Bernabéu fell into an unprecedented madness. The long-lost sense of superiority in front of their arch-rivals surfaced in their hearts, which made the fans seem to pick up the pride that was about to be lost!
By the time the second goal was scored, if Real Madrid had lost to Barcelona in one thing, it was only one thing: ball possession.
In other aspects of the competition, Real Madrid clearly had the upper hand, especially in terms of morale!
When the Brazilian elf, Ronaldinho, was lost at Bernabéu, Barcelona lacked more than just an effective breakthrough weapon in terms of technical tactics.
Capello stood on the sidelines as if victory was already in his grasp. He immediately began to make a substitution.
Beckham came on and replaced Reyes. At the same time, van Nistelrooy was replaced by Guti.
It was hard to say that these two substitutions were definitely conservative. The team's formation also changed.
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Raúl was the lone striker, and Qin Xiong was behind Raúl.
Beckham was the right midfielder, and Guti was the left midfielder. Real Madrid's midfield line followed Capello's will as always, to create the most solid defensive line.
In this way, Barcelona, in a state of low morale, would find it more difficult to play an effective attack.
Ronaldinho's performance continued to decline. Under the siege of the triangle defensive system of Beckham, Ramos, and Diarra, his magic was completely unable to be used.
Messi's play on the right flank was also greatly restrained. The appearance of the team vice-captain, Guti, was more effective than Raúl's defense on this side of the field.
Messi's biggest problem was insurmountable.
That was experience and position in the team!
Carlos's play continued to improve because he had rich experience. He was completely defeated by Messi at the beginning, but the veteran's mentality was calm and he gradually adjusted his state. His experience after thousands of trials and tribulations allowed him to choose the most suitable way to defend against Messi.
At this time, with the help of Guti and Emerson, Messi was relatively inexperienced. His experience in top-level professional leagues, the test of his ability to fight tough battles, and how many top-level opponents he had faced were all his weaknesses. This could only be handed over to time to let him experience all kinds of big situations. From a tender to a seasoned player, he was like a fish in water in a complicated and changeable game.
In the 69th minute of the game, Messi lost the ball under the pressure of Guti and Carlos. He felt extremely powerless. When Real Madrid adopted a posture of intensive defense to counterattack, there was little space for him to break through. In addition, Real Madrid's defensive players' individual interceptions were very strong. His individual technical ability still needed to be polished before he could make a big leap. and the team's position was also a very important factor. The higher the position to obtain the ball, the more time and support.
Real Madrid's counterattack was strong. Barcelona's midfield defensive line was so fragile that it could not withstand a single blow.
In the 71st minute, Qin Xiong faced Xavi's defense in the midfield. He forced a breakthrough diagonally from his original position and shook Xavi off. Puyol could not watch from the rear defensive line. He asked Thuram to stay on the rear defensive line to mark Raúl. At the same time, he ordered the full-backs to withdraw inside. Then, he rushed up to Qin Xiong one-on-one.
Qin Xiong did not meet him head-on. He chose to pass the ball to Beckham, who ran up.
Xiao Bei was able to easily execute a long shot without anyone guarding him.
The football flew towards Barcelona's goal. Valdés made a heroic save. When he blocked the ball out of the end line, the Bernabéu echoed with exclamations.
"Valdés' world-class save! Although the opponent scored twice, we have to recognize Valdés' performance in this game. Without him, I'm afraid Barcelona would have conceded more goals! "
The game was approaching the end stage. There was not much time left for Barcelona.
Rijkaard replaced the disappointing Gudjohnsen with Saviola, but it did not improve Barcelona's offense.
So, when the game entered the last 15 minutes, Barcelona began to press forward!
But they were punished as soon as they pressed forward.
In the 77th minute of the game, Ronaldinho's pass from the flank was cleared by Helguera's header. Diarra's header passed the ball to the right flank.
As Ronaldinho hardly participated in the defense, Real Madrid's flank attack would be very safe from the right flank.
Beckham looked at the situation in the front field when the ball came to the center line.
Barcelona's players were retreating quickly. Raúl ran in front, ready to reverse the offside position at any time. Qin Xiong followed closely behind.
Beckham noticed that Zambrotta was ready to block Raúl's forward path if he succeeded in reversing the offside position.
This made Beckham dispel the idea of sending a direct pass to Raúl.
He saw Qin Xiong, who was about ten yards behind Raúl.
Qin Xiong shook off Xavi. It could be said that there was no one around to mark him.
Beckham decisively passed the ball diagonally to Qin Xiong. It was a half-high ball.
Qin Xiong turned his head to look at the ball from Beckham. He ran to the point of the football's flight trajectory in advance. Then, an idea flashed in his mind. He turned slightly sideways and directly swung his leg in place!
Outside the penalty area, Qin Xiong, who was thirty yards away from the goal, faced the football that flew diagonally from behind him. He turned sideways so that the angle of his leg could be perfectly combined with the football.
The football fell in front of him. Before it fell to the ground, his swinging calf suddenly arrived. The instep of his right foot fully volleyed the middle and lower part of the football, and the power was very strong!
Bang!
The Bernabéu crowd stood up belatedly. Only then did they realize that Qin Xiong had completed a shot!
Oh my God!
How could it be!
Beckham passed the ball from the center line on the flank. Before the football fell to the ground, it was volleyed by Qin Xiong and bombarded Barcelona's goal!
This, this is too simple!
But this was an unimaginably difficult combination!
It was like Qin Xiong facing Barcelona's clean cut!
Even the Barcelona players were a beat slower before they were stunned!
The football that was volleyed by Qin Xiong was shocking, as if it had the momentum to sweep everything away. It roared like a dragon and thunder!
Valdés could only subconsciously save in place. But just as he jumped, the football had already flown into the goal!
The Bernabéu crowd was stunned!
Such a wonderful goal could be called a classic!
It was another classic in Qin Xiong's personal career.
If Zidane's performance in the Champions League final was extremely difficult, then Qin Xiong's long-range attack in the Spanish Derby today was no less inferior!
It was just that the importance of the Spanish Derby was still not comparable to the Champions League final.
After the goal, Qin Xiong did not run wildly to celebrate. He stood in place with his hands raised high and clenched into fists. His face was filled with a pure smile, like a child who had realized his dream.
At this moment, the entire Bernabéu and even the fans around the world who were paying attention to the game had their eyes fixed on Qin Xiong in the line of sight or on the screen.
Real Madrid's new number 9 was like a god descending to earth, shining brilliantly!
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