Chapter 174 Always Have to Run

If the fans knew what Chen Yingxiong was thinking right now, many of them would probably sneer—there's such a big gap on the field, what's there to practice? You could run into the gap with your eyes closed!

However, practice always has to go from easy to difficult. If you can't even do this level of off-ball running, then forget about the high-difficulty stuff.

So Chen Yingxiong had such thoughts after seeing Arshavin dribble horizontally.

Off-ball running might not get him the ball, because he had to move from the center to the ribs, where the shooting angle was smaller than in the center.

But as Inzaghi said, off-ball running doesn't necessarily give you a chance to shoot right away, but when you do it, it may lead to a series of chain reactions, and the ultimate result is that you get a chance to shoot and score.

Always have to run.

Chen Yingxiong was originally pressing against Real Madrid defender Pepe in the penalty area.

At this moment, he suddenly flashed and ran to the wing.

Without Chen Yingxiong's suppression, Pepe could directly rush up to intercept Arshavin.

Just at this moment, Arshavin seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and made a diagonal through pass!

The football passed between Pepe and Albiol and landed right at Chen Yingxiong's feet on the wing!

"Offside!"

The commentator of Marca Radio exclaimed.

Alonso, who was retreating, also raised his hand, signaling that Chen Yingxiong was offside.

Chen Yingxiong didn't care so much. After receiving the ball, he gently tapped the football forward, and then swung his right leg…

Whether it's offside or not is the referee's business. As a center forward, you have to shoot every ball that comes to your feet into the goal!

Powerful shot!!

Spanish national goalkeeper and Real Madrid's main goalkeeper Casillas fell to the side and reached out to deflect!

He pushed the football out!

"Beautiful! Saint Iker…"

But the commentator of Marca Radio cheered too early, because although Casillas saved Chen Yingxiong's powerful shot, he didn't completely end this attack, and the danger wasn't over…

Just when everyone's attention was focused on the duel between Chen Yingxiong and Casillas, no one noticed that Cassano had sneaked into the penalty area like a ghost, and the football Casillas pushed out happened to fall at his feet.

Facing such a great gift, Cassano, who was completely unguarded, had no reason not to accept it?

He lightly lifted his foot and swept the football into the goal!

Even if Casillas was more agile, even if his second reaction was faster, he was powerless against this close-range shot…

"GoooooooooooL!!!"

This time it was the Italian commentator who shouted.

"Cassano showed no mercy to his old club! His shot helped the team tie the score!"

"Napoli got a valuable away goal! The second half of the game has only started for seven minutes!"

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Real Madrid's players were dumbfounded. They didn't expect to be tied by their opponents at home!

In this counterattack, Napoli showed their sharp teeth. They were completely different from the Napoli in the first half. It was as if they had changed teams…

Someone ran towards the referee and linesman, signaling that Chen Yingxiong was offside before Cassano scored.

But the referee shook his head, and the linesman? He ran towards the center line—this was a sign that the goal was valid.

The slow-motion replay of the goal on television also showed that there was no offside. Chen Yingxiong's departure was very timely, and Arshavin's pass was also very fast. If it was later, Chen Yingxiong would have been offside, if it was earlier… it couldn't be earlier, earlier Chen Yingxiong was still entangled with Pepe, and it would be meaningless to pass it.

In short, the passing and running of this ball was very tacit, leaving people speechless.

Although Chen Yingxiong was annoyed that he didn't score, he was still very happy that Cassano scored, after all, at least one-third of the credit for this goal had to be recorded in his name.

After scoring the goal, Cassano waved his fist hard and was directly picked up by Chen Yingxiong, who rushed up!

Yes, he was directly picked up. Chen Yingxiong bowed and burrowed under Cassano, carried him on his shoulders, and then straightened up, Cassano was like this "seeing all the mountains are small"…

Cassano, who was carried on Chen Yingxiong's shoulders, was startled at first, but he quickly returned to normal and began to wave his arms, demonstrating to Real Madrid fans.

He had a very difficult time at Real Madrid, and he also fell out with Capello. For him, this stadium did not bring her any good memories at all. And today's goal vented all his depression!

"Cassano, who left Real Madrid, rejuvenated his second spring in Italy!"

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Real Madrid protested to the referee to no avail, the goal was valid, and now they were tied.

But they didn't seem very anxious, after all, the second half had just begun, and they had plenty of time to score—the Real Madrid players and fans had no doubt about this.

In terms of strength, Real Madrid winning Napoli at home was beyond doubt. The opponent's equalizing goal was just a small twist in this victory, and there was nothing to be alarmed about…

Everyone ignored some fatal things hidden in this loss.

What they were thinking was—what's to be afraid of? Wasn't it just being tied? We are Real Madrid, and this is our home stadium, can't we still take down a small Napoli?

