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At half-time, there was a heavy gasp in the visiting team's dressing room.
Facing a team like Manchester City, even if it is put away to play, the physical consumption is often very serious, but the more serious is the spiritual consumption of the players, especially the long-term lack of control over the ball.
In a football match, it is very dangerous to lose the right to control the ball for a long time.
It's like two people in a duel. One side is unarmed, but the other side is holding a gun. It's quite despairing.
Jose is also deeply aware of this, so he constantly reminds the players on the sidelines, so that they can cheer up and concentrate on the game, because only in this way can they win.
The Portuguese madman can fully expect that after the game, countless media reporters and fans will criticize him for being conservative, and countless football professionals will come forward to criticize him for being destructive and destructive football, but he doesn't care, he just wants to win.
As a professional head coach, he thinks very clearly that what he needs is to win.
Real Madrid have invited him to coach in the hope that he can lead the team to win.
Facing teams like Barcelona and Manchester City, Real Madrid's victory can only be based on the best defense and the sharpest counterattack, and he even won't hesitate to be attacked by Real Madrid fans.
His mind, the players may or may not understand, but it doesn't matter.
It's important that they stick to the coach's tactics on the pitch.
Resolute defensive tactics need a group of super executive players to work hard to put it into practice, and Jose is happy to see that the team's performance in the first half is very good, everyone is very hard, even Ozil, who is known for his laziness.
Both forwards are active in defense, and defenders are meticulously carrying out his demands, even some fouls.
Real Madrid's fierce pressure made Manchester City have no choice. The attack of the home team seemed to be very powerful, but it was difficult to get into the threatening area without scoring. In the whole first half, Real Madrid's defense was almost flawless, except for Bruno Alves's improper rescue.
It's a great relief for Jose.
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The Portuguese clapped hard and attracted everyone's attention in the dressing room.
"Guys, we did a very good job in the first half and we managed to hold city's attack
"It's a cold team, and we all know that the cold team has never been tied in the past 10 years, even one game, but now we have done it," he said
The Portuguese's words made the original atmosphere a little dignified in the dressing room suddenly burst out of fighting spirit. This group of players, who even breathed heavily, all raised their heads and looked at the head coach.
Jose is very satisfied with the effect of his words, which he has considered carefully.
"You see, Faria counted our performance in the first half, we almost completed the pre match deployment and arrangement without any defects. Although Manchester City's possession of the ball reached 71%, we saw that their shooting times were only eight, and there was no real threat of attack."
There is no threat, all the players can feel it.
It's true that, apart from Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, Manchester City has no real threat to attack, but rather cruises and harasses outside.
"You should also be able to feel the change in the mood of city players
This made all the players start at the same place.
"After a long period of attack, they obviously didn't have enough calmness. Cristiano Ronaldo also received a yellow card for this. I believe that as the game goes on, as they become more and more helpless, they will collapse."
"Alpine is undoubtedly the top manager in the world, which gives Manchester City players confidence, but also gives them pressure. Who would like to be the culprit of ending Alpine winning streak?"
All the players in the dressing room nodded again.
"I know that in the first half, we all played very hard. The opponent put a lot of pressure on us. We stayed focused for a long time and passively dealt with the attack of the other side, which made us spend a lot both mentally and physically. Here I also thank you for your persistence."
"But what I want to say is that as long as we hold on for another 30 minutes, as long as we hold on for the next 30 minutes, we will not only get a draw, we will even get a victory."
"As long as you hold on and believe me, we will completely defeat Manchester City and alpine in this stadium," he said
"And you, everyone present, will become heroes and be respected by thousands of people!"
It's very appealing, especially for the players who play for Real Madrid.
In the past two seasons, everyone has been dissatisfied with the transfer of Real Madrid because of the lack of superstars.
The forward is rumored to be Rooney and Falcao, the midfield is Fabregas and Gerrard, the back is Pepe and Tiago Silva, and even the goalkeeper is rumored to bring in noyle from Bayern Munich to replace Casillas.
In this mode of operation of the club, all the players are like a group of goods that may be abandoned and exchanged at any time. Even if they ask themselves that their strength is not inferior to other stars, they have no choice.
Who makes them not famous enough?
But also precisely because of this, so each of them after listening to the words of Jose, eyes are extremely hot.
