After chelsea and Real Madrid played the first leg, the reporter asked Tuchel if he could still qualify, and the angry German directly chose to break the can: "Under this performance, the game has no hope. ”
So, what was Chelsea's performance in the last game?
Pulisic and two teammates in the front line did not play a pass at all and were replaced early. The replacement of Romelu Lukaku could theoretically target the weakness of real madrid's centre-back air defense, but no one paid any attention to it.
- Kante in midfield is focused on attacking and passing the ball in a very poor state, Jorginho is not an iron waist after all, resulting in Real Madrid's conversion attack to play smoothly, and the width can find the arc top gap as soon as it is pulled open.
- In the two wing-backs, the AZP on the left side does not have the ability to pick up the ball against the foot, and the half-side attack is abolished. James on the right rushed with Kanter, leaving Christensen behind him desperately face Vinicius alone again and again.
Well, there's really no hope of playing like that.
Of course, Tutu said that there was no drama, but the body was very honest. When the second leg between the two sides began, we saw that Tuchel had completely changed the content of the previous spit on the basis of the experience of the Premier League's abuse of saints.
The overall formation, like the big win over Southampton, continued at 3412.
Werner, who has a cap on the goalpost and scores a goal, starts, and he is more adept at participating in the middle of the road; the left wing-back is Alonso, the right wing-back is still a cameo Chick; the ball-holding propulsion Kovacic replaces the delayed organization of Jorginho, indirectly telling Kante that "you really don't have to be responsible for the front insertion"; the only difference from the league is that the right center-back does not continue to use the slower Christensen, but uses James, who also drives a sports car to play a game of speed and passion.
The result?
In the first five minutes of the game, chelsea players completed two one-on-one steals. The first was when James broke Vinicius' breakthrough head-on, and the second time was when Kanter broke Karim Benzema's reception by defending in place at the top of the arc. Those defensive adjustments that are obviously full of targeted defense have reaped targeted effects as desired.
At the same time, compared to the confusion of ideas in the previous lukaku but no one to send a pass, the offensive routine of the Mason Mount forward + Vilna have been highly defined: using the top of the arc with fast, continuous and penetrating passes.
Speaking of which, in fact, Real Madrid did not miss its own arc top in the first leg. Valverde's appearance, while heavily increasing the running coverage of the midfield, did not allow the ceremonial trio to appear exhausted in the past two years against strong teams. But after all, his position is relatively high, there is no way to fall deep in the rapid conversion to protect the defense line, and it is definitely Casemiro who undertakes this task.
Casemiro has not been a sweeping back that moves quickly laterally, and when he pounces out, Kroos and Modric are difficult to get in place in time, the top of the arc becomes a space that the other side can use. However, due to the lack of long-range shooters in Chelsea in the last game, the combination of the ball behind the middle of the road was not played, so it only opened the gap and did not play a threat.
But in this game, the arc top became the power source for the frontcourt trio to send a straight plug, taking off at the same time with two ribs. Werner pulled out a delicate little pick-and-roll pass and Mount curled up the first goal of the match. Casemiro's lead to the top of the arc, Nacho's leaking penalty area on the void, how familiar and helpless the Real Madrid fans are.
So the question is, why did Real Madrid play like this?
From the personnel point of view, in fact, compared with the first leg, it is less suspended Militang, and he is replaced by Nacho, who has limited strength but has not been selected. But the real change lies in the team-wide strategy: with a two-goal lead, even back at the Demanding Bernabeu home, they still actively opted to slow down the pace and fully recycle.
There is nothing wrong with the programming itself, but it is not surprising that a series of bugs appeared in run, including but not limited to the following items.
- Although Valverde's right winger often becomes half a right midfielder, he has almost always been retreating and inward in the first half, and the right side attack is directly paralyzed;
- Whether it is seeing Chelsea's offensive route from the top of the arc to the ribs, or really not trusting Nacho, anyway, Carvajal frequently adducted, and the right side of the defensive zone is almost empty;
----------------- However, Flanders-Mendy, who leaned to get a lot of balls, always trusted his body too much in the transition, and the time he defended the ball was long... It doesn't mean you to grab it.
The formation regressed, the conversion could not go up, and the attack was basically reduced to a long pass from benzema at the back to do a pile of Vinicius Here we go. However, Vinicius's handling of the ball is also a bit psychedelic, saying that he is not confident that he will slip on the outside line after stepping on the bicycle, saying that he has the confidence to dodge the space and not hit the goal and only cross, and finally it will only bring two results: either directly arranged by James, or passed to the weak side where no one is there.
In the first half, Real Madrid did not shoot a kick on target, so they went to the half-time with a 0-1 score. The overall score was still 3-2, so it was still the same after the break.
Yes, it's really Ancelotti. Just like before playing Inter or Paris, as long as the score is suitable for scoring or can still be scored, then he will definitely start the game. However, the thing that forced him to abandon this line of thinking soon came, and Rudiger equalized on aggregate in a corner kick attack.
Although the corner that brought the goal was suspected of misjudgment, the VAR did not have the authority to intervene in such a penalty. Real Madrid's set-piece defense fully proved that the only thing that air defense can count on is Courtois's range of motion and radius of extension.
In the absence of an away goal system, such a score would mean that both sides were completely back on the same starting line, and it also created several levels of opening up the 70 minutes later in the game than in the first 50 minutes.
