Chapter 406 Is this a lore?
In the second half, Real Madrid's offensive was still quite fierce. From the beginning, they used their personal breakthroughs to create a set piece in the frontcourt.
In this game, both sides still had quite a lot of fouls, and this time Valencia's foul not only gave the opponent a set piece in the frontcourt, but also gave Topal a yellow card.
The set ball at this position is not suitable for Ronaldo to directly shoot. Ozil sent the ball into the penalty area. This point was grabbed by Pepe. His header almost hit the post and missed the ball.
Ronaldo looked at Pepe with regret on the next point. He felt that if Pepe didn't grab this point, he would have a chance to directly send the ball into the goal after the next point.
However, the ball has been pushed by Pepe, and there is nothing to think of anything else.
Real Madrid's offensive is indeed stronger, and this can be seen from Emery's face on the sidelines.
But Emery didn't want to change the team to break the situation. Although Real Madrid had many opportunities, they were still a little short of goals. At this time, Valencia also had good offensive opportunities and could create threats.
In fact, what we compare during this period is about who can seize the real opportunity.
Emery thought he should be more patient. He didn't have much body language on the sidelines. He even walked back to the bench and sat in his seat quietly watching the game progress.
Mourinho on the other side puts his hands in his pocket, occasionally stretches out his right hand to direct, and then inserts his right hand back.
No matter what kind of command method is, the coach actually seems a little nervous.
In fact, Mourinho is even more nervous. Now Real Madrid has some difficulties in catching up with Barcelona in the league. Moreover, the Champions League also encountered Barcelona, so it is obvious that Barcelona is more optimistic.
Whether the King's Cup can win the championship is very important for Real Madrid, which will affect their morale in the future.
If they win a King's Cup first, they will be more confident in the next game and may play better.
If they can't even get the King's Cup this time, they might have lost all the game. It's definitely not an exaggeration for me to say that all four are empty. After all, it's not a year or two for Real Madrid team.
This season, Mourinho came to Madrid and Bernabeu, and naturally he hoped to throw away the four empty hats first, and then seek more heavyweight honors, such as the league and the Champions League.
They have reached the end of the Copa del Rey, and they even won Barcelona, which is of course quite difficult, so they naturally want to win such a domestic cup championship reward.
As time goes by, the opportunities for both sides have begun to decrease in the middle of the second half. The decline in physical fitness is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the more important it is to the end, the higher the attention they pay to defense.
If you lose the ball during this period, it will be quite dangerous.
After all, it's the second half, not the first half.
Therefore, even Real Madrid began to restrain their investment in the offense, and Mourinho made timely substitution adjustments.
He replaced Adebayo, who was rarely seen in this game, and replaced Higuain, a "little smoke gun" with a more killer look.
The Valencia team did not make early personnel adjustments.
In Emery's opinion, if this rhythm continues, it is very likely that both sides will play overtime. If overtime occurs, the number of places that can be substituted in his hands will be even more important.
He didn't want to consume the quota for substitution so early.
In fact, Mourinho also thinks so, so even if players such as Pepe, Ramos, Khdira and others are carrying yellow cards, Mourinho has no intention of replacing them.
At this time, Mourinho could only choose to believe that Pepe and Ramos should not cause trouble on impulse.
"If this continues, it will be troublesome to play overtime, which will consume too much physical fitness. And we will play Real Madrid again in the league. Although everyone plays overtime, it will still be difficult to maintain physical fitness, but it is really difficult to open up the situation in terms of offense." Xu Qi also felt a little troubled during this period. He was under the focus of Ramos and Xavi Alonso. Now, he is a bit of a so-called soybean for a short period of time and can hardly create opportunities.
However, Xu Qi also deliberately wanted to make himself more low-key and make the opponent be a little careless about his defense.
Of course, Real Madrid has top players. It is too difficult for them to take the initiative to neglect Xu Qi's defense, so Xu Qi's position has also begun to be adjusted.
He began to frequently run to the middle to participate in the organization, and also began to change positions.
After changing positions with Mata, Mata came to the left, and Xu Qi appeared in the middle, and Valencia's offensive also found some breakthroughs.
This seemingly disapproving position change seems to be tightly guarded, but the Real Madrid team's defense will really miss Xu Qi.
After all, what Mourinho emphasized to Ramos before the game may not be to Khdira, and Pepe also emphasized it.
Sometimes, there is no sign of scoring, but it will appear reasonably.
Valencia's attack hit the right side. After receiving the ball, Joaquin took a look in the penalty area and directly made a cross.
Suddenly, a figure like a black bat rushed into the penalty area from outside the penalty area.
Behind him is the white number seven!
Xu Qi!
He leaned over and rushed to the top and used a header that he was not good at hitting Joaquin's cross.
During this period, Xu Qi has practiced heading a lot. Although his heading ability is still not very good now, Xu Qi's running position this time is particularly smart, just passing away from Real Madrid's defense players.
In other words, this bent over and rushed to the top was completed without any interference from Xu Qi.
Without interference, Xu Qi's header was of course extremely comfortable. With a lion's head, the ball bounced directly into the far corner of the goal!
The ball has entered!
After seeing the ball flying into the net, Xu Qi immediately got up from the turf and started his rushing. After more than 70 minutes, Xu Qi's physical fitness was still quite abundant. He ran to most of the court and ran to the bench to hug his teammates.
The Valencia fans at the scene were naturally even more excited. In their opinion, Xu Qi's goal was a winning goal. Valencia is already infinitely close to the King's Cup championship.
Mourinho on the sidelines looked very ugly. At such a pipe fitting, Real Madrid's defense line actually missed Xu Qi. This defense line mistake was really a big blow to him.
He kept thinking about how he told the players to defend Xu Qi before the game, and he could not relax for a second. But just now, because of the relaxation for a second, Xu Qi found a breakthrough, and directly told him to penetrate into the penalty area and fight for a header.
In fact, many people didn't expect this goal method. Many people think that Xu Qi has good skills at feet. Although he is not short, his header is quite average.
But this goal is enough to prove that Xu Qi is also very good at heading and has a very high level.
As soon as the ball entered the game, the balance of the game seemed to be tilting.
Chapter completed!