Chapter 265 Performance of Lin Quan, Bell and Ronaldo!
Pepe widened his eyes in astonishment. He didn't expect the opponent to be so bold that he would choose to break through when he was approaching.
This made Pepe a little annoyed!
This guy doesn't take me seriously at all!
Although Pepe was very angry, he did not lose his mind.
He immediately blocked his position and prevented Lin Quan from passing easily.
The ball can pass, but people can’t!
Xabi Alonso next to him also blocked Lin Quan's breakthrough route to the left and stretched out his foot to grab the ball.
If Arbeloa behind Pepe is added, Real Madrid has formed a three-dimensional defense against Lin Quan at the front of the penalty area.
No matter which direction Lin Quan breaks through from, he will be intercepted.
Manchester City's counterattack seemed to be ended in front of Real Madrid's goal.
However, Lin Quan knew there was a tiger in the mountain, but he still went there.
He rushed towards Pepe's left side without hesitation. Pepe immediately raised his arm to carry him and pushed him to the outside, making it impossible for him to dribble the ball, adjust, and shoot.
Pepe was very strong, and Lin Quan seemed to be completely at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation and was actually pushed away by Pepe.
Pepe was overjoyed to see that his defense was successful. At the same time, he looked down on Lin Quan more and more, thinking that he was just like him.
But he was suddenly stunned. Where was the ball? Lin Quan stopped in front of him, but the ball was not at his feet! Pepe looked up and found that the ball had been passed out of the penalty area by Lin Quan at some point.
Outside the penalty area, a figure rushed in from behind at high speed. It was Manchester City's midfielder De Bruyne!
Pepe understood instantly that Lin Quan deliberately pretended to be at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation and was squeezed away by him, so as to make room in the middle and give De Bruyne a chance to shoot.
However, after realizing this, it was too late to take any remedial measures! Because De Bruyne kicked the football directly! With a loud bang, the football flew towards the Real Madrid goal.
Casillas, like Pepe, thought that the ball was at Lin Quan's corner kick, but he didn't expect that when he was confronting Pepe, he passed the ball without anyone noticing.
Seeing De Bruyne's shot, Casillas no longer had enough time to react and could only jump in a hurry.
While still in the air, Casillas knew he couldn't reach the ball.
With a swish, the football flew into the net.
Manchester City scored a goal in their first attack.
With a bang, the Etihad Stadium erupted in earth-shaking cheers! Manchester City fans jumped and celebrated the goal crazily.
De Bruyne, who scored the goal, was also very excited. He pointed at Lin Quan and rushed towards him quickly.
De Bruyne wanted to hug Lin Quan to celebrate, but Lin Quan turned around, bent down slightly and let him ride on his back, and carried him around the court to celebrate! De Bruyne played the ball very decisively. If he hesitated for half a second, Casillas would definitely be able to react!
So although Lin Quan's pass was beautiful, De Bruyne's final handling was also crucial.
Real Madrid's defense is indeed very strong, and it may not be possible to succeed by relying on just a few forwards to attack their defense.
Just like before, Pepe and others almost restricted Lin Quan, making him lose the space to advance.
But they failed to defend against De Bruyne who came from behind, allowing Manchester City to seize this rare opportunity.
Real Madrid will definitely not make such a mistake again, so if such an opportunity is not seized, it will never appear again in the future! Fortunately, De Bruyne seized this opportunity!
On the sidelines, Pellegrini was so excited when he saw De Bruyne score a goal that he rushed out from the coaching seat waving his arms.
The players and coaching staff on the Manchester City bench were all very excited! We are ahead of Real Madrid!
Less than five minutes into the game, we were already ahead! What a fantastic start! In the box at the Etihad Stadium, Mansour, the big boss who came from the United Arab Emirates, couldn't help but stand up and applaud the players when he saw the team score the first goal.
He is now extremely grateful for his decision to go to Munich to invite Lin Quan!
Before Lin Quan joined, Manchester City failed twice in the Champions League group stage. Not to mention reaching the semi-finals and leading Real Madrid, even qualifying for the group stage was a difficult problem!
But after Lin Quan joined, all this is no longer a problem!
Although Lin Quan did not score the goal directly, most of the credit for this goal should be attributed to Lin Quan.
If he hadn't attracted the attention of almost all the opposing defensive players and helped De Bruyne create space, De Bruyne would not have had such a chance to score.
