Casillas waved his arm forward angrily after the goal was lost. It was obvious that he was reprimanding the defensive line!
Such a situation was rare. Casillas should have long been used to the unreliability of Real Madrid's defensive line, but today was the final!
The momentum of the season was so good, and Casillas also hoped that the team could achieve dazzling achievements. If there was a turning point in the defensive line's impromptu performance and ruined a championship game, Casillas would naturally not tolerate it!
"Morientes equalized the score for Valencia! Metzel's low-level mistake gave Morientes this opportunity. Metzel, who had been injured for the season, was not Real Madrid's main force. His performance after replacing Cannavaro in this final was not convincing, and even became a hidden danger in Real Madrid's defensive line.
Casillas expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's defensive performance. The first goal was easily penetrated by the opponent's pass and cut, and the second goal was a low-level mistake that gave the opponent a golden opportunity. Anyone would have an emotional outburst if they were in the same situation.
It was a good thing that Valencia was able to equalize the score at the end of the first half. Even the manager, Comain, waved his fist excitedly on the sidelines. "
In the context of the UEFA's reform of the European competition seats next season, according to the previous rules, Real Madrid had already secured the league title, which meant that they had obtained the Champions League seat next season. Therefore, if Real Madrid lost to Valencia in the Copa del Rey final, Valencia could directly advance to the Europa League next season. However, if Real Madrid won, Valencia could also advance to the Europa League next season as the runner-up.
After the reform, the UEFA disqualified the runner-up of the league cup from the Europa League. In other words, Valencia could only have a chance to appear in the European competition next season if they won the Copa del Rey today.
Valencia not only needed the Copa del Rey as a reward for their efforts this season, but also needed the Copa del Rey as a ticket to the European competition next season.
Real Madrid did not bat an eyelid after conceding the ball. They immediately spurred the attack when the ball restarted.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Robben launched a solo attack from the right flank of the front field. He scurried along the right flank, came to the danger zone, then cut inside to the middle. In front of the penalty area, he did a wall combination with Qin Xiong and charged into the penalty area. At this time, he wanted to get past Alexis to get a better shooting angle, but Alexis was not shaken. After steadily sealing the inside line, he exchanged passes with Robben. The football bounced to the flank, and the full-back, Miguel, cleared the ball with a big kick.
Real Madrid's threatening attack failed to convert into a shot, and the ball that was cleared fell at Joaquin's feet.
Guti rushed to the side to perform a sliding tackle, trying to delay the speed at which Joaquin pushed Valencia to counterattack.
However, Joaquin kicked the ball to the front field at an incredible speed. He took large strides to avoid Guti's interception and rushed forward!
Before Heinz could snatch the ball, Joaquin regained control of the football and then directly swung his leg at a 45-degree angle to cross the ball.
He consciously passed the ball behind the rear defensive line, and it was a half-high ball.
Morientes's charge to the front point failed, and the football flew past his eyes. He turned his head to look and saw Metzel blocking Villa with his body.
However, when the football rolled to the back point of the penalty area, Silva took the ball before Ramos could touch it!
The extremely calm Silva pretended to shoot, so Ramos had to do a sliding tackle to block his shooting path.
However, when Ramos's body slid past him, Ramos saw Silva kick the ball back on the spot!
At this time, Metzel had to come to the front to block Silva.
As soon as Metzel moved, Silva passed the ball to the middle of the goal.
Villa, who was no longer marked, did not stop the ball and directly shot the ball towards the goal!
The distance was too close!
Casillas's save did not touch the football, and Villa neatly sent the ball into Real Madrid's goal!
After scoring the goal, Villa roared and rushed to the sidelines. Countless fans of the Batsliga Corps who came to the scene cheered ecstatically.
"Villa! Villa! Villa once again penetrated Casillas's fingers!
Valencia miraculously led Real Madrid again before the end of the first half!
This wave of counterattack really caught Real Madrid off guard!
Silva's calmness was undeniable. It was his calmness in the penalty area that gave Villa the chance to break the goal.
Valencia made people look at them differently today. They went through the process of taking the lead, being reversed, and then reversing again.
Real Madrid's rear defensive line's performance today is really terrible. They are simply sleepwalking! "
The Real Madrid fans in the stands rarely felt depressed this season.
However, today was really depressing!
It was really rare for a team to be able to break through Real Madrid's goal three times in a single game this season.
Even the strong teams in the European arena only did it twice at most.
Everyone knew that the rear defensive line was a pit.
However, it was really rare to see a pit like today.
Bosque sat in the technical area and shook his head slightly.
The rear defensive line may have hidden dangers, but the defensive line of Ramos-Pepe Cannavalo-Heinze had formed a basic tacit understanding.
When this tacit understanding was broken, the quality of the team cooperation in the rear defensive line plummeted.
Regardless of the result of the game, he expected to be criticized by the media after the game. There was a big failure in the arrangement of the defensive line today.
That was Metzelder's appearance.
However, that was also a matter after the game. Moreover, Real Madrid's substitutes were very weak against the center backs. There was nothing he could do.
Now, he could only improve the defense through the midfield adjustment.
The first half of the game ended with Valencia leading Real Madrid by 3: 2.
The two teams walked into the locker room.
Bosque did not have to worry too much about Metzelder's feelings. He directly announced in the locker room that he would be substituting him off the field.
There were some things that the manager could not control, especially in a top powerhouse like Real Madrid that only needed results and not warmth.
Metzelder himself was made of glass and often could not guarantee the quality of training. He also had little run-in with the team. Could Bosque control these things?
Sending him out in a key game was already a great opportunity for him to prove himself.
But the result?
The team lost three goals and at least two of them were directly related to him.
He was not sacrificed, but he did not seize the opportunity.
Metzelder did not dare to show his dissatisfaction in the locker room.
His teammates also could not sympathize with him. After all, at this time, everyone wanted to win!
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