Chapter 249 Real Madrid in the Last Stand
In order to build confidence for the players, these fans and media even wrote down all the old scattered pieces of the year. In the 2002-03 season, George, who was still acting coach at Manchester United, won first and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Champions League that season, and was reversed by Real Madrid!
Since George was a defeated player two years ago, now Real Madrid is naturally capable of replicating this feat!
George naturally sneered at this argument: "Why didn't they say that Real Madrid had strong players such as Jero and Marklele in the backcourt at that time, and the defensive end was not as fragile as it is now; and Ronaldo was not as fat as he is now, and Raul's condition was still good. But Manchester United had reached the crossroads of transformation at that time?"
In this way, when the time came to 6 pm on March 9, players from both sides stepped onto the lawn of White Hart Lane on time, preparing to make a last try for the quarterfinals!
Similar to the recent situation of Tottenham, after the first leg of the Champions League, Real Madrid, which was struggling and lacking in power, was also troubled by the aftermath of the Champions League. In the La Liga games before and after the quarterfinals, Real Madrid, which had previously had a very fierce score, only achieved a bad record of one win, one draw and two losses, and was further widened by the leader Barcelona in the league standings. As of now, Real Madrid has fallen by eight points behind Barcelona, and the hope of winning the La Liga championship this season can be said to be extremely slim!
With no hope of winning the league championship, Luxenberg can now only place his hopes on the Champions League, praying that these superstars can perform well in the match against Tottenham and help the team qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League!
Therefore, in the second leg of this Champions League, Luxenberg, who had no choice, sent out the strongest deck of cards at hand. As for the final result, the Brazilian coach could only leave the will and pray to God secretly.
Goalkeeper Casillas, right-back Raul Bravo, left-back Robert Carlos, center-back Samuel and Elgra, back-middles are Gravesen and Beckham, left-right forwards are Zidane and Figo, respectively, and the forward line is still a combination of Ronaldo and Raul Gonzalez!
Compared with the last time, Luxenberg made only one adjustment, which was to replace Salgado with young player Raul Bravo. There was no way to do this. Who made Salgado diagnosed as season reimbursement by the team doctor after the game with Tottenham, making it reliable for Real Madrid to be the only right-back position now? So, if Luxenberg didn't use Bravo, then he could only let Solari or Beckham play this position!
Let’s look at Tottenham. After learning from the lessons from the first game, George also made certain adjustments to the starting lineup tonight. For example, put Edgar Davis in the starting roster and partnered with Xavi Alonso in the midfield, and used Klose, who had more superb shooting skills and stronger mobility to replace Didier Drogba!
Compared with Real Madrid, which is short of personnel once the main force is injured, Tottenham is not only younger, but also has more soldiers available. This means that in the second half of the season, Tottenham, which has more physical reserves, has already taken Real Madrid one step ahead before the start of this game!
Chapter completed!