The strongest winger

Chapter 982 Another Foul
The match between Real Madrid and Valencia officially started in the second half of the first leg of the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League semi-final. Real Madrid played the game that fans in the stands wanted to see, and they consciously strengthened their offense.

But as the offense moved forward, problems appeared in their offensive organization...

Harvey Alonso's defense and long pass are very good, but the direct attack in the midfield is not good enough, and players with this ability are sitting on the bench.

Immediately, the on-site director gave the camera to the Real Madrid substitutes, Kaka and Ozil respectively.

Kaka’s expression was a bit gloomy. In order to participate in the World Cup held in South Africa last year, he concealed his injury and insisted on participating in the Brazil team’s World Cup match. As a result, Real Madrid paid for all follow-up problems. At the same time, his condition plummeted after recovering from surgery, and his main position was replaced by Ozil, who was once considered to be bought as a substitute.

Moreover, Ozil has also shown a good competitive state recently. Kaka began to worry about whether the head coach Mourinho would adopt tactics to adapt to the stronger Ozil in this crucial game...

In fact, Mourinho is also struggling inside.

Although both Kaka and Ozil are attacking midfielders, their functions are different.

Kaka has a better scoring ability in the midfielder position, and Ozil is the kind of well-organized offensive organization, and can simplify complex offenses...

When the team fell behind, Mourinho really had a hard time deciding who to substitute.

However, he covered his mouth and said to his assistant Faria, "Tell Kaka and Ozil to warm up together."

Half a minute later, the camera focused on Real Madrid's bench again. Kaka and Ozil got up from the bench at the same time and followed the physical coach to the warm-up area.

Many commentators gave their own analysis after seeing this scene.

Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor analyzed: "Real Madrid at the beginning of the second half really gave us a bright feeling. The desire to move forward is stronger, but the offensive organization lacks talent. Harvey Alonso is a good choice, but compared with this job, he is good at defense and scheduling. Kaka or Ozil are more suitable for organizing offense on the field..."

Guest partner Andy Gray said: "Yes, if Real Madrid's offense wants to become more layered, it must be replaced by a pure offensive organizer. Then... the question comes, who should be replaced?"

"According to Mourinho's coaching style, if there is no accident, a defensive midfielder should be removed."

Martin Taylor glanced at a piece of data that had already been prepared in his hand --- When Real Madrid fell behind, 80.00% of Mourinho's three choices were to remove the defensive midfielder and add an offensive player.

The game continued on the field. Due to the lack of authentic offensive organizers, Real Madrid did not have a good offensive opportunity except for Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria relying on their personal abilities to find opportunities on the two sides.

Of course, Real Madrid still created an excellent opportunity.

Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly dribbled across Azpilicueta and Cazorla on the left side of the attack and then shot a cold arrow 28 meters away from the goal.

The shooting effect is very high. If Wang Xiaolei hadn't made a key save, the score would have become 2:2
After this problem, Valencia's defense system consciously defended Cristiano Ronaldo with the intention of making a similar breakthrough.

This change worked well, but it only hurt the Real Madrid players desperate for an equaliser.

Because they want to reverse Valencia at home, they must first equalize the score on the field, otherwise everything is just empty talk.

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Real Madrid's momentum in the second half was overwhelming, but after several consecutive attacks that failed to score goals, the Real Madrid players performed just as Mourinho feared. Their confidence obviously declined, and their forward passes became hesitant.

Now Real Madrid lacks a real offensive organizer, but if they want to maintain the quality of offense, they must remove a defensive player, but the problem is that Valencia is now like a squeezed spring, and no one knows when they will break out.

Mourinho shook his head and smiled wryly, the team with Aiello is really capricious.

Whether it is an offensive strategy or a defensive strategy, it can bring a huge threat to the opponent.

There are many players with this kind of threat in the top European teams, but there are very few players who can bring great pressure to the opponent like Aiello.

It can be said that Valencia has a great advantage in leading Real Madrid 2:1 in the two rounds of the UEFA Champions League semi-final away game. They performed very easily under the leadership of Aiello.

And in such a relaxed state of mind, it is also conducive to their better performance.

Especially the young players on the field, like James Rodriguez, Jordi Alba, and Azpilicueta, the three youngest players in the team.

Real Madrid did not dare to make too many defensive moves on the defensive end. After all, Aiello had already scored two direct free kicks in the first half.

Considering that Aiello is a well-known set-piece master in today's world football, Real Madrid's defensive players dare not 'fight against the wind'.

Soon, Valencia, who was leading the score, regained the initiative on the field.

As much as Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't happy with Aiello's free-kick brace, there was so little support up front...

As the game time passed, Cristiano Ronaldo took the initiative to return to defense, thereby increasing his chances of stealing.

Kaka and Ozil, who had been warming up on the sidelines, were not called back by the assistant coach until the No. 70 minute of the game, and their warm-up time was more than 10 minutes...

In the choice of Kaka and Ozil, Mourinho finally chose Kaka, who had proved himself in key games.

Hearing the arrangement of the coaching staff, Ozil had no choice but to return to the bench depressed.

At this time, the game was going on fiercely on the court.

Cristiano Ronaldo was supported by his teammates again three minutes after the last possession of the ball. He used his chest to gently unload the long pass from Xavi Alonso on the left near the touchline, and then prepared to accelerate.

Facing the young Azpilicueta, he poked the ball forward with his toe, but what he didn't expect was that Azpilicueta's prediction was accurate and he stretched out his foot to kick the ball.

The ball landed right at the feet of Cazorla, who came to help, and the latter passed the ball directly to James Rodriguez.

Valencia's transition from defense to offense was very fast, and Real Madrid didn't even have time to foul. It wasn't until David Villa stopped the ball slightly and was kicked to the ground by Khedira that he slowed down the counterattack speed.

(End of this chapter)