long live football

Real Madrid originally planned to score away goals first and take the initiative in the two knockout rounds into their own hands, but the city gate fell due to carelessness, and they handed over the advantage to their opponents Munich 1860. This kind of head-on defeat The feeling of being poured a basin of cold water is really unpleasant.

Schuster regretted it too much. He should have ordered the players to calm down when he saw that the players on the field had become impatient.

But it's too late to say anything now. After Munich's 1860 goal, whether Real Madrid should change their tactics has become a headache for Schuster.

Although Schuster is not yet 50 years old this year, his coaching career has been more than ten years, and because he has coached small teams like Levante and Getafe before, so for "the game started He is very experienced in the situation of "encountering backwardness". The solution cannot be one: change the offense to a defensive, first guard your own goal, consume the energy of the opponent, don't let them chase after the victory, and wait for the situation to stabilize again. Seek to fight back.

I wanted to do this in my heart, but Schuster couldn't just give orders to the players on the field.

Because once Real Madrid shrinks their defense, the scene will definitely become very ugly.

Real Madrid President Calderon must be watching this game in Madrid!

How did his predecessor Capello get kicked out?What did Calderon tell Schuster when he took office?Real Madrid's game must not be ugly!

Only ten minutes have passed since the game. If Schuster ordered the players to stick to it now, then in the next 70 minutes or so, the conservative and utilitarian football played by Real Madrid players will definitely be ridiculed by all parties. In the end, the team relied on a counterattack to score a goal and scored a tie. How would the chairman and the media evaluate him?They would laugh and say: "Through all the hard work and hard work, it's nothing more than tying Munich 1860, not even Capello!"

I used to read in the newspapers that it was difficult to be the head coach of a wealthy club, but I didn’t think much about it. Now it’s my turn, and Schuster realizes day by day that it’s really not easy to be a good head coach of Real Madrid!This person is simply sitting on pins and needles!

Being able to lead the team to win is the most basic requirement. While winning, the tactics must be beautiful. Not only the tactics are beautiful, the core players in the team must also perform well. If the record and tactics are no problem, the champion must also be won. You also have to be able to keep the locker room in order... Completing all of the above may not necessarily win applause, and if you fail to complete even one of them, you will definitely be scolded by the whole world!

When coaching Getafe before, Schuster basically didn't get much exposure except during the game, but now that he has become the coach of Real Madrid, Schuster and his family are under the influence of others no matter on or off the field, anytime, anywhere. in a state of attention.

In such a severe environment, Schuster must be more careful when making decisions. It is better not to make mistakes, because as long as he makes mistakes, even a small mistake will be exaggerated and widely reported.

After two or three minutes of deep consideration, Schuster made a gesture to the players on the field: keep calm in the defense, keep your position, and continue to attack in the frontcourt!

……

In the remaining 20 minutes of the first half, Real Madrid staged a serial shooting show in front of the goal.

In the 24th minute, Beckham passed from the right to the front of the penalty area. Owen shot too hard, and the football flew over the crossbar.

In the 28th minute, Portillo hit the goal with a long-range shot from the top of the penalty area. The football hit Guti's thigh and was refracted at an angle, and was quickly kicked out of the sideline by Ramos.

In the 33rd minute, Dzeko headed the goal after receiving a pass from Shao Jia in the small penalty area. Casillas jumped with all his strength before he threw it out.

Real Madrid took advantage of this to launch a counterattack, but before the attack reached the Munich 1860 penalty area, Hummels resolved it. His teammate Russ.

Lars did not continue to dribble, but made a quick pass, and dribbled the ball to Shao Jiayi who came to meet him.

Shao Jia rushed towards the Real Madrid half with the ball non-stop, and passed the ball quickly after passing the center circle. He not only avoided Robben and Torres who outflanked him, but also successfully maintained the team's fast-paced offense.

Fortunately, Shao Jiayi passed the ball in time, otherwise, in less than a second, Torres' body would collide with him, but with another Robben staring at him, he would definitely not be able to keep the ball under his feet.

Football came to Khedira's feet.

Since being transformed into a defensive midfielder by Karl, Khedira has rarely ridden alone in the opponent's half like his forward teammates.

As a midfielder, you must keep in mind the responsibilities of the midfielder and avoid doing things beyond your ability.

...However, if you encounter a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it doesn't hurt to indulge once in a while.

