Chapter 173: The Last Moment
The equaliser at this time is very good news for Bayer Leverkusen, as it will allow them to ease their current attacking intensity. The current style of play on the field, after all, is not a long-term solution, which will consume a lot of body and is easy to be counterattacked by Real Madrid. Bayer Leverkusen's players excitedly pounced on Ray and crushed him to the ground.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, was a little dumbfounded, they were no strangers to Lao Lei's way of scoring goals, and their old teammate McManaman had also scored such a stunning goal. Also in the Champions League final, in 2000, when Real Madrid played Valencia, McManaman also scored a goal in this way. Coincidentally, the place and method of scoring are very similar to Lao Lei's goal, which is no wonder the Real Madrid players were surprised. Of course, the most surprising estimate is McManaman himself, who was gradually discharged from the main lineup, and was reminded of his memories of the past eventful years by a goal like Lao Lei. This made him can't help but raise a strong fighting spirit, although it is said that since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world, but who wants to admit that they are old. Whether Lian Po is still old enough to eat is a question that all those who are about to leave the field do not want to face.
At this time, the game is already in the 65th minute, and the remaining 25 minutes will be the final battle time between the two teams. After the game restarted, the Leverkusen players also suppressed the excitement of the equalizer and waited for Real Madrid's attack. After the start of the second half, after such a long attack, Bayer Leverkusen's players needed some breathing time. So at this time, it is naturally Real Madrid's turn to grasp the initiative of the attack.
At this time, Zidane and McManaman in the Real Madrid team became the two most active. If it is said. If McManaman is doing this to prove that he is not old, then Zidane is really hungry for the Champions League title. The French superstar, nicknamed Zizou. In his life, he has already won the championship so he can win the championship, and he is short of the European championship of a club with weight. The defeat in the UEFA Cup final during the Bordeaux era, the two Champions League finals in the Juventus era, and the experience of being runners-up in Europe three times have made the world footballer of the year have an almost deformed desire for Champions League glory. It can be said that the biggest attraction of Zidane's arrival at Real Madrid is to come here to win the Champions League. In his first season here, he reached the Champions League final again, and the final Big Ears Cup was once again only one step away, and Zidane would not let go of such an opportunity again.
The pairing of McManaman and Zidane. Let Real Madrid have two top No. 10 players in the forward position, and Real Madrid's offensive suddenly became fierce. No matter how powerful Lao Lei's devil muscles are, he can only let him stare at one person, and he can't take care of two people. In the 70th minute of the second half, when the old ray was marking Zidane, McManaman faced Basturk to make a threat. McManaman is one of the few players in England who is technically good, and the physical strength of English players and their rough technique are not reflected in him. Face Basturk. His right foot kept flicking the ball at his feet, trying to shake Basturk's center of gravity. Although Basturk stabilized his center of gravity, McManaman also took the plan and directly picked it up. Got the ball into the box.
At this time, Morientes played his role as the fulcrum of the penalty area, forcing a header in front of Zivkovic and rubbing back. Got the ball at the feet of Raul at the back point. Raul stretched out his left foot and volleyed in front of the ball. Immediately after that, the right foot is about to shoot. At this time, Lucio, who was shaken by Raul's smash, was unable to reverse his center of gravity. After forcing it to finish, he lifted his left foot and was lucky to touch Raul's shot with his calf. With such a narrow angle of shot, the shot is often just a fraction of a second. Raul's shot flew straight off the far post and Real Madrid won just one corner.
Real Madrid's attack shocked Leverkusen into a cold sweat. However, for such a situation, Topmuller has no way, for such a Real Madrid attack line, it is impossible to completely limit them, and can only try to do their best. After the corner kick, Leverkusen's side still steadily resolved Real Madrid's attack, but this was only the beginning, Real Madrid's offensive began to become more and more sharp.
In the 76th minute of the second half, the deadlock was finally broken again. Bayer Leverkusen's long pass counter-attacked was blocked again by Makelele in front, and the ball at Ballack's feet was once again poked off by Makellele. Ballack, the core of Leverkusen in this game, was limited enough by Makelelele, but fortunately he helped Lao Lei attract a lot of defensive attention, otherwise Lao Lei's appearance would not be so good.
The football once again came to the feet of Zidane in the front court, facing Lao Lei, this time Zidane chose to come by himself. Zidane is Lao Lei's old opponent, whether it is a systematic game or a real game, he knows Zidane Lao Lei very well. For Zidane's simple, practical, but smooth, with calm and elegant ball control skills, no matter how many times he has seen it, Lao Lei is very admired, at least the current Lao Lei is incomparable. Zidane's breakthrough focuses on rhythm, and in fast games, Zidane can calmly control the tempo, which is his talent. Defenders are often overwhelmed by his natural rhythm and thus broken through.
