Aston Villa's left back is England international James Milner.

Mourinho appreciates Milner very much. This kind of player who dares to fight and does not hesitate to physical strength is Mourinho's favorite.

Aston Villa's right back is Kyle Walker.

Walker has made considerable progress this season, and is in full swing.

The midfielder is a combination of Clement and Modric's double midfielder.

This pair of midfielders gave Mourinho a headache. Clement's sweeping ability was too strong. Clement's existence made Modric feel as if he was in the position of the midfielder.

Then ahead are Mane, De Bruyne, Ibrahimovic and Lewandowski.

Seeing Aston Villa's offensive configuration, even Mourinho, who is knowledgeable, has a numb scalp.

He once coached Ibrahimovic and knew the horror of this Swedish big man.

Lewandowski is also very outstanding and is now hailed by many media as one of the best centers in football.

As for Mane and De Bruyne, Mourinho has a headache. He feels that he seems to have seen the scene where Real Madrid's wings are impacted by the opponent.

Mourinho frowned.

In this matter, players from both sides lined up and shook hands with each other.

Aston Villa captain Clement and Real Madrid captain Juander Ramos shook hands and exchanged team flags.

The two are teammates in the Spanish national team and their relationship is quite good.

However, before the game, Ramos came out to criticize Fang Jue for being an arrogant maniac and lacking respect for Real Madrid.

Clement immediately stood up and scolded Ramos, saying that Ramos was a clown jumping up and down.

In Clement's heart, Ramos's importance is obviously not comparable to Fang Jue.

Spanish media were once worried that Clement and Ramos would become enemies.

However, both said that their hostile relationship was limited to their current state and that it would not affect their good teammate relationship in the national team.

Both captains had serious expressions.

Clement won Ramos in the coin guessing session.

Aston Villa gained the right to pick the sidelines, and Real Madrid gained the right to kick off.

Fang Jue shook his head slightly with regret.

Fang Jue has always felt that the importance of picking the side is not as important as the kick-off. He can take the lead in controlling the football at his feet. For a strong team like Aston Villa, kick-off first means that they have the opportunity to take the initiative in the game from the beginning of the game.

So, if possible, Fang Jue would rather Clement keep losing in the coin guessing process.

Unfortunately, I don’t know why, when Clement was guessing coins, he won seven out of ten.

...

After the game started, Real Madrid took advantage of the opportunity to kick off first and wanted to put pressure on Aston Villa's goal as soon as possible to score a goal.

Faced with Real Madrid's opening offensive, Aston Villa was not panicked, they shrank their defense line and avoided the enemy's edge.

"After the game started, Real Madrid's offensive was fierce, and Aston Villa recovered the defense." Leinker said, saying to his commentator John Motson, "The battle of words between the two sides was very intense before the game. I thought we would see a very fierce attack. However, obviously I was thinking too much. Aston Villa took the safest approach. Fang Jue was very pragmatic and did not lose his mind by the fierce battle of words before the game."

"This is the right way to open this game." John Motson laughed and said, "Aston Villa was away first and then home in the quarterfinals, so when they were away from the Bernabeu, their bottom line should not be to lose, and if they can score away goals, it would be victory."

After pausing, Motson continued, "When Aston Villa played against Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season, he was home first and then away, which eventually led to Aston Villa being eliminated. If Aston Villa played away first, the result might be different."

"At the Bernabeu, if you want to escape by defending, after the game, Fang Jue will realize that he has made a serious mistake." Madrid's commentator Pitropoli said, "We have a strong BBC, and it will be a matter of time before Villa concedes the ball."

"I don't think Aston Villa is conservative. They obviously plan to play Real Madrid's defensive counterattack. This is their specialty." Pitro's commentator said, "We all know that defensive counterattack is what Aston Villa is best at. In this situation, it seems that Real Madrid's offensive after the opening game is good, but I am worried about Real Madrid."

Mourinho couldn't hear the commentator.

He had similar concerns at this time.

Mourinho is also afraid of Aston Villa's defensive counterattack.

Clement is defensively defending the iron gate, and Modric instigates and organizes the offense.

The attack group ahead has extremely fast wings. Ibrahimovic's personal abilities are too outstanding, and Lewandowski's problem-solving ability is outstanding. In Mourinho's view, this combination is the best configuration for defensive counterattacks.

So, Mourinho knows very well that for Real Madrid, the best way to break Aston Villa's defensive counterattack tactic is:

Real Madrid scores a goal soon!