How many classic goals in the history of football are not due to the opportunities given by God and the flashes of inspiration of the stars themselves?

After arriving at Real Madrid halftime, everyone thought Khedira was going to pass the ball.

Real Madrid defender Heinze understood this way, so when facing Khedira head-on and saw that the opponent raised his foot as if he was going to kick the ball, he glanced around from the corner of his eye and saw the 1860 midfielder Beckham was on his right, and moved quickly to the right.

But Khedira didn't intend to pass the ball. He just raised his foot to deceive Heinze, then flicked the ball with the outside of his foot, and passed the opponent from the left.

Khedira actually played a personal breakthrough!

This was beyond the expectations of the Real Madrid players!So after a brief daze, they all rushed towards Khedira, intending to break the ball under his feet.

At this moment, Khedira scored the goal!

The football was lightly stabbed by him, passed through Cannavaro's crotch, and rolled to the feet of Ozil who ran to the front of the penalty area at some point!

The Real Madrid defenders immediately turned around and surrounded Ozil.

Casillas also lifted his spirits and prepared to face Ozil's long-range shot - he knew that this kid had good passing skills, with both accuracy and strength. Such a person should also be very threatening if he shoots from a slightly longer distance. Bar?

Ozil turned around with the ball and broke into the penalty area from the wing.

Real Madrid defenders rushed towards him one by one, almost blocking all possibilities between the goal and Ozil.

Seeing this, the Real Madrid fans in the stadium felt a little relieved, but the next second, they raised their hearts again!

Because Ozil actually found a gap and stuffed the ball straight into the middle of the penalty area!

"Khedira! Khedira appeared in the middle of the penalty area!"

"Munich 1860 has won a fantastic opportunity!"

In the loud shouts of the commentator, Khedira faced the Real Madrid goal and swung his right foot!

Casillas fell to the ground and swooped!

The football flew into the goal from the other side of his body!

"Sami Khedira! Goal! Goal! 1860 Munich leads by two goals!"

"La Liga giants Real Madrid did not have the upper hand at home to the Germans. The first half is not over yet, and they have already lost two points!"

A goal, an assist, a perfect match, Ozil and Khedira cheered and high-fived to celebrate the team's next goal. Then, in the nods of each other, they lifted their jerseys to reveal the T-shirts underneath, and went around the field run up.

The voice of the commentator was even louder: "Counterattack three consecutive attacks! Not only Portillo expressed his loyalty to Munich 1860, Portillo and Khedira are also loyal to the team! What Schuster said before the game Words have completely lost their use, and even achieved the exact opposite effect!"

As for the TV station in Madrid, it directly deleted the picture of lifting clothes and celebrating, and changed it to replay the goal just now, and then the commentator gave a detailed technical explanation.

……

The first half ended with a score of 2:0, and 1860 Munich temporarily took the lead.

During the intermission, because the players performed very well in the first half, Karl didn't say much, praised them, and explained the layout of the second half, then let the players massage and rested rested.

Because the game situation was good, the players also had a few jokes among each other. Portillo, Ozil, and Khedira, who had "special" performances in the first half of the game, became the targets of everyone's ridicule: "You three are not kind! Such a good T-shirt should be donated earlier. Let us each have one. Then we will wear it together as a team uniform. How cool and cool!"

The shyness that the three of them had just put down for a short time was brought up again by the crowd, they blushed and bowed their heads immediately, looking like little daughters-in-law.

Carl waited for them to finish talking and laughing for a while, then walked over and asked, "Whose idea is this?"

"The idea of ​​the three of us," Portillo said.

"The idea was also thought of by you together?"

Khedira quickly replied: "Havert suggested the idea, I bought the T-shirt on the way to the club, and Mesut wrote the words."

Ozil also nodded and said, "Javier wants to write, but my handwriting is more beautiful than his."

The words on the trio's T-shirts are written in German, so of course Ozil, who was educated in Germany and is a good learner, wrote the pen.

As for why the phrase "I love Munich, I love the boss" is not written in English?That’s because although English is considered a world language, it is not very popular in Europe. Unless it is needed for work and travel, no one will deliberately learn English. There are even people in many countries who feel that their country’s The language is not inferior to English, so they are particularly repelled from learning English. For example, the French are notoriously dislike to speak English, and foreign tourists will be treated indifferently when they ask for directions in English in Paris.

