Chapter 165 Real Madrid Crisis (guarantee bottom line)
The final round of Group C has focused everyone's attention.
The whistle will be blown simultaneously for the match between Werder Bremen and Olympiacos, and the match between Real Madrid and Lazio.
In addition to Lazio fans, fans of the other three teams have to pay attention to two games at the same time.
After the last round of the group stage, the media in Madrid put forward the slogan "Fight for Honor".
For Real Madrid, qualifying from the group is an honor.
In this game, Real Madrid fans packed the Bernabeu to a crawl.
A piece of cardboard with a different color is placed on each seat.
Every fan who enters the stadium must hold this piece of cardboard high before the game starts.
These cardboards can be used to form a giant Real Madrid team emblem and slogans cheering for Real Madrid.
The entire grandstand is covered with this, which looks quite spectacular.
This is the way Real Madrid fans cheer for their team. Of course, they are also demonstrating to the visiting team and reminding them that this is Real Madrid’s home stadium, the Bernabeu!
From the beginning of the game, Real Madrid players launched a fierce attack on Lazio's goal, hoping to score as soon as possible.
As long as you can score first, you can take the initiative in your own hands.
This is what all teams think.
Lazio naturally cannot let Real Madrid get what they want.
They defended very aggressively.
Starting from the frontcourt to the backcourt, Lazio's players are almost everywhere thanks to their youth and good physical fitness.
As long as a Real Madrid player has the ball, one or two people will press forward. For key players, such as Guti, it will be two or three people who will attack.
High pressing is a characteristic of Lazio's tactics. This kind of defense is very effective. Most opponents will be at a loss when encountering such a defense and don't know how to deal with it.
Under the pressure of Lazio players, they easily lost the ball in their own backcourt, thus giving Lazio more opportunities to counterattack directly in the frontcourt.
Many of Lazio's goals were scored this way.
Of course, if your team has excellent quick passing ability, it can also break through Lazio's press. Because they have deployed heavy troops here, it means that they do not have enough manpower in other positions.
But there are very few teams with Lazio's abnormal quick passing ability.
So this kind of defense became unbreakable for a while.
In fact, this tactic has a fatal weakness, which is that it requires high physical fitness.
Because this requires the players to run non-stop throughout the game.
Running from one place to another, and then rushing to the next place non-stop. Running like this in defense is even more so in offense. Maybe they have to turn around and sprint forward as soon as they come back from the front court.
In an era when several players in many teams average running distance of more than 10,000 meters per game, it is considered hard work. Except for the goalkeeper, every player of the winning team has an average running distance of more than 11,000 meters per game.
km.
It can be said that Lazio's success is based on everyone's tireless running.
And it’s not just a run in one game, it’s a run in all games, regardless of whether it’s important or not. Because if you don’t run, you can’t play the kind of football that Lazio does.
This kind of running is very physically demanding.
Therefore, the teams that always win are all young people. Young people have good physical fitness and recover quickly. If they are as tired as a dog in this game, they can resurrect with full health and full health in the next game.
In addition, the unknown game skills of Changsheng can also reduce the physical consumption of players.
This ensures that his team can uniquely play this crazy running "mad dog tactic".
Real Madrid seemed very uncomfortable facing Lazio's crazy running and pressing tactics.
They have not played against the winning teams once or twice, but there is nothing they can do.
Of course, there are times when they can score goals, and there are times when they can break this kind of press, but that is only occasionally, not the norm.
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Lazio players pressed Real Madrid's Guti fiercely.
As long as Guti has the ball, Khedira and Inle will continue to harass him, making various foul moves that are enough for the referee to stop the game.
Such as pulling the jersey, such as kicking...
And Guti is not the kind of player who keeps pushing forward even if he is kicked. He often stops directly and spreads his hands to protest to the referee.
Of course, the referee will also call Lazio a foul.
But Real Madrid's attack ended just like that.
The team's offensive rhythm was repeatedly interrupted, which was very fatal.
Maybe you won’t see any problems once or twice.
But in this way, accumulated time and time again, the final result is amazing.
Real Madrid's morale and fighting spirit are being lost through these interruptions.
"Lazio is very well prepared, and it can be seen that it is very targeted... If we continue to play like this, it will become increasingly detrimental to Real Madrid..." the Spanish commentator said worriedly.
