princely elegance

Chapter 208 Warming Up the Battle of the Century with a Winning Streak

After Real Madrid defeated Racing Santander at home, the media did not disappoint the fans, they reported the game from various aspects.

After all, before this, Real Madrid had one draw and one loss, and had lost two consecutive games.However, fans of these two games can understand that the national team match day has just ended, and Real Madrid's main players are the indispensable main force or even core of their respective national teams.Basically played two full games, and the physical consumption was particularly high.

And now the league has begun to heat up, especially in La Liga, which is about to come during the winter break.Not only Real Madrid has been affected by the fifa virus, but also several other teams.So when Real Madrid didn't win the game, they also lost.In addition, Real Madrid had a great start at the beginning of the season and accumulated more points, so from the second round, Real Madrid has been occupying the top position unshakably.

Barcelona fans finally saw that Real Madrid tied a game in the league because of the national team match day, but they didn't know that their team lost two games in a row and dropped out of the top four.On the contrary, Pellegrini's Villarreal has few international players, even if they are international players, they are also on the bench of the national team. They have maintained a complete combat effectiveness and reached the second place in the league, only three points away from Real Madrid. .

Schuster's "decisive" rotation helped the team's main players recover well.There are still four games before the winter break of La Liga, three league games and one Champions League group stage.

In these four games, only the last league game before the winter break is worthy of attention, the well-deserved number one derby in the world.

In the war of the century, Real Madrid will go to Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona.

I won't say much about the grievances between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Every collision is sparks hitting the earth.

Although the time has not yet come, some media have already begun to quarrel about this game.But Schuster wisely declined to answer questions in this regard.

In the pre-match interview for the away game against Athletic Bilbao, Schuster ordered the players to prohibit the media from speaking about this aspect. There is still half a month before the game, and the first three games are played well Let's talk about the game.

His approach is right. Although there are only a few teams in La Liga that can pose a threat to Real Madrid, there are many potential opponents, and the Basque Lions are one of them.Athletic Bilbao almost fell into the relegation zone last season, which greatly stimulated the team's top management. They changed their head coach in the summer.The results have finally improved, and they are currently ranked eighth, which is much better than last season.

Due to its special background, this team is destined to only become a spoiler, and cannot become the favorite to win the championship.Although Caparros' ability is good, he can only bring the team to this level.However, he was very happy with the matter of sniping Real Madrid.

Real Madrid encountered a crazy interception by the Basque Lions in the away game. The ubiquitous fouls and flying tackles made Real Madrid's proud offense frequently interrupted.They also specially sent two people to mark the new class "European Youth Footballer". With Gago's ability to control the ball, even two people's marking is not enough to grab the ball from his feet.But Caparros is smart just to use these two people to interfere with his shots.

With two burdens around him, Gago's organization and scheduling became several times more difficult, so, consciously, Guti took over the task of organizing the attack.But Guti's fiery temper made him unable to bear the provocation of others. He was kicked by Amore Vista when he was scoring a goal. After he got up, Master Fourteen kicked him back without saying a word.

Naturally, the referee would not be polite for such an obvious foul, and directly sent off Guti with a red card, and at the same time gave Amorebista a yellow card for the first foul.

Real Madrid was forced to fight with ten men. Without Guti, only Gago was left as the core of the organization on the field. Now the opponent's defense became more vigorous.The constant small moves made Gago slow down a beat every time the ball was started.

"Do you think this will stop me?"

The opponent's ubiquitous small moves aroused Gago's arrogance. At 10:[-] minutes in the first half, he used a beautiful breakthrough to get away from the two people around him.Then he dribbled the ball directly from the right to the opponent's half. The young teenager Harvey Martinez gritted his teeth and prepared to block the Argentine prince who is known as the "No. [-] midfielder in La Liga".

Facing this well-known midfielder in later generations, Gago showed a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, swung the outside of his left foot outward, and made a breakthrough towards the middle.But just as Martinez moved his center of gravity to intercept, Gago's inner instep quickly pulled the ball back.

Redondo's anti-oxtail!

After breaking through Martinez, Gago quickly bottomed along the sideline.Raul came over to respond, while Van Nistelrooy inserted towards the middle, ready to come to the door to outflank.

But just when Gago was about to enter the penalty area, Amorebista, who came to help defend, put Gago roughly again.This time Gago didn't resist hard, he fell into the restricted area very smartly.

"beep!"

The referee hurried over to blow his whistle, and the Real Madrid players immediately surrounded them. They all accused each other of their atrocities, and at the same time wanted to cheat a penalty kick.