Although most Germans do not reject English, they also have a strong sense of national pride. Ozil and Khedira are both Germans. Although Portillo is Spanish, they are now a German team. Effectiveness, how could these three people get together to express their emotions in the language of a third country?

After being named by Ozil, Portillo, who is already fluent in German but still has a handicap in writing, nodded embarrassingly.

There is not much left in the 15-minute intermission. Carl gave each of the three a big hug. Although his voice was still calm, people familiar with it could definitely hear the emotion: "Thank you for the gift, I am very touched .” After a second pause, he added: “I think I will remember it for the rest of my life, and if I publish an autobiography in the future, I will also write it in it.”

Ozil and Portillo just blushed, but Khedira asked, "When is your autobiography going to be published?" He couldn't wait to read what the boss wrote by himself, and was moved by himself and his friends To a mess of words.

Carl: "...when I'm about to retire?"

Khedira was depressed.

The other side of the Allianz Arena.

After Casillas expressed a strong willingness to have teammates to share the defensive pressure for him, Schuster finally decided to borrow a tactical approach from their old rival Barcelona.

……

After the start of the second half, Karl keenly felt that Real Madrid's tactics had changed.

More cooperation, more passing, but less offense.

Every Real Madrid player is actively fighting for the ball, but they don’t choose to break through quickly after getting the ball. Instead, they keep passing the ball with their teammates in their own half or near the center circle. There will be a kick sent upfield.

And when the player with the ball in the front field encounters a difficult block, the football will be passed back quickly.

To put it simply, the scene is as beautiful as ever, but it has no lethality, because unlike the Real Madrid players who rushed to attack in the first half, now they don't press forward as a group.

Real Madrid is brushing the possession rate?

After reading it for a long time, Karl could only come up with such an explanation.

But why?

If you want to defend, why not defend and counterattack?If you want to attack, pass the ball forward!

It looks a bit like Barcelona's ball possession tactics, using the ball to attack and using the ball to defend.

But Real Madrid is not Barcelona after all. If it was Karl himself, he would play a defensive counterattack for this group of players, because the current lineup of Real Madrid is suitable for this.

But Schuster chose a tactic that was both laborious and not easy to produce results, which made people wonder.

But the scene looks really good. If you continue to play like this, Real Madrid will wipe out 60% of the ball possession rate in this game.

Anyway, there was no crisis for Munich 1860, so Karl didn't adjust his team's tactics, just watched, watching this gorgeous and harmless football.

After playing possession for 20 minutes, Real Madrid thought they had regained control of the game and started attacking.

Carl then commanded the players and launched a stormy fast-paced counterattack against them, successfully killing Real Madrid's budding morale a little bit.

Real Madrid gave up the offensive mode of collective forward pressure, and the superstars in their team started their own efforts.

This is also the old trick of the Galaxy Battleship for several years: when the team football is unreliable, they pin their hopes on the superstars in the team. Maybe by chance, these superstars will make contributions to the team. ball.

This style of play is very lucky, so sometimes Real Madrid's results will fluctuate according to the state of the core players.

Real Madrid's luck is not bad today.

In the 81st minute, Guti made a low pass from the right and sent the ball to the goal. Ruud van Nistelrooy went to meet it but Silva poked it away in advance.

It's a pity to lose a chance, but Real Madrid launched another attack 6 minutes later. Robben made a pass from the left. Ramos quickly inserted and passed the ball to Raul. Raul was about to shoot from a long distance. Ao Ge's tackle, even the ball slipped to the ground.

The extent of Ogo's foul was not that great, but the referee awarded Real Madrid a direct free kick.

Raul picked up the football and walked towards the penalty spot.

The players of 1860 Munich started calling each other to the wall.

Raul put the ball on the penalty spot, and as soon as the ball hit the ground, he didn't even have a run-up, so he swung his right foot and shot!

The lion team's human wall hadn't even stood up yet. Just as two players moved their positions and raised their heads, they saw a black and white thing fly over their heads with a "whoosh" sound!

"Quick free kick! Raul hit Munich 1860 by surprise, the wall opposite him didn't even think about it, and he started shooting without even running up!"

Lauer's shot was quick enough that Koch had just jumped up before the ball was in the net.

"2:1! Raul used an unexpected way to bring back a point for Real Madrid!"

