Chapter 503 An Unprecedented Shame!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"
The iconic shout of Jose Maria is so sexy and charming, but I believe that at this moment, in the ears of countless Real Madrid fans, this shout is full of cruelty, because it was not Real Madrid that scored the goal, but the opponent.
Florentino was so nervous that he couldn't help but stand up from his seat after seeing Gareth Bale forcefully break through Ramos and Pepe on the left, and when he saw Messi's light lob shot and broke through Casillas' goal, he sat back weakly, with a helpless look on his face, but his expression was full of complexity.
Perhaps, it is difficult to say whether he is happy or unhappy now.
"Juande Ramos is too anxious. He obviously lacks experience in the Champions League. You know, nine consecutive league wins and the Champions League are two completely different levels of competition. Can he look at Tottenham Hotspur with the level of other La Liga teams now?" Valdano shook his head and complained.
Such tactics should not be used to play against a team like Tottenham Hotspur. Although Real Madrid is now awesome, there are actually huge problems in personnel allocation. At least the 442 tactics are completely incompatible with the current football environment, and there is a lack of effective means of advancement in the middle of the midfield.
Robben lost his threat except for the time when he cut inside and passed directly to Raul at the beginning of the game. A very important reason is that Ye Qiu knows Robben too well. He asked Marcelo to specifically guard Robben's left foot, and turned to the inside defense when he was broken through, letting Robben break through on the left, because he knew very well that Robben was only threatening when he cut inside on the right.
Yaya Toure blocked the front of the penalty area, forming a defensive iron triangle in the middle with Thiago Silva and Zielinski, which was almost unbreakable. In addition to restricting Higuain and Raul, they also cut off their connection with the two wings, which made Real Madrid's offensive look fierce, but in fact it was just a lot of noise but little action.
The entire Bernabeu Stadium was shocked by this sudden goal, and all Real Madrid fans exclaimed.
Messi, Gareth Bale, Van Persie and other Tottenham Hotspur players quickly rushed to the corner area, and a group of people hugged each other tightly, celebrating the team's first away goal. This was definitely a painful blow to Real Madrid, because this is the Bernabeu Stadium!
As if stimulated by the first goal, after the Tottenham players finished celebrating and returned to the field, after the game resumed, Real Madrid still had no intention of retreating. They pressed very close, showing a more fierce pressing than before, and the attack was more impatient, almost giving you a feeling of risking your life.
"You should be calm at this time, only by being calm can you have a chance!" Even Jose Maria saw the problem of Real Madrid.
This Real Madrid has always had a heart disease, especially in the Champions League. In the past four consecutive years, they have not been able to cross the knockout stage of the top 16. This has left a shadow in the minds of each of them, lacking confidence in their own strength, and Real Madrid's defense and performance in the past few years have never been satisfactory.
Whether it is the Galactico period, the Capello period, or the Schuster period, it cannot be said to be satisfactory. At least they have never shown a temperament and strength that makes people feel very reassured, very stable, and feel that they should win.
This made both Real Madrid fans and Real Madrid players lack a calm rationality. The whole team seemed to have become a string of firecrackers. When they performed well, they were very good. When they performed poorly, they were like being ignited and lit up all of a sudden.
Seeing Real Madrid pressing more and more, the more impatient they were, they were completely different from the calmness and composure they had in the previous 4:0 win over Sporting Gijon and 6:1 win over Real Betis. The true level of this Real Madrid team was clearly visible to everyone.
When the game reached the 24th minute, Yaya Toure intercepted the ball passed to Raul and passed it diagonally to the left. Gareth Bale took the ball and started, using his speed to pass Ramos again, ran nearly 60 meters on the left, and then made a low cross from the left side of the penalty area. This time, Van Persie calmly pushed the ball in front of the goal and broke Casillas' goal again, 2:0!
Gareth Bale's performance at the start of this game surprised everyone, especially his ability to attack quickly on the left, which was no less fast than Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United.
The entire Bernabeu Stadium began to immerse in a sad mood. They found that they had gone from being full of confidence before the game to being frustrated and even desperate. They didn't even know how to reverse it all.
The same was true for Real Madrid's head coach Juande Ramos. He was quite satisfied with the start and felt that everything was going according to his script, but after Tottenham Hotspur scored a goal through a counterattack, he found that everything was completely out of control.
He completely lacks experience in the Champions League. He has played in the UEFA Cup, but he has no idea what it would be like to compete with top teams in other mainstream European leagues. He thought that by defeating Sporting Gijon and Real Betis, he could prove that Real Madrid's offensive was unstoppable, but he never thought that his offense and defense would be so vulnerable when facing the real top European teams.
In football games, it is never possible to just put a lot of data and a lot of materials together and pile them up to compare who is stronger and who should win. That is a completely meaningless comparison. It can be used as a reference, but if you blindly think that you can beat your opponent because of this, it is stupid!
