Fame with a ball

Intermission time.

Because the game fell behind Juventus by 0:2 in the first half, the team locker room at the New Alpi Stadium was silent at this moment. The Real Madrid superstars sat in twos and threes, or sat alone, drinking water and resting. It was not easy, and many people even frowned and looked worried. They occasionally raised their heads to look at each other, and occasionally cast their eyes to a corner of the locker room.

There, there were three people sitting, Ronaldo, Kaka and Pepe. C Luo sat alone, with his head down, holding a bottle of water in his hand, unable to see his expression clearly.Sitting not far from him were Kaka and Pepe, both of whom were silent, occasionally looking at each other, then at Ronaldo, and then at coach Mourinho.

"I don't know if I need to change tactics a bit in the second half."

Flipping through some of the things he wrote in the first half of the session, Mourinho said calmly without raising his head.

"If I'd stayed at Chelsea at this point, maybe I'd have said to Drogba and the others 'you've let me down'."

A look of shame immediately appeared on the faces of several Real Madrid players, while others turned their attention to Ronaldo, although the person they focused on still had his head down and seemed to have no reaction at all.

"But I won't say this to you. I want to ask why? Real Madrid is the most brilliant transfer of most of your careers. You can come here and put on this jersey. It has already shown how good you are. But for a group of players who are mature enough like you, I will not criticize you like I criticize young players. I will use aggressive methods to arouse your ambition, and when you foolishly tell me that the second half will definitely reverse The game was won. But, should I encourage you? Don't even think about it, because in the first half you played really badly, very badly."

"So what I want to say is only about the game and my tactical layout." Mourinho finally retracted his gaze from the small notebook in his hand, raised his head, looked at the crowd, and then revealed the tactical board in front of him: "Our tactics will change in the second half, from 424 to 442, not the normal 442 formation, but the one recommended by Valdano."

As soon as this sentence fell, it immediately caused a chain reaction from everyone in Real Madrid, and everyone had expressions of surprise on their faces.At the beginning, Ronaldo, who kept his head down and didn't know what he was thinking, also raised his head and pointed it at Mourinho, his eyes widened.

In the first half of the game, Real Madrid has always used their usual Mourinho's favorite double midfielder 424 formation. In this formation, Ronaldo, Higuain, Benzema and Kaka four All the attackers are starting, Diarra plays right back, Ramos and Varane partner with double central defenders, Pepe and Alonso partner with double defensive midfielders, this is a set of tactics that can be attacked and defended, not only for Mourinho The most commonly used tactic is also the favorite tactic of Real Madrid fans.

And the Valdano 442 formation that Mourinho just mentioned refers to a formation recommended to him by the former Real Madrid manager Valdano. This formation is very feasible after research, but it is rarely used by Real Madrid. Used, because the lineup configuration of this formation is very bold-Cassie's goalkeeper status remains unchanged, Coentrao, Pepe, Ramos, and Diarra guard the defense, Marcelo, Alonso, Eras Zier or Kaka, Di Maria occupy the midfield, and then Benzema and Higuain are double forward partners.

Can you see the biggest difference between the two formations?

Yes, Ronaldo has no place in the second formation.

Everyone at Real Madrid knows this formation and is familiar with it - they use it a lot in training.However, the number of times this formation was mentioned in official games is still very small, so when Mourinho finished the sentence about changing the formation, everyone understood: Although Mourinho did not name and accuse Ronaldo of being in the game Halftime performance, but he still expressed his criticism in euphemistic words.

This is the cleverness of Mourinho.Real Madrid's locker room has the most complex factions, difficult management, players playing big names and other problems and contradictions. Even if the head coach is more famous, prestigious and honored than them, it is difficult to get this group of superstars. He is really convinced—a personality coach like Capello, even if he is world-renowned, but because his temper is too upright and irritable, once the conflicts with Real Madrid superstars are formed, it will be impossible to reconcile, so he will not stay in Real Madrid for long.

Only those who have both brains and strength, fame and means can maintain the delicate balance in the Real Madrid dressing room, such as Mourinho.

Mourinho said he didn't use aggressive methods, but he still used them, but the methods he used were smarter and higher-level.

