In the past three years, Real Madrid had met Lyon in the Champions League for two seasons. Both times they visited the Gerland Stadium, they ended in defeat. In the group stage of the last season, Lyon lost 0: 3 at home, which led to Real Madrid's second place in the Champions League group.
This time, Real Madrid's goalkeeper, Casillas, said in an interview that Real Madrid was here for revenge!
The Real Madrid he spoke of was stronger than before!
Perhaps looking at the past two league games, Real Madrid did not have many problems. At least they won, but the team's morale did not improve because of the good results. On the contrary, other factors led to low morale.
On the night of September 14th, the Gerland Stadium was full. Real Madrid and Lyon started the first round of the new Champions League group stage match.
The Real Madrid players walked into the stadium with their heads held high, and the Lyon players were obviously in high morale.
"The exciting new Champions League season has finally returned to everyone's sight. Today, I bring you the first round of the Champions League Group E, Lyon, the five-time French Ligue 1 champion, will face Real Madrid in La Liga!
In recent years, Lyon and Real Madrid have often met in the Champions League, and in the Gerland Stadium, Real Madrid has almost no advantage. Will the new Real Madrid succeed in their revenge tonight, as Casillas said?
Let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides.
Lyon starting 433.
Goalkeeper: Coupe.
Defenders: Revier, Chris, Muller, Abidal.
Midfielders: Toularang, Juninho, Tiago.
Forwards: Gowu, Fred, Malouda.
Real Madrid starting 433.
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defenders: Cicinho, Cannavaro, Ramos, Carlos.
Midfielders: Diarra, Qin Xiong, Emerson.
Forwards: Cassano, van Nistelrooy, Raúl.
After the kickoff ceremony of the Champions League match, Real Madrid will kick off first. Let's look forward to what kind of excitement this game will present! "
In the highly anticipated Gerland Stadium, Real Madrid's white robes fluttered in the wind as soon as the ball was kicked off.
If not for the conflict between Capello and the locker room, perhaps everyone would have patiently listened to Capello's tactical ideas and calmly and rationally accepted his ideas.
But because many players in the locker room were dissatisfied with Capello, many of them were unwilling to listen to what Capello had to say. They were manipulated by him like marionettes and were even scolded by him …
From the preparation for the new season until today, the conflicts that had accumulated for more than a month had finally erupted in this match!
Although it was not a complete one, it was enough to ruin Real Madrid's entire season!
The players fought on their own and it was difficult for them to form a whole. They were like a plate of loose sand.
Perhaps only Qin Xiong was working hard to maintain the framework of the team's offense in the front field, actively looking for Raúl and van Nistelrooy to cooperate.
As for Cassano, who Capello still had hopes for, he was obviously not in the right state after the start of the game. He made a mistake in stopping the ball, dribbled the ball into a dead end, and made an unknown pass.
On the other hand, the Lyon team, who was at home, was very confident because of their long-standing dominance in France Ligue 1. Even if they were facing Real Madrid at home, they were not afraid. Compared to Real Madrid, they played in groups of two or three players. Lyon was demonstrating what true team football was.
Both sides of the offense and defense were in place.
They were active and calm and rational. The defense contained the activities of Real Madrid's frontline core, van Nistelrooy. In the offense, little Juninho was the core of the midfield organization and repeatedly attacked the flanks.
Real Madrid's first player to be blown up was Cissinho. The Brazilian player, who did not look like a full back in the past, seemed to be confused and a little overwhelmed when Capello asked him to defend well.
In the eighth minute of the game, Malouda completed a dribbling breakthrough on his side, then cut into the penalty area and passed the ball back to the inverted triangle outside the penalty area. Tiago in the midfield followed up and shot from outside the penalty area. Casillas made a heroic save and blocked Tiago's shot.
Real Madrid immediately turned around to counterattack. Qin Xiong saw that Lyon's defensive line was a little forward, so he directly passed the ball over the top to van Nistelrooy in the midfield area.
The center back, Chris Andersen, retreated to interfere with van Nistelrooy's running position, while Muller went to grab the ball. This time, Real Madrid's attack did not play a tacit cooperation. van Nistelrooy was retreating to a position where he was not offside. He was a beat slower when he started again. In the end, he could not grab Muller under the interference of Chris Andersen. Muller passed the ball back to the goalkeeper, Coupe, and Lyon averted the danger.
Lyon's ground pass and cut attack was very effective. Real Madrid's defense on the flanks had a huge problem!
Capello needed the wingers to also retreat. Raúl and Cassano had to participate in the defense in the backfield. But the question was whether Real Madrid would play unswervingly in the defensive counterattack or press the offense in a high position?
No one could say for sure!
In other words, when Raúl appeared in front of Lyon's penalty area to participate in the attack, after Real Madrid's attack was ended, would Lyon's quick attack give Raúl or Cassano time to run back to the backfield?
How could a person run faster than a football?
Real Madrid's two flanks became natural corridors for Lyon's offense because Carlos was old, and Cicinho was a player who excelled in offense but had an unstable defense.
This forced Qin Xiong to retreat and take the initiative to assist in the defense of the flanks.
The role of Gowu and Malouda's breakthroughs in the flanks was clear at a glance. Even if they were not considered top players for the time being, their play was enough to create trouble for Real Madrid's defensive line with the advantage of their home ground.
Little Juninho had accurate passing skills. He made Lyon's offense become fast and smooth. He constantly passed the ball to the flanks from the backfield. He was like a stable server.
Little Juninho created opportunities for the flanks time and time again. Suddenly, in the 16th minute of the game, he directly sent a direct pass over the top from the midfield position directly!
Real Madrid's defensive line did not expect Lyon to use such a simple and crude way to attack their defensive line.
The football quickly fell into the penalty area. Cannavaro quickly moved to the front of the football's landing point. Then, he jumped up and intended to head the ball out.
Then, a shocking scene occurred!
The World Cup champion's main center back, Cannavaro, missed his header!
Just as he landed, he looked back and saw Casillas hurriedly choose to abandon the goal and go out. The striker, Fred, who cut diagonally into the penalty area from the football's landing point, did not make any adjustments. He directly volleyed the ball in the air!
He used the arch of his foot to change the direction of the falling football. After the refraction, the football flew to the left side of the goal range. Casillas did not even have time to make a save. Fred's shot was too sudden!
The football went into the net!
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