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"Welcome to the Santiago Bernabeu in the 2006/2007 season, the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout round, Real Madrid at home to Roma!"

At the crowded Bernabeu Stadium, the on-site commentator loudly made an opening remark into the microphone. &*．． Fastest Update**

"Today's game is about whether Real Madrid can break through the last-16 curse, just yesterday, Barcelona lost 0:2 to Liverpool at Anfield, and suffered a heavy defeat to the Premier League giants with an aggregate score of 5:1, which shocked the whole European football world."

"There is not much suspense about the matchup between Valencia and Inter Milan in the other match tonight against Roma, the Nerazzurri beat Valencia 2-0 at home, and it will be difficult for the Bat Army to complete such a big comeback at home, because Inter Milan have been greatly improved this season."

"That is to say, the only La Liga team with more suspense at present is Real Madrid, but on the contrary, this team has defended the round of 16 in a row in the past few years, which makes it difficult to trust them, and Yang Cheng's team has been in a slump in the past period of time and has suffered a serious crisis of confidence."

"Now, in order to better introduce this game, we have specially invited the editor-in-chief of our most popular newspaper in Spain, Alfredo? Mr. Lerano is here to be our guest commentator, Alfredo, hello! ”

"Hello everyone!" Alfredo smiled at the camera, "I'm honored to be able to comment on this game because to be honest, I'm looking forward to it. ”

"Why?" The on-site narrator thought it was strange.

"A feeling!" "I've been playing football for many years, you know when I was a journalist, I worked in Marca, Le Monde Sports, Footballer of the Year, El País, and then I worked for Radio Celta, and then I worked as a commentator and presenter on the Canal+ pay channel......"

The on-site narrator smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's like we, the latecomers, all regard you as our goal!" ”

Alfredo shook his head modestly, "I started as editor-in-chief of the newspaper in 186, I have been working in football for decades, I have been following football for even longer, so I have always had the feeling that evaluating a team is sometimes the same as evaluating a player's talent and potential, in addition to looking at his best side, but also looking at his worst side. ”

"The reason why Barcelona is strong is because they can beat you when they are good, but when they are not good, they still have a way to knock you down, you can't do anything with them, this is a strong team, and Yang Cheng has been building and leading this kind of strong team for a long time in the past."

"Kaiserslautern, Inter Milan, Liverpool, each of them is a top team in the Europa, and each of them is the kind of convincing team, so I have always felt that the evaluation of this Real Madrid cannot simply be based on league points, the relationship between wins and losses, etc., but to look at his worst side."

"Is that now?" The on-site narrator asked.

Alfredo nodded, "Yes, how so?" Now Real Madrid have reached the edge of the cliff, and if they retreat, they will fall. ”

"Everyone knows that every strong team will have a breath, no matter how bad their performance is or how difficult the game is, but this spirit will always be there, and then it will explode at the most critical moment, and then it will soar into the sky, so all those great reversals in football history have been produced in this way."

"Of course, I don't think Real Madrid can still hope to win the La Liga title this season because they are too far behind, but I think Yang Cheng's team will play the next two games, tonight against Roma and three days later away against Barcelona, if these two games can't break out, it will prove that they don't have this in their hearts." …,

After a pause, Alfredo said very seriously: "Then this is a pseudo-strong team, then I think Yang Cheng should consider resigning, because he has not brought any substantial changes to Real Madrid in the past half of the season." ”

"But you have always been a staunch supporter of Yang Cheng!" Said the on-site commentator.

"Yes, I've always supported him, and I don't think it's important whether he has a title or not, it's important that he has to show everyone the temperament of a strong team, which proves that Real Madrid has made substantial progress in his hands, because you know that temperament is sometimes more valuable than a title."

"The most obvious is Liverpool, I think Yang Cheng's greatest contribution to Liverpool is that Istanbul miracle, which will definitely become the brightest page in Liverpool's history, and it is also from that game that Yang Cheng recast Liverpool's soul and temperament, which will make Liverpool forever."

"And I suggested that Yang Cheng resign, not because I don't think he can be qualified for Real Madrid, in fact, he can succeed in any team in the world, but not necessarily the current Real Madrid, because this team is too chaotic."

As Alfredo spoke, the on-site commentator got the line-up of players from both sides, and the live TV camera could also see that the players of both teams appeared at the entrance of the players' tunnel, preparing to come out.

"Roma's line-up for this game is the same as when they were at the Stadio Olimpic, and they still play 4231, which is similar to Real Madrid's formation, with Doni in goal, Tonetto, Kufuor, Mexes and Cassetti in the back, De Rossi and Aquilani in the back, Mancini Jr., Totti and Wilhelmsson in the three forwards, and Vucinic as the single striker."

After listening to the on-site commentator's analysis of Roma's main lineup, Alfredo highlighted Aquilani.

