In terms of state, whether it is Atletico Madrid players or Real Madrid players, their current state is not as good as that of the game a week ago. In that game, the players on both sides concentrated all their energy. He performed extremely well in the game. Although the main players of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid did not play in the weekend game, such consumption cannot be recovered after a week's rest.
What's good for Atletico Madrid is that they took the lead before, and what's good for Real Madrid is that they are playing at home. Fighting in a place like the Bernabeu is enough to make Real Madrid's players full of confidence and pride. This is also the case for home and away games. The truth lies in that the second round is played at one's own home court, and the advantage can be reflected here.
When more than 70,000 Real Madrid fans shouted in unison, it seemed that the only voice that could be heard in the entire stadium was this one!
Although Atletico Madrid players have come to the Bernabeu for the fourth time in the past two years, such an environment will still have a considerable impact on them.
However, Real Madrid also has a negative side.
Since yesterday, it has been raining continuously in Madrid. Although the drainage system of the Bernabeu Stadium is very good, the lawn is still very slippery. This makes Real Madrid's midfield attack not run very smoothly. In such a situation Under the conditions of the field, the characteristics of stars such as Zidane cannot be brought out invisibly
Although Atletico Madrid's offense is mainly based on the ground, they can also counterattack with long passes and lobs. With Jardel's strength and height, and the speed of Vicente and others, they are not bad at all when playing long passes and lobs. , In fact, Bosque also took this into consideration. He only played as a defensive midfielder, allowing Helguera, who has better air defense capabilities, to move to the central defender position. This also took more into account the factors of the field.
On such a field, it is naturally difficult for both sides to play any gorgeous offense. They mostly pass the ball quickly to the frontcourt, and then create opportunities through the players' personal abilities. At the beginning of the game, it seemed very dull.
On the muddy lawn, players from both sides were actively fighting for each other, and then quickly launched attacks, but neither of them was able to create a good opportunity. Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are not good at water battles, and they rarely do this. The experience of the ball rolling on the lawn is very important to them. At the beginning of the game, both sides were basically adapting to this kind of venue.
Whoever can adapt to such a venue first will be the first to launch an attack.
In the end, Real Madrid, who played at home, adapted to the venue first. After all, the Bernabeu is their home court, and they have a tacit understanding of this stadium. Even if it looks a little different because of the rain, the feeling in most places is still the same. So after twenty minutes, Real Madrid took the lead in launching a more threatening attack!
Carlos made a cross pass, and Zidane hit a beautiful curve ball with his left foot from the front of the penalty area. Molina barely reacted to the erratic curve ball, but the ball ended up grazing the crossbar. It flew out of the bottom line, causing Real Madrid fans to collectively sigh with regret.
Immediately after Hierro brought down Camoranesi outside the penalty area, Atletico Madrid got a free kick, and Belleron's free kick was also a little higher.
In the following games, Real Madrid began to gradually gain the advantage, and Raul appeared to be very active - he is the flag of the Bernabeu, and he must stand up at this time!
Raul started a counterattack with the ball. He dribbled the ball from the center towards Atletico Madrid's half, and then quickly distributed the ball to Morientes who ran into the penalty area. Morientes controlled the ball slightly. Then he suddenly took a shot from a very small angle. The ball was blocked by Molina who was in a good position and went out of the baseline. It was a corner kick.
Figo took a corner kick and Zidane tried to head the ball towards the goal, but Stam pushed the ball out of the penalty area first. Solari received the ball and passed it to Raul in the penalty area with his back to the goal. Raul left Stop the ball with your foot, then suddenly turn around while stopping the ball!
Such a deft move caught Thuram off guard when he was defending. He was shaken by Raul. After creating such a shooting gap, Raul did not hesitate at all, but directly swung his left hand. Thuram tried his best to block the shot with his foot but was unable to block Raul's shot. Fortunately, Molina concentrated and made a side dive to suppress the ball under him.
Real Madrid fans sighed in disappointment in the stands, and Molina broke into a cold sweat. On such a slippery lawn, this kind of save is also very risky, because you don¡¯t know when the ball will be caused by the lawn. And if the speed increases, it will speed up in an instant and fly past his armpit.
After Real Madrid¡¯s continuous attacks, Atletico Madrid also quickly launched a counterattack. Belleron passed the ball forward, Jardel passed the ball with a header, and broke into the penalty area.?Moranesi took a step laterally and then shot with his left foot, but Casillas saved it from the bottom line. It was also a corner kick.
For Atletico Madrid, the threat from corner kicks is much greater. Stam and Baraja both rushed into the penalty area. They did not get many set kicks in the first round, so their set kick tactics did not work. What a big role, now that the field is slippery, the opportunity to set the ball is very precious.
Bosque also stood up and looked at the situation on the court nervously. In terms of defending high-altitude balls, Real Madrid was much better than Barcelona, ??but it was not much better. Hierro and Helguera were good, but they also lacked That kind of strong control of the ball in the air.
