After the start of the second half, the two sides continued to struggle in the midfield. However, compared with the first half, Southampton's offense seemed to have recovered a bit. They began to attack more from both wings. Ronaldo and William continued to take the ball and look for
Take the opportunity.
Benteke ran more actively than in the first half, and at the same time continued to engage in physical confrontation with Pepe, trying to create opportunities in this way.
"This fool."
Ji Ya couldn't help but cursed, Pepe's physical fitness is quite incredible. Although Benteke is also very strong, it's not easy for him to go head-to-head with Pepe like this.
However, Pepe has a very bad temper. If he and Benteke get into a real fight, Real Madrid might suddenly reduce their numbers...
After thinking about this in a very vulgar way, Ji Ya decided to take a closer look before talking about it.
However, what he didn't expect was that after such a head-on confrontation, Real Madrid did not suddenly reduce its personnel, but Southampton did.
After the continuous physical confrontation, Benteke was also a little frightened, but at this time Mkhitaryan sent a through pass in the midfield. He and Pepe rushed to the landing point at the same time. The two collided fiercely, and finally it was
Pepe got the ball first and then made a big-footed clearance. After he made the clearance, Benteke lost his mind in disappointment and fell to the ground in embarrassment.
Pepe thought Benteke was diving, and quickly raised his hands to show that he had not committed a foul. The referee stopped the game, and Southampton's team doctor came on, but Benteke was quickly taken off on a stretcher...
At first, Noriya thought Benteke was faking it, but when he saw the team doctor asking for a stretcher, he immediately screamed.
"Thigh strain, I'll probably have to rest for half a month to a month." The team doctor said to Ji Ya.
Noriya covered his face and injured Otamendi in the first half and Benteke in the second half. These happened to be Southampton's two new signings. Southampton's luck this season is bad enough.
In desperation, Noriya could only send veteran Klose on the bench. He has not played many games since the beginning of the new season, but he has recovered a lot in previous training.
For a veteran like him, status is not a problem. As long as there is no problem with his physical fitness, then there will be no problem with his status.
Klose warmed up quickly and ran onto the court. When he came on the court, the Real Madrid fans applauded him politely, but most of them were probably muttering in their hearts - what use does such an old guy have?
You must know that Klose was born in 1978, and he is now thirty-four years old. And everyone knows that he received professional training late. It is difficult to make up for this pitfall. At this age, he is basically on the verge of retirement.
.
If his obsession with the World Cup hadn't still supported him, I'm afraid he would have retired long ago.
At this time, Southampton had no choice but to send him on the field, right?
However, what no one expected was that the veteran who seemed to be coming in to replace Benteke scored a goal with his first touch of the ball after coming on the field!
Real Madrid made a mistake when they launched their attack. As soon as Essien received Alonso's pass, Vidal appeared in front of him. Without giving him any chance to react, he raised his foot to intercept the ball, and then followed the trend.
forward!
His forward movement attracted almost everyone's attention. The next moment, Vidal sent a beautiful through ball into the penalty area!
Klose, who was running in the frontcourt, didn't know when he got rid of Pepe - this is also Pepe's problem. He is almost invulnerable when he concentrates, but after Benteke came off the field, he unconsciously
Relaxed focus...
After getting rid of Pepe, Klose received a pass from Vidal in the penalty area. When another young central defender Varane desperately came to fill the position, Klose was already facing the attacking Casillas and calmly
Low shot with his left foot!
The ball flew to the far corner of the goal. Casillas stretched his legs hard, but still couldn't touch the ball...
"The ball went in! Klose completed the goal with his first touch of the ball after coming on the field! He is so strong! No one expected that Southampton took the lead in scoring in a passive state! They can score at the Bernabeu
Create a miracle!"
The commentator started shouting loudly, and Noriya waved his fist. To be able to score such a goal when the whole audience was passive, Southampton's chances of winning greatly increased!
And scoring a goal in such a difficult situation is undoubtedly a good experience for the whole team!
No matter what the result of this game is, the current situation will be enough for Southampton to benefit from it in the future.
Mourinho started to look ugly - in this situation, he was at a disadvantage but defended unyieldingly and then seized the opportunity to counterattack and score - isn't this what Mourinho is best at doing?
As a result, Southampton, led by Noriya, came in such a wave, which was simply unbearable!
He immediately used up two substitutions.
Modric came on, replacing Khedira, to increase his skills and passing ability in the midfield. Benzema came on, replacing Higuain, to increase his ball-taking and ball-making abilities in the frontcourt.
Mourinho is still very sober at this time. He can see that Real Madrid still has a big advantage in terms of offense. So far, Southampton has only shot three times, while Real Madrid has shot more than 20 times.
Under such circumstances, two more players who can sort out the offense are more important than stacking attackers.
Such adjustments quickly produced good results.
Their offense began to become more calm, and Modric also had a long shot, but what was even better was his ability to sort out the ball after getting the ball in the midfield, which is what Real Madrid's midfield lacks now.
Although Benzema always spits out cakes, he was able to drop back to get the ball, and then gave up space to Cristiano Ronaldo who came in from the back row. Under such circumstances, Cristiano Ronaldo began to play more comfortably.
In the 76th minute of the game, Benzema retreated to receive Modric's pass and then played the ball. Ronaldo's running attracted the attention of others. Marcelo, who advanced forward, received the ball.
He shot a curved ball with his right foot. Chambers struggled to save it and prepared to block it with his body, but the ball deflected off him and flew into the Southampton gate...
Navas can only say nothing!
Chambers looked at the ball in disbelief. Strictly speaking, it was an own goal. He had performed very well just now, but this own goal...
"It's okay. It's not your fault. It's just a reflection. Defenders are inevitable." Wundt patted Chambers.
Chambers looked down the court, and Ji Ya gave him a thumbs up, indicating that he didn't mind. Chambers felt relieved.
Indeed, this was not a serious mistake, just bad luck.
"We still have a chance." Ji Ya thought in his heart.