"I think one of the things that Real Madrid did very poorly at the Stadio Olimpico was not putting enough pressure on Aquilani, De La Red was too attack-oriented, Xavi? Alonso was clearly unable to contain Roma's midfield alone, giving Aquilani too much of a relaxed organisational environment, a mistake made by Real Madrid when defending in midfield. ”

"The Italian midfielder is known as the new Pirlo, he, like Pirlo, used to play in the front midfield, and then changed to play in the back, and performed very well, and because of this, Roma with his midfield core is known as the civilian version of Inter Milan, Spalletti has also admitted more than once that he borrowed Yang Cheng's team building ideas when he formed Rome."

After listening to this, the on-site commentator shook his head and smiled, "But what's interesting is that now this imitator may push the genuine version off the cliff, and in the first round of the game, Xavi, who was praised by Yang Cheng as not losing to Pirlo?" Alonso lost face in front of the civilian Pirlo. ”

"I believe that with Yang Cheng's tactical quality, the second leg will definitely not make the mistakes of the first leg, and the return of Mascherano will also make Real Madrid's back force again, and the Argentine midfielder is definitely the most underrated member of the Real Madrid team."

"Like Makelele back then?" The on-site narrator asked.

Alfredo shook his head, "No, he may not be as good as Makelele now, but his role in this team is greater than Makelelele, and I always feel that Yang Cheng's Real Madrid lineup still has great flaws, in short, I prefer to believe that this is a half-finished Real Madrid." ”

As he was talking, he saw that under the leadership of Slovakia referee Michel, the players of the two teams slowly walked out of the player tunnel.

It was Real Madrid who wore the white shirt at home and Roma wore the red shirt, because Roma have a white away shirt this season, so they play in the home shirt. …,

When the fans of the two teams entered, an interesting thing happened in the stands, that is, when Yang Cheng walked out of the players' tunnel and met with Spalletti in front of the players' tunnel, shook hands and talked, many Real Madrid fans in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium booed him in unison.

But there are still a lot of Real Madrid fans who sang the song "Hala, Caesar!" , trying to cover up the boos, but as Real Madrid lost the Copa del Rey and the league title, more and more fans took a silent attitude.

In the boos of the fans, Yang Cheng was like a lonely desert traveler, facing the wind and sand, moving forward with difficulty, coming to the front of the home team's coach's seat to stand still, no matter what happened, no matter what the situation encountered, he had no idea of sitting back and dodging.

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Roma, who were the first to get the kick-off, did not be polite to Real Madrid.

Spalletti really felt that the score of 2:1 could not reassure him, so he still wanted to start a strong attack at the Bernabeu Stadium, preferably to suppress Real Madrid directly at the beginning of the game, if he could score, it would be even more perfect, no matter how bad, it could also disrupt Real Madrid's rhythm.

That's what they did at the Stadio Olimpic.

Just one minute into the game, Aquilani cut forward once, received a pass from Totti, and after combining with Vucinic, he suddenly shot from distance.

The Italian midfielder, who is known for his long-range shots, was hard and powerful, but the sudden shot was a little too far and missed the left post, and the gap was still huge.

But this shot also made the Real Madrid fans in the stands break out in a cold sweat, feeling that Real Madrid's defense was too scummy.

"Mascherano and Xavi? Alonso should have protected in the 32-meter area at this time, but they obviously didn't show up in position, could it be that Yang Cheng had a special arrangement for this game? ”

I saw Yang Cheng when he was preparing for the goal kick, towards Xavi on the field? Alonso made some gestures, as if to remind him that he had just stretched too far away from the backline, Xavi? Alonso nodded his head before turning to his partner Mascherano.

Yang Cheng finished talking about Harvey? Alonso then pointed at Cannavaro again, and made a gesture towards him with his right hand that seemed to stir his wings, but also like to make him move forward, and at the same time asked him to talk to Xavi more? Alonso and Mascherano communicate to keep the link between the backline and the midfield.

The goal kick was sent out quickly, but it didn't take long for it to fall at the feet of Roma again, and soon, Roma launched another wave of attacks, this time they advanced to Real Madrid's half through a small midfield cooperation, but because Aquilani was intercepted by Mascherano when he advanced with the ball, the ball was passed back, causing Roma to send the ball into the Real Madrid half, Real Madrid's backline has been organized.

As a last resort, Totti's hurried long-range shot from 31 meters in front of the goal was once again wide of the goal, and another wave of Roma's attack ended in a long-range shot after entering Real Madrid's half.

It would have been nothing if it had only been the first two times, but in the first minute, Roma attacked Real Madrid's half again, and after a small combination in midfield, Vucinic got the ball with his back to Cannavaro.

Although the Serbian striker is tall, his best skills are indeed good, his feet are very fine, and if he talks purely about technique, he will not lose to Ibrahimovic, so when he took the ball with his back and leaned on Cannavaro, he turned around flexibly and flashed to the left side of Cannavaro, and when he was still about 25 meters away from the Real Madrid goal, he directly volleyed.

