Chapter 39: Can we win tonight?
Gao Shen looked straight at the field. Zidane and Beckham were both standing in front of the penalty spot, both looking like they wanted to take the penalty.
The ball is in a very good position. Someone with better free kick skills has a good chance of scoring.
Zidane and Beckham are both free kick experts. Either of them can take the penalty. It just depends on whether they can seize the opportunity.
Arsenal set up a five-man wall in the top area, blocking the left side of the goal. Raul stood on the right side of the wall, and to the right again was another two-man wall from Arsenal.
It is not difficult to see from the configuration of the human wall that Arsenal attaches great importance to defending this free kick.
Zidane and Beckham are both world-class free kick masters, and their positions are so good. Who would dare to be careless when they take the penalty?
Gao Shen was a little unsure who would take the penalty, but he felt that it would most likely be Beckham.
The Englishman has a strong desire to win because tonight is his first time returning to England to play since joining Real Madrid.
He wants to score!
Sure enough, when the referee Rubles blew the whistle, Zidane took the lead in running, but he missed the goal.
At the same time, Raul in the middle of the human wall quickly ran to the right, creating an illusion that there was a gap in the middle of the human wall.
Following Zidane, Beckham quickly ran forward, planted his left foot, and then made his signature bow and arrow move with his right foot, quickly kicking out a curved ball.
The ball just passed over the heads of the five-man wall, made a beautiful arc, and quickly fell to the left side of the goal.
Lehmann was obviously disturbed by Raul's running and his reaction was a little slow. Although he quickly adjusted and tried his best to save the ball, he was still a beat too late and the ball went into the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
Before the exclamations of the Arsenal fans at the scene had died down, Gao Shen had already jumped high and raised his arms to shout.
After landing, he was still very excited. He raised his arms high and cheered and shouted loudly.
“Great job!!!”
Inside the stadium, Beckham had already quickly rushed out the stadium, running all the way, and finally rushed to the corner stands where the Real Madrid fans were. He was so excited that he forgot himself and kept shouting and celebrating his goal.
Real Madrid players also rushed forward, chasing after one another.
"The referee indicated that the goal was valid!"
"Real Madrid is 1-0 and has taken the lead temporarily away from home."
"It was a direct free kick from Beckham."
"In tonight's game, in the first 22 minutes, Real Madrid showed amazing fighting spirit and willpower. They even pushed Arsenal into the half. The Gunners only had two shots, none of which were on target."
"Sure enough, Real Madrid tonight continued their experience against Atletico Madrid and surprised everyone again."
"One to zero, now the total score is back to one to one, with each side having one away goal. If this score remains until the end of the game, the game will go into overtime."
Everyone in Real Madrid rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with Beckham, while Gao Shen turned around and celebrated this hard-earned goal with Maqueda, Lucas and others.
One to zero!
Now both sides are back on the same starting line!
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Hortaleza district in Madrid.
When the commentator announced the goal during the live broadcast, the air of Madrid seemed to be filled with the cheers of countless fans.
In his own living room, Carlo couldn't help but stand up, clenched his fists, and cheered loudly.
Mrs. Carlo next to her was equally excited. The couple hugged each other excitedly and cheered for Real Madrid's goal.
This goal seemed to come suddenly, but it was also reasonable.
From the opening till now, Real Madrid has been besieging Arsenal, showing a very firm determination and will. They missed the goal several times, which made everyone feel regretful, but at the same time, everyone believed that the goal would really come.
Now, it’s really here!
After scoring first, the aggregate score was tied at 1-1 and the situation for Real Madrid was different.
After the excitement, Carlo regained his sanity and began to remember what Gao Shen had said to him before.
"You see a completely different Real Madrid at Highbury."
Now, he really saw it!
If nothing else, the first twenty minutes of the game left an extremely deep impression on everyone.
The Real Madrid team at Highbury showed more fighting spirit and tenacity than the one at the Bernabeu a few days ago.
After attacking fiercely for more than 20 minutes at the beginning, the team was counterattacked again and again by Arsenal, and the whole team would rather die than retreat.
This proves that before the game, Gao Shen had reached a consensus with all the players that they must score a goal first in this game.
"I haven't seen a Real Madrid like this for many years." Mrs. Carlo is not a very professional, but she has watched football for many years.
Carlo nodded continuously. Who said it wasn't?
"Can we win tonight?" Mrs. Carlo asked again.
Carlo looked at his wife's worried eyes, and he felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over him, and he became much more sober.
"It's hard to say. Arsenal is not a soft persimmon that can be bullied at will. Wenger is very resourceful. He must have a back-up plan."
If we say that Wenger is helpless against Real Madrid's style of play, that is definitely a stupid plot in an online novel. How could a truly world-class coach make such a mistake?
