Chapter 131 Zidane's Worries
Following closely behind Zidane was Bai Ran!
Seeing these two people, the media reporters swarmed over and surrounded them!
The staff at the back got off the car and drove the reporters to the side, at least not to delay the players' entry.
I have to say they were really crazy. Several staff members fought hard, but they only managed to get a narrow aisle for the players.
The camera was always facing the superstars of Real Madrid, including Bai Ran.
Some reporters even took out their work phones to take pictures of Bai Ran!
Bai Ran was not shy. He smiled and nodded generously at the camera, and then walked into the stadium quickly.
I thought to myself, these people are too scary... I don't know if they really like Real Madrid so much, or just take a few more photos for hot news.
In the players' locker room, Real Madrid's players were tidying up their clothes, and many people also told Bai Ran some tactical tips.
After all, Bai Ran was a teenager in their eyes. He would probably be very nervous when he started for the first time.
Ramos put on his jersey, walked to Bai Ran and sat down, and said, "How is it, are you nervous?"
Bai Ran looked very calm and said, "It's okay. After all, it's not the first time I've played."
Seeing that Bai Ran was very relaxed, the captain from Spain was relieved and said, "Yes, you can tell me any questions before the game. During the game, listen to the instructions and act according to the coach's intentions."
"There may be many fans of the other team who will speak ill of you in the away game. These are all trivial matters. Just don't be affected by them."
Bai Ran nodded. He had experienced this kind of thing in the West Second Division B game a long time ago, and it was the kind of insult with racial discrimination.
He could even bear this kind of thing and turned it into motivation for scoring. After that incident, Bai Ran should not have too much emotional fluctuations when facing any external factors.
Soon, the players of both sides were ready to enter the field.
Betis' home stadium is called Villamarin Stadium, located in Seville, Spain. It was completed in 1929 and has a long history.
Since its construction, it has always been the home stadium of Real Betis. It was also one of the venues for the 1982 World Cup. The venue is quite large.
The seats on the stands here are all bright green, the color of their home uniforms. The fans are very enthusiastic and the attendance rate is also good. There is a green ocean surging on the stands, which is very magnificent.
But the stands on the Real Madrid side are not to be outdone. Fans wearing pure white Real Madrid uniforms also occupy a large area.
Applause and cheers rang out on the sidelines, welcoming the entry of players from both sides.
This time, Bai Ran, wearing the No. 37 uniform of Real Madrid, finally walked into the green field with the stars.
To be honest, Bai Ran was still a little nervous!
When his sneakers stepped on the grass, Bai Ran was very excited. He had already carried too many expectations on his shoulders. This game would be his battle of proof!
The players from both sides are ready, the game is about to start, and the Real Betis players wearing green jerseys kick off from the center circle!
Since Bai Ran is the starting player in this game, Zidane has already explained the tactical arrangements of this game to the players before the game starts. Bai Ran plays the position of Toni Kroos, and partners with Modric to form a double front midfielder, responsible for the connection and organization of the front and back fields.
Three minutes into the game, Betis passed the ball to the wing, and it seems that they mainly intend to use the means of bottom crosses to carry out high-altitude attacks.
Their formation is the 451 that they have always used before, and the wing is their breakthrough point.
But Marcelo is in good shape today. With the help of Casemiro, he easily broke the ball from the opponent's winger.
Casemiro did not receive much attention during Benitez's tenure. Since Zidane took office, this Brazilian midfielder has reappeared in people's vision.
Casemiro's career in Porto made him famous, but no one expected that he would be neglected when he came to Real Madrid.
Fortunately, Zidane discovered his use, found Casemiro's manual, and arranged him to the absolute main defensive midfielder position.
It is difficult to play defensive midfielder, and it is the most difficult to play single defensive midfielder!
But Casemiro seems to have completed this task very well. He can be as stable as a mountain on the defensive end and his passing is also very reasonable.
After the steal, Casemiro took the ball and found Bai Ran directly, passing it directly. Bai Ran took the ball and turned around, dodging and moving in the opponent's double-teaming, trying to squeeze out a space.
At this moment, when the opponent's center of gravity shifted, Bai Ran, like a spirit snake, drilled directly through the double-teaming of the two.
This is Bai Ran's current agility. Don't let him find the flaw, otherwise there is only one word, pass!
Bai Ran passed the two Betis players with ease, and advanced with the ball. His teammates in front were all running, and Modric was following Bai Ran to provide support at any time.
This was also the tactical arrangement that Zidane had repeatedly reminded him of several times.
Although Bai Ran replaced Toni Kroos, Zidane actually secretly used a little bit of the tactics he had used in Castilla.
Let Bai Ran play his offensive talent more, and the players in other positions should get closer to Bai Ran and try to support him. The forwards only need to run forward, and of course Benzema still needs to retreat to support.
On the court, Bai Ran was also assigned a specific position and task. After all, Real Madrid is now full of stars, and Bai Ran is just a fledgling child. It is not appropriate to use this "frontcourt free man" strategy now.
