Starting With Real Madrid

With the whistle of German referee Herbert Fandel, Real Madrid, who took the lead in kick-off, did not pass the ball back to their own half. Instead, Raul took the ball from Negredo and dribbled it straight into Juventus's half.

Not only the attackers in the frontcourt, but even the entire midfield and backline pressed forward simultaneously.

Zidane crossed the center line for the first time and received a pass from Raul. Under the entanglement of Vieira and Emerson, after firmly protecting the ball, he quickly passed it back to the left and handed it to Felipe.

The Brazilian left-back stopped the ball along the left line, first made an emergency stop, then suddenly started, trying to break through Camoranesi, who was returning to the defense. However, after being caught up by Juventus's winger, one fall to the ground and a slide tackle directly brought him down, and the ball was also kicked out of bounds.

There was a burst of boos from the entire Bernabeu, followed by applause from the sky.

The boos were for Juventus, and the cheers were naturally for Real Madrid.

Felipe grabbed Camoranesi's hand, got up from the ground, didn't say much, went straight out of bounds, picked up the football, and signaled his teammates to press hard.

At this moment, Real Madrid's entire midfield and frontcourt, including the double midfielders of Gravesen and De La Red, had all crossed the midline, with only two central defenders, Woodgate and Ramos, dragging in their own half.

This made all the Real Madrid fans shout even more enthusiastically.

Looking at this opening posture, it was definitely the rhythm of eating Juventus in one bite!

Even the guests in charge of the TV commentary felt: "Tonight's Real Madrid has shown an aggressive momentum from the beginning, and it seems that they really intend to seize the initiative at the Bernabeu."

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Felipe's throw-in was headed back by Vieira, but Real Madrid's players controlled the second ball.

Juventus' back defense was fast. As soon as the ball was controlled by Real Madrid, they had already set up a defensive line on the periphery of their own penalty area.

Capello is definitely the best in the world when it comes to coaching defense.

Gao Shen also secretly admired him in his heart.

He stood on the sidelines, without saying a word, with his arms crossed, watching the game intently.

Real Madrid's attack didn't show much effect, and Juventus' defense was not easily broken by one or two tentative attacks, but Real Madrid played very patiently.

After several downfalls, Real Madrid began to reorganize the attack, but Juventus still defended very steadily, stealing the ball at the front of the penalty area.

After grabbing the ball, Juventus quickly counterattacked with a long pass.

Ibrahimovic grabbed the first ball in front, but before he could stop, he was disturbed by Woodgate and forced to pass back to Emerson in the midfield.

Zidane pressed Emerson and Vieira, so that Juventus, two of the world's top midfielders, could not easily get the ball and play it, so Emerson had to go wide to Camoranesi. But soon, the ball was broken by Gravesen and Felipe.

The two teams started stealing the ball back and forth near the midline.

The game was intense, fast-paced, and the ball changed hands frequently, but no one was able to create a threatening shot.

Real Madrid did not complete the first shot of the game until the sixth minute, a long-range shot from Beckham from the outside, but it failed to threaten Buffon's goal.

Juventus was even worse, they didn't have a shot in the first ten minutes.

The most impressive attack by the Bianconeri in the first ten minutes was in the tenth minute, when Ramos failed to get up and went back to chase Ibrahimovic, and the two collided in front of the penalty area.

Interestingly, Ramos fell to the ground, Ibrahimovic just stumbled, nothing happened.

Then, the German referee gave Juventus a free kick in the frontcourt.

When Gao Shen on the sidelines saw this scene, he smiled helplessly.

Woodgate is prone to injury, Ramos is the most powerful player in the Real Madrid team, but he just failed to take a little advantage from Ibrahimovic, so in terms of physical confrontation, Real Madrid suffered.

There is also this big Fengxian, who can be said to be synonymous with the perfect center.

When it comes to body and technique, this guy really can't be picky, but it's just this consciousness...

Well, it's okay, at least it's much better than the guy who set fire to his mansion.

Gao Shen just thought of this, Juventus took a free kick.

I don't know if it was agreed before, or if Ibrahimovic had an impromptu intention. Anyway, he seemed to be covering for his teammates, but after rushing up, he hit the wall as soon as he got up.

If you made a threat, it would be fine, but you just hit someone on the wall.

The direct free kick opportunity directly in front of the penalty area was wasted.

Gao Shen was very happy to see it.

He likes Ibrahimovic at this moment.

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Capello shook his head angrily.

He really couldn't figure out what was the structure of this Swedish kid's brain circuit?

If you want to hit the door, then speak up, obviously you are trying to cover, but you suddenly come here and waste all the good opportunities.

In the end, should he be said to be capricious? Or is he out of his mind?

For players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Capello is also very speechless, sometimes making you hate your kidneys and sometimes making you happy.

The football was kicked against the wall. After Real Madrid intercepted the ball, they quickly counterattacked.

