In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid sat at home to meet Chelsea, holding the former with a 3-1 advantage in the first leg, but in the first 90 minutes of the second leg, they were given a 1-3 salute, and the two sides scored 4-4 on aggregate, hand in hand into the extra time battle. Some of the neutral fans who do not know much about the Galaxy will definitely sweat for Real Madrid at this time, because the two absolute cores of the squad, Benzema and Modric, one will turn 35 years old in 8 months, and the other will turn 37 years old in 5 months, so the age coupled with the background of having been running for 90 minutes will undoubtedly make fans worried about their physical fitness in extra time. After all, even messi and C Ronaldo, the two gods, have often shown weakness due to lack of physical fitness in the past two seasons.
However, the fans still worried, In extra time, Modric still ran all over the field, Benzema still maintained a 100% sense of scoring, and when the Cubs picked up Kamawinga and sprinted to the bottom line with the ball on the left side, they followed the pace of the youngsters, wrapped them in place in time in front of the goal, and converted the Cubs cross into the final goal, and Real Madrid also defeated Chelsea, who almost completed the big turnover, with this crucial goal. From the perspective of the course of the game, Modric, who delivered a key assist in the 80th minute and ran 13.72 kilometers in the whole game, and Benzema, who scored a key goal in extra time, are the two biggest contributors to Real Madrid in this game, but if you look at it comprehensively, the first contribution to the promotion is actually not them, but last summer's new signing Pintus.
The physical coach, as early as Zidane's 3 consecutive championship period, has been praised, under his training, the player's physical fitness has increased significantly, injuries have been greatly reduced, which makes the performance of the real Madrid in the second half, so that the European giants are afraid, and the drama of killing and equalizing opponents has appeared repeatedly. Head coach Zidane was also awarded the title of "Qi Xuanzong", but under the one-sided explanation of "metaphysics", in fact, a large part of the credit belongs to the players to practice vomiting and practicing the pintus under the stomach, if there is no super physical support, which can create so many killing pictures. In this regard, Barca is a typical counterexample, they do not pay attention to physical fitness, when Coutinho wanted to practice, and even was advised by Professor Bu not to practice, and said that if the training will embarrass other players.
In such an atmosphere, Barça in those years not only rarely killed others, but also nailed the column of shame in several reversals. Because of this, when Real Madrid won the 12th Champions League that year, the old King juan Carlos I of Spain even personally entered the dressing room to thank Pintus. After Pintus jumped to Inter in 2019, Real Madrid's physical fitness and injury problems are also obvious to all, fortunately, he returned to the Bernabeu last summer, and now under his leadership, the magic flute and Benzema, who still have good physical fitness, have handed over the performance of their peers C Ronaldo and Messi. So on the night that Real Madrid beat Chelsea in overtime, the magic flute and Benzema were the best performers on the field, but the first credit was not the new signing of last summer's "second house".