So Zidane can only follow the style of play he designed before and roughly put out a prototype.
If possible, he really wants to use the free man tactics in the future!
After passing the opponent's players, Bai Ran kept an eye on his teammates' running positions, and found Bale who broke into the penalty area in front, and directly passed the ball to the ground.
The ball tore through the opponent's defense like a sword, and opened a gap between the opponent's two central defenders!
Bell naturally took the ball and ran quickly!
Zidane's tactical task was very clear, and Bell also understood what decision he should make on the court.
So he broke into the end line, made two fake moves to confuse the opponent's players, and then made a low pass.
The ball slipped past the goal, and Bai Ran took advantage of the situation to move forward. This agile movement made everyone sigh.
Although he is a 17-year-old child, this movement is too good, and his football IQ is really good!
As a team's midfield brain, Bai Ran knows very well where he should appear.
This place can be shot!
Although Bai Ran is facing the goalkeeper, the position is very good, and it is basically a one-on-one ball, but Bai Ran noticed a key point at this time.
The goalkeeper is right in front of him, and at this moment, there are defenders on both sides of him to tackle.
If the ball is shot directly, it will be easily saved by the goalkeeper if it is on target. If it is shot to the left and right sides of the goal, it will be easily blocked by the opponent's defender.
It seems that this ball can only be shot with a lob to have a slight chance of scoring.
It looks like a one-on-one shot, but in fact the shooting angle is very small.
How should Bai Ran deal with it!
At this moment, Bai Ran kicked the ball and wanted to shoot. The two defenders on the left and right really stepped forward to block it. At this moment, Bai Ran suddenly had an idea and gently pushed the ball to the left!
Ah?
Everyone was stunned for a moment. They were already in front of the goal, but they didn’t shoot?
Or... did they kick it wrong?
This ball doesn’t look like it’s going to go into the goal!
And the power is so small!
What’s going on?
Modric was also stunned when he watched from behind, and all the audience thought that Bai Ran had made a mistake.
But at this moment, a white figure like lightning flashed by on the left and took the ball over!
Ronaldo!
It’s Cristiano Ronaldo!
With his excellent speed, he led the ball over and then shot with his left foot!
The ball hit the goal easily, and the opponent's goalkeeper had no way to deal with this situation! The shot was too powerful and could not be defended at all!
This volley was too violent, but people were still surprised by Bai Ran's assist just now.
Does this kid have eyes behind his head! How did he know that Ronaldo was running at full speed!
After this ball was passed, everyone thought it was going to be lost, but it was just right for Ronaldo!
Just five minutes into the game, Real Madrid scored the first goal with Bai Ran assisting Ronaldo, and the score on the field came to 1-0!
Some fans in the stands even had no time to arrive, and the score had been rewritten.
They were driving, and the family and friends in the co-pilot looked at their mobile phones and were instantly dumbfounded.
"Fuck! A goal already?"
"It's only been five minutes!"
"Bai Ran assisted Ronaldo, Real Madrid 1-0! Go! Who knows how many goals will be scored later!"
In the Bernabeu Stadium, Ronaldo celebrated the goal crazily, hugged Bai Ran's shoulders and came to the sidelines, and the two cheered together!
This scene was also very exciting for the fans. The galactic battleship that made the fans happy and made the whole of Europe tremble was back!
In the next game, Zidane called loudly on the sidelines. Bai Ran remembered what Ramos said and looked towards the coaching seat.
Zidane pressed his palm and said, "Bai Ran!"
"Bai Ran, slow down, slow down!"
"Don't make such dangerous moves, protect yourself before handling the ball!"
Although Zidane was very satisfied with this goal, the moment just now was simply thrilling. As the head coach of Real Madrid, Zidane couldn't help but sweat for Bai Ran.
The two defenders were on Bai Ran's left and right sides. If they wanted to steal the ball, they could just make a flying tackle. If one of them could hit Bai Ran's legs at the same time, he would definitely be disabled!
Even if he wasn't disabled, he would still be seriously injured.
At this age, there are too many players who have entered the top league early, but have lost their current form and competitiveness after suffering a round of injuries.
If you don't play well in one season, your value will plummet, and the top teams will no longer offer you an olive branch.
Such a result is not what Zidane wants to see, so he shouted to Bai Ran, asking him to protect himself.
Bai Ran is his favorite disciple and Zidane's favorite. He can't bear to see such a talented player destroyed by injuries.
Bai Ran nodded to Zidane, indicating that he understood.
Ronaldo knelt domineeringly on the sidelines, and his teammates swarmed to him. After celebrating, everyone returned to their positions and prepared to continue the game.
After Real Madrid took the lead, their offense was a bit conservative, and Bai Ran also tried to avoid physical confrontation under Zidane's guidance.
This is just an ordinary league game. Besides, Real Madrid's points are very embarrassing now. They have hope to win the championship, but there is still a big gap from Barcelona. It is impossible to have a bad performance, and they will not fall out of the Champions League zone. So their best choice is to try not to lose the ball when they score 1 goal.
