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Chapter 508 Self-defeating
Seeing the sign to replace himself raised on the sidelines, Benzema was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in dissatisfaction, turned his head and walked off the field.

Real Madrid's two frontcourt center forwards have been competing for a position for several years. Sometimes Higuain is in good form and he is the main player. Sometimes Benzema is in good form and Benzema is the main player. When Benzema transferred to Real Madrid in 2009, he was the main player at the beginning. His scoring ability is strong, but Benzema has spent a lot of money on the club, and his personal skills are higher than Higuain. There is still a solution, that is, both of them will be sent to play double centers.

Hiddink can only sigh about this, if Higuain's diligence and professionalism are integrated with Benzema's talent, then Real Madrid will have a perfect center forward - of course, this can only be thought about, how can there be such a good thing.

However, Hiddink appreciates Higuain's style of not causing trouble in the locker room and seizing every opportunity on the court. Compared with Benzema, although he is more talented, he is definitely not as stable as Higuain because he likes to hang out in nightclubs.

And so far Benzema's performance is really bad. There are only two shots and only one hit within the range of the goal frame. At other times, his shadow is basically invisible. As a center forward at the top, this answer sheet is obviously unqualified.

Seeing that Benzema was still dissatisfied when he left the field, Hiddink couldn't care about him anymore. Now he only pays attention to the situation on the field and whether the team can score at least one goal.

After Higuain came on the field, Real Madrid's offense was much smoother. Although he was not able to create opportunities after taking the ball like Benzema, his ability to run and respond to grab points was much better. Moreover, although he was only 1.8 meters tall like Benzema, his jumping ability and ability to grab points were much better. It also provided Real Madrid with high-altitude combat capabilities in addition to ground attacks.

On the football field, there is always a trade-off. Real Madrid's attack flourished, Newcastle's formation began to shrink unknowingly, and Real Madrid's full-backs also began to join the attack.

Ramos, who came forward with the assist, received the ball from Kaka, forced a breakthrough in the face of Bale's defense and then made a pass. Higuain retreated, avoided Dawson's defense, and then made a powerful charge towards the ball. Cech made a beautiful save and blocked the ball with a single palm.

Ronaldo appeared where the ball landed, and shot straight without stopping the ball!

Just before Cech got up from the ground, a figure rushed over from the side and blocked Ronaldo's inevitable shot from the sideline with his chest!
What saved Newcastle was Gerrard who returned to defense!The Newcastle fans in the stands applauded, and the Real Madrid fans also had to admire Gerrard. It is not easy for a midfielder who is almost 34 years old to cover his running range from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area.

However, Gerrard did not stand up immediately. Although the force used by Ronaldo for the volley shot was not too large, it was definitely not small. Gerrard did not have time to concentrate on resisting Ronaldo’s shot, so the hit was not light. He lay on the ground for a while before getting up, and the team doctor who was halfway through ran off the field quickly.

This successful defense slowed down the momentum of Real Madrid's offense slightly. After all, their offense had to spend a lot of effort in front of Newcastle's defense. Missing such a good opportunity was also a considerable blow to their morale.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Newcastle pushed the defense forward. Real Madrid has no particularly fast players. Although Kaka and Ronaldo are not slow, Newcastle's defenders will never relax their defense against these two. Pushing the defense forward can also give the defenders a little respite.

The ball Messi passed to Long Bisheng was intercepted by Diarra in advance. Mali’s midfielder did not pass the ball directly, but rushed forward with the ball. Long Bisheng chased him from behind. Feeling the pressure brought by Long Bisheng’s collision behind him, Diarra did not dare to continue to dribble the ball forward. With a through ball, he passed the ball to Silva’s feet.

Silva ran into Gerrard just after advancing a few steps. Silva planned to continue to move forward with the ball, but how could Gerrard, who has been excited recently, let him pass easily. Gerrard himself is a midfielder who can attack and defend well. It is difficult for a full-time midfielder with his physical fitness and defensive ability to compare with him.

