Chapter 518: Defeat Real Madrid and defend the title!
Bale's sudden outburst caught everyone off guard.
Real Madrid fans who had almost resigned themselves to their fate rekindled their hope one by one, and Zidane kept shouting at the players on the field, cheering them on.
Manchester City also became a little nervous because of Bale's goal. Some Manchester City fans were so nervous that they almost dared not open their eyes to watch the game, for fear that the team would collapse in the final moments.
On the sidelines, Guardiola was also very nervous.
After Lin Quan was substituted, Manchester City's offensive power dropped significantly, which made him feel a little unsure.
If Real Madrid equalized the score and dragged the game into overtime, he felt that Manchester City would lose! So no matter what, they had to hold on to these last few minutes! Thinking of this, Guardiola shouted to the players on the field, asking them to delay as much time as possible.
At the same time, he asked Fernando to stand up and stand on the sidelines, preparing for the final substitution.
Obviously, this substitution was also used to delay time!
Although Bale did not celebrate after scoring the goal, he immediately ran back to the center circle with the ball to prepare for kick-off.
But at this time the game time had reached the third minute of injury time, and there was very little time left for Real Madrid.
Bale looked at the time, then looked at the Manchester City players who were dawdling and failing to get into position for a long time, and felt a little anxious.
He finally realized that these guys were deliberately delaying time.
The referee Clattenburg couldn't stand it anymore and personally went on the field to warn several Manchester City players, who then reluctantly returned to their positions.
Seeing that both sides were ready to kick off, Clattenburg immediately blew the whistle and let Manchester City kick off.
As expected, Manchester City chose to pass the ball back immediately after kicking off, intending to keep the ball under their feet, not giving Real Madrid the chance to continue attacking, and wasting time by passing the ball back in the backcourt.
Real Madrid had anticipated this, and when the whistle sounded, the whole team rushed up like crazy, trying desperately to snatch the ball from Manchester City players.
The ball quickly passed from Aguero's feet to De Bruyne's feet, and then from De Bruyne's feet to Kante's feet.
As both Ronaldo and Benzema rushed towards Kante, Kante continued to pass the ball back to center back Van Dijk.
Benzema rushed towards Van Dijk fiercely again. As long as he could grab the ball from this position, he could immediately shoot. If he was lucky, he could become the hero who saved the team and help the team score the key goal to tie the score! Facing the aggressive Real Madrid players, Van Dijk was skilled and daring. He stopped and dribbled, easily dodged Benzema's grab, and then calmly passed the ball to the full-back Zabaleta.
Van Dijk's action caused the fans to exclaim:
Faced with the huge pressure of losing the ball if he made a mistake, he still dared to play tricks in the backcourt.
Is this kid born to be a big-hearted player? Compared to the middle, the side has much more space and the opponent has fewer players.
When Van Dijk passed the ball, there was no Real Madrid player around Zabaleta.
After Marcelo received a red card and was sent off, Real Madrid was already one man short and unable to keep a close eye on every point of Manchester City.
In addition, the game had just started and their players had not yet fully crossed the half court, so Manchester City still had space to pass the ball back and forth.
However, such space soon disappeared because the other party had already swarmed in.
After receiving the ball, Zabaleta saw that there were players from the opposing team around several passing points. If he rashly passed the ball to these teammates, he would most likely be intercepted.
So, he simply aimed at Real Madrid's wing and kicked the ball out hard with a clearance-style kick.
All Real Madrid players had already passed the half court at this time, and even goalkeeper Courtois had come to the center circle.
Seeing the football flying high over their heads, they were all speechless.
This is not the worst. The worst thing is that the opponent's forward Aguero is still running desperately, as if trying to grab the ball.
Not only Aguero, but also De Bruyne, David Silva and others were also sprinting forward and trying hard to chase the football.
This made the Real Madrid players nervous. The ball's flight trajectory was very high and it seemed like it was going to go out of bounds. However, when the ball landed, it was still more than 30 meters away from the bottom line of the sideline.
After bouncing on the ground a few times, the ball began to roll forward, and its speed became slower and slower.
The ball might really be caught by the opponent before it goes out of bounds. Thinking of this, Danilo and Bale, who were closest to the landing point of the ball, quickly returned to defense.
Goalkeeper Courtois originally intended to control the ball himself, but after running a few steps and realizing that something was not right, he quickly changed direction and ran towards his own goal.
