Chapter 580 Mbappe, one goal made him famous!

During the halftime break, the head coaches of both teams took the time to adjust their team's tactics and arrange the tactical play for the second half.

Compared with Real Madrid, Manchester City's tactical system has changed more significantly and needs more adjustments due to De Bruyne's injury.

Guardiola made two preparations for possible decisions made by Real Madrid in the second half.

"With Kevin not on the court, Lin will definitely become the opponent's main target, so in the second half, I need others to step up and share some of the offensive pressure!"

Guardiola's eyes fell on David Silva and Gundogan. Although David Silva plays as a winger, he is actually more like a midfielder.

If it doesn't work, Guardiola plans to withdraw David Silva's position, take over part of the organizational work, and play as a winger.

David Silva's talent is definitely underestimated. Although he does not appear on the court often, he is only given one or two seconds of screen time when he passes the ball or cooperates with Lin Quan and others on the sidelines. It is basically difficult to see him at other times.

But his position and role in Manchester City's lineup are irreplaceable. He has outstanding dribbling skills, strong ball protection ability, and a very stable lower body. The ball is very safe when it is passed to his feet and he almost never loses the ball.

Even if you can't pass it forward, you can still pass it back to your teammates safely.

David Silva also has a mysterious passing skill. Whether it is a short-distance through pass, or a medium-distance lob or long pass, he has something to show for it.

Therefore, in the process of Manchester City's advancement, he was not only able to avoid losing the ball in the fight with the opposing players, but he was also able to frequently play two-on-one cooperation with his teammates and send wonderful passes to his teammates on the front line.

In a team that focuses on passing and controlling the ball, these things do not seem to stand out, especially when there are guys like Lin Quan and De Bruyne who often make incredible breakthroughs or amazing passes to attract everyone's attention, David Silva is naturally easily overlooked.

But in places where the camera cannot see, he has been working hard, fighting, defending, and attacking, silently devoting everything he has to the team.

Before players such as Lin Quan and De Bruyne joined the team, the offensive core of Manchester City was actually this small Spaniard.

It's just that after more outstanding teammates joined the team, David Silva took the initiative to give up the ball and took on more dirty and tiring work. His teammates did the limelight work, and he had to take on the dirty work of cleaning up the mess.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the increasingly low-key nature of the team in recent years that Real Madrid did not target David Silva much in this game.

This gave Guardiola an opportunity. He felt that he could make use of this and do something with it. He believed that he would be able to surprise everyone in Real Madrid.

Of course, if this trick doesn't work, Guardiola still has a backup plan.

As long as Manchester City is not behind before 70 minutes, he will replace Aguero with Jesus.

Jesus may not be as good a shooter as Aguero, and he can't do the job of a traditional center forward.

But Guardiola found many advantages in him. The first is obedience. He will carry out whatever the coach tells him to do.

Secondly, he has a positive defensive attitude. Although he is not good at playing center, he is very good at disrupting the opponent's offense.

Of course, if this is the only ability he has, he would definitely not be in Guardiola's eyes.

Guardiola also found that Jesus played very well in the right winger position. Although he was not proficient in the technique of cutting inside and shooting, the quality of his crosses was very high.

If it really doesn't work, you can let him come on the field, replacing Gundogan, and use his crossing ability to assist his teammates.

By then, Manchester City will have Mbappe on the left and Jesus on the right, which will definitely make Real Madrid feel caught in a dilemma!

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Zidane and Guardiola had the same idea! He emphasized defense first in the locker room, and then began to arrange the offense.

For Real Madrid, it would be best if they could beat Manchester City directly before regular time.

But if they can’t do that, then they will have to rely on defense to hold on to the tie and send the game into overtime.

If overtime still cannot resolve the battle, a penalty shootout is an acceptable result.

At worst, it's just luck! Anyway, Real Madrid has many shooters, so they don't have to be afraid of taking penalties. On the contrary, it seems difficult for Manchester City to find five penalty takers with good shooting skills.

However, Zidane is not prepared to just passively defend. Real Madrid has already experienced Manchester City's offensive strength in the second half of the first half. If they just passively defend, they may not be able to defend it.

