Four Hundred and Twelve Decisive Battles!
In the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Hamburg and Real Madrid, when the game reached 57 minutes, Real Madrid took the lead in completing the substitution!
Higuain came on to replace Di Maria.
Di Maria's performance today is not outstanding. It can be said that the gap is too big compared to the first round, but it is still good compared to Ozil, but Mourinho does not have a suitable candidate for a midfield substitution, otherwise Ozil must also be replaced.
After completing the substitutions, Real Madrid has undergone certain changes in the technical and tactical system, and Ozil's position is more on the right side of the frontcourt.
Modern attacking midfielders can actually play left, center and right in the frontcourt, because they require a wide range of activities.
Real Madrid's style of play has also changed after the substitution.
In the 60th minute of the game, Real Madrid launched a fast break from the left. The threat of Marcelo's assist was clear at a glance. It is no exaggeration to say that it is difficult to say who is the world's number one left back, but Marcelo is definitely in the top three .
After Marcelo assisted to the frontcourt, he received a pass from Alonso. When he was about to complete the cooperation with C Ronaldo, Marcelo sent a cross from the side. Higuain, who had just played, hit the front of the penalty area. Although he was defended by Matuidi, Higuain almost had an absolute advantage in confrontation and air superiority confrontation!
He headed straight into the ball and forced a great save from Keylor Navas!
After Navas saved the ball from the bottom line, Real Madrid's corner kick attack formed a continuous attack. This time it was a header from Khedira. Although the top was missed, it also brought a certain threat to Hamburg's goal.
Three minutes later, Hamburg's frontcourt attack finally formed a long-range shot. De Bruyne's long-range shot was too right and was directly confiscated by Casillas.
Real Madrid launched a fast break from the goalkeeper, Arbeloa made a long pass from the backcourt, Benzema drove Van Dijk to follow up the defense, but Van Dijk did not dare to stay too far away from the defense line, because Ronaldo had an inside threat, and The existence of Higuain made Van Dijk afraid that the defense would be passive!
This is the most intuitive change brought about by Mourinho's substitution, which to a certain extent has hindered Hamburg's defense!
In the retreat, Benzema easily suppressed Kanter and completed the header ferry. Ozil followed up on the wing and then kicked the ball to the left side of the penalty area.
What Van Dijk worried about still happened!
Azpilicueta can't stop Ronaldo, who is quick and quick, in his defense.
The Portuguese superstar took the lead when Boateng rushed to fight and flew the header to the back of the goal!
Boateng could only look helplessly at the football passing overhead in the sky.
Higuain went forward to grab the goal and then clicked. Matuidi's return defense is obviously far away and difficult to save near fire!
Real Madrid fans are full of expectations. C Ronaldo's header ferry can form an excellent chance to attack. It can be said that as long as Higuain hits the ball, he will face an empty goal!
Higuain also quickly rushed to the back of the goal, and it seemed that he would not miss this golden opportunity!
At the critical moment, Navas reached out and touched the football slightly in time, causing the football to change direction slightly, but it made Higuain head empty!
"Wow! Navas touched the football with his fingertips this time and saved a goal!
No one doubts that if Higuain hits the ball, then Real Madrid will definitely be able to get another goal back!
But Navas refused this scene to happen!
C Ronaldo's header ferry has done his best,
What a pity, what a pity! "
All the Hamburg fans were amazed. They didn't expect that their team's defense seemed to plummet in an instant, and Real Madrid could pose a threat no matter how they played!
Situ Yunbing had a solemn look on his face.
Without his psychological harassment before the semi-finals, if Real Madrid hadn't slammed Barcelona to the final stage in the league, Mourinho might have had sufficient time and energy to develop more targeted tactics.
In fact, the weakness of Hamburg does not seem obvious, and it will be easily exposed only in actual combat.
That is their air defense capability, which is actually very average!
Ordinary opponents basically can't play out this weakness in the game!
Because Hamburg controls the ball, most opponents can only play defensive counterattacks.
And it seems that Hamburg's air defense is not weak. How could the central defender combination composed of Boateng and Van Dijk be destroyed by air strikes?
But the reality is that the two of them can't cover the entire restricted area, nor can they support the air defense capability of the entire defense line!
The biggest reason why Barcelona failed to exploit the weakness of Hamburg is that Barcelona is not good at air strikes!
But in a team like Real Madrid, when Ronaldo, Benzema, and Higuain are on the field at the same time, Van Dijk and Boateng may not be able to win one-on-one, let alone two defenses and three defenses?
Other defensive players are basically not strong in air defense. In the most critical defensive position, Kanter is an intercepting type, not a traditional midfielder like Vieira who almost contributes a lot in all aspects of defense.
