In a final of the Cup of del Rey, a showdown between two teams that have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

On the scene, Real Madrid naturally has a certain advantage, but there are some traps hidden in Real Madrid's tactics.

They won't push too much, because Mourinho, who likes to play defensive counterattacks, is to be hit by his opponents, so Mourinho also made some arrangements for Valencia's super counterattack ability before the game.

In the seventh minute, Adebayo first completed his first shot for Real Madrid, but the quality of this shot was not very good, and the ball was above the crossbar.

After this goal, Real Madrid's line was slightly forward than before, because Real Madrid did not seem to have found a good opportunity in the past seven minutes. In order to strengthen the offense, they naturally began to push forward as a whole.

However, just two minutes later, Valencia seized a loophole in Real Madrid's defense line. Xu Qi countered offside from the left to create an opportunity, and Ramos immediately chased back and directly brought Xu Qi down.

Ramos made a foul on this ball, but Xu Qi applied for a yellow card to the referee but was rejected by the referee. The game had just begun, and the referee didn't seem to want to take out his yellow gem card too quickly.

Such a penalty made the fans at the scene a little dissatisfied, but soon, Valencia took the ball and Mathieu, who was inserted in the back row, headed the ball, but unfortunately Casillas saved the ball from the crossbar!

Valencia completed the first shot in the game that was aiming for the goal.

It seems that the chances Valencia gets are even more threatening.

You know, Valencia's first encounter in La Liga was defeated by Real Madrid.

Of course, it is not easy to play against Real Madrid in two consecutive games. Of course, Valencia wants to win this game more, and the league is not very hopeful for Valencia at the moment.

The Copa del Rey is the most promising championship award that Valencia currently holds.

Then, Real Madrid seemed to be afraid of Xu Qi's breakthrough again, because if Valencia was too much space behind him, Xu Qi might start to fight the defense line one by one again.

That's really too dangerous.

Although the formation retreated, ten minutes later, the Real Madrid stars also began to show their personal abilities.

First, Ronaldo's ball was knocked down by Valencia's players when he reached the left corner flag. Real Madrid won a free kick, but Alonso's ball flew into the stands.

Later, when Ozil dribbled the ball, he was knocked down by Alberda again. The referee awarded Alberda a foul. However, Alberda was a little dissatisfied with the penalty. He believed that this was just a reasonable collision between the two, but it was useless. Instead, it allowed Ronaldo to quickly pass the penalty area and complete a tactical attack of quickly sending a free kick.

Ramos, who just inserted quickly, shot high with one foot.

After two attacks, Real Madrid played an advantage.

Faced with such a situation, Valencia has not been able to get the opportunity to control the ball for a long time. Whether Valencia can continue to withstand the pressure will become a question.

Once Real Madrid scored the goal first, Mourinho would then take a defensive counterattack, and it would be difficult for Valencia to continue to have a chance.

At this time, Xu Qi stabilized the morale of the Valencia team through a personal breakthrough.

Real Madrid stars can show their personal abilities and establish local advantages through confrontation between individuals, and of course Xu Qi can do it too.

He is also one of the players with the strongest breakthrough ability in football today. Even compared with Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, Xu Qi is not bad.

In a blink of an eye, Xu Qi began to break through to the opponent's right back Ramos again.

Ramos still likes forward insertion when playing the right back position today, and his forward insertion also gives Xu Qi a chance to break through.

Xu Qi first took advantage of Ramos's move away from Ramos before he could return to defense and pushed forward. Facing Pepe who came from the side, he could only passively step on the ball and turned around, but was finally pulled down by Ramos who quickly chased back.

The referee finally took out the card for the ball. Ramos received the first yellow card of the game. It was not surprising that this yellow card was given to Ramos.

Who asked him to be the main person in charge of Xu Qi?

Soon, Valencia got another shot opportunity, this time it was still a pass from Xu Qi from the left side. Ramos faced this time, but saw Alberda who was inserted in the middle and quickly gave Alberda a chance to shoot from a long shot.

However, Alberda's shot was blocked by Carvalho and left the baseline.

Valencia did not get much chance in the corner kick in the end.

Instead, Real Madrid made a quick counterattack. After receiving a pass from Di Maria, Ronaldo completed a small-angle shot without defense. However, the angle of the ball was too small, although the ball jumped over the goalkeeper Guaita who was attacking.

But Mathieu, who was killed in time, cleared the ball from the goal line.

Real Madrid missed an excellent opportunity, and the zero-to-zero score was still maintained.

As time goes by, Valencia's condition is also improving.

During the game, it seemed that Real Madrid's defense line was not as stable as expected, especially Ramos had already received a yellow card.

And soon, Real Madrid's Di Maria was intercepted and robbed, Valencia made a quick counterattack, and Real Madrid's defensive player Pepe also used a tactical foul on Mata and received a yellow gem card.

The game started in just 25 minutes, and two defensive generals from Real Madrid had already received a yellow card.

This is a big hidden danger for Real Madrid. Ramos and Pepeko are both famous red card players in La Liga. Maybe these two guys will be sent off when they have a short circuit. By then, Real Madrid's embarrassing record that they will not be able to win the Copa del Rey for 18 years may continue.

Subsequently, Xu Qi's horizontal inward breakthrough was kicked over to the ground by Pepe, who came out of the penalty area, almost triggering a conflict between the two sides. In this game, Real Madrid's moves a bit big while defending.

Xu Qi has been violated continuously by Ramos and Pepe, which also shows how powerful Xu Qi is. Even teams like Real Madrid dare not underestimate Xu Qi at all.

Because Mourinho also knew how they lost to Valencia the last time. It was because Xu Qi's performance was so terrifying that they lost such a very critical league game.

The first half of the 0-0 score continued, but the process was so intense that many fans felt that time passed too quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the first half was coming to an end.
Chapter completed!