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Chapter 514 Another step forward

Casillas launched an attack with a big long pass, but Dawson snatched the ball in front of Benzema. If Benzema successfully got the ball in the counterattack, Dawson might be a little scared of him, but Dawson is really not afraid of anyone in this kind of head-on high ball.

Essien got the ball in the midfield. At this time, the players from both sides who were originally concentrated in the penalty area had dispersed one after another. It was impossible for Newcastle players to concentrate in the penalty area, and Real Madrid's defense also began to push outwards. For a while, the players on both sides lost their positions.

In this case, Essien suddenly passed an overhead ball!

When he took the corner kick just now, Messi did not enter the penalty area. With his height, it is unrealistic to fight for a header. However, when he saw Essien take the ball, he did the opposite and ran into the penalty area. Essien was keenly aware of his running position.

"Essien got the ball, will he split the side? He lobbed the ball directly into the penalty area! This pass is really blind... Oh, no! Messi rushed out from the crowd, the linesman did not raise the flag, no offside! Beautiful anti-offside!"

When Messi rushed through the crowd, he didn't expect Essien to pass the ball. He was just trying his luck. There are some deviations.

Messi had to move two steps laterally to catch the ball. During this buffer, Casillas had rushed over like a tiger. Messi felt Casillas' attack and didn't even have time to observe his position. He unloaded the ball with his left foot, and immediately shot with his right foot!
The ball hit the chest of Casillas, who was already very close, and then bounced to the other side. In such a close range, Casillas didn't even have time to raise his hand, so he could only block the ball with his body.

The ball rolled to the other side of the penalty area, and when everyone's eyes were on the ball, the Real Madrid fans suddenly spotted a Newcastle player in sky blue running towards the rolling ball!

"Dragon! Come on! Dragon! Come on! Dragon! Come on!"

The Newcastle fans in the stands yelled with emotion, and Ning Xi and Lu Xiaoshan were also sandwiched between them, screaming at the top of their lungs: "Aaron! Hurry up!"

Since Long Bisheng was relatively slow and he was a forward, he was not so active in retreating. He was even left behind Real Madrid's defense. In this position, he was offside when he received the ball, so no one cared about him. After Essien passed the ball, everyone's attention was on Messi, and no one would notice that he had run into Real Madrid's penalty area!
Before Messi shot, Long Bisheng was still half a meter behind Messi, so he was not in an offside position!

But it's not that no one pays attention to him. Even when Long Bisheng was offside, Pepe's eyes never left Long Bisheng, so when Long Bisheng ran towards the ball, he was the first to turn around and chase after it!

The ball rolled obliquely to the right side of the penalty area. Long Bisheng was running desperately, and Pepe was also desperately running. He was farther away from the ball than Long Bisheng, but his running route was on the inside!

Almost in an instant, Long Bisheng had already run to a place only one meter away from the ball. He fell to the ground without hesitation. Lying on the ground, he immediately shortened the distance to a negligible level, and then raised his foot to sweep the ball away!

His foot swept under the ball, and the ball, which was rolling on the lawn, suddenly flew up. It happened to fly past the feet of Pepe who was also on the ground and was about to tackle the ball, and then flew towards the empty goal...

Seeing that the ball was about to fly into the goal, Casillas, who was running back, immediately made a tiger pounce and quickly grabbed the ball!

Casillas pounced forward with all his strength and slid forward for more than one meter, but the real touch from his arms made him feel very relieved. Just when he was about to stand up, he heard a whistle from inside the stadium!
Then there was a faint cheer, and Casillas felt something was wrong-if it was the cheers of Real Madrid fans, it would not be so small!
When he raised his head, he immediately realized why this happened—he saw a snow-white net when he raised his head, and then looked around. Although he threw the ball, he was already within the goal, and the ball naturally entered the goal!

"Damn!" Casillas slammed the ball on the ground angrily, and then got up: "How can Messi get the ball in that place? How did you defend it! Such a dangerous guy has no one to defend him!"

Since Raul Guti retired and transferred, Casillas has become the well-deserved boss of Real Madrid, and he really has no responsibility for this conceded goal. Even if it wasn't for him, Messi scored with his first shot.

In fact, Casillas is usually a very good-tempered person, but everyone knows what this conceded goal means-this damn conceded goal at home makes Real Madrid have to score two more goals in the remaining time to advance!

