Volume 5 Red Chapter 67 Ribery Again

There were huge boos from the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium, rushing from the towering stands to the pitch, putting a lot of pressure on the visiting fans who were playing here.

In fact, the fans of the Bernabeu are "gentle" compared to the fans at the Camp Nou, and there are not many boos for the visiting team here, except for a few sworn enemies of Real Madrid. Nottingham Forest, which is not a sworn enemy, is booed here mainly because of George Forest. Wood.

He had just pushed down Robinho with the ball in a high-speed run.

The Brazilian cyclist was as nimble as a loach, and when Wood was not paying attention, he swept the ball past him. Wood, who was stuck behind him, wanted to stop the opponent's attack, and it would definitely not work with conventional means. Back-tackle and push, he opted for the latter.

Robinho rolled over the ground several times, looking quite scary, but in fact he was not hurt at all. It's just that the fans of the home team are very dissatisfied with this scary-looking foul, and what is even more dissatisfied is that the referee only gave a verbal warning and did not take out a card.

The current Brazilian Robinho is much stronger than when he first landed at Real Madrid, and can also have the upper hand in most physical confrontations, and it is not easy for the average defender to push him down easily. But he was killed by George. Wood lost his center of gravity with a push, and it can only be said that the difference in physical strength between the two people is too obvious...... Defending Robinho was just a temporary fill-in. Wood's target for this game is not the Brazilian boy, but Guti.

After Zidane retired, Real Madrid's offense once fell into chaos, with no routines and no goals, relying on the individual abilities of several players. It took a season before that changed. Because last season's new manager Schuster gave Guti enough trust to straighten him up and become Real Madrid's midfield engine.

For more than a season, almost all of Real Madrid's attacks have been launched by Guti's organization. Guti is in good shape, Real Madrid not only win the game, but also win beautifully. But if Guti is not working, then Real Madrid will die an ugly death...... Don't look at Sneijder's excellent form at the beginning of the season and being praised; Don't look at Robinho wearing Real Madrid's No. 10 jersey and being called the "Heir to Pele"; Not to mention that Real Madrid's front court is star-studded and looks good and powerful...... In fact, without Guti attacking from behind and controlling the tempo, this team is no different from a loose set.

So in response to this situation, Don arranged a tactic to contain Guti before the game.

George. Wood is the main man, of course, but other teammates will come to help – not to defend, but to help with fouls.

Guti is a talented player, but with a very bad name, he has a bad temper. He was never reused early in his career, and it had a lot to do with his last name. It wasn't until Zidane left that he slowly came out and became the core of Real Madrid's midfield. However, he is still short-tempered and easily loses control of his emotions. And once he loses control of his emotions, his level will be greatly reduced, his active mistakes will increase, and his temper will be more irritable...... As a result, Real Madrid's attacking quality plummeted.

Therefore, the tactics of the Forest team in this game are very simple, attacking Nottingham Forest to play defensive counterattacks, and defensively provoking and locking Guti. It's best to provoke him, and if you can't provoke, use the advantage of the overall defense to trap him, so that he can't calmly take the ball and organize the attack.

Technically, Guti's strength is that he is good at finding holes in the opponent's defense and making unexpected direct passes, and his penetrating direct passes have helped the team score many times. However, his weakness is also obvious - he is thin and weak, and he is not strong in confrontation. Once the opponent presses closely, with a little body collision interference, the chances of losing the ball at his feet are greatly increased.

Robinho just now was purely an accident. Originally, Wood was going to defend Guti, but Guti stabbed the football to Robinho first, and Wood had to change the target to the nearest bike kid to him. He didn't have time to fight with Robinho, and after being squeezed to his side, he pushed Robinho to the ground and ended one of Real Madrid's attacks.

He did what he always hated - instead of reaching up and grabbing Robinho as a gesture of friendship, he turned and walked away.

Robinho lay alone on the ground and was stunned for a while, and the referee came up to ask him if he was okay and if he needed a stretcher or something, and he stood up slowly. It was true that there were no injuries, and this kind of roll looked scary, but in fact it was because of this that he did not suffer too much damage, because the impact force was unloaded during the roll.

The boos from the Bernabeu stands continued until Real Madrid were ready to take a free-kick in front.

Real Madrid's current No. 23, Sneijder drove a free kick into the penalty area and called Pepe to go out. The football landed on the edge of the penalty area, causing a rush of action.

Eventually, Van der Vaart brought the ball out in the confusion, and he handed it to David, who was in front of him diagonally. David Beckham.

