Chapter 165 Real Madrid Crisis

The last round of the group match in Group C focused everyone's attention.

The whistle will be blown for Werder Bremen's game against Olympiacos and Real Madrid's game against Lazio.

In addition to Lazio fans, fans of the other three teams have to pay attention to two games at the same time.

After the last round of group matches in Madrid, the media put forward the slogan "Fight for Honor".

For Real Madrid, qualifying from the group stage is an honor.

In this game, the fans of Real Madrid crowded the Bernabeu.

A piece of cardboard with a different color is placed on each seat.

Every fan who enters the field must raise this piece of cardboard before the game starts.

These cardboards can form a giant Real Madrid team logo, as well as cheering slogans for Real Madrid.

The entire side of the stand is full of this, which looks quite spectacular.

This is a way for Real Madrid fans to cheer for their team, of course, but also to demonstrate to the visiting team, reminding them - this is Real Madrid's home stadium, the Bernabéu!

From the very beginning of the game, Real Madrid's players launched a fierce attack on Lazio's goal, and they hoped to score as soon as possible.

As long as you can score first, you can take the initiative in your own hands.

This is what all teams think.

Lazio naturally cannot let Real Madrid get what they want.

The defense they played was a very aggressive pressing.

From the frontcourt to the backcourt, Lazio's players are almost everywhere thanks to their youth and good physical fitness.

As long as the Real Madrid players get the ball, one or two people will force it up. For key players. For example, Guti, it is two to three people to attack.

High-position pressing is a characteristic of Lazio's tactics. This kind of defense is very effective. Most opponents will be at a loss when encountering such a defense and don't know how to deal with it.

Under the pressure of Lazio players, they can easily lose the ball in their own backcourt,

Thus giving Lazio more opportunities to fight back directly in the frontcourt.

Quite a few of Lazio's goals have been scored this way.

Of course, if your team has a good quick pass. Then it can also break through Lazio's pressing. Because they have deployed heavy troops in this place, it means that they do not have enough manpower in other positions.

But there are very few teams with Lazio's abnormal fast passing ability.

So this kind of defense became unbreakable for a while.

In fact, this tactic has a fatal weakness, that is, it requires high physical fitness.

Because this requires the players to run non-stop throughout the court.

Running from one place to another, and then rushing to the next place without stopping. So galloping in defense. It's even more so in offense, where maybe they've just come back from the frontcourt and then they have to turn around and sprint forward.

In the era when many teams had a few players whose average running distance exceeded 10,000 meters per game, it was considered hard work. Except for the goalkeeper, the average running distance of every player in the winning team exceeded 11,000 meters per game. km.

It can be said that Lazio's success is based on the tireless running of everyone.

And it's not like running in one game, it's running like this in all games. Whether it matters or not. Because if you don't run, you can't play Lazio's football.

This kind of running is very exhausting.

So the winning teams are all young people. Young people have good physical fitness and recover quickly. They are as tired as dogs in this game. In the next game, you can also be revived on the spot with full blood and full state.

Coupled with Changsheng's unknown game skills, the skills that can slow down the physical exertion of players.

This ensures that his team can play this crazy running "mad dog tactic" uniquely.

Facing Lazio's crazy running and pressing tactics, Real Madrid seemed very uncomfortable.

It's not like they played against the victorious teams once or twice, but they just couldn't help it.

Of course, there are times when they can score goals. There were times when they were able to break this pressing, but that was only occasionally. Not the norm.

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Lazio's players pressed Real Madrid's Guti viciously.

As long as Guti takes the ball, Khedira and Inle will continue to harass, and all kinds of foul actions are enough for the referee to stop the game.

Such as pulling the jersey, such as kicking...

And Guti is not the kind of player who will continue to move forward even if he is kicked. He will often stop directly and spread his hands to protest to the referee.

Of course, the referee will also call Lazio's fouls.

But that was the end of an attack by Real Madrid.

The team's offensive rhythm was repeatedly interrupted, which was fatal.

Maybe you can't see any problems once or twice.

But always like this, accumulated over and over again, the final result is amazing.

The morale and fighting spirit of Real Madrid are being lost in this interruption.

"Lazio has prepared very well, and it can be seen that it is very targeted... It will be more and more unfavorable for Real Madrid to play like this..." the Spanish commentator said worriedly.