Originally leading by two goals, Real Madrid did not need to rush to attack. When the game time is running out, the winner will be determined by one goal. Even if it is delayed to overtime, there will be no problem. But now, this conceded goal directly puts Real Madrid on the verge of death!
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While Casillas was yelling at his teammates, after scoring the goal, Long Bisheng rushed to the stands where the Newcastle fans were, waving his fists at the stands. He saw Ning Xi, and Lu Xiaoshan beside Ning Xi. The two girls flushed with excitement and waved at him.

Long Bisheng clenched his fists, then turned around, and hugged tightly with his teammates who swarmed over!
"We're leading again! We're leading again!" the youngest Bostock screamed. He didn't play in the first round. This game was his first start against a team as powerful as Real Madrid. However, Newcastle's poor performance in the first half also hit Bostock's self-confidence to some extent, but after this goal, all worries have disappeared!
Although in terms of score, Newcastle only led by one goal in the total score of the two rounds, but this goal is undoubtedly of key significance and the possibility of breaking overtime!As soon as this goal is scored, a team will be eliminated after nine 10 minutes of the game!

Newcastle, who scored an away goal and led the total score, is naturally not the team that was eliminated!

Pei Wei and Mourinho on the sidelines gave a high-five: "It's done!" Both of them naturally knew the meaning of this goal. The advantage Newcastle gained at home in the first round was indeed too great. Expand to [-] to [-] and advance by one goal, then the advantage will return to Newcastle's side again!

The two rounds of the game are so attractive, unless it is a huge score lead, otherwise it is possible that just one ball can turn the situation around!
The current situation is exactly like this. Newcastle only scored a goal, and just now they kept praising Real Madrid for how perfect they played in the half, leaving Newcastle with no chance at all. If this continues, the commentators who will definitely be able to enter the semi-finals were all dumbfounded, and began to turn around and praise the importance of Newcastle's goal.

It's not that these commentators acted on the wind, but that the current situation on the field is indeed very favorable to Newcastle, but just before the goal, it was Real Madrid who had the upper hand-maybe this is the charm of football, maybe in the next second, there will be unexpected situations.

Newcastle's celebration lasted for a full 2 ​​minutes, before the Real Madrid players' protest and the referee's intervention stopped the celebration. Long Bisheng and Messi returned to the center circle side by side, and then gave a heavy high-five.

"The goal of the Chinese partner puts Newcastle in a very favorable position!" After seeing this scene, the commentator of CCTV shouted excitedly.

Newcastle’s Chinese elements are nothing new. After Pei Wei became the chairman of Newcastle in 03, Newcastle had at least one member of the Chinese national team in the team. The first was Nie Fei. Then after the end of the World Cup in 06, Messi, who made his debut in the World Cup, also moved to Newcastle. Together with Nie Fei, they became Newcastle’s Chinese twin stars. After the 10-year World Cup, Nie Fei returned to China and retired two years later. Messi is left to take the lead alone. With the arrival of Long Bisheng, Newcastle has completely copied the main striker combination of the Chinese national team!

Although the pair of strikers only had a few matches in the national team, and most of the time when Adriano started, Messi returned to the midfield to organize, but in Newcastle they cooperated more and more tacitly. I think the head coach of the Chinese national team Ding Yu is the most happy about this situation. In the case that Long Bisheng kept failing to score more than a month before he arrived in Newcastle, Ding Yu has always been resolute in the interview. It can even be said to be very good. No goal is just bad luck. Besides, a forward, especially a center forward, his role on the field can only be measured by goals!
At that time, many people naturally scoffed at this, but what happened later proved the correctness of Ding Yu's words.

Ding Yu, who was watching the game in front of the TV, saw Messi and Long Bisheng in such a good state, he couldn't help but start to think about it. With these two strikers with excellent ability, good form, and playing in the same club as a tacit cooperation, it seems that the Chinese national team can pursue something more in Brazil this summer...

While Ding Yu was thinking about it, Real Madrid had already launched a fierce attack with a tragic momentum.

