Chapter 983 Van Basten-style goal
Beep! When the German referee Felix Brüch blew the whistle to start the game, Manchester City's players immediately rushed towards Real Madrid's half with great momentum, each of them with a determined look, as if they were ready to fight to the death.
After Higuain passed the ball to Benzema, the French striker quickly passed it back to Xabi Alonso.
As soon as the Spanish midfielder stopped the ball, he saw Su Dong rushing to his vicinity. He was so scared that he quickly turned around and knocked the ball back again.
Both central defenders Albiol and Ramos retreated very deep. It was Ramos who received the pass from Xabi Alonso first. When he wanted to pass the ball to his partner, he found that Su Dong was chasing him all the way. He was so scared that he quickly grabbed the ball and broke out in a cold sweat.
If he really passed the ball, it would have been a dangerous ball, and Albiol would have cursed himself to death. But he didn't pass it, and the ball fell at his feet.
As soon as Su Dong saw that Ramos did not pass the ball, he immediately changed direction and rushed towards Ramos.
The Real Madrid center back was cursing in his heart.
Damn, the game just started, do we need to dive so hard? But Ramos did not hesitate and immediately passed the ball to Arbeloa. The right back received the ball with his back to the attacking direction. As soon as he stopped, he found that Di Maria had caught up with him. Ramos was also disturbed by Su Dong, which left him with no other choice. After taking two steps back, he was forced to pass the ball back to Casillas in the penalty area.
But at this moment, Su Dong suddenly shook off Ramos and ran straight towards Casillas at an extremely fast speed, scaring the Real Madrid goalkeeper so much that he didn't have time to think about it and kicked the ball out of bounds with a big foot.
Well, the ball changed hands and became Manchester City's out-of-bounds ball.
The entire Etihad Stadium suddenly erupted in warm cheers.
Casillas raised his hands and apologized to his teammates, but everyone knew that it was not his responsibility.
Manchester City's pressing was too fierce and cohesive after the opening, which put Real Madrid's midfielders and backcourt players under tremendous pressure, especially Arbeloa's back pass, which made it very difficult for Casillas to deal with.
Just kick the ball forward. If Su Dong blocks it, you're done for.
It can be said that Casillas made the safest choice when he had no other choice.
It's better to lose the ball than to create a dangerous situation, right? ...
Manchester City seized the ball within ten seconds of the start of the game, and Marcelo ran up to throw the ball out of bounds immediately.
Su Dong went straight to the left corner of the penalty area, used his body to block Ramos behind him, and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Marcelo threw the ball directly over. After Su Dong stopped the ball with his chest, he kicked the ball and kept it firmly on his foot. He pretended to turn around and suddenly sent the ball to the left baseline. Marcelo quickly made a cross and passed the ball directly to the back point.
Sanchez followed up with a low shot, but the ball missed the goal and flew out of the bottom line.
All the fans in the stadium exclaimed in unison.
Manchester City completed their first shot less than twenty seconds into the game.
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After tasting success in the first attack, Manchester City continued to launch fierce pressing pressure on Real Madrid.
Real Madrid was forced to take a defensive stance. They had no way to compete with Manchester City in terms of passing and controlling the ball and could only defend. Even attacking players in the frontcourt such as Higuain and Benzema were actively involved in defense.
The two defensive midfielders Xabi Alonso and Khedira were firmly guarding the front of their team's defense line, especially protecting the two flanks.
Manchester City patiently controlled the ball, passing the ball back and forth and looking for opportunities.
Both teams waited for the other to make a mistake, but the approaches they took were very different.
As soon as Manchester City lost the ball, they intensified their pressure in the midfield and frontcourt. All the players, including Su Dong, started running, frantically chasing Real Madrid's passes and intercepting them. This brought devastating damage to Real Madrid's passes, and it was always easy for them to snatch the ball.
As soon as Real Madrid lost the ball, they immediately took a defensive stance. The nearest player would try to steal the ball if possible, and retreat if not, even at the cost of committing fouls to prevent Manchester City from launching a quick counterattack. This made Real Madrid's defense very solid, and there was always a shortage of defensive players in the penalty area.
However, the high-intensity, tight pressing and oppression that Manchester City maintained after the opening made Real Madrid completely lose its offensive rhythm. As the game began, they gradually showed signs of being unable to cope.
It's no wonder. With Barcelona's pressing intensity, which team in European football can withstand it, let alone Real Madrid?
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When the game reached the ninth minute, Real Madrid central defender Albiol headed the ball again, one step ahead of Su Dong and headed the ball out of the penalty area. Xabi Alonso kicked the ball forward with a big foot.
Higuain and Benzema both retreated actively, and Cristiano Ronaldo was responsible for competing for the ball in the frontcourt, but Manchester City's Portuguese central defender Pepe took the lead, directly overpowered Ronaldo and headed the ball back.
Toni Kroos just stopped the ball, turned around, looked forward, and quickly made a long pass to the right side of the penalty area behind the defense line.