In the final analysis, if Real Madrid can abandon their own style of play from the beginning and use more targeted tactics, then Hamburg may be in a difficult battle from the first round.
Now the situation is forcing Real Madrid to explore the most threatening style of play for Hamburg, but there is not much time left for them now!
Now begins the real decisive battle.
Situ Yunbing has no intention of changing players to strengthen his defense. The time factor forces him to wait!
In the 67th minute of the game, when Royce encountered Arbeloa on the left side of the front court, he chose to play a pass and cut with Rakitic, who was inserted in the back, but Arbeloa returned to the defense and followed up quickly. Very tight, Royce's strong burst failed and only got a throw-in ball.
Real Madrid's defense in the backcourt was fierce and active. After Khedira completed the steal, he quickly passed the ball diagonally to the left. Marcelo pushed the offensive from the left of the backcourt to the dangerous zone in the frontcourt. When helping to defend the wing, he passed the ball diagonally to Benzema, who retreated in the center to respond, and the latter passed the ball diagonally to Higuain, who was in front of the penalty area to the right.
The small smoker Higuain took advantage of the situation and directly accelerated to force Boateng. The captain of Hamburg was really caught off guard. He failed to completely block the angle during his quick return to defense. Ronaldo quickly followed up and responded from the far end, but Higuain chose to force himself. Take a shot!
This shot was very powerful, but unfortunately the angle was too straight. Navas moved a step in front of the goal line and hugged the ball.
C Ronaldo spread his hands to Higuain on the left side of the penalty area to indicate that there is enough space in front of him. If he passes the ball, he can hit the empty goal!
Higuain was expressionless.
Situ Yunbing secretly thought it was a fluke!
If this ball is changed to Aubameyang or other Hamburg forwards, he will definitely pass the ball!
Higuain's situation in Real Madrid is embarrassing, but if he can be more comfortable, he may be able to relax more, and he doesn't have to be too demanding to prove himself to the outside world!
After the successful defense of Hamburg, Navas quickly rushed forward with the football, came to the penalty area line and threw the ball vigorously to the right of the midfield.
Aubameyang responded here, and noticed that Alonso was pressing against the falling football. He knocked the ball back to De Bruyne, then quickly turned and ran forward!
Although Alonso returned to defense immediately, he was obviously not Aubameyang's opponent in terms of speed!
De Bruyne stopped the ball on the spot and then sent a through ball on the spot. The goal is naturally to find Aubameyang!
Marcelo's assist has not come back yet, this is the opportunity that Hamburg used to counterattack!
Situ Yunbing has a calm demeanor but his eyes are extraordinarily sharp!
He is not afraid that Real Madrid will find Hamburg's weakness, the key is whether Hamburg can seize the opportunity exposed by the opponent!
When Aubameyang continued to advance in the dangerous area of the frontcourt, Albiol made a very bad decision. He came to the top corner of the penalty area to block Aubameyang!
But Aubameyang, who has already rushed up in speed, is almost unstoppable!
Aubameyang had a dribbling rhythm change when he was two meters in front of Albiol. After a pause, he suddenly strode the ball into the right rib of the penalty area!
Albiol wanted to reach out for a foul when he turned around, but it was too late!
When Aubameyang passed one meter away from him, Albiol was a little messy and overwhelmed!
Ramos could only choose to rush to intercept Aubameyang, and Arbeloa quickly followed up to defend Royce who cut inside, but Aubameyang knocked the ball back diagonally to find Griezmann in front of the baseline , Khedira lost Griezmann!
The French striker took the initiative to run to meet, Ramos immediately turned around and rushed towards Griezmann. When Griezmann made a gesture to shoot, Ramos jumped forward to block the opponent's shot with his body!
But Griezmann dunked the ball horizontally at his feet and then pushed the ball forward!
Ramos was stunned, but he also expected Casillas to make a world-class save!
Griezmann's fake shot really dunked people and won the applause of the Hamburg fans, but the fans were still depressed, because this is really a critical moment!
Griezmann was already less than 10 yards from the goal, and when Casillas rushed towards him, he kicked and shot!
Casillas made a save subconsciously, but it was still slow!
After the football rolled past his left foot, he turned his head and looked towards the lower right corner of the goal, only to see the football rubbing against the inside of the post and rolling into the goal!
Griezmann immediately turned around and rushed to the sidelines, changing his relaxed posture after scoring a goal in the past, and replaced it with a passionate roar!
The People's Park stadium suddenly boiled, and earth-shattering cheers resounded in all directions!
Situ Yunbing also vented his inner depression through wild roars!
Real Madrid really brought a lot of pressure after changing their tactics. You must know that the opponent only needs to score two goals to equalize the total score!
Now, Hamburg has almost killed Real Madrid!