Not only him, but the Real Madrid fans in the stands were also looking at the stadium worriedly.
How they hope their team can score a goal at this time...
The goal did happen, and it was indeed a Real Madrid player who scored the goal.
But what he scored was not Lazio's goal, but... his own goal!
"Sergio Ramos——! Oops! Own goal! He accidentally kicked the football into his own door while making a clearance! Casillas was completely unable to react. Within a distance of three meters, the football seemed to come out of the chest.
Like a cannonball!"
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There are always surprises of one kind or another in the game.
Own goals are one of the biggest.
When he saw Ramos blasting the football into his own goal, Chang Sheng stood up from his seat and applauded, thanking Ramos for his help.
Ramosze stared at the bouncing football in the goal with a look of annoyance and horror.
When the team was most critical and needed victory the most, he kicked the football into his own door!
Isn’t this adding insult to injury?
Lazio fans' gloating laughter echoed in the stands, and this time it was not quickly covered up by other sounds from Real Madrid fans.
Obviously, this goal was beyond everyone's expectation, and the Real Madrid fans did not even react.
"This... Ramos is so unlucky! He made a clearance in front of the goal, but kicked the football into his own goal! Now Real Madrid's situation is even more difficult!"
Captain Raul ran back to comfort Ramos, but despite this, the expression on his face was very serious.
Because he also knows how bad the situation of the game has become... If Real Madrid cannot even qualify for the group stage, I am afraid that all of them will be killed by angry fans the next day!
Real Madrid has failed in the quarter-finals of the 16-to-8 competition in recent years and has been ridiculed as the "Dream Eight Team", but that is better than not qualifying from the group. Qualifying from the group is not a good thing for a team like Real Madrid
Of course.
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When Real Madrid unexpectedly fell behind due to Ramos' own goal, everyone started to get nervous.
The Real Madrid fans in the stands were more concerned about the progress of another game. Even the head coach Schuster on the coaching bench was not exempt from this and asked about the result there.
The game there had only started twelve minutes, and the home team Olympiacos took the lead.
The score is now still 1:0, with Olympiacos leading.
If this score remains until the end of the game, Olympiacos will accumulate eight points.
As long as Real Madrid loses to Lazio, Olympiacos will qualify with a one-point advantage.
At the same time, there was a huge cheer at the Rizzopoli Stadium, the home stadium of Olympiacos.
Obviously, Olympiacos fans are aware of the latest developments regarding the game at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Lazio is ahead!
It can be said that except for Real Madrid, the other three teams in this group stage all hope that Real Madrid loses.
Because only if Real Madrid loses will they have a chance to qualify.
Now the dream almost comes true!
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Real Madrid, which was lagging behind, then launched a fierce counterattack, hoping to equalize the score as soon as possible.
But they forgot that this way, the space behind them would be even bigger...
So Lazio suddenly launched a defensive counterattack.
Directly pass the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, looking for Falcao.
Let Falcao use his body to control the football, and then pass it up to meet his teammates.
After trying this attack four times, for the fifth time, Lazio's attack finally received the results they wanted!
In the 30th minute, Jose Passarella, who had returned from injury in the match against Inter Milan, passed a long pass directly. The football crossed the midfield and accurately landed on Falcao's head. Falcao headed the ball over.
Gave it to Benzema who plugged in.
Benzema bumped the football forward with his chest, dodged defender Marcelo who came up to defend him, and then moved forward at high speed to catch up with the football.
At this time, he was already fighting alone!
"Benzema——!"
Amid the shouts of the commentator, Casillas struck.
Facing the attacking Casillas, Benzema did not continue to dribble the ball deep.
Everyone knows that the closer to the goalkeeper, the smaller the angle of the shot.
Benzema will not give Casillas the chance to block the angle of his shot.
When he saw Casillas just attacking, he shot directly!
The football bypassed Casillas from the right and then flew into the net against the lower corner of the goal post!
"Here we go again... 2:0! Lazio ends the suspense! Leading Real Madrid by two goals in the first half! This game can no longer be described as 'difficult' for Real Madrid!"
In the commentator's voice, Benzema opened his arms and ran towards the corner flag area with an excited expression on his face.
Teams like Real Madrid were previously out of reach in his mind, but now he was able to score goals against Real Madrid!
For Real Madrid, it is no longer as simple as a dilemma, it is a crisis! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
