"Ronaldo! Shoot!" After seeing Ronaldo break through Ledley King's defense like a wooden stake and almost piercing Cech's fingers with a shot, the Real Madrid commentator sighed with regret, " Ronnie was really unlucky. He was only a few centimeters away from scoring the first goal of the game for Real Madrid. Unfortunately, God did not favor Real Madrid and Ronaldo this time, but helped. Tottenham made a move and blocked Ronaldo's shot from the goal post."
On the other side, seeing Ronaldo's ball flying out of the baseline after hitting the goal post, George, who was standing on the sidelines directing the overall situation, couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that his front door would be breached by Ronaldo. In that case, Tottenham's situation on the field would become quite passive.
Although withstanding Real Madrid's offensive in the opening stage and holding on until the opponent's physical strength is unsustainable, Tottenham has a chance to win the game, but when actual operations are needed, George and the Tottenham players will I know firsthand that it is extremely difficult to achieve this goal. Apart from anything else, as long as there are no physical problems, Real Madrid's three superstars in the frontcourt, Zidane, Figo and Ronaldo, are enough to cause huge trouble to Tottenham's defense!
For example, in the attack just now, Figo diverted the attention of Alonso and Evra on the right. Zidane, who was holding the ball, attracted Vidic and Mascherano to double-team and defend. Seizing the gap in Tottenham's defense, he passed the ball to Ronaldo, creating a one-on-one opportunity for the aliens with Ledley King!
If it weren't for Zidane and the others' ability to change the trend of the game in an instant, which caused Mascherano and others who were inexperienced in this area to disperse their defensive power, then Tottenham's defense line carefully built by Allegri It is simply impossible for Ronaldo to get such a good opportunity!
Seeing Zidane and other superstars perform so wonderfully after the start, Real Madrid fans are naturally extremely satisfied. As soon as they were in a good mood, they began to spontaneously cheer for the Real Madrid players on the field in the stands. Of course, if the team's performance in the game did not meet their expectations, these Real Madrid fans would also work hard to cheer for them. His own players booed.
The cheers coming from the stands greatly boosted the morale of the Real Madrid players, making them as excited as if they had been pumped. The offensive was getting higher and higher, and it seemed that they might break through Tottenham's door at any time. These conditions have almost doubled the defensive pressure on Tottenham players during this period!
However, although Tottenham were very passive during this period, they did not blindly defend in the backcourt at the expense of completely sacrificing offense. With a top organizing midfielder like Alonso and two fast horses in Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo cruising in the frontcourt, Tottenham naturally have no reason not to fight Real Madrid's quick counterattack. Not to mention, Real Madrid now has an extremely serious problem of focusing on offense and neglecting defense. Carlos, who is over the age of 20, is no longer able to return to defense as quickly as he did when he was young. The two main central defenders Samuel and Helguera are even more difficult. He has the stubborn problem of being slow to return to defense!
If the players he carefully selected and trained cannot even grasp these obvious weaknesses in Real Madrid, then George will have to consider changing the team in the next transfer window.
What makes George satisfied is that Tottenham players lived up to his expectations. Facing Real Madrid's increasingly aggressive offensive, they tenaciously withstood the pressure. At the same time, they also seized the opportunity of Real Madrid's aggressive attacks to launch long-pass counterattacks, making the home team unable to push their formation further.
After Tottenham players fought hard to withstand Real Madrid's onslaught in the opening stage, as time went by and the game progressed, the physical fitness of Real Madrid players began to become unsustainable, and their morale also deteriorated due to the situation of being unable to attack for a long time. Somewhat down. The double decline in physical fitness and morale has made Real Madrid's offense no longer as sharp and threatening as it was in the first twenty minutes of the game!
It's not surprising that Real Madrid would have fitness issues so early on. You know, Zidane, Figo and Carlos are all veterans over 30 years old, and their physical fitness is no longer what it was at their peak; and after the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, they are getting fatter and are changing from "alien" to "fat Ronaldo" "The evolved Ronaldo also has similar problems. Therefore, it is impossible for them to guarantee that they will go all out at all times during the ninety minutes!
As a future world-class organizational midfielder, Alonso is naturally keenly aware of these changes in Real Madrid. So, in the 25th minute of the game, he seized the opportunity of Zidane's pass being intercepted by Mascherano, and sent a precise overhead shot directly to Robben's position. pass!
After receiving Alonso's long pass, Robben didn't hesitate at all and immediately took the ball towards Real Madrid's goal!
By the way, when instigating a quick counterattack and choosing the direction of attack, Alonso secretly played a trick. The Spaniard clearly remembered George's instructions before the game. Instead of choosing Carlos' side, which seemed to be more likely to form a counterattack opportunity, he cleverly handed the ball to Robben and let the Dutch Peter Pan attack Salga. A lot of defense on the right!
Although Roberto Carlos, who will turn 32 in more than a month, is no longer able to take care of both offense and defense as he was two years ago, the decline in physical fitness and speed has left the Brazilian behind after joining the attack. The defensive vacuum continues to grow, but in today's game, the right wing Salgado is responsible for is the real fatal injury to Real Madrid's defense!
The reason why I say this is because unlike others, Salgado played injured in this game. An old injury to his right knee severely restricted his speed and explosive power, making it impossible for him to defend with all his strength. Especially when defending a player who is known for his speed like Robben, Salgado, who is injured, has no choice at all!
Sure enough, facing the impact of Robben, Real Madrid's No. 2 simply couldn't keep up with the speed of the Dutch Peter Pan. With a simple sudden stop and change of direction, Robben left Salgado far behind, single-handedly!
Next, facing Casillas who took the initiative and tried to block the shooting angle, Robben dexterously moved the ball with his left foot, easily breaking through the Spanish goalkeeper's defense, and then directly The push shot succeeded!
One to zero! In the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Tottenham, who was not optimistic before the game, took advantage of a quick counterattack and took the lead in breaking through the gate of the Galacticos Real Madrid!
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