Bale's overhead kick was so beautiful that even as an opponent, Lin Quan had to give him a thumbs up.
Perhaps even if Bale were to do it again, he might not be able to replicate such a brilliant goal!
After Bale scored, the two teams returned to the same starting line.
Real Madrid, with their morale boosted, chose to take advantage of the situation and launch a fierce attack on Manchester City after the restart.
Their attack did create considerable pressure on Manchester City. The overly excited Bale and the goal-seeking Ronaldo once made Manchester City's defense line panic.
But Manchester City quickly responded with a targeted approach, with the forward line retreating and strengthening interception in the middle. The defensive midfielder cooperated with the full-back to put pressure on Real Madrid's wing players to prevent the opponent from crossing.
In this way, Real Madrid's offensive threat was gradually curbed and the situation began to stabilize.
But during this period, both sides had several chances.
In the 69th minute, Manchester City completed a series of wall passes in the frontcourt.
After Lin Quan dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area, he suddenly shot the ball, which flew along the grass towards the lower right corner of the goal.
Courtois' height advantage turned into a disadvantage at this time.
Faced with this kind of ground-level shot, his speed was half a beat slower than the short goalkeeper.
It was this half beat that caused Courtois to be unable to complete the save.
Seeing Courtois surrender, the Manchester City players near the penalty area couldn't help but raise their hands and start celebrating.
However, at this moment, there was a bang, and the football hit the post again and bounced out.
Manchester City fans in the stands wailed, why is it the goalpost again? How many balls will be blocked by the goalpost in this game?
Just when Manchester City fans were feeling despair and Real Madrid fans were feeling fortunate, thinking that their team had escaped, a blue figure rushed out quickly and shot the ball into the goal before the Real Madrid defender cleared the ball.
Varane, who was about to clear the ball, missed his kick and sat down on the ground.
He didn't care about the pain in his butt. After landing, the first thing he did was to check who had snatched the ball from under his feet.
What appeared in his field of vision was the back of the opponent's No. 10.
The person who completed the follow-up shot was none other than Lin Quan himself.
Perhaps he had sensed that Manchester City would have bad luck today, so after completing the shot, Lin Quan immediately prepared for a follow-up shot.
Hard work pays off, the ball didn't go in, and he caught it.
All I can say is, what is yours will eventually be yours.
C Ronaldo in the distance shook his head helplessly. Is this possible?
It seems that I need to become more proactive and look for opportunities to shoot in front of the goal.
Lin Quan's goal changed the situation of the game again. The original tie score now became 2:1, and Manchester City took the lead again.
At this time, the game had entered the 70th minute, and there were only about 20 minutes left before the end of regular time.
There is not much time left for Real Madrid.
"Attack, attack!"
Zidane glanced at the time and impatiently took off his suit and tie.
This damn thing was strangling him so much that he could hardly breathe.
The Real Madrid players on the field obviously realized that time was running out, so they were more eager to equalize the score.
But Manchester City had already begun to shrink its formation at this time. Real Madrid's blind attack not only failed to score a goal, but had the opposite effect, making Manchester City's formation even tighter.
Top teams usually don't bother to set up a solid defense, but this is only the general case.
In the last 20 minutes of the Champions League final, let alone a solid defense, if the rules allowed, they would have wanted to block the entire goal and weld the bus directly to the door frame.
When the opponent adopted dense defense, Real Madrid's quick counterattack was useless, and the short pass penetration in the middle was also ineffective.
Therefore, their only offensive means were set pieces and headers.
And this is what Ronaldo is best at.
So, starting from the 70th minute, Ronaldo became extremely active. He competed for headers in the penalty area and also took free kicks outside the penalty area.
But unfortunately, the one who closely guarded Ronaldo today was Manchester City's top defense player - Van Dijk.
Van Dijk is not inferior to Ronaldo in terms of height, strength and jumping ability, and he is younger than Ronaldo.
Under his close defense, it was difficult for Ronaldo to seize these opportunities. Although he tried his best to jump every time, he was not able to complete a header comfortably.
