Mister Legend

Chapter 580 A Praise from a Mortal Enemy

As mentioned above, the ability of Barcelona's offensive line is among the best in European football. The reason why they seemed a little passive in the first half hour of this national derby is mainly due to the impact of the away game. In view of the momentum bonus brought by the Bernabéu stadium to the home team, Harvey's choice to use a pass and control strategy that can consume more opponents is theoretically very correct.

It's just that after the anger of the players on both sides was provoked more and more for various reasons, the visiting team, which was slightly disadvantaged physically, gradually felt the feeling of being suppressed.In fact, before the world wave appeared, the technical statistics of the two sides were basically the same. It's just that Real Madrid seemed to be more positive in their mental outlook, which caused them to occupy a lot of space. The illusion of small advantages.

So when Harvey gave the Barcelona players instructions to invest more troops on the offensive end, the visiting team's originally restrained offensive power began to show.The excellent passing control of the midfield, Malcom's breakthrough on the right, and the running positions of Ruiz and Dolberg can all bring great pressure to Real Madrid's defense.

Fortunately, this line of defense, which is almost entirely composed of international football powers in the world, is now trustworthy. Coupled with the constant containment of Mbappé and others in the frontcourt, Barcelona cannot fully release all their energy. As the pace of the game further accelerated, there were still some dangerous situations in front of the goal of the two teams, which at least made the neutral fans very happy.

First, Malcolm suddenly showed his power on the right, and with extremely gorgeous footsteps, he swayed away the interceptions of the two Real Madrid players, Fabas and Aron, then cut inside to the penalty area, and pushed the ball vigorously against Varane's body interference Cross to the middle.It's a pity that Ruiz's flying shovel shot was a step late and failed to complete the final blow, otherwise the goal guarded by Courtois would be really dangerous.

Then the home team fought back immediately. After Ceballos' through pass was blocked by Arthur, the ball rolled to a relatively open space on the left side of the home team's front field. As a result, Asensio sprinted hard to help him grab the home Right-back Alex Robles won the ball in front of him and then rushed all the way to the front of the visiting team's penalty area.After opening an empty space with a simple lateral change of line, the new prince of the Bernabeu, known for his ability to frequently contribute to the world's long-range shots, shot a shot with his right foot that was no less than that of Marcos Llorente before. Tianwai Feixian's powerful attack, but unfortunately it was slightly higher than the crossbar, and failed to ignite the entire stadium again.

In addition to the above-mentioned two chances that were very close to scoring, the two teams also harvested several scoring statistics in the next six or seven minutes, but due to the steady performance of the defenders, especially the goalkeepers of both sides, they failed to form. Greater threat.

In this way, the time soon entered the stoppage time stage of the first half. The fourth official just raised his card to indicate that there would be 3 minutes of extra game time. This was relatively rare in the past, because few A substitution is made within 45 minutes, so it is usually 1 minute of stoppage time.However, considering that the two sides entangled for a long time in that flop or foul incident, this number is also understandable.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that when the stoppage time was about 25 seconds into the second minute, the score on the court changed again.

After a full half-time confrontation, the players of the two teams tended to be stretched physically, so the rhythm of the game involuntarily dropped at this stage. Barcelona, ​​who had the last wave of ball possession, naturally handled the same way. Carried out ineffective conduction, and did not put any pressure on Real Madrid's defense.

But when everyone was confused by this illusion, Coutinho suddenly showed his experienced side. After the movement of several midfielders of the home team slowed down, he suddenly slanted the ball Passed to Dolberg, who was a little inward from the left, and then he immediately accelerated forward to help his teammates drive away Fabas.

Denmark's number one star, after making a fake move of two passes and one return pass, stepped forward with his long legs and rushed to the front of the home team's penalty area, immediately catching the Real Madrid defenders by surprise.Marcos Llorente and Odriozola made a communication error at this time, and rushed towards Dolberg at the same time, vacating the key area at the top of the arc of the penalty area, giving Barcelona a chance to take advantage Opportunity.

Although Coutinho, who was going forward, has been entangled by Fabas, unable to complete the task of receiving the ball, but Ruiz's retreat gave Dolberg a ball when facing the double attack The choice of the latter, the latter's horizontal strike made the attack of the visiting team undoubtedly raised to a higher level in terms of danger.

