The game had been going on for fifty-one minutes.
People were surprised to find that the game seemed to have returned to the rhythm of the first twenty minutes of the first half.
Guti now had the ball in the midfield, and the "Blonde Wolf King" found that he could not comfortably send the football out. Even if he did, it was not so easy for Zidane to get the ball comfortably. After the first half of the game, the kid named Carlos seemed to be more energetic.
Of course, Guti also knew that Zidane was restrained by Carlos nine times. However, as long as he successfully got rid of this man once, he could create a killing opportunity. This was the natural attribute of an offensive player.
Guti also caught the change in the opponent, which was that the pressing of Raúl and Ronaldo became more fierce. In such a situation, even if Raúl or Ronaldo received the pass, there was no way to come out in the crowd to receive the shot. Therefore, after the second half of the game began, the number of long shots by Figo and Zidane increased. This was really a helpless offensive choice in the face of intensive defense.
Sporting de Gijón still used the tactics of the first half of the game. They used aggressive and fierce scrambles and running to disrupt Real Madrid's defense.
In addition, the opponent learned the lesson of the two goals conceded in the first half of the game. They were more cautious when fouling, and the other players' protection of the second point was more intensive.
On the sidelines, the Real Madrid manager, Luxemburgo, frowned. He thought that Real Madrid would be able to score quickly in the second half of the game and widen the score gap. However, it seemed that their opponent did not intend to surrender.
Luxemburgo looked at the field. He had to admit that after Sporting de Gijón learned the lesson of the goal conceded in the first half of the game, they perfected their scrambling and pressing tactics. This tactic had a very good effect at the start of the second half of the game.
Real Madrid intended to follow their own rhythm and use possession and passing to find opportunities. However, they did not receive the results they wanted in the nearly ten minutes after the start of the second half of the game. This was because their ball control and passing had become chaotic and sluggish under Sporting Gihon's pressure.
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Real Madrid's attack.
The football was handed to Raúl's feet. He was closely marked and could not turn around. He could only pass the football back to Zidane, who came up from the midfield.
As soon as Zidane took the ball, Carlos came up.
Li Ang knew that Zidane was the core of Real Madrid's offense. As long as he froze Zidane, Real Madrid's attack would be crippled.
Zidane's several consecutive movements under his feet could not deceive Carlos.
This surprised Zidane. The two goals from Real Madrid. However, after the start of the second half of the game, Zidane found that the kid seemed to "improve" again during the halftime break....................... Real Madrid's two goals.......................................................
Figo came over. He could see that Zidane needed support. Carlos's defense was troubling the French teammates. If no one came up to help … Real Madrid's attack had only two results: Zidane successfully passed the football out, but the effect was hard to say, or Zidane's ball was directly cut off by Carlos on the spot.
Figo had just run over when he saw Carlos suddenly shovel down and shovel the football out of the sideline.
Zidane was also knocked down.
However, Figo was surprised to see that the kid, who left proudly with his head held high after the foul in the first half and did not look back, took the initiative to bend down and try to pull Zidane up.
Did he learn to be polite and behave after the halftime break? Figo thought to himself.
On the sidelines, Li Ang looked at the scene and was surprised. He knew Carlos. Zidane taught Carlos a good lesson in the first half of the game. However, Carlos would only have a worse attitude toward Zidane and would never have a "groveling" move. That's right. For Carlos, such a normal behavior of pulling the opponent up was "groveling" …
Then, Li Ang widened his eyes to see that Zidane slapped away Carlos's outstretched hand and got up angrily to rush toward Carlos.
On the other hand, Carlos, the seventeen-year-old kid, had an innocent look on his face.
Figo rushed over and hugged Zidane, who still wanted to continue to rush toward Carlos. The latter's face was full of anger.
As for Carlos, when he saw that Zidane was hugged by Figo, he secretly lamented in his heart. He glanced at Figo, full of resentment.
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Something was wrong!
