striker cool brother

Chapter 509 Grada fans, belonging to Rossi

At the press conference, when the reporter mentioned the Champions League, Guardiola looked relaxed.

Before coaching Manchester City, the club did not require him to win the Champions League, but just told him to do his best.

It can be seen that the Manchester City players are very relaxed in mentality.

Just imagine, the head coach is not interested in the Champions League champion.

This represents the highest honor for a European club.

Guardiola's answer is undoubtedly an allusion to Real Madrid's persistent pursuit of the Champions League.

In those years of the Champions League 16 Lang, many excellent coaches were fired because of this.

This year's Zidane will be no exception.

According to pre-match media analysis, Real Madrid, which won the Western Super Cup during the winter break, did not have full confidence in winning Manchester City.

At the beginning of the season, Guardiola made adjustments to the lineup, resulting in frequent loss of points in the league and even being tied by the relegation team. This is the reason why Manchester City fell behind Liverpool by a large score.

Before the winter break, Manchester City had a strong streak and won 5 consecutive victories in the league, showing signs of recovery.

Coupled with the exit from the English League Cup and the hopelessness of the league championship, Manchester City is significantly smaller than Real Madrid in terms of player physical condition and pressure.

On the day of the game, at 7 pm, players from both sides began to warm up.

In the Bernabeu South Stand, the area directly behind the goal, is the stand for the diehard Real Madrid fans.

Pure white occupies that area, and it is the place where the cheers are the loudest in the entire stadium.

Among the two banners of "Grada fans" in their hands, the "No. 7" side that will represent Ronaldo has been quietly replaced by the new "No. 7" Rossi.

In the hearts of Real Madrid fans, this is a change of era.

Guardiola's team is the most difficult team to deal with because of his constant updating of tactics and style of play, and his perfect pursuit of details.

When the Manchester City starting lineup was announced, even Zidane was puzzled.

Guardiola has placed Aguero, David Silva, Fernandinho and Tering on the bench, leaving Gabriel Jesus, De Bruyne and B-Silva to lead the attacking line.

Zidane's intuition told himself that it was Modric and De Bruyne, the core midfielders of both sides, who controlled the rhythm of the game.

And it is each other's strikers Gabriel Jesus and Rossi who decide the outcome of this game.

The referee of this game is the famous whistler Orsato from Italy. Under his tie, the players of both sides stepped into the Bernabeu stadium.

Over the stadium, the high-pitched singing of "Hala Madrid" echoed, classical and noble, just like the temperament of Real Madrid, a century-old club.

Real Madrid starters:
Goalkeeper: Courtois.

Defense: Ferland Mendy, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal.

Midfielders: Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos.

Forwards: Rossi, Benzema, Vinicius.

Manchester City starters:
Goalkeeper: Ederson Morais.

Defense: Kyle Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Benjamin-Mendy.

Midfield: De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan.

Forwards: Mahrez, Jesus, B-Silva.

Both sides lined up 4-3-3, but after the game started, there will be some adjustments.

Real Madrid, playing at home, got the kick-off right, and Benzema waited for the kick-off in the middle circle.

After the referee blows his whistle, the game officially begins.

Benzema passed the ball back to the midfield, and then transitioned from the midfield to the right, hoping to use Vinicius' speed to quickly tear through the defense.

But Manchester City seemed to have guessed Real Madrid's offensive routine, and immediately shifted their defensive focus to the side with the ball.

Before Carvajal stopped the ball, B-Silva had pressed over, cutting off his connection with Vinicius, and Real Madrid had to continue to pass back and quickly shift to the other side.

However, Manchester City's formation, pressing forward quickly from the midfield, put a lot of pressure on Real Madrid at the beginning.

Kroos retreated to organize and used short passes to sort out the team's offense.

Zidane doesn't want to be conservative, especially in the face of Guardiola's passing team, he must control the rhythm and initiative in his own hands.