The effect received was also immediate, and Ronaldo said almost immediately: "I will definitely score in the second half!"

Mourinho pulled a slight smile from the corner of his mouth: "No one can say what will happen on the pitch."

"I'm not asserting, I'm just expounding a fact!" Ronaldo almost roared to finish the sentence, his eyes widened, his nostrils slightly dilated, and his expression seemed to have been violated and desperately resisted Calf in general.

All of a sudden, in the locker room, only Ronaldo's desperately suppressed panting could be heard, and the others remained silent, watching quietly the match between the two highest-ranking Real Madrid players.The Portuguese is usually good-natured, but once it comes to certain sensitive topics—such as questioning his strength, comparing him to Messi, etc., he will immediately turn into a firecracker, and it will be a hit.

The smile at the corner of Mourinho's mouth deepened, he raised his arm, and glanced at the time: "The intermission is almost over, get ready to play again, lads!"

"Then, what about the tactics for the second half?" Someone asked out loud.

Mourinho raised his eyebrows lightly: "The 424-[-]-[-] formation remains unchanged, but we still need to make a small adjustment. Di Maria replaced Kaka in the second half."

There is no regret or disappointment on Kaka's face. It is very common for him to replace Di Maria, Ozil and others in the game. What's more, he started today and played the full half of the game. The game was already good, so he was in a good mood, and even had a few conversations with Di Maria, telling the opponent about the situation of the Juventus players on the field.

Everyone in Real Madrid walked out of the locker room one by one. Ronaldo had a serious face, and the corners of his mouth were almost drooping.

"God bless you good luck." Kaka gave Ronaldo a hug and blessed: "I will watch you score goals off the court."

Ronaldo said in a very cold tone: "I hope the head coach of Juventus will not replace their No. 10, otherwise, my fun of scoring goals will be reduced by half."

Kaka: ... So you haven't forgotten about this!

……

On the Juventus side, Lin Zhigang, who had forgotten about Ronaldo in a blink of an eye after the provocation, didn't even know that someone had already hated him.

He was also complacently showing off his goals to his teammates there!

It's just that Capello snorted coldly, and Lin Zhigao's arrogance immediately froze like a balloon poked by a needle.

"Vanity, underestimation, conceit, hum!" Capello said with a gloomy face, "This is the player's worst enemy! Is it great to score two goals? Wait until you can score five goals in a game and then be proud there." Bar!"

Lin Zhigao almost got his head stuck in the ground.

Pepe sat next to him, poked him with a suppressed smile: "You've been scolded!"

"Where to go!" Lin Zhigao replied in a low voice with a bitter face, "How do I know his ears are so sharp! He can hear everything we say..."

After staring at Lin Zhigao and complaining a few times, Capello eased his expression and talked about the game: "Although Real Madrid is temporarily behind, I don't think Mourinho will change his tactics easily. In the second half, Real Madrid is likely to It's still an all-out attack..."

"Why?" Someone wondered: "Real Madrid are 2 points behind. Shouldn't they tighten their defense and look for opportunities to counterattack?"

Capello sneered: "Mourinho is not the kind of regular head coach. What they are most likely to do in the second half is to keep a close eye on Lin and make a press to contain our offense, and then let Real Madrid's offensive ability The striker is looking for a chance to shoot, Mourinho will never be willing to leave New Alp with a zero egg, the core of his second half tactics - must be scoring!"

"...Then, let's strengthen our defense and keep the 2:0 score?"

"We played 352 in the second half."

The so-called 352 formation is 3 defenders, 5 midfielders and 2 forwards. The midfielders are dominant, forming a large encirclement net.Teams using this formation are generally either strong or ahead of their opponents in points, using strong midfield control to put pressure on their opponents.

Capello pondered for a while and said: "Lin and Vucinic are the strikers, and Verratti, you retreat to the midfield. Once Lin or Vucinic succeeds in stealing, you will make up to the front to assist the offense. Although 2 Leading the ball is an advantage, but because we don’t know what will happen when we go to the Bernabeu in a month, the more goals we can score in this game, the better. But in case Lin is tightly marked by the opponent, Lin, You just pass the ball to Vucinic and let him finish the shot. And in the second half, regardless of the frontcourt, our most important thing is the midfield defense, and we must not miss."