Soon the two sides came and went, almost pushing the game to a new level of excitement within a few minutes.
First Mendy was cut off again, or on the right side of Carvajal's inward-looking, Alonso blasted into the far end of the dead corner. However, due to the collision of the arm during the smash and the immediate goal, it was eventually blown off by the VAR.
Then Mendy finally stopped grinding at the back and opted for a no-ball sleeve, receiving a cross from the side and hitting the crossbar with a Motoma header from the back post.
With the combined effect of VAR and crossbar, the score still maintained a shaky balance. But now that the game has become so open, it is destined to come back soon.
Ancelotti took the lead, replacing Kroos with Camaringa, who was really ineffective in an uncontrolled situation. The purpose is estimated to be threefold: to stand the right rib that has been repeatedly pierced, to increase the air defense of the midfield, and to connect the front and back with one more foot.
Overall, Camaringa worked perfectly for this effect, except that there were some problems when it first appeared. Of course, he did not expect that Nacho would once again chase Havertz to a higher position than himself, who could have imagined that Wissan, who had made countless hasty shots to bring people happiness, would be so cold, calm and ruthless in the face of Casemiro + Alaba + Carvajal's deadly three-row shovel?
The drama is not over.
Ancelotti, who faced elimination for the first time in the series, finally used the full number of counterattacks. Removing Mendy and Casemiro from their defensive strengths, replacing them with Marcelo, who now has little defensive ability, and Rodrigo, who has returned to the right wing and allowed Valverde to return to midfield, are undoubtedly life-threatening moves.
This time it was immediate.
Courtois once again used saves to defend the air defense of the backcourt, and although the counterattack was not successful, Alaba's more effective upper hand was able to win the second attack. The ball transitioned through Marcelo and was dyed in a rainbow arc by Modric's still-winding outer instep, outlining the first summer of 2022.
This time, the weak side has a front-plugged contact point.
Rodrigo's goal made it 1-3 on both sides of the pitch and brought the Champions League for the first extra time of the season.
To be honest, I was still more worried about Real Madrid before the extra time started. Because Nacho was unable to insist on being replaced by Vazquez, Real Madrid's defensive line throughout extra time consisted of the following four players: Marcelo, Alaba, Carvajal and Vazquez.
What is this concept? According to their career focus position, that is, two left-backs + a right-back + a right-winger. Alaba, estimated at 179, could not have imagined that there would be a day in this life to become the "highest point" of the defensive line.
Luckily, Chelsea are still infiltrating the ground in their main game.
Is there a way to go to Tuchel Heaven, not to pick the gates of hell to drill into? No, he really couldn't help it. In theory, chelsea need lukaku at this time, but he can't play with injuries. So the only high point that Chelsea can compete for is Havertz, there is really no way to push another Rudiger, and finally even Edward Mendy has gone.
However, the high ball they struggled to fight, or the second attacking opportunity after the scramble, was still wasted by the players who came off the bench.
Just like that.
Or so.
The thickness of the squad and the luxurious bench that were originally thought to be completely absent in this game did not have the immediate effect of Real Madrid, but the four players who came off the bench had their own hot eyes.
Even in a position like the right wingback, Tuchel simply did not have a choice. AZP positive just turned negative, and he has not trained for several days in the bench is just an atmosphere group. When James made a cameo appearance at center-back to defend Vinicius, Cheek kicked the right side so badly that he couldn't cross at all; he made up his mind to insert an assist, and in the blink of an eye, Vinicius was happy.
Looking at the deceleration selection and adjustment of the pace point in front of the goal of The Benzema's head, I wonder if Tuchel's heart will be full of envy.
And in these two goals conceded by Chelsea, there is another kind of regret.
The first goal was that Kante's pass was pushed back by Alaba, after which he neither fought back in time nor defended Modric. The second goal, although it was a pass error by Thiago Silva, he did not actively respond and still did not actively counter-attack, resulting in Rudiger only slipping in the first and second defenses.
To be fair, N'Golo Kante did well in the first half of the game, contributing a lot more than the defence in the first leg, and the forward pass in the transition was one of the reasons Chelsea could suppress Real Madrid, and the ball that Alonso was blown off was pushed and passed by him. However, in the second half, perhaps because of the cumulative consumption of the past few years, the motivation and physical fitness that were often admired had a big problem.
There is no obstacle in life that cannot be passed, and perhaps there is no more kanter on the pitch.
But this is football, there are victories, there are regrets, there are regrets, there are ecstasy.
Chelsea faced a desperate defeat in the first leg and almost created a blue sky at the Bernabeu. The players from Tuchel to the pitch were powerless and unattainable, but left a performance high enough to leave.
Although Real Madrid once again made people feel that the Bernabeu is definitely not their home stadium, when it comes to the life and death moment when they need to score goals, they can rely on the most shining - or the personal ability of Benzema and the magic flute.
When the whistle sounds, both sides fall on the pitch at the same time, some enjoy the success of going all out, and some taste regret and unwillingness. I don't want to say "there are no losers in such a game", I just want to say that I am grateful for the wonderful performance of the two teams, so that we can enjoy the 120 minutes of the swing in the middle of the night, until the oriental light is still unfinished.
Maybe that's the charm of football and the top performance that the Champions League deserves.