Real Madrid, who were seriously involved in the game in the Luzhniki Stadium, had a confident and proud temperament.
Real Madrid, who had been undefeated so far in the season, had experienced all kinds of storms?
Intensive defense?
Killing tactics?
Crazy encirclement and suppression?
It was undeniable that Real Madrid would not compete with Manchester United in terms of momentum because they were shockingly talented!
It was their persistence and obsession with talent that made Real Madrid stand out!
In the face of Manchester United's amazing crazy encirclement and suppression, Real Madrid calmly responded. At least the attacking group had a tacit understanding and offensive strategy that outsiders did not know.
When Real Madrid used the method of luring the enemy to make Manchester United's defensive system more compact, there was an objective environment that would not change!
The size of a football field!
When Manchester United frantically switched targets to encircle and suppress, the exposed gaps would be used by Real Madrid.
In the 56th minute of the game, Guti dribbled the football across the half of the field. In the process of pushing forward, he did a small one-two with Qin Xiong and broke through Scholes' defense.
When Evra also bravely rushed up, Guti diagonally passed the ball back.
At this moment, Snede and Raúl pressed in front of Manchester United's defensive line. The small area in front of the penalty area was crowded and densely packed.
The football that was diagonally passed back by Guti rolled towards Qin Xiong.
With Carrick and Rooney attacking from the front and back, Qin Xiong took the lead to touch the ball, and as soon as he touched the ball, he accurately stuffed it diagonally!
The football flew through between Scholes and Vidic, who were standing in front and behind.
At this time, Manchester United's defenders turned their heads to look and saw that in the large space behind Evra, there was someone who went into an offside position and successfully cut inside to the middle!
Robben, the Peter Pan!
Robben, who was as fast as lightning, used his left foot to lead the ball. He directly dribbled the ball into Manchester United's penalty area.
His teammate from the Netherlands national team, Edwin van der Sar, left!
The spectators in the stands of the Luzhniki Stadium did not have time to marvel at Qin Xiong's scalpel-like straightforwardness. At this moment, they were already holding their breaths and paying full attention to the duel between Robben and Edwin van der Sar.
Edwin van der Sar's forward speed was very fast, his tall body constantly expanding the defensive area.
Robben adjusted his steps and prepared to shoot. The distance between the two was less than three meters.
Edwin van der Sar lowered his body's center of gravity, and Robben keenly grasped this detail. He could guess that Edwin van der Sar was trying to block the horizontal defensive area on the ground to prevent him from shooting from a blind spot.
Therefore, Robben chose to shoot with a high kick!
But just as he finished shooting, Edwin van der Sar's body suddenly rose, and his raised right arm happened to touch the football.
The football, which was as powerful as a thunderbolt, hit Edwin van der Sar's arm and produced a refraction change. Edwin van der Sar turned his head to look and saw the football fly into the stands!
Robben knelt in the penalty area, his hands covering his mouth as he stared dumbfounded at the football flying into the stands!
He went into the battle alone, and he lost!
The Red Devils fans in the stands of the Luzhniki Stadium cheered even louder!
"Edwin van der Sar! Edwin van der Sar put on a world-class performance. He resolved Robben's single-handed ball!
Oh my God, it's incredible that Robben couldn't send the ball into Manchester United's goal! "
The Manchester United players who returned to the penalty area high-fived Edwin van der Sar one after another. Edwin van der Sar remained calm and pointed to his teammates to get them to set up the defensive line in full swing, ready to deal with Real Madrid's attack from the corner.
Real Madrid's attack from the corner this time was still a tactical corner.
Robben, who had forgotten his previous single-handedness, kicked the ball back to the flank at the fastest speed. Diarra, who plugged in from the back, received the ball and knocked horizontally.
Guti, who was lying in ambush outside the middle, stopped the ball after Qin Xiong ran to take away the defensive forces, and then raised his leg to shoot the goal.
Guti's long shot was like an anti-aircraft gun.
Manchester United breathed a sigh of relief.
The Red Devils also quickly forgot about the problems in the defensive line. They only thought about scoring now, and only scoring could save this Champions League final, which was more important than their lives!
In the 61st minute of the game, Carrick passed the ball straight to Tevez in the front field, who returned the ball horizontally.
The Real Madrid players thought that Tevez would pass the ball to Ronaldo, so the focus of the defense was on Ronaldo. But no one thought that Ronaldo would cover for Rooney.
Rooney cut inside from the flank to the front of the penalty area, ran towards the football that Tevez passed, and took the opportunity to kick the goal!
Casillas did not move. He just turned his head to look to the right.
The speed of the ball was so fast that it flew over in the blink of an eye. Casillas' first hesitation led him to know deep down that it was too late to make a save!
Fortunately, the football brushed the outside of the post and flew out of the end line!
"Rooney's shot in front of the penalty area almost pierced through Real Madrid's goal, but unfortunately, his shot missed by a hair's breadth!"
Countless Red Devils fans in the stands felt sorry, and Rooney also let out an unwilling roar to the sky.
The intense match was still going on.
Ferguson stood on the sidelines to supervise the game. He knew that the situation on the field had reached a critical point.
If Manchester United could score a goal to equalize the score, then the Red Devils would turn from a disadvantage to an advantage in this game!
But if they could not, and Real Madrid scored a third goal instead …
Ferguson did not dare to think about it.
In the 64th minute of the game, Hargreaves and Ferdinand attacked from both sides and intercepted the ball from Raúl's feet. The Red Devils immediately spurred on the attack.
Hargreaves passed the ball to Evra, who dribbled to the midfield and then transferred the ball to Scholes' feet.
Scholes judged the situation and sent out a mid-range high ball.
His pass went over Diarra's head and landed in front of Ronaldo's chest in front of the penalty area. After Ronaldo stopped the ball with his chest, he was faced with a three-man pincer attack from Pepe, Diarra, and Guti. He did not wait for the ball to land before he passed the ball to Rooney.
This time, Ramos made a contribution. He intercepted the ball before Rooney and directly pushed forward along the flank to attack!
The Red Devils immediately returned to defend and began to counterattack on the spot. They chased and intercepted the Real Madrid players who had the ball.
Ramos was about to be caught by Rooney in the midfield when he passed the ball to Guti, who ran to receive him.
Guti pushed forward to attack again, and Scholes quickly came to block. Guti made a prompt decision to pass the ball and did a two-over-one with Qin Xiong.
Hargreaves and Carrick also rushed forward. At this time, Evra saw that Robben next to him was once again in an anti-offside position. He immediately turned to chase and attack, afraid that Real Madrid would once again use a scalpel-like straight pass to create a one-on-one opportunity.
At this time, the Manchester United defensive line also noticed Robben's running tendency. Starting from Vidic's movement to this side, Ferdinand and Wes Brown formed a chain reaction.
In the process of this chain reaction, Qin Xiong was met with a flying tackle from Hargreaves and a challenge from Carrick, who was ready to steal a second time at any time.
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