During the halftime interval, the Real Madrid players in the locker room were in a slightly heavy mood.
In terms of physical exhaustion, Real Madrid was undoubtedly more serious than Barcelona. They were passively defending and the team, which was already full of injuries, was not as good as Barcelona in terms of rotation. Just after the 45-minute game, everyone felt more physical exhaustion than usual.
Bosque walked to the tactical board and began to formulate the tactics for the second half of the game.
He made an unexpected decision.
Raúl was sacrificed and retreated to participate in the defense. Van Der Vaart moved from the flank to the middle.
Qin Xiong and Van Der Vaart switched positions to play on the flank!
Bosque only roughly informed the players of the formation adjustment. Many players instantly understood Bosque's intention to adjust.
Real Madrid wanted to rely on speed to break through Barcelona's defensive line.
It was no longer of much use to let Qin Xiong stay in the middle. At least in the offense, other than plugging in from the back, there was no way to talk about organization. In this game environment, the more complicated the organization, the more threatening it was.
Real Madrid wanted the effect of a one-hit kill!
When it came to the real counterattack, they only relied on Qin Xiong and Robben to attack from the flanks. The individual strength of the two players was enough to create enough of a threat.
If it were not for the lack of midfield defensive players, Bosque might have dared to risk universal condemnation and replace Raúl in the first half of the El Clásico. Now he could not fully take into account the players' personal feelings.
Everything was for the team's benefit.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Camp Nou was noisy. Barcelona's momentum was like a rainbow. From the beginning of the game, they used their specialty, quick short passes, to form an offensive advantage.
Real Madrid retreated to the dangerous area in front of the goal, especially in the middle in front of the penalty area. Raúl's withdrawal allowed Puyol and Touré to participate in the attack. Although Barcelona was surprised that Qin Xiong moved to the flank and Van Der Vaart also participated in the defense in the middle, their posture was quite unperturbed. They did not care what Real Madrid was up to.
In the 48th minute of the game, Eto 'o received Pedro's cross in front of the penalty area and kicked the ball out of the shooting angle. Casillas pounced to block the ball. After Ramos controlled the ball in the penalty area, he turned the ball with his eyes closed and swept it to the front of the left side.
The football rolled to where Qin Xiong was and Alves rushed up to counterattack.
When the football rolled in front of Qin Xiong, he faced the football sideways and used the tip of his right foot to kick the ball behind Alves. Alves rushed forward and the football drew a parabola over his head and fell behind him. Qin Xiong rushed forward and brushed past him.
Márquez and Puyol kept retreating. Touré helped to defend the flank to intercept Qin Xiong, who dribbled at a high speed. Xavi also quickly retreated to the backfield from the middle.
In the process of Qin Xiong continuously moving forward, the space in front of him gradually became less and less.
Barcelona's defense was in place because Real Madrid had too few attacking players.
On the left and right wings were Qin Xiong and Robben.
Qin Xiong could not stop and took the initiative to delay the opportunity to attack. When he saw that he was surrounded 40 yards away from the goal, he could only pass the ball diagonally behind Puyol.
Robben had Abidal following him like a shadow during his fast cut inside. When he stopped the ball behind Puyol, Abidal flew diagonally from the back and broke the ball out of the end line!
Real Madrid's counterattack was threatening, but it did not succeed!
Barcelona did a good job of controlling the area on both ends of the offense and defense. It could be called perfect.
Real Madrid's tactical corner kick did not succeed. Qin Xiong wanted to do a long shot in front of the penalty area, but his possession of the ball was cut off because too many opponents blocked it.
Barcelona tried to play an exquisite pass and cut again in the 52nd minute of the game.
Pedro cut inside the ribs on the left flank to receive Iniesta's straight ball. Salgado used a sliding tackle to block Pedro's path forward. Pedro calmly tackled Salgado, but Gago's recovery and pressing successfully broke the ball under his feet out of the end line.
The game between the two teams fell into a fierce stalemate.
In the 56th minute of the game, Messi drilled three players on the right flank. The first to be shaken off was Qin Xiong, and then Guti's assistance in defense was also passed by Messi with a skillful sudden stop and change of direction. When Messi came to the end line of the flank to control the ball in place, Ramos's pressing was shaken off by Messi.
Messi, who cut inside, rubbed out a wonderful curveball with his left foot to drop the goal, but the football was overshot by Casillasto over the crossbar.
The crowd at Camp Nou applauded and cheered for Messi, but Messi himself was a little annoyed with his performance.
He was thinking about how to develop in the middle to get a better chance, but the players in the middle were too dense. If he dribbled the ball to that area, he would definitely be aggressively pressed and even fouled by the Real Madrid players.
Barcelona's corner kick was taken by Alves. He hung the ball to the front of the goal, and Metzel jumped high in front of the goal to head the ball out.
Real Madrid's players immediately rushed out, and Raúl directly swung his head outside the penalty area for a header pass. Xavi, who was trying to press next to him, did not expect Raúl to make such a move.
Raúl headed the ball to the right flank, and Robben, who had been waiting for this opportunity, immediately started with full explosive power.
His first possession of the ball was to dribble inside. Abidal subconsciously followed him inside, but Robben forcefully spiked the ball to the front of the flank and accelerated. Abidal could only watch as Peter Pan left him in the dust after he turned around.
Barcelona may have finally realized how targeted Real Madrid's main counterattack tactic in the second half was at this time!
As long as there was a chance, Real Madrid would blow up a flank counterattack storm!
Barcelona immediately retreated to defend.
But Alves, Puyol, and Touré, who were lagging behind, were a little uneasy.
Qin Xiong also rushed forward from the left flank. At first, he was still holding back Iniesta and Márquez, but as he sprinted forward, he had already shaken the two of them off.
After rushing across the half of the field, Qin Xiong directly turned into the middle and ran forward.
He gradually caught up with Robben and was 40 yards away from the goal.
Alves went forward to mark Qin Xiong closely. At this time, Robben passed the ball to Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong ran diagonally and led the ball to Puyol and Touré.
Robben also ran diagonally after passing the ball, but happened to cross Qin Xiong!
When he ran between Touré and Puyol, the straight ball under Qin Xiong's feet also came at him on time!
Fast, sharp, tacit, and a fatal blow!
Barcelona's defensive line was torn apart by Qin Xiong and Robben's crazy counterattack!
Robben, who was in a reverse offside position, faced Valdés, who had abandoned the goal. He calmly used his left foot to kick the near corner of the goal.
The football rolled past Valdés along the turf, hit the inside of the goal post, and rolled into the goal!
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