princely elegance

Chapter 232 La Liga Form
(ps: There was a mistake in the previous chapter. Real Madrid should be guest first in the Champions League, but it is difficult to modify the VIP chapter. It is specially prepared on weekends, so you just need to know it psychologically)

La Liga has now reached the No.30 round, with less than ten games left.Basically, it can be said that it is the final stage.However, compared with last year's La Liga, this year's La Liga can be said to have dropped greatly in terms of excitement.In the final analysis, this year's Real Madrid is too strong, and Barcelona is in the midst of a blood change.Sevilla, who was able to fight with the La Liga duo to the last minute last season, has fluctuated in the league because of the distraction of the Champions League this year.

Real Madrid has occupied the top position since the 5-0 bloodbath of Villarreal in the second round of the league and has not retreated. Currently, they have 68 points and are as lonely as snow.The No.2 Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid's recent one loss and one draw to catch up to within ten points, ranking second with 59 points.The third is Villarreal, who is dedicated to the league. This year, Pellegrini is the most popular candidate for the best coach in La Liga.He trained a motley crew into a strong team in La Liga, and after double-killing Barcelona, ​​​​his reputation reached its peak.

In contrast, Atletico Madrid, which has invested nearly 3000 million euros this summer, ranks fourth, which makes people question Aguirre's coaching level. With Forlan, Aguero, Simão, and Reyes, the overall Villarreal, who is worth less than [-] million, is no match.

And this round of Real Madrid's opponent Sevilla is ranked sixth in the league, Juande underestimated the cruelty of the Champions League.Originally thought it was just a two-line battle like the UEFA Cup, but it was wrong to put it on the Champions Cup with the highest gold content on the entire planet.In the group stage, Sevilla did pretty well, beating Arsenal in Group H to qualify for the top spot.But the price of this is that they are ranked in the middle of the league. In the top sixteen, they thought they were lucky to draw the weakest Fenerbahce, but they tied 5:5 in two rounds. With the same goal, they had to enter a brutal penalty shootout, which was finally scored by the old Real Madrid player Carlos' last penalty.

After being eliminated in the Champions League, Juand wanted to fight again in the league, but found that it was too late. The hole dug before was really big. Although it was not a huge hole like Valencia, it was still a big hole.I have to say that Sevilla's strength is still good, otherwise they would not be able to beat Arsenal in the group stage.Now that they have focused all their attention on the domestic league, they immediately promoted themselves to the sixth position with a wave of three consecutive victories, only two points behind the fifth Racing Santander, and they are about to catch up. At that time, it was discovered that the next opponent was Real Madrid.

Seeing the five words "Real Madrid", more than half of the teams in La Liga will put on an iron bucket formation.And one of the only teams that dared to attack Real Madrid was Sevilla. In the last cycle, Juande used offense to kill Real Madrid 2:0 at home.

Now in this Bernabeu game, Juand once again has the courage to line up the offensive lineup.For him who is proud and arrogant, if Schuster hadn't had more stars in his hands than him, and Gago as the command tower, I am afraid that the results of leading the team would not be as good as him.

In this game, both sides have a tacit understanding of the offensive lineup. For Real Madrid, apart from Sneijder playing to replace Robinho, Gago served as a single midfielder for the first time this season.

With a big wave of the German, the legendary 4-1-3-2 formation appeared again at the Bernabeu. Gago, as a midfielder, controlled the team's offense and defense. As the pivot, the Argentine prince had a heavy task in this game.Schuster also wanted to see if Gago could display his full strength in the entire formation. You must know that Manchester United is not easy to deal with, and sometimes surprise is a very good way to win.

With Gago's control in the midfield, Real Madrid gained an advantage in rhythm and possession, but the offense always failed.Without the sharing of Diarra's side, Gago used more long passes to launch the team's offense, and on offense, the two full-backs no longer inserted too much.

But even so, Real Madrid still relied on their own strength to open the scoring.Sneijder, a rare starter, received Gago's transfer ball, glanced at the penalty area, and showed his passing talent. A pick pass penetrated the opponent's defense.Raul, who has been in excellent form recently, shot the ball into the upper left corner of the goal under Adriano's close defense.

After letting the Lord of the Rings receive the ball in the penalty area, he has countless ways to get the ball into the goal, unless he is not allowed to receive the ball.This is his No.16 league goal this season and his 290th goal for Real Madrid.

