Chapter 470 The fourth element of the famous bureau: fast pace
In most people’s minds, Argentinian star Melly Banega’s goals are basically scored by using his skills with his feet to get past defensive players.
The only difference is whether to pass one or to pass multiple.
So when Rafael Fonseca made a pass, the defensive attention of the Madrid Pirates players was on Vandenberg and Cerrados.
Although Melli is very capable, he rarely scores in offensive opportunities such as crosses from the wing.
On the one hand, he does not have the physical advantage, and on the other hand, he is indeed not good at grabbing points.
Only Juan Ramirez noticed Melli at the last moment and rushed to stop him, but failed.
Melli was extremely excited after scoring the goal.
Counting today's final, this is the fourth Champions League final he has participated in.
In the previous two finals, he failed to score a goal.
He scored a goal against Stan Park Rangers in last year's final, helping the team defeat the opponent 2:1 and win the championship.
By the time of this year's final, before the first half was over, he had already scored twice and scored two goals.
Significant progress!
Excited, he ran to the corner flag again and waved his fist at the Madrid Pirates fans in the stands behind the goal.
Naturally, he responded with crazy boos and middle fingers from the Madrid Pirates fans.
But Melli didn't care. He smiled happily when the Madrid Pirates fans cursed him.
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"Great job! That's it, Mellie!"
Xavi Sanchez, the director of football of the Kings Club, was on the podium, waving his fists to the players on the field to celebrate the goal, and cheering loudly.
At the beginning of last season, when it was decided to correct Melli and completely replace Cerrados, as the club's football director, he was under tremendous pressure. It could even be said that he had to fight against all the opinions to determine the strategy with Melli as the core.
After all, Cerrados is only 33 years old, and he scored 20 league goals and seven assists last season.
With this kind of data performance, he suddenly has to make way for Melli. The club will have to bear a lot of pressure from public opinion.
But Xavi Sanchez still insisted on doing this because he knew that Melly was mature and could not wait any longer. If he really waited for Cerrados to retire before letting Melly take over, it would be a waste of Melly's talent.
So although it seemed ruthless, and indeed he was criticized, Sanchez pushed the team to complete this change.
He was even ready to kick out Cerrados, the captain - if Cerrados didn't cooperate.
He does not regret doing this, because this is the tradition of the Madrid Kings Club - the meaning of his work is to keep the club competitive for the championship forever. Winning championships and victories is the ultimate goal of the club. In order to achieve this goal, anyone can
be sacrificed.
The team's Champions League championship last season proved that Xavi Sanchez's bold adjustment was correct.
But in fact, the Champions League semifinals last season were a huge obstacle for Sanchez.
If the Kings are eliminated by the Pirates in the semifinals, his insistence on building a team with Melli as the core will be a heavy blow.
Fortunately, the Kings eliminated the Pirates in the end and won the 12th Champions League trophy in the club's history in the Champions League final.
This allowed Xavi Sanchez to successfully break through.
Originally, before this, because he missed Hu Lai, he was also under tremendous pressure within the club's senior management.
After winning the Champions League, he proved to the club's senior management that even if we missed Hulay, we don't have to worry about the future. Because we have a Melly Banega who is better than Hulay, or even much better!
Even without Hu Lai, as long as we have Merry, the King will still be the champion!
Champions are indispensable!
This season's Champions League final is a better proof for Xavi Sanchez than last season's semi-finals.
Because this time it was a direct confrontation between Melli and Hulay in the final.
Judging from Hulay's crazy state this season, if Melli can lead the team to defeat the Pirates who have Hulay in the end, will it completely end the debate about whether the Kings missing Hulay is a mistake that cannot be ignored?
Hulay's goal just now was indeed very beautiful. Xavi Sanchez believed from the bottom of his heart that if this goal was finally selected as the best goal in the Champions League this season, he would also vote for it.
but!
Our Melli has scored two goals in the final to help the Kings regain the lead!
Xavi Sanchez has always believed that Melli's talent is several times that of Hulay's, and his future achievements will be higher than Hulay's!
Now that we have Meili, why should we regret missing Hu Lai?
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Jesus Valentin turned to look at coach Parotti.
After his adjustment, the effect was immediate, and Hulay helped Madrid Pirates equalize the score.