"In the end, your performance in the first half was not bad." Capello smiled quickly, and soon straightened his face: "But you must not think that you can slack off in the second half, the attack of Real Madrid's striker You cannot be underestimated, even in the last minute of the game, I will not allow you to relax your vigilance! Do you understand?"

"Understood, boss!" All the Juventus players shouted in unison.

……

The referee blows his whistle and the second half begins.

"Oh, Real Madrid coach Mourinho unexpectedly did not make any adjustments to the team's formation - except for replacing Kaka and letting Di Maria play." The commentator carefully looked at the list of players who played in the second half of Real Madrid, and then said : "Actually, I don't think this substitution is necessary. Kaka performed well in the first half, and he didn't show signs of physical exhaustion at all. If this is the case, why should he be replaced? Ronaldo, he performed well in the first half kinda-"

At this moment, the situation on the field changed suddenly.

Because Juventus kicked off in the first half, the right to kick off in the second half belongs to Real Madrid.Pepe kicked off the ball from the center line and took a few steps towards the Juventus half. After being defended by Caceres, he passed the football to Alonso.

Alonso moved forward with the ball, and then transferred the football to Di Maria's feet. After Di Maria received the football, he did not choose to carry the ball forward. At the foot of Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo cut into the Juventus half like lightning with the ball. When he was nearly 30 meters away from the goal, he suddenly stopped and shot directly!

Although I have already told myself in my heart that "we must pay attention to Real Madrid in the second half and guard against their sudden attack", but when Ronaldo shoots, the players on the Juventus defense line are still a little confused: This, this is just now Let's get started!Real Madrid's attack is so fast? What is Ronaldo doing?Pass or shoot?I wipe!Of course it was a shot!

It was not only Chiellini and other Juventus defenders who could not react in time, but also goalkeeper Buffon.He was still observing the kick-off situation in the midfield one second before, and suddenly saw a football flying towards him the next second!

He quickly judged the possible shooting direction of the football, and then jumped high!

But I don't know if it was his bad luck, or the jumping angle was wrong, the football slipped into the net through the gap between his arms!

"goooooooooal!" The Italian commentator was stunned for a moment before remembering to cheer: "The second half started... 31 seconds! Ronaldo equalized for Real Madrid! Now the score is 2:1!"

"It must be what the magical Real Madrid coach Mourinho said to Ronaldo. Otherwise, why did the robot just go through a half-time break and immediately be brave and score a goal as soon as it came on the field?"

The Spanish commentator was also very excited: "Could this be a surprise attack arranged by Mourinho? Ronaldo's performance in the first half was obvious to all. Everyone guessed that he was in a bad state today, so no one in the second half. I would never have thought that he would launch a swift attack just after the start of the game! If Mourinho really arranged this specially, then we will have a good show in the next game!"

Off the court, Mourinho waved his fist excitedly, with a charming smile on his mouth, he shouted: "That's it! Well done!"

The coaching benches of the two teams are not far away, so Capello also heard Mourinho's shouts over there.He frowned in displeasure, staring at the situation on the field, feeling very unhappy: these careless guys, he just told them to be careful!

Ronaldo's goal was like a thunderbolt, blasting the nerve cells of all Juventus players.

They scolded themselves for their carelessness, but at the same time they were highly concentrated, their eyes closely following C Luo's movements, fearing that he would make another surprise attack.

"I'm so quick to clean this thing!" Seeing C Luo dribbling through his goal like flowing water, Lin Zhigao was surprised from ear to ear.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, someone who had just scored a goal without even doing any celebrations suddenly ran up to Lin Zhigao, bared his teeth and showed a particularly arrogant smile, and said to him: "The first one."

Lin Zhigao's eyes are full of question marks, what is the first one?

He looked at Ronaldo suspiciously, but Ronaldo simply turned around and pointed his butt directly at him.

But Lin Zhigao soon knew what Ronaldo meant, because 8 minutes after the opening of the second half, Real Madrid scored again.

