I am the king of football

Chapter 334 As always
If you have to rack your brains to score a goal against Mourinho's team, then when Mourinho's team is one goal ahead, you will face the most difficult game in the world.

This is the evaluation given to Mourinho at his peak after he tormented countless giants. The iron-blooded defense he was good at made almost every opponent extremely uncomfortable.

In the summer when he led Inter Milan to win the treble, he brought a group of abandoned players from major giants to the top of Europe, relying on the team's strong spiritual attributes and iron-blooded defense.

The match in which the ten-man Inter Milan exhausted the cosmic team Barcelona is still regarded as a famous match in football. It is often brought up when a team defeats a strong team with its amazing defensive ability.

Now, Mourinho has world-class players at his disposal, and he entered the second half with a one-goal lead.

Needless to say, just thinking about it can foresee the difficulties Manchester United will encounter.

"Real Madrid's formation was tightly contracted, and Manchester United had fewer and fewer opportunities to pass the ball forward through the midfield. In the second half, Mourinho locked the team's defense even more tightly."

Ten minutes into the second half, the situation was clear. Real Madrid, with a one-goal lead, created an insurmountable gap in their own half with the cooperation and pressure of their players.

Shinji Kagawa simply couldn't find a suitable breakthrough point. Faced with the extremely fierce pressing when he went a little deeper, he mostly passed the ball to the two midfielders behind him and lobbed the ball forward.

Passing the ball backwards will naturally lead to missed opportunities, while passing the ball forward will not create any good opportunities.

Except for the 50th minute when Van Persie headed the ball to Qin Hu in the face of a lob pass while being double-teamed by two defensive players, and Qin Hu made a long shot which was hit by Casillas over the crossbar, Real Madrid's defense almost managed to lock down the opponent's attack.

Ramos and Varane have become the protagonists of the team on the field. Not only do they have top-notch ability in decisive attack, but their position judgment and air defense level are also top-notch.

For a moment, although there was more space behind, Qin Hu was unable to get any good shooting opportunities.

If facing an ordinary team, even in this situation, Qin Hu could try to score by forcing a shot, but standing in front of Real Madrid's goal was Casillas, the No. 1 goalkeeper in Europe for five consecutive years.

Facing Casillas, as long as you can't make a perfect shot and angle, he will make you watch the ball being blocked outside the goal in despair.

Van Persie had fully experienced this in the first half. He accepted Ferguson's adjustments so neatly and without any complaints because he was no longer willing to confront Casillas head-on.

In the next ten minutes, Manchester United began to press more and more, which finally allowed them to create several opportunities for the striker through their efforts.

In the 61st minute of the game, Rooney received a long pass from Scholes and cut in from the left, but his shot went wide to the right of the goal. In the 65th minute of the game, Qin Hu received a cross from Van Persie and shot from the right side of the penalty area, but the ball was touched by Casillas' fingertips and went out of the goal.

Then, in the 66th minute of the game, Qin Hu, despite the pull of Ramos and Varane, jumped high and headed the ball in the Real Madrid penalty area. Casillas, who was unable to get there in time, blocked the ball with his outstretched right foot.

Seeing all these things, Van Persie felt very disappointed. It turned out that Casillas was a monster. Even a talented player like Qin could not break through the goal he guarded.

Of course, Mourinho's team did not just defend. They took advantage of Manchester United's heavy pressure to equalize the score and launched several quick counterattacks in succession.

With Real Madrid's top-notch midfield and frontcourt configuration, their quick counterattacks were really as fast as lightning. But the most thrilling counterattack was the quick charge launched by the Galaxy Battleship after Manchester United's continuous attack ended in the 71st minute of the game.

That was the ball that Casillas kicked out after confiscating Qin Hu's shot. At that time, Manchester United's formation was very high, and Kaka received the pass from his own goalkeeper in the center circle.

Kaka, who had been silent for a long time, now burst out again and showed the state of a white horse with a silver saddle at his peak. He pushed the ball forward at a rapid speed, and neither Scholes nor Carrick could stop him.

It was not until Phil Jones's brave tackle that the no longer young man was forced to stop. His body could no longer bear any risk of injury.

Kaka then passed the ball to the left to his best friend Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo stopped and dribbled past Evra who was rushing towards him and chose to shoot directly from the penalty area line.

"DUANG!"

With a dull sound, the ball made a beautiful arc but was two inches short and hit the upper right side of the crossbar.

Such a scene almost made all the Red Devils have a myocardial infarction. The game had come to the last stage of the second half. Once Ronaldo's shot hit the goal again, they would fall behind with a score of 0-2. It would be a fantasy to equalize or reverse the game at the Bernabeu at that time.

“Take it back!”

Ferguson on the sidelines also had his heart beating faster because of the opponent's counterattack. He directly issued new instructions to let the team withdraw all the formations that had been pressed forward.

The time has entered the last twenty minutes. Mourinho's team, which is leading by one goal, is showing something that gives Sir Alex Ferguson a headache as always, which is in line with the record between their heads.

For a period of time afterwards, there was a stalemate between the two sides on the field. Due to Manchester United's retreat, Real Madrid's counterattack was not effective, and they had to move forward slowly on their own.

When the game reached the 75th minute, Ferguson on the sidelines made the first substitution. Young player Maguire and midfielder Giggs came on the field, replacing Evra and Shinji Kagawa respectively.

Then the position of Manchester United's defenders changed. Phil Jones was adjusted to the right back position to match Ronaldo, and Evans and Maguire became the team's new defender combination.

As for the midfield position, Giggs replaced Carrick as soon as he came on as a substitute. Carrick, who has performed well as the team's midfield commander this season, was moved up.

"This is a fairly mediocre adjustment. Ferguson has chosen to strengthen the defense while not forgetting to increase the team's offense. With time running out, can he and his team equalize the score at the Bernabeu?"

Zhan Jun's voice already sounded a little helpless. The scenes after the start of the second half clearly showed the contrasting situations of the two teams in this game. No matter from which angle you look at it, Manchester United was in danger.

However, the good thing is that most of the players in this Manchester United team have spent a long time under Ferguson, and their mental state is still strong, which leaves a glimmer of hope for the team.

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