Chapter 844
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The game at the Bernabéu began.
Benítez stood on the sidelines throughout the game to supervise the game.
The little bit of wishful thinking in his heart completely disappeared without a trace.
He and Ancelotti had roughly the same idea.
Real Madrid might be complacent in the second round because of the advantage they had built in the first round.
The tactics he formulated for Liverpool were not much different from the first round.
It was obviously unwise to go head-to-head with Real Madrid. In terms of offensive ability, Real Madrid's configuration was more reasonable and had more offensive means.
Liverpool did not have many options to continue their success in the first 30 minutes of the last round. There was only one option.
That was to rely on Real Madrid's offensive and defensive transition to counterattack after the failure of their frenzied attack.
But Real Madrid had a ticket to the Champions League final at their fingertips!
Real Madrid would not be nervous, but they would be particularly cautious!
Even if they temporarily put away their edge, they had to make sure that they would not give Liverpool the slightest chance.
In the first 15 minutes of the game, Real Madrid controlled the situation on the field.
Although Qin Xiong started as a shadow forward, he returned to the midfield and played a passing game with Snede, Guti, and Robben.
This made Gerard, Benayoun, and Kuyt tired and dizzy and frustrated.
It was as if running around to encircle and suppress them was useless.
The two defensive midfielders of Alonso and Mascherano did not dare to leave the defensive danger zone even half a step!
They were afraid that they would break through Real Madrid's defense and naturally did not dare to take half a step out of the minefield.
Real Madrid weakened the sharpness of their offense. There were only three shots in the first 15 minutes, and none of them hit the goal range.
All of them were from long shots!
This was a sign of a decline in the offensive quality of Real Madrid's offense, which had been prolific this season.
But no Real Madrid fans were dissatisfied.
Everyone held their breath and waited for Real Madrid to successfully get the ticket to the final!
Today's game was a fight of a cornered beast!
He wanted to kill Liverpool by boiling the frog in warm water!
Liverpool could get very few offensive opportunities, and when there were no excellent counterattack opportunities, they did not dare to invest too many players in the attack in the front field. They were also wary of Real Madrid's counterattack.
Gerard and Torres were submerged in Real Madrid's tight defensive system several times.
In the 23rd minute of the match, Qin Xiong sent a diagonal pass to Snede 35 yards away from the goal. The latter passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Raúl cut diagonally behind Hyypia and swung his head to attack the goal, but Reina confiscated it.
Reina held onto the football. He wanted to instigate a counterattack, but when he looked up at the situation in the front field, Real Madrid's defensive formation was tight. Each player was guarding the area they were supposed to defend. He could not find an obvious gap to launch an attack.
Reina felt discouraged and could only pass the ball to Arbeloa on the flank, and then Liverpool carried out a positional play to organize the offense.
In the 27th minute of the game, the Liverpool players finally could not hold back. They knew that if they could not score in this game, they would miss the final. At the same time, how could the experienced Red Army not know what Real Madrid was up to?
Riise dribbled the ball from the flank to the front field. He passed the ball to Benayoun in front of him as soon as he crossed the midfield. The latter knocked the ball back when Robben chased back. After dodging Robben, he swung the angle and passed the ball to Gerard in the middle.
Gerard was pressed by Qin Xiong and Diarra. He was just about to dribble the ball to shake off Diarra when Qin Xiong successfully intercepted the ball from his side.
Gerard was in a hurry to tackle Qin Xiong, but Qin Xiong passed the ball to Guti nearby after he intercepted the ball. Then he noticed Gerard's tackle behind him. He jumped up to dodge, but his leg was still hooked by Gerard. He staggered two steps before he turned back to glare at Gerard. Then he saw that the referee had a whistle in his mouth but did not blow it. Instead, he signaled for the attack to continue!
Guti passed the ball diagonally to Snede on the left side of the midfield. He immediately ran forward after the ball. Qin Xiong also ran forward after stabilizing his body's center of gravity.
Snede dribbled the football forward to attack.
Liverpool's defensive line was a little unstable.
Riise had not yet returned to his defensive position.
When Snede dribbled the football to the front of the danger zone, he passed the ball in front of Arbeloa.
Guti controlled the ball in place and looked up to observe before he stuffed the ball diagonally to the front right.
Qin Xiong happened to be on that line, but Qin Xiong did not touch the ball.
Alonso's pressing missed. Liverpool's defenders then saw that Guti's straight pass was actually for Robben, who was rushing up from the right side!
Peter Pan cut across the middle in front of the penalty area and gently pushed the ball when he touched it. Then he flicked the ball to the left side of the penalty area.
The football flew over Carragher's head. He immediately turned around, but Qin Xiong was faster than him!
Qin Xiong cut diagonally behind Carragher. Robben's diagonal pass over the top seemed to be for Snede, but Snede did not cut inside. Instead, he came horizontally to the front of the penalty area.
Qin Xiong took the lead to touch the ball under the pressure of Carragher and Mascherano.
He ran past the football's landing point and accurately knocked it back with his heel when it fell behind him!
When the football rolled to the back, Snede rushed to the front of the football. Hyypia moved over to block Snede, but Snede's choice to kick the ball out made Hyypia completely desperate!
It was blocked diagonally behind Hyypia!
Hyypia knew it was all over!
Because when he came to block Snede, he had already given up on marking the Real Madrid's captain.
Bernabéu's Lord of the Rings received Snede's wonderful pass without anyone marking him.
He went into the battle alone!
Facing the goalkeeper, Reina, Raúl shot at the near corner of the goal. The football rushed into the top right corner of the goal with the force of thunder!
Reina did not even make a save before he raised his hands in surrender.
The speed of the ball was too fast. There was no way!
Deafening cheers rang out at Bernabéu. Raúl ran along the end line to the sidelines with a smile on his face.
The Liverpool players were not too surprised other than being disappointed.
Because that was the tactical purpose of Real Madrid!
Liverpool would either be trapped to death or die tragically in the resistance!
Real Madrid's real offensive power was to take advantage of the moment when Liverpool could not hold back.
In addition to ruling that Real Madrid's goal was valid and Liverpool kicked off in the center circle, the referee also ran to Gerard to show him a yellow card, which was his punishment for his shovel on Qin Xiong's back!
Bosque was relieved in the technical area. Real Madrid's march to the final was getting closer and closer.
Benítez was expressionless on the sidelines. He turned and walked back to the technical area.
After Real Madrid scored this goal, Liverpool's situation became more difficult. The psychological blow to Liverpool was also huge!
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