Chapter 286 Battle with Biba
In the 5th round of La Liga, Real Madrid stars headed to San Mamés Stadium to play against Athletic Bilbao.
As one of the toughest players in La Liga, Benítez certainly made good preparations. Compared to his predecessor Antoine's starting lineup which was almost guessable, Benítez rotated players in many positions. Kovacic replaced the injured Bale. Ramos felt uncomfortable in his shoulder joint two days ago, so Benítez let him rest directly. In this game, Real Madrid's iron-blooded vice-captain didn't even have his name written on the roster. Dasha and Pepe returned to the starting lineup.
The water dispenser friendship group walked out of the player tunnel one after another. Leandri was in a relaxed mood and even pulled Marcelo's afro twice.
The team favorite turned around and smiled at Ryan.
How cute, Marcelo!
The game officially started with the referee's whistle.
Benzema passed the ball back to Isco, who had just taken the ball and was about to observe it when Bilbao's Merino, who was facing him, had already pressed forward.
"Behind!" Modric quickly asked for the ball, and Isco also hurriedly pulled the ball back.
Leandri felt strangely comfortable in front of the goal. It was this feeling that made Real Madrid have to be confused at the beginning.
Modric and Xiao Kuan cooperated continuously to stabilize the whole situation. Even though Aduriz, Raul Garcia and others tried to steal the ball, it was to no avail. The two prototypes of midfield masters had firmly controlled the rhythm of Real Madrid.
In the 7th minute, Kroos raised his leg slightly to send a straight pass, Roco received the ball on the wing and broke through. A series of feints forced De Marcos, who was defending him, to retreat in embarrassment, and then he made a cross from the bottom!
Benzema raised his foot and swept the ball, but it was caught by Iraizos.
Bilbao is not the kind of team that says "If you hit me hard, I will die in pain on the spot". They were very tough and decided to take revenge immediately.
Three minutes later, Leandri stared ahead and watched his own defense carefully.
Aduriz continued to cooperate with his teammates, and the two of them took advantage of their physical advantage to break past Kroos and Modric and face the back line.
Pepe rushed to the ball at the first opportunity, and Varane immediately went to the middle to fill the position. Dasha and Marcelo on both sides also have people they want to keep an eye on.
Two on two, Real Madrid is actually not afraid, but just when one of them is defending closely outside the penalty area and the other is filling in and watching the opponent on the penalty area line, another offensive weapon of Bilbao, Raul Garcia, suddenly jumped out!
Varane went forward with gritted teeth, but before he got close, Aduriz passed the ball to Raul Garcia's feet and immediately prepared to pass by Pepe.
Pepe, who was well prepared, immediately blocked with his body, but since he was able to block Aduriz, Pepe had no way of getting close to Susaeta on the other side.
As long as two Bilbao players make a two-on-one pass, they can cooperate to get past Varane.
The French defender was really nervous at this moment. It was too difficult for him, a top student, to defend two players at the same time!
The retreating Modric and Kroos had not arrived yet. Just as Varane was looking at Susaeta's pass in despair, suddenly a figure flew out from behind him and cleared the ball directly to the front court with one foot!
Leandri strikes again!
[Varane is in danger! ]
[Nice, clean clearance from Leandri! ]
[Don’t say that the goalkeeper’s playing style like Leandri is really beautiful on the field. How many times has he used this method to resolve the crisis of Real Madrid’s defense? ]
[Although this is true, Benítez may not like it. I think Leandri doesn’t look that happy now. I guess he is thinking about the reasons why his playing style is limited. ]
[The director was very understanding, and the screen was directly given to Benítez standing on the sidelines. ]
In fact, the camera's footage was a few seconds late. Just as Leandri was slowly running backwards towards the goal, Benítez's voice had already reached his ears.
He first scolded the defense, and then was still thinking that Leandri's attack was too reckless.
"All of you pay attention to defense and retreat. Ryan, don't stand beyond the center back!"
Leandri: ...If Varane hadn't rushed out to clear the ball, I would have been alone! Do you think I'm an octopus or Nezha with three heads and six arms when you shoot from such a close distance? Believe it or not, I can have three heads knocked off by a cerebral thrombosis? !
Leandri was going crazy in his heart, but he tried to control himself on his face. His head coach was too controlling, and he couldn't just give him the cold shoulder in public!
Something happened again that made Leandri's crime even more serious.
That long kick to clear the ball was beyond everyone's expectations, and the ball fell directly at Kovacic's feet.
The newly joined Croatian player once again marveled at this footwork which was similar to that of Kroos. This pass was so comfortable that he didn't even have to adjust and easily passed the ball.
When he raised his head, he saw only Benzema, the opposing goalkeeper Slesos and the assist bonus waiting for him.
With a kick of the outside of his foot, the ball flew directly in front of Benzema. The French striker immediately threw away the stainless steel frying pan on his back and kicked it with his leg!
0-1, Real Madrid temporarily takes the lead.
Leandri, who planned a goal, immediately forgot all his worries. Kroos adhered to the principle of proximity and stuck directly to the initiator of the attack.
Awesome, I want to absorb some of the good luck from Leandri!
