princely elegance

Chapter 227 Dramatic (Part [-])
On the plane back to Madrid, the Real Madrid players were talking and laughing. After winning the game and having a half-day vacation, there is no reason to be unhappy.Only Gago was sitting by the window, with a strange expression on his face.In St. Peter's Basilica, I met someone I didn't want to meet. Fortunately, both parties had something to do, so they separated immediately.

"Fair, what's wrong with you, your complexion is not very good."

Ramos, who was sitting next to Gago, asked suspiciously. Since getting on the plane, Gago has been thinking about life outside the window, which makes him very strange for a simple-minded person.

"It's nothing, just a little sleepy, probably because the aftereffects of the game haven't passed yet."

Gago replied casually, then closed his eyes, preparing to take a rest.

"Sleep well, I'll call you in Madrid!"

Ramos said very intimately.

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After the team went back, Schuster immediately announced the disbandment, but he specifically reminded the players not to be late for tomorrow's training.

After the first round of the UEFA Champions League round of [-], the result of qualifying is not clear, but the previous results are enough for the media to estimate the quarterfinals.First of all, Real Madrid, who defeated Roma in an away game, has the advantage of one goal, plus two away goals, and the second round is the home of the Bernabeu. Real Madrid has not lost at home this season.The Los Blancos have reached the quarter-finals with one foot. After stopping the top [-] of the Champions League for three consecutive years, they will finally break the curse for two consecutive years.This also embarrassed some people who insisted that Real Madrid was just lucky to enter the quarter-finals this season.

Then there was last year's runner-up Liverpool. After winning Torres at a sky-high price in the summer, Benitez added the last shortcoming of the team.They thrashed Serie A leaders Inter Milan 2-0 at home at Anfield.

On the contrary, the performance of the defending champion AC Milan was not satisfactory. At the Highbury Stadium, the two sides were tied after 10 and 08 minutes of the battle with Arsenal.After entering [-], Kaka's state is no longer as omnipotent as last year!

Another surprising thing is Barcelona. The La Liga giants defeated the Scottish Super League giants Celtic 3:2 in the away game. It is still expected by the media.What surprised the experts and celebrities was that Messi finally scored again after a period of downturn.It was another brace, and with two goals, he reached the top of the UEFA Champions League scorer list in one fell swoop, beating Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Inter Milan's Ibrahimovic!
Now, La Liga fans are getting excited, think about the days at the beginning of the season, Gago, Aguero, and Messi, the three Argentine geniuses, kept scoring goals under the stimulation of each other.In the end, Messi was shoveled by a La Liga defender who couldn't see it.After losing Messi, although Aguero performed well, compared with Gago, he was still a grade behind.After losing his opponent, Gago felt a little "lonely like snow" in La Liga.

Currently in the league's top scorer list, the Argentine prince is second only to the leader of the list, Guiza, with [-] goals.But in the assist list with [-] astonishing statistics, he is the best in Europe.In the first half of the season, Gago scored more goals than assists, but after the winter break, the core of Real Madrid changed their way of playing, and more of them passed the ball to help the team win.After all, he is now the barometer of Real Madrid's performance, and he is the only one in the team who cannot find a substitute.Using this more secure way of playing football can help the team achieve good results on both domestic and foreign fronts.

Of course, many fans speculate that this may also be because there is no opponent. The reason why Gago pursued more goals in the first half of the season was to overwhelm Messi, the representative of the archenemy.As soon as Messi was injured, there was no peer in La Liga who could wrestle with him.With the enthusiasm greatly reduced, he began to switch to scoring assists instead of scoring goals.In the 8:0 home game against Valladolid, he scored five assists, which made Harvey, who had already been unable to see his back on the assist list, cry immediately.It seems that Gago is in La Liga for a day, and Harvey is not going to win the title of assist king.

Now that Messi's skills have recovered, fans believe that Gago, who refuses to admit defeat, should resume his scoring efficiency higher than that of strikers in the first half of the season.

But the real situation disappointed the fans. In the No.20 La Liga match against Getafe at home in the fifth round, Gago was put on the bench by coach Schuster.The German is also a genius who has been in football for more than ten years, and he has a clear understanding of the mind of the media.These people will do everything possible to create gimmicks for the sake of newspaper sales. What does Messi have to do with our Jiago?If you want the two to face each other, it's a beautiful idea!

In fact, Gago's performance of passing and shooting against Roma was also good, but after all, assists are not as good as goals. In addition, fans now regard Gago as a star, and both assists and goals are considered. It should be.Therefore, in terms of momentum, it can't compare with Messi, who has rebounded strongly after nearly ten rounds of downturn.

