Football King Bale

When the Manchester United bus came out of the Intercontinental Hotel in Madrid and was driving on Castilla Avenue, all the way north, many Real Madrid fans shouted at the bus, and many fans even had offensive words.

Obviously, they will be the least popular people at the Bernabeu tonight.

The closer the Manchester United bus was to the Bernabeu, the more Real Madrid fans there were, and they were even blocked in the middle of the road. Fortunately, the Madrid police maintained order all the way to ensure that Manchester United's bus arrived at the Bernabeu Stadium on time.

But here, Manchester United players are greeted by a larger number of Real Madrid fans. More civilized fans booed them or sang the team song of Real Madrid, but there were also a small group of more radical fans who uttered insults at Manchester United players, but these people were quickly dissuaded by the police at the scene up.

Arriving at the Bernabéu Stadium, Manchester United quickly entered the visiting team's dressing room under the protection of security. Everyone put down their belongings, and then went to the court to warm up.

Although the deity of the body has played for this stadium for many years in his previous life, it is the first time for Bell to come here, and he is also very unfamiliar with it.

Overall, though, this is a stadium that looks even more majestic than Old Trafford. After all, the stadium had the current scale at the beginning of its construction, and even became a giant that could accommodate 120,000 people in the 1950s. Unlike Old Trafford, which has undergone many expansions before it has the current scale.

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Among the overwhelming boos, Bell led his teammates into the Bernabéu stadium.

In the huge stands of the stadium, there are people everywhere, which is indescribably spectacular. The sound waves swept across the entire stadium, and those who were a little bit timid would probably have weak legs.

However, for Manchester United players, such a situation is impossible. Their players are all big stars who are used to seeing big scenes, and even the atmosphere at Old Trafford is even scarier than here.

When Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas walked out of the player tunnel, he saw Bale and greeted him: "Welcome to the Bernabeu!"

Casillas, as the core of the team, has close contact with the club's top management, and is very aware of the club's chairman, Mr. Florentino, who is bound to win the young man in front of him. According to historical experience, no one can resist the temptation of Real Madrid. Another World Footballer from Manchester United behind him is a good example.

In other words, the young man in front of him is likely to become his teammate in a few months.

For Casillas, Bell still respected him, and he responded: "Thank you, Igor!"

Casillas added: "Hopefully it will be a good game tonight."

Bell smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Me too."

After shaking hands, Casillas took his teammates to another field to warm up.

When Ronaldo came out, he came over to say hello to Manchester United teammates including Bale. Generally speaking, the two met in this time and space a few times, and they have a good impression, and Ronaldo also maintains a good relationship with several old teammates in the Manchester United team.

However, he just simply said hello. After all, the two sides are still opponents today, and this fact will not change until the end of the game.

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Florentino sits in the administrative area of ​​the Bernabeu President's Stand.

Sitting next to him are his right-hand men, Jose Angel Sanchez, the general manager of the Real Madrid club, Manuel Redondo, who is in charge of the chairman's office, and the club's famous public relations manager Tragno.

It used to be a very familiar face. The former sports director Valdano is gone. Because of the palace fight with Mourinho, the defeated Valdano left the Bernabeu last summer, and Mourinho is both Real Madrid's head coach and sporting director are dual positions, and they have the power to monopolize all sports-level affairs, including signing players, taking over youth training, arranging team travel and selecting team doctors.

These people, together with Mourinho on the coaching bench in the stadium, represent the highest core of Real Madrid's power and execution.

But at this moment, each of them has a solemn face, and it seems that they are not relaxed.

The prospect of Real Madrid's promotion is unclear due to the away defeat in the first leg.

If it is another team, they have a small loss of 1 goal in the away game, and they are confident that they will come back at home. But they are facing Manchester United, a Manchester United that has played all over Europe in the past two seasons, and even the world's invincible Manchester United.

Ferguson's team is too evil, or Manchester United with Bale is really terrible. In the past two seasons, they have won all the away games in the Champions League!

This record makes Real Madrid's power leaders feel particularly heavy.

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Under the leadership of the referee, the two teams slowly walked into the field.

There were deafening cheers at the scene.

