Mister Legend

Chapter 422 The Penalty Kick That Caused Huge Controversy

To be honest, although Real Madrid has always played the side of the eliminated in the UEFA Champions League knockout match against Juventus, the two consecutive big victories in last year's final and last Wednesday at the Allianz Arena still give the Meilingers a chance. The reason is that they are optimistic that their home team can easily advance to the semi-finals.

However, the situation of falling behind 0 to 2 in the first half was indeed something that no one expected before. In the various statistics of the halftime, Real Madrid was the dominant side, but the opponent's two goals directly hit the goal. Their key point is the huge disadvantage in air defense in the absence of captain Ramos.

Qi Zu's response was still very timely. When the visiting team strictly restricted Real Madrid's short pass cooperation in the middle, and his own high-position pressing strategy was almost ineffective, he decisively made two substitutions before the start of the second half. Personnel adjustments, Vazquez and Asensio went into battle to replace the underperforming Bell and Casemiro.The team's formation immediately changed from the 4-3-3 at the beginning to the 4-4-2 with a parallel position in the midfield, hoping to use the impact of the two new forces to break the steel fortress arranged by Allegri.

However, this kind of change seems a little weak under the strong restriction of the leading Juventus in the midfield. The players of the visiting team have limited the speed of the home team very well through continuous pressing, follow-up and fouling. The Real Madrid-style quick counterattack and advancement that swept Europe last season is difficult to appear.Fortunately, after the adjustment during the intermission, Varane and others strengthened the marking of Mandzukic, which made the high center forward, who was always looking for opportunities to rush into the penalty area and outflank the goal at the back point, a little quieter. The situation of the game There is also a tendency to be evenly matched.

No. 409 minutes after the change of sides, Douglas Costa dribbled the ball inside and cut to the front of the penalty area after a long-distance attack on the right, but volleyed the ball and flew the ball away. Three minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo staged a wonderful personal show. He broke through Chiellini's defense with a one-man goal, and hit the right side of the penalty area with a small angle attack. Unfortunately, he was defended in time Benatia blocked it.

In 5 minutes, Ronaldo sent a half-high pass from the left to the middle of the penalty area. Vazquez, who was plugged in at high speed, was slow for a few tenths of a second in his flying tackle at the front point. He failed to touch the ball and was single-handed by Buffon. Hit the danger zone.After that, Vazquez reciprocated and sent a diagonal pass from the right to the front of the penalty area. Ronaldo's direct low shot failed to kick out of the angle and was resolved by Buffon falling to the ground.

Conversely, Juventus also organized a wave of offensive, which put tremendous pressure on the home team's goal. In 9 minutes, Pjanic scored the ball at the top of the penalty area. Higuain, who was about two meters in front of the midfielder of Bosnia and Herzegovina, got the ball, ignored the pressure exerted by the surrounding defenders, and immediately turned around and completed it. A very sudden volley.Fortunately, Navas's reaction was not slow, and this kick was more positive, so this counterattack from the former Real Madrid general failed.

However, the home team quickly handed over the ball because of Ronaldo's offside. Juventus immediately instigated a positional attack. After many passes, they transferred the ball from the left to the right. When they got the ball, three players from the visiting team rushed into Real Madrid's penalty area, which made Varane and other defenders feel tremendous pressure.

The Brazilian full-back sent a 45-degree cross at the right time, but failed to master his footwork. The ball was rushed to Navas near the small penalty area line to get it.However, under the interference of Matuidi who suddenly rushed up from the back row, Costa Rica made a super low-level mistake, and he let go!The French midfielder, who had already rushed to the goal line, quickly completed his turn. With his body almost out of balance, he rushed to make up for the dropped ball into the empty goal before Varane who was chasing back.

When the game progressed to No. 60 minutes, Juventus completely evened out the three-goal gap in the first round, making all the fans watching the game dumbfounded.Miraculously, it appeared on the field of the Champions League for the second consecutive day.

Although Real Madrid players raised their hands to call on Navas to throw the ball because of Matuidi's foul behavior of colliding with the goalkeeper, this accusation was not recognized by the referee, and the slow-motion replay of the broadcaster could not clearly distinguish between the two. Whether the physical contact at that time was serious enough to cause a mistake by the Real Madrid goalkeeper.But Casillas, who was watching the game, once again firmly judged that his successor has lost the confidence to continue fighting, and I am afraid that he will become the number one culprit for today's loss.

