Chapter 617 Real Madrid, do you think you are not dying fast enough?
The evening of October 21st.
The world's most anticipated Champions League group match, Real Madrid vs. Bayern at home, was ignited at the Bernabeu.
This game not only attracted the attention of media and fans from Spain and Germany, but also attracted many political and business celebrities to the Bernabeu.
Maradona, who had just taken over as head coach of the Argentina national team, also came to the scene just to observe the performance of several Argentine internationals in Real Madrid and Bayern, and to prepare for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa.
No one expected that the game would start with Bayern's aggressiveness.
As soon as the game started, Su Dong quickly kicked the ball to Robben, and the Dutchman passed it all the way back to the back line.
Real Madrid tried to press forward and adopt a high-pressure tactic to seize the initiative at home, but Lucio of Bayern's defense just stopped the ball, made a slight adjustment, and without waiting for Van Nistelrooy to get close, he kicked the ball forward.
Lucio's long pass went very far and landed directly between the left-back Drenthe and the left center-back Heinze in the frontcourt.
Su Dong had already rushed to the position and passed straight between Heinze and Drenthe. He used his body to block Heinze who was running over to defend, and with a sideways hook, he hooked the ball into the penalty area and accelerated to catch up.
On the right side of Real Madrid's penalty area, after Su Dong caught up with the ball, facing Casillas and Cannavaro who quickly filled in, he volleyed the ball directly and blasted the ball towards Real Madrid's goal.
Casillas made a great save and tipped the ball over the crossbar.
The entire Bernabeu was filled with exclamations.
"Within 30 seconds of the game, Bayern threatened Real Madrid's goal with a long shot from the backcourt."
"It was a powerful volley from Su Dong, and the shot was very decisive."
"As we said before, Real Madrid's defense is really problematic. The two central defenders arranged tonight, Cannavaro and Heinze, have no advantage over Su Dong. Whether it is speed, height or strength, they are at a disadvantage, which makes it very difficult for them to defend against Su Dong."
"But there is no way. Schuster only has one defender on the bench, and that is veteran Salgado."
"It can be said that it is difficult to find a suitable candidate in Real Madrid's current lineup to freeze Su Dong."
"And this may well be Real Madrid's biggest weakness tonight."
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Bayern made a strong start from the very beginning, showing their momentum, as if telling Real Madrid that even though this is the Bernabeu, Bayern still has the strength to turn it into their home ground.
This is the first time this season that the trident of Ribery, Sudon and Robben started at the same time.
Heynckes also put in a lot of effort to deal with Real Madrid.
The same is true for Real Madrid.
Schuster still adopted a 4-4-2 diamond formation, with Van Nistelrooy and Raul as the forwards, Guti as the attacking midfielder, Van der Vaart and Sneijder on both sides, and Mohamed Diarra as the single defensive midfielder.
When everyone saw this lineup of Real Madrid, their first reaction must be, is Schuster crazy? Real Madrid played against Bayern, even though it was a home game, with this lineup?
Is this because he thinks he is not dying fast enough? But if we carefully analyze and study Real Madrid's games this season, it is not difficult to find that Schuster is not in a good position either.
Real Madrid has a very serious problem this season, that is Robinho's departure, which has caused Real Madrid to lose an important weapon for advancing the ball.
In the past, the media always made fun of Robinho for claiming that he would defeat Su Dong. But no matter how much they joked, Robinho's most important role in Real Madrid's tactical map was to advance the ball. He was the only player in Real Madrid who could take the ball from the midfield to the front line.
So the question is, without Robinho, how will Real Madrid advance the ball?
Especially when under high-intensity pressure from opponents, how do Real Madrid's forwards get the pass?
So, Real Madrid has a very serious problem this season, which is disconnection.
Real Madrid already had this problem last season, but they still had Robinho to support them.
The purpose of introducing Van der Vaart is to supplement Robinho and strengthen the ball advancement in the midfield and frontcourt.
Although Van der Vaart lost his speed after being seriously injured, his footwork and awareness are still there, and he is good at dribbling.
But who could have thought that once Robinho left, Real Madrid failed to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, which led to Real Madrid's current problems in advancing the ball.
Especially when facing a team with excellent defensive capabilities.
Many people, after seeing Real Madrid's record this season, such as the 7-1 victory over Sporting Gijon, can't help but think, wow, Schuster is so awesome, Real Madrid's attacking power is superb, and so on.
But in other games, they lost 1-2 to Deportivo La Coruna, narrowly beat Numancia 4-3, tied with Espanyol 2-2, beat Atletico Madrid 2-1, and beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2...
All the games have exposed a very obvious fact, that is, Real Madrid cannot stand high-pressure pressing.
When the opponent's defense is well-organized and the defense is more intense, Real Madrid's three lines can easily become disconnected, especially under the opponent's targeted strangulation tactics.
Heynckes also saw through this, so he targeted the opponent in the midfield, which is Bayern's strong point.
