After the Real Madrid players conceded the second goal, everyone could not help but cast a strange look at Cannavaro.
Everyone would question whether Cannavaro had put his heart into the match!
Was he overexcited?
And his excitement had nothing to do with the game!
He was thinking about receiving the Ballon d 'Or this weekend!
After the game resumed, Lyon entered the rhythm of a full retreat in the first half. Real Madrid's attacks on the periphery did not pose any threat.
"The first half of the game has ended. Real Madrid is behind 0: 2 at the Bernabéu to the French Ligue 1 team, Tyrone Lyon! Looking at the first 45 minutes, the two teams were actually tied. Real Madrid's positional play created a lot of good opportunities, but the striker did not take advantage of them. Lyon's counterattack was also strong, but the most fatal problem was that Real Madrid made a mistake in the key defense. Yes, I'm talking about Cannavaro. He is the worst player in the game. He needs to adjust his state. Otherwise, he will become the team's sinner in the second half! "
Cannavaro's heart was as cold as ice when he walked into the players' tunnel. He knew how bad his performance in the first half was. Now he needed to adjust himself. Maybe it had nothing to do with his competitive state. It was just that he did not put all his mind on the game.
Capello did not criticize Cannavaro when he returned to the locker room. It would not help.
And he seemed to be aware that the locker room was extremely disgusted with his criticism. No matter who it was, it would cause widespread dissatisfaction.
The players hoped that Capello could actually come up with some ability to help the team, rather than hoping to "wake up" the players by "scolding" them to achieve the improvement of their competitive strength. Although it made sense, it was not a long-term solution.
Capello made targeted defensive adjustments in response to Lyon's fast counterattack in the first half.
Create offside tactics!
Lyon only had two or three players to charge and break through the lines. Little Juninho was more of a long-range cannon. His threat was not in the penalty area. Malouda, Carew, and Clek were the threatening players who could stir up trouble in the penalty area.
After Capello's adjustments, the Real Madrid players walked out of the locker room and prepared to enter the second half of the game.
When they walked back to the field, Qin Xiong walked to Reyes's side and said to him, "Don't stick to the flanks rigidly. Pay attention to the space in the middle of the front field. Move closer to the middle more. If you have a chance on the flanks, kick the ball at a 45-degree angle. Try not to try to break through the opponent's full back. It's meaningless."
In the head-on confrontation between Reyes and Abidal, Reyes had more wins than wins. Even if he succeeded in breaking through and turned into a cross, the threat was not great. After all, Lyon was shrinking back to defend. His breakthrough from the flank could not cause Lyon's defensive line to retreat. In other words, it would only allow Lyon's defenders to turn around and run backward. In terms of defensive posture, there was not much difference whether Reyes succeeded in breaking through from the flank or not.
Moreover, if he kept failing, it would have a great impact on the team's offense, and the Lyon team would have more chances to counterattack.
Back on the field in the second half, Real Madrid and Lyon switched sides to play again.
At the beginning of the game, Qin Xiong tried a long shot from the periphery and the football flew into the stands.
Lyon's counterattack was fast and smooth. Little Juninho passed a long ball from the backfield to the left flank. Malouda cut inside from the flank and did not wait for Diarra to intercept before he went straight into the penalty area.
Carew slowed down as soon as he stopped the ball in the penalty area. The referee blew the whistle and the assistant referee raised the flag to signal that he was offside!
Carew turned around and left.
Two minutes later, Clek passed the ball from the flank to Carew. Carew still managed to stop the ball in the penalty area, but he was still judged to be offside!
Real Madrid's overall defensive line's movements were still very coordinated. They seized the opportunity when the opponent wanted to pass the ball and collectively pressed forward to make the opponent's players fall into the trap of being offside. They played very successfully from the beginning.
In the 50th minute of the game, Qin Xiong passed the ball to Raúl in the middle. The latter passed the ball directly to van Nistelrooy, who withdrew from the penalty area. Van Nistelrooy then crossed to the right side in front of the penalty area. Lyon's defensive midfielders turned their heads to look and were surprised to see Reyes, who had been clinging to the flank in the first half, suddenly appear in the area in front of the penalty area on the right side. They put too much of their defensive energy on Qin Xiong, so they were unable to form a marking on Reyes in the first half.
Reyes received van Nistelrooy's pass and directly shot at the goal!
He hit with power, but he lacked the angle. The goalkeeper, Kupet, easily kept the ball in his arms.
When Qin Xiong turned around and ran back, he thought to himself, The threat is out.
Even though Reyes's shot did not seem to be threatening, he did a good job in the two links of creating offense and finishing the shot. It had already made Lyon's defenders panic and they were caught off guard.
Two minutes later, little Juninho received Clek's pass in the midfield, but he was stabbed from behind by Qin Xiong.
After he stabbed the ball, Qin Xiong immediately turned around and ran forward. The football rolled in front of Emerson, and he kicked the ball directly to Qin Xiong's position in front of him. When little Juninho turned around to look, he saw that Qin Xiong had left him quite a distance behind.
After Qin Xiong received the ball, he pushed forward at lightning speed. Toularang and Tiago quickly retreated, but the two of them could not turn around and sprint. Faced with the aggressive Qin Xiong, the two of them tacitly stopped thirty yards away from the goal at the same time.
Qin Xiong observed the running trajectory of his teammates in front of him. After the ball came in front of Toularang and Tiago, he did not hesitate to pass the ball diagonally to Raúl, who cut into the middle from the left side.
After the ball was sent out, he cut in between Toularang and Tiago. The two defensive midfielders also turned around to block Qin Xiong.
Because they saw that Raúl did not stop the ball and directly passed the ball to Qin Xiong's running path.
A combination of hitting the wall?
Tiago made up his mind to intercept Qin Xiong when he stopped the ball, while Toularang waited for Qin Xiong to stop and dribble past Tiago before carrying out the next step of the pressing.
But at the intersection point between Qin Xiong and the football, Qin Xiong's eyes were looking forward and he continued to run forward without slowing down. The football rolled past his legs as he stepped forward!
Tiago looked dignified, while Toularang turned pale with fright. From his point of view, he saw a Real Madrid player about to touch the ball in the direction where the football that Qin Xiong had missed rolled past.
Reyes!
Qin Xiong, who had missed the football, charged directly into the penalty area with an unstoppable momentum. He rushed past Chris. At the same time, Reyes did not stop the ball. He just passed the ball diagonally along Qin Xiong's running path.
Whether it was Chris or Abidal, they could not form a blockade or intercept Qin Xiong because Qin Xiong sprinted into the penalty area at full speed!
When they finished turning around, they could only see Qin Xiong's back or silhouette. And what Qin Xiong was doing was to shoot!
Kupet was extremely nervous as if he was facing a formidable enemy. He was afraid of Qin Xiong's unreasonable shooting. But when Qin Xiong really completed the shot, it was as if his brain had crashed for a second before he reacted.
A push shot to the far corner of the goal!
The speed of the ball was not fast, but it was beyond Kupet's reach!
Qin Xiong's shot was completely out of sync with the impact formed by his sprint. It was even a subversive reversal.
That was not important. What was important was that the football rolled into the Lyon team's goal!
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