3 to 3, the winners of the six consecutive Serie A championships showed the world their indomitable and unyielding style and superb tactical quality. They completed the Jedi counterattack when the situation was not dominant, which is indeed worthy of everyone's admiration.Even the coaches and players of Turin, who are their rivals in the same city, had to take off their hats for their performance tonight.

But as staunch Madridists, Fabas, Jesse and others couldn't help but feel deeply worried about their home team, because after the total score was equalized, Juventus became more psychologically advantageous. party.Even if the two sides just returned to the same starting line, Real Madrid still has the advantage of playing at home, but the blow caused by the opponent chasing three goals in a row cannot be ignored, which is really unfavorable for the defending champion.

But at this extremely critical moment, the head coaches of the two teams have proved with facts why one can become the first top coach to lead a team to defend the Champions League since the restructuring, while the other can only dominate the country. Can't play in the international arena.

Facing the poor performance of the home team's defense, after tying the total score, Allegri failed to take advantage of the victory to pursue the overtake, but chose a very conservative tactic.Juventus' offensive ambitions almost completely disappeared after the re-kick-off. Only Higuain and Douglas Costa were left to play guerrillas in the frontcourt. Everyone else returned to participate in the defense in the half of the field. Increased fighting efforts to break the home team's offensive organization, Sandro and Costa received yellow cards for this.

On the other hand, Zidane, who also had no way out, lost three goals in a row at home and was forced to the edge of a cliff, but still dared to command the team to attack boldly, and at the No. 705 minute Kovac Qi replaced Modric, who couldn't run anymore, and continued to maintain enough pressure on the opponent's goal.In the last 10 minutes of the game, Real Madrid occupied more than 75% of the ball possession rate, and also took a 6-to-1 lead in the number of shots, firmly grasping their destiny in their own hands.

No.608 minutes, Asensio's free kick went over the crossbar. One minute later, Cristiano Ronaldo made a pass from the left and was cleared by Sandro, otherwise Isco, who advanced forward, might complete a close-range shot.

No.703 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo's strong shot from the front of the penalty area hit Chiellini's leg, forming a refraction and flying out of the baseline. After 4 minutes, Marcelo scored the ball, and Isco's long-range shot from the outside was blocked by the opposing player and changed the line, which was resolved by Buffon.

Immediately afterwards, Real Madrid sent a tactical corner kick. Isco passed the ball from the left to the penalty area. Varane in front of the goal turned and volleyed slightly wide of the post. One minute later, Asensio made a pass from the left, and Chiellini headed in front of Ronaldo to clear the siege, but almost pushed the ball into his own gate.

The home team's continuous violent attacks have created threats almost every time, but they always missed the goal at the last moment, which made the fans on both sides very anxious.Real Madrid's supporters are worried about whether the players' emotions will be affected after wasting so many opportunities, and whether the emptiness of the defense caused by the heavy pressure will be used by the opponent to complete the lore; while the Juventus supporters feel that their own His goal is always in such a crumbling state, it is too thrilling, as long as there is a mistake, all previous efforts may be wasted.

However, after 10 minutes of full-strength attack, the physical fitness of the home team's players was also close to exhaustion, so they had to delay the rhythm to recover blood.It's just that the time is limited, and they just made a few adjustments for two or three minutes before launching the final onslaught.

Except for the goalkeeper and the two central defenders, the rest of Real Madrid's players were all over the midfield line, and Juventus seemed to be putting the bus to the bottom. Higuain and other strikers frequently retreated to press tactics. Interference by the home team's midfield organization.Facing this top Italian defense line, even Kroos, one of the best passing masters in the world, can hardly find loopholes in a short time. The sideways and the perimeter of the penalty area attract the opponent's troops, creating opportunities for Ronaldo, who has already rushed into the penalty area to act as a center forward, to give full play to his personal abilities.

No. In the 806th minute, Carvajal sent a long pass from the right to the penalty area. Ronaldo, who followed behind, beat Lichtsteiner and completed a header. Unfortunately, he was still interfered by the Swiss defender. Able to pinpoint the position, the ball flew high into the sky.

When the game entered the last moment of regular time, Juventus had completely given up the opportunity to counterattack, and everyone retreated to their defensive formation, hoping to hold the total score of 3 to 3, and then passed the extra Time games and even penalty shootouts to gain the possibility of advancement.In theory, doing so cannot be said to be a mistake, but a football game is essentially a game of comparing who scores more goals. If you give up the attack, you are actually throwing away the sharp sword in your hand and can only be used The shield is used to resist the opponent's ultimate move, and it has already been defeated in terms of momentum.