Hiddink replaced Drenthe with Marcelo, who was more capable of assisting, and strengthened the attack on the wing. At the same time, Ramos on the right began to press frequently. He deployed enough firepower on the two wings and the center to launch a fierce attack. Although there are still 10 to [-] minutes before the end of the game, Real Madrid has already reached the time of breaking the boat!
Mourinho also allowed Newcastle to withdraw their defensive formation in time. Newcastle's starting lineup today is mainly defensive. Although this made Newcastle very passive in the first half, Mourinho was not in a hurry. Scoring a goal also requires some luck!
Real Madrid probably ran out of luck in the first half of the game. They stormed for more than ten minutes, but Newcastle's defense remained motionless, just like the rocks on the seashore, which were sometimes submerged by the waves, but when the waves receded, it still stood there!
The cheers from the Real Madrid fans above the stands became louder and louder, and Real Madrid's offense became more and more fierce, but the goal did not come for a long time.

Ronaldo's direct free kick was bravely saved by Petr Cech!Kaka's powerful long shot from outside the restricted area was blocked by Dawson with his body!Silva forced a breakthrough, but Gerrard broke it with a beautiful tackle from diagonally behind!As for Real Madrid's two forwards, Dawson and Taylor, whose height has an advantage, are eaten to death. In the case of a thick defense, the physical advantages of Newcastle's two central defenders are brought into full play!

Even Ramos and Marcelo, who got assists, could only choose to pass from the outside under the defense of Bell and Gerrard, and then they were pushed out by Taylor and Dawson one by one...

As time passed, Real Madrid players and fans became more and more anxious.

Kaka took the ball at the front of the penalty area, and Essien immediately entangled him with both hands and feet. With Essien's level of defense, Kaka could barely control the ball without losing it. He wanted to pass it to Ronaldo, but the Portuguese was flanked by Bale and Martok.
In desperation, Kaka had no choice but to turn around and pass the ball to Diarra who came up behind him, but Bostock, who had been neglected all the time, suddenly made a diagonal stab and intercepted the ball before Diarra caught the ball!
After stealing the ball, Bostock did not choose to dribble by himself, but passed the ball directly to the middle circle!Newcastle's two forwards vs Real Madrid's two defenders!

Long Bisheng leaped high and ferried the ball to Messi before Pepe. Albiol's attack was a step slower. He could only lay in front of Messi, hoping to slow down Messi's progress, but instead of dribbling, Messi sent a through pass to Pepe's back.

Pepe's landing was a step slower than Long Bisheng's. As soon as Long Bisheng's foot stepped on the lawn, he immediately exerted his strength and rushed past Pepe with big strides!
Albiol had no choice but to move sideways again to stop Long Bisheng. Just as he was about to get close to Long Bisheng, Long Bisheng, who had already caught up with the ball, stabbed the ball directly towards Real Madrid's half.

Continuous four-legged pass between two people!Wonderful two-over-two cooperation!
After receiving the ball, Messi has already run out of his highest speed. His excellent foot skills allow him to run with the ball at a speed that is not much slower than the sprint speed. Albiol and Pepe who lost the opportunity can only chase after him to eat ashes. As for Marcelo and Ramos, it has just passed halftime...

A few seconds later, Messi dribbled the ball close to the penalty area. Facing Iker Casillas who was attacking, Messi stretched his feet covertly and picked under the ball while running. The ball drew a beautiful rainbow and flew into the goal under the desperate eyes of the Real Madrid fans!
This goal shows Messi's excellent control of the ball!If you use less force, Casillas might hit the ball before he fell to the ground. If you use more force, the ball might hit the crossbar even if it didn't fly over it!

Long Bisheng, who came up from behind, was convinced by this kick. He knew that he probably never hoped to score such a beautiful goal in his life, but he has his own style!

Messi opened his arms and was about to run towards the stands. Long Bisheng, who rushed over halfway, grabbed him with a hungry tiger, and then the two laughed and hugged each other, and then other teammates rushed over, one, two...

This is a goal that makes Real Madrid desperate!The score of 10 to [-] and the total score of [-] to [-] means that Real Madrid have to score three goals in Newcastle in the last [-] minutes!

Although Real Madrid continued to launch a fierce attack in the remaining time, and Ronaldo scored twice after receiving a corner kick from Silva in the No.807 minute, it still could not change the fact that Real Madrid was eliminated. When the referee blew the final whistle, everyone knew one thing-that is, Real Madrid stopped again in the quarter-finals and was eliminated by Newcastle with a total score of [-] to [-]!

Newcastle's players came to thank the stands where the Newcastle fans were, and they shouted in unison: "We have moved one step closer to our goal!"

Yes, it is still a very important step.

(End of this chapter)