~.-~        "Vidic knocked down Edmilson, Barcelona got a direct free kick twenty-eight meters away from the goal, Ronaldo took the penalty... Oh, this free kick was very beautiful and bypassed the wall. Unfortunately, it was a little worse and flew out of the baseline. Let's see the slow motion. The ball almost hit the far post and flew out of the baseline. As long as it was a little inward, Van der Sar had no room for save, and Mallorca escaped."

"Oleg knocked down Kaka who was preparing to break through on the side, and Mallorca also got a free kick, Alonso drove the ball into the penalty area... The referee's whistle sounded, and he ordered Mattias to bump into goalkeeper Valdes. From slow motion, Valdes seemed to have the element of performing in it..."

Fifteen minutes passed in the first half, and both sides attacked each other for fifteen minutes. In these fifteen minutes, both sides created seven shots, almost every two minutes a successful attack. Mallorca had a slight advantage in four shots, but the goalkeepers and defense of both sides performed quite well, and the score was still zero to zero.

Jose has been standing on the sidelines. He vaguely remembers the game in history. Barcelona got that opportunity in less than twenty minutes at the beginning of the first half. Arsenal played ten-on-eleven for more than seventy minutes. That is to say, if this situation did not occur within twenty minutes, history would not be copied. It is not Jose's superstition. In fact, the current situation has changed a lot from history. At least Barcelona's full-back Beletti, who scored a counter-point goal in this game in history, has now gone to Inter Milan. Jose led the team to participate in the two Champions League finals before and did not encounter the penalty shootout and the main player was injured shortly after the opening. However, Jose always had a hint of intuition in his heart, and always felt that some previous shadows would appear in this game.

This intuition is unreasonable, but Jose believes in his intuition. This is an intuition arising from long-term games and important attention to his opponents. Because Mallorca's defense is indeed lacking, Barcelona is also good at this kind of direct pass after getting rid of the midfield. Ronaldo and Etoo may create such opportunities.

So less than twenty minutes later, Jose didn't want to sit down. He had to carefully observe the start of the game - at least he had a deep memory of the "godfather theory" in later generations. Jose didn't know why Barcelona were always so lucky in the Champions League. His intuition told him that it was definitely not Platini who liked Messi or Barcelona betrayed G14 and would get such treatment. But he knew one thing - Mallorca would never make much profit in the Champions League. In fact, since defending the Champions League championship, Mallorca has been targeted by referees in the Champions League without any excessive misjudgment, but some small details can often have a huge impact on a team.

In such a final, no one can be left behind. No player has ever been sent off in the final in the history of the Champions League final. Jose does not want his team to be the first team

In the 17th minute, Senna made a mistake when passing the ball in the midfield. The ball was obtained by Deco. Deco immediately dribbled the ball and took a step forward, then took a long shot before Mallorca's defense was organized.

Van der Sar flew to the far shot of this long shot that was nearly 30 meters long, and then he immediately threw the ball and launched an attack - the opponent attacked, and we must immediately suppress it with the attack.

Macon took the ball from the right and passed the ball to Mendeta before Ronaldo returned to defense. Mendeta received the ball. Seeing that Torres had inserted from the left rib, he immediately raised his foot and passed it to Barcelona. He caught him off guard. Torres rushed to the landing point of the ball, and Puyol also arrived in time. The two jumped at the same time to compete for the top, but the falling ball was cleared by Marquis.

The ball fell to Edmilson's feet, and Deco retreated and asked for the ball. His move attracted the attention of Mallorca players. However, Edmilson did not pass the ball to him, but directly passed it straight and handed the ball to Ronaldo who retreated and got the ball.

Ronaldo took the ball a little bit outside the 30-meter area. At this time, he was facing back to Mallorca's half. However, before Alonso cautiously pushed up from behind, Ronaldo collapsed his right shoulder. When Alonso's attention was on his right side, Ronaldo moved the ball backwards and then quickly turned around and broke through.

This fake move is nothing rare, but Ronaldo's movement is extremely fast when he makes this fake move, which makes Alonso not even able to react.

After breaking away from Alonso with such a turning and breaking through, Ronaldo will immediately face Alonso's midfielder Senna. Although Senna passed a wrong ball just now, his replacement for Alonso's position has become an instinct. When Ronaldo turns and breaks through, he has moved sideways to block Ronaldo's continued progress.

As long as Ronaldo can slightly block Ronaldo's progress, Alonso will be able to form a front and back attack with him. At that time, Senna will be confident. Even if Ronaldo has the ability to do everything, at most he can only choose to pass the ball horizontally, and cannot complete a vertical breakthrough or pass the ball.

