Chapter 290: A fierce opening

When the coaches of both sides shook hands before the game, Xiao Ming took a good look at Bosque. As I saw in front of the TV in my previous life, the Spanish head coach had a pair of small and unsightly eyes. The beard on his lips almost covered his upper lip. The flesh on his cheeks seemed a little loose and a little drooping. If he placed the head coach on the streets of Spain, it would be no different from those old men who had retired and sat on the park bench all day!

However, Xiao Ming would not underestimate the old man who seemed to be old and confused in front of him. Before Boske replaced Toshak as Real Madrid's head coach, no one thought he could do a long way to do this position, but he directly won two Champions League championships and one league championship for Real Madrid. After he was inexplicably dismissed, Real Madrid never achieved any achievements in the Champions League. What's more, Xiao Ming will not forget that on the day before his rebirth, it was this Boske who led Spain to win the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and broke a series of records - the first European team to win the World Cup outside Europe, the first team to win the World Cup in the first round, the first team to win the World Cup through four 1-0 knockout scores, and the first team to win the championship without losing a goal in the knockout stage...

Of course, none of this has happened yet. Boske is just a firefighter in people's eyes. Moreover, this firefighter did not do well. Although he entered the Champions League final, he only barely saved the fourth place in the league. Everyone believes that even if he wins the Champions League, Boske will be replaced, regardless of whether the next chairman of Real Madrid is the old chairman Sans or Florentino who is eyeing him.

After shaking hands with Boske, Xiao Ming turned around and returned to his seat, waiting for the start of the game.

Various rituals before the start of an important final like the Champions League are always tedious, but the fans are not bored at all. This is the appetizer before the feast.

There are exceptions, Jessica is an exception. Today she is wearing a red home team uniform from Leiden Oriental, with a telescope and camera around her neck, and wearing that pair of sunglasses sitting among a group of Leiden Oriental fans, just like a drop of water in the sea, not conspicuous at all.

However, for the fans of Leiden Oriental next to them, although this girl wearing sunglasses sat with them, they knew that this was not their partner, but no one was confused about it. With Leiden Oriental's outstanding performance, there were many Leiden Oriental fans in other places except Leiden, so it was normal to watch the game together.

The other fans were all at the ceremony on the court, but Jessica's attention was only on Xiao Ming alone.

I haven't seen Xiao Ming for half a year, and Xiao Ming has not changed much, and it is still the same as before - Jessica looked at Xiao Ming with a telescope, with a smile on her lips.

His expression was serious and a hint of excitement, which Jessica was familiar with, just like she got a character she had long been looking forward to - both a challenge and an opportunity.

What sounded in his ears was the singing of Leiden Oriental fans, and there were a group of rude and unruly men sitting beside him. But in this environment, Jessica felt very at ease - she could feel that these rude men loved Leiden Oriental from the bottom of their hearts and loved Xiao Ming. What would happen if they sat with such a group of people?

In addition to fans of both sides and local fans, there are also big names from European countries. Every Champions League final will be such a celebrity gathering. The leaders of the three countries related to this Champions League happen to be football enthusiasts. British Prime Minister Blair, Spanish King Juan Carlos I and French President Chirac are all football lovers. Both sides of the game are from England and Spain, and the competition location is in France. It would be strange if these three people did not appear.

During the ceremony before the game, the camera kept sweeping across the faces of the three big men, but at the end of the ceremony and the game was about to begin, all the attention was focused on the stadium, focusing on the football with a diameter of 69 cm and a weight of 440 grams!

At this time, at this location, football is the only focus!

Players from both sides walked onto the stadium from both sides of the Champions League placed in the middle of the exit of the player's passage. Whether it was Leiden Oriental or Real Madrid, many people in their formation couldn't help but take a look at them when they walked through the Champions League, and some even reached out to touch them secretly...

Of course, in front of the ubiquitous camera, this sneaky little action did not escape the camera's gaze. Ashley Cole, who secretly stretched out his hand, was still proud, and he didn't know that his action would be played repeatedly in the future, becoming one of the classic shots in this season's Champions League...