If by chance he failed to grab the ball and there was no one defending in front of the goal, the opponent could directly score into the empty goal!
Real Madrid must not lose the ball at this time, because losing the ball means that the suspense of the game is completely gone! After all, Danilo was substituted in the second half, and his physical fitness is more abundant than the starting players of Manchester City.
He rushed to the baseline before Aguero and others, but the embarrassing thing was that when he ran to the baseline, the ball had already slowly gone out of bounds.
What's worse is that the ball went out of the sideline, not the baseline.
"Come and throw the ball in!"
Danilo quickly called his teammates for help. If the ball had gone out of bounds, the goalkeeper would have just kicked it to the front court.
But now this is a sideline ball, he needs someone to cooperate with him in free throws.
Bale and Hesse rushed over quickly, but the three people involved in the attack on Manchester City's side did not retreat to their own half at this time, and it seemed that they wanted to defend their out-of-bounds ball.
Aguero and others realized that their defensive ability was very poor and they would not be able to help much if they went back. In addition, they had already consumed a lot of physical strength because of the long-distance run just now. At this time, their legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and it was difficult for them to even run back.
So just stay in the opponent's half, disrupt the opponent as much as possible, and delay time.
Guardiola thought the same thing as them! After confirming that the ball was out of bounds, Manchester City immediately made a substitution.
Danilo, who was about to throw the out-of-bounds ball to his teammate, held it back and couldn't help but want to curse!
Why change people at this time instead of earlier or later? You are deliberately trying to delay time, right?
The one who was substituted was none other than Aguero, who was exhausted and didn't even have the strength to walk.
Aguero felt relieved when he saw that he was going to be substituted.
After high-fiving De Bruyne and David Silva beside him, he slowly walked to the sidelines.
At this time, the three of them were in the opponent's half, separated from their own bench by half the field. With his snail-like pace and his habit of high-fiving teammates when he saw them on the road, it would probably take him several minutes to walk all the way.
When Real Madrid fans saw Aguero trying to delay time, they all booed wildly. For a moment, the whole stadium was filled with boos.
"Referee, that guy is deliberately delaying time!"
Real Madrid players were very dissatisfied with Aguero's behavior and ran to Clattenburg to protest.
Clattenburg couldn't bear to watch it anymore. This was the Champions League final, and there were probably hundreds of millions of people around the world watching the live broadcast of this game.
In this situation, it would be somewhat inappropriate for him not to take any action in the face of Aguero who was deliberately delaying time.
So, Clattenburg showed no mercy and ran to Aguero and showed him a yellow card.
Aguero was secretly delighted: I could delay it a little longer.
LeBron James pretended to be incredulous and surprised, and spread his hands: "
Referee, I am innocent, why did you give me a yellow card?
" According to the rules, when showing a yellow card, the reason for the card needs to be explained to the player.
So Clattenburg said to Aguero expressionlessly:
"Sergio, if you want to leave the field, you can leave from the sideline just now. There is no need to pass the ball across the field like this and deliberately delay time. According to the rules, I can show you a yellow card to warn you. If you continue to delay time, I will continue to show you yellow cards and send you off."
Aguero did not intend to question the referee. He just wanted to take this opportunity to have a chat with the referee and delay the situation for a while!
After hearing Clattenburg's explanation, Aguero said with a smile: "So that's how it is. If you had told me earlier, I would have run off the field right away!"
After saying that, he pretended to be cooperative and started to jog away.
Although he was running, his speed was not much faster than before.
The boos at the scene became louder, and Real Madrid players even protested.
Clattenburg had a dark face, but seeing that Aguero was about to leave the field, he finally resisted the urge to give another yellow card.
Aguero high-fived Fernando, who came on as a substitute, and the latter came on the field.
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Unlike the slow-moving Aguero, Fernando rushed towards the field at almost the speed of a 100-meter sprint after coming on.
The moment he came on the pitch, the substitution was complete.
Real Madrid players naturally threw the ball in from out of bounds as soon as possible.
Real Madrid obviously wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when the opponent's new players had not yet taken their positions and launch a quick attack.
At this time, the injury time has reached 93:40 seconds, and there are only 20 seconds left before the end of the game! Real Madrid may only have one chance to attack!
The ball was kicked out of bounds and Bale received it despite the interference of De Bruyne.
He quickly passed the ball to his teammate, turned around and wanted to rush forward.
As a result, I suddenly felt a chill in my crotch, and then I heard the referee blow the whistle.
