Again! Real Madrid staged a headwind reversal at home in a desperate situation!
Trailing 3-5 on aggregate, Ancelotti's side completed a 2-goal redemption of 2 minutes in the final moments of regular time, as well as Benzema's winning score in extra time. In the Champions League knockout rounds, Real Madrid staged three turnovers at home, eliminating Greater Paris, Chelsea and Manchester City. As the team's post-match blog said, "Never mess with the king of Europe.".
Looking back at the progress of the game, Manchester City, which has better strength and line-up thickness, occupies the absolute promotion initiative. However, Guardiola did not hold his own "whole life" hand, starting from the replacement of De Bruyne, 3 adjustments completely buried the team's attack, and finally eliminated by Real Madrid in passivity.
He seems to have overlooked how much energy Real Madrid can explode in the final moments under the "Champions League BUFF" with the strong assistance of Pintus.
[Real Madrid failed to make a start twice, and Manchester City has been given a good opportunity to qualify]
Having learned the lesson of the first leg, Ancelotti did not let Rodrigo start this time, but sent Valverde to the scene. Real Madrid will form a 442-stand position when they fall defensively.
To a certain extent, this will achieve an equilibrium between attack and defense.
Real Madrid made two "grabs" in the first and second halves, with Benzema getting consecutive shots and Vinicius missing out on a chance to wrap up in front of goal.
But from the overall situation, the number of shots on goal is almost balanced, and Manchester City, which gets more shots on target (4-0 in the first half), is more threatening on the offensive end. Key points:
Walker's return from injury, relying on his output of physical strength and confrontation, has contained Vinicius to the greatest extent (all 4 failures in the first half); De Bruyne has played his own confrontation (8 confrontations have been successful 6 times), 3 passes have all been successful, 3 key passes; Jesus has maintained the vitality of the front court to the greatest extent through his own running.
Manchester City substantially took advantage of the promotion!
[Guardiola began to "live" again, adjusting his own attack three times]
After Real Madrid added high-level pressing in the second half, Manchester City frequently gained impact opportunities, and the situation was very unfavorable to Real Madrid. Especially after Real Madrid's "fight for the substitution", Manchester United has many opportunities to end the suspense.
Thibaut Courtois, who contributed eight saves in the game, and Mendy, who saved the goal line, are the heroes.
Guardiola's whole job began with the replacement of De Bruyne.
Gundogan is a player in a low-post attack who can bring no ball running and envelopment, and when the attack is combed, his turning off and short-distance passing can also meet the expectations of combing the attack. But the problem is very obvious, his recovery, confrontation, protection is not in place. And, all of a sudden, City lost the man who could dispatch the real Madrid defense.
Immediately after, Guardiola replaced Jesus and Mahrez. In the Manchester City system, there is one less center forward to fight, and a side to pull the edge to tear the Real Madrid defense. The purpose of replacing Glalis is naturally to rely on his ball holding to stabilize the rhythm; replacing Fernandinho is to increase confrontation and sweeping.
But such adjustments are too conservative.
After you attack "can't kill" Real Madrid, your defense line has to be under pressure. Kyle Walker stepped back from injury and Vinicius began to perform. At the same time, Camaringa supported the team's attack and oppression to the greatest extent (8 confrontations were successful, 5 times, 4 interceptions); Rodrigo's appearance at this explosive point brought tears on the right and envelopment in the middle.
In the final stages, Real Madrid scored two goals in a row.
[The king of Europe is not a vain name, everyone burns themselves]
Under Pintus, Real Madrid's injury management and physical reserves have improved significantly. In the first half, it was Manchester City that ran more, but it was Real Madrid who had "spare strength" to fight in the last moment.
In the previous knockout rounds, Real Madrid eliminated Paris and Chelsea twice in desperate circumstances, and the physical advantage of the team in the final stage was visible to the naked eye. As a result, Ancelotti was confident enough to leave a Camaringa trailing defensive line when counterattacking.
What's more moving?
It was Modric and Kroos who completed the consumption earlier and finally went off after the exhaustion of physical fitness; Benzema, who completed the passing achievement, when he was replaced, tired and even thanked the fans with extraordinary difficulties; Militang, who completed 16 confrontations, was finally replaced with a strain; 32-year-old Nacho, who had a serious decline in physical function, fought for 120 minutes and could also complete the covering skate in the 117th minute.
In the Champions League semi-final stage, the importance of running and confrontation is even more critical. Real Madrid were fully engaged, fully burning themselves. Ancelotti, who was previously "committed" to Everton and is called "stepping off the altar" by too many people, once again showed a very good on-the-spot scheduling and coping strategy.
There are many problems with this Real Madrid team, so they won La Liga in advance and are regarded by many as the background of their peers. But on the big stage of the Champions League, Real Madrid relied on its own heritage, hard work, strategy, and finally reached the final.
Real Madrid official pushed after Versailles, "another mediocre day"! Yes, in the Champions League at the Bernabeu, this could be a basic exercise!