Taking the lead so early, does Manchester City have a chance to defeat the powerful Real Madrid at home? …
In the visiting team's coaching booth, Ancelotti, who had originally looked relaxed, frowned after seeing De Bruyne's goal, and couldn't help but chew his gum faster.
Manchester City played this ball really beautifully, mainly because Lin Quan handled it very well.
He did not rashly choose to fight against Real Madrid's defense, but deliberately created the illusion of forcing a pass. After paralyzing Real Madrid's defensive players, he secretly completed the pass with his heel.
This was a very smart and calm move. As long as a Manchester City player came forward, a shot could be made.
Is this Manchester City's offensive tactic today? Putting Lin Quan in the front as a cover, with the real killer hidden behind?
Ancelotti couldn't help but look at Pellegrini next to him, thinking that this old guy actually prepared such a "surprise" for him! But it doesn't matter, losing the ball away from home is expected for Real Madrid.
Ancelotti was not very worried about this because he never thought he could defend against Manchester City's attack.
The key to this game is not whether Manchester City can score a goal, but whether Real Madrid can score a goal!
Before UEFA reformed the Champions League, away goals were very important.
In the case of the same score, there are many teams that have eliminated their opponents by relying on the advantage of away goals! Therefore, the away team can accept failure, but cannot accept being shut out.
As long as they can score an away goal, everything is possible when they return home! Thinking of this, Ancelotti waved his hand and signaled the team to increase the offensive.
Real Madrid's offensive power is no weaker than Manchester City. If Manchester City can score goals, so can Real Madrid!
Seeing Lin Quan assist his teammates to score goals, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and others could not sit still! The focus of this game was the direct confrontation between him and Lin Quan! After Manchester City defeated Barcelona twice, most of the doubts about whether Lin Quan could stand shoulder to shoulder with Messi and Ronaldo disappeared.
If Lin Quanneng can lead Manchester City to beat Real Madrid again in this game, he will not only be able to join the ranks of the two greatest players, Messi and Ronaldo, but he will even be able to overwhelm them and rank ahead of them.
And this is something Ronaldo absolutely cannot accept!
His competitive spirit cannot accept such a defeat!
As a result, Ronaldo's performance in the frontcourt became extremely active.
In the 7th minute, Ronaldo's long shot in front of the penalty area hit the crossbar and flew into the stands. The Portuguese hugged his head in frustration.
Just 5 minutes later, he received a pass from Modric, dribbled past Demichelis and broke into the penalty area. Unfortunately, his last kick was a bit too far and was blocked by Joe Hart.
Before he was seriously injured and transformed into a center forward, Ronaldo was not a pure forward.
At this time, Ronaldo is fast, has strong dribbling ability, can break through, and can score goals. His abilities are not only strong, but also comprehensive, almost the ceiling of the winger position! Therefore, Ronaldo at this time is also called "Philippine Ronaldo" by fans!
When defending him one-on-one, Kolarov was beaten very badly and often needed the help of his teammates.
The attackers in Real Madrid's frontcourt are all very strong. Once Manchester City's players have to defend Ronaldo, the number of defenders in other positions will not be enough! In the 22nd minute, when Ronaldo once again attracted an opponent on the wing, Modric transferred the ball to the other side and handed it to Bale.
Unlike Benzema, Bale is an ambitious man.
He knows that Ronaldo is very strong, but he firmly believes that he is stronger.
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Therefore, Bale wants to be the number one star of Real Madrid and compete with Ronaldo for the position of the team leader! At this time, after receiving the pass from Modric, Bale quickly picked up the speed and attacked Manchester City's penalty area like a cloud.
After suffering a loss once, Zabaleta didn't dare to rush for the ball again this time.
He stepped back sideways, guarding against Bale's pass, and was ready to turn around and compete for the ball with the opponent at any time.
However, when Bale saw the opponent's posture, he actually chose to pass the ball.
Modric came over to receive the pass from Bale, then passed the ball forward and hit it behind Zabaleta.
Modric has seen Bale's speed and he believes that Bale will be able to get the ball before Zabaleta.
Bale did not disappoint him. When he passed the ball to Modric, he started rushing forward and got the ball before Zabaleta.
This time, Kroos stared at Isco who was making a forward run and did not try to help defend Bale.
