By the 70th minute of the 234th El Clásico de España, the clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona had entered a white-hot stage.
In the 71st minute, Touré's long shot in front of the penalty area almost broke through Casillas' fingers, which made the Real Madrid fans break out in a cold sweat.
A minute later, Messi attracted three Real Madrid defenders on the right side of the front field and passed the ball to Xavi through the gap. The latter sent a straight ball to Iniesta. Iniesta, who cut into the penalty area, and Casillas put on a wonderful one-on-one attack and defense!
Iniesta, who was only two steps away from Casillas, pushed the ball to the far corner of the goal. Casillas fell to the ground and blocked the ball with the tip of his left foot at the critical moment!
The football that was blocked was kicked out of the sideline by Ramos in the penalty area!
"Barcelona missed a golden opportunity. The great Casillas saved Real Madrid! Barcelona's offense is getting more and more penetrating. They can always find the weakness of Real Madrid's rear defensive line. Now they are trying to bombard Real Madrid's goal again and again! It looks like Barcelona's chances of winning are much higher than Real Madrid's! "
Yes, Real Madrid could only rely on individual players to turn the tide, while Barcelona relied on the whole team to oppress as a whole.
In terms of overall vs individual players, Real Madrid was at a disadvantage.
In the 74th minute of the game, Pedro suddenly passed the ball back to Abidal on the left side. The latter made a wide transfer and passed the ball directly to Alves, who pressed up on the right side to attack.
Messi, who had a strong ambition to defeat Real Madrid, cut into the penalty area. He led Guti, Ramos, and Van Der Vaart to retreat.
Alves, however, passed the ball diagonally behind Messi. In that area, Messi made a good cover for Touré.
The containment of Xavi and Iniesta on the front waistline had left Real Madrid with no time to divert their troops to defend against Touré.
Touré, who had once again obtained a God-given opportunity, took a shot!
Seeing the football aimed at the top right corner of the goal, Casillas appeared to be out of reach.
In the blink of an eye, Cannavaro, who had rushed out halfway, jumped and charged diagonally. He headed the ball diagonally out, but Touré's shot was too powerful. He directly lost his balance in the air and fell in the penalty area!
"Cannavaro headed the ball out, but he paid the price of falling to the ground in pain. His bravery is commendable, but isn't he too impulsive this time? Toure's shot was powerful and heavy, but Cannavaro actually blocked it with his head! Real Madrid's team doctor came in and Cannavaro may have a slight concussion. Real Madrid has to make a substitution. "
Cannavaro staggered and almost fell after standing up. His heroic act infected the entire Real Madrid team, but the disadvantage of the game already existed.
Bosque made a substitution on the sidelines. Marcelo came on, Ramos returned to the center back position to take over Cannavaro, and Marcelo played as the left back.
Taking advantage of the gap between the substitutions, Qin Xiong walked to van der Vaart's side and whispered to him, "Recently, Barcelona has focused too much on pulling the sides when defending against our counterattacks. Their primary targets have been fixed on me and Alger. If there's a chance in the middle, you have to be bold and press on! If you can't run, leave it to the captain. Someone must be in the middle to contain them! "
If Real Madrid only wanted to rely on Qin Xiong and Robben to play a quick counterattack, it was almost whimsical. The two players were a little far apart, and the failure rate of forming a connection would be higher. There must be a support in the middle or contain Barcelona's defensive attention to let the flank counterattack storm shine again!
Van Der Vaart's fitness had always been criticized. At this point in the game today, Van Der Vaart was estimated to be on the edge of his limit.
If he could not rush, he could leave it to Raúl to do the job.
Barcelona's players were murderous. They firmly believed that their quick short passes to shape the offensive situation was the best weapon!
This weapon could allow them to trample last season's insufferably arrogant Real Madrid into the abyss!
The sense of superiority gained from the situation was enough to make them proud.
The arrogant Real Madrid could only kneel and crawl in the Camp Nou stadium, trembling in fear as they faced Barcelona's intimidation, humiliation, and devastation every time they attacked!
The only thing missing now was to really defeat Real Madrid in the score!
In the 79th minute of the game, Messi broke through Marcelo, who had just come on, on the right flank. Marcelo was obviously not Messi's opponent. He looked irritable and a little nervous.
When Messi brushed past him, he did not even have the tendency to make a foul.
Too naive!
If he thought that he could contain Messi one-on-one without fouling, there were no more than three defenders on this planet who could do this!
Just like every defender facing Qin Xiong, regardless of whether they could defend or not, they had to be prepared to foul at any time!
Messi cut into the penalty area and faced Ramos' fierce pressure. He sent a diagonal kick to Eto 'o. Eto' o rushed diagonally into the space between Ramos and Metzelder. He rushed into the small penalty area, turned halfway and completed a volley shot!
Casillas blocked the near corner of the goal very well this time. He used his chest to block the ball out!
Ramos watched the football fly towards himself and simply hung upside down to break the siege.
Unfortunately, the football was kicked by him and rolled out of the penalty area after bouncing on the ground.
It caused a burst of laughter from the Barcelona fans in the stands at Camp Nou.
But just as they were laughing, the football outside the penalty area was passed diagonally by Gago to Qin Xiong on the left flank.
Qin Xiong pretended to dribble forward along the flank for a surprise attack, but he saw that Barcelona's defense in the middle of the backfield had begun to tilt towards his side.
Touré, Xavi, Alves, and Márquez were ready to lay down layers of defense before Qin Xiong reached them.
Abidal and Puyol in the distance were also ready to contain Robben's threat at any time.
At this time, Qin Xiong passed the ball horizontally to the middle.
Van der Vaart, who was charging forward, took advantage of the gap that was already there.
Although Van Der Vaart was already an arrow at the end of its flight, after he really received the pass in the middle, no Barcelona player could turn a blind eye!
Xavi, Iniesta, and Touré immediately moved to the middle to set up a defense. At this time, Qin Xiong on the flank rushed forward, and Robben on the other side also rushed forward like a wild horse.
Van Der Vaart sent a precise diagonal pass when Barcelona's heavy defense returned to the middle.
The football rolled to the front of the right flank. Robben took advantage of the situation to cut inside and lead the ball with his left foot. He had already come to the area forty yards away from the goal. Barcelona's midfield defense was left behind him!
Real Madrid's counterattack was finally about to reach the city again!
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