"The 60th goal! Raul's 60th Champions League goal! He continues to lead the Champions League history scorer list!"

More than 2000 Real Madrid fans cheered in the stadium, some for Raul, and some still firmly believe that Real Madrid can win the game.

However, compared to the excitement of the fans, the Real Madrid players on the field just celebrated Raul's No.60 Champions League goal.They also want to continue to have hope for the game, but now there are only more than 2 minutes left before the end of the game. Even with injury time, it is estimated that it is less than 5 minutes. Real Madrid has no hope of taking a game away from the Allianz Stadium. Victory, and even the goal of tying the opponent has become farther and farther away.

The hunch of the Real Madrid players was not wrong. Raul's free kick was indeed the last goal of the game.

Neither team scored another goal until the referee blew the whistle to end the game a few minutes later.

The final score was 2:1.The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

……

In the post-match press conference, Schuster showed his determination to get the field back at the Bernabeu.

"For a two-round knockout match, no one can tell what the outcome will be until the last second of the second game."

"Although we lost 1-2 to 1860 Munich, we scored a valuable away goal, and I think Real Madrid played very tenaciously in this game. We caused a lot of trouble for the opponent. It made the game a hard fight, and it was not easy for 1860 Munich to win this victory, otherwise, their advantage would not be just a goal."

Schuster failed to score the dozen or so unlucky shots made by the Lions players, but he still "forgot" the shot that scared Real Madrid into a cold sweat with full force.

"In the Bernabeu battle in half a month, Real Madrid will definitely go all out to win the honor of the quarter-finals of the Champions League!"

For the second round of the quarter-finals, Schuster is obviously full of confidence!

However, the media did not pay much attention to this. What they wanted to ask more was: "During the game, Portillo and other three players showed their loyalty to the Munich 1860 show, which obviously declared that they had little interest in joining Real Madrid. From Mr. Schuster, you said before the game that 'all the players in the world yearn for Real Madrid', how do you think about this now?"

Schuster naturally felt very ashamed, so he said coldly: "I have no opinion on this matter." He got up and left.

……

Afterwards, the media naturally reported the tough performance of the Real Madrid coach at the press conference, and flocked to interview Karl, trying to provoke a fight between the two coaches, but Karl is the kind who doesn’t like to be interviewed after the game People, he doesn't take the bait at all for the media's provocations-they have won the game and they have obtained the biggest benefit, so what if the opponent takes advantage of the verbal advantage?

What's more, Real Madrid's performance in European competitions has been poor in recent years. Some media have begun to call them the "Dream Eight". It is understandable that Schuster would say a few confident words at this time in order to boost the team's morale and appease the fans.

If Karl was in Schuster's position, maybe he would be more ostentatious than the latter.

There is almost half a month between the first round and the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. 1860 Munich is not in a hurry to prepare for the next match, because they still have three league games and a German Cup in these ten days. The game is going to be played, and this can be regarded as a real devil's schedule.

In order to reduce player injuries and keep the main players in important games, in this weekend's game against Hamburg, Karl carried out a substantial rotation of the team.

1860 Munich finally brought back a 0:0 draw away.

When he came to the club the next day, as soon as Carl entered the office, he found a beautiful yellow envelope on his desk. After opening it, there was a handwritten invitation letter, which invited him to participate in Gloucestershire on March 3. Horse racing festival in Cheltenham.

Because Ferguson, Owen and others around him are very keen on horse racing, Karl also joined in the excitement several times during the vacation before. He even has an investment in the racecourse that Owen is planning, and he is a public figure. He has also gradually gained some fame in the horse racing circle. Whenever there is a large-scale horse racing festival, the organizer will send him an invitation.

But today's invitation is different from the previous ones, because it was sent from Kensington Palace in London.

And the signature of the invitation letter is... Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

Why did Prince William send a letter to himself?Karl is very sure that his social circle has no direct or indirect connection with the British royal family-not to mention Sarah and Laurie who belong to the middle class. Many people have received this honor. The honor is just a political form to reward those who have made outstanding contributions. It does not mean that being called a knight can be associated with the British royal family.The Beckhams have always wanted to break into London's high society, but they are still struggling.

After thinking for a long time, Karl finally came up with something: Before the World Cup in Germany, Prince William seems to have replaced his uncle, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, as the honorary chairman of the FA.