Bell looked carefully and found that his shorts had been pulled down by someone without him noticing.
When he looked back, he saw De Bruyne lying on the ground with a red face. He looked a little embarrassed and apologized to him repeatedly with a very sincere attitude.
De Bruyne wanted to reach out and grab Bale's jersey, but Bale ran too fast. He originally wanted to grab the jersey on top, but unexpectedly touched the shorts. Just as he was about to let go, Bale pulled it down when he ran.
Bell was speechless, but seeing the other party's sincere look, he really couldn't get angry.
Clattenburg didn't care whether the other party did it intentionally or accidentally, and directly gave De Bruyne a yellow sapphire card as a punishment for his indecent behavior.
There are many female fans at the scene. Such behavior is so indecent!
On the sidelines, Lin Quan and other Manchester City fans on the bench couldn't help but burst into laughter after seeing this scene.
I never expected that De Bruyne would do such a thing! So this is who you are, Kevin!
Real Madrid's free kick in the backcourt was too far from the goal and it was impossible to shoot directly.
So they chose to play quickly, directly giving the ball to Modric, who then passed it to Bale, allowing Bale to fully utilize his speed advantage, dribbling the ball and breaking through Manchester City's defense! At this time, the time had reached 94:50 seconds, and the injury time had run out, even exceeding 50 seconds.
However, Clattenburg did not intend to blow the whistle, obviously wanting Real Madrid to complete the attack.
Bale was Manchester City's key target of defense. After Bale dribbled the ball across half court, three players in Manchester City's frontcourt all rushed towards him and surrounded him in a V-shaped formation.
Among these three, David Silva and De Bruyne are not very threatening, but Fernando, who just came on, is not so easy to deal with.
Although Bale looked aggressive, he was actually weak inside due to the huge consumption of playing for more than 90 minutes.
He pushed De Bruyne aside and used his speed to get rid of David Silva, but he couldn't get rid of Fernando.
The two of them were running side by side, with Fernando blocking the inside and not giving Bale the chance to cut in and shoot. He also kept using his body to push Bale, trying to make him lose balance and disrupt the attack! If it were an ordinary person, under this kind of physical confrontation, he would have lost his balance and been knocked away, losing the ball.
However, Bale gritted his teeth and persevered! All the Real Madrid fans in the stands couldn't help but stand up at this time, and everyone couldn't help but sweat for Bale in their hearts:
Bale, you must hold on, Real Madrid’s last hope depends on you!
Bale felt that he could no longer keep up the pace and was unable to use his famous skill of overtaking on a curve to shake off the defenders.
Thinking of this, Bale immediately made a decision to pass the ball and let his teammates complete the attack.
He used all his strength to withstand Fernando's collision and passed the ball to the middle.
After completing the pass, Bale fell to the ground, his eyes still fixed on the flying ball:
Ronaldo, Benzema, it's up to you now!
Seeing the flight path of the football, Ronaldo, with the intuition of a top shooter, immediately determined where the ball would land.
He struggled to shake off the defender and jumped high with all his strength, trying to use his best header to head the ball in! Score it for me! Ronaldo roared and hit the ball hard with his head.
However, just as he was about to head the ball, a tall figure appeared in the air and headed the ball out first! Van Dijk! Manchester City's defender made a key clearance at the critical moment, ruining Ronaldo's great opportunity!
However, this is not the end. The ball was cleared and caught by a Real Madrid player on the periphery! Modric volleyed the flying ball!
The football flew back into the penalty area and towards Manchester City's goal.
However, just before the ball was about to cross the goal line, a pair of strong and powerful hands appeared in front of it and stopped it! Navas scored!
His save not only blocked Real Madrid's goal, but also completely extinguished Real Madrid's dream of winning the championship!
In the stands, countless Real Madrid fans couldn't help but sigh and cry when they saw this scene.
They knew that the team's journey in the Champions League was completely over.
On the other side, when Manchester City fans saw Navas catch the ball steadily, they started singing and dancing wildly to celebrate.
We are the champions! We are the champions again!
We are always the champions!
The game time was running out and Real Madrid players had given up resistance. When Navas kicked the ball, before the ball even hit the ground, Clattenburg blew the whistle to end the game.
The 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League final also came to an end, and the final champion is - Manchester City!
The defending champion defeated the Galacticos with a score of 4:3, once again stood on the championship podium, and achieved an incredible three consecutive championships!
(End of this chapter)