striker cool brother

Chapter 581

In the weekend league, with Rossi's lore goal, Real Madrid passed the level without any risk and continued to chase Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the standings.

In the middle of the week, they ushered in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals.

After a 5-0 victory over Atlanta in the first round, Real Madrid almost directly secured the promotion spot.

In this game, Zidane made a big rotation of the starting lineup, and also gave Real Madrid players a chance to adjust and rest.

Atalanta, who are definitely eliminated, have a relaxed mind and want to play the style of play they fought hard in Serie A, using high-position pressing to suppress Real Madrid's offense.

However, Real Madrid can still pass the ball quickly through the midfielder's transmission ability, break their high-position press, and make the Atlanta players' active running become reckless.

The Atalanta players also felt the strong aura of the defending champions. They had never encountered a team in Serie A that could pass the ball and easily break their high-position pressing tactics like Real Madrid.

All their efforts are like punching cotton, which cannot be exerted forcefully.

This is the powerful control from the king of the Champions League.

With Rossi sitting on the bench, the team's offensive firepower was concentrated on Benzema and Vinicius.

Especially Vinicius, who holds most of the ball in the team's offense.

His breakthrough on the wing is still the most lethal weapon. As for his shooting skills, it is a bit horrible.

Facing the pie that Benzema fed to his mouth, he could spit it out alive.

Captain Ramos was so angry that he couldn't stand it anymore. In the player tunnel returning to the locker room, he put his arms around Vinicius and talked to him.

As the future of Real Madrid's striker, he, like Rodrygo, has high hopes from the team.

They have to grow up fast.

Back in the locker room, Vinicius sat next to Rossi during the break.

After a brief exchange between the two, Zidane began to deploy tactics for the second half.

The game continued, and Real Madrid took the initiative.

Although the total score is leading, he did not score at the Bernabeu and cannot explain to the fans.

In the 60th minute, after Vinicius made a sharp breakthrough from the wing, he swayed the defense to gain space to shoot.

But this time, he didn't shoot the goal like before, but used a hypothetical dunk to deceive the opponent's follow-up defense.

It was this fake move that allowed the defensive player's legs to sweep Vinicius in the penalty area to the ground.

The referee pointed to the twelve yards without hesitation.

penalty!

Ramos touched the bear's head excitedly, and personally took the penalty kick to help Real Madrid take the lead.

Subsequently, Vinicius was in surprisingly good form. After reducing unnecessary shots, Real Madrid has more options in attacking methods.

In the 80th minute, Vinicius also ushered in a goal.

After consecutive passes on the wing, he did not continue to choose to pass the ball, but shot directly from the close angle, which caught the goalkeeper off guard.

Seeing the transformation of his lover, Zidane smiled knowingly, and began to think about the upcoming national derby and Champions League quarter-finals.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Atlanta 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

There are still three weeks before the Clasico, and Real Madrid will face Celta Vigo and Eibar, two underdogs in La Liga.

At the same time, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the Champions League was held at the FIFA headquarters, and Real Madrid's opponent was Liverpool.

The result of the draw did not worry Zidane too much.

After all, in the quarter-finals, there are no weak teams, and everyone is the same.

The same is [-]-[-].

The only thing that worries him is the game schedule, which is the first four days of the El Clasico.

It's going to be a challenging and difficult week of doubles.

After experiencing the brilliance of last season, Liverpool this season still maintains a good state, with multiple fronts going hand in hand.

Unfortunately, they met the Manchester duo who performed even better.

In the February schedule, Liverpool's three-game losing streak almost sent the league title to Manchester City.

In the FA Cup, they met Manchester United, suffered a lore in stoppage time and were eliminated.

The Carabao Cup narrowly lost to Arsenal on penalties.

In just one month, Liverpool, who fought on four fronts, had only one chasable honor in the Champions League.

Klopp hadn't shaved in three days, leaving him looking haggard.

This is his fifth year in charge of Liverpool, and a Premier League trophy made him the Premier League Manager of the Year.

Now, the best coach is worrying about how he will face the mighty Real Madrid.

Can your own oppressive tactics be the key to defeating Real Madrid?

This point, he dare not easily guarantee.

Especially after watching the match between Real Madrid and some teams who are good at pressing high positions, Klopp fell into contemplation.

Real Madrid's three midfielders are too strong, and they can use their technology and conduction to break the opponent's press.

The two-round match against Atlanta was a classic case of breaking the high position.

At the tactical level, no good solution has been found for the time being. In terms of players, Liverpool has also suffered a wave of injuries.

With the injuries of Henderson, Van Dijk, Matip, and Joe Gomez, there are very few people available for Liverpool on the defensive end.

Can this line of defense withstand the full firepower of Real Madrid's offensive group headed by Rossi?

You know, Real Madrid's No. 7 has been in a hot state recently and got enough rest. I don't know what kind of amazing performance he will have in the game.

There are also experienced and skilled Benzema, Vinicius and Rodrigo, whose skills have soared.

All of this gave Klopp a headache.

drop~

The sound of the phone pulled Klopp from the brink of agitation.

"Hey Linders, is there anything important?"

It was his assistant who called, and it was 8 o'clock in the evening. If there was no important matter, Lindes would never call.

"The latest news, just came back from Madrid!"

Linders was extremely excited, even more excited than the team winning the game.

Klopp became interested, and after a "Oh", he straightened up.

"According to reliable sources, Real Maramos and Varane were unwell during team training and ended training early. The situation is not optimistic."

There is less than a week left before the game. If the two are seriously injured, they will definitely not be able to catch up with the first round.

Real Madrid lacks two defensive generals and the team captain, and their strength is also greatly reduced.

"My friend, this is absolutely the best news I've heard in two weeks."

Klopp immediately regained his spirits and said: "Inform everyone that tomorrow morning the conference room will gather to discuss tactics with Real Madrid."

After hanging up the phone, Klopp couldn't calm down for a long time. He immediately took out the tactical board and began to build the formation map for the match against Real Madrid in the middle of next week.

Sure enough, in the La Liga game two days later, Ramos and Varane were absent from the starting lineup, and they were not even on the squad for the game.

After Real Madrid won Eibar by accident, Zidane announced at the press conference the next day that Ramos, Varane, Carvajal and Isco will miss the first round match with Liverpool due to injuries.

This news undoubtedly made the match between the two teams full of unknown possibilities.

Real Madrid's original winning rate of 76% also dropped to 54%.

Zidane's team once again ushered in a test.