When Beckham got the football, there was a round of applause in the stands. The applause did not come from the away Nottingham Forest fans' stands, but from the home fans.

These fans thanked him for his efforts to regain the league title for Real Madrid in his final season.

This scene really touched the onlookers. But for Beckham, it's none of his business, he has to thank the Real Madrid fans for their love, and he has to wait until after the game. Now he's wearing a Nottingham Forest shirt with the ball at his feet and his team-mates are running forward and ready to counter-attack – not the time to show mercy!

A long pass!

Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled to the flank, received the incoming ball, Ribery was cutting in at high speed, his surprise caught the attention of the Real Madrid defenders, Diarra was following him back, and Cannavaro was also focused on him. Ruud van Nistelrooy passed the ball to his striker Eastwood.

Eastwood are outside the box, close to the middle, and are unattended for the time being. Because the defensive forces were pinned down by Ribery. He didn't hesitate to shoot from the spot!

The quality of this shot is quite high! Concentrated on defense, Casillas rose into the air and lifted the ball out with one palm. Although he didn't enter, he was shocked and gasped at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Eastwood is on the spot, there is no run, all rely on the body back and waist and abdomen strength to drive, shoot suddenly, if it is not for Casillas's excellent form, change to someone else to guard the goal, maybe really let him in...... Compared with the dazzling attacking lineup, Real Madrid's defense is a little pitiful. In this game, Schuster used Cannavaro and Heinze in central defenders, with Marcelo at left wing-back and Sergio Ramos at right-back. Among these four people, the two full-backs are people who like to attack, and the center-back partner lacks height, which is very difficult to defend high-altitude balls, and Heinze is not a genuine central defender, he plays central defender as a cameo, and the left full-back is his best position, so it is not difficult to imagine what kind of level he can play in this position...... Real Madrid's defensive problems have not been fundamentally improved, basically all depends on the form of Cannavaro alone, the former world footballer is in good shape, Real Madrid's defensive line looks like a good point, if the form is not good...... No matter how good Casillas is, he can only accept the humiliation of picking up the ball from the net.

Real Madrid will adopt attacking tactics on their home turf in this game, and their defensive line will press forward, and there will be a lot of space behind them. Forest's attacking tactics are very simple, just find a way to hit the opponent's back. Use Beckham's long ball, or Van der Vaart's ball, as well as high-speed cuttings on both flanks, to create and find openings. As long as their players are a little more capable of taking their chances, it is not impossible to capture the Bernabeu.

β€»β€»β€» Nottingham Forest's corner kick came out, and there was chaos in front of the goal, but no one could top the ball, and Casillas who let it out was confiscated directly. Casillas, who got the ball, threw the ball in his hand and launched a quick attack to play Nottingham Forest's counter-attack.

He threw the ball to Higuain, who was in front. Higuain was going to catch the ball and turn around, but the ball was lost to George. Wood stabbed around the front of the defense.

Higuain turned away from Wood, but there was no ball at his feet. Nottingham Forest took advantage of the situation to attack again. Meanwhile, Pepe and Piqui ran back to the back line. Real Madrid's fast attack didn't start, but instead allowed the Forest team to press down in their own half.

Real Madrid's defense is relatively negative, and being negative does not mean that they are not working hard. Instead, when defending, they used to retreat to the penalty line at once and then set up a defensive formation. As a result, their defense lacks depth and is easy to penetrate. In fact, this is also a common problem of most La Liga teams, football style and national characteristics determine that they advocate more offense and ignore defense.

The result of their defence now is that Nottingham Forest can run around with any passes from outside their 30-metre zone and look for opportunities without much pressure. If Real Madrid can't stand it and wants to press it out and grab it, they will pass it back, and the compressed formation will gradually pull back, and after pulling it away, pull Real Madrid out. As long as their formation is stretched, in the eyes of the Forest team, it is a big deal to grasp the loopholes, and it depends on whether they can grasp them.

Considering the height of Real Madrid's defensive line and air defense, Donn asked the Forest team to attack mainly on high balls in this game, competing for the second landing point.

Through his research on Real Madrid, he believes that Real Madrid's players are not too concerned about the second-place scramble in defence. Ruud van Nistelrooy doesn't have to be an arrow in attack, he's mainly a bridgehead and a tactical centre-forward.

There is an ability in Ruud van Nistelrooy that is quite valuable, and this ability is slowly becoming less and less for many strikers these days.

