princely elegance

Chapter 202

After defeating Deportivo, Real Madrid continued to occupy the top spot in the league with 21 points, behind them is still Barcelona, ​​which won this round, and the gap between the two is still two points.The unexpected third place is Villarreal, and Pellegrini built the patchwork lineup into the second generation of "Yellow Submarine", second only to Barcelona by one point.And in the fourth place is Atletico Madrid, which has invested heavily in this summer, and it is only one point away from the No.3 Villarreal.

The point difference between the top four is extremely small, and they can change positions between wins and losses, so Schuster dare not rotate at this time.Because if you are not careful, the top position on the list may be gone.

After winning Deportivo, Schuster led all the main players to the Mestalla Stadium to compete with Real Madrid's old enemy Valencia in La Liga.

Valencia's start to this season is not good. It is not a big deal to rank seventh in the league. The key is that the Champions League group stage has exhausted all three games and has not yet scored a point.UEFA kindly put the Bat Corps and Chelsea in a group. Last year's quarter-final opponents met again in the group stage. Everyone knows UEFA's mentality.

You must know that last year's Bat Corps almost eliminated Chelsea.The shocking world wave of teenager Silva at Stamford Bridge opened Cech's gate and at the same time made Valencia almost able to enter last season's Champions League semi-finals with an away goal advantage, but in the final stoppage time Germany Robba's header lore made the Bat Corps fall at the final end.However, Chelsea also exhausted their energy because of this battle and was killed by Benitez's Liverpool in the semi-finals.

Mourinho obviously still remembers this opponent. He didn't show any mercy in the group stage. When he abused Valencia with absolute strength, he pointed out the weakness of the Bat Corps to the rest of the team.

Canizares is old. The former No. 37 goalkeeper in La Liga is [-] years old this year. At this age, even the longest career goalkeeper is considered old.

This goalkeeper, known as "Dragon", is on the verge of retirement.

"We have to attack in this game. Carney is no longer the goalkeeper, and Valencia's defense is no longer an iron wall that makes the whole of Europe sigh. Believe in our own strength, we can break everything about our opponents with offense block!"

In the locker room before the game, Schuster arranged the tactics for the players. This time, Real Madrid's main force was fully utilized.Goalkeeper Iker Casillas, in front of him is the defense of Heinze, Cannavaro, Pepe and Ramos.In the midfield, there are Gago, Diarra, Guti and Robinho, and the forward line is Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy, two super partners who have had a round of rest.

Before the start of the game, there was a very warm scene. The two ex-Real Madrid players, Elguera and Morientes, came over and hugged each of Gago and the others.

"I won't hold back in this competition, you have to be careful."

Morientes whispered in Raul's ear.

"Me too, I hope you don't lose too badly."

Although Raul and Morientes are best friends, he is also very persistent when it comes to the team's victory or defeat.Morientes listened, smiled and left without saying anything more.

When shaking hands, Canizares and Casillas, the two most famous goalkeepers from the Castilla youth academy, shook hands for an exceptionally long time.

Before the World Cup in Korea and Japan, Canizares was Spain's absolute main force, but since he missed the World Cup because of a ridiculous puncture on the sole of his foot by a perfume bottle, he has been able to sit on the bench all the time.The impeccable performance of Casillas, a young junior, allowed him to spend his peak career on the bench of the national team.

Now, Casillas is a well-deserved top goalkeeper.

"If I hadn't left Real Madrid, would our fate have been reversed?"

Canizares asked himself this way in his heart, the answer is various, but the most likely is that because Real Madrid has him as a goalkeeper, Casillas, a talented goalkeeper, had to miss the fastest growing period on the bench , or leave Real Madrid sadly.

But Carney didn't have the patience to wait for the opportunity. After knowing his talent, he couldn't wait to leave Real Madrid and came to the Mestalla Stadium where he could play the main position.Here, he reached the pinnacle of his career and became one of the top goalkeepers.

If he waits patiently at Real Madrid, maybe he can usher in more brilliant achievements than at Mestalla.

One drink and one peck, it's all decided by God!

After the start of the game, both Canizares and Casillas focused all their attention. In this game, the two teams played against each other.

Valencia's weakness is the old Canizares, while Real Madrid's weakness is the defense and lack of physical fitness.

Therefore, the tactics developed by Valencia's head coach Flores for his team is to pull up a fast-paced offense and force Real Madrid to engage in a high-tempo confrontation.

However, no one expected the trend of this game. Real Madrid made a fantastic start at the Mestalla Stadium.

After Gago received a pass back in the backcourt, facing the opponent's press, he easily turned around and dodged it, and then directly moved to the opponent's empty left side in a large range.