At this time, Bosque couldn't help but start to complain about Florentino. You said, can't you spend money on Figo, Zidane, and a better central defender? If he really wanted to grab it, Stam would definitely choose to come to Real Madrid instead of Atletico Madrid. However, Florentino proposed his Zidanega Pavin policy and never thought about buying a top central defender. I hope to cultivate it myself.
If Real Madrid had Stam at this time, would they still have to worry about Atletico Madrid¡¯s high-altitude ball bombing?
Just when Bosque was a little nervous, Belleron had already kicked the ball out.
The ball directly bypassed the front point and then flew straight to the middle. Stam observed the landing point of the ball while squeezing into the penalty area. Helgra kept pressing against Stam, but was used by Stam. His body was suppressed, and while suppressing Helgra, Stam faced the flying ball and directly swung his head towards the goal!
Casillas raised his hand and hit the ball out of the bottom line.
Belleron ran to the right again, and then took another corner kick. This time Hierro took the lead to clear the ball out of the penalty area, and Vicente followed up with the long shot.
Del Bosque breathed a sigh of relief. Set-pieces were indeed a kind of torture for him. Now that the threat of set-pieces was lifted, he felt relieved.
Dick shook his head, and then sat back. It was indeed a pity that he failed to seize such a set-piece opportunity.
After sitting back, Dick looked at his watch and found that nearly half an hour had passed in the first half - time seemed to pass very quickly in such a boring game.
"It seems to be more beneficial to us if we continue to play like this." Dick thought in his heart. After all, they are currently leading the total score. If the tie continues, they will be the ones who advance.
Bosque is not in a hurry, after all, they can advance as long as one to zero, and now is not the time to advance rashly.
The two sides began to continue to attack, hoping to seize the opportunity first, but accordingly, they focused more on defense. Real Madrid carefully wanted to maintain the away goal advantage, while Atletico Madrid wanted to use more Attacking to take the initiative, but unable to do so due to weather conditions.
The time has reached the 40th minute, and the Real Madrid fans in the stands are beginning to feel a little uneasy. If this score is maintained until the end, then Real Madrid will have no hope of advancing!
Real Madrid fans are also a little worried about Atletico Madrid's defensive ability - they really have the ability to rely on defense to prevent Real Madrid from scoring!
At this moment, their flag, their prince, stood up at the most critical moment!
Forty-three minutes.
Real Madrid launched an attack in the backcourt. Figo passed the ball to Raul. Raul dribbled the ball forward. Zidane's diagonal insertion attracted the attention of Makelele and Baraja. Atletico Madrid's midfielder did not respond immediately. He came up to defend, but the central defender had no time to come up and block. Raul made a slight adjustment, and then suddenly shot a long shot from the front of the penalty area, twenty meters away from the goal!
The ball drew an arc in the air, then flew past the hands of Molina, who was struggling to leap up, and then plunged into the blind spot between the crossbar and the upright!
When the ball flew into the goal, countless Real Madrid fans in the stands burst into loud cheers! They kept shouting and venting the countless emotions in their hearts!
In four games this season, Real Madrid led Atletico Madrid for the first time!
And this is very likely to be a very important goal, because after Raul scored this goal, Real Madrid equalized the total score, and in terms of away goals, they took the lead!
After confirming that the ball flew into the goal, Raul kissed the ring finger of his left hand, where the wedding ring was worn, and then rushed to the stands, enjoying the cheers of more than 70,000 Real Madrid fans!
"The ball went in! Raul Gonzalez! He stepped up at the most critical moment! He equalized the total score for Real Madrid with a beautiful long shot and gave them an advantage in the qualifying situation! Beautiful goal ! One is notOpportunity to meet! Zidane's forward thrust attracted the attention of Atletico Madrid's midfielder, and Figo's pass was also very good! Of course, the most beautiful thing is Raul's long shot. The prince and flag of Real Madrid showed his value at this moment! "
While Real Madrid fans were in a state of ecstasy, Atletico Madrid fans were collectively stunned - they began to realize that just because of this goal, Real Madrid already had an advantage! Although Atletico Madrid won the first round and beat Real Madrid twice in the league, they are still very likely to be eliminated by Real Madrid!
And Raul, who scored the goal, once again aroused their painful memories - such a forward should have belonged to Atletico Madrid!
I don¡¯t know when, suddenly the cheers of Atletico Madrid fans rang out in the stands.
"Di! Di! Di!"
The unanimous shouts of the four thousand Atletico Madrid fans came tenaciously from the stands. They kept shouting loudly. Even the shouts of the Real Madrid fans, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, could not suppress their shouts. In this At that time, the fans of Atletico Madrid hoped that Dick could lead the team to turn the tide with his magical performance as usual, win again, and create their history!
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