After Zidane changed the tactical instructions, Real Madrid chose to control the ball more at their feet, and if it didn't work, they would hand it over to Bai Ran in the midfield.
After understanding this Chinese kid these days, Real Madrid's players also roughly know the strength of this genius.
His passing level and vision ability are first-class. If you give the ball to him, at least he will never lose it.
After ten minutes of the game, the score on the field is still 1-0. Both sides have made no progress, but the situation on the field is very exciting.
Real Madrid's round after round of attacks made the opponent breathless. Betis's players were also very tenacious. Facing the storm-like continuous attacks, they still created several threatening opportunities.
At the same time, everyone also discovered that the performance of Bai Ran, the young player, was beyond their imagination. They thought that the first two games were his limit, but they didn't expect that he would play better and better!
"Bai Ran! Look at him inside!"
Bang! After Ramos's guidance, Bai Ran really intercepted the ball. When the ball was transferred in the midfield, Bai Ran passed it to Modric without hesitation.
Good shot!
Facing the crowd's siege, Modric passed the ball to Bai Ran. Bai Ran moved forward to meet the ball while changing his center of gravity, stepped back and turned to take the ball away. This technique was so delicate that it amazed everyone!
"Benzema!"
With a swish, Bai Ran made a straight pass, as accurate as a scalpel, and directly inserted it into the opponent's heart!
After Benzema took the ball, he faced the goalkeeper directly, which shows how accurate the pass was and how threatening it was to the opponent's players!
"Good shot! Bai Ran!" Modric, who was behind, saw this straight pass and shouted out involuntarily!
My God, I haven't seen such a pass for a long time. I can occasionally pass this kind of highly concealed and threatening through pass when I am in good shape, but it is only very occasionally!
But Bai Ran passed it casually, so freehand, relaxed, and indifferent!
This kid is a monster!
This series of escapes and passes scared Modric!
But unfortunately, Benzema's powerful shot was followed by a goalkeeper flying to save the ball. It was a close call! The ball was blocked by the goalkeeper.
Today, the opponent's goalkeeper was in good shape, while the striker of Real Madrid was unlucky. Several passes sent by Bai Ran were very good, but none of them turned into goals.
Of course, Bai Ran did not complain. Under the attention of the whole audience, he showed his talents again and again, making everyone look at him with admiration.
Thirty minutes later, Real Madrid had a total of 13 shots, 7 of which were within the range of the target. However, in this set of data, Bai Ran contributed a total of 5 threatening passes, which can be said to be almost the main force of Real Madrid's offense.
And there were 2 more shots, all of which were on target!
From the scene, Real Madrid was crushing the opponent throughout the game, but unfortunately the score remained unchanged.
Although there was no goal, both the people in the coaching seats and the audience in the stands were deeply moved by Bai Ran.
Every time he passed the ball, it was as if he had a God's perspective!
And the defensive players who were ready to fight for the ball near him seemed to be sensed by Bai Ran in advance, and Bai Ran could make a series of escape moves in an instant.
It seemed that all the scripts were rehearsed in advance in his mind!
Did Bai Ran really have eyes behind his head?
Maybe his consciousness was too good!
This was thanks to Bai Ran's hard training and learning, which allowed him to obtain the predictive skill within three meters in the system. Draw a circle with Bai Ran's position as the center, and the movement within a radius of three meters, whether it was teammates or opponents, Bai Ran could sense it at the first time.
Perhaps it was this perception ability that allowed Bai Ran to accurately perceive the running position of Ronaldo next to him, which led to that assist.
Bai Ran used his various midfield abilities, passing and organizing on the field, and gained the full trust of his teammates.
Nowadays, the first thing that stars think about after getting the ball is to pass it to Bai Ran!
Observe the surroundings. What if there is no good opportunity?
Give it to Bai Ran!
Look around. If the opponent's players are too aggressive and fierce in the fight, what should you do for a while?
Find Bai Ran!
The opponent made a mistake in the front court and there is a chance to counterattack. Who should you pass the ball to from the back court?
Or give the ball to Bai Ran!
In this half of the game, Bai Ran appeared on screen very often! And his passing success rate is also ridiculously high, and he can achieve the best effect almost every time!
The commentator was also sighing.
"Good shot, the ball is at Bai Ran's feet."
"Give it to Modric, OK, it's in, what do we do with this ball!"
"Give it to Bai Ran."
"Bale got the ball on the wing and needed to receive it. He looked up and gave it to Bai Ran who came to the midfield to assist."
"Wow... Bai Ran, a young player who just joined Real Madrid, seems to have won the absolute core position of this team. He is involved in any pass."
Unknowingly, the game came to the 45th minute. Because the scene was very coherent, there were basically no injuries or accidents, so the injury time was only 1 minute.
After a few passes, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game. The game was halfway through and the score on the field was fixed at 1-0!
In the locker room, Zidane talked about the tactical changes that would be made in the second half of the game.
At the same time, Bai Ran played half the game and created a goal, laying the foundation for Real Madrid's victory. He was also replaced by Zidane and replaced by Croatian midfielder Kovacic.