I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

In China, Zhan Jun exclaimed in the ears of the fans: "My God, it was a little bit! Real Madrid escaped, Rooney's direct free kick arc was very erratic, and Navas didn't even It couldn't be stopped and in the end it was the goal that saved Real Madrid."

"Manchester United's opening attack was very threatening, especially Rooney, who showed his strengths at the beginning, using a threatening free kick that almost broke Real Madrid's goal."

The Manchester United fans at the scene responded with warm applause, obviously affirming Rooney's opening free kick, but Rooney himself was not satisfied, because he still didn't control his free kick just now.

The game has just started, and he hasn't really entered the state yet.

If this free kick was a little later, when his body warmed up and his footwork became more adept, then the ball would really have been scored. What a pity it was an excellent chance to score!

But he believes that this free kick is enough to deter Real Madrid.

Manchester United's corner kick still failed to create a threat. Although set kicks are an important scoring method for Manchester United, how can we guarantee that every set kick can create a threat?

Maguire's header went over the baseline and gave Real Madrid a goal kick.

Although it failed to create a threat, the audience still gave warm applause to Manchester United's performance.

The live TV footage showed Rooney running towards his own half. His face was still unwilling, and he obviously regretted the free kick just now. He felt that he could have scored a goal.

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Manchester United's opening strategy is very clear, that is to stabilize their defense first. Although they grabbed a wave of offense at the beginning and made two shots, Manchester United did not love to fight. After seeing Real Madrid stabilize their position, the team immediately retreated decisively and shrunk their defense.

Four defenders, three midfielders, seven Manchester United players formed two impenetrable lines of defense inside and outside the penalty area, plus Vardy and Ibrahimovic, the Red Devils invested nine players on the defensive end.

Only Rooney participated in the oppression more symbolically, and did not actively press like other teammates. This was what Ye Su repeatedly told him before the game. He needed Rooney to maintain enough physical strength.

"Tonight may not only be ninety minutes, you need to be mentally prepared for one hundred and twenty minutes. My request to you is very simple, that is, in the first one hundred and twenty minutes, when the opportunity arises , I need you to be able to rush forward and seize opportunities steadily."

This is the task Ye Su gave Rooney before the game.

Even if Real Madrid advanced the ball, even if the defense lost the ball, Rooney must save enough energy.

It has been fifteen years since he started playing in the professional league at the age of sixteen. For the vast majority of professional players, this is an extremely long time. Rooney has already accumulated his own set of game experience and knows how to play in the Reasonably allocate your physical energy during the game.

Therefore, after the team shrinks the defense after the meeting, he is more in line with the changes in the situation, with Vardy's running position, and Real Madrid's defensive formation, constantly running interspersed, and more at a uniform speed. .

He is preparing for a quick counterattack that may be launched at any time. Ibrahimovic's speed is relatively slow. He retreats and participates in defense. It is difficult for him to perform well in a quick counterattack. Rooney has to count on the extremely fast Vardy Cooperate.

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Manchester United's defensive formation is very meticulous, and Real Madrid is trying to open up the situation, and it is not easy to create threats.

In the sixth minute, Marcelo formed a cross from the right and tried to pass to the center of the goal, but Benzema failed to kick the ball under the interference of Van Dijk and missed a chance.

In the 11th minute, Isco turned around after a midfield retreat to get the ball, and quickly dribbled the ball to break through, but was intercepted by Kanter and knocked down to the ground. The referee Blüsch did not whistle for a foul by the French midfielder.

The football still fell at the feet of Real Madrid. Modric followed up with a long-range shot, but it went slightly wide.

This is also Real Madrid's first shot in this game. It can be seen that Manchester United's defensive position is still very tight.

Subsequently, Real Madrid tried to pass the ball into the penalty area, but it was cleared by Maguire with a header.

After receiving the ball, Kroos shook off De Bruyne and took another long shot. But this time the ball was saved by De Gea steadily.

De Gea did often have buttery hands in the early days of joining Manchester United, but with the training of the game, his performance has become more and more stable. In the past two or three seasons, there have been very few buttery hands.

Two consecutive long-range shots from 25 meters away show that Real Madrid really failed to find a way to break through Manchester United's defense after the opening, so they can only take long-range shots to try their luck.

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Just when Real Madrid completely controlled the ball and Manchester United was frequently beaten passively, in the 15th minute, De Bruyne double-teamed with Vardy at the same time when chasing Marcelo and retreating, forcing Brazil's right The defender passes the ball.