Moreover, Real Madrid is good at counterattacking at high speed, speeding up the pace of the game, and is not afraid to play against Manchester City.

In the 3rd minute, Cross accurately guided the backcourt and sent the ball to Vinicius on the right.

The latter chose to use speed to resolve the battle after taking the ball. When he made a pass from the bottom, he was too powerful. No one in the middle could fight for the ball, and the ball flew out of the sideline.

Manchester City possession.

Unlike the aggressive high-position press when defending, when Manchester City turned to attack, they did not rush to advance, but passed the ball patiently in the backcourt to slow down the pace of the game.

Their rhythm was so slow that after goalkeeper Ederson got the ball, he didn't hold the ball on the spot for more than ten seconds.

After Rossi went up to grab the ball, he unhurriedly distributed the ball to the central defender on the side.

This made Zidane completely confused off the court.

He thought that Pep Guardiola's team would take possession of the ball and slow down the pace, but he did not expect to do so.

Every time they defuse the offense and have the ball in their hands, they will choose to play more, and wait for an opportunity to play again when necessary.

This kind of pass and control rhythm is what Real Madrid is least good at coping with.

In order to regain the initiative, Zidane asked Rossi to go to the front, and the frontcourt players pressed forward collectively, oppressing Manchester City's defense.

When Real Madrid is pressing, Gundogan will retreat to the backcourt to organize and sort out.

Then De Bruyne sent the ball to the frontcourt.

In the first 20 minutes, the offensive and defensive transitions of the two sides were quick, and there were shots from each other, but there were not many offenses that could threaten each other's goals.

It was not until the 21st minute that Manchester City completed a very threatening shot.

De Bruyne sent a through ball after receiving a pass from his teammate in the half of Real Madrid's half, and passed between the Real Madrid full-back and central defender.

After Jesus stopped the ball, he dialed the ball horizontally with the instep of his right foot, swayed Varane's close defense, and shot.

Courtois was very focused, he quickly fell to the ground, threw the ball with both palms to the other side, and resolved the crisis.

Just behind him was the stand of diehard Real Madrid fans, and there was thunderous applause and cheers in an instant.

[God flutter! 】

[This shot is a great test for Courtois! 】

[Jesus can still swing the shooting angle under close marking, and the quality of the shooting is not bad! 】

[Guardiola sent him to start, which is the most important change in Manchester City's striker! 】

[De Bruyne's pass is also very clever, tearing through Real Madrid's defense! 】

[If Manchester City doesn't fight, it will be very fatal! 】

While the commentator on the scene was still immersed in Manchester City's sharp attack, Real Madrid's attack came suddenly.

Modric advanced with the ball, and after attracting multiple Manchester City players to double-team, he split the ball coquettishly with the outside instep and gave it to Carvajal on the wing.

The latter took the ball and raised his head to observe, and then made a pass.

Although the Manchester City players have quickly settled down, Carvajal's quick pass caught the Manchester City players who had just returned to the defense a little off guard.

Benzema jumped high in the middle of the forward drive, over the heads of two Manchester City players, won the ball, and headed to the lower right corner of the goal.

Edson also reacted quickly, fell to the ground quickly, and threw the ball out.

But Real Madrid's real offensive threat is Rossi's second point of contention.

Rossi, who was lurking in the penalty area, keenly captured the landing point and quickly grabbed it.

At this time, in the penalty area of ​​Manchester City, as many as 5 defensive players were still in shock at the header of Benzema, completely ignoring Rossi in the penalty area.

They just stared blankly.

Watching Rossi make up the shot.

Ederson, who saved Real Madrid's must-go header just a second ago, immediately bounced off the turf after seeing Rossi, stretched his body, and expanded the defensive area as much as possible.

But Rossi's shot was very calm, he pushed the far corner with the arch of his foot, and shot in the opposite direction of the goalkeeper.

Edson, who has done his best, can only watch the ball hit the net.

Real Madrid, ahead!

(End of this chapter)