Schuster is very clear about this point. He knows that the team has a clear advantage in winning the championship in the league now, and there is no need for the ace of Tired Gago.There is no need for him to be involved in the comparison with Messi that the media hyped up. As long as Real Madrid wins the championship in the end, all the praise will be placed on the Argentine prince.In this world, only victory is the most real. Fans will only think of those stars who won the championship in the future. The results of those without honor can only be surpassed by future generations as a bunch of statistics.

When playing against his former owner Getafe at home, Schuster put Raul and other generals on the bench in order not to let Gago think too much, showing to the outside world that he was doing a rotation. Accumulate for the Champions League.Although the German's approach made the media very dissatisfied, there was no excuse to hype that Gago had conflicts with him. After all, Real Madrid roughly rotated half of the main lineup in this game.

But Schuster thought too well. He originally thought that even with the strength of the substitute, it would be easy to win a small team like Getafe.Last season, Getafe was able to beat Real Madrid at home because he had him as the head coach. I thought that after I left, Getafe would quickly degenerate, which happened to be the case.The current Getafe is close to the relegation zone, which is the point difference of one game.

But at the Bernabéu's home court, this team trained by Schuster showed the defensive ability that ranked No. [-] in La Liga last season.Surrounded by layers, the well-organized iron barrel formation kept Real Madrid players' shots every time.

Instead, in the No. 605 minute, the opponent counterattacked and scored a goal.However, this goal was also very dramatic. It was originally an opportunity for Real Madrid to attack. Guti made a diagonal pass from the wing. Higuain volleyed from a small angle on the edge of the penalty area and was saved by Argentine goalkeeper Abbondan Sheri.But the ball was picked up by Ramos, who crossed from the right side of Shui Ye, and Robben inserted into the penalty area in time and scored the goal.

But the referee signaled that Ramos was in an offside position when passing the ball, and the goal was not counted.The Real Madrid players were naturally unconvinced, and they surrounded the referee to question his penalty.But Getafe took advantage of this time to serve quickly. At this time, Real Madrid only had Cannavaro and Metzelder in the backcourt. They played four against two in the frontcourt. Of course Getafe did not miss such a wonderful opportunity. After Celias struck out, he found that the ball was passed to the wing, and Uche scored an empty goal.

The referee came over and ruled that the goal was valid. At this time, Real Madrid fans began to boo, and some radicals even scolded the word "black whistle".But they also have reasons to say so. After all, the penalties Real Madrid received in the league recently have become more and more abnormal. The Los Blancos have pulled away too many points from No.2 Barcelona, ​​basically ending the suspense of the league ahead of schedule.According to the thoughts of the Football Association, it is natural to hope that La Liga will fight fiercely like last year until the final round to decide the winner. It would be even better if Barcelona can reverse and win the championship like Real Madrid.

You know, the last round of the league is the world-famous war of the century. According to this schedule, it can be easily inferred that the Football Association hopes to use the war of the century to determine the champion of La Liga.But this year's Real Madrid is too strong, and Barcelona is too disappointing. It is rare for Real Madrid to draw a game, and they even drew.

Only a fiercely competitive league can attract more attention. Only the fans of Real Madrid themselves pay attention to the top-notch La Liga, which is not good for the development of the entire league.

However, these reasons are naturally impossible for Real Madrid to lose a few games in vain, giving Barcelona a chance to catch up.There is no such thing as sacrificing oneself to fulfill the mortal enemy in the concept of Westerners.

Seeing that his team was falling behind, Schuster loudly protested to the fourth official on the sidelines for a while, and then the Football Association replaced Gago, Raul, and Robinho in a very perplexing way.

"NND, you have maintained a record of home wins for such a long time, you can't let this little Getafe break!"

This idea flashed through Gago's mind after warming up and playing, and it was also the mind of all Real Madrid players.

After the three of them play, they are basically Real Madrid's main lineup, especially the offensive combination in the midfield, which is already the strongest combination that Real Madrid can produce.

Gago replaced Guti as the frontcourt commander, and now Getafe has all retreated, what is needed is gouging ability and long-range set-pieces.Robinho and Robben, the two wingers with the best breakthrough ability in the team, showed their world-class strength and attracted most of the opponent's defense to the two wings.

Then in the last ten minutes, Gago directed the team to play a soul-stirring reversal.

First of all, in the second minute of No.80, Gago, Raul, and Higuain passed the ball consecutively, abruptly tearing apart Getafe's defense in the middle, and finally Raul faced him in the penalty area. Abangdan Sheri succeeded in lobbing.This ball just hit the crossbar and hit the net, which can be said to be "precise".

The most exciting thing for Real Madrid fans was that in the first minute of stoppage time, Robben broke through and won a free kick at the top of the restricted area for Gago.The Argentine prince scored a lore goal for the team with a world wave kick. This kick did not have any arc, and it was directly drawn vigorously. Higuain squatted down in time to let the ball fly over his head and blast into the goal. upper left corner.

(End of this chapter)