As time passed, the Real Madrid players on the field became more and more impatient, and their movements became more and more vigorous.
In the 82nd minute, Marcelo kicked Mbappe down on the wing.
Manchester City quickly took a free kick. De Bruyne glanced at Lin Quan's position while dribbling forward, and then sent a signature 45-degree diagonal cross.
The quality of this pass was extremely high. The ball bypassed the defensive players around Lin Quan and landed right in front of him, allowing him to get the ball comfortably without slowing down.
Good pass! Lin Quan couldn't help but secretly praise it in his heart. Only De Bruyne could pass such a penetrating and comfortable pass.
Seeing that he couldn't steal the ball, Varane could only use his hands to pull Lin Quan in desperation.
But he seemed to forget that the two were now in Real Madrid's penalty area.
After seeing Varane's action, the referee put the whistle in his mouth, ready to blow at any time.
However, Lin Quan was not pulled down by Varane while running. He tried to swing his body and broke free from Varane's pull. He pushed the ground hard with his right foot and swung his left foot to shoot before Courtois who was attacking.
The football whizzed past Courtois like a cannonball, crossed the goal line and flew into the net.
The power of the football was so great that the net was pushed back by the football, as if it was trying to break free! The score became 3:1!
Manchester City suddenly exerted their strength in the second half, scoring two goals in a row and making Real Madrid dizzy.
After scoring the goal, Lin Quan ran all the way to the corner area, facing the stands with his arms open, like a god descending from heaven.
This is Bellingham's classic celebration, but before Bellingham, many people in football had already used this celebration.
Seeing Lin Quan's actions, the fans in the stands shouted deafeningly.
The roof of the Kiev Olympic Stadium was almost blown off by the huge cheers!
"Forest!"
"Forest!"
"Forest!"
The fans who came to the scene shouted Lin Quan's name loudly, expressing their admiration for him as if they were worshipping a savior hero.
Among the neutral fans who came to watch the game, many were Lin Quan’s fans.
For them, being able to watch such a wonderful game at home and seeing their favorite stars perform such wonderful performances in such a wonderful game is really worth the money!
It would be even more worthwhile if we could see Lin Huang complete his iconic celebration of raising his collar and reviewing the court again.
"One more goal!"
I don't know who started the booing, but soon, shouts for Lin Quan to score another goal echoed throughout the stadium.
Hearing the fans' cheers, Lin Quan smiled.
He glanced at Real Madrid's goal. Will he score another goal?
It feels very difficult! There is not much time left in the game, and there may not be a chance.
However, as a fan-loving man, since the fans asked for it, he would of course give it a try.
As if sensing Lin Quan's unfriendly gaze, Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois shuddered subconsciously.
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Oh no, it seems like we’re being targeted by a ferocious beast!
Lin Quan's second goal made the situation of the game take a sharp turn for the worse.
Real Madrid, which was in a good situation twenty minutes ago, is now in a state of mourning.
Even the most optimistic Real Madrid fans started to panic at this time.
The regular time of the game was less than ten minutes, and even if the injury time was included, it was at most thirteen or fourteen minutes.
In such a short time, two goals are needed to tie the score, and three goals are needed to reverse the situation and win.
Even for a top team like Real Madrid, this is too difficult.
Thinking of this, Real Madrid fans felt very bitter.
The championship trophy that was finally snatched from Manchester City last year, will it be returned this year? How unwilling! This is also the truest feeling of these Real Madrid players on the court.
Especially for people like Ronaldo and Bale.
Bale had only been on the field for a short time and hadn't played enough, so he was going to lose? As for Ronaldo, his opponent Lin Quan had already scored two goals, but he himself hadn't scored a single goal.
This is really outrageous, especially since this game was his farewell match for Real Madrid, which is even more unacceptable.
If Real Madrid eventually lost and he left the team, wouldn't he be a deserter? The fighting spirit of the two quickly ignited. At this moment, all the previous unhappiness disappeared. The two had a common goal - to win the game! It seemed that because of the huge advantage of two goals ahead, the psychological defense of Manchester City's players was a little relaxed.