The shot was even more outrageous than Aquilani and Totti's previous shots, and he even turned it into an anti-aircraft gun, and it was Roma's third long-range shot. …,

"Real Madrid's defence moved forward a lot since the start, at least more than usual...... 5-10 meters. Alfredo frowned and said that because according to Roma's attack, the distance between the front and back of the Real Madrid defense is not fixed, but the position is higher than usual is certain.

The live TV camera was given to Yang Cheng on the sidelines, and he still seemed to be dissatisfied, and motioned for Cannavaro to push forward.

"Is he going to do this?" The on-site commentators were puzzled.

As Yang Cheng adjusted the defence and the back line, Roma had another chance to shoot from distance in the 13th minute, this time it was Vucinic who took the ball with his back and passed it back to De Rossi.

The Roma player, another Red Wolves player after Totti, picked up the ball and adjusted a little, taking his foot directly from the area 27 meters in front of goal, but the shot was collected by Arbeloa after hitting Ramos, and then passed back to Casillas behind him.

It can be clearly seen from the live TV footage that there is a large gap between Real Madrid's backline and Casillas, and it is obvious that this is a conscious move of Real Madrid in this game.

"Real Madrid's defence moved forward, Xavi? The double back of Alonso and Mascherano has had a huge impact on Roma's midfield, especially Mascherano, the Argentine's sweeping ability in the midfield has suppressed Roma's attack, the most obvious is that Roma's counterattack is not fast after the ball is broken. ”

In the case of the defensive line moving forward and the double back waist also moving forward, the space for Roma midfielders to get the ball will become smaller, and this group of players who are known as Roma with good skills, their skills are in Serie A and come to La Liga, it is difficult to say how many advantages there are, especially in this limited pass success rate.

"How do you feel like the Roman attack is in a hurry!" The on-site commentator was also puzzled, "You see, Spalletti was shouting at the players on the sidelines, it seemed to tell them not to be in such a hurry, after the opening four long-range shots, none of them were on target, almost all of them were suppressed and hurriedly got up. ”

Alfredo nodded, "It can also be seen that the mentality of Roma players is more impatient, they are in a hurry at the beginning, but after the midfield is disturbed and suppressed, the attack loses speed, and the offensive threat is small, you know, the most important thing to play speed in the attack is at the moment when the attack and defense are converted, but now Real Madrid is doing a good job in this regard." ”

This should also be regarded as an obvious change brought by Yang Cheng to the team, the offensive and defensive transitions are faster and more stable, which makes the team's defensive quality improved.

"But it's not without risk, after all, Real Madrid moved the defense forward so far forward, the gap behind them is big, once the ball is passed by Roma, it is enough to form a lethal threat."

Almost immediately following Alfredo's words, Roma suddenly changed the direction of attack, Aquilani moved the ball to the right and handed it to the Swedish winger Willemsson, who joined from Nantes in Ligue 1 during the winter break, who picked up the ball close to the right and faced Marcelo's up-and-coming scramble, suddenly smashed the ball past Marcelo in front of him.

Williamson's technique is very delicate and weird, and he is very fast, and after deducting Marcelo, he slashes diagonally along the penalty area, while Cannavaro leans over and defends against him.

But just as he was about to enter the penalty area, Williamsson suddenly made a sudden stop and dodged Cannavaro, who couldn't stop and rushed into the penalty area, while Williamsson distributed the ball to the middle of the edge of the penalty area.

Vucinic stepped in the back row, leaned on Ramos with his body, met the ball coming from the right, picked up his right foot, and directly volleyed.

The ball flew out from Vucinic's feet and slid through a trajectory, the angle and strength were well controlled by him, but just as the ball was almost about to drill into the top left corner of the goal, as Vucinic expected, it was suddenly dragged off the crossbar by a hand reaching out from underneath. "Oh my God, it's Casillas!" ”

'A very good save as Casillas saved the most dangerous shot of Roma's opening kick-off!'

Casillas pointed at Ramos after saving Vucinic's shot, apparently accusing his team-mate of not standing in front of Vucinic after Cannavaro had made up for it, but instead giving him the chance to get the ball and shoot in stride.

Ramos didn't defend either, with his head down, and walked into the box, ready to defend Roma's corner.

Totti's corner was driven into the middle of the box and Casillas leaped high to pick it up.

There was a cheer of Casillas from the stands at Real Madrid, and it was clear that the team was very happy with both performances of San Cassie.

"As I said before, although the forward defense can suppress Roma's midfield, it will also leave a lot of space for the opponent to counterattack, Cannavaro has already lived up to the courage of the year, Ramos is frizzy, in this case to play the defense forward, Yang Cheng is making a big gamble."

"It's a big gamble that could turn him around the season, but it could also send him and his Real Madrid to hell altogether!" Alfredo even felt a little frightened.

Ask yourself, in the current situation, to formulate such tactics and play such football, he thinks he can't do it, because this is a risk, if he loses, it will definitely make Yang Cheng the object of scolding and even cursing by all Real Madrid fans!

This kind of game is generally the result of two extremes, heaven or hell!