This game completely exposed that Juande Ramos does not have the strength and potential to become a famous European coach. His coaching career is just that!
"He can't carry Real Madrid!" Florentino sighed, shook his head, and said calmly.
After hearing this, Valdano and Zidane both knew what was going on. Although Florentino has not yet announced his return to Real Madrid, he has been secretly operating all of this, such as stopping AC Milan from selling Kaka to Manchester City. In fact, his words also revealed his feelings about Juande Ramos.
If Florentino can return to Real Madrid this summer, Juande Ramos will not have the opportunity to renew his contract.
"Gareth Bale reminds me of Kaka!" Florentino said lightly.
In the year when he helped AC Milan to the top of the Champions League, Kaka also frequently performed a scene of dribbling the ball in the middle alone. It was a football style full of visual impact. Now, Gareth Bale is also eye-catching. The difference is that he is on the left, while Kaka is in the middle.
From a tactical point of view, Kaka's tactical value is higher, but Gareth Bale's strong attacking style is also very charming, full of a violent masculine beauty, which is not common even in Cristiano Ronaldo. After all, the Portuguese no longer often breaks through, but transforms to become a back-up scorer.
"He is indeed very potential, and Ye Qiu attaches great importance to him. From the process of the game, Tottenham Hotspur's style of play of withdrawing the front court is to exert his impact. Ramos's strength is no problem, because in this one-on-one strong attack, once Gareth Bale sprints, you can't stop him even if you are a wall!"
Valdano really admires Ye Qiu a little. This Tottenham Hotspur is not only delicate in a small range, it also has a powerful impact style of play. Gareth Bale's impact on the left is astonishing.
Defense is about tacit understanding and stability, but offense is about change and diversity. There is no doubt that Tottenham's entire offensive system is indeed very advanced, no wonder it can lead the European football in scoring.
Perhaps it was the second goal that completely woke up Juande Ramos, or perhaps it was the boos from the fans at the Bernabeu Stadium that made Juande Ramos completely sober up and see clearly the position of himself and the team, so after falling behind by two goals, he began to shrink his defense, and Ramos and Heinze both retreated to the front of the defense line.
Now he can't think of attacking again, his only idea is to hold the situation and prevent it from getting worse.
Heinze, Cannavaro, Pepe and Ramos, this line of defense, plus Gago and Las Diarra in front, still have a fairly high level of defensive ability, and Real Madrid's retreat not only made the fans at the Bernabeu Stadium booed in dissatisfaction, but also gave up the initiative in vain.
Tottenham began to press forward in an orderly manner, began to use their own ball control and passing to slowly push the overall formation forward, and finally entered the high-position defense they were most accustomed to, and then began to use the possession of the ball and the initiative to frequently create threats, while Real Madrid was forced to shrink its defense and make long passes to the front for counterattacks.
But in front of Tottenham's defense line, especially in front of Yaya Toure and Thiago Silva, Real Madrid's counterattack was difficult to work, and the long pass was more like passing the ball to Tottenham's feet again and again.
And the facts proved one thing, that is, Tottenham is not only good at counterattacks, when you are pressed by Tottenham, when the front of your large penalty area fails to form a sufficiently effective defensive protection for your defense, the result will be like Real Madrid now.
The pass between Gago and Las Diarra was intercepted by Fabregas and passed to David Silva. The Spaniard was excited when facing Real Madrid. After dribbling around Gago, he made a diagonal pass to the left at the top of the penalty area.
Van Persie and Messi gathered in the penalty area to prepare for the response, while Gareth Bale stayed in the front left of the penalty area. That was his best kicking area. It was almost a sure thing for him to kick here, provided that there was no interference. It was his most reliable scoring location.
Because Ramos was pulled outside, when David Silva bypassed Gago, Pepe rushed up to block David Silva immediately, but the Spanish teenager was very skilled in dribbling with both feet. He suddenly pushed the ball to the left with his right foot, forming a diagonal pass to the left side of the goal, while Messi quickly rushed over from the right side and shook off Cannavaro after receiving the ball.
Messi rushed to the penalty area from the left side of the penalty spot. Casillas reacted very quickly this time, but he didn't dare to attack. He blocked the goal and opened his arms to defend. Messi kept his head up and observed Casillas, then shot with his left foot.
The ball was at a very fast speed, but it didn't stick to the grass. Instead, it went halfway up, passed Casillas' open arms to save, and went straight to the bottom of the goal net, 3:0!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Leo Messi!!!!!!!!!!"
Jose Maria shouted loudly. This goal reflected Tottenham's back-and-forth cooperation at the front of the penalty area.
Messi, David Silva and others quickly rushed out of the stadium. The Argentine kept clenching his fists on the sidelines, excitedly doing boxer celebrations, and then hugged David Silva and other teammates one after another.