Kaka came over to meet him, Silva immediately passed the ball to him, and Kaka immediately transferred the ball to Ronaldo before Essien pounced on him. Now Real Madrid's number one star is Ronaldo, and he has completed the task by attracting Essien.

Ronaldo began to make a dazzling breakthrough from the right. Bell has never been his opponent in defense. After all, Bell is also a full-back who is stronger in offense than defense. In this game, what Bell often does is to be swayed by Ronaldo, and then interfere behind him to prevent him from breaking through and crossing into the penalty area.

So what Ronaldo is thinking about at this time is how to completely get rid of this troublesome defender who can't defend himself. Just relying on crosses is not very effective. The opponent's two central defenders are very good in height, positioning and judgment.

However, Bell is one of the few left-backs in the world no matter how strong he is offensively and defensively. Even Florentino has been coveting him and wants to introduce him to make up for the last weak point in the lineup. For such a full-back, it will not be too difficult to find a crossing route, but it is extremely difficult to get rid of him and cut inside.

Ronaldo stopped his feint and began to slowly move towards the bottom line. Bell also stopped in front of him, his eyes fixed on the ball under Ronaldo's feet.

Ronaldo suddenly turned his body to the side near the baseline, and tried to pull the ball over with his left foot, but it seemed that he made a mistake. He stepped on the ball with his left foot, and the ball rolled to the right, just out of the control range of Ronaldo's feet.

This is a very low-level mistake. Ronaldo thinks that Bell should at least be stunned for a while before stretching out his feet to steal the ball. With this buffer, he can pull the ball back quickly and break through Bell's side before turning around. To completely shake the opponent does not necessarily make the opponent fall to the ground. As long as he can stop the opponent behind him, Bell can only eat ashes behind him.

But Bell didn't froze as he expected, but as if he knew that Ronaldo would make a mistake, he immediately took a step forward, cut off the connection between Ronaldo and the ball horizontally, and easily broke the ball!
The frightened Ronaldo tried to interfere with Bell from behind, but this time he was stopped behind him. Bell did not give Ronaldo a chance to foul, but directly passed the ball from a long distance to Walcott, who was cruising on the left!
For Real Madrid, Ronaldo holding the ball is a symbol of safety, so Real Madrid's defenders are all pressing high. Ramos has already arrived in Newcastle's half and is ready to receive an assist at any time. When Walcott started running to chase Bale's pass, Ramos was already five or six meters behind Walcott, and he couldn't catch up any more.

Facing an extremely wide distance in front of him, Walcott ran very happily. After catching up with the ball, he did not dribble. Instead, he kicked the ball forward five or six meters before chasing it. After catching up, he kicked again. Although Ramos, whose absolute speed was slightly slower than Walcott, chased after him, he still could not shorten the distance.

It was not until Walcott entered the 30-meter zone that he slowed down a little. During the running, he had observed that Long Bisheng had followed up in the middle, only slightly behind him. If he passed the ball at this time...

Ramos noticed this, but he couldn't speak loudly. If he let out his breath while running at full speed, he might not be able to run. He could only continue to accelerate, intending to intercept the ball before Walcott made a pass.

Long Bisheng didn’t return to defense just now, he was standing near the center circle not offside, ready to respond to the long pass from the backcourt at any time, and he also saw the situation in the backcourt very clearly. When Bell intercepted the ball, he was ready to run to meet it. If Bell made a long pass to him immediately, he would wait in the center circle.

It is precisely because of this that when Walcott sprinted with the ball to a place parallel to the penalty area line, he had already rushed to the top of the penalty area!
Except for Pepe chasing after Long Bisheng, there is only Casillas who dare not attack in front of Long Bisheng!
Two on two in the frontcourt!From being pressed and beaten to suddenly launching a fierce counterattack, Newcastle has to say that it is precisely because of Ronaldo's self-defeating that Newcastle has such a good situation!
Ronaldo may not have made this kind of mistake before, and the mistake this time may kill Real Madrid!
(End of this chapter)