Football’s First Defender

Thanks to Harvey Martinez's two consecutive yellow cards, two yellow cards turned into one red and went off the field directly. Real Madrid finally withstood Bayern's counterattack in the final stage and won the away game 2-1. Bayern Munich.

After winning the away game, Real Madrid will take the absolute initiative in this round of the series with Bayern.

With two away goals and a one-goal lead, they will return to Spain, Madrid, and the Bernabéu, ready to face Bayern at home a week later.

And before the start of the second round between Real Madrid and Bayern.

In the weekend league, Real Madrid is still triumphant.

In the away game, Real Madrid's opponent at the weekend is the relegation zone team Sporting Gijon.

In this game, even though Real Madrid sent many substitute players, they still have an absolute advantage in the game.

This is the difference in the hard power of the players on both sides. As a typical civilian team, although Sporting Gijon is at home, under the pressure of relegation, they played quite tenaciously.

Even broke the gate of Real Madrid twice, but Real Madrid's substitute lineup used more powerful offensive firepower to help Real Madrid finally win a game 4-2.

Relying on the victory of this game, Real Madrid continues to have a sufficient lead in the league, allowing Real Madrid players to focus more on the upcoming Champions League games.

The two-line battle, the situation is very good, and there is a chance to hit the championship. Under the leadership of Zidane, Real Madrid is implementing the ambitious goals set at the beginning of the season step by step.

As for Real Madrid, which is aiming to defend the Champions League title, in this round of the series against Bayern, since they have already gained an advantage in the away game, then they will play at home, as long as they can hold on to their lead in the first round and then eliminate the powerful Bayern Munich. , then Real Madrid will enter the Champions League semi-finals for seven consecutive years.

After the beginning of the new century, after the perennial Champions League Sixteenth Lang, Real Madrid will further establish its status as the Champions League Shiro, and continue to hit the team's 12th Champions League trophy.

It is also the honor of the first defending team since the impact of the restructuring of the Champions League.

But for Bayern Munich, who are playing away, they will naturally not give up lightly.

Before the start of the second round, the German hegemony still received very favorable news, that is, the two core players of the team, the forward Lewandowski and the central defender Hummels. Players who missed the first round due to injury can come back in this game to further enhance the team's starting strength.

Lewandowski may be the best No. 9 player in the world today. He is a very important and indispensable fulcrum player for Bayern's current offensive system.

Not only can he attack the city for Bayern, but his role as a fulcrum in the team's offensive tactics is simply unmatched by Thomas Muller, who appeared in the first round of the game.

Thomas Muller is a player with excellent running awareness. His running ability is more suitable to be a shadow forward, a second forward with an orthodox center in front, rather than a qualified fulcrum center.

With the return of Lewandowski and his excellent support ability in the center, it is a huge supplement to the two wing attacks that Bayern relies on.

Robben and Ribery, the two wide players, with Lewandowski in the middle, can not only try to attack by themselves, but the pass sent from the side will also be more threatening.

The return of Lewandowski can make Bayern's offensive system more comprehensive and improve to a higher level, and Hummels, as an excellent central defender, his return is good for Bayern's defense , is also an absolute benefit.

In both Dortmund and Bayern, Hummels has shown a very strong defensive ability, and he can already rank among the world's top central defenders.

Hummels is back from injury, and his partner with Jerome Boateng will further enhance Bayern's defensive ability in the backcourt, and further liberate the team's offense while stabilizing the team's defense, allowing Bayern to play in the away game. Fight to the death.

Compared with Bayern's return of two core players one after another and a neat main lineup, Real Madrid has suffered from certain injuries.

Bell will not be able to play this game due to a truce due to injury, and even the national derby with Barcelona on the weekend may not be able to catch up with his comeback.

In the absence of Bell in the frontcourt BBC combination, Zidane can only make appropriate adjustments in this game.