Fortunately, Varane has always maintained a high level of attention, and immediately made the most appropriate response after discovering the opponent's striker's intentions, running close to the opponent's back to the penalty area line, even if Ruiz Received the ball, but as long as he is not given the opportunity to turn around easily, the attacking threat of the visiting team can be minimized.

But there is a saying that the height of the road is one foot and the height of the devil is one foot. This is the first Barcelona youth training forward who can occupy one and a half main positions in the Nou Camp in ten years after Pedro. Naturally, he has an extraordinary player who can compare Ruiz's outstanding ability, Ruiz's dexterity, movement awareness and often amazing imagination, all make people see the shadows of their predecessors.But this time, he played the French national team captain in the way he is best at.

I saw that he first used his slightly thin body to withstand Varane's impact. Of course, because the ground is on a sensitive part of the penalty area, the French central defender did not dare to exert force. It's too stupid, after all, Ruiz's down frequency and excellent acting skills, you know.

When most people on the field thought that he would try to use his speed advantage to pass the defender behind him after stopping the ball, the Barcelona striker made one of Ronaldinho's signature moves-pass the ball without looking , with his eyes facing the direction of the ball, he used the arch of his right foot to move to his left side strangely, and then immediately turned back to the right with Varane as the support, and rushed towards the home team's goal. .

And after the ball passed Ruiz's ingenious transition, it was being caught up by Arthur who was going forward at full speed on that side. Is this going to be a direct pass to the penalty area?At this moment of lightning and flint, Vallejo, another Real Madrid central defender, ignored other possibilities and immediately rushed to the route between the Brazilian midfielder and the counter-running Ruiz.

But later facts proved that he also made a mistake, because Artur directly chose the heavy artillery with his right foot to bombard the goal, and the flight route of the ball happened to be the defensive area that the Spanish international had just evaded.

What made Real Madrid even more helpless was that, from Courtois' point of view, Vallejo's moving body made an excellent cover for the opponent's shot, as if he deliberately gave way to this route. As a result, when the Belgian goalkeeper reacted, the ball had already flown to the penalty spot.

Fortunately, in order to confuse the opponent before, Artur deliberately hid the shape of his feet before making the shooting action, so that his long-range shooting action could not be fully completed, so the angle of this attack was not very tricky, which made Ku Ertuis can barely block the forward route of the ball with his instinctive flutter.

It's just that in a hurry, it is obviously impossible to completely control the ball, so one of the most fatal mistakes for the goalkeeper-letting go, unexpectedly appeared in front of the home team's goal.

Just before Courtois wanted to get up and catch the ball as soon as possible after falling to the ground, Ruiz, who was alert and hard-working, had rushed to the horse and shot the ball into Real Madrid's net before Varane's flying tackle Inside, at the moment when the first half was about to end, the opponents were brought back to the same starting line.

And just when the home team players were annoyed by this defensive negligence, or turned their eyes to the linesman to see if the offside flag was raised, a deafening explosion suddenly erupted in the Bernabéu Stadium, which can accommodate 81044 spectators. Boos, mixed with vaguely recognizable Spanish national insults.

The audience watching the TV or computer figured out what happened at that moment earlier than the Real Madrid players, because the goal scorer Ruiz, who had been locked on by the broadcast camera, unexpectedly got rid of the hope that came up with him. The team members who celebrated together rushed to a place not far from the home team's bench and gave Li Mudi a thumbs up gesture, almost perfectly replicating the latter's behavior half an hour ago.

How could this kind of provocative action, which is almost at the highest level, not arouse the extreme indignation of all the Real Madrid people on the scene!This means that Meilinger who can come to watch the game is basically a middle-class crowd, not very good at violent counterattacks, and the security intensity of the Bernabéu stadium is high enough, so there are no more hot scenes.

However, the irrational behavior of the Barcelona striker was enough to cause strong dissatisfaction among the Real Madrid soldiers. Almost all the players on the field, headed by captain Varane, rushed to Ruiz, who was surrounded by the visiting teammates, and wanted to have a good time with him. "Talk about heart to heart".As for Peperu, Couch and others on the bench, they also left their seats angrily. If it weren't for the obstruction of the coaching staff, team medical staff and the fourth official, they might have rushed to the field directly.