Schuster also knew his own problems, so the approach he took was to arrange Van der Vaart, Guti and Sneijder to start at the same time, trying to connect the midfield and frontcourt and maintain close contact between the three lines.
Everyone knows that in such a powerful dialogue, if the three lines are disconnected, it will be very fatal.
The cost of having these three players in the midfield at the same time is that Real Madrid has to take the initiative.
So, after Su Dong took the first shot, the game became an offensive game for Real Madrid.
The home team frequently attacked the periphery of Bayern's penalty area. First, Van Nistelrooy took the ball with his back, turned around and kicked it, but it was blocked by Mascherano. Then Guti came up and kicked it, but Neuer steadily held the ball.
A few minutes later, Real Madrid planned another attack. Sneijder dribbled the ball inside from the right side of the frontcourt and shot with his left foot into the far corner.
This time Neuer flew over and held the ball tightly.
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After continuous attacks, Real Madrid's overall formation pressed forward.
Especially when the team had the ball in their own half, the defense line was pressed close to the center circle.
After Bayern stabilized its position, it was not in a hurry and waited patiently for opportunities, especially strengthening its control over the midfield.
In the 16th minute, Bayern intensified their pressure on Real Madrid's midfield and defense.
Ribery and Schweinsteiger kept running and pressing on the left.
Ramos and Diarra faced the active pressing of the two players, and Sneijder in front did not retreat in time to provide support. Ramos had no choice but to pass the ball horizontally to the central defender.
Cannavaro stopped the ball forward, saw Guti retreating and raising his hand to ask for the ball, and immediately passed the ball to him.
Guti had just stopped the ball and had no time to turn around when Mascherano came behind him.
Tonight, Bayern's midfielder has a really wide range of movement!
Before Guti had time to complain, he stopped the ball with his back to the goal, turned around and passed it diagonally to the left, trying to find Van der Vaart.
Unexpectedly, before Guti's pass reached Van der Vaart's feet, a figure suddenly appeared in the middle. Modric rushed out from the side, intercepted the ball halfway, and rushed forward with the ball.
After just two steps, Modric passed the ball straight to Su Dong's feet.
After Su Dong stopped the ball sideways, he continued to move forward.
When he rushed into the shooting range, he was quite surprised to find that Real Madrid's defense line retreated to the vicinity of the penalty area line, but there was no one in the original midfielder position.
Mohamed Diarra just moved to the wing to support Ramos and did not return to his position immediately.
Su Dong cursed in his heart.
Who are you looking down on? You're already a little over 20 meters away from the goal, and no one's coming to defend?
Cannavaro and Heinze did not dare to rush for the ball, because Ribery and Robben rushed forward further than Su Dong. Once they rushed for the ball, Su Dong immediately passed the ball behind them.
After Su Dong adjusted himself, he found that no one came up. He felt an urge to pull the Real Madrid players over one by one and twist their ears.
Do you really think I can't shoot from long range? Why don't you go out and ask around? With my size, footwork, and strength, do I look like someone who can't shoot from long range?
Besides, what was my famous skill back then? Have you heard of it?
Batty GOL!
After complaining in his heart, Su Dong made a slight adjustment, then accelerated to catch up. After standing still with his left foot, he directly kicked out a Bati GOL with his right foot. The ball was like a cannonball, going straight to the right side of the goal at an extremely fast speed.
The shot was very powerful, the speed was extremely fast, the angle was quite tricky, and there was no interference from the defensive players. Su Dong basically performed at his best level.
The ball was almost like a bolt of lightning, passing between Heinze and Cannavaro and directly into the right side of the Real Madrid goal.
Casillas was dumbfounded, raised his arms high, and yelled angrily at his teammates in front of him.
How did they defend? Were all the people outside the penalty area dead?
Just watch him take the long shot? No one cares?
Casillas was roaring in his heart, cursing.
Even if he was Saint Casillas, he couldn't stand being hit directly at the goal like this! After scoring the goal, Su Dong turned around and ran away excitedly, kissing the ring on his left hand vigorously, and didn't let go for a long time.
This is what he has always wanted to do! Isn't Raul the Lord of the Rings?
Now, it's time for this title to change hands!
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Su Dong's goal completely stunned Real Madrid.
The key is not the goal conceded, but the way it was conceded.
Su Dong's long shot was very beautiful, but from the time he received the ball to the time he adjusted and then shot, no one from Real Madrid was watching him the whole time, and there was not even any interference. This is absolutely unbelievable because that was in the middle of the penalty area.
This goal was the type that was not too destructive but extremely insulting.
The blow to Real Madrid's morale was very obvious. Schuster was furious on the sidelines and kept yelling at the players on the field.
But surprisingly, no one paid any attention to him.
Even captain Raul ignored Schuster.
This seems to confirm the previous speculation of the outside world that Raul and Schuster are not on good terms.
The German head coach has lost the support of the Real Madrid dressing room! There is a saying that the more miserable a person is in a book, the better he will perform in real life...
(End of this chapter)
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