As long as Real Madrid scores the first goal and leads 1-0, the dominance of this game will be controlled by Real Madrid. Even if Aston Villa plays a defensive counterattack, Real Madrid will not be afraid. They can stabilize and deal with Aston Villa slowly.

If Aston Villa no longer retracts but pushes out the attack, this is even more like Mourinho's idea. In that case, it will not be Aston Villa's counterattack against Real Madrid, but Real Madrid's counterattack against Aston Villa.

With Croat and Bale on the court and BBC on the court, Real Madrid's counterattack was also very sharp.

"Although we are fighting back against the defensively and defense is very important, what is more important is to see who sees the effect first on the offensive end and who scores the goal first, and the dominance of the game will undergo a key change." Fang Jue said to Sebalos.

...

Real Madrid's offensive was fierce and seemed very fierce.

But Mourinho was frowning.

This is because Real Madrid's offensive can be said to be loud and thunderous, and it seems to be vigorous. However, as long as Real Madrid's offense advances to the 30-meter area in front of Aston Villa's goal, Real Madrid's offense will be strongly curbed.

Obviously, Aston Villa's defense is very targeted.

Clement, in particular, is recognized by fans and media as one of the best defensive midfielders in football today, showing everyone his strong strength and on-court role.

Clement was almost everywhere, and he built a 'wall of sigh' at the front of Aston Villa's penalty area with tireless running and amazing predictions.

In addition, Modric also made efforts and contributed on the defensive end.

Aston Villa's wings Milner and Kyle Walker are also running, fighting for active players.

Facing Aston Villa's tough defense, Alonso and Eddie were in a lot of trouble.

The two of them were in trouble, which made it difficult for Real Madrid's offense to really threaten.

Alonso faced the press and was forced to pass the ball back to Khedira.

Khedira passed the ball forward.

Cross stretched out his kick under Walker's press and picked the ball to Benzema who came to pick him up.

Benzema wanted to turn around and faced with Sendros' tough defense, he could only choose to pass the football back to Eddie.

Er Dayan stopped the ball and turned around and finished it in one go, and then he was knocked to the ground.

"Foof! Foul!" A roar broke out from the Bernabeu's stands.

The Real Madrid players were also raising their hands to signal the Aston Villa to have a foul.

However, the Italian referee Rizzoli in this game did not say anything. He signaled that he did not make a foul and the game continued.

...

"Beautiful! Milner! Textbook-like tackle!" Leinker shouted happily.

Clement went to press Earl, and the latter pulled the ball and turned around and saw Clement. He seemed to be frightened by Clement's threat, or did not expect Clement to rob so quickly, and was stunned.

At this moment, Milner came up from the wing and made a tackle against the turf, successfully tackled the football away.

"No foul! Beautiful tackle!"

Milner shoveled the ball away and the ball reached Modric's feet.

Modric directly looked for Kyle Walker.

Kyle Walker moved his long legs and moved forward quickly with the ball.

Modric, De Bruyne and Mane plugged in at high speed at the same time.

Aston Villa made a quick counterattack.

After a series of pass pulls and running pulls, Modric finally passed the ball to De Bruyne.

The latter acted to cut inside into the penalty area, causing chaos in Real Madrid's defense and captured the loopholes in Real Madrid's defense.

He used his inner instep to send out the ball behind his back, and Ibrahimovic shot in a concealed manner on the football running route.

The football was saved by Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego Lopez.

However, the ball was not cleared out of the danger zone.

Mane swept the ball back to the middle of the goal before Ramos cleared.

Lewandowski, who kept up with him, held Valane with his body, then turned around and shot.

The football flew up, over Diego Lopez's hands who had just gotten up, and flew into the goal behind him...

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaal!”

"Aston Villa scored a goal, Lewandowski! Robert Lewandowski! Facing the fierce attack from Real Madrid, Aston Villa was not panicked. They not only successfully blocked it, but also directly made a successful counterattack after stealing in the backcourt. One to zero, Aston Villa led!"

"Aston Villa's counterattack is accurate," He Wei stood up excitedly in Yanjing's studio. "It still opened the gap from the side. Aston Villa's counterattack was very fast. Real Madrid's left side, because Croce and Cointran were pressed up, and the space here was caught by De Bruyne."

"Lewandowski, who scored the goal, was a hero. Mane, who assisted, and Ibrahimovic, who shot before, and De Bruyne and Modric who initiated the attack should all praise him." John Motson said, "However, I still have to focus on complimenting Clement and Milner. This steal is a textbook-like successful defense! Their successful steal has made this textbook-like fast counterattack!"

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To be continued...