In the 84th minute, Real Madrid successfully intercepted the ball near the center circle. Bale ran with the ball on the wing, cut inside to the front of the penalty area, and passed it to Ronaldo in the penalty area.
The pass was not very good, it was a bit too high and Ronaldo had trouble handling it.
But Ronaldo, unwilling to give up this opportunity, braked suddenly while running, bent down and lowered his head, and headed the ball towards the goal in a very awkward posture.
The ball was too close to the goal, Navas had almost no time to react, and he misjudged the direction.
This allowed Ronaldo to score with a header, and the score became 3:2!
Real Madrid got a goal back, and Ronaldo finally got the goal he had always wanted! "Great pass!"
After getting up from the ground, Ronaldo looked back at Manchester City's goal. After confirming that the goal was valid, he jumped up excitedly. While backing away, he pointed to Bale on the other side, indicating that he should celebrate together.
Bale smiled shyly. If it were in the past, he might just applaud and would not run over to join in the celebration.
But this time, after seeing what Ronaldo did, Bale immediately ran over and gave Ronaldo a passionate hug.
As someone Florentino is very optimistic about, Bale seems to know something.
So, the relationship between the two people, who had originally been unfriendly, finally improved at this time.
"Good shot, you are worthy of it, President!"
"At the critical moment, it is still up to the president to step up and save the team!"
"Who can not love such a CEO?"
When Ronaldo's fans saw their idol score a goal, they danced with excitement and poured out all kinds of compliments.
It is difficult in itself to score a goal in the Champions League final, let alone to score such a crucial goal when the team is trailing in the score and the situation is unprecedentedly serious.
Zidane and the Real Madrid players on the field seemed to see hope after Ronaldo scored this goal.
They are now only one point behind. There is no such thing as away goals in the Champions League final. As long as they score one more goal, they can drag the game into overtime.
In the last Champions League final, Real Madrid won by dragging the game into overtime and a penalty shootout.
This time, if they can drag Manchester City into overtime, then perhaps they have a chance to replicate last year's success.
Seeing the Real Madrid players' high spirits, Manchester City started to get nervous.
When the team is leading by 2 goals, the players will have a strong sense of security and their mentality is often the most relaxed.
However, if the team is only leading by one goal, and this is near the end of the game, the leading team will be under tremendous psychological pressure.
A one-goal lead may be equalized by the opponent at any time. They will not feel safe because of this. Instead, they will be restrained by the one-goal lead and dare not attack boldly, fearing that they will be equalized by the opponent and wanting to maintain their existing advantage.
But the more hesitant we are, the greater the possibility of losing the ball.
After all, the best defense is offense.
If there is no offensive threat to the opponent's defense, the opponent can attack with impunity and devote all their strength.
When the opponent has fully demonstrated his momentum, passive defense is the worst strategy.
Lin Quan was very clear about this, so after the game resumed, he took the initiative to reach out for the ball, trying to continue attacking while working hard to reduce the pressure on his teammates.
At this time, everyone is under a lot of psychological pressure, and when passing the ball, they will subconsciously pass it to their teammates behind them who they feel are safer.
At this time, if Real Madrid pressed harder, it would be very likely that they would steal the ball in front of Manchester City's penalty area.
Once the ball is lost in this position, it will be dangerous. The opponent can shoot directly, and the goalkeeper and the defense line will not have much time to react, so the probability of losing the ball is very high.
On the sidelines, Guardiola obviously realized that he couldn't be timid at this time.
So after seeing Lin Quan's actions, Guardiola immediately shouted to the players on the field, asking them to rush forward to support and cooperate with Lin Quan.
If Lin Quan was allowed to attack alone, he would lose the ball no matter how strong he was once the opponents surrounded him from all sides.
Real Madrid is playing like crazy now. As long as they get the ball, they will pass it forward directly, with their minds full of thoughts about attacking.
So they must not be allowed to get the ball, Manchester City must keep the ball firmly under their feet. (End of this chapter)