Chapter 247 Locking the Victory
"Two to one! The goal was Didier Drogba! At the critical moment, the Ivorians used the goal to help Tottenham Hotspur take the initiative in the game again!" Seeing the referee announced that the goal was valid, Pat Jennings shouted excitedly in the live broadcast room, "Now, the situation in Real Madrid has become very bad. If coach Lucemberg cannot find a way to let Real Madrid score in the last few minutes, then the Galaxy Battleship will lose this critical battle at the Bernabeu Stadium!"
Although Pat Jennings, who was a player, once transferred to the city's arch rival Arsenal and played for nearly ten seasons as the Gunners' main goalkeeper, was different from Judas, who was jealous of money. At that time, Jennings switched from White Hart Lane to Highbury because then Tottenham head coach Bulkinshaw believed that the opponent was close to the end of his career and took the initiative to abandon him and sold him to Arsenal. However, he did not expect that the greatest goalkeeper in Northern Ireland's history has maintained a good condition for nearly ten years after this, allowing Arsenal to get a big advantage.
However, although Tottenham took the initiative to abandon him at the time, and the Northern Ireland later made great contributions to Arsenal's entry into the European Cup final, Jennings did not hate Tottenham because of this, but maintained a very good relationship with Tottenham club and Tottenham fans. That's why this time, he accepted the invitation from Sky TV to comment on the Champions League match between Tottenham and Real Madrid.
Perhaps, in Pat Jennings' heart, the Northern Ireland legend still regards himself as a member of Tottenham Hotspur. Therefore, when Tottenham takes another lead in this quarter-final, the legendary goalkeeper will be so excited and send blessings to Drogba and Tottenham from the bottom of his heart!
At the same time, Tottenham players released their passion in their hearts and shared the joy after scoring the goal - being able to lead Real Madrid twice at the Bernabeu Stadium and grab the lead in the Champions League quarter-finals, is undoubtedly an extremely wonderful experience for them!
Looking at the Tottenham players celebrating wildly on the sidelines, the Real Madrid players on the court looked at each other and fell into a state of silence. After all, for Real Madrid, Drogba's goal was undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow. Not only was there enough time left for them to equalize the score, but also because Tottenham won two away goals in this game - this means that even if they tried to equalize the score or even complete the reversal in the next time, Tottenham had already gained considerable initiative on the road to advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals!
The unspeakable silence lasted for a while, and in the end, Gravesen was the first to break this strange state: "By the way, what should we do now?"
Perhaps no one can speak first because of face issues, but the Danes who joined Real Madrid during the winter transfer period obviously have no such concerns - his positioning in Real Madrid is very clear, that is, to follow Marclayle, wipe the butts of these superstar teammates in the frontcourt, and try not to make the team's midfield offense and defense overly imbalanced. Therefore, some words are obviously the most suitable for him as a blue-collar player and straightforward personality.
"...Observation." Seeing Gravesen stir up the conversation, Raul, as the captain of the team, naturally had to speak. "We must attack now and equalize the score as much as possible before the end of the game. Only in this way can we not be too passive in the second round. If Tottenham, who returned to the home court, perform their best defensive counterattack, then our promotion situation will really become passive."
Raul's speech was approved and affirmed by everyone present. They knew very well that although continuing to attack would be likely to be seized by Tottenham to win another game, the situation in front of them could no longer allow them to take their time!
That being said, Luxenberg also replaced Beckham with Irving and played three forwards to further strengthen his offense, but Real Madrid ignored one problem. That is, whether Zidane and Figo, who have been fighting for the whole game, still have enough energy to support Real Madrid's offensive system!
So, Real Madrid, who was eager to equalize the score before the end of the game and had to put a big push on the attack, suffered another heavy blow in injury time. In the 91st minute of the game, Irving tried to force the Tottenham's defense line with speed after receiving a pass from Zidane, but he crashed into the encirclement of Lidley King, Vidic, Mascherano and Davis, losing control of the ball. Davis, who got the ball, immediately turned around and launched a fast counterattack again!
Although he was nicknamed "Wild Boar" because of his strong defensive ability, Davis is not as simple as a defensive midfielder. This Dutch midfielder has excellent passing ability and one-on-one passing ability is also first-class. Otherwise, Davis would not have been favored by Barcelona after falling out with Juventus due to contract renewal issues last season, and led the Catalan giants that value technology and pass control to revival.
At this time, Ribery, who came on as a substitute Robben, showed a breakthrough ability that was no less than that of the Dutch Pan. After receiving Davis' pass, the Frenchman who was inserted along the left speed only used a simple fake move to throw Raul Bravo, who was robbing the rashly robbed behind him, and then dribbled the ball and rushed to Real Madrid's penalty area!
Although Samuel and Elgra who were staying in the backcourt returned to defense with all their might and caught up with the French when Ribery broke into the penalty area, the two people who focused most of their attention on Ribery involuntarily ignored Drogba and Ronaldo who were circumventing from the back point!
So, Ribery, who had successfully attracted more than half of the defensive firepower, decided to pass the ball. Although Samuel immediately stretched out his legs to try to intercept, the ball still crossed the Argentine rock and rolled to Ronaldo's feet!
Without giving Casillas a chance to remedy, Ronaldo, who got the ball, pulled his feet and shot without hesitation. The ball came into the net, three to one!
Before the end of the game, Ronaldo scored the third goal of Tottenham in this game, helping Tottenham secure the victory!
In this way, when Merck sounded the whistle to announce the end of the game, Real Madrid, who played at home, finally lost one-to-three and lost the most critical first leg game for them!
Chapter completed!