In the case of Bell's injury being announced, regarding the possible personnel selection of Zidane after Bell's injury, many outside media actually speculate that Zidane will replace Vazquez in the starting lineup.

After all, under the condition that the team's 433 basic framework remains unchanged, Vazquez, who has the most active attitude towards the game, can not only open up a certain amount of side space on the offensive end, but also his defensive enthusiasm can be very good for Real Madrid. Guarantee Real Madrid's wing defense well and have more defensive strength.

However, before the start of the second round, the starting lists of the two sides were announced, but Zidane was on the starting list. A player like Isco with a certain ability to control the ball has been eliminated.

After all, Real Madrid is fighting at their own home court, so they don't want to hand over the initiative of the game to Bayern. For Real Madrid, the away game has taken the lead in the score. Returning to the home court, it is natural to further strengthen the control on the pitch. Take further advantage of your own home court, firmly grasp the initiative in the game, create better offensive opportunities, and strive to secure the victory early, instead of handing over the initiative to Bayern and passively accepting Bayern's attacks .

In this kind of strong confrontation, sometimes the momentum on the court is the most important point of contention. The team with the dominant momentum may have better performance on the spot to establish an advantage and play the desired result. Offensive coordination.

The head coaches of the two teams have not carried out drastic reforms to the lineup in the starting list.

Ancelotti and Zidane, this pair of mentors and apprentices are sometimes very similar. Except for injury factors, in a real strong matchup, they will not make too many changes to the lineup. Mainly.

Both are just making appropriate adjustments based on players' injuries and recovery.

Real Madrid is still the usual 433 standard lineup.

Except for Isco's replacement of the injured Bell, the other personnel have not changed much compared to the first round.

Of course, although Real Madrid's starting lineup is still 433, but in terms of Isco's offensive characteristics, Isco may be closer to the center more often than a pure side attacker. .

Real Madrid's lineup may be adjusted to 442 at any time during the game.

However, with Isco, Real Madrid's breakthrough ability is enhanced, and it can be regarded as adding some offensive methods to Real Madrid's frontcourt.

The most important thing is Isco's ability to hold the ball at his feet, so that Real Madrid can have more opportunities to control the ball and control the ball, which can effectively contain Bayern's possible offensive.

In this game, Zidane sent Isco to the field to use his ability to hold the ball to help Real Madrid take the initiative.

Moreover, in terms of Isco's high fighting spirit during this period, Zidane also believes that Isco, who is eager to play time, can devote all his energy in the game to ensure that he has both offensive and defensive ends. Excellent play.

On the other hand, Bayern Munich continues to use its own 451 formation.

Or the offensive lineup of 4141.

In this game, Bayern will definitely have to make a difference on the offensive end, and may even include two central defenders and goalkeeper Neuer. They will be involved in the offense to a limited extent. To score away goals.

In the second round of the match between Bayern and Real Madrid, the duel between the two cosmic teams also made the entire Bernabéu stadium full of seats.

In today's game, the audience of the two teams entered the stadium early, and for a long time before the game, they were all cheering for their respective teams.

Of course, this is the Bernabéu stadium.

Before the start of the game, among the fan songs of the two teams "Battle", of course, the Real Madrid fans who have an absolute advantage in numbers are even better.

Although there are many loyal Bayern fans who came to the away game, they are also trying their best to express their support for the team with their own singing, but the uniform singing of the Real Madrid fans still completely suppresses the voices of the Bayern fans. .

From the sound of the live broadcast, in the warm-up session before the game, all I heard was the sound of the Real Madrid team song.

Before the start of the battle between the two teams, the Real Madrid fans who were sitting at home had actually won the battle against the fans outside the stadium.

Not surprisingly, throughout the game, the Real Madrid fans on the scene will use their shouts and enthusiasm to effectively help Real Madrid improve their morale and become a powerful twelfth man.

As the players' heat ended and they returned to the locker room, this much-anticipated game is about to officially begin.

"Since we can win the game away from home, we will naturally be invincible at home!"