However, the Madrid Pirates' defense is therefore not as strong as before. There are more openings on the defensive line, making it easier for opponents to seize opportunities.
So the Kings of Madrid have scored again.
It seems that we score one and the opponent scores one, so it’s not a loss. But the Kings had one more goal than the Pirates from the beginning...
He looked at Parotti to see if the coach would readjust his tactics and stabilize his position first.
But what surprised him was that Parotti did not do this. Instead, he stood up and walked to the sidelines again, gestured to the Pirates players on the field, and told them:
Everything is business as usual, unchanged.
At this time, Parotti "stabilized".
After making the gesture, he came back and explained to his assistants: "The facts are obvious. This game has turned into a chaotic battle. If we retreat and defend now, we may not be able to defend it. It is better to attack out.
Use offense instead of defense, use offense to suppress their offensive, so that they can't easily threaten our goal...Will we continue to concede goals if we play this way? Maybe, but this is the pressure and risk that we must bear."
After losing the ball, the Madrid Pirates players on the field were indeed in some confusion, so Parotti's instructions at this time were very timely.
It stabilized the morale of the troops and let them know how to play next.
When the Madrid Kings players ended their celebration and returned to their own half, the Pirates players were already standing in their positions, waiting for the kick-off.
As the referee blew his whistle, Hu Lai in the center circle kicked the ball out again, and the game continued!
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The Madrid Pirates tried to take advantage of the kick-off opportunity to threaten the Madrid King's goal, but when they passed the ball horizontally in the midfield, it was intercepted by King's midfielder Albin Eström.
The King of Madrid took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack.
However, due to the sudden incident, the King of Madrid was not fully prepared.
When Estrom passed the ball forward, he was a little too hasty and the ball passed too wide.
Cerrados failed to reach the ball, and the football was caught by goalkeeper Hewel who struck in time.
After intercepting the pass, Hewer stood up from the ground and threw the football to the side with his hands, and threw it to Kamara who was retreating to receive the ball.
After receiving the ball, Kamara turned around and dribbled the ball forward. He was forced by Kings defensive midfielder Mohamed Osay. He suddenly stopped and changed direction and passed Osay, but was stopped by Dudu Carlos who was returning to defense.
In desperation, he could only pass the football to Maxi Carey who was retreating.
Carey turned around and passed without stopping the ball, moving the football to the left wing.
Tonini raised his foot to stop the ball on the sideline.
After the ball stopped, it was poked out of the sideline by Kings right back Patin Garcia.
The chaotic battle finally came to an end.
But the rapid attack and defense between the two teams did not end there.
Then the two sides went back and forth, and the fight was very lively.
First, Ion intercepted the ball from the Orsay side on the front court and directly passed the ball to the ribs of the penalty area. Hu Lai made a diagonal run and then volleyed with his left foot directly over the crossbar.
Then Melli dribbled the ball from the wing and cut inside, seeking to hit the wall with Cerrados, and then used his left foot to shoot into the far corner.
The football was saved by goalkeeper Hewel!
The Madrid Pirates fans in the stands screamed at the same time.
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In the 38th minute, Rafael Fonseca passed a low ball across the center from the left wing.
The football hit Moreno's foot and changed its line slightly. Instead of rolling towards the top of the penalty arc, it curved slightly and turned towards the goal!
This caught the Madrid Pirates defenders off guard, and the defenders collectively stood still and did not move.
But Cerrados was very alert. He was closest to the football and rushed out of the defense line and ran towards the football.
Goalkeeper Hewel also gave up the goal!
Amid huge cheers and boos, Cerrados caught up with the football first and used the instep of his left foot to push the football to the outside!
He shook Hewel who had fallen to the ground!
But at the same time, the angle of his shot was already very small, and Cerrados just started with an extreme ejection and then caught up with the football and passed Hywell... This set of actions had already consumed too much of his physical energy, and his steps were messy.
The center of gravity was unstable, and after barely catching up with the football, he forced the shot.
The football hit the side netting.
He himself also lost his center of gravity and spun around before falling to the ground...
"Ah! Cerrados! Side net! What a risk! If this ball had been replaced by a younger and faster Melila, it might have gone in!" the Argentine commentator said regretfully.
