Green Journey

Chapter 534 Real Madrid advances!who is the next?
On May 5th, the Champions League semi-finals were rekindled, and the first match day of the second round was the Madrid derby.

It was undoubtedly a bitter night for Atlético Madrid, whose 3-0 first-leg defeat at the Bernabéu almost condemned them to death.

Although the second round is at home, it is conceivable that it is difficult to achieve a comeback in the hands of the powerful Real Madrid, but Atletico Madrid has no choice.

The only thing they can do is to do their best and take advantage of the advantage of the home court to fight against the old enemy Real Madrid.

Before the game, the outside world was generally not optimistic about Atletico Madrid. It seemed that only fans of Simeone and Atletico Madrid believed that they could perform miracles and beat Real Madrid in Calderon.

From the moment the game whistle blew, Atletico Madrid players showed fans all over the world their strong will.

No matter how difficult it is, they have to fight hard.

After the opening game, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of Real Madrid as a guest, Atletico Madrid took the lead in attacking Real Madrid with crazy frontcourt counter-grabbing and steady set-piece tactics.

After the opening 10 minutes, the dream scene of Atletico Madrid fans began to come true step by step.

In the 12th game, Kekai took a corner kick. Saul hit the edge of the small penalty area and scored with a header before Ronaldo, rewriting the total score to 1-3.

Just 3 minutes later, Carrasco made a forward pass. Torres took the ball and broke into the right side of the penalty area and was tripped by Varane. The referee directly whistled and sentenced Real Madrid to death.

Nearly 1 minute later, Griezmann, who had missed a penalty in the Champions League final last year, and Atletico Madrid's Mr. [-] million euros once again bravely stood in front of the penalty spot.

In the end, Griezmann overcame the psychological shadow of losing points last season, and steadily scored a penalty kick to rewrite the score to 2-3.

This penalty also completely ignited the Calderon Stadium and all Atletico Madrid fans.

The 2-0 score allowed all Atletico Madrid people to see the hope of a miracle and the dawn of an epic reversal.

All it takes is one goal for them to stay alive and send the game into overtime.

For a while, countless fans who were full of confidence in Real Madrid before the game couldn't calm down. Is the tragedy of Paris going to repeat itself?

During this period of time, not only the fans on Real Madrid's side are extremely anxious, but the pressure on the Real Madrid players on the field is also quite high.

From Real Madrid's handling of the ball, we can see the anxiety and panic in the players' hearts after being chased by Atletico Madrid for two goals.

However, Xuanzong Zidane did not let this miracle take shape. He personally extinguished the ray of dawn in the hearts of Atletico Madrid.

In this game, due to Bell's reimbursement for the season, Zidane once again sent Isco to replace Bell.

But this time Zidane's formation has changed.

Looking at the starting lineup before the game, Isco was pushed to the center position.

And Benzema, who had been in the forward position before, but performed extremely sluggishly, was put on the wing.

But after the game started, Real Madrid's actual formation was 4312. Isco's real position was behind Ronaldo and Benzema, acting as a shadow striker.

From an overall point of view, Zidane used highly targeted and targeted tactics in this game, and Real Madrid came prepared.

Zidane aimed at Atletico Madrid's right.

Juanfran did not play on Atletico Madrid's side, and Saul and Carrasco on the forward line did not cover enough defense on the right.

Today, as a center, Benzema frequently shifts to the left and left side, assisting Marcelo, Isco and Kroos, launching a continuous onslaught in this area.

In the 41st minute of the game, the famous scene of the game came.

Cristiano Ronaldo threw the ball directly from the left side of the front field to the bottom line of the side, and Benzema quickly pulled the ball to the side.

However, what people never expected was that in the face of the double-teaming of Godin, Savage and Jimenez, Benzema actually staged Lingbo microsteps, playing the bottom line rhapsody in a flash.

This scene made Zhan Jun in the LeTV Sports live broadcast room exclaimed on the spot, wow, Zhang Fei embroidered!

After successfully breaking through the chasing and intercepting of Godin and the three, Zhang Fei Benzema, who had finished the embroidery, broke into the Atletico Madrid penalty area along the bottom line and immediately sent an inverted triangle pass back.

Cross followed up into the penalty area with a strong shot from the rib, but was saved by Oblak on the near corner line.

But the ball didn't roll far, just in front of Oblak, was picked up by Isco, and shot into the net from close range.

Although Isco's goal once again pushed all Atletico Madrid off the cliff, Atletico Madrid still did not give up.