As the game approached, Zidane was still encouraging his players.

Zidane understands that this game, as the outside world has said, may be a preview of the Champions League final.

In the case of the three major cosmic teams and Barcelona's decline in strength this season, the winner of the duel between Real Madrid and Bayern will definitely be a favorable contender for the next championship.

"We don't need to be aggressive, but we don't need to be conservative either. Just play with our normal game rhythm. I believe we can reap the final victory."

A brief lecture, for Zidane, before the start of the game, the lecture is mainly to let the players know the goal of the game and what to do.

In such a strong duel, sometimes the most taboo thing is that the players are on the court, sometimes forgetting what they should do.

Zidane, who was born as a player, sometimes pays more attention to some small details off the field than other head coaches.

As one of the many famous players in Real Madrid, Zidane's rapid success in coaching Real Madrid is not only due to luck. On and off the field, Zidane's many experiences from the player era are also his favorable weapons in coaching.

"Accompanied by the familiar opening song of the Champions League, the home team, Real Madrid in traditional white shirts, and the visiting team, Bayern Munich in red, walked into the field together."

"We could hear the shouts of the fans all over the Bernabéu as the Real Madrid players stepped onto the pitch."

"At Real Madrid's devil's home court, it is not so easy for Bayern Munich to complete the reversal."

Familiar stadium, familiar fanatical fans, when Bayern coach Ancelotti returned to the Bernabéu stadium, everything was still so familiar.

It's just that, in the past, Ancelotti went to the home team's bench, but now, he is going to the slightly "shabby" visiting team's bench.

As the meritorious coach of Real Madrid who won the tenth Champions League crown and the commander who led Real Madrid to create a historical record of 22 consecutive victories, Ancelotti also devoted a lot of effort to this Real Madrid.

However, now, for Ancelotti, each is his own master. When he comes to the Bernabeu Stadium, what he wants to do is to lead the king Bayern, and be able to overthrow Real Madrid's championship at the Bernabeu and complete the reversal , advanced to the semi-finals.

"Defending the Champions League will not be an easy task, are you ready?"

Looking at the former teaching assistant Zidane, who is also his apprentice, Ancelotti also felt a lot of emotion.

When Real Madrid won the tenth Champions League crown, in fact, Real Madrid was determined to take advantage of the situation to pursue and defend the title.

After all, with the super offensive ability of the Real Madrid BBC combination, although the tenth crown has the unexpected factor of Ramos' final lore, it is undeniable that it is also a full manifestation of Real Madrid's strength.

It is the outbreak of Real Madrid's accumulated strength over the years.

However, Real Madrid, which played a wonderful offensive cooperation under the guidance of Ancelotti, encountered Waterloo in the process of defending the Champions League.

Injuries, the schedule, and the sometimes slightly biased referees have made Real Madrid's journey to defend the Champions League encounter great difficulties.

At the beginning, Ancelotti devoted countless efforts to the technical Real Madrid. In the end, he only created a record of 22 consecutive victories, but he lost all honors, and Ancelotti also left safely.

However, Ancelotti did not expect that after he left, the "turmoil" of Real Madrid in the Benitez era would be resolved so easily by his apprentice Zidane, and he immediately led Real Madrid to the 11th place in the Champions League crown.

Ancelotti, who considers himself a good man, knows how unmanageable Real Madrid's dressing room is, and also reminded Benitez, who is focused on tactics, that Benitez's failure, in fact, Ancelotti had expected it long ago. But I didn't expect that Zidane would do so well in Real Madrid when he first took office.

Sometimes a coach who unites his players is more useful than many tactics.

"HALA MADRID!"

Ancelotti was brought back to his thoughts by the cheers at the scene. Looking at the white flags in the audience, he felt the terrifying atmosphere of Real Madrid's home court. Ancelotti knew how strong Real Madrid's home combat effectiveness and home advantage are, but, He still wants to lead Bayern to create miracles.