot. There was no need to be too nervous...

Casemiro knew what Bruno and Cancelo were going to do. He must not let them pass the ball in, even if it meant committing a foul in this dangerous place!

He slammed into it and managed to knock Bruno down.

The referee next to him was almost about to blow his whistle, but then he saw the football rolling towards the penalty area, and his breath was suppressed!

Casemiro waited for the referee's whistle, but he got nothing. When Bruno fell and disappeared from his sight, he saw the ball in front of him. It just crossed the penalty area and went in...

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"Through the ball! Beautiful! Beautiful!!"

He Wei was on the verge of swearing, but his remaining rationality made him hold back. However, he could not suppress his excitement.

"This is a great opportunity! Bruno passed the ball to Cancelo! Cancelo rushed in!"

Just as Cancelo passed Carvajal, and before Bruno fell, he poked the ball past him.

Cancelo received the ball behind the entire defense line!

"Manchester United surrounded Real Madrid for a long time, and finally they found a flaw, a fatal flaw!!"

Cancelo broke into the penalty area and received the ball. Carvajal came up from behind and tried to interfere with Cancelo. However, the reaction of Real Madrid defenders was obviously a beat slower. They did not expect that their defense line would be penetrated like this. Manchester United's forwards reacted faster. When they saw the ball coming, they collectively pressed forward. When Cancelo received the ball, they were only half a body behind Cancelo. The central defenders of Real Madrid were left behind by them!

Cancelo knew that continuing to push the ball forward would only lead him to a dead end, so he caught a glimpse of Navas blocking the near corner and passed the ball directly to him!

The football passed in front of Navas and landed at the feet of Harry Kane who was in the middle!

Harry Kane used his left foot as support, and lightly flicked the ball with the outside of his right foot, and the football changed direction and flew into the goal of Real Madrid!

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"Manchester United's attack... Rashford crosses the ball! No one can get it..."

"The ball is back at Bruno's feet. Now Manchester United is besieging Real Madrid. In this attack, no one from Real Madrid touched the ball..."

"Manchester United showed no fear against Real Madrid and showed how good they are at keeping the ball!"

"Manchester United's attack is like mercury pouring out of the ground! It's smooth and pervasive!"

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The commentator explained quickly.

The failure of the previous attack made many Manchester United fans regretful. Some even cursed Mbappe's sloppy cross from the wing. If the ball was returned to Bruno, he would definitely know a better attacking path.

But Bruno didn't keep them waiting too long.

"Eh? Through pass! Beautiful! Beautiful! This is a great opportunity! Bruno passed the ball to Cancelo..."

From this moment on, the TV audience was looking forward to it and cheering.

When Harry Kane scored the goal, they cheered as they wished.