Pepe initially thought so too, but he soon realized that there might be a problem with thinking like this…

Because the pressure that Chen Yingxiong, who he was responsible for defending, put on him was increasing.

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After tying the score, Napoli's players saw the hope of winning, especially Chen Yingxiong. His shot just now turned into someone else's wedding dress, and his desire to score did not stop.

As Napoli increased their investment in defense, he received more and more support, and his performance naturally became more active. In the first half, because he had no performance, he was ridiculed by the commentator of Marca Radio as "completely lost his way in the great Bernabeu Stadium."

Now, Chen Yingxiong is whipping the commentator of Marca Radio in the face with his attacks.

"Chen Yingxiong… he's coming!" He Ping shouted, "Header!!"

In terms of heading, Chen Yingxiong has absolutely invincible confidence in this world, and the performance of this confidence is a kind of… arrogance!

Chen Yingxiong jumped high, Pepe jumped up to compete with him, but was completely defeated!

Chen Yingxiong easily squeezed Pepe to the side, and then shook his head to attack the goal!

At this time, it depends on Casillas. He flew to the side and saved the football out of the crossbar with one palm!

A sigh of relief sounded in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium.

"Real Madrid seems to have returned to the era of relying on Ronaldo in front and Casillas in the back…" the Italian commentator satirized. That refers to the era of the Galaxy Battleship, Real Madrid played very badly for a while, they had no systematic tactics at all, the game was relying on a few superstars to play improvisationally, if they could play out, the team could score, if they couldn't play out… then it depends on Casillas' performance, if Casillas is super god enough, he can still remain undefeated.

So during that time, the media described Real Madrid as "scoring goals relying on Ronaldo, defending relying on Casillas", one is the offensive core, the other is the defensive core. And Casillas also completed the transformation from a "talented general" to a "world-class goalkeeper" behind the pit daddy defense line of the Galaxy Battleship I.

The Italian commentator seems to be praising Casillas' outstanding performance, but he is actually satirizing Real Madrid's current disorder, and it just so happens that they also have a guy named Ronaldo in their lineup.

Real Madrid's offense has indeed been quite disordered during this time. After being tied, they wanted to regain the lead as soon as possible, but they lacked a clear idea, so the performance was that you do yours in the frontcourt, I do mine, lacking cooperation and connection, and more relying on the personal ability of the stars to work hard.

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is a typical example.

He began to no longer pass the ball on the field. If his teammates passed the football to his feet, he would definitely take it all the way to the front of the penalty area and then take a long shot. But most of the time, his long shots are either high or wide…

Not only him, Higuain, and Kaka encountered the same problem.

Kaka seemed very embarrassed under Napoli's pressing defense. When he controlled the ball, as long as a Napoli player came up to press fiercely, he would lose the ball in all likelihood, although some of them were fouls, but some of them were good balls that were not fouls.

Mazzarri knows Kaka quite well. He knows that Kaka is actually injured. He was injured before transferring to Real Madrid. After coming to Real Madrid with the second highest price tag, under pressure and a kind of self-motivation, he couldn't take good care of his injuries. He always played with injuries, and even concealed his injuries, which greatly affected his performance on the field.

Although he has played many times so far this season, his performance is always good and bad, and even when it is good, he has not been able to reach the level he was at AC Milan, which has disappointed many Real Madrid fans. Some Spanish media have also said that Kaka may become an extremely failed signing for Real Madrid.

It is precisely because he knows this that Mazzarri arranged for De Jong to be merciless when defending Kaka in the game, daring to make moves, even if it is a foul, it doesn't matter.

Aggressive defensive actions may aggravate Kaka's injury?

Mazzarri never considered such a problem. Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself. As a head coach, he couldn't tell the difference between what was more important.

The result of this is that Kaka's performance on the field is like sleepwalking, especially in the second half, he made no contribution to the team's attack. Cristiano Ronaldo can still rely on his own independence, and take a long shot from time to time to waste opportunities, and then brush his face in the eyes of the audience, so that everyone thinks that this kid is very involved in the team's attack!

How about Kaka?

He is often not seen for a long time. When he is seen, it is often his decadent figure being squeezed to the ground by De Jong from the side, losing control of the ball, and then sitting on the ground spreading his hands to complain to the referee.

In the sixty-fifth minute, Real Madrid's offense still did not improve in the chaos, and Pellegrini finally decided to change people.

He replaced the Kaka who had no performance with the captain Raul Gonzalez, which caused huge cheers from the Bernabeu!

Raul's appearance was enthusiastically cheered by the Bernabeu fans, and Kaka's departure heard some scattered boos—obviously the picky Real Madrid fans were not satisfied with Kaka's performance.

And Kaka, who walked off the field, also had a gloomy face, and even refused to shake hands with Pellegrini, so he went straight through the player tunnel and returned to the locker room.

He didn't pay too much attention to his departure, because Real Madrid's true leader appeared.

Can Raul's appearance bring victory to the team?