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Chapter 515 The King of the Bernabéu

Hey!
Inside the Bernabéu stadium, the exclamation of the fans echoed, followed by a burst of applause.

Just now, Real Madrid's new goalkeeper Courtois saved Griezmann's threatening one-handed goal and tried to keep the goal.

This is already his third key save in this game.

Although Real Madrid is on the defensive position, it requires the full-back to be in place as much as possible.

But Rossi is often difficult to return to the defensive position.

He has to attack forward, respond to center Benzema, and defend defense.

It's so hard!
Barcelona's attack just now was because Rossi failed to return to his position in time, which led to Real Madrid's midfielder disadvantage and neglected to defend against Griezmann who cut in without the ball.

Fortunately, Courtois performed bravely and worked together with defender Varane to resolve the danger.

Zidane asked Marcelo not to press the center line as much as possible, and put more energy on defense and connection.

Although Real Madrid set the premise of the formation to achieve the goal of curbing the speed of Barcelona's advancement.

But Messi's off-the-ball cut still poses a threat to Real Madrid's defense.

Rushing to grab Messi will lead to the exposure of the space behind him, which will be fully utilized by the Argentine football king.

So many years of national derby experience told Real Madrid, never make such a risky gamble.

In the 17th minute, after Barcelona went through a series of cooperation in the middle, De Jong sent a through ball forward.

Messi, who went forward without the ball, got the opportunity, took a step forward and accelerated the sprint.

Marcelo, who has never been premised, desperately chased back, and the moment the ball left Messi's feet, he fell to the ground and slid the shovel.

Although it only touched a little, it was enough to affect the rhythm of Messi's dribbling.

Once the rhythm is broken, Messi must quickly adjust.

But in less than a second of his adjustment time, Varane, who was chasing back, appeared in time and stabbed the ball to the goalkeeper to resolve the crisis.

After Marcelo completed this tackle, he got up and pumped his fists angrily, arousing the enthusiasm of the fans.

Although the position was replaced by Mendy, Marcelo has been diligent and spared no effort as long as he has the opportunity to play.

This is also to make up for the regret and self-blame of not being able to pull Messi down in the previous national derby and being scored a lore goal.

Inspired by him, the morale of the Real Madrid players was high, and their defensive attention became more concentrated.

Passing and running is still an important tactic that Zidane relies on. Although he was restricted in the game against Manchester City, the French did not deny himself.

The two full-backs are retracted in order to make the pass and run of the midfielder smoother.

This also leaves space for the wide players to counterattack.

In the 20th minute, Bell broke through with the ball from the side, cut inside and then kicked a shot, which went above the crossbar.

But after this shot, it also started Real Madrid's next violent attack.

Here is the Bernabeu, Real Madrid must attack.

Bell's activeness in this game made his side the focus of Real Madrid's offense.

Benzema often goes to the wing, forms an organization and advances the offense with Bell, repeatedly creating threats.

In the first half, Real Madrid's offensive was fierce, but they gained momentum and failed to score.

Barcelona relies on a super high defensive rate to resolve the offense.

Although they failed to score, Real Madrid did a very good job of balancing offense and defense, limiting Messi's advance.

Entering the intermission, the Real Madrid coaching staff was very satisfied with the performance of the first half.

The only shortcoming is that Rossi's left side has not performed well.

Assistant coach Benito pointed this out to Zidane on his way back into the tunnel.

The meaning is self-evident.

Zidane did not speak, but stood at the door of the locker room without going in.

"Sir?"

Benito was about to speak when Zidane stopped him.

I don't know how long it took, Zidane glanced at his watch and said, "10 minutes is up, let's go in."

The Real Madrid players, who got a 10-minute break and hydration, couldn't wait to start the second half of the game.

Such a smooth offensive rhythm in the first half is something they haven't felt for many years.

It will be a wonderful thing to be able to double-kill the enemy Barcelona this season.

Zidane smiled first, and said: "No nonsense, just a little bit. Our tactics have achieved good results, and everyone must grit their teeth and stick to it."

"When attacking, expand the width as much as possible and mobilize the opponent's defense from left to right. Our chances are great."

"Rest well. I wait for your victory."

After speaking, Zidane walked straight out of the locker room.

Benito chased it out, he thought the midfield adjustment was too simple.

Although the tactics in the first half were successful, the opponents will also change and adjust.

Invariance will make the second half of the game full of variables.

And he believes that Real Madrid's strategy in the second half should restart the tactics of flying on both wings, allowing Vinicius on the bench to attack the opponent's other wing.

The Brazilian teenager's speed and assault ability are very scarce resources in Real Madrid's current tactics.

"I would consider playing Vinicius if Gareth is physically unable to sprint back and forth."

The unnegotiable stubbornness left Benito speechless.

In the second half, Real Madrid continued to attack.

Toni Kroos began to try to transfer long passes to break through the wing attack.

In the 50th minute, after receiving the pass from Kroos on the left rib, Rossi took the ball forward and started quickly.

Busquez, who was struggling to chase back, immediately settled down.

Seeing that there was no chance in front of him, Rossi called the ball back with the outside instep of his right foot and brought the ball back.

Busquez, who was accelerating forward with all his strength, was taken two more steps forward by inertia, and failed to defend Rossi closely. He passed the ball to the back point from the left rib of the penalty area.

Benzema quickly moved forward, volleying the ball without stopping near the corner of the small penalty area, and the ball flew to the baseline against the crossbar.

Real Madrid fans couldn't believe that Benzema's close-range shot didn't hit the goal.

After missing the chance to score, Benzema raised his hand to Rossi and smiled apologetically.

"It's a pity that Karim didn't score this goal!" Assistant coach Betoni yelled, covering his head with his hands.

Zidane saw everything in his eyes and said: "Karim consumed too much physical energy when organizing the offense in the first half, which caused his impact ability to decline."

"Let Luo play center forward."

"Also, let Vinicius warm up."

Just when Real Madrid was about to make a substitution, Barcelona made a substitution first.

Remove Arthur and replace them with Braithwaite's winter striker signings.

Setien saw that Real Madrid tried to make a fuss on the two sides and strengthen the offense, but in contrast, the defensive gap will increase.

Put on an attacker to strengthen the attack and suppress Real Madrid's wings.

However, this new aid seems to have not yet gotten used to the tense atmosphere of the national derby. When breaking through with the ball, Marcelo saw through the blunt fake action and stretched out his foot.

Real Madrid took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and quickly advanced from the left.

Throughout the first half, Marcelo obediently obeyed Zidane's pre-match tactical deployment and rarely overwhelmed the midfielder.

But this time, the channel on the right side of Barcelona was completely opened, and Marcelo suddenly released his winger attributes and drove straight in with the ball.

Real Madrid's frontcourt attack suddenly became clear.

Although Rakitic was chasing back, he was completely thrown away by Marcelo and Benzema's one-two.

Marcelo, who rushed to the front of the penalty area, looked up and swept the ball to the goal with his left foot.

Rossi, who changed position and came to the middle, started quickly, grabbed the front point and shot, the ball went straight to the near corner of the goal and went into the net.

At the moment, the Bernabéu finally erupted into cheers for a goal.

Rossi, scored for Real Madrid!
He rushed to the sidelines, facing the stands of diehard Real Madrid fans, kissed the Real Madrid team logo on his chest, raised his hands, and felt the fans' worship.

At this moment, he is the king of the Bernabéu.

(End of this chapter)