……

"Oh oh oh! Elevator ball! Another elevator ball from Ronaldo equalized the score for Real Madrid! Ronaldo did not look like the same person in the first and second half! And now there are more than 30 minutes before the end of the game, Real Madrid will Will there be a reversal miracle? Can Ronaldo score another goal for Real Madrid to overtake the score and win?"

In the New Alpen Stadium, the cheers from more than 3000 Real Madrid fans almost overturned the entire stadium.

Since the start of the second half, Real Madrid's performance can be called crazy, especially Ronaldo, the football is even more at his feet than the midfielders.And whenever he gets a chance, he will try to shoot.This made Juventus' defense double the pressure. In order to block Ronaldo's attack, some rough methods were even used.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Cáceres accidentally tripped Ronaldo with a tackle, and the referee awarded Real Madrid a direct free kick.

So there was the scene where Ronaldo's elevator ball shot into the net and equalized the score for Real Madrid.

The game returned to the starting point again, and the smile on Mourinho's face widened.

On the other hand, Capello stood up anxiously, simply stood on the sidelines, and kept walking up and down. A reporter from the sidelines pointed the camera at him. In order not to lose face, Capello wanted to put his hands in In the pocket, pretending to be calm and natural.But his emotions were once again exposed by his behavior-his left hand tried several times but failed to insert it into his pocket. Capello looked down and found that his zipper hadn't been unzipped.

Tried to pretend but made a joke, Capello stood sullenly, and simply stopped making any moves.

And what about the reporters?They had already filmed this scene, and some people even thought of a news title for it: "Real Madrid equalized, Capello panicked" Juventus fans became anxious, they fidgeted, and many people wanted to comfort themselves , also in order to cheer for the team, began to sing "Juventus Landia" in the stadium: "Juventus, Juventus, the beloved team that is not old

Juventus, Juventus, beloved and glorious club

Thousands of flags surround us

In order for the eleven heroes on the field to hear

we sing together"

From hundreds of people at the beginning, to thousands, and then to tens of thousands of people singing in a chorus, the voices of Juventus fans finally covered the cheers of Real Madrid fans.

The Juventus players on the field are in mixed feelings. It's not that they don't want to beat Real Madrid, but when they face a Galactico with other players playing normally and the main striker playing super, it is really difficult to gain the upper hand. They have already worked very hard. The ball was played, but the score was quickly equalized, which almost hit the confidence of all Juventus players.

However, there was one special case. Not only was he not depressed, but he was also very excited.

This person is Lin Zhigao.

After Ronaldo just scored a goal, he didn't make his classic celebration moves-spreading his hands, raising his head, waving his arms and waiting for his teammates to rush to him to celebrate.Instead, he stood at the position where the free kick was kicked, pointed at a certain position in the midfield, stretched out the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, and had a peacock-like proud and self-confident expression on his face.

Everyone else, including commentators and fans, interpreted this gesture as Ronaldo celebrating his Real Madrid teammates, but Lin Zhigao, who was facing Ronaldo, and Ronaldo himself knew that this was not a celebration , but provocative.

Or maybe revenge.

Who told Lin Zhigao to run over and talk a lot to Barabara at the end of the first half?Now it's all right, Ronaldo's small universe is completely burned.

However, Lin Zhigao did not regret seeing such a result, on the contrary, he thought it was quite interesting.

The singing in the ear is getting louder and louder, more than 6 Juventus fans all joined the chorus: "Juventus

we cheer you with a song

Juventus, the victory will be ours

Come on, Juventus, the city of Turin is already cheering for you

Come on, Juventus, Turin is the same color as you"

Lin Zhigao stood on the green turf, raised his head slightly, closed his eyes and felt the deafening and passionate team song for a while, then opened his eyes and looked not far away.

Ronaldo also happened to be looking at him all the time.

Lin Zhigao sneered, looked at Ronaldo's face, raised his right hand, and stretched out three fingers.

Ronaldo tilted his head and looked at him for a while, then nodded simply.

Without saying a word, the two agreed on a common challenge:

Look at this arena, who can perform a hat-trick first?