On the evening of November 24th, Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
In the fifth round of the Champions League Group C, Real Madrid faced Manchester City at home.
When the game progressed to the 21st minute, Real Madrid tried to attack on the left but failed. As soon as they reached the center line, Marcelo passed the ball crosswise to Xavi Alonso and then to Khedira.
At the foot of Ramos on the right.
Ramos dribbled the ball and pushed past the center line again. After being entangled by Robinho, he passed the ball and wanted to go to the front to find Di Maria.
Former Real Madrid player Felipe got stuck and headed the ball back to the midfielder.
Robinho ran back near the left sideline and passed the ball to Henderson.
As soon as the Manchester City midfielder stopped the ball, he saw Robin van Persie in front of him retreating and raising his hand to ask for the ball.
The ball was given to Van Persie, but Carvalho was behind him, and Van Persie passed the ball to the left again.
Robinho was rushing forward along the left sideline. After seeing Robinho passing the ball, he turned around and sprinted. The Brazilian winger knowingly sent the ball behind him.
I saw that Van Persie quickly got rid of the aging Carvalho, penetrated behind Real Madrid's defense, caught up with Robinho's pass, and when facing Pepe's defense, he suddenly stopped and started, once
A very simple, yet very practical action. Relying on his excellent sense of rhythm, he got rid of Pepe and passed low to the center from the left side of the penalty area.
Robben rushed over, blocked Xabi Alonso with his body, faced Robin van Persie's pass, pushed with his left foot, and sent his teammate's assist into the Real Madrid goal.
One to zero!
…
The Bernabeu fell into a dead silence.
From the opening moment, Real Madrid launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.
But tonight, the tactics adopted by Gao Shen were different from those in the past.
Mourinho still uses a four-two-three formation, with Xavi Alonso and Khedira forming a double defensive midfielder, with Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 23 and Di Maria in front, and Adeba as the lone forward.
about.
Gao Shen still formed a four-three-three formation.
The midfielder is a combination of Henderson, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure, with Robinho, Robinho and Robben in front.
Anyone can see that Gao Shen actually didn't give his best in this game.
Not even the main midfielders David Silva and Rakitic were brought.
This resulted in Manchester City not even having an advantage in controlling the ball in the midfield.
As soon as the game started, Mourinho tried to use his home advantage to quickly launch an attack.
Manchester City did not play aggressively, but played steadily, which resulted in Manchester City falling behind on the field and inferior to Real Madrid in terms of ball possession rate, while Galacticos kept creating opportunities at home.
But there is a very clear sign. The most threatening thing for Real Madrid is Xavi Alonso's free kick, which assisted Ramos and almost scored with a header, but unfortunately it was a little too high and was decisively beaten by Neuer.
Pounce.
Most of the remaining offensive opportunities are long-range shots.
Among them, Ronaldo took four free kicks, but none of them posed a threat.
The Portuguese were also a bit impatient tonight.
After Real Madrid pressed hard for more than 20 minutes, a flaw inevitably appeared behind them. Finally, Manchester City seized a chance, penetrated the defense, and created a scoring opportunity behind them.
…
Being one goal behind is something Real Madrid cannot accept under any circumstances.
The Galacticos launched a more violent offensive against Manchester City.
For Real Madrid now, losing this game will be a huge disaster for their group qualifying situation.
Mourinho will not allow this to happen under any circumstances.
For a time, Real Madrid slowed down slightly and started to surge again.
The scene was back and forth, with Real Madrid attacking hard and Manchester City counterattacking, and both sides were having a great time.
Until the stoppage time of the first half, Manchester City's counterattack hit the center and was intercepted by Xavi Alonso. The Spanish midfielder quickly sent a long diagonal pass to the right in front.
road.
Di Maria sprinted at high speed, stopped the ball before Felipe, and then cut inside to the left side of the penalty area. After getting rid of Gary Cahill, he hit a curve ball with his left foot and hit the dead center of the goal, setting up Real Madrid.
equalize the score.
One to one!
The first half ended in a one-on-one draw, but in the second half, Real Madrid pressed forward again and tried to attack.
Manchester City continued to play steadily.
In the 49th minute, Di Maria made a diagonal pass from the right and wanted to find Adebayor, but Jerome Boateng used his body to hold Adebayor tightly and stopped the ball.
Neuer.
The Manchester City goalkeeper passed the ball to Lichtsteiner on the right, who then passed it to Yaya Toure, who quickly pushed forward along the right sideline.
Robben retreated from the front to the gap. After receiving the pass from Yaya Toure, he turned around and dribbled the ball forward. After the 30-meter area of Real Madrid's penalty area, he cut in diagonally, passing Marcelo and Harbin.
Via Alonso was attracted to his surroundings and then distributed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
Lichtsteiner was just behind Robben, catching up as quickly as possible and sending a low ball to the back of the goal.
Van Persie threw away Carvalho and quickly stepped in, elegantly and calmly sending the cross from the right into the left side of Real Madrid's goal.
