princely elegance

Chapter 245 Red Card
Manchester United chose to defend, and of course Real Madrid pressed forward to attack. Although this made the opponent happy, but now they are one goal behind and they have to do so.

What Schuster is most fortunate about now is that Gago pulled a goal back before the intermission, if he is still two goals behind in the second half.The mentality of the Real Madrid players on the field is definitely not as stable as it is now.

The goal in the first half let the Real Madrid players know that the opponent's defense is not an iron wall. With their offensive ability, they can blast the ball in with dignity.

Now that Manchester United has ceded control of the midfield, the Real Madrid players are not polite at all, and they all press up and bombard Manchester United indiscriminately.

Gago is in the center, connecting the frontcourt and the two wings, constantly organizing the team's offense.At the beginning of the second half, he did not adopt the offensive method of constantly changing positions in the first half. After all, he had to run continuously like that, which consumed physical energy.Sometimes, playing personal tactics is also a good strategy.

At the beginning of the second half, under Gago's deliberate feeding, Robben became the main force of the team's offense.Peter Pan faced Evra's defense without the slightest fear, resolutely dribbled the ball and began to attack continuously.

However, Manchester United's defense is indeed good. Although it is not as muscular as Chelsea's, it is rich in experience and has a perfect ratio of old, middle-aged and young.And with many years of records in European wars, even facing a technical team like Real Madrid has a corresponding set.

Although Robben is very familiar with Manchester United, but correspondingly, Manchester United defenders are also very familiar with him.The two can only explode each other, not to mention that with the running of the new Gary Neville and others, Real Madrid's offense cannot effectively advance to the outside of Manchester United's penalty area.

Gago can grab and hold the ball when two or more people surround him, but it doesn't mean that other people also have this ability.Every time he rushes in and is pressed by several people, he can only choose to pass the ball, but after the ball reaches the feet of Real Madrid players, other Manchester United players will go up to surround him. If he chooses to break through, it is easy to be intercepted.

After the start of the second half, the Real Madrid players pressed up and attacked Manchester United for 10 minutes, but the number of hits on the goal frame was only a pitiful one.This kick was Gago's long-range shot suddenly kicked from the outside. The rest of Real Madrid basically couldn't have a good chance to kick under Manchester United's whole-hearted defense.

As time went by, Real Madrid's players gradually became impatient, seeing that as long as they scored a goal, they could enter the semi-finals, but the opponent's defense was too tenacious.

Robben began to cut inside and shoot frequently, and Raul also pulled out more long-range shots.However, the Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar is in a very good state, rejecting dangerous shots again and again.

The two full-backs Heinze and Ramos have pressed up to increase the number of offensive players, and even Pepe has begun to step forward restlessly.However, Manchester United's players are not short, and several corner kicks and set kicks failed to convert into goals.

Considering that Real Madrid has Gago, a good free kick player, Manchester United also pays attention to the location of their fouls, basically not giving them near the middle.There are various actions on both sides without any scruples. Robben's breakthrough on the wing also gave Gary Neville and Evra two yellow cards.

Not enough. For Manchester United players, these are all worthwhile. As long as Real Madrid can be eliminated, this season's Champions League is basically theirs.

Real Madrid fans kept cheering for the team in the stands, some of them clenched their palms tightly, and a trace of sweat left their foreheads without knowing it.

Time passes by every minute and every second!

After receiving the ball from Robben, Gago squeezed away the aging Scholes by relying on his well-trained physique.

However, while continuing to advance with the ball, they met Hargreaves and Park Ji-sung. After Ferguson's guidance in the midfield, neither of them intercepted the ball hastily, but blocked Gago's advance. on the route.

Anti-burst is not anti-pass!
Seeing this scene, Gago could only helplessly pass the ball to Robinho on the other side.On the left side, only Brown is defending alone, which is the point where Real Madrid can most open up the situation.

However, under Ferdinand's replacement from time to time, although Manchester United's right side trembled slightly, they still persisted, and it seemed that there was no problem in maintaining it until the end of the game.

At this time, Schuster made the first substitution adjustment, and Guti replaced Robinho on the field.Robbie's performance in this game was not very good, at least compared to Robben on the right.

As soon as Guti came on the field, he brought Schuster's instructions, constantly changing positions and attacking, tearing apart the opponent's defense in the same way as in the first half.

After hearing this, Gago nodded to express his understanding. Compared with Robinho, Guti is more versatile.Now Real Madrid's three forwards are all-round fighters who can play all positions from the left, center and right, and the offense in the frontcourt can be more blurred and complicated.

With Gago as the core, Guti and Robben kept echoing each other, and the positions of the three kept switching, messing up Manchester United's defense again.However, Ferdinand maintained Manchester United's defense line like a pinnacle. Coupled with Van der Sar's brave performance, although Real Madrid's offense looked fierce, they still failed to open the opponent's door.