Compared with the starting lineup when the league played against Osasuna last weekend, Mourinho made 5 adjustments to the starting 11 players in this game. On the defensive line, Ramos was pulled back to the position of right back. Pepe and Varane made their first debut to form a central defender combination. The midfielder Goldfish Eye was once again hidden, and Xavi Alonso became the midfielder. hub. In addition, Mourinho removed a striker, Benzema sat on the bench, and Altintop started the game. In addition, Calejon returned from injury, Lars Diarra, Carvalho, and Khedira missed due to injuries. Arbeloa got a rotation opportunity but was not called up by Mourinho. Although goalkeeper Mecia of the B team entered the 20-man roster, he and Coentraan were not selected for the 18-man roster due to technical reasons at the last moment before the start of the game.

In the end, Mourinho's starting lineup was 4231, goalkeeper Casillas, four backs Ramos, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo, double midfielders Alonso and Granero, avant-garde On the line, Altentop, Kaka and Ronaldo lined up, and Higuain shot forward with a single arrow.

On the Manchester United side, Ferguson played a traditional 442 formation in the away game. The goalkeeper De Gea, the back four are Valencia, Smalling, Ferdinand and Evra. In the midfield four, Ash, who performed well in the first leg Leigh Young was unexpectedly on the bench, and Nani got the start, alongside Carrick, Sneijder and Bale. The striker is Rooney and Welbeck's partner.

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Butragueno is a famous player in Real Madrid and has a deep understanding of professional football. He guessed Manchester United's intentions as soon as he saw the starting lineups of the two sides. , but it was expected. The slow Berbatov was taken down, and the strong and fast Rooney was chosen to partner with Welbeck. Obviously, this is to defend and counterattack, so Bell in front will be very There is a threat, but how the midfield is lined up is the key."

The most important thing about targeted tactics is some details, and there are still these people, but the situation is completely different when Sneijder moves forward and back, and even these will vary according to the development and changes of the game situation. Adjustment.

"Jose did not send three defensive midfielders like he did at Old Trafford, but chose the combination of Alonso and Granero. This is to strengthen ball possession. After all, it is our home court. But over there Manchester United focus on defense, so it's hard to say whether our offense can be a threat."

"But our problem also exists, that is, the kid Esteban (Granero) has not been stable enough. In fact, he has rarely played in the team this season. I don't know how the state of this game is. So. If United were attacking in his position, it would be troublesome."

"And if our offense can't play a threat, then the strategy of substituting offense for defense will not work. At that time, our defensive problems will be exposed, which will be quite fatal."

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A brief moment of silence was held just before the start of the game, and the Real Madrid players wore black gauze to mourn the death of Real Madrid star Salaga.

With the referee's whistle, the focus of the world's attention finally kicked off.

The visiting team Manchester United took the lead, but when the ball was passed to the frontcourt, it was quickly cut off by Real Madrid. However, after losing the ball, Manchester United was not in a hurry at all, but retreated across the board.

However, as soon as Real Madrid attacked the frontcourt, Manchester United began to press, starting from Rooney and Welbeck on the front line, to the players in the midfield and backcourt, without any exception, one by one, the Real Madrid players were fighting desperately. Doesn't seem to care about physical exertion.

Under Manchester United's high pressure, Real Madrid's ball could not be passed in the midfield.

Just over a minute into the game, Carrick succeeded in stealing the ball, and Sneijder made a straight pass to Bell in the frontcourt.

Bale took the ball behind Altintop and Alonso, and in front of Real Madrid's defense, turned sideways, dribbled the ball to the left, and after attracting Ramos' attention, made a diagonal pass After the point, Welbeck was found.

Hei Bei dribbled the ball along the left and then crossed back to the center. It's a pity that Casillas blocked Sneijder's shot with one hand.

Although he failed to score a goal, there was still a burst of shock at the Bernabéu Stadium.

When Sneijder walked back, he didn't forget to wave his hands at Bell and Welbeck, saying that he was indeed a little too eager for success just now, and he didn't let go, and he pursued the angle too much when shooting.

Of course Bell knew how eager this Dutch player who had a bad experience at the Bernabeu was to perform in front of his old club, and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, the game has just started, there are still 90 minutes, we have plenty of opportunities! "