But the Athletic Bilbao players came up to block between the Real Madrid players and the referee, telling the referee that it was a dive.

In the end, the referee still did not give a penalty, but as compensation, he showed Amore Vista a yellow card again, two yellows turned into one red, and he was sent off.

"Although Gago's breakthrough did not result in a penalty kick, it was worthwhile for the opponent's central defender Amore Vista to get another yellow card."

Seeing that the opponent was sent off, Gago didn't say anything more. He stood in front of the ball, and the referee gave a free kick to the right side of the penalty area.This place is relatively close to the goal, but it is not Gago's best position, but he can still occasionally kick a beautiful arc with his right foot.

Glancing at the opponent's human wall, Gago pushed back a few steps, preparing for a run-up.

After the referee raised his hand to signal, Raul, who was not far away, quickly came over and kicked the ball to the center, and Gago, who had just retreated, had already come to this position.After receiving the ball in his best position, several Athletic Bilbao players rushed over quickly to block his shooting angle.

But Gago pushed again and stuffed the ball into the penalty area. Van Nistelrooy's white figure inserted from the left rib in time, facing the goalkeeper without stopping the ball, he shot straight into the net from the far corner!Real Madrid broke through the opponent's stalking defense with a beautiful free kick.

And after leading by one goal, Gago and the others played with ease. Both sides had ten players, while Real Madrid took the lead by one goal and took the initiative, not afraid that the opponent would not press out.

Sure enough, Biba, who fell behind, launched a counterattack unwillingly in the second half, but was caught by Real Madrid in the gap after the pressure, and Ramos scored a goal from behind.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao with difficulty in the away game with their superior strength.

Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, was tied 1:1 by the Spaniard in the Catalan Derby after two consecutive defeats, and still failed to recover.Rijkaard's life suddenly became difficult.

After defeating Biba, Real Madrid won the last match of the Champions League group stage at home. Lazio in Serie A set foot on the Bernabeu with the determination to die.

However, Los Blancos did not give them the last chance to save face. In this game, Gago replaced Guti as the attacking midfielder. He planned an attack in the opening stage to help Raul open the scoring.Then Robinho broke through the two defenders on the left side like a juggler and made a cross. Ruud van Nistelrooy grabbed the first header and hit the goal, but was hit by the opponent's goalkeeper with his fingertips and hit the crossbar. .

But Gago, who was inserted into the penalty area, came to the point where the ball fell, and with a light push, he hit the empty goal and went into the net.

Only 15 minutes into the game, Lazio's defense was pierced twice by Real Madrid.However, Real Madrid, who have had enough rest recently and gradually returned to their peak at the beginning of the season, did not give the opponent a chance to counterattack. In the 36th minute of the first half, Baptista, who rarely started the game, used a long shot from outside the penalty area to play for the team. Scored the third goal.

At the end of the first half, Real Madrid entered the intermission with a three-goal advantage. For this half of the game, it can only be described as overwhelming.After two games of rest, the main players got a good rest and played their peak state.They need to warm up with a few opponents before facing Barcelona.

Athletic Bilbao is one, Lazio is the second.

The second half completely entered garbage time, and Real Madrid, which had a three-goal advantage, used the ball to grind to death the former Serie A powerhouse.

After this game, Real Madrid secured the first position in the group with 3 points, and joined forces with Olympiacos to qualify from Group C.Werder Bremen was lucky enough to get No.[-] and qualified for the UEFA Cup, leaving Lazio at the bottom of the humiliation.

After this game, Real Madrid has quietly won three consecutive victories. Three days later, they ushered in the last opponent before the war of the century at home.Osasuna is currently ranked fourth from the bottom, only one step away from the relegation zone.

For such an opponent, Real Madrid will naturally not lose. In the first half, with a free kick, Ruud Gago's ball that fell into the penalty area headed into the goal.In the second half, Sneijder, who came off the bench, hit a weird curve ball and went straight to the dead corner.

The most exciting thing is at the last moment, No. 90 minutes, Gago faced several double-teams on the left side, moved the ball and rushed out of the tight encirclement, and then separated from Robinho's consecutive passes. In the final direction of the opponent, he entered the penalty area, faced the goalkeeper with an imaginative shot, and scored another goal for the team.

In this game, Real Madrid defeated Osasuna with the same 3:0 at home, and used a wave of four consecutive victories to warm up the war of the century.

And after this game, not only La Liga, but the media all over the world began to hype the last game before the winter break of La Liga as if it had been agreed at the same time.

Real Madrid challenge Barcelona away!

(End of this chapter)