Ferguson watched calmly from the sidelines. The balance of victory in this game has been tilted to his side. As long as he survives another 10 minutes, his team will be able to enter the semi-finals.

Although Real Madrid's frontcourt offense looks gorgeous, it is always a little short of scoring.Gago understands that if there is no change, Real Madrid will stop at the quarterfinals.

"Is it necessary to stop at the top eight for two consecutive years, so what difference does it make if Real Madrid has me or not?"

When Gago took another throw-in, he gritted his teeth and looked at the goal in the penalty area unwillingly.Captain Raul also made the same move.

"correct!"

Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, Gago came to Raul's side before kick-off, and said a few words softly.

"it's OK?"

"Give it a try, I think we can do it with our understanding."

Raul nodded and agreed after listening.

……

"This is……"

In the next period of time, Ferguson's originally calm expression began to disappear, and he stood up a little surprised and anxious.

Raul also began to retreat out, and correspondingly, Gago went up to play forward.

To be precise, Gago was not alone, but he and Robben took turns to play forward, and sometimes they even went up together.The formation of Real Madrid's frontcourt became extremely blurred at this time, constantly changing between three forwards and two forwards.Sometimes even four strikers go up together.

Originally, the exchange of positions between Gago, Guti and Robben had already made it very difficult for Manchester United to deal with it. Now that there is an extra Raul, it instantly became the last grass that overwhelmed the camel's camel.

In the No.80 minute, Gago and Raul received a through ball from Guti after switching positions, and took advantage of this momentary gap to push the left foot to the near corner.

Van der Sar's line of sight was blocked by his own defender, and when he recovered and fell to the ground, the ball rubbed against the post and rolled into the net.

"goooooooooooooooooooal!"

"It was Gago again, scoring twice. At the last moment, he helped Real Madrid equalize. This goal also made Manchester United's previous two goals come to naught. Now, it is the one who takes the initiative. Real Madrid, Ferguson's defensive tactics almost succeeded, but he met the god-like Gago."

"This year's Gago is last year's Kaka. Both of them scored hat-tricks in the two rounds against Manchester United. Will Manchester United repeat the same mistakes last year and be defeated by one person?"

After Gago's goal, the entire Bernabéu erupted instantly. At this moment, all the fans paid homage to this young talent.

This time Gago did not refuse to celebrate, he came to the camera, turned his back and pointed to his jersey number.

Ramos was the first to overwhelm him, then Guti, Pepe...

This celebration lasted for so long that the referee couldn't stand it anymore and came over to stop them.

Ferguson, on the other hand, used up the last substitution spot in his hand, with Hargreaves off and Rooney on.

"Don't give me a fucking face, the game is not over yet, go and score me a goal like in the first half."

This is Ferguson's scolding of the players on the sidelines, which boosts the morale of the team in this way.

After the kick-off, the Manchester United players launched a desperate counterattack. The goal at the last moment of the first round kept a glimmer of hope in their hearts, and hoped that they could also score a goal at the last minute this time.

Scholes once again began to gallop to attack, completely unable to see that this is a 34-year-old veteran.Rooney and Tevez used their bodies to attack Real Madrid's defense, while Ronaldo constantly used long shots to test Cassie's reaction.At this moment, the explosive power of Manchester United made the originally happy Real Madrid fans nervous again.

This is the Red Devils who are best at reversing in the entire football world!
Real Madrid doesn't want to be another Bayern. With this mentality, all the people wearing white jerseys began to shrink back to their own half, ready to defend the score.

It has to be said that ten people piled up in the half court, not to mention defensive ability, the advantage of numbers alone greatly reduced Manchester United's offense.

Not enough Even so, Manchester United can still find opportunities to shoot.The first is long-range shots. Ronaldo and Scholes are both good players in this area, and both of them are now in an extreme state. Every shot feels good.

However, Casillas was also very brave today. The result of the promotion stimulated him to be possessed by God again, blocking Manchester United's several shots from high to low.

Soon, the game came to an end. At this time, both Manchester United and Real Madrid had already gone all out.Van Nistelrooy, who originally stayed in the frontcourt to counterattack, also came back to help defend. Pepe, Ramos, Diarra, and Raul all received yellow cards for defense.And Gago also tripped Scholes when he kicked him, and ate Real Madrid's fifth yellow card.

In stoppage time, the most controversial scene of the game occurred. When Cristiano Ronaldo cut to the center to break through, Yu Gago fell to the ground the moment he touched it.

The referee Hansen came over and showed Gago a second yellow card, and then drew out a red card!
"Two yellows turned into one red, what's going on? Gago didn't make any dangerous moves, it looks more like Ronaldo himself fell."

(End of this chapter)