Fame with a ball

On May 5, in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid played against Juventus at home.

Players from the two teams crowded in the tunnel, their expressions were either tense or serious. Even the little caddies who were holding hands by the players all had stern faces, trying to create a dignified atmosphere on the eve of the big battle.

But there are two people who are obviously out of the group. One of them is wearing a white No. 7 jersey and the other is wearing a pink No. 10 jersey, standing shoulder to shoulder and chatting together.Because these two people have irreplaceable positions in their respective teams, other players can only try their best to ignore them, so as not to draw a black line at one glance.

Ronaldo suddenly brought up the topic of the dinner that day: "That Elchin is not the chairman of your club, why did he come to Madrid?"

"The whole club belongs to him. It's normal to care about the team's game situation."

Ronaldo asked thoughtfully: "Why does it seem that you have a good relationship with him?"

Lin Zhigao touched his nose uncomfortably: "Is there?"

Ronaldo squinted at him: "Have you ever seen any player in football who can hang shoulders with the club owner?"

"Hook, hook shoulders and back?" Lin Zhigao almost choked on his own saliva: "We didn't have a relationship between subordinates and subordinates from the beginning. When I met him, I didn't know that he was the owner of the club, so we didn't have much contact with each other. Restricted by identity."

"You call him John?" Ronaldo couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Lin Zhigao couldn't help thinking: This question is really similar to the "Cris" sentence John asked yesterday.He was thinking about when he should tell Ronaldo the truth, this must not be concealed forever, and if he keeps hiding it from Ronaldo, then he is not treating the other party as a true friend... But, Ronaldo That temper... straight boyfriend suddenly becomes GAY, will he explode?

Before Lin Zhigao finished tangling, Ronaldo asked thoughtfully again: "I always feel that the three of you have something to hide from me."

Lin Zhigao asked with some guilt: "Who are you referring to?"

Ronaldo curled his lips in disdain: "Your expression...well, you must be hiding something from me."

"Uh, I'll tell you later?" Lin Zhigao scratched his head, took out his phone to check the time, and said dryly, "The game is about to start."

Ronaldo reluctantly agreed.

At this moment, the phone in Lin Zhigao's pocket rang suddenly, he unlocked the screen, and it showed that he had an unread text message: See you in the final! - Messi.

Lin Zhigao looked at the text message and smiled, he flicked his fingers, and also replied: See you in the final!

Ronaldo, who was standing beside him, glanced at the phone screen, and said a little sourly: "Although I really don't want to disturb your friendship, I will not give you the chance to reunite with your short friend at the Stadium of Light. The one who qualified today must be Real Madrid."

Lin Zhigao raised his eyebrows and said, "Real Madrid are too delicate, but the vitality of zebras is more tenacious."

"This is the Bernabéu, my home stadium."

"A home game doesn't mean you're guaranteed to win."

Ronaldo smiled disdainfully: "It's just a ball gap, I can make it back in minutes."

Lin Zhigao rolled his eyes at him: "Then you score me 90 goals every minute in the game."

"People who lack confidence always like to change the subject."

"That's because you're being too forceful."

"I am telling the truth."

"The truth is that even if Real Madrid play at home, they can't beat Juventus."

Ronaldo glared at Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao stared back.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, rolled their eyes at the same time, and snorted coldly: "Just wait and see!"

……

The music in the Bernabéu stadium sounded, Real Madrid and Juventus players walked out of the aisle holding the hand of the little ball boy, and after standing still on the court, they shook hands.

Because of the unpleasantness that happened before, Lin Zhigao and Ronaldo ignored each other. When they shook hands with each other, they just let their fingertips brush against each other, and then quickly turned and walked to the next person.

This small detail was captured sensitively by the camera, and the Spanish commentator shouted, "Whoah!" "The expressions of Ronaldo and Lin don't look right. Did they turn against each other because of this game?"

After shaking hands, the captains of the two sides guessed who would start first, and then the referee blew his whistle to start the game!

Alonso kicked the ball with a big kick, Khedira hooked the ball with his toe, then slanted to the right and passed it to Ronaldo!

As soon as they saw the Portuguese taking the ball, the nerves of the Juventus players immediately tensed up, especially the central defenders. They tightened their defense and formed a chain defense. He outflanks.

But to everyone's expectation, Ronaldo didn't rush to break through or shoot long-range after taking the ball from the side. After observing Juventus' defense situation, he chose to pass the ball back!

The Juventus defenders immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but the frontcourt players were also a little disappointed: If Ronaldo just chose to attack, with his own central defenders in the situation, unless God reached out to help Real Madrid, otherwise the ball must be Can't get in, in that case, wouldn't Juventus have a chance to counterattack?

In the 7th minute, Real Madrid defender Ramos sent a long pass from behind. The pass was slightly off and was stopped by Vidal in the midfield.

Vidal split the ball to the right. After a few passes at the feet of Marchisio and Pirlo, Pirlo made a cross and the football came to Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao broke through with the ball from the middle.