They are eager to prove themselves, just like Jose.
And the best way is to take out Manchester City on the road and beat Alpine!
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Both sides are back in the game.
Gao and Jose did not change players at half-time.
At the beginning of the second half, city took the lead in the attack.
In just one minute, Sanchez made a breakthrough on the left, got rid of Kolarov's entanglement and crossed to the back point, but Cristiano Ronaldo accidentally fell into the penalty area when catching the ball.
The Portuguese jumped up from the ground, pointing to Arbeloa, signalled that Real Madrid's right back pushed himself down, and Arbeloa immediately counterattacked. The referee quickly moved forward to conciliation, but no foul was awarded.
The referee's law enforcement was soft, which was also a problem in the first half.
Cristiano Ronaldo was taught a lesson by the cold at half-time. He calmed down a lot in the second half and walked away with the advice of his teammates.
Just three minutes later, Manchester City got another fatal chance.
After Modric got rid of Sneijder in the middle, straight behind, Benzema caught up with the ball to form a single knife, but the linesman raised the flag, indicating offside. From the slow motion playback, the French forward really started early.
This also further reflects the mentality of Manchester City players some too anxious.
In the 51st minute, Sanchez's breakthrough from the right side was fouled by Kolarov, and Manchester City quickly launched a free kick attack, but the result was too anxious, and the ball went directly into the restricted area, which was intercepted by Casillas, who missed another chance to score.
After Cristiano Ronaldo got the ball from the left in the 52nd minute, he broke through aveloa by force. This time, the Spanish right back fouled the referee and gave aveloa a yellow card and Manchester City a set piece in the front court.
Cristiano Ronaldo took the penalty himself, but slightly higher.
In the 53rd minute, Xavi Alonso passed the ball straight, Cristiano Ronaldo cut in from the left, and then suddenly shot cold in the front of the big restricted area, but Casillas was able to save it.
Then Manchester City opened the corner and headed four meters in front of kompani's goal, but Casillas showed great courage and hit the ball with one punch. Then when facing Kaka's supplementary shot, he got up in time to leap and hold the ball.
"After the opening of the second half, Manchester City played a crazy offensive, not only firmly controlled the situation on the field, but also threatened Real Madrid's goal again and again, but Real Madrid's defense was very tenacious."
"Maybe we have to change the performance of Real Madrid
"It's true that Jose's team is not as good as Manchester City in passing and controlling the ball and personal ability, but the game is not only about controlling the ball and personal performance. The reason why the football game is charming is that he is the result of the joint efforts of 11 players."
"From the beginning of this game to now, the team played very tenacious, every player is extremely devoted, they painstakingly support, will Manchester City attack again and again to block out of the goal
Alpine always stands in front of the coach of the home team, watching the game silently.
He has to admit that Jose is very targeted in defense, and he doesn't give Manchester City an excellent chance to score. It's very rare and exciting.
He is eager to fight against such a master.
So, up to now, although he has had the opportunity to use the skill card, he is useless.
Maybe it should be said that he didn't plan to use it so early.
He hopes to be able to use the hard power of real weapons, with a master like Jose.
"When it comes to defense, he's not lost to the Italian coaches at all Brian Kidd has also changed his mind about Jose.
Gao Han nodded, "don't be confused by his big mouth and his style of leading battles everywhere. Especially after two years' rest, his coaching level has improved very fast. Obviously, he has charged the electricity well. Now is the time for the power to be strong."
"What shall we do?" Asked Brian Kidd with concern.
Alpine in the past 10 years has always been winning all the way, and Manchester City has never lost in more than a year. Is it going to be tied by Real Madrid at home today?
"You look down on Jose
"What do you mean?" Brian Kidd doesn't understand.
"He didn't want to draw at all. He wanted to win."
"Win?"
Gao Han laughs, "I specially noticed that DiMaria would run out to warm up every once in a while after the start of the game, and the assistant coach of Mourinho would come forward to talk with him every time, which is obviously preparing for the replacement."
"If I guess correctly..." Gao Han suddenly raised his head, looked at the dazzling light, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily. "He should arrange a counterattack, and if I were him, I would choose at the last moment."
Brian Kidd was shocked.
Now on the court is a long time to attack, but the opponent is fully prepared, even left a backhand, what can we do?
Are you really going to lose?