Therefore, Zidane arranged a tactic for a quick start, allowing the players to take advantage of the opponent's mental inertia at the beginning of the second half and catch Manchester City off guard.

As long as they can score a goal, Real Madrid will have more motivation to defend! …

Fifteen minutes passed quickly and players from both teams returned to the field soon.

When the referee blew the whistle for the second half, both teams sped up at the same time.

"Hmm? Real Madrid and Manchester City picked up the pace at the beginning of the second half. The tempo of the game was even faster than in the first half."

"Does this mean that the two teams will have to change their tactics and play against each other in the Champions League final?"

On the TV station's commentary stand, the guest commentators were stunned for a moment when they saw this sudden situation on the field.

"It's possible, but the teams in the finals have always been conservative. There are very few teams that dare to go all out and attack. After all, there's a saying that goes 'Defense wins championships'!"

Not only were the commentators shocked, but even the players on both sides of the field were a little stunned.

In the second half, Real Madrid kicked off first. After the kick-off, they followed the coach's tactics and prepared to use a quick break to catch Manchester City off guard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the ball kicked off, a large number of Manchester City players rushed towards the person holding the ball.

Benzema, who was holding the ball, was shocked and quickly passed the ball to Modric.

As soon as Modric received the ball, he was pressed by Lin Quan and Aguero.

Modric’s ability to protect the ball is indeed very strong, but it is still too difficult for him to fight one against two, so he had to pass the ball back to Casemiro.

Casemiro is not good at organization, not to mention that the opponent's forward and even midfielder were rushing towards him like mad dogs. He was frightened and quickly passed the ball to Kroos.

Before receiving the ball, Kroos had already seen the gap on the wing after Manchester City's large-scale pressure, so he made a long pass and passed the ball to Bale on the wing.

The pass was a good one. When Bale saw where the ball landed, he accelerated and gave a thumbs up to Kroos in his heart.

But Manchester City, which had suffered a loss once, was prepared. A person who should not be in this position appeared here, jumped high, and headed the ball away before Bale.

When Bell saw clearly who appeared in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

It turned out to be Manchester City’s central defender Stones!

How could this guy run to the wing and be so far forward?

Bale didn't understand Manchester City's defensive system, so he had such doubts.

Although Stones' position is a central defender, sometimes he will leave his position and become a defensive midfielder.

If there is an offensive opportunity, he will even dribble the ball across half court, cooperate with his teammates on the wing, and attack like a full-back.

As for the defensive problem, Van Dijk, the sweeper, will be enough.

Van Dijk's retreating defense is very effective when facing the opponent's one-on-one situation.

Unless the opponent has a numerical advantage when attacking, it will be difficult to break through Van Dijk's defense.

In this way, Manchester City freed up one more player when attacking, especially the unexpected variable Stones, which caught Real Madrid off guard.

The ball that Stones headed away was caught by Gundogan. Facing Ronaldo's pressure, Gundogan passed the ball back to Van Dijk, who quickly moved to the feet of his teammate on the wing.

David Silva got the ball, he took a look at Lin Quan's position and made a move to pass the ball to Lin Quan. The Real Madrid players had no doubts, because Lin Quan was the offensive and organizational core of Manchester City, and it was expected that the opponent would give the ball to Lin Quan.

So they immediately followed the predetermined plan and formed a semi-encirclement of Lin Quan. As long as David Silva dared to pass the ball, they would immediately double-team Lin Quan, steal the ball from his feet, and then continue to counterattack.

However, to their surprise, David Silva did not pass the ball to Lin Quan, but made a large move to the other side of the wing and found Mbappe in an open position.

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This was a connection between two wingers, but because David Silva retreated when he received the ball, the ball almost crossed half of the field diagonally, with a straight-line distance of more than 50 meters.

David Silva's long pass not only surprised all Real Madrid players, but even Mbappe himself was a little surprised.

Originally he was just running according to the team's offensive tactics, but after seeing Lin Quan was about to be surrounded by the opponent, Mbappe felt that the ball most likely could not be passed, so he started to slow down.

But he didn't expect that David Silva, who was so far away from him, could actually see the opportunity on his side and pass the ball to him.