Shaking hands and picking the sides, captains of both sides, Jin Klaze and Redondo stood on both sides of the center circle, Jin Klaze won the position and lost the kick-off. After that, the two captains and the referees shook hands very friendly. Turning around, the players began to scatter on both sides of the court, red on one side and white on the other. Everyone realized that the game was about to begin.

Raul and Anelka stood at the kick-off point in the middle circle, and the referee on duty, Italian Stefano Braschi looked at the watch, then put the whistle into his mouth, and then raised his right hand.

The competition begins!

Raul passed the ball kicked by Anelka to the rear. McManaman, who received the ball, continued to pass it backwards, and the ball fell to Redondo's feet. At the same time, several players from Leiden East rushed through the half, and the first to force it was Fanny.

Redondo controls the ball easily in the midfield, and then passes the ball to Robert Carlos on the left before Van Nicht pushes it. Redondo rarely drives the ball to break through by himself. He is a conductor, controlling the entire team with his passing and dispatch in the midfield. The back midfield is generally synonymous with rude, barbaric and fierceness. However, when Redondo appears in the back midfield position, he is elegant by this position.

Carlos took off the ball while running, looked at the Danish 1.9 meters tall Glenshare who was rushing towards him, and did not force a breakthrough, but distributed the ball to Raul, and then accelerated and ran forward.

Raul received the ball and turned around, and then distributed it to McManaman, who was receiving the ball in the middle, but Marklele appeared in time on the route of his passing and intercepted the ball in the middle!

Leiden Oriental continues to use the midfield press they are used to, and uses tactics against Barcelona to deal with Real Madrid!

"They are all La Liga teams at heart, and using this tactic is the most suitable to deal with them!" Xiao Ming thought to himself.

After intercepting the ball, Marklele did not give the opponent a chance to counterattack. He immediately passed to Boban in front of him, and Leiden East's counterattack lineup was immediately formed!

Redondo stopped in front of Boban. He was not a back midfielder who was used to pressing with his body. The positioning and accurate stealing made him look extremely elegant in this position.

Boban did not stick to the ball, but passed the ball to Gerald who followed him. Gerald immediately pushed forward after receiving the ball. Although Elgra often protected Redondo during the game, he was in a relatively back position at the beginning of the game!

After taking a few steps on his long legs, Gerald entered the 30-meter area. He did not cooperate with his teammates, but instead swung his right foot while running and immediately shot a long shot!

Elgra rushed forward a little slower, the ball flew past him, and instantly entered the penalty area. The young goalkeeper Casillas, who was standing in front of the goal, jumped up and used a very stretched save to push the ball out of the baseline.

"Long shot! The first shot in the whole game came from Leiden East! The young goalkeeper Casillas performed very stably and did not give Leiden East any chance! Corner kick!"

"It's worthy of being St. Casillas... Although it's still very young..." Looking at Casillas who still wears the last substitute No. 27 jersey, Xiao Ming sighed in his heart, Saint Igor is Saint Igor, and even if he doesn't wear No. 1, he is still that Saint Igor! After shaking his head, Xiao Ming stood up and made several gestures to the field.

Both Leiden Oriental's two central defenders rushed into the opponent's penalty area. In Xiao Ming's offensive arrangement before the game, a very important part of the frontcourt positioning is the positioning ball - La Liga teams always have weak defenses at high altitude balls, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and Premier League teams are definitely familiar with high altitude bombing!

However, the one thing that Real Madrid is better than Barcelona is that their defense is still relatively high - Carlanca is 1.81 meters, Elgra and Campo are 1.85 meters tall, which is already quite good. Except for Salgado, only 1.73 meters and Robert Carlos is less than 1.7 meters tall, even the midfielder Redondo is 1.85 meters tall. However, Redondo rarely returns to the penalty area to compete for a header, and he is not good at this - this is much higher than Barcelona's defense line, which is more than 1.8 meters tall except Averado, and everyone else is under 1.8 meters tall.