Kanter made a decisive move, intercepted the ball passed to Modric, and quickly stabbed it to Mata.

Mata quickly passed forward, and when Ibrahimovic retreated to respond, he volleyed directly. The ball crossed Real Madrid's defense and fell behind Ramos and Varane.

At this moment, Rooney threw off the two defenders of Real Madrid at the same time with great speed, and went straight to the goal.

"Single-handed! Manchester United's chance!" Zhan Jun shouted.

But when the fans on the scene exclaimed for a while, they saw the linesman on the sidelines quickly raised the flag, and the referee Blüch immediately blew his whistle to indicate that Rooney was offside.

Rooney rushed to the front of the penalty area. Seeing that he was single-handedly, he turned out to be offside. He was very unconvinced.

"Hey, sir, I looked at Ramos's position and ran. I can guarantee that at least I am equal to him." Rooney tried to suppress the anger in his heart and explained while pointing at Ramos.

This is obviously an excellent anti-offside, how did it become offside?

The referee Brych smiled and said that the linesman was very clear and sure that this was an offside.

"Don't think too much, just concentrate on the game." Blüsch patted Rooney on the shoulder and comforted him with a smile.

For the number one footballer in the world today, the referees all over the world have an excellent impression.

Lu Xiaopang is becoming more and more general-like, and he doesn't give people the feeling of being stunned like in previous years. If this situation had been encountered a few years ago, the little fat man would have waved his fists and roared at Blüsch, how could he have talked to him properly.

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"Let's take a look at this slow-motion replay... Hey, let's take a look, there is indeed no offside. Rooney and Ramos should be on the same line and not offside."

"Let's look at another angle. It is true that there is no offside. The linesman seems to be slightly blocked by Varane. He did not notice Ramos' position and mistakenly thought that Rooney was offside."

"This is indeed a very controversial penalty. It should have been an excellent single-handed ball opportunity, but it was called offside."

"Rooney explained innocently to his teammates. Obviously, he is still very dissatisfied with the penalty this time. We can understand it. After all, this is the Champions League final. If it is not called offside, with Rooney's ability, this one-shot should be sure. gone."

"It's a pity that the linesman's error caused Manchester United to miss another goal."

"But from this attack, we can also see Manchester United's strategy, which is to defend and counterattack. Ye Su's tactics are indeed conservative, but this should be the best way to face Real Madrid."

"In the Premier League, Manchester United is indeed a representative of technical flow, but compared with Real Madrid, which is a real technical team, Manchester United still has some gaps in ball control skills. If you compete with Real Madrid for ball control and Technology, then it is really long and short!"

"And Manchester United's anti-offside just happened to remind Real Madrid. We saw that Zidane was also very nervous on the sidelines."

"Zidane's team is originally a team that is very good at playing fast counterattacks, such as Ronaldo and Isco, especially Bell who is sitting on the bench, are all extremely fast players in today's world football. Madrid is a representative of the counter-attack style of play in La Liga. It is precisely because of this that Zidane will understand how terrible it is for Manchester United to play a defensive counter-attack. With Rooney and Vardy, and the equally fast Luke Shaw With Kyle Walker, combined with the passing of De Bruyne and Mata, Manchester United is definitely the sharpest counterattack in world football today, even Real Madrid, I am afraid it will be slightly inferior!"

"Indeed, although Real Madrid has the advantage of passing and possession, they have never been able to create a threat. On the contrary, Manchester United first had a direct free kick from Wayne Rooney in the post, and then it was a single-handed anti-offside just now. If there is no post and With the help of the linesman, maybe the score is now 2:0."

"Zidane is obviously also worried about the mistake just now. Manchester United's counterattack was very fast, and there was not enough time for Real Madrid's defense to react. Therefore, Zidane should be signaling the team to be steady. , don't worry too much."

"With a player like Rooney at the front, plus Vardy and others watching from the sidelines, Manchester United may counterattack at any time. This is something no team dares to be careless."

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Perhaps it felt the threat of the counterattack just now, or perhaps it was the instruction from Zidane. In the following period of time, Real Madrid consciously slowed down the rhythm of the game, especially paying attention to the protection behind themselves.

In this way, the intensity of attacking in the midfield is weakened.

And Manchester United also adopts a steady defense strategy as always, a strict defense, would rather drag the game into a penalty shootout, and never take the initiative to expose loopholes for Real Madrid to attack.

Facing such a Manchester United team, it is indeed difficult for Real Madrid to find a chance to start.