This time it is the turn of the Real Madrid players to be nervous. Although he trains with the world's top forwards every day, Lin Zhigao is someone who can stand the test of the Serie A league. What's more, the Real Madrid superstars have suffered from Lin Zhigao several times. I dare not underestimate this young Chinese player.

Alonso defended against Lin Zhigao, but he waded the ball past him.

Real Madrid defender Pepe and others came from near the penalty area, and they still maintained a delicate positional relationship with each other. Once Lin Zhigao took a few steps forward and broke into the front of the penalty area, what he would face would be an encirclement formed by at least five people .

Lin Zhigao wanted to take a risk, and his heart was ready to move.

But immediately, he remembered what Capello said in the dressing room before the game: "Don't forget that this is the Bernabeu and Mourinho's home court. The best way for us to win the final victory is Draw them! This way we can eliminate them with the total number of goals. So, defensive counterattack, the keynote of our game is defense! No matter how bad Real Madrid's defense is, keep your feet under control and get through the first half first Let’s talk again—don’t covet an occasional attack to give the opponent a chance to counterattack!”

At that time, Capello glanced at Lin Zhigao vaguely, but because he didn't call his name, Lin Zhigao didn't know whether that glance was his own illusion.

After hesitating for a moment, he raised his right foot before Aveiroa and Marcelo rushed to him.

Do you want to shoot from long range, or push the ball into the void of Aveiroa and Marcelo first, and then perform the extraordinary stunt of fried meatballs?

Almost everyone—commentators, reporters, Juventus and even Real Madrid fans—thought this in their hearts. They felt that Lin Zhigao must be aggressive, because this is his characteristic.

The fans intuitively ignored the most likely pass, but Lin Zhigao chose this one!

He rubbed the ball back to Verratti!

"The two generals of Juventus and Real Madrid carefully chose to pass the ball back when they got the ball!"

"They are all afraid that the opponent will seize the opportunity to counterattack if they fail to make a breakthrough... Although this choice is correct, isn't it a little too careful? Especially Ronaldo and Lin Zhigao, they are both scoring machines of their respective teams. This must have been ordered by the head coach long before the game!"

"God, don't tell me that Juventus and Real Madrid are playing counterattack!"

Good or bad, the next ten minutes of the game confirmed the guesses of the commentators.

Whether it is Real Madrid or Juventus, there has never been an effective attack. All the frontcourt and midfielders have been patient, kicking the ball from the frontcourt to the side, and then kicking back from the side. The midfielder played a ball possession game at a distance of 30 meters near the center line, as if to compare who had more passes.

At the 20th minute of the game, the statistics of the first stage came out. Real Madrid's ball possession rate was 52%, and Juventus's was 48%, which was almost the same.

"It seems that whether it is Mourinho or Capello, the keynote for this game is defensive counterattack. This reminds me of the two rounds of the Champions League semi-final between Liverpool and Chelsea in the 2006-2007 season. The head coach is also Mourinho, and both sides played defensive counterattacks-that game was called a 'nightmare memory' by many fans because it was so ugly and ugly."

Defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the most popular football tactic in the world today. Greece won the European championship back then, and Inter Milan beat Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League in 10 years.When an active offensive team meets a defensive team, the game situation can still be very good, with both beautiful offense and subtle tactics, but when both teams play defensive counterattack... …

If these words of the commentator were heard by Capello or Mourinho, the two would probably curl their lips and say with disdain: "What is a beautiful football, can it be eaten?"

Most of the coaches who like to play utilitarian football only pay attention to the results of the game rather than the process. The coaches of Real Madrid and Juventus are exactly such people. They can be like coaches like Wenger. This is why many fans mentioned that they will love and hate Reasons, love them for the wins they bring to the team, hate their football sometimes it's so ugly!

No one knows better than Mourinho and Capello what this game means to both teams-Real Madrid has not made it since the 01-02 season and Juventus since the 02-03 season Having entered the Champions League final, this is really a embarrassing thing for them, who are also a century-old giant.No matter how a team dominates the domestic league, winning a Champions League trophy is the beginning of the club's overall revival.

No one cares whether you are in the top 8 or top 4 of the Champions League this year. What many fans can see is whether the club is qualified to win the championship trophy. Only by reaching the final of the Champions League will all fans sincerely love and support the club , because even if they can't win the championship, they can proudly hold their heads up and say: "We are the team that stepped on the bones of countless teams to enter the finals! It's just a bit of bad luck, and the fruits of victory were taken away by the despicable XXX. "

The more they value this game, the more cautious the two will be in choosing tactics.Needless to say, Capello, Juventus is good at defense, how can we not make use of this advantage against Real Madrid?However, Mourinho's choice makes people feel a little unpredictable. Some people think he is too cautious, but is it just a Serie A team that has been down for a long time? Real Madrid is playing at home, so why use it against Barcelona? Formation to entertain them?