Negredo grabbed the first ball, but before he could stop, he was grabbed by Cannavaro.

In terms of one-on-one defense, Cannavaro really has nothing to say.

Afterwards, the situation of the game returned to a situation where the two sides were pulling together.

The football is on both sides of the center line, flying around.

Capello felt more and more strange the more he looked at it.

"Italo, do you feel that Real Madrid is a little weird tonight?" Capello asked with a frown.

Gabiati turned his head to look over, just in time to see the lights of the Bernabeu falling on Capello's glasses, as if coated with a layer of wisdom.

"Is it weird?" Gabbiati felt strange instead.

Not surprising.

This is still the result of changes and improvements in Real Madrid after Gao Shen took office.

Juventus would have overwhelmed the Real Madrid team that played Arsenal in the first leg more than a month ago.

As far as Real Madrid's lineup and the state of this season are concerned, it would be good to be able to maintain such a balance with Juventus.

Capello glanced at his assistant and stopped talking.

Why is it so strange?

It seems to be very active. Except for the backline, all of them have crossed the center line. The players are also working hard. Even Zidane actively participated in the counter-attack. The momentum of the whole team was very big.

But the problem is that the truly threatening attack was not kicked out.

Is Juventus' defense too meticulous?

Capello is confident about this, but the question is, it won't go to this point, right?

With such a big momentum, they didn't play a decent attack. Fifteen minutes later, there were only two shots on goal. Excuse me?

Capello really wanted to walk over to the coach's bench and ask the Chinese boy: Is this what you said, the fatal flaw of our Juventus?

Is he bluffing? I think too much?

...

Twenty minutes passed quickly.

Real Madrid began to retreat.

With the age structure, physical condition and physical fitness of Real Madrid players, there is no way to maintain a high position to press and oppress.

This also makes sense.

Bernabeu's cry gradually weakened.

Many old fans probably saw the clues. Real Madrid's offensive was loud and rainy, and it didn't create much threat.

Could it be that the Chinese boy is at this level? The original is revealed?

But for one thing, Real Madrid still did a pretty good job.

That is, although the team retreated, the overall formation remained fairly level, the four lines remained compact, and the players' tactical execution was in place, whether it was Negredo and Raul's pressing against the Juventus defense, or Zidane's suppression of Vieira and Emerson, all made it difficult for Juventus' midfield to play the ball and could only go wide.

Camoranesi's side was mainly contained by Felipe and Gravesen. After Juventus tried several times, it failed to work, and Nedved on the left was also affected by Beckham's interference.

The Czech midfielder started to leave the left flank more, ran to the left flank, and even caught the ball in the middle of the gap.

This is actually a tradition of Juventus for many years.

From Zidane to Nedved, both players play the role of left attacking midfielder.

That is to say, they seem to be left midfielders, but in fact they all play the role of an attacking midfielder.

If this was a year or two ago, it would have been no problem at all.

At that time, Nedved was at his peak, his running ability was amazing, and his game input was quite high, which made him always able to return to his position in time when defending.

But in the past year, Nedved's state has not been as good as before.

He is thirty-three years old.

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The game remained intense and uneventful.

Everything seemed normal, and neither team had the means to easily break through the opponent's defensive formation.

In fact, many people, including Capello, began to doubt Gao Shen's previous statement that they would definitely score against Juventus at the Bernabeu, suspecting it was just empty bluffing.

In the 28th minute, Nedved appeared in the middle. After receiving the ball, he was closely pressed by Dela Redd and tried to pass the ball to Trezeguet up front.

Unexpectedly, Ramos suddenly surged forward, intercepted the ball, and gained possession.

After stealing the ball, the Real Madrid central defender did not immediately pass it but continued advancing.

Nedved, initially returning to his position, saw Ramos charging with the ball and instinctively moved to stop him.

Did Ramos think he was a striker?

Nedved stepped forward, but Ramos passed the ball to Zidane, who had dropped back.

Emerson and Vieira both pressured Zidane, neither daring to be careless.

Zidane, defending the ball with his back, opted to pass back to Gravesen, who had moved into space and raised his hand for the ball.

Many people overlooked that Gravesen, once Everton's playmaker, not only had a powerful long-range shot but also possessed excellent passing skills.

Comfortably controlling Zidane's pass, the Danish player quickly made a long pass.

The ball crossed most of the pitch, moving from Real Madrid's left side to the right.

Beckham stopped the ball on his chest and dribbled directly towards Juventus' penalty area.

This quick transition caught Real Madrid with a clear purpose, while Juventus responded hastily.

As Beckham neared the right side of the penalty area, neither Vieira nor Emerson had returned to their positions, forcing Chiellini to confront him quickly to prevent a cross.

Beckham feigned a cross, tricking Chiellini into blocking, then suddenly passed the ball to the right-side bottom line.

A white figure was seen sprinting rapidly along the right sideline.