Chapter 964: To add insult to injury

When Florentino saw Sneijder's celebration, he really couldn't laugh from the podium.

He's not stupid, he knows what Sneijder's celebratory gesture means - it's for himself!

Fasim, next to him, was cheering for Sneijder's goal.

This made Florentino even more uncomfortable.

When he sold Sneijder to Manchester City, he thought that he had finally shaken off a baggage.

As a result, this burden dealt itself a heavy blow......

If Real Madrid lose at home to Manchester City, it will be a disaster for themselves and the team.

Halfway through the group stage, Real Madrid only got a point, how can they fight for the top spot in the group?

Not to mention the first place in the group...... Damn, it's getting hard to even qualify from the group!

But he didn't regret letting Sneijder go.

He is convinced that his decision must be the right one.

He's just a little upset now because he was slapped in the face by Sneijder......

※※※

Sneijder's goal gave City the lead, and when the game restarted, there were boos at the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time when Real Madrid picked up the ball.

It's not big, it's sporadic though.

But Rongguang is no stranger to such situations.

After hearing the boos, he looked straight up at the stands.

It's a familiar recipe, a familiar taste......

Real Madrid fans are running out of patience.

Then let's work harder and let them let go of their unrealistic fantasies completely!

With three consecutive wins in the group stage, Manchester City not only wants to qualify from the group, but also to be the first in the group!

※※※

The first half ended with a score of 2:1, and Manchester City, who were playing away, temporarily took the lead.

However, the morale of the Real Madrid players was very low, and when they left the field, they all bowed their heads and walked in a hurry, while the stands rang out to boo them, which was louder than in the game, fully expressing the dissatisfaction of the Real Madrid fans.

Sneijder looked up when he heard the boos, and he saw that in the stands, there were even Real Madrid fans waving white handkerchiefs.

At this moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder, and it was glory.

He turned his head to look over, and Glory smiled at him.

"Let's go."

Sneijder nodded, and followed Glory into the hallway, leaving the boos and white handkerchiefs behind.

※※※

At half-time, the atmosphere was a little more relaxed on Manchester City's side, and everyone now found that Real Madrid were a paper tiger, after beating Bayern Munich at home, they were full of confidence, and now Real Madrid did not cause them too much trouble, and they began to hope for something like beating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

This kind of thing, Manchester City didn't even dare to think about in the past.

Now, not only dare to think, but also do!

On the contrary, in the dressing room of Real Madrid, the atmosphere is a little eerie.

Manuel Pellegrini is giving his players the second half of the game.

“…… We can't play like we did in the second half, we have to do something! In the second half, the control against Sneijder had to be strengthened, and it was clear that he was the heart of City's midfield......"

He was talking, but not many people were listening.

Everyone seems to have their own mind.

Some people are desperate about the current situation, and they sit in their places with their heads bowed, silent, and can feel full of negative energy just by looking at him like this.

And some people have a good fighting spirit, but they don't listen to Pellegrini at all, they feel that they can handle the opponent with their own ability, and they don't need to listen to the nonsense of this unskilled manager.

"No level", this is what many Real Madrid players say about Pellegrini.

They felt that the manager had not been able to convince them of the fact that he had not yet been impressed.

Real Madrid is such a team, and the players who can play here are naturally world-class stars, which one is not a big name?

Since the players are big names, then the manager must also be big names, otherwise why would those big stars listen to you as a nobody?

That's why when Real Madrid officially announced Manuel Pellegrini as the team's manager, everyone was surprised.

It felt like an April Fool's joke.

There is no belief that Pellegrini will be successful, and no one believes that Pellegrini will be here for a long time, and everyone thinks that he is an over-coach. Because Real Madrid did not succeed in seducing Mourinho, they temporarily found such a person to make up the numbers, and once they got Mourinho, Pellegrini had to get out of the way and make room for Mourinho.

Such a head coach who started the countdown to the end of class at the beginning of his tenure...... It's actually quite sad.

Pellegrini himself knows this.

He's not blind, he can see exactly what the situation is in the locker room right now.

Everyone was not convinced of him.