Besides, Real Madrid seems to be very powerful now, but what is the reality?
The opening twenty minutes consumed a lot of physical energy. Every minute that followed was a big test of the physical fitness of Real Madrid players. Moreover, the central defenders Elguera and Ramos made at least two serious mistakes.
One was when Ljungberg fell in the penalty area, and another was when Reyes shot.
Ramos is a really good player. He is fast, explosive, skilled at footwork and has an excellent physique. He is very much in line with Real Madrid's requirements. If he is trained, his future will be limitless. But now he is too impulsive.
In this game, Gao Shen used the defensive midfielder, right back and Elguera to limit Ramos' activity area, hoping that he could play more steadily, but in the end, Ramos often got carried away and left his position.
Elguera is also unstable. As he gets older, he has become less and less confident in his playing time over the years, which has led to problems with some of his decisions and judgments on the court.
In this respect, he is not as good as Woodgate.
Even though Woodgate has been absent from the game for a long time, this bad boy has really good psychological quality.
Of course, the best is Ramos, a guy who just arrived and dared to challenge the Brazilian gang, causing strife in the Real Madrid locker room.
To use a common phrase in novels, Ramos seems to have a leadership aura as soon as he appears on the field.
"It's difficult, too difficult!" Carlo shook his head.
Not only is the situation in Real Madrid difficult, but the situation in Gao Shen is even more difficult.
"But no matter what, he proved with facts that he was right. He is different from us. He decided from the beginning to take a more difficult but more correct path. Now, he has led this team to see hope and rekindled the fire in the hearts of all the players."
"Why is Ronaldo getting lazier? It's not that he is born lazy, nor that he doesn't want to be self-disciplined . He has been able to overcome several terrible injuries that others cannot overcome in their lifetime, and come back to show his best form. Is his heart not strong enough? Does he have no aspirations?"
how can that be possible?
Ronaldo seems to have achieved great success in his life, but what is the reality?
So far in his career, he has only won one league title, which was in 2003 when he was at Real Madrid.
Why did he leave Inter Milan and choose to come to Real Madrid?
Because he wants the championship!
Then why has he fallen to this point in Real Madrid?
Successful? Old?
Maybe, but that's certainly not entirely true, because he has never won the Champions League.
Whether in Barcelona, Inter Milan or Real Madrid, he has never won the Champions League.
Doesn't he want to?
No, he thought, but he saw no hope.
A person gets used to darkness because he has never felt the light.
Anyone who has seen the light, even for a moment, can no longer endure the darkness.
In the match against Atletico Madrid, Gao Shen made the players in the team see the light, so they were willing to give their all in this game because they could no longer endure the darkness of the past.
And tonight, at Highbury, Gao Shen and his Real Madrid let the whole world see their brilliance.
After tonight, Real Madrid may never go back!
Ronaldo, Carlos and others may have to reconsider their position in this locker room and in this team.
No matter what they have done before, right or wrong, at least they are all looking towards the light.
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After Real Madrid broke through Arsenal's goal, the Gunners fell into chaos and were in a very passive situation.
Gao Shen hopes that Real Madrid players can press on with their victory, take advantage of the Gunners' chaos, and try to score another goal to establish their advantage.
Unexpectedly, in the first twenty minutes or so, Real Madrid players had consumed a lot of physical energy, which caused the team to relax after scoring a goal. The players failed to seize this God-given opportunity and missed it.
Wenger also reacted quickly, adjusted quickly, and quickly turned the situation around.
Especially when it was approaching forty minutes, he pushed Reyes to the front line, the team changed its formation to 4-4-2, and decisively launched a crazy attack and counterattack.
Real Madrid started off badly but was forced to retreat at every turn by Arsenal.
When the game reached the 43rd minute, Ljungberg made a through pass, and Henry suddenly started when he stopped the ball, trying to dribble into the penalty area between Ramos and Elguera.
Two Real Madrid central defenders flanked Henry from both sides, but still failed to block Henry outside the penalty area in time.
As a result, Henry suddenly fell in Real Madrid's penalty area.
The referee blew the whistle, indicating that Ramos had committed an obvious foul and awarded a penalty.
Henry took the penalty himself. Although Casillas judged the path of the ball correctly, Henry's penalty was fast and sharp, and it went directly into the lower right corner of the goal, leaving no chance for Casillas.
Before the end of the first half, Arsenal successfully equalized the score at 1-1.
The total score was 2-1 and the Gunners took the lead again.
This immediately caused the entire Highbury Stadium to fall into carnival.
They were indeed shocked by Real Madrid's momentum at the beginning, but now that Arsenal has changed its color, they are more excited.
Taking the lead again in the score made them see that victory was just around the corner.
Real Madrid is tired and Arsenal looks like they are going to win!
