"It's a pity that if Louis played more games, we could compete with him, but it doesn't matter. We mainly look at the overall results."
Ji Ya sighed on the coaching bench. Suarez was very proud last season. Not to mention winning the European Golden Boot, he scored the same number of goals in a single season as Ronaldo. But this season, Ronaldo is obviously holding back his anger. He thought
We need to get back the hat that can score the most goals.
Now Suarez has scored more than 20 goals in all competitions, which is much worse than Ronaldo. However, in individual confrontations, he can still show his strength.
After being equalized, Southampton began to launch a counterattack, and Real Madrid began to recover - there is a price to pay for pressing the opponent, and it consumes much more physical and energy, so after a period of glory, you always have to pretend to be good.
Only the grandson will do.
However, Southampton's luck seems to be a lot worse.
They created a lot of opportunities in the following time. Dembele continued to break through on the right, causing the opponent's left back Marcelo to collapse a little. Although Isco kept retreating to defend, they
If two people were to mark Dembele, Cancelo would be missed.
On the right, Southampton gradually began to take advantage and continued to create opportunities.
However, Navas's wonderful saves and luck problems meant that they always missed opportunities.
Mane and De Bruyne each had threatening shots, both of which were saved by Navas. Suarez's shot passed Navas's fingers, but was saved by Pepe who returned to the goal.
The ball was blocked!
The Southampton fans sighed in the stands, but Real Madrid failed to score in the next good opportunity. Isco made a pass from the left, and Ronaldo grabbed the first shot from behind and shook his head.
The ball directly hit the crossbar and bounced into the penalty area. Matic made a big-footed clearance immediately.
The offenses of both sides always scare the fans of the other side, but they always fail to score, which is very bad luck.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Southampton shot 15 times, eight of which hit the goal frame. Real Madrid shot 11 times, six of which hit the goal frame. Both sides created
There were many opportunities, but only one goal was scored, which was basically a supplementary shot.
"These are two very high-level teams. They can definitely represent the highest level of the Champions League... Unfortunately, only one of them can enter the final. Of course, Bayern and Barcelona are also extremely strong. This season's Champions League four teams
The gold content of strong is really extraordinary!"
Amid the sighs of the commentator, the players from both sides returned to their locker rooms, resting and waiting for the start of the second half of the game.
"We have to be patient in the second half of the attack...Their wingers are under a lot of pressure at this time, so we must be patient, understand? Give them a hard hit if you have the chance! We all know Navas, he is an excellent goalkeeper.
But his height can still be used. Try to use an angle when shooting, so as not to give him any chance of a magical save... In this way, Real Madrid should have no other options. Even if they change the formation, they are just changing shooters.
Either play Modric, or let Coentrao come on and replace Marcelo to make the defense on this side more stable... none of these make much sense."
Noriya told the players in the locker room that he was really not too worried about the current situation. Although the one-on-one home game was not good, Real Madrid had begun to decline in the first half.
They didn't create too many opportunities in the midfield. Cross could launch an attack, but his energy was dragged down by De Bruyne. Southampton already had a certain advantage in the midfield, and the second half was to gradually expand this.
Time to take advantage.
Ancelotti also has a headache. There are actually quite a few people he can replace on the bench, including Benzema, Hernandez, Modric... However, no matter how they change, their midfield loses ground.
There is no way to change it.
If Modric plays, their defensive ability in the midfield will decline. Southampton can better control the midfield. Playing Benzema or Hernandez will only strengthen the power in the penalty area, but will not affect other situations.
Too many changes.
Ancelotti is now in a bit of a dilemma. If Southampton plays Coutinho, it will be difficult for their midfielder to withstand Real Madrid's crazy counterattack. Real Madrid can use offense instead of defense. However, now, with Matic
With two outstanding midfielders like Casemiro, how can you replace defense with offense?
To use offense instead of defense is to wait for De Bruyne to break out and take Real Madrid away with a wave of combos.
This kind of helplessness is indeed a headache, so Ancelotti can't say anything more. He can only emphasize that in the second half of the game, the offense must be more active and at the same time contain Southampton's offense...
Of course, there is no point in this without detailed content. After the start of the second half, Southampton began to gradually expand the midfield advantage they had established in the first half.
Mane cut in from the left and shot low, and Navas got the ball.
Dembele broke through from the right and passed to Cancelo. Cancelo crossed to the front of the penalty area. De Bruyne lobbed the far corner, and Navas flew to lift the ball out of the baseline.
De Bruyne took a corner kick and was cleared by Pepe. After receiving the ball from outside the penalty area, Casemiro suddenly took a long shot. The ball hit the opponent's defender and flew into the penalty area. Varane immediately cleared the ball with a big kick.
After being beaten by Southampton for a while, Real Madrid began to counterattack. Kroos distributed the ball in the midfield, J. Ronaldo dribbled the ball forward, and then handed it to the responding Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo distributed the ball to the center, and Isco passed the ball.
To the left, Marcelo, who advanced to assist, shot directly with his left foot without stopping the ball!
However, his shot was stopped by Wundt with his foot in the middle. Casemiro took the ball and immediately started to pass the ball straight to counterattack!
Suarez, who retreated, took the ball and then raised his foot to send a beautiful through pass.
Dembele moved forward at high speed and received a direct pass from Suarez!
Marcelo also quickly withdrew at this time, entangled with Dembele with his hands and feet. Seeing that Dembele was about to fall to the ground, he passed the ball when he fell to the ground!
Mane, who followed up, received the ball and broke into the penalty area alone!
Just when he was about to shoot in the face of the attacking Navas, Carvajal rushed up and stretched his foot. Mane pushed the ball to the side and dodged Carvajal's foot.
But he was tripped by Carvajal and fell to the ground!
"Penalty kick!" Ji Ya jumped up immediately!
Countless Southampton fans also jumped to their feet.
The referee did not disappoint them. He ran into the penalty area, pointed to the penalty spot, and then showed a yellow card to Marcelo, who had brought down Dembele before.
Although Carvajal gave away points, his foul action was not serious and he did not receive a card.
