401 Goal first? Lose first?
At the beginning of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Hamburg and Real Madrid both performed relatively conservatively, but Real Madrid, with their home power and the stars' personal abilities, were really outstanding, and could create a certain threat to Hamburg. Hamburg is more of a long shot to test Casillas.
Mourinho has always been very patient with the game, which is very helpful for the cup competition, because the taboo in the cup competition is to be quick success and instant benefits.
The more you want to eat your opponent in one breath, the more likely you are to lose Jingzhou.
In the 7th minute of the game, Real Madrid attacked from the right in the frontcourt, and Di Maria pushed the offensive all the way to Hamburg's key defense area. With Matuidi blocking the inside, Di Maria quickly passed the ball diagonally in the middle, and Ozil passed the ball diagonally in front of Kante to the left in front of the penalty area.
C Ronaldo ran wildly and cut in and shot and made a shot. He cooperated with Benzema, who was actively running to meet the response. Ronaldo, who was in the front, barely shot against Van Dijk's defense in the left ribs of the penalty area, shot the ball to the near corner of the goal at a small angle. Navas played a steady and horizontal swing and hugged the ball next to the left post.
After the defense was successful, Hamburg immediately launched a fast break. Azpilicueta quickly pulled the side and responded. After controlling the ball, he found that Ronaldo was coming to counterattack. He quickly passed the ball straight ahead.
Griezmann responded from the right side of the midfield, stopped the ball and turned around and quickly advanced towards the forward dribbler. Alonso made a move to assist in the defense of the side, but Griezmann didn't care about the opponent's assist in defense at all and continued to rush forward!
Alonso did not rush to the wing, but retreated to the wing to defend, killing Griezmann's inward cut line.
After Coentrand formed a joint defense with Alonso, Griezmann knocked the ball back diagonally to De Bruyne, who assisted from behind.
When De Bruyne quickly dribbled along the middle road, Khedira moved over to prepare for a frontal interception. De Bruyne decisively passed the ball diagonally to the left. Rakitic stepped forward and stopped the ball and sent a precise pass directly to the ground.
Reus came to Pepe's front. When he stopped the ball, he stopped and pulled the ball and turned to the middle. Pepe immediately robbed it. Ramos also tightened his defense line. Seeing that Reus was in double-team, he knocked the ball back to De Bruyne in place, and the latter kept kicking the ball over the top and sent it out.
Pepe watched the football fly over his head, and when he turned around, he saw Griezmann's quick forward and reverse offside successful!
It was too late for Pepe to return to defense, and the audience was surprised by De Bruyne's wonderful foot move!
Griezmann headed the ball in the right rib of the penalty area and attacked!
This was a golden opportunity, but as soon as the football he pushed out was halfway through, Casillas took off and slapped it out of the bottom line!
Griezmann took a deep breath after landing, looking calm.
Casillas was a little dissatisfied with his defensive teammates.
Pepe looked even more depressed.
"Casillas' wonderful attack resolves the danger! Hamburg created an excellent opportunity through dazzling passes and cuts. Unfortunately, Griezmann failed to pass Casillas this time!"
Mourinho's expression is still solemn. When it comes to defensive counterattacks, he believes that Real Madrid is the only one in European football. However, in the relatively conservative game situation, Hamburg's offensive cooperation and penetration are definitely at the top level in European football!
If the game cannot be played according to the situation that Real Madrid is most familiar with, then the game will likely be a tough battle!
The only way to change the situation on the court is to score the first goal!
At least for now.
Mourinho, who fought with Situ Yunbing two years ago, remembered that Situ Yunbing's style was indeed very conservative and utilitarian.
In addition, Hamburg basically adopts a 442 formation in the Champions League this season, but does not use the 433 in the league. This shows that Situ Yunbing is very vigilant in the Champions League.
Real Madrid's attack still seems a bit monotonous.
The premise of good defensive counterattacks is always enough space. If you want to play exquisite cooperation in a close space, you need to have higher organizational talents and tacit understanding of the team.
In the 11th minute of the game, Benzema took the initiative to pull the side and responded on the left. Ronaldo was behind him. When Alonso's pass was sent to the bottom line of the left side, Benzema protected the ball in front of the base line. Facing Azpilicueta, Benzema flexibly knocked the ball back and forth under his feet and changed directions. Then suddenly accelerated and cleverly knocked the ball from his right foot to his left foot, took a step towards the bottom line, and then swept the ball to the left rib in the penalty area with his left foot.
C Ronaldo suddenly started cutting the bottom, and Van Dijk caught him off guard.
Ronaldo, who caught up with the football, directly shot the ball towards the goal. It felt a bit whimsical to try to penetrate Navas's ten fingers.
Not to mention anything else, Navas basically won't make low-level defensive mistakes.
Navas, who blocked the near corner of the goal, was only a little embarrassed by Ronaldo's sudden kick, but he still blocked the ball out of the baseline with his feet.
Real Madrid attacked a corner kick, and Boateng jumped high in the penalty area and headed the ball to clear the ball.
