Defending champion Tottenham were temporarily two goals behind the home team Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. This situation was obviously something that most people did not expect before the game. Therefore, when the game entered the intermission period with Merck's whistle, all the commentators who were broadcasting the game started to use their brains to comment on the performance of the two teams in the first half!
Andy Gray and Martin Taylor, who were sent by Sky TV to commentate on this game, were naturally no exception. In fact, as the party that was optimistic about Tottenham's victory before the game, the two people's expressions were really not good-looking: "Martin, what do you think of the performance of Tottenham and Real Madrid in the first half?"
As the ace commentary team of Sky TV, Andy Gray and Martin Taylor both have extremely rich reserves of football knowledge. However, because the former is a player, he is better at mobilizing the atmosphere through words and can better resonate with the fans. Therefore, both sides of the comments The player's performance, which requires a neutral and objective stance, is naturally more responsible for the latter.
"I can only say that Tottenham are so unlucky that they happened to meet a Real Madrid team in the best condition." Martin Taylor calmed down his mood that became a little worse because of Tottenham's unexpected fall behind, and his tone was quite helpless. He said, "Tottenham's defense in the first half was quite good. The reason why Real Madrid scored twice was entirely a reflection of the personal abilities of superstars like Ronaldo and Carlos. It has nothing to do with Tottenham's defense. Relationship. If you don’t look at the score, Tottenham is actually the team with the greater advantage on the field. It’s just that they were really unlucky tonight. Several excellent scoring opportunities were either destroyed in advance by Real Madrid’s defensive players or blocked. Silas was on the line."
"Yes, the reason why Tottenham are two goals behind is not because they are not as good as Real Madrid, but because luck is not on their side." Regarding his partner's explanation, Andy Gray nodded in agreement and said, "The Real Madrid we saw today is not a Real Madrid in normal condition at all. In the first half, almost all of them performed at a super level. As the game progresses, when the veterans of Real Madrid can no longer run on the court, This is Tottenham’s chance to reverse the score!”
"So, although it seems that Tottenham is in a very unfavorable situation at this time, in fact, as long as they stick to the way they played in the first half, they still have a high chance of coming back." Speaking of which, Martin Taylor After a pause, he considered his words, and then continued, "If Coach Nelson can discover and seize this opportunity, and give full play to the advantages of Tottenham players in terms of impact, recovery speed and frontcourt interception ability, etc. If it comes out, then Tottenham is very likely to complete the reversal in the second half. Of course, the premise is that they are not as unlucky as they were in the first half, when they encountered the superstars of Real Madrid suddenly broke out, or... encountered a cheater Casillas."
Regarding Casillas, Martin Taylor can be said to be quite optimistic about this player's prospects. Although the football world has always believed in the saying "a weak team will go out", and Real Madrid is not a weak team at all, but don't forget that after Makelele left the team, Real Madrid's defense has been dubbed " This is a cheating title. Guarding behind such a defensive line, Casillas can get enough opportunities to hone his goalkeeping skills in every game!
In his previous life, Casillas was able to go from a potential new star to the height of the world's number one goalkeeper. Real Madrid's defense team can be said to have contributed a lot. Although he still has obvious shortcomings in defending high-altitude balls and long-range shots, once he gets into shape, he can also play at the level of a top goalkeeper!
Sure enough, as Martin Taylor said, after the start of the second half, although young players such as De La Rede and Baptista still performed very actively, Real Madrid, who played again in another place, seemed a bit weak as a whole. . Especially Robert Carlos and Ronaldo, who were extremely active on the offensive end in the first half, their enthusiasm for running and returning to defense dropped by more than one level after the start of the second half - obviously, the fifteen-minute rest time was not enough at all. Let these aging superstars regain sufficient physical fitness. In order to ensure that they can continue to put enough pressure on Tottenham on the offensive end, they can only choose to relax a little more on defense!
Looking at Tottenham again, because Drogba, the oldest in the starting lineup, is only 27 years old, and the masseur sent by the Tottenham laboratory to accompany the team performed professional massage on the players during halftime. Their physical fitness has recovered, so the fierce fighting in the first half did not have as significant an impact on their physical condition as Real Madrid. Under the circumstances, Tottenham, who had to take the initiative in order to recover the disadvantage as soon as possible, quickly won the midfield battle and took the initiative in the game!
In the tenth minute after the start of the second half, Beckham's cross was deflected by Vidic. Mascherano, who received the clearance, quickly passed the ball to Alonso, who was moving towards the center circle. Immediately distributed the ball to Luo's right wing, and once again sounded the horn for counterattack!
At this time, the drawbacks caused by Carlos' excessive pressure to participate in the offense were completely exposed - due to the lack of sufficient manpower on the defensive end, and the generally poor awareness and enthusiasm of the superstars to return to defense, no one could stop it. Luo's long drive goes straight in!
What? You said there are also Helgra and Ramos? Sorry, these two central defenders are busy dealing with Drogba now - if they are just one person, they are not the opponents of the Cote d'Ivoire Warcraft at all!
As for Delaled and Graveson, they were also powerless at this time. Alonso and Gerrard, who are plugging in at high speed, are not useless decorations. Their excellent long-range shooting skills are enough to make De La Red and the others dare not relax at all!
In this way, it wasn't until Ronaldo advanced to the edge of the penalty area that Helguera ran over to defend the Portuguese, and immediately paid the price for this choice - Ronaldo, who noticed Helguera's movement, immediately passed the ball to Drogba in the penalty area. , the latter took Ramos' defense and turned around to hit the goal, winning a victory for Tottenham!
Drogba's goal not only narrowed the gap between the two sides to only one goal, but also gave all Tottenham players real hope of reversal. In the following time, the morale-boosted Tottenham completely suppressed the weak Real Madrid and launched an extremely fierce siege at the gate of the Galacticos!
Faced with Tottenham's indiscriminate bombardment, Real Madrid's gate fell again after fifteen minutes - it was Ronaldo who still used the large space behind Carlos to advance quickly, and still attracted the attention of the defensive players before passing back. In the middle, but it was Gerrard who shot. The former captain of the Red Army used a trademark long shot from outside the penalty area to knock Casillas's finger off, leveling the score at two to two!
Two to two! In the 70th minute of the game, Tottenham players finally filled the big hole they dug in the first half, bringing the two teams back to the same starting line!
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