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Chapter 698 The test is the referee

An Pang gave a thumbs up in front of Guardiola.

Guardiola smiled shyly.

It's up to you to do the whole job!

This is something that happened to the two head coaches after the game, which aroused endless speculation among fans.

The score was finally fixed at 3:1.

Manchester City holds a two-goal lead.
Real Madrid will definitely face a last-ditch battle at the Bernabeu in the next round at home.

Rossi's goal prevented the game from being one-sided and turned it into a high-quality tactical game.

Manchester City's performance on both offense and defense was perfect. Haaland could use his super ability to eat up Real Madrid's defense.

With a lack of depth in the lineup, Ancelotti partially created explosive points and advantages, breaking through Manchester City's defense and grabbing a valuable goal for the second round.

In the weekend league, both sides can accumulate energy through rotation and prepare for the second round of the game.

In the first round, Real Madrid had already exposed its physical problems.

The lack of sufficient rest time during the winter break for three consecutive seasons, coupled with the ups and downs of the players' status after the World Cup, resulted in Real Madrid, which has always been known for its physical fitness, at a disadvantage in the match against Manchester City.

You know, in the first round, Guardiola made no substitutions within 90 minutes.

In order to prepare for this game, both Real Madrid and Manchester City performed a certain degree of rotation in the league last weekend.

Guardiola arranged for five main players to rest, Ancelotti hid many veterans, and Rossi and Camavinga fought continuously to ensure competitive status.

Getafe is struggling in the middle and lower reaches of the standings, not far from being relegated. Facing Real Madrid's semi-main lineup, it is bound to score all 3 points.

After the game against Manchester City, Rossi was at his peak and scored a hat trick in the first half, declaring the game over in advance.

This season, due to Messi's decline in form, Rossi has dominated the scorer list with 29 league goals, 2 more than No. 10 Lewandowski.

This was scored when Rossi was injured for two months.

The scorer list shows a cliff-like situation, which is related to the decrease in the number of goals scored by Messi and Benzema as they grow older.

Lewandowski and Griezmann are the team's top scorers respectively, enjoying most of the firing rights, but still failed to narrow the gap with Rossi.

Lewandowski is because Messi is still in the Barcelona team. Often at critical moments or penalty kicks, Messi is the best choice for Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid's tactics provide limited support for the striker, which also makes it difficult for Griezmann's goals to continue to grow.

Now, the only goal in front of Rossi is the European Golden Boot.

Haaland leads the Premier League and European Golden Boots with 32 goals.

With only 4 rounds left, it was still a bit difficult to complete a 3-goal reversal.

Unless Haaland doesn't score.

Also, in the Champions League scorer list, Rossi and Haaland both scored 10 goals and tied for the top scorer list.

The second round of the contest between the two will determine the top scorer in the Champions League.

May 5, Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

The highlight of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals will begin in two hours.

In the other semi-final, Inter Milan defeated AC Milan 1:0 and advanced to the final with a total score of 3:0.

Their opponents will be between Real Madrid and Manchester City.

Before the game, FIFA gave Manchester City an 80% probability of advancing to the finals.

Of course, this is just a data analysis, and there are often variables in the results.

When the two teams met last season, Manchester City had a higher probability of advancement than Real Madrid.

But as a result, Rossi created a wonderful "Miracle at the Bernabeu".

Never leave early.

After this battle, this sentence became the creed of Real Madrid fans.

They believe that players can lead them and create a new era.

Both teams have the opportunity to create the Triple Crown honors and become the 10th team to win the Triple Crown in football.

The significance of this semi-final is even greater than that of the final.

No work!

This is what Guardiola said at the pre-match press conference.

For both parties, the details of each other are clear, and there are no secrets at all.If you want to find another way to complete your work, this approach will be detrimental in key games.

Home team Real Madrid starting:
Goalkeeper: Courtois.

Defense: Alaba, Rudiger, Militao, Carvajal.

Midfielder: Toni Kroos, Chuameni, Modric.

Forwards: Vinicius, Benzema, Rossi.

On the Real Madrid bench, Camavinga, Valverde, Rodrygo, Asensio and other young teams serve as the team's back-up players, ready to go.

Real Madrid fans are extremely lucky, because it is rare to see such a complete substitute lineup of the team.

Visiting team Manchester City starts:
Goalkeeper: Ederson Morais.

Defense: Akanji, Ruben Dias, Kyle Walker.

Double midfielder: Rodri, Stones.

Midfield and frontcourt: Grealish, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva.

Center: Haaland.

There are no changes to the starting team and formation, and Guardiola's commitment remains unchanged.

The defeat in the first round made Ancelotti deeply aware that the technical midfielder could not save the midfielder's problem.

Therefore, even if Chuameni has just returned from injury, he still has to play in the important second round of the Champions League to guard the rear.

Another point is the lack of confrontation caused by declining physical fitness.

In this regard, Ancelotti used rotation in the weekend league to allow the starting players to get sufficient rest.

Trailing by two goals, Real Madrid is bound to increase the intensity of the game.

Physical fitness may be the key factor that determines the outcome of this game.

After the opening ceremony, Benzema stood in the center circle. After hearing the whistle, he passed the ball back.

The game has officially started.

Manchester City, who were leading by two goals, did not choose to be conservative, but took the initiative and pressed high.

Since he knew that Real Madrid was going to get the start, Guardiola was not afraid at all and increased the intensity of the confrontation between the players on both sides.

Go ahead, intercept, tackle, and push people from behind.
Under the high-intensity physical confrontation, players from both sides were consciously testing the referee's penalty scale.

In the 3rd minute, Vinicius held the ball on the left and was hit by two Manchester City players on the edge of the penalty area.

The three men fell to the ground almost at the same time, the ball was very unclear, and the referee did not blow the whistle.

Vinicius relied on his dexterity to get up first.

But as soon as his left foot touched the ball, the right side of his body was hit by Manchester City midfielder Rodri.

The referee did not blow the whistle, it was a reasonable collision.

With his excellent ball sense and body balance, the Cubs moved the ball near the sideline and then staggered forward.

But what followed was a tackle from Kyle Walker after he got up.

This time, Vinicius finally couldn't withstand his opponent's attacks and fell to the turf.

Rodri took advantage of the opponent's fall to the ground and rushed forward to control the ball.

The enraged Vinicius immediately got up from the turf, rushed towards Rodri, and quickly released the shovel.

The ball goes over the touchline.

Maziniak blew the whistle and the ball belonged to Manchester City.

In an instant, the Bernabeu Stadium was abuzz with dissatisfaction with this penalty.

Vinicius encountered three consecutive fouls by the opponent, but did not blow the whistle once. In the end, he gave the opponent a frontcourt foul ball.

Whose home is this?

At the beginning, the test was not the head coaches of both sides, nor the players of both sides, but the referee Maziniak who officiated the game.

Only 3 minutes had passed in the game, and he was already feeling suffocated by the strong home atmosphere.

This was even more stressful than when he was officiating in the World Cup finals.


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