This field of view is absolutely perfect!

Mbappe wanted to give David Silva ten thousand likes in his heart. He quickly accelerated and chased the football.

Carvajal knew that he couldn't get the ball, but he still had to rush forward.

This was originally the area he was defending. If he didn't come over, Real Madrid's defense on the right would be completely empty.

Carvajal cannot stop Mbappe from getting the ball, but he hopes to stop Mbappe from moving forward. Even if he cannot steal the ball from him, he can at least slow down his advancement and buy time for teammates in other positions to return to defense.

Mbappe didn't care what the opponent was thinking. When he saw Carvajal approaching, he kicked the ball forward and then started to accelerate, preparing to eat Carvajal alive with his speed again.

Seeing the opponent's move, Carvajal was furious. This kid is too contemptuous!

But he had a yellow card and didn't dare to commit a foul at this time, so he could only turn around desperately, reaching out to pull Mbappe while turning, trying to prevent the other party from overtaking him.

Mbappe's explosive power was somewhat beyond Carvajal's expectations.

His pulling did not affect the opponent's body balance, and did not even slow him down.

Mbappe was like a supercar with a full tank of gas and the accelerator pressed to the bottom, and he rushed past Carvajal with a whoosh.

Compared with Mbappe, Carvajal is like a rusty old car, moving as slowly as a snail.

The Real Madrid fans in the stands were all excited! Here we go again!

The opponent's 18-year-old black winger really left a very deep impression on them today. The last and this time's breakthroughs on the wing were both unreasonable breakthroughs. His speed is just faster than yours. What can you do to me?

In a box somewhere in the stadium, Real Madrid's president Florentino could no longer sit still.

He clenched his fists and stared at Mbappe who was running at full speed on the court, then turned to the club manager Angel and said:

"Make an offer to Manchester City. I want to see their No. 29 in our lineup next season!"

Angel was stunned for a moment, and after realizing the chairman's determination to buy him, he nodded heavily: "Don't worry, Mr. Chairman, I will do my best to bring him to the Bernabeu!"

Although he said this, he was feeling bitter in his heart: Mbappe's name was actually already well-known in the football world last season. He made his debut in Monaco's first team very early, and because his playing style was very similar to Henry, he was favored by many French football legends. Henry even praised him and believed that his future achievements would surpass his own.

Real Madrid actually sent scouts to observe him at the time and even submitted an offer to Monaco.

But unexpectedly, before they could start further negotiations with Monaco, Manchester City came on the scene and quickly finalized the transfer, catching Real Madrid off guard.

Although the transfer fee of 40 million euros caused heated discussions and even a sensation in the football world at the time, many people felt that Manchester City and Guardiola were too aggressive.

There has never been a shortage of young talents in football, but many of them never make it to the top for various reasons.

Guardiola was bold and daring enough to spend 40 million to sign a player when he was only 17 years old.

In the first half of the season after joining Manchester City, Mbappe had very few opportunities to play, and there were many voices from the outside world that believed that Manchester City had made a loss in this deal.

But later events proved that Manchester City not only did not lose money on this deal, but made a huge profit.

This season, as Mbappe's appearances in the Premier League and the Champions League have increased, his performance has become better and better, with his goal and assist statistics being very impressive, especially for a player who is only 18 years old.

It is because he is in Manchester City, and what Manchester City lacks the least is wingers, so his number of appearances is greatly limited.

Otherwise, with his performance, he would definitely be a key player in other teams.

Before the final, the German transfer market had raised Mbappe's value to 60 million euros.

You should know that the German transfer market is usually very conservative in its assessment of player values. If you want to sign a player, the transfer fee must be significantly premium. Sometimes you even have to spend one or two times the player's value in transfer fees to sign the player you like.

Based on Mbappe's performance in this game, Angel can already imagine that Mbappe's value may soar by another 10 or 20 million.

This means that if you want to sign him, there is no hope of getting him for less than 100 million euros.

Even if Manchester City really wants to sell players, Real Madrid will probably have to spend 100 million or even 150 million euros.

But isn't it crazy to spend so much money on an 18-year-old player?

(End of this chapter)