Manchester City's right winger Sanchez moved forward at the fastest speed, intercepted the ball before it went out of the baseline, and sent a reverse triangle pass back to the penalty spot.
Su Dong was near the penalty spot. He judged the landing point first and blocked the position first. After stopping the ball with his chest, he kicked the ball to the left with his right foot, just enough to pass Khedira who was returning to defense.
After catching up with the ball, without waiting for Ramos to catch up, Su Dong gently poked the ball to his right front with his left foot, and quickly chased after it, just in time for the ball to avoid Ramos's grab. At the same time, his body blocked Ramos, making it impossible for the Real Madrid center back to stop him.
And the rest is easy.
Su Dong didn't give Albiol time to react. He glanced at Casillas' position and lightly kicked the ball with his right foot. The ball went from the left side where Albiol couldn't reach it and slid directly to the lower left corner of the goal.
Casillas was originally standing on the right side, and Real Madrid's penalty area was full of defensive players, so he thought there would be no problem.
Unexpectedly, Su Dong relied on his own footwork, technology and flexibility in such a small space to dodge and avoid two defensive players, Khedira and Ramos, and shot the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.
The ball seemed light and the speed was not fast, but its angle was too tricky. Both Albiol and Casillas had chances, but they just fell short by a little bit.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper made a desperate save, but still failed to prevent the ball from entering the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"Nine minutes into the game, Manchester City took the lead in breaking Real Madrid's goal!"
"Su Dong! It's Su Dong again!"
"This shot was really beautiful!"
After Su Dong scored a goal, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly, ran all the way to the bottom of the stands where the fans were, raised his arms high, and kissed the engagement ring on his left hand hard.
The entire Etihad Stadium was cheering his name.
One to zero!
Su Dong broke the deadlock for Manchester City and established the advantage.
"Let's review the process of this goal. Manchester City's counterattack was very fast. Sanchez was also very fast and made a good cross, but Su Dong's subsequent processing was the key."
"It was during this pause that he made another move with his right foot, dodging Khedira beautifully, and then he made another move with his left foot. Both of these touches were handled perfectly, and then he could just shoot directly, avoiding Khedira and Ramos again."
"The key is that there were four Real Madrid defenders around him, but not one of them was able to stop him in time."
"Let's take a look at the slow motion footage. Su Dong's movements were very graceful and calm. He played with technique and stream of consciousness. This reminded me of Van Basten. The Dutch legendary center forward also played in a very chic and elegant style."
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Cristiano Ronaldo stood outside his own 30-meter area with his hands on his hips, looking depressed. He silently watched Su Dong run out to celebrate the goal, feeling speechless.
He had long known that Real Madrid's defense could not trap Manchester City, especially Su Dong.
Su Dong is too strong! As a good friend of Su Dong, Ronnie knows his strength too well.
But there is no way. Real Madrid has always focused on offense rather than defense. Albiol and Ramos are already the strongest central defender combination that Real Madrid can field, unless Pellegrini wants to take the risk of using young player Varane.
But the result is probably the same.
Ronnie watched Su Dong run out to celebrate and felt angry, especially when he looked at his teammate Kaka and found that he was also looking at him. The two superstars looked at each other and realized each other's thoughts.
Get him!
I just don't believe it, two people can't beat one Su Dong! ...
The game starts again.
After Manchester City took the lead, they relaxed their pressing a little.
This was also within everyone's expectations. After all, no one can maintain high-pressure pressing for 90 minutes, and no matter how good Manchester City's physical fitness is, it is no exception.
Real Madrid can take a breather, but is still in a very passive position on the field.
Pellegrini adjusted the team's defense, paying more attention to pressure and interception in the midfield, which was proposed by Ronaldo before the game.
He believed that Su Dong could not defend and could only try to reduce the number of balls passed to Su Dong.
This requires all Real Madrid players to run.
It has to be said that without the ball, the players are under a lot of pressure and their energy is also greatly exhausted.
After the two sides were in a stalemate for about ten minutes, Real Madrid began to adapt to Manchester City's pressing intensity and began to look for opportunities to launch counterattacks.
In the 23rd minute, Ramos suddenly rushed forward, stole the ball and passed it to Kaka.
After the Brazilian midfielder got the ball, he immediately rushed forward along the middle.
Busquets was chasing him all the way, but Kaka suddenly accelerated when he was advancing in the middle, and he got past Busquets and passed the ball diagonally to the left rib.
Cristiano Ronaldo quickly moved forward, stopped the ball, dribbled past Zabaleta, and cut diagonally into the middle of the penalty area.
When the Portuguese player was about to rush to the front of the penalty area with the ball, Zabaleta was forced to commit a foul when he could not stop him, giving Real Madrid a free kick in the frontcourt.
Ronnie's speed was really too fast. Once he started rushing, he was just like a Ferrari speeding on the highway. There was no way to stop him, so the only thing to do was to foul him.
Ronnie was quickly pulled up from the ground by Kaka with a smile on his face.
Obviously, he knew he couldn't break through Manchester City's defense, so he wanted a free kick.
(End of this chapter)
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