However, Ronaldo did not give him this time

After catching up with the ball, Ronaldo's left foot magically attached the ball with his outer instep, then pushed the ball to the left, then quickly dunked it back and broke through in the reverse direction

Senna took Ronaldo's first move - this is also the most troublesome thing for defensive players to fight Ronaldo's oxtail, because if they don't react to the first move, Ronaldo might have made a breakthrough like this. With Ronaldo's degree and sensitivity, if it is not followed immediately, it will be difficult to catch up. And when you react, Ronaldo throws the ball back, you can no longer do it faster than him...

All this is based on Ronaldo's degree and explosive power. This is also one of the reasons why Ronaldo's extraordinary move was invincible at his peak, but he rarely used such an action after his condition declined. When there is no explosive power and intensity, this fake move will not be of much use unless it completely deceives the defensive players. Now Ronaldo and Ronaldo with six-pack abs do not need to completely deceive the defensive players. He only needs the opponent's momentary slowness...

Now Senna has had such a moment of sluggishness, and Ronaldo successfully dribbled the ball and rushed over him.

The two defensive midfielders who passed Mallorca in a row, the sky was immediately wide open in front of Ronaldo.

At that moment, Mallorca's defensive formation began to chaotic. Because Mallorca's defense line was well organized before, so after such a large gap, Mallorca's defense line inevitably became chaotic. Matthias immediately rushed towards Ronaldo, while Vidic was also attracted by Ronaldo, but forgot to pay attention to Etoo's running position

When Vidic began to realize this, Ronaldo had already shaken his ankle after breaking through and passed the ball to Mallorca's penalty area

Matthias tried hard to break the ball in the middle of the game, but he was still a step slower. The ball flew past his feet and then flew towards the front of Mallorca's penalty area.

Etoo, who had been lurking for a long time, rushed out from Vidic, who was parallel to Vidic but had a vertical gap between them after Ronaldo passed the ball.

When Ronaldo got rid of it, Etoo was extremely paying attention to his position. He kept himself in a parallel place with Vidic. Now, Ronaldo passed the ball and was a perfect counter-offside and a perfect single shot.

When Vidic turned around, Etoo had already got the ball behind him, and then rushed towards the top of the penalty area.

When Etoo was in front, Van der Sar realized something was wrong, because the two full-backs were still on both sides and there was no time to return to defense. Vidic's degree was obviously incomparable to Etoo, and Ronaldo's straight pass was so beautiful, showing the style of a top player

So he made a quick decision to attack. When Eto'an got the ball and broke into the penalty area, he had already rushed out of the small penalty area. As a goalkeeper, although his degree was not fast, his attack in this situation was extremely fast

When Etoo dribbled the ball two steps and was about to approach the top of the penalty area, Van der Sar had already rushed to the nearest penalty area line. He could not stop at this time, so he could only speed up and clear the ball before Etoo made an outspoken move. Although the goalkeeper could not use his hands when he left the penalty area, he could still use his feet.

He rushed out of the penalty area, and at this time Etoo pushed the ball to the side and then broke through - he didn't use any fake moves, just to use his own degree and impact to rush directly from Van der Sar's control range. Next, he had enough time to adjust and then shoot against the empty goal

Etoo's first shot was indeed as fast as lightning. Although Van der Sar made a shot, he directly dribbled the ball over and then rushed past Van der Sar.

As a goalkeeper's instinct, Van der Sar fell decisively and then stretched out his arm to hit the ball with his hands. As for now, he was outside the penalty area, Van der Sar did not consider it.

However, Etoo's ball was quite large and he dribbled the ball directly through Van der Sar's control, but his man had not rushed out yet - in this case, it was impossible for a man to be faster than the ball

Seeing that he could not catch the ball, Van der Sar grabbed Etoo's foot with the move - this was also the instinct of a goalkeeper, but at this moment, Van der Sar's mind flashed like a flash of lightning in his mind. What Jose had told him before the game

Because it is strange why Jose made such a reminder to him, and Van der Sar is also a player who likes to think about things. After all, he is in his thirties and needs to be more thoughtful in his mind. So these days, Van der Sar has been thinking about such things whenever he has time. His subconscious memory of this matter has become more and more profound. At this moment, he remembered Jose's words

"In such a final, I would rather concede one goal than one less person on the field. No matter how many goals I lose, we have the ability to recover the score, but if one less person is facing an opponent like Barcelona, ​​it will be a loss that is difficult to make up..."

When he remembered this sentence, Van der Sar decisively stopped his next move. He just stretched out his hand, but stood still, just standing there - if Etoo had bumped into him, it would definitely not be considered his foul - he just stopped there, instead of actively blocking Etoo's progress

This little difference is very important, and for Van der Sar, it is also an extremely difficult decision.

Then, Van der Sar watched Etoo jump over from his hand, and then a huge cheer came from the stands occupied by Barcelona fans.

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