Goalkeeper Casillas had nothing to do about the conceded goal.
Two to one!
Fight back! Still fight back!
When Real Madrid press out to play, there will inevitably be holes behind them.
Once there is a flaw, things will be much easier to handle.
The most terrible thing is that Real Madrid's midfield lacks control.
In terms of ball possession, Real Madrid's ball possession rate in this game was even slightly higher than that of Manchester City. However, every time Manchester City counterattacked, they almost passed the midfield and directly faced the double midfielders and even the defense line.
Real Madrid's midfield defense, especially the 23rd point, did almost nothing.
This was the case in the first game between the two sides, and it is still the case now.
For the second goal just now, Neuer directly looked for Yaya Toure. As a result, the Ivorian did not see the defensive player around him for at least two or three seconds, which caused other defensive players to leave their positions to plug this leak.
But this leak has been blocked, but the gap after Robben's retreat cannot be blocked.
It’s hard to focus on the head but the bottom, that’s what I mean.
…
Falling behind again, Mourinho began to make desperate substitutions.
He first replaced Pepe with Higuain, adopted a two-forward style of play, and switched to a three-back defense.
This is actually Mourinho's standard configuration. If there is a disagreement, the forward will be replaced by the defender.
Gao Shen remained unmoved.
*** said: You hit yours, I'll hit mine.
This is actually very profound.
The implication is, never get into your opponent's rhythm, but play your own rhythm.
The more you think about it, the more you will understand the meaning of this sentence.
How else would everyone say that a great leader is a master who elevates the art of war to a higher level of thought?
Now Manchester City just doesn't want to fight Real Madrid, they don't have to be impatient and they play slowly.
I know you, Real Madrid, are in a hurry, but I am not in a hurry.
Slow down the pace and control the ball every chance you get.
This style of play makes Real Madrid feel very uncomfortable.
Before this game even started, Real Madrid was destined to play very hard, because their opponents were not only Manchester City, but also time and Schalke.
Far away at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Schalke 04 continued to maintain its tenacious attitude at home and played Inter Milan one to one, but the game was not over yet.
Former Real Madrid player Huntelaar scored a goal.
Now at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid is trailing 1 to 2.
Even if it ends with the current score, Real Madrid will be in a very bad situation.
Because in the last round, they have to face Inter Milan away from home, and they may not even have a chance of survival.
Therefore, for Real Madrid, the best result is to win Manchester City at home.
But now, facing Manchester City's style of play, Mourinho really has no good solution.
After 75 minutes, Gao Shen made a substitution and replaced Robben with Sturridge.
The England striker's speed and explosive power are also very amazing. He is a huge threat on counterattacks. After coming on the field, he played on the left, and Robinho was switched to the right.
After entering the 80th minute, Gao Shen simply replaced Robinho with Adam Lallana. The team changed the formation again and switched to a 442 midfield diamond position, allowing Adam Lallana to play.
This is the front waist position.
Mourinho also made a quick substitution, replacing Adebayor with Pedro Leon, putting Cristiano Ronaldo on the front line to partner with Higuain, and Di Maria went to the left with his right foot.
Delivered to Pedro Leon.
But this time the substitution adjustment still failed to work.
The time left for Real Madrid is getting less and less, but Mourinho still has not been able to find a way to effectively break through Manchester City's defense. Real Madrid's offense seems to be very powerful, but the threat is very small.
More are long shots.
…
Gao Shen always stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, motionless.
No matter whether the Real Madrid fans in the stands booed, cheered or criticized, he was standing there anyway.
He really had nothing to say about the current result.
What can I say?
I've put together this rotation and substitute lineup, but you still can't break through, what can I do?
Is it possible that I should open my defensive position and pull out a banner that reads: Welcome to score goals!?
"Mourinho's offense has not improved at all after so many years!" Gao Shen said, I am very disappointed.
Basically, it's just a few axes.
Once behind, the defender is replaced and the forward is replaced.
If it's really that simple, then why does the head coach need to do it?
However, no matter what the outcome is, Gao Shen will not change his attitude.
As the head coach of Manchester City, he did not add insult to injury to Real Madrid, but insisted on his own attitude and game plan. Even conspiracy theorists cannot find fault with this.
In this case, if Mourinho's team cannot break Manchester City's goal, there is nothing Gao Shen can do.
Facts have also proved that the more Real Madrid players play, the more impatient they become, and the more anxious they play, the more likely they are to make mistakes.
Even Manchester City almost caught the opportunity to counterattack and score.
Although it only made me break out in a cold sweat, it was still exciting enough.
After that, Real Madrid's offense obviously weakened a lot, and it seemed that it was losing interest.
Consecutive years of unfavorable results in the Champions League have left this team with a serious lack of confidence in the Champions League, and it feels like it has been cast under a spell.
Although Mourinho is crazy, it is not easy to break the curse.
But the terrible thing is that on the German side, Schalke scored a goal!
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