But there is a connection between the left and right in the front, omnipotent, and Isco, who revitalizes Real Madrid's frontcourt offense, and Real Madrid also has that wall in the backcourt.

As a result, Atletico Madrid slammed into the wall of Navas, who was like a godsend in this game.

In the end, Atletico Madrid could not wait for the hero who scored again, and the miracle did not happen as Atletico Madrid fans wished. With a total score of 4-2, they fell at the feet of Real Madrid, an old enemy.

This result made Chu Zheng, who was far away in Italy, quite embarrassed after watching the game.

For four full years, Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League final twice, reached the semi-finals once, and fell to the quarter-finals of the Champions League once, and the executioner standing in front of them was Real Madrid.

Although they once bloodbathed Real Madrid 4-0 in the domestic arena, on the stage of the Champions League, Real Madrid seems to be their nightmare that will never go away.

In the past four years, they have beaten all the top players in the Champions League every year. They have blocked Barcelona from the semi-finals twice, and they are as strong as Bayern and have not been able to pass them.

They used to be so close to the dream trophy, but every year Real Madrid in Madrid will let them go home with hatred.

After the game came to an end, the attention of the media and fans immediately turned to the upcoming second round of the Champions League semi-final.

Manchester City and Juventus, who will meet Real Madrid in Cardiff, the suspense is about to be revealed.

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May 5, Juventus Arena, Turin, Italy.

This stadium can only accommodate 41000 players to watch the game. This scale can only be regarded as a medium-sized stadium in Europe, but this stadium also has special significance.

The Juventus Arena is the first stadium in Italy fully owned by a club.

At 20 o'clock in the evening local time, the lights in the huge Juventus Arena were dimmed, and the organizers of the event were presenting a brilliant light show to the fans on the scene and on the TV.

The entire stadium is filled with passionate music rhythms, and everything is a metaphor for the unusualness of this night.

Not long after, the light show ended, followed by the Bianconeri's familiar team song "Juve, storia di un grande amore" sung by tens of thousands of Juventus fans.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Chu Zheng felt an inexplicable pressure like never before when he heard the joyful singing from outside.

This kind of pressure made Chu Zheng's heart beat faster than usual, and all kinds of good and bad thoughts kept popping up in his mind.

Thinking that they might be unable to attack for a long time later, and be crushed to death by Juventus' bus, his breathing became unknowingly disordered.

Next to him, a player with as little experience in the Champions League as Chu Zheng also became a little silent today like Chu Zheng.

But veterans like Kompany, Kolarov and Zabaleta looked calm, chatting and laughing with their teammates.

Foden sat across from Chu Zheng and had been secretly observing Chu Zheng.

Today, when he boarded the bus from the hotel, he realized that something was wrong with his idol.

After a little hesitation, Foden suddenly asked in an uncertain tone, "Chu, are you nervous?"

As soon as these words came out, the noisy locker room fell silent.

Aguero, De Bruyne, Kompany and others all looked at Chu Zheng, as if they saw something strange.

Chu Zheng's face turned green immediately, and he looked around at everyone in the locker room, then gave Foden a hard look, this unlucky boy is talking nonsense.

Foden pursed his mouth and pretended to be cute again, acting very aggrieved.

"Ha ha!"

For a moment, everyone in the locker room was amused by the silent communication between Foden and Chu Zheng, and the originally serious atmosphere in the locker room became a little more relaxed.

"Chu, this is not like you. I always thought you wouldn't be nervous at all." De Bruyne walked over with his sneakers, sat down beside Chu Zheng, and joked while putting on his shoes.

"I'm also a human being. Is it strange that I get nervous when I am a human being?" Chu Zheng rolled his eyes back and leaned down to tie his shoelaces.

"Little Phil, our midfield commander was a little nervous today. As teammates, we have an obligation to let our midfield brain relax. Now, the team needs you to perform a dance for our midfield brain and help him Relax," Sterling suddenly suggested.

"no problem!"

As soon as Foden heard it, he jumped up from the seat as if his buttocks were being pierced by nails, and then began to scratch his head and pose, which instantly made the locker room burst into laughter.

Chu Zheng also followed suit. After being made such a fuss, the little tension in his heart disappeared without a trace.

But Foden didn't dance for a while, and Guardiola walked into the locker room.

With a cough, everyone returned to their positions in an instant, and fell silent like a cicada.

At 20:15, the starting lineups of both sides were officially announced.