Li Ang immediately asserted on the sidelines. He did not know what had happened, but it did not prevent him from pressuring the fourth official and the referee. Because Zidane had rejected Carlos's "friendship" and there was a suspicion of conflict, the referee only gave Zidane a verbal warning!
Li Ang certainly had to express his dissatisfaction to the referee. He thought that the referee's sentence for the French superstar was too light and should at least give Zidane a yellow card.
The referee ignored the protest of the Segunda División B team manager.
"What's wrong?" Figo pulled Zidane over and asked.
"Nothing," Zidane said in a muffled voice, his face ugly.
Figo saw that Zidane did not want to say, so he did not ask more. He patted Zidane on the shoulder to comfort him and turned to walk away.
Real Madrid's sideline ball.
Beckham threw the sideline ball out.
Figo took the ball and passed it to Guti.
Samuel immediately pounced on Guti. Guti, under Samuel's constant harassment, passed the football to Roberto Carlos, who came over to receive.
After Real Madrid's Carlos took the ball, he suddenly accelerated and quickly dribbled the ball along the flank. However, Real Madrid's flying left wing found that the opponent's defense was tight and there was no space to continue dribbling. He directly passed the football to Guti, who was plugging into the middle.
Guti dribbled the ball forward, Samuel followed him, and Guti passed the football to Zidane.
Zidane dribbled the ball and Carlos followed him. Figo suddenly came over to receive, and Zidane passed the football to Figo. He wanted to do a wall combination with Figo. In fact, Figo thought so too. He saw Zidane suddenly turn around and go straight into the penalty area. He then pushed out a straight pass.
Unfortunately, Carlos saw through Real Madrid's simple tactical coordination and put Zidane to the ground just as he turned around to stop the attack.
The referee's whistle sounded and whistled for Carlos's foul. Real Madrid got a free kick a little farther from the goal.
Everything looked normal. Carlos's decisive foul stopped Real Madrid's attack. The foul spot was a little farther from the goal, and the possibility of Beckham scoring directly was lower. Real Madrid also gained something. At the very least, this free kick was an opportunity for Beckham to send a second pass.
Zidane got up from the ground, glared at Carlos, and then walked toward the penalty area.
Carlos followed. His task today was to guard against Zidane, so there was nothing strange about this scene.
The 32-year-old French superstar Zinedan Zidane and the 17-year-old Gihon youngster Juan Carlos were almost side by side. The two men seemed to be exchanging something and seemed to be "talking happily."
The director pointed the camera at the two men at this time. Later, the director explained that he suddenly felt that the scene was very friendly. The two players were 15 years apart, with a huge age gap, huge influence, and status gap, but in today's game, they were direct opponents.
The camera was pointed at "the old and the young."
Then, suddenly.
Zidane suddenly turned around and stared at Carlos. The latter also stopped. Then, the French superstar rushed over and knocked Carlos to the ground!
"Oh God, oh God, oh God!" The terrified voice of the commentator, Dagestino, came from the television. The knowledgeable commentator was so shocked that he was incoherent at this moment.
Li Ang was on the sidelines. He was unscrewing a mineral water bottle and looking up to drink water. Then he saw this scene. The Sporting de Gijón manager was dumbfounded. The water in the bottle flowed down the corner of his mouth and wet his shirt, but he did not feel it.
"F * ck you!" Li Ang was shocked and devastated. On this planet, at this moment, he was the only one who knew what the scene just now meant … The earth-shattering scene in the 2006 World Cup final actually happened in the 2004 Copa del Rey final? What did Carlos do? Angered the Frenchman? No matter what he did, then, two years later, what happened to Marco Materazzi in the summer? Well, maybe Materazzi did not mind imitating Carlos's behavior. He felt like he was drowning in the river of time and suffocating.
F * ck you!
Li Ang subconsciously looked up at the night sky of Bernabéu. Then, his whole brain was dominated by a kind of emotion called ecstasy and shock. He did not care now and did not know why this scene happened. He only knew that Carlos had done a good job!
F * ck you!
This kid has a future!
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