Seeing that there was a huge possibility that the situation would develop in an uncontrolled direction, the referee on duty immediately blew the whistle for the intermission, and after driving irrelevant personnel to leave the field as soon as possible, came to the team who were fighting with many opponents In front of the Barcelona striker who had a verbal dispute, the latter was severely admonished, and a yellow card was added to warn him of his wrong behavior that provoked tension between both parties.

It is relatively rare to show a yellow card to a player outside the game time, but Ruiz's behavior does not meet the moral standards of football games, so Manzano's handling method is still very appropriate, even the broadcaster's Commentators and guests agree with his approach.

It’s just that the fans of the home team, who were on the verge of going crazy, did not intend to easily let go of the Barcelona players who dared to “kill” at the Bernabeu. Several well-known anti-Barcelona songs never stopped during the 15-minute intermission. Moreover, most of the people regardless of men, women, young and old participated together. This is usually a move that only the most radical fans would make.

The reason for such an extremely spectacular event is that on the one hand, Meilingers fought back vigorously in order to maintain the sacred and inviolable dignity of the club;Although this man from the Celestial Dynasty is far from being able to claim to have conquered the majority of Real Madrid fans due to the fact that he has only been in the team for a short time, but based on his performance in leading the team in one-third of the season, it is enough for everyone to find him. Looking back at the joy of watching the game, it is natural not to allow the Catalan "dog X" to treat his team coach like this.

And those who have similar emotions include all Real Madrid players, whether they are starters or substitutes, or even those who sat in the stands and failed to make the roster for today's game. Barcelona players take lessons and teach them how to be human.

There is no accusation or criticism, but after emphasizing the need to maintain focus on the game at all times, it focuses on analyzing which aspects our team has done well in the first half of the time, and which aspects can be further improved. At the end, Li Mudi used the sentence "Be calm and focused, believe that you are the strongest team, and the victory must belong to us" as the concluding remark, suggesting that everyone can make a relaxing adjustment, as if nothing happened.

Although I really want to remind everyone a few more words, but he is very clear in his heart that the special attributes of the national derby make it impossible for most players standing on the green field to maintain their usual peace of mind. Tons of verbal persuasion are at this time It is useless, and sometimes it will have the opposite effect.It's better to let go and believe that the professional ethics and desire for victory of your disciples will restrain their behavior, at least to keep the team's morale at an explosive level.

As for the process and results on the court, in the final analysis, it still depends on the players to complete.

However, the Real Madrid coach was extremely happy that his trust was quickly rewarded.

After the rematch, the home team, which has always controlled the offensive dominance with a strong momentum, finally pushed the opponent's overall formation back into the half court through continuous and resolute side attacks. Except for Ruiz, the rest of Barcelona The frontcourt players had to retreat to an area of ​​20 to [-] meters outside the penalty area to resist Real Madrid's onslaught with a numerical advantage.

In 3 minutes, the left back Aaron advanced to assist, was kicked to the ankle by Artur, and fell to the turf in pain.However, just when the Barcelona midfielder, who knew that he had exerted a lot of force just now, thought that the opponent would put pressure on the referee and try to get himself yellow, the Spanish international suddenly gritted his teeth and got up, taking a quick free kick. It caught everyone on the visiting team by surprise.

Asensio, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly advanced from the left, cut inside the penalty area about three or four meters from the bottom line, and sent a powerful horizontal strike before the opponent's French central defender Lenglet rushed up to block it. The ball slipped between Rodrygo, Umtiti and Ter Stegen at a very fast speed, and was shoveled into the empty goal by Mbappe, who was outflanked by the back point.

2 to 1, the Galaxy Battleship took the lead again shortly after the opening of the second half, which made all the supporters jump out of their seats excitedly.

On the sidelines, Li Moody made a thumbs up gesture again, but this time it was upwards, and the target was also towards his players, but his arrogant expression still successfully attracted the collective of Barcelona fans all over the world curse.At this moment, a data change occurred in the FM system. In the information column of the Barcelona club, a Chinese name was added to the list of the most hated people.

However, since this data is the same as the game itself, it is hidden in the regular mode and cannot be seen by the player or the host, so Li Mudi didn't guess something from the behavior of the rival fans against him until some time later.

But instead of feeling scared, he also developed a strong sense of pride. Being able to stand alongside such great names as Mourinho and Raul is definitely a huge compliment for the Real Madrid people.

"I did it in less than half a season, it seems that I'm pretty good!" Li Mudi couldn't help but said complacently.

(End of this chapter)