Khedira controlled the ball on the outside and sent a short pass to Alonso.
The Spanish midfielder commander took a long shot from 30 yards away from the goal. He didn't have time to pass the ball, and Griezmann and Reus had already reached his side.
The football was above the stands, and this long shot was not at all threatening.
Three minutes later, Reus suddenly dribbled the ball from the left and pushed the ball diagonally behind Khedira. Griezmann pulled the ball from the inside of the penalty area when he responded to Ramos with his right foot and turned around and cut across from him to the right area in front of the penalty area.
When Alonso and Pepe came to block him, Griezmann took the lead and shot!
The ball was a result of shocking Real Madrid fans' sweat!
The football flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal. At the critical moment, Casillas culled to a single palm and blocked the ball!
Real Madrid cheered loudly!
"Griezmann once again had a threatening shot! Although Hamburg's offensive is not investing much force today, it can always find gaps in Real Madrid's tight defense and create threats!"
Griezmann has made great progress in the past two years. His ball control skills are concise. He can often adjust to a shooting state in a short time by flashing and moving within a small range. In addition, the team has been strengthening long shots in the past two weeks of preparing for the match against Real Madrid. After the opening of today, he used long shots to create a threat. Although he did not score, it was enough to put huge pressure on Real Madrid's defense!
Real Madrid's defense began to have some negative chain reactions. The goalkeeper believed that there were some mistakes in the defense of the back line, so how could he always let the opponent take a kick at the front of the penalty area?
The back line believes that the midfield line provides insufficient protection!
Four minutes later, Hamburg's frontcourt offensive died at Ramos' feet. Ramos boldly stole the ball under Reus, and then Real Madrid launched a fast attack.
Di Maria quickly stepped forward to meet on the right, and Ozil quickly passed the ball diagonally on the right after advancing in the middle.
C Ronaldo cut in inward in advance and ran directly to the middle in front of the goal, with the intention being obvious.
Di Maria made a cross from the wing 45 degrees, and the football fell directly over the Ronaldo running line!
Ronaldo, who had amazing jumping power, jumped to the right of the penalty spot and beat Boateng to head the ball!
At that moment, Hamburg's back line was really powerless and could only sigh at the ball!
Seeing the football flew straight to the upper right corner of the middle, Navas struggled to save the ball with one hand!
Boateng quickly headed the ball and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.
"C Ronaldo's header almost scored! Navas made a world-class save!"
The Real Madrid fans must have been a little disappointed at the scene, but the Hamburg fans were a little excited due to tension and depression!
This is the Champions League semi-final!
Is it normal for Real Madrid to show strong strength to put pressure on them?
Situ Yunbing's face remained unchanged. Not to mention that Ronaldo almost scored, even if he scored, would it be an accident?
Not at all!
In this level of confrontation, it is too difficult to win the opponent away!
The wonderful thing about the situation is that Hamburg must strive to score away goals when he comes to the away game. Conceding the goal first or scoring the goal first will have a huge impact on the situation!
If you lose the ball first, Situ Yunbing has to change the formation and adopt a radical style of play!
If you score a goal first, then you will throw the problem to Mourinho.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Hamburg was much more patient in the frontcourt attack. After continuous passes in the midfield, Kanter suddenly assisted to the frontcourt. Unfortunately, he was destroyed by Khdira when passing the ball to Griezmann!
Seeing that Real Madrid had the opportunity to counterattack, Ozil did not notice the snatch from Demel behind him before taking the ball. Before he touched the ball, Demel took the lead and kicked the ball out.
De Bruyne ran to control the ball first, Alonso stepped forward to press, De Bruyne pushed the ball into the middle with an understatement, then turned around and walked around from behind Alonso!
Before Khdira pressed closely, Kanter made a pass and sent the ball to the front of De Bruyne.
Hamburg's frontcourt fast break!
Cointran immediately helped to defend the right side of the penalty area, but De Bruyne still passed the ball diagonally to Reus in the middle of the penalty area.
When Reus touched the ball, he changed direction and cut across to kill Pepe, and Pepe felt very stressed!
Griezmann made a move to counterattack, Pepe immediately retreated and followed the defense, Ramos rushed to press Reus, Coentrand and Khedira also turned around to encircle Reus.
Reus passed the ball diagonally back from the gap, and the football returned to De Bruyne's feet.
At this time, under the gaze of everyone, De Bruyne walked freely and passed the ball away from the left rib of the penalty area!
Real Madrid's defense line was almost concentrated in the middle of the penalty area and the right side. At this time, there was a clear gap in the left rib area. It was obviously too late to fill the position when Aberoa realized it!
Rakitic quickly stepped forward and faced the falling football without making any adjustments, knocking the ball across the back of the goal!
Casillas was ready to abandon the door, but turned around and ran towards the right post.
As the football was about to pass by, Griezmann flew into the goal and shot before Pepe blocked it and swept the ball into Real Madrid's goal!
The Bernabeu was shocked!
Chapter completed!