Seven Crowns

At 20:45 on the evening of March 27th, the first round of the 2011/2012 Champions League quarter-finals of Real Madrid's away game against APOEL officially started at the GSP Stadium, the home of APOEL.

The outside media and fans do not believe that APOEL can eliminate Real Madrid and create a miracle, but APOEL players and fans still want to give it a try.

Because they have gone through three play-off rounds this season, and then qualified as the top of Group G in the Champions League group stage, and eliminated Lyon in the 1/8 finals.

When they broke through three rounds of play-offs and entered the main match, and won the top spot in the Champions League group stage, they had already created a miracle.

When they eliminated Lyon to advance to the quarter-finals, they had created a new history of Cyprus football's European results.

Now, they want to go one step further, sinking the galaxy battleship, and creating a greater legend of dragon slaying.

Especially at home, APOEL will not flinch.

Of course, this is just psychological not flinching.

Tactically, facing Real Madrid, the coach of APOEL will naturally not let his players face off against the stars of Real Madrid, that would be tantamount to courting death.

And APOEL was able to qualify first in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season and eliminated Lyon in the 1/8 finals, relying on their defensive counterattack.

Even at home, they will not take the initiative to attack, but defend and counterattack, looking for the slightest chance to score a counterattack to win.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, cannot attack.

Facing the weakest team in the quarterfinals, Real Madrid, whose value is dozens of times that of their opponents, dare not attack and rely on Mourinho's defensive counterattack to win, even if they win, they will be defeated. Spray to death.

Therefore, in this game, Real Madrid's formation is advanced and they are fighting positional battles, rather than defensive counterattacks.

However, this is not a problem for Real Madrid.

Because Real Madrid is too terrifying this season, most teams face Real Madrid with defensive counterattacks. Real Madrid does not lack the ability to fight positional battles.

Especially when there are two passing masters, Alonso and Lu Wenbin, in the team.

Alonso and Lu Wenbin are in the back midfielder and Lu Wenbin in the front midfielder, making Real Madrid's midfield organization and offensive ability the best in the world.

invincible.

In the 6th minute, Real Madrid formed a threatening attack.

Alonso's through pass evaded all opponents' interceptions, and Benzema also succeeded in turning offside. Unfortunately, the APOEL goalkeeper attacked too timely and destroyed the ball out of the touchline before Benzema.

In the 9th minute, Ozil, who played as a full-back, made a pass from the bottom, and Lu Wenbin followed up with a header from the middle to grab a point and attack the goal slightly above the crossbar.

Two minutes later, Real Madrid made a comeback.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a high-quality long-range shot after cutting inside from the wing, but the goalkeeper of APOEL made a wonderful save, saving Ronaldo's long-range shot from the bottom line, and the fans applauded .

In the 15th minute, APOEL used a counterattack to complete the first shot.

Although it was not within the scope of the goal frame, it still aroused warm applause and encouragement from more than 20,000 fans at home.

Although the overall situation is that Real Madrid is playing against Atletico Greek, but the Atletico team has not conceded a goal and occasionally counterattacked, which made the home fans very happy.

However, soon, these home team fans will not be happy.

Because Real Madrid's continuous attack finally scored a goal.

In the 19th minute, Real Madrid played a classic short pass in the frontcourt.

Lu Wenbin, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, and Benzema made successive passes and penetrated through the APOEL defense line with quick short passes. Finally, Lu Wenbin made the final blow on the ribs of the penalty area, sending the The ball was delivered accurately into the dead corner of the goal.

Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead in the away game, and the APOEL at home game fell into a passive position.

After taking the away lead, Real Madrid was able to advance and retreat a lot more freely.

They can retreat in formation and wait for the opponent to attack to expose the flaws in the backcourt.

Anyway, even if this score is maintained until the end, a small 1-0 victory in the away game is enough, and Real Madrid will basically advance to the semi-finals.

However, APOEL, which was behind at home, had to press out and attack.

If you lose at home, you don't have to expect to go to the away game to win and comeback.

Therefore, the bottom line of APOEL is that they cannot lose at home. Now that the score is behind, it is natural to attack and try to equalize or even reverse the score to win.

But this is an impossible task for APOEL.

There is a huge difference in strength in itself. Facing Real Madrid, which is mainly defensive and counterattack, they have to press the offense. The backcourt is simply a racetrack for Real Madrid stars.

In the 31st minute, the defensive midfielder Diarra steals the ball and hands it to Alonso, and Alonso hands it to the forward full-back Marcelo to form a counterattack.

Defender Marcelo with a knife made a pass from the side. Ronaldo's header was saved, but Lu Wenbin, who followed up behind, was the first to grab the spot. He fell to the ground and stabbed the ball in. APOEL goal.

Real Madrid lead 2-0 away.

This score is more secure, and it basically declares the death penalty for APOEL.

The next game became uneventful.

Although APOEL tried their best to attack, the lack of offensive ability and the strong defense of Real Madrid prevented APOEL from scoring a single goal. Instead, they were often counterattacked by Real Madrid in the continuous attack.

The speed of Lu Wenbin and Ronaldo, and the passing ability of Alonso and Ozil all made APOEL suffer a lot.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen at the scene was 0-5, and APOEL lost 0-5 at home to Real Madrid.

This score, 100% announced the death penalty for APOEL.

In the history of European wars, there is no example of losing 0-5 in the first round and being able to comeback in the second round.

What's more, this is a home defeat in the first round, and it is even more impossible to play an away game in the second round.

Real Madrid's promotion to the semi-finals of the Champions League this season is already a certainty.

Among the 5 goals scored by Real Madrid, 4 were scored by Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin once again completed his senior four in the Champions League.

Now that Lu Wenbin has scored goals in games, it has become a routine operation. It is not surprising to score two or three goals. Only four or more goals are worthy of special mention.

Only when Lu Wenbin doesn't score a goal is it big news.

After playing the Champions League and returning to the league, on March 31, in the 31st round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Osasuna away.

Osasuna has performed well this season and is currently ranked sixth in La Liga, ahead of Atletico Madrid.

However, facing Real Madrid, even at home, Osasuna was powerless to resist.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen at the scene was 1-5. Osasuna lost 1-5 at home to Real Madrid and only scored a goal through a penalty kick.

Lu Wenbin scored another hat-trick and assisted the remaining two goals in this game. He directed all five goals of Real Madrid by himself, and he can be called the master of the game.

After this big league victory, Real Madrid sat at home and ushered in the second round of the quarter-finals against APOEL.

However, this time Mourinho sent most of the substitute lineup.

Not only Ronaldo, Benzema and others, but even Lu Wenbin sat on the bench and did not appear until the end of the game.

The 5-0 victory in the away game in the first round made the second round a routine, as long as someone was sent to deal with it.

In the end, the game was tied 3-1.

Although Lu Wenbin did not play, it was Real Madrid who won. Atletico did their best to score a face-saving goal.

Real Madrid broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 2011/2012 season with a score of 8-1 in two rounds.

Their opponent in the semi-finals was Chelsea, Mourinho's old club, who defeated Benfica.