Modric didn't know why Kroos didn't run to the front to celebrate but instead stayed together with Leandri. He also joined in based on the principle of proximity and praised Leandri for his beautiful long pass.
Kroos was a little disgusted with Modric, especially since Leandri was happily pretending to look in the mirror with Modric, and they were adjusting their hairbands face to face in tacit understanding.
Puppies are good, but they are easy to let go!
The game resumed. Bilbao, who was one goal behind at home, became more anxious and launched a fierce attack on Real Madrid's defense.
In the 16th minute, Aduriz received a long pass from the backcourt and shot directly. Varane moved his body to block the ball, and Pepe quickly cleared the ball.
In the 23rd minute, Merino broke through Carvajal's defense and launched an attack on the right, but Leandri dived sideways to block the ball.
Corner kick from Bilbao.
Leandri's sense of security was given by Varane. The moment the opponent kicked off, the entire penalty area was crowded with people. The ball had just fallen in front of the goal. When Leandri was about to jump to clear the ball, Varane stood up and told everyone how effective the tall central defender is!
Walcott overpowered Aduriz and got the ball first. He headed the ball away in front of the goal, and Kroos at the front point got the ball first.
In the 30th minute, Real Madrid, whose offensive was temporarily suppressed, launched an attack again. After Leandri took off Bilbao's shot, he immediately passed the ball to Modric, and the Croatian jackrabbit made a long pass with his big feet!
After receiving the ball, Kovacic passed it to Ronaldo on the left without any hesitation.
"Be careful with long shots!"
Iraizos, who noticed Ronaldo's action, immediately reminded De Marcos and Etcheta in front of Ronaldo, but it was too late. The ball roared into Bilbao's goal!
Five minutes later Modric stepped up again.
Kroos made a lob pass and sent the ball comfortably to Modric who was making a forward run. The latter immediately shot the ball with the outside of his foot!
After scoring two goals in five minutes, the Real Madrid players started running towards the stands to celebrate. At this time, the linesman raised the flag in his hand.
Modric is offside.
The Real Madrid players withdrew their raised hands in grievance, while Bilbao breathed a sigh of relief.
Beat us three times in half an hour? We don't want to be the background board when you win by a large margin!
In the 37th minute, Aduriz and his teammates dribbled past Real Madrid's defensive players and passed the ball to the wing. Merino just created space by running without the ball and shot directly.
The tense muscles showed the power of the ball, and it went straight to the blind corner of the goal at a fast speed.
Just as the Bilbao players and fans in the stands were preparing to stand up and celebrate, a pair of big hands suddenly appeared in front of the goal.
Leandri leapt to save the ball, narrowly blocking it just before the goal line!
What is scary is not falling behind, but having a clear opportunity but being crushed by the opponent at the last moment.
Such tacit cooperation, such a beautiful shot, if it goes in, Merino's value will definitely increase!
But Leandri personally turned it down. I am not a stepping stone for anyone to increase their value.
The cold-blooded Leandri mercilessly rushed ahead of everyone again and threw himself to the side. Merino, who was originally preparing to make a supplementary shot, looked at the ball under Leandri in despair.
It feels terrible to be rejected at the last minute.
In the 40th minute, Modric received a pass from Leandri and took advantage of the pressure from Benyat to move his body forward and make a straight pass.
Isco shook his right foot and the ball continued to take off before it hit the ground. Benzema in front of the goal quickly changed and was even a little excited because so much attention was focused.
Benzema scored twice in the first half with a header!
Victory is the most stimulating and exciting thing for the brain. The American fans shouted Benzema's name in the away game. Isco rushed over and lay in the arms of the French striker. Benzema, who had just scored a goal, chose to dote on Isco.
Forget it, I know my chest muscles are big, so since you helped me, I’ll let you lean on me for a while!
Isco was even happier knowing that he was not pushed away immediately.
I want to score goals in every game and assist different people in every game!
Leandri looked at his good brother in the backcourt with a helpless expression. He was going to quietly remind Kroos to be careful of Isco later. In this world, Isco only cared about his own people and no one else!
In the 43rd minute, Aduriz's long-range shot was again easily caught by Leandri.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Merino's dribbling was decisively blocked by Carvajal and went out of bounds.
The ball just rolled from Benítez's feet to behind him, and Merino, eager to win, pushed Benítez away.
The Real Madrid coach did not expect that although he was very strong, he was still knocked to the ground by a slap from the young man on the opposite side. Not only that, the ball was stuck in the gap between his body and arm because of Benítez's fall. Merino seemed to be completely unable to see that the Real Madrid coach was hit by him, and picked up the ball and was about to throw it with his hand.
boom!
The entire Real Madrid stands booed sharply, and the players were the first to notice the change in the field.
Regardless of whether he likes Benítez or not, the humiliation of the head coach means that the opponent has directly rubbed Real Madrid's face on the ground. Seeing that his own head coach was still lying on the ground with a confused look on his face, Leandri rushed directly in front of the goal and pushed Merino very fairly, giving the Bilbao winger the opportunity to enjoy an "equal dialogue" with their head coach.
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