When Villa stood up on the field, the Mestalla stadium was filled with applause to encourage him.
But Villa still looked very depressed. He lowered his head slightly and walked to the sidelines.
The teammate who replaced him was Vicente.
As a result, Valencia did not even have a regular center forward on the field.
Angulo, Vicente, Silva, Joaquin, these were either wingers or attacking midfielders. There was no killer in the penalty area at all!
The turning point of the game was at this moment.
Valencia's offense was difficult to pose a threat in Real Madrid's penalty area.
Most of them could only rely on long shots to try their luck, but Casillas played steadily. Moreover, Valencia's long shots were pitifully few.
Real Madrid's defense could be said to be worry-free, but the offense did not improve much.
Robinho's disconnect from the attacking group was very obvious. Qin Xiong repeatedly ran forward to the front and back of the penalty area. Robinho would directly choose to pass to van Nistelrooy or Raúl when he controlled the ball and ignored Qin Xiong, who had a fleeting opportunity diagonally behind him.
In the 27th minute of the game, Qin Xiong shook off Silva's scramble in the middle. In the process of dribbling forward, he was sandwiched by Baraja and Villardo. His offensive speed was delayed. In the end, he chose to cross the ball to Carlos, who plugged in from behind on the flank. The Brazilian quickly pushed forward the offense on the flank and quickly came to the end line.
He sent a pass that was blocked by Albiol. The ball that bounced out of the penalty area was contested by Qin Xiong and Baraja. Before Baraja could shovel to block, Qin Xiong received the ball and directly shot. The ball was shot with an anti-aircraft gun. It had to be said that Baraja's shovel had a certain impact on Qin Xiong.
After he kicked the ball away, in addition to the boos in the Mestalla stadium, there were loud and harsh jeers.
The Valencia people naturally wanted to crush Qin Xiong's confidence, especially when Qin Xiong was now the biggest threat in Real Madrid's formation.
Take over from Zidane?
No, he was himself, Qin Xiong!
In the 33rd minute of the game, Qin Xiong took the initiative to move to the right flank, but Robinho was a beat too slow to understand his intention. After he made a cross cut, he received Qin Xiong's cross pass. He did not have a better space to break through, and his forced breakthrough was succeeded by Valencia's defense.
On the way back, Robinho gave Qin Xiong a thumbs up.
He began to have some feeling. He probably figured out Qin Xiong's game mentality. He also had to admit that the South American players' understanding and understanding of European tactical flow was lacking. After all, the South American players advocated freedom and individual play more.
But in a team like Real Madrid, under heavy pressure, if an individual's performance could not achieve the expected results, what awaited the players would be the bombardment of public opinion.
In addition, the current manager of the team was an Italian coach, so the requirements for tactics were even more demanding.
Robinho knew that he had to improve his ability in this area, and surrounded Qin Xiong, the playmaker in the front field, of course, he had to adjust himself according to Qin Xiong's playing mentality.
Valencia made a very threatening attack in the 37th minute of the game.
Vicente dribbled the ball and rushed forward on the left flank. The strength of the left flank was obvious to all. Salgado made a prediction error when defending against him. Vicente dribbled the ball and cut into the penalty area. Then, after attracting Ramos to defend, he passed the ball to his side. David Silva, who took advantage of the gap, rushed into the penalty area and dribbled the ball forward.
Unfortunately, Silva was an attacking midfielder, not a striker. After he dribbled the ball, Casillas also abandoned the goal at the same time, blocking a large part of his shooting angle. In the end, Silva raised his leg and shot the ball directly into Casillas' arms.
"The lack of a center forward's threat in the penalty area has a great impact on Valencia, which makes Valencia look very tragic. Vicente on the left, Joaquin on the right, Silva in the middle, and Baraja and Paliado in the back row. Valencia's midfield combination is actually very ideal, but the lack of a center forward to play the role of the terminator has reduced the chances they create. Now, it's Angulo who is in an awkward position on the field. He seems to have nowhere to go. Vicente took the initiative to go to the left flank that he is familiar with after he came on.
He gradually lost his way. "The Valencia fans in the stands of the Mestalla Stadium were also slightly tragic. They thought with great disappointment: If there had not been an outbreak of injuries for the strikers in the past few days, how could Real Madrid be so relaxed here?
Real Madrid's offensive had the effect of frightening Valencia before the end of the first half.
Robinho gradually found the feeling of cooperation with Qin Xiong. In the 44th minute of the game, Robinho sprinted down the right flank and suddenly accelerated to break through Torres after stepping on the bicycle. He then cut into the penalty area and returned to pass the inverted triangle in front of the penalty area.
After Qin Xiong stopped the ball, he made a move to shoot. Paliado pretended to raise his leg to block, but Qin Xiong flicked the ball sideways, shook off Paliado, and chose to shoot.
Qin Xiong was very proficient in faking shots to confuse people.
Qin Xiong's half-high ball flew straight to the lower left corner of the goal. He originally wanted to cut back, but the experienced Canizares played well and did not rush to move to the near post, which laid the foundation for his horizontal save to block Qin Xiong's shot.
The goalkeeper sometimes reacted and felt in a split second. After Canizares flew to block Qin Xiong's shot, the football bounced into the penalty area.
Raúl, who followed up, rushed forward to make up the shot. Raúl slid past diagonally and used his thigh to block Raúl's follow-up shot again.
This time the football rolled out further. Emerson, who plugged in from the back, directly blasted the goal. About thirty yards away from the goal, the football flew out of the end line in a straight line and was only about fifty centimeters away from the goalpost.
"Real Madrid almost broke through Valencia's goal! Robinho created the opportunity after breaking through from the flank. He set up a cannon for Qin Xiong, and Qin Xiong also shot a very threatening shot. Unfortunately, Canizares played well. His save made Qin Xiong's shot go back without any result. Raúl, who was in the penalty area to make up the shot, could only watch as Qin Xiong used a sliding tackle to block the football.
Emerson was eager to make a contribution, but his shooting footwork still needed to be improved. He directly kicked the football out of the end line.
Valencia escaped with her life. "
The first half of the game ended with 0: 0.
As the players walked to the players' tunnel, Robinho took the initiative to go to Qin Xiong's side. The two men discussed the cooperation in the first half. Whether it was successful or not, there was a need to discuss it.
Find the reason for the failure, and strive for perfection in the success.
This was a good sign. Robinho now needed an opportunity, and he needed to seize it, so his energy was mainly in the field of competition. He wanted to be full of presence on the field and contribute to Real Madrid, and not be the object of media speculation every day about whether he would leave Bernabéu.
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