This gave Bale an opportunity. He dribbled into the penalty area at an extremely high speed, avoided Kompany who came forward to intercept, dribbled the ball to the right side of the goal, and completed a shot at a small angle.
The ball was a low shot and Joe Hart immediately fell to the ground to save it, blocking it with his hand and trying to save it.
But the ball was so powerful that it refracted off his hand, hit the crossbar and bounced into the net! 1:1!
Real Madrid equalized the score in the 23rd minute of the first half! After scoring the goal, Bale ran all the way to the camera on the sidelines, clenched his fists, and roared at the camera. His ferocious appearance was exactly the same as the Monkey King in Journey to the West! Real Madrid players rushed to Bale, surrounded him in the middle, and celebrated wildly with him.
Only Cristiano Ronaldo, who was quite far away, did not go over. The Portuguese just clapped symbolically and did not run over to join in the fun.
In fact, he was very unhappy.
He clearly reached out to ask for it just now, but that guy Modric actually passed the ball to Bale.
It would have been fine if he had just passed it to Bale, but this guy actually scored!
This made Ronaldo feel a little jealous. It was fine that Lin didn't want to exchange jerseys with him, but how could you, Modric, betray your big brother?
When Ancelotti saw that his team had equalized the score, he clapped his hands in satisfaction, but he did not seem to be very excited. He gave people a feeling that everything was under control.
The 5,000 Real Madrid fans who came to the away game were not as calm as their head coach. When they saw Bale score a goal, they shouted Bale's name wildly.
Bale enjoyed this scene very much and felt quite proud. It seemed that he was still very popular in the Real Madrid team!
The main reason why Bale wants to compete with Ronaldo for the position of leader in the team is his transfer fee.
When he transferred to Real Madrid, his transfer fee was the highest in football, higher than that of Cristiano Ronaldo at that time.
With the highest transfer fee in football, Bale and others would have ambitions! Besides, Bale can do what Ronaldo can do, and I have the speed advantage that Ronaldo doesn't have, so why can't I be the boss?
Pellegrini frowned. Although the goal was scored by Bale, the key to this goal was Modric's pass.
If Modric is taught this lesson, he might become a huge hidden danger for Manchester City.
So Pellegrini waved his hand and gave some instructions to Yaya Touré.
In the subsequent game, Yaya Toure began to closely mark Modric.
However, this move was not very effective, because Real Madrid's core organizers were not just Modric! After Modric was marked, Real Madrid quickly transferred the organizational work to Xabi Alonso.
Before Modric came to the team, Xabi Alonso had always been the brain of Real Madrid's midfield.
However, after a series of injuries last year, his playing time decreased and his condition declined to a certain extent. He gradually retreated behind the scenes, and most of the team's offensive responsibilities were handed over to Modric.
But this does not mean that Xabi Alonso can't do this kind of job.
Xabi Alonso's position is deeper, and he has better physical fitness and stronger physical confrontation ability.
Manchester City's frontcourt players' pressing and interference on him were far less effective than when they dealt with Modric!
In the 32nd minute of the first half, Xabi Alonso got the ball and avoided De Bruyne who was trying to steal the ball. He looked up and observed the positions of the players from both sides in the frontcourt, and quickly sent a long pass of more than 40 meters.
Xabi Alonso's long pass is different from others. The football seems to have eyes under his feet. This ultra-long-distance over-the-top pass can always easily find teammates in the frontcourt or pass to the opponent's weak defense.
Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso have been teammates for four or five years and are well aware of his passing skills.
Seeing Xabi Alonso looking up, Ronaldo immediately started to move.
He believed that as long as he could run into space, his teammates would definitely pass the ball to him!
Modric and Bale both came from Tottenham, and they have a better relationship. It is normal for Modric to favor Bale.
But Xabi Alonso came from Liverpool, and came to Real Madrid from the Premier League in the same year as himself.
The relationship between the two is definitely closer than the relationship between him and Bale, so the probability that Xabi Alonso passed the ball to himself is greater.
Ronaldo's judgment was still very accurate. As he ran, the ball fell in front of him. This ball was not only coming for him, but also calculated the lead time in advance. If Ronaldo did not start in advance, he would not be able to get the ball at all! Good pass! Ronaldo secretly praised in his heart, and easily unloaded the ball with a master-level stop, and then kicked the ball towards the goal before the defensive player stepped forward to interfere.
(End of this chapter)