Unfortunately, when the ball appeared, Melli was still on the right and was too far away to miss it.
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In the 40th minute, Madrid Pirates launched an attack.
Hu Lai looked back in the frontcourt and saw the football passing to Carey, and immediately started running.
He did not turn around and accelerate forward, but retreated first, making a gesture to meet Kyrie, which attracted Sequeiros to follow him and pull him out of the defense line.
Then he turned to the left of his body, made a circle, then turned around and accelerated to sprint in a straight line!
At the same time, Kyrie had just received the ball.
When Sequeiros saw Hulay suddenly speeding forward, he didn't even consider that Kyrie was the player with the ball. He immediately let Kyrie go and turned around to chase Hulay.
Carey raised his foot to stop the ball and turned his head to observe Hu Lai's movement, so the ball seemed not to stop well. It did not stop at his feet obediently, but bounced up again after landing.
Everyone thought that Kyrie was going to wait for the football to fall before regaining control of the ball, but unexpectedly, he rounded his thighs and volleyed 35 meters away from the goal...!
Such a long distance, such a sudden shot, and it hit the goal frame, forcing the Madrid Kings goalkeeper Rodríguez Backer to fly into the air and save the football from the bottom line to the limit!
This time it was the turn of the Madrid Kings fans to scream.
"Kyrie! Oh! Beautiful long shot! Forced Barker to make a world-class save!"
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The first half ended with a few minutes left, but the rhythm of both sides never slowed down.
How fast is it?
In the 44th minute, the Madrid Pirates made a comeback and pressed against the King's 30-meter line.
Vukovic dribbled the ball laterally and tried to pass the ball to Ion Martinez on the left.
However, due to interference from Orsay, his diagonal cross pass was not played well. Kings right back Padin Garcia judged his passing intention, stepped forward decisively, and intercepted the football.
Then Garcia immediately passed the football forward, hoping to launch a counterattack.
But because both the interception and the pass were too fast and sudden, Estrom, who was supposed to receive his pass, did not catch the ball, and the football slipped past his feet and rolled behind him.
It was then intercepted by Madrid Pirates' Juan Ramirez.
Ramirez also wanted to launch a counterattack quickly, so he did not stop the ball, but directly pushed the ball towards Maxi Carey in front of him.
At the same time, he quickly moved forward, as if he was going to hit a wall with Kyrie in a one-on-one.
But his pass was blocked by the referee - because of the frequent transfer of ball rights in the small area of the left rib in front of the penalty area, the referee had no time to distance himself.
Seeing Ramirez's direct pass, he wanted to hide, but the direction of hiding was the same as the direction of Ramirez's pass. The football just hit his leg, bounced back, and pulled forward.
Mires passed by...
The King almost made a counterattack - in the end, the King's counterattack was too hasty and the long ball was not accurate, so it failed.
It wasn't until the referee finally blew the whistle to end the first half that the crazy back-and-forth offense and defense between the two teams came to an end.
"The first half is over! With Melli's two goals, the Madrid Kings lead the Madrid Pirates 2:1, and the Pirates' goal was scored by Julay... For neutral fans, this may be the latest
The most exciting half of the Champions League final in fifteen years... The entire first half was almost in such frequent offensive and defensive transitions. As mortal enemies, the two teams know each other very well, so there is no testing. Everyone has
How many abilities were used to create such a wonderful first half..."
He Feng, who was in the commentary box, let out a long breath and finally got out of the tense and intense state just now.
Yan Kang said worriedly:
"But for Chinese fans, while enjoying such a high-level game, they are also worried about whether the Pirates will have the physical strength to continue playing like this with the Kings in the second half. After all, the Kings are better at this fast-paced style of play, and the Pirates are
He also played one more Copa del Rey final than the King and had six days less rest..."
During the TV broadcast, the players from both teams did not stay on the court. They hurriedly walked off the court and towards their respective locker rooms.
The Madrid Pirates players, who were one goal behind, showed no signs of frustration, and the Madrid Kings players, who were one goal ahead, showed no joy on their faces.
As mortal enemies, they all know that no one will admit defeat until the final whistle blows, so it is absolutely impossible to open the champagne at halftime...
This game is destined to be a fight to the death.
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ps, the second update is here, and there is another update!