In fact, when he received the olive branch thrown by Real Madrid, he was quite surprised, but he didn't expect that he would be valued by a giant like Real Madrid.

Just as any player dreams of playing for a big club like Real Madrid, any manager also aspires to be able to coach a big club like Real Madrid.

Pellegrini, who came from the grassroots in football, was valued by Real Madrid, like pie in the sky on his head.

He was ecstatic, full of ambition and full of spirit. I'm going to make a big splash at Real Madrid.

But he soon discovers that things are not as rosy as he thought.

After coming to Real Madrid, almost no one listened to him, and some people respected him on the surface, but they didn't take him seriously at all.

Real Madrid's poor performance in the Champions League has something to do with this.

There are many factions among the players in the locker room, the situation is complicated, and he, the manager who is completely unconvincing, can't suppress the locker room at all, and the situation can only get worse and worse.

It stands to reason that this game is a life-and-death battle for him, and it should be for the players of Real Madrid. But Real Madrid's team has been divided when it was in trouble. One can imagine what the outcome of this match will be.

Manuel Pellegrini sighed, what a humiliating thing he did as a manager......

※※※

After the start of the second half, the two sides changed places and fought again.

City took advantage of the momentum of the first half and launched a fierce attack into Real Madrid's penalty area, looking as if the Bernabeu was their home turf.

After a fifteen-minute adjustment and rest at half-time, Real Madrid did not show any improvement.

The offense has no clue, and wherever it goes, it's basically all on their own.

Raul was very diligent and kept defending, but his active running did not have a positive effect. He's a center forward, but he often comes back to defend near his baseline, which is a positive look. But after he came back to defend, once Real Madrid wanted to attack, after quickly advancing to the front, he couldn't find a center, so how could Real Madrid's offense play?

So sometimes Raul, as the captain, actively returns to the defense, and what is not seen is a good thing.

But as captain, Raul's sense of responsibility did not allow him to be indifferent to the team's defense up front.

With Raul's age, it would be difficult for him to persevere in such a wide range of runs.

The result of this is that although he can occasionally help the team defend successfully, he is a center forward, his role is to score goals, and he cares too much about defense and puts the cart before the horse.

Defensively, Real Madrid's backline has always been shaky.

I have always complained in the past, saying that why Casillas is awesome, all of them were pitted by Real Madrid's defensive team.

I don't remember exactly when Real Madrid's backline began to become crippled, but for a long time, there was a saying: "Real Madrid's attack depends on Ronaldo, and Real Madrid's defense depends on Casillas." ”

Because he was forced by the defense team to make wonderful saves repeatedly, he was called "Saint-Igor".

Therefore, the defense of this Real Madrid team is not very good.

The offense is not strong, and the defense is too casual.

The fate of Real Madrid can be imagined......

※※※

In the 63rd minute, eighteen minutes into the second half, City launched an offensive attack, a series of passes that sent the ball to the edge of the box.

After Sneijder picked up the ball at the edge of the box, he pretended to shoot from distance, and the deceived Xavi Alonso came up to block it, but Sneijder just slammed it and shook Alonso away.

At the same time, the person he was waiting for arrived.

So without hesitation, one foot over the top picked up the pass!

Albiol, the centre-back, jumped up and tried to push the ball out with his head, but he missed it - he was still far from the ball!

Pepe turned to look back and saw Glory appear behind him like a bolt of lightning, and he reflexively raised his hand to signal that Glory was offside.

At this moment, Rongguang glanced back at the football, and then picked up his left foot as he ran.

“ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG――!!”

In the roar of the commentator's elongated voice, Glory's left leg swung out, and his straight instep kicked the football!

The football that Sneijder picked up was pumped directly into the goal by Glory!

Near the penalty spot, Glory fired a powerful volley and Casillas was able to make a great save, but his save didn't touch the ball at all......

The ball flew over his head into the goal before he jumped up with both hands, but it was too late......

With such a powerful volley at such a close range, it is almost impossible for anyone to stop it!

Everyone was stunned.

Manchester City actually lead Real Madrid by two goals away from home!

Such a picture, I believe those Real Madrid fans did not expect it before the game, otherwise they would not be silent now!