Robinho took advantage of his physical fitness at the beginning of the game and immediately started sprinting. He sprinted to the front of the penalty area several times in a row, then attracted the defense line and crossed to the top of the arc.Raul volleyed directly at the incoming ball. The ball hit the inside of the lower corner of the left post. Canizares couldn't react in time and could only watch the ball rebound into the net.

"goooooooooooooooooooal, just 40 seconds into the game, Real Madrid took the lead, from the back to the left and then to the front, smooth and perfect, Raúl didn't have a defender when he kicked the top of the penalty area. Against such a Nice volley, Canizares can't help it!"

Raul, who scored his fourth goal in the personal league, kissed his ring lightly, and then looked at Morientes, who was coming back to defend, his eyes were full of confidence.

Unreconciled, Morientes launched an attack on Real Madrid's goal, but he met his opponent. Master Pepe let him know that the current Real Madrid defense is not a rice ball that anyone can knead.

After Pepe entangled Morientes, Cannavaro rushed out to mark Villa with confidence.Ramos and Heinze also used their experience and cooperation to intercept Valencia's two wingers, Silva and Joaquin.

"Hmph, did you think that Real Madrid's defense is the same as before? Now Real Madrid is almost perfect!"

Off the court, Schuster looked at Flores, who could no longer sit still, with a sneer of disdain.

Valencia is the home game for this game, and for this round of the league, Flores has prepared for a long time. He let the players take turns to rest, just to snipe at the top of the list at home and set a good example for the latecomers.

But he didn't expect that Real Madrid was so strong. The strength of Pepe, who has been underestimated, exceeded everyone's expectations. He blocked Morientes, a super center, by himself.The four-man frontcourt that he was proud of was completely nailed to death by Real Madrid. The midfield barrier composed of Gago and Diarra made it impossible for Valencia's shells to reach the striker's feet.

Gago is becoming more and more like a master now. Valencia wanted to speed up the tempo, but he suppressed the tempo by himself.The scheduling organization of the midfield became more majestic, with long passes and short passes, and transfer of the ball. In this game, Gago showed his peak state, and the feeling of slaughtering Olympiacos came to his heart again.

And the players of Real Madrid also began to move constantly following Gago's scheduling. At this time, it seemed that they only had to follow their body's instincts, and Gago would arrange everything else.

"This feeling!"

The two head coaches off the court hadn't felt it yet, but former Real Madrid player Morientes was the first to feel a familiar feeling from his heart.

It was in the semi-finals of the 1997-1998 Champions League. Real Madrid played against Dortmund at home. Facing the killing tactics adopted by the opponent, they frantically tackled the ball and left it behind.Redondo showed his peak game, scheduling every player on the field like a computer.

At that time, the prince was in full bloom, elegant and calm, and passed out strikes again and again. The whole Real Madrid seemed to be possessed, and the other 10 people were dispatched by him as if they were one person, while the Dortmund players could hardly touch the ball.At that time, Morientes was assisted by Redondo to score a goal and also helped Kalumbu to score. This game was the pinnacle battle in his mind, so he was very impressed!

"Impossible, he's only 20 years old!"

Morientes panicked at the thought that flashed through his mind. For Real Madrid players, the name Redondo has unparalleled magic.Morientes, who became a teammate with Redondo at his peak, clearly understands the magic power that the prince possesses, controlling everyone's thoughts like a puppeteer to be consistent with him.Morientes believes that Gago has the talent to reach Redondo's peak, but it cannot be at this age.

Jia Ge didn't know what was wrong with him, his thoughts had never been clear, just like a mirror that had just been polished, translucent and crystal clear.His own mind controls the body and constantly mobilizes the movements of every teammate on the field, as if telepathically telling them where to run, where the flaw is, and the ball will pass to your feet when you get there.

Real Madrid's second goal came so easily.

Gago and Guti's two-for-one cooperation came to the top of the penalty area and made a shooting posture, which led the opponent to pick the ball into the penalty area when blocking.Raul's white figure came under the ball's landing point, jumped up, and shook his head to attack the goal.Seeing this scene, Canizares attacked decisively to block, but the moment he came out, Raul lightly rubbed the top of his head and sent the ball to the other side.

After Ruud van Nistelrooy used an emergency stop to throw off Elguera's marking, he faced the empty goal and easily scored the ball, expanding the lead for Real Madrid.

Although it was Van Nistelrooy who scored the goal, the Mestalla fans couldn't help but focus on Gago who led the goal.

With fluttering long hair and dressed in white clothes, he can already see the majestic and heroic appearance!

(End of this chapter)