However, defensive high-altitude balls and high-altitude ball attacks are also Real Madrid's weaknesses, otherwise they would not have made Bayern laugh every time they get a corner kick - this is a comment from the German media after the second stage of the Champions League group stage.

No matter when, set pieces will be one of the important means of the offense. Five big men in Leiden East, who are about 1.9 meters tall, all rushed into the penalty area. Gerald, Van Nie, Hypia and Deselli squeezed into the penalty area and kept running, while Glenshare was swimming a little outside, ready to rush in at any time.

Seeing Leiden-Oriental's posture, Real Madrid naturally did not dare to neglect. Anelka and Morientes in the frontcourt both returned to the penalty area to help defend. Although these two forwards are famous for their excellent explosive power and fast speed, they are also 1.86 meters tall. Real Madrid's defensive power in the penalty area is quite good.

Jinklaze took a corner kick, the ball flew to the back point, Elgra pushed the ball out of the penalty area in front of Deselli, and Glenshare happened to get the ball, took a step horizontally and immediately took a long shot. The ball passed the crowd in the penalty area and also crossed the crossbar.

"Another long shot! Just one minute into the game, Leiden Oriental scored two shots! Facing the team that won the most championships in the history of the Champions League, Leiden Oriental, who participated in the Champions League for the first time, was not afraid!"

Espn's commentator shouted loudly that he was not a fan of any team on both sides, nor had any tendency, so at this time, he hoped that Leiden Oriental could perform better so that the final would be better - with the same scored four goals, for neutral fans, Dortmund's three-to-one victory over Juventus is obviously better than AC Milan's four-to-zero victory over Barcelona.

Logically speaking, he was shot twice by an opponent who was much smaller than himself at the beginning, and one of them was very threatening. Real Madrid, a giant, should have been furious and then showed off his sharp minions to counterattack wildly. Xiao Ming arranged targeted training before the game with this possibility, but what surprised everyone was that after Casillas scored the goal, Real Madrid slowly began to organize the attack like Leiden East's shot just now.

Leiden East's pressing is different from AC Milan's full-game pressing tactics in the Milan Dynasty era. As the name suggests, AC Milan's full-game pressing has been pressing since the opponent's attack, making the opponent's pass feel suffocating and discomfort, and it is impossible to launch the attack smoothly - but Xiao Ming's pressing tactics arranged by him are different. In the opponent's half, you can pass any way, but as long as you enter the half, I'm sorry, from the forward to the defender, every player who takes the ball will be attacked in every place. After intercepting the ball, the ball will be immediately divided into the sideways, and through the breakthrough and attack on the sideways, tore open the opponent's defense line. Of course, if you have a chance in the middle, you can also directly pass the final kick to kill the opponent!

Casillas did not kick off the ball with big feet, but passed the ball to Salgado who stayed behind. Salgado dribbled the ball and made a few steps before passing it to Kalanca in the middle. Kalanca then passed it to Redondo in front. After Redondo dribbled the ball, he did not send a straight pass ball after approaching the center circle arc. Instead, he turned around and passed the ball back to Elgra behind...

Elgra passes to Carlos, Carlos passes to Campo, Campo passes to Redondo, and Redondo passes to Salgado...

For a whole minute, Real Madrid fell in the backcourt and didn't even cross the center line!

"This scene looks familiar..." In the stands, Lao Sun, who brought his British wife, looked at this scene and couldn't help but mutter to himself. Lao Sun is not a fan, because he basically doesn't even watch Leiden East games, but only watches the Chinese national team games. If Daniel hadn't given the tickets he had assigned to his family this time, Lao Sun would probably not have brought his whole family to France to watch the game.

"You... are nothing?" Braschi asked out of humanitarianism.

"It's okay, what can happen? I just bumped it." Daniel seemed surprised by his question.

Braschi was speechless. The sound of the collision just now could be heard around the world. This guy actually said, "I just bumped it."

Shaking his head, Braschi pointed to the corner area: "Corner kick."
Chapter completed!