Moreover, in both Eastern and Western cultures, there are wise sayings such as "Where there is a will, there is a way" and "When the two meet, the brave wins", precisely because the heart is full of infinite desire for victory and the determination to control one's own destiny With determination, Real Madrid finally got the chance to turn things around and complete their own salvation.

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, that is, the last few tens of seconds of regular time, Real Madrid launched an offensive from the left. After two passes, the ball came to Kroos' feet.At this time, Juve's defensive players made a mistake, and no one came up to cling to the home team's midfield engine. After he calmly looked up and observed the running positions of his teammates, he found an opportunity to send a deadly pass.

Ronaldo took advantage of his speed to rush to the landing point of the right goal post first, then took off with all his strength, overwhelmed Sandro who was trying to compete for the top, and headed the ball to the goal.In the small penalty area, Vazquez was ready to attack the goal directly after stopping the ball with his chest, but when his body just made contact with the ball, Benatia rushed up from behind him with a very The regular clearance action destroyed the Real Madrid winger's plan with his protruding left foot.Due to the physical contact between the two, Vazquez also fell to the ground when he lost control of the ball, and the ball bounced aside and was caught by Buffon.

Seeing that the last scoring opportunity of our side was destroyed by the opponent's foul action, all the players of the home team and tens of thousands of spectators at the scene naturally couldn't agree, and deafening boos rang through the Bernabéu stadium.Fortunately, the referee's whistle sounded in time, and the 33-year-old Englishman Michael Oliver, who was just promoted to a top referee in January this year, decisively pointed his left finger to the penalty spot, making his law enforcement career so far. The most important penalty so far.

At the last moment of the game, the penalty kick that almost pushed his team off the cliff was whistled. The Juventus generals obviously could not agree with this decision. Buffon, Chiellini, Mandzukic and the perpetrator Benatia all surrounded Got to the referee's side and argued that it wasn't a foul.It's a pity that Oliver is not the native Italian referee Marco Guida. The latter chose to submit to almost the same situation in the match between Fiorentina and Juventus in February this year. People show their tough side.

red card!At the most critical moment of this much-anticipated focus battle, the captain of the visiting team, the legendary goalkeeper Buffon who has almost decided to retire after the end of the season, was directly sent off. Shocked all the people who eat melons.The official report afterwards stated that Buffon used abusive words in the dispute with the referee and made unnecessary physical contact with Oliver, which led to the most severe punishment.

After the penalty kick was made, after a delay of up to 5 minutes, Ronaldo finally stood in front of the penalty spot.He let out a breath, then calmly started to run, and shot the ball accurately into the upper right corner of the visiting team's goal. Szczesny, who had just replaced Higuain, could only look at the ball and sigh.

After scoring this penalty, the extremely excited Ronaldo rushed to the sidelines and staged a passionate undressing celebration show. Although he was shown a yellow card by the referee, it was difficult to conceal the surging excitement in his heart.

In the end, Real Madrid fixed the score of the game at 1 to 3 by virtue of the number one star's countdown penalty kick. Although it was a disastrous defeat at home, they still scored 4 to 3 with a total score of [-] to [-], which was extremely thrilling. Entered the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, one step closer to the goal of three consecutive championships.

This game undoubtedly became the focus of world football in the next few days. Regarding whether the penalty kick at the last moment was correct, everyone stood up to express their views.The Italians naturally all stood on their own side, and all the media angrily accused Real Madrid of being favored by the referee and stole the victory from Juventus.Even some Spanish media close to Barcelona and even so-called experts jumped out, claiming that Michael Oliver's penalty was wrong.

But in general, more people agree that Benatia did commit a foul, accounting for more than [-]%.Not to mention the tendentious former British whistleblowers Ball, Scholes and others, the famous Chinese football commentator Zhan Jun also expressed his opinion that there is no problem with penalty kicks during the live broadcast of the game and after the game.

It’s just that Buffon encountered such a tragic scene in what may be his last Champions League game, which made many people feel unacceptable, so a large number of fans harassed Oliver’s family through the Internet, telephone or in person What's more, some people sent them death threats, which caused a very bad influence.

On Thursday, Li Moody, who led the team for the final field training, also encountered many questions from reporters before leaving the field, but he was not in the mood to bring controversy to himself at this sensitive time, so he blurted it all out.The previous encounter between the two giants in La Liga has brought a lot of shock to the Turin coach. The advantage of the three-goal lead is no longer reliable. Tonight's game still needs to be more careful.

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