"From the slow-motion replay, Messi was not offside when David Silva passed the ball. Van Persie was a little offside, but he did not participate in the goal. From Messi's gesture to Cannavaro's left, it can be seen that this was a conscious and tacit cooperation between the two sides."
"It can be said that Gareth Bale held Ramos, and Van Persie attracted Cannavaro's attention. Then Messi shook off Heinze and cut diagonally to the left. When he received the ball and shot, there was a very obvious movement of changing the frequency of his feet. Perhaps this movement interfered with Casillas."
Jose Maria kept pondering the whole process of the goal through the repeated slow-motion movements of the live TV broadcast. From the perspective of the game process, everything happened in an instant, but in fact the content was very rich. Heinze must have been concerned about Alves who inserted from behind, so he did not get close to Messi.
"3:0, in the 38th minute, Tottenham Hotspur played a fantastic half at the Bernabeu Stadium. They broke through Real Madrid's goal three times at the Bernabeu Stadium!"
The live TV camera was in front of Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos in the home team's coaching booth, giving him a close-up, obviously hoping to see the expression on the Spaniard's face, but unfortunately, he had no expression.
"Juande Ramos may not have any effective way to deal with Tottenham Hotspur now. If the current situation continues, Real Madrid is likely to suffer a disastrous defeat at home."
The camera was in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium. Many Real Madrid fans were very dissatisfied, and even a female fan was photographed crying. Obviously, they could not accept such a disastrous home defeat, because this is the sacred Bernabeu Stadium!
In the VIP box, Valdano kept shaking his head, "We have completely lost the lead. Unless something big happens during the halftime break, it will be hard to make any progress!"
The last time a team fell behind by three goals in the first half and turned the game around in the second half was at the Luzhniki Stadium in the Champions League final. Tottenham Hotspur scored four goals in the first half, turned the game around against Manchester United, and won the Champions League.
That was called a miracle, so it can be seen that if you want to turn the game around, you need another miracle!
A day ago, they were still laughing at their arch-rival Barcelona, who tied with Lyon 1:1 away from home, but now, Real Madrid fans can't laugh anymore, because they were slaughtered by their opponents at home, and they scored three goals in the first half.
It's hard to say whether the Real Madrid players performed too badly? Or did the Tottenham Hotspur players perform too well? Or did both factors exist at the same time?
In the last few minutes of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur deliberately saved their strength, while everyone in Real Madrid followed suit. Except for a few players including Raul who were still fighting, the other players had obviously lost their fighting spirit. Casillas kept shouting at his teammates to boost morale, but the effect was minimal.
After considering the situation, the referee added one minute of stoppage time and immediately ended the first half.
This made everyone present obviously relieved, because if they continued like this, they would have to worry about whether Tottenham Hotspur would score again.
The fans at the Bernabeu Stadium booed the head coach and players. They were obviously very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half, but a very interesting picture appeared in the press area.
Almost all the reporters and camera crews who came to the Bernabeu Stadium were busy moving things. They obviously wanted to move their equipment and props from behind the goal at one end of the stadium to behind the goal at the other end. This was a bit like the great migration of animals in East Africa. A very, very rare scene actually appeared.
"What are they doing?" Florentino obviously didn't realize the problem.
Valdano, Zidane and others were also stunned. Such scenes are not common at all. They didn't quite understand.
On the contrary, Manuel Redondo, Florentino's personal assistant, reacted the fastest. As soon as Florentino asked, he immediately replied: "Because the two sides have to change venues after the halftime, they have to stay behind Real Madrid's goal."
"What do you mean?" Florentino was stunned and still a little bit unresponsive.
"Filming the goal!" Manuel Redondo said with a bitter smile.
Rao Florentino, who rarely loses his temper, was so angry that he stood up from his seat. However, he was not angry at Tottenham Hotspur or the reporters, because Tottenham Hotspur was the opponent and it was natural for them to score goals, while the reporters were just following the wind and were simply a group of followers.
Florentino was angry at Real Madrid, because he only realized at this time that Real Madrid was an object of slaughter in front of all the reporters and media. After conceding three goals in the first half, everyone thought that they would continue to lose goals in the second half. This was definitely a humiliation for Real Madrid, a great humiliation!
"This is simply the greatest shame in the history of Real Madrid!" After saying this, Florentino could no longer bear it and turned around and left the VIP box, obviously not planning to watch the second half.
Zidane and Valdano smiled helplessly at each other and left the box with Manuel Redondo.
Soon, a strange situation appeared in the stadium. All the reporters and film crews were behind Real Madrid's goal, while there was not even a reporter or a film crew behind Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
Any Real Madrid fan can scold the reporters, scold them for currying favor with the powerful, and scold them for having no vision, but isn't this the responsibility of Real Madrid itself?