Not only him, but the Real Madrid fans in the stands also looked at the stadium with concern.

How much they hope their team can score a goal at this time...

The goals did happen and were scored by Real Madrid players.

But what he broke was not Lazio's goal, but... his own goal!

"Sergio Ramos——! Oops! Own goal! He accidentally kicked the football into his own gate when he made a clearance! Casillas couldn't react at all. Within a distance of three meters, the football seemed to go out Like a cannonball!"

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There are always accidents of one kind or another in the game.

Own goals are the biggest of them all.

When he saw Ramos blast the football into his own goal, Chang Sheng stood up from his seat and applauded, thanking Ramos for his help.

Ramosze, on the other hand, stared at the bouncing football in the goal with annoyance and horror.

When the team was most critical and needed victory the most, he kicked the football into his own gate!

Isn't this worse?

The gleeful laughter of the Lazio supporters echoed from the stands, and this time it wasn't quickly drowned out by other sounds from the Real Madrid supporters.

Obviously this goal was beyond everyone's expectations. The Real Madrid fans didn't even react.

"This... Ramos is really unlucky! He made a clearance in front of the goal, but kicked the football into his own goal! Now the situation of Real Madrid is even more difficult!"

Captain Raul ran back to comfort Ramos, but even so, the expression on his face was grim.

Because he also knows how bad the situation of the game is... If Real Madrid can't even make it out of the group, I'm afraid all of them will be killed by angry fans the next day!

In the past few years, Real Madrid has fallen in the 16th round of 8th rounds, and was ridiculed as the "Dream Eight Team", but that is better than not qualifying for the group. Qualification from the group is a matter of course for a team like Real Madrid.

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When Real Madrid unexpectedly fell behind due to an own goal by Ramos, everyone started to get nervous.

The Real Madrid fans in the stands paid more attention to the progress of another game. Even the head coach Schuster on the bench is not exempt. Should I just inquire about the results over there?

Twelve minutes into the game over there, the home team Olympiacos took the lead.

The score is still 1:0 with Olympiacos leading.

If this score is maintained until the end of the game, Olympiacos will have eight points.

As long as Real Madrid lose to Lazio, Olympiacos will qualify by one point.

at the same time. In the Rizzopoli stadium, home of Olympiacos, there was a huge cheer.

Apparently, Olympiacos fans are aware of the latest developments in the game at the Bernabéu.

Lazio are ahead!

It can be said that apart from Real Madrid, the other three teams in this group stage all hope that Real Madrid will lose.

Because only if Real Madrid loses, they will have a chance to qualify.

Now the dream is almost come true!

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The lagging Real Madrid then launched a fierce counterattack. Hope to equalize the score as soon as possible.

But they forgot that in this way, there will be even more space behind them...

So Lazio suddenly played a defensive counterattack.

Pass directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, looking for Falcao.

Let Falcao use his body to control the football. Then pass it up to your teammates.

After trying this attack four times, for the fifth time, Lazio's attack finally received the result they wanted!

In the 30th minute, Jose Passarella, who returned from injury in the game against Inter Milan, made a direct long pass. The football crossed the midfield and landed precisely on top of Falcao's head. Falcao's header was ferried to Benzema who plugged in.

Benzema slammed the ball forward with his chest, just out of the way of defender Marcelo who came up to defend him, and then advanced at high speed to catch up with the ball.

At this time, he is already single-handed!

"Benzema--!"

Amidst the narrator's roar, Casillas attacked.

Facing the attacking Iker Casillas, Benzema did not continue to dribble deeply.

Everyone knows that the closer you are to the goalkeeper, the smaller the angle of the shot.

Benzema will not give Casillas the opportunity to block his shot angle.

He saw that Casillas had just attacked, and he shot directly!

The football bypassed Casillas from the right, and then rushed into the net against the lower corner of the post!

"Here it is again... 2:0! Lazio ended the suspense! In the first half, they led Real Madrid by two goals! This game can no longer be described as 'difficult' for Real Madrid!"

In the commentator's voice, Benzema ran to the corner flag area with open arms, with an excited expression on his face.

A team like Real Madrid used to be a giant ship out of reach in his mind, but now he can score goals in the match against Real Madrid!

For Real Madrid, it is no longer as simple as a dilemma, it is a crisis!