This time in the face of Lao Lei, Zidane controlled the football between his feet, and then kept making feints to touch the ball, but in fact, the football stopped in place and did not move. Suddenly, he increased the pace of his movements, and the whole person moved to the left, which made Lao Lei finally follow. In reality, however, Zidane's right foot did not touch the ball, but from above it. Then suddenly the outside of the right foot flicked, and the whole person began to start to the right, and the old Lei who was deceived into opening the center of gravity was actually a step slower. Lao Lei gritted his teeth, and with the help of the devil's muscles, he forcibly reversed his center of gravity and chased after him, regardless of the danger of ankle injury that ordinary people were afraid of. However, it was at this point that Zidane once again performed his housekeeping stunt, an elegant Marseille slalom, changed his direction again, and returned to the left trajectory. This time Rao is a devil muscleman, and Lao Lei has no choice, after all, the devil muscleman can't change the structure of his body, or let him ignore the physical laws discovered by Newton, and he was stumbled by Zidane.
After finally getting through the old Lei's defense, Zidane took the football and faced directly at Bayer Leverkusen's back line. In the face of Lucio, he first accelerated and made a gesture directly into the Leverkusen penalty area. As the last line of defense in front of the goalkeeper, Lucio also had to follow him, and a big stride blocked in front of Zidane in time. At this time, Zidane stopped again, turned around and stepped on the football, looking like he was about to knock back, ending the breakthrough. However, at this moment, Zidane's right heel suddenly slammed back against the football, sending the ball between Lucio's feet into the penalty area, and Morientes was already in place. Faced with such a superb opportunity to face the goalkeeper directly, Morientes did not let go, and a cool low shot drilled past Bute's wicket and into the goal behind him.
This goal made the white sea on the scene agitate again, and the advantage returned to Real Madrid's side again. Lao Lei looked at Zidane who was celebrating with his teammates helplessly, and I have to say that he dared to play such a trick at such a time, in such a place, and under such circumstances, and this heart is really big enough. Faced with this conceded goal, the Leverkusen players were silent for a while, and then silently returned to their positions and waited for the game to restart. In them, what Lao Lei saw was not despair, but a beast that was about to die and pounce on the death, to survive. What's more, with more than 10 minutes left, the disadvantage of conceding a goal has not yet reached the point where Leverkusen can surrender, after all, the German team has always been known for being able to overturn the dribble and play against the wind.
But I have to say that now it's time to fight to the death. At this time, Bayer Leverkusen coach Topmüller showed his crazy and brave side on the sidelines, and he used up his last two substitutions at once. Zivkovic and Sebezen, who were replaced by Babic and Kirsten, continued to strengthen Leverkusen's attacking firepower. He played Bayer Leverkusen's final hole card, and victory or defeat will soon be decided.
Such a substitution is undoubtedly a clear signal for everyone, and this is the final decisive battle. As for Real Madrid, Bosque did not make personnel changes, but instructed the team's line to retreat. In the next 10 minutes or so, Real Madrid will devote more energy to defending than attacking, which is a strategy to seek stability. However, Bayer Leverkusen is happy to do the same, and they can attack more brazenly.
With a bloody force, Bayer Leverkusen's players burst out of their last physique. In the 80th minute, Lao Lei made a long pass of the football directly into the penalty area, and Berbatov desperately pressed it, allowing him and Cesar to collide fiercely. This collision caused Cesar to directly injure his hip bone and unable to continue the game, so Real Madrid had to replace a young player in such a scene, Casillas.
Perhaps the rest of the Bayer Leverkusen personnel will be happy with the news, but a young goalkeeper is the least reliable. However, Lao Lei did not have the slightest sense of joy, he was already very familiar with Casillas, this young goalkeeper is not ordinary.
In the 84th minute, Burdaric again passed the football into the penalty area, this time Ballack and Hierro collided directly, and both fell to the ground, but they were not injured, only hard. In the 86th minute, Lucio assisted to the edge of the penalty area, and after receiving a direct plug from Lao Lei, he fired a low shot and was firmly pressed under Casillas. In the 87th minute, Ballack's long-range shot from the edge of the box was again saved by Casillas. In the 88th minute, Real Madrid counter-attacked, and Morientes' shot from inside the box went wide of the post.
At this time, the battle on the field is scorching, heaven or hell, this is a choice.
In Lao Lei's eyes at this time, only the door of Real Madrid remained. (To be continued......)