Juventus: (343)

Goalkeeper: Buffon

Defenders: Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini

Midfielders: Alves, Pjanic, Khedira, Alex Sandro

Forwards: Dybala, Higuain, Mandzukic

Manchester City: (4141)

Forward: Aguero
Avant-garde: Sane, Chu Zheng, De Bruyne, Sterling

DM: Yaya Toure

Defenders: Otamendi, Stones, Kompany, Walker

Goalkeeper: Ederson
In the live broadcast room of LeTV Sports, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu immediately entered the pre-match analysis session as soon as they got the starting lineup list of both sides.

"Juventus scored two away goals in the first leg. This is a great advantage, which means that they have already stepped into the Champions League final with half a foot."

"With the return of the midfielder Khedira today, Juventus can be described as playing with the strongest lineup."

"In the last round of Serie A, Allegri adopted a big reincarnation strategy for the team lineup, which led to Juventus' difficult home draw with their rivals in the same city, Torino."

"After the game, Allegri said very bluntly that the team's current focus has been completely on the Champions League, and the main players need to be fully rested."

"It is foreseeable in today's game that Juventus, who have two away goals, will be relatively relaxed compared to the first round."

"The task is to advance, and at the same time, we must try our best to avoid injuries and red cards." Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Although after the reform and clearing the system, yellow cards no longer affect the final appearance, but red cards still will. Don't appear in the 2002-03 season. De Ved was absent from the Champions League final, where AC Milan won the title."

"As for Manchester City, the situation is a little passive. Although they have been bloody in the league and continue to lead the Premier League, they still struggled against Juventus' strong defense in the first leg."

"Guardiola also ranked Manchester City's strongest lineup today."

"Otamendi appeared in the right back position again today, so Manchester City's formation should still be 3241, the strange formation that has recently attracted a wave of research in the football world."

Hearing Zhan Jun mentioned the formation of 3241, Zhang Lu immediately came to talk, squinted his eyes and smiled: "His three-back formation is really very interesting."

"It's not the same as the formation of three central defenders and two wingbacks we used to know."

"For example, Conte's three central defenders system, when defending, the two wings are withdrawn to form five defenders."

"But when Manchester City is holding the ball, Stones and Yaya Toure or Fernandinho play double midfielders, and the distance between the three central defenders behind them is very wide."

"Would Walker and Otamendi even play wide when the team is attacking, like two full-backs inside?"

"Once the team is intercepted, Stones will seek destruction in the midfield for the first time. Once he falls back to positional defense, Stones will appear in the position of central defender or right back. He and Walker are in the Positions in positional warfare defense are not fixed."

"Yes!" Zhan Jun said with a smile: "Bring a central defender to the midfielder position, there is a natural 3-2 ball delivery system. When defending, the three defenders quickly pulled apart and Stones fell back. Solved the defensive problem of the three central defenders on the wing."

"When attacking, the two defensive midfielders mentioned that the central midfielder is responsible for the organization of the midfield. The two central midfielders stretched to the ribs and acted as two pseudo-wingers, which solved the problem of the isolation of the winger caused by the lack of full-backs. At the same time It can also maximize the offensive capabilities of Chu Zheng and De Bruyne."

"That's right!" Zhang Lu looked at Zhan Jun and nodded, "But Manchester City's new tactic also has hidden dangers in defense."

"For example, when the opponent hits a counterattack on a heavy press, the defense will be very empty."

"But with the support of this tactical system, it is not so easy for the defensive side to fight Manchester City's counterattack."

"Manchester City have a lot of ability to protect the second penalty because they have a number of players in the middle after forming a positional battle."

"Even if the defender successfully clears the siege to the middle, it will be difficult for you to take the ball out. One is that the formation is flattened, and the other is that Manchester City has more points in the middle."

"So it is very difficult for the defense to play Manchester City's counterattack from the center."

"It's not easy on the sides either."

"Why Walker has always been the main force, he is not a central defender, but a full-back, because he is fast, strong in physical fitness, strong in defense, and can suppress the opponent's side counterattack. In addition, he also Not short, he can play a perfect cameo as a central defender."

"Coupled with the active return of players such as Chu Zheng, Sane, Sterling, and De Bruyne who are active in the side area, the defense on the side will be more stable."

"Yes, based on the analysis of the current situation, Guardiola's idea may be very simple. He just wants to maximize his offense, as long as I always score one more goal than you."

"Well, judging from the specific effect of Manchester City's use of this 3241 in the first round, when they faced Juventus' counterattack, most of them could directly kill the counterattack at the point where the counterattack started, or the counterattack had not yet come out. The ball has already been snatched back by Manchester City."

"In such an extremely offensive formation, Guardiola is really amazing to be able to achieve a balanced offense and defense."

(End of this chapter)