But some people secretly guessed: Could it be that the magic bird is afraid of Lin Zhigao in such a formation?

……

Real Madrid and Juventus are like two tortoises fighting against each other at this moment. You slowly play ball possession with one foot and the other, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake while comparing patience.

But the point is, neither team wants to be the first to make a mistake.The more perfect the opponent is, the more perfect they have to perform. Every pass seems to be calculated. If it cannot be accurately passed to the feet of teammates, many players would rather protect the ball to the end by themselves.

The players of the two teams are actually fairly skilled at their feet, and their passes are also perfect in arcs.But when there is no offense and no goal, many fans are bored watching it-what do they spend tens of euros on tickets to watch the game?In addition to supporting my favorite team, of course it is the passion of scoring goals!What's the point of them being there if the whole game is played like an old woman's foot wrap?It's better to just sit at home and watch the live broadcast, and cut to other entertainment programs when encountering boring game scenes.

In fact, Lin Zhigao and Ronaldo are also a little upset, because the current game situation seems to be a bit redundant for them.They are forwards, forwards and they only prove their worth when they attack.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Ronaldo couldn't help it.

Ozil got the ball in the middle and hit the right side. Ronaldo cut into the right side to get the ball before other teammates, and then suddenly started like a motor!

Real Madrid's game tactics have always been trained with Ronaldo as the core, so although he knew that this was not arranged by the head coach, the players of Real Madrid were still under the influence of inertia and immediately accelerated the pace to serve the team. prepare for the attack.

The spirits of commentators from various countries were immediately lifted: "C Ronaldo is making a breakthrough to the Juventus penalty area!"

"He passed Marchisio... Vidal stepped forward with a slide tackle! Oh no... Ronaldo came to the front of the penalty area at super fast speed. Behind him, Benzema and Higuain looked at each other from a distance. Accept..."

"C Ronaldo raised his foot... he volleyed vigorously!"

"The ball was saved by Buffon! It's a pity that this raid by Real Madrid didn't work."

"C Ronaldo's shot angle is actually good, but it's a pity that Buffon's reaction is too fast. The 36-year-old veteran still lives up to the reputation of the Italian goalkeeper! Under his protection, Juventus conceded a goal with a super low rate, firmly occupying the first place in the Serie A standings, even if AC Milan's points are equal to Juventus, they will not be able to win the league championship, because Juventus' goal difference is too much..."

The missed goal was a big blow to Ronaldo. He stood in front of the Juventus penalty area and covered his face in frustration, not daring to look at Mourinho's face on the coach's bench.

At this moment, Juventus took the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack!

Ronaldo only heard Benzema yelling: "Return to defense! Come back to defense!" He immediately turned around vigilantly, and saw Juventus defender Barzagli heading towards the middle with the ball, and there were at least four Real Madrid players. They are still staying in Juventus' half court!

Bad, Juventus really seized this opportunity!

Ronaldo immediately ran back with his legs, and when he was a few meters away from the center line, he suddenly saw Barzagli stop and was raising his foot!

While running at high speed, Ronaldo scanned the surroundings with his eyes. When he saw Lin Zhigao, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: Barzagli must pass the ball to Lin!

He immediately adjusted his direction in advance, ignored what Balzali was going to do, and ran directly towards Lin Zhigao.

At this moment, Barzagli took a long shot, and the target of the pass was indeed Lin Zhigao!

And it's a high pass!

Ronaldo was still 15 meters away from Lin Zhigao. Lin Zhigao bent his calf and jumped up from the ground.

Ten meters away, the football flew in front of Lin Zhigao. Lin Zhigao raised his chest and blocked the ball.

Eight meters, Lin Zhigao is landing.

Five meters, he fell to the ground!

Three meters, Lin Zhigao turned around!He didn't even have the normal movement to stop the ball, just one meter in the air, Lin Zhigao ran away from Ronaldo like a gust of wind!

In desperation, Ronaldo even forgot the rules of the game. He unconsciously stretched out his hand and reached forward, leaning his body, trying to grab Lin Zhigao's clothes.

But he only caught a handful of air!

how so fast !However, in just a few seconds, from jumping, stopping the ball, landing to turning around and running in one go, although Ronaldo felt a little unbelievable in his heart, he could clearly feel that it was just more than ten days from the first round of the game to now. Over time, Lin Zhigao's skills have actually improved!

Being left behind by Lin Zhigao, Ronaldo stopped in his tracks. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the referee standing ten meters away. He couldn't help but feel a little scared: Fortunately, he didn't catch Lin Zhigao just now. The referee is just doing nothing at the moment. I didn't see it, otherwise, I would definitely be dealt a card!

Ronaldo stared fixedly at Lin Zhigao's back as he ran farther and farther, took a deep breath, and was about to catch up.

Suddenly, he noticed something was wrong.

On Lin Zhigao's neck, that red spot that appeared as he ran and flicked his hair... What is it?