That is, as a true centre-forward, not only can Ruud van Nistelrooy score on his own, but his physical and technical skills allow him to control the ball in the encirclement, wait for his team-mates to support him, and then pass the ball to the feet of his team-mates who get their chances. He can go up and suppress the opponent's entire defence when needed, or pull out to tear away the opposition defense and create opportunities for his teammates...... To put it simply, a centre-forward like Ruud van Nistelrooy would have his back to the ball, and many strikers are now essentially inactive when they turn their backs to attack.

In fact, this is also the difference between a "striker" and a "center". Eastwood is the striker, while Ruud van Nistelrooy should be the centre-forward.

David Beckham once again played the ball into the box, and Ramos took on the role of centre-back this time as he jumped up to head the ball out.

The second drop point was taken by the Foresters.

Van der Vaart gave the ball to Ribery, who drew attention on the flank. Bell plugged in at high speed. Diarra, who ran to the side to fill in the position, hesitated and chose to follow Bale back and let go of the defense against Ribery. Ribery took the opportunity to dribble sideways and shoot at goal.

Canava Roma blocks sideways.

But Ribery only made a false shot and distributed the ball to Van der Vaart in the middle.

Van der Vaart also fired a long-range shot, causing Heinze, a particularly agitated defender, to fall to the ground and tackle.

The ball had already rolled to the feet of David Beckham on the right.

It turned around and turned back.

As soon as Beckham got the ball, he caught the attention of two Real Madrid players. Marcelo blocked directly in front of him, while Sneijder was on the side to protect the middle.

Raphinha saw the ball on the right and did not hesitate to cut forward, he attracted Marcelo's attention, but Marcelo followed and retreated, and Sneijder came over to fill in the position.

Just as Sneijder came up for a steal, Beckham passed the ball. It wasn't a direct high ball diagonally into the penalty area, but a straight shot!

It wasn't passed to Raphinha on the right, but to Sneijder's back - George. Wood!

That's right, George. Wood cut into the open and received a pass from David Beckham.

"George. Wood! He appeared in the ribs of the Real Madrid defence! ”

Wood didn't pass the ball after receiving it, didn't continue to carry forward, he suddenly got up and shot hard!

The ball flew straight into the near corner of the goal like a cannonball.

George. Wood rarely shoots with such a decisive kick, and Casillas just slaps the ball out in a hurry, and then doesn't pounce on the bottom line. Because Wood's shot was a little out-spin...... Maybe he was about to cross and it turned into a shot...... The ball was pounced on by Casillas, but it bounced towards goal.

This scene shocked countless people in the stands of the Bernabeu to exclaim.

Ruud van Nistelrooy bursts out of the crowd and heads home!

The ball flew towards the goal, but it was kicked out by Ramos, who was rushing back in front of the goal line, and the ball flew outside the box, and the second landing point was still won by Nottingham Forest. Van der Vaart shot straight at goal, but it went wide. The soccer ball grabs the turf and turns to the left. If no one stops it, the ball will roll off the line like this, and it will be just a false alarm...... A leg suddenly stretched out in the crowd and intercepted the ball steadily!

"Frank. Ribery! He stopped the ball! The narrator exclaimed.

Casillas' reaction was really fast, and as soon as he landed, he jumped up from the hand and pounced into the back corner, intending to grace the Forest's attack.

Ribery, who intercepted the ball, did not hesitate at all, turned and slammed his foot and pumped the ball towards the goal on the spot...... At the same time, Casillas took to the air and pounced on the football.

He was half a beat slower...... The ball flew over before he could reach it, straight into the net!

"The ball went inβ€”"

With the narrator's chanting, the Bernabeu suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Just nine minutes and eighteen seconds into the game, Real Madrid's gate was lost.

The arrogant Real Madrid people couldn't accept it for a while.

"This defense sucks!" Schuster, who was sitting in the coach's box, slapped his face angrily and complained to the assistant coach next to him. 'I needed centre-backs and they gave me a Robben ...... who couldn't play.

Franck Ribery celebrated the goal. Schuster's brow furrowed more and more. He thought of recent rumours that when the season was over, when he still needed defenders, would Mijatovic bring him another Ribery?

Tony. Don was celebrating the lead, and he was the same, only soon he lowered his raised arms. Because he just turned around and saw the rostrum above the stands. Like Schuster, he thought of the recent rumors. Will Franck Franck Ribery's performance in front of Real Madrid's president further spur them into the wall?

At the end of the season, I'm afraid he won't have any vacations to speak of......

(To be continued)