The Real Madrid fans were very happy after the goal, because the team took the lead. In recent rounds of the league, Real Madrid was scored first by the opponent and then reversed.What's more, the reversal is more hurtful. Didn't he not be able to reverse the loss at the Riazor Stadium in the last round?

The Real Madrid players who thought they could enter the intermission in a good mood lost the ball in the No. 308 minute. Alves' free kick was cleared. Keita rushed the header into the penalty area before Ramos. Heinze's delay led to the failure of Real Madrid's offside, and Kanoute single-handedly faced Casillas with a low shot.

The goal of the Mali had to make Real Madrid enter the second half with a depressed mood, but Schuster did not change his formation during the intermission. He believed that this formation could definitely beat Sevilla.

Gago finally found his way of playing with a single midfielder when he was in Boca after half-time familiarization.Since a single midfielder is not as capable of protecting the front of the penalty area as a double midfielder, it is necessary to use the ball possession rate to reduce the opponent's chances of counterattack.This is exactly what Gago is good at. After entering the second half, Real Madrid began to use more passes in the midfield to mobilize the opponent's defense, and they played the ball when they saw the opportunity.

It has to be said that purely in terms of technology, Real Madrid is top in La Liga. The midfield combination of Gago, Guti, Robben and Sneijder constantly uses short pass penetration and personal breakthroughs to create opportunities for strikers.Such efforts finally paid off in No. 60 minutes. Robben's breakthrough caused a foul and won a free kick on the right side of the penalty area.

Gago's scoring rate in this position is not high, so the Sevilla players focus more on other players.However, during the winter break, Gago practiced free kicks for nearly half a month to make up for his weakness. Free kicks from this position are also one of the key training objects.

Without any tactical cooperation, Gago kicked up directly, using the outside of his instep to draw an inner arc, and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal after bypassing the human wall.Palop, who was originally standing in the near corner, was shocked when he saw the ball. He quickly jumped up two steps and wanted to push the ball out with his hands, but it was a step too late.

With a "bang", the ball hit the junction of the beam and the post very trickily and bounced into the net.With this direct free kick, Gago scored his No. 18 league goals and continued to maintain the honor of the team's top scorer.

And this goal also forced Sevilla to attack even more frantically. What they need is victory. Losing one goal and two goals are zero points, there is no difference.

But the fact was as they expected, they lost the second goal. After the Sevilla players pressed all the way, the back was full of gaps.In the No.606 minute, Gago steals the ball from the midfielder and moves to the right. Guti makes a low pass from the outside of the penalty area with his left foot. Accurate to the millimeter.

Higuain, who was inspired by Van Nistelrooy's comeback, countered offside in a timely manner and successfully slanted in front of the goal, shoveling and scoring before the attacking goalkeeper.

This is his sixth league goal of the season. During the days when Ruud van Nistelrooy was injured, he made up for the vacancy of the striker.However, after scoring the goal, Schuster replaced him with Ruud van Nistelrooy who had finished warming up. The Germans knew that it was okay to play in La Liga with a small bong. Wang's, especially in the face of Manchester United, the old club that ruthlessly abandoned him!
Ruud van Nistelrooy, who hadn't played for two months, scored a goal in the first minute of playing, still taking advantage of Sevilla's opportunity to attack. After receiving a pass from Ramos, Gago directly Played a long pass over the top.After being educated by Beckham, Gago's long pass is also very charming. The outer instep of his right foot is drawn on the ball, and he continuously rotates in the air to bring out an elusive arc. It fell in front of Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area.

The king of the penalty area stopped the ball with his chest and then volleyed vigorously. Although Palop judged the right direction, he fell to the ground too late, and the ball blasted into the goal from his armpit.

After scoring the goal, Van Nistelrooy rushed directly in front of the camera and let out a roar with an extremely domineering expression on his face.And Ferguson, who was watching the game in the distant Manchester, had a flash of regret in his eyes, but he was immediately suppressed by this more domineering old man, and there was only coldness in his eyes.

In the end, the game ended 4:1. After two winless games, Real Madrid bid farewell to their decline at home with a domineering score.And the head of the opponent of Sevilla also allowed them to stimulate their state to the limit before going to Manchester.

The big knife is sharp, wait for the enemy's head!
On the other hand, Barcelona began to collapse and still did not stop the decline. With a two-goal lead in the first half, Betis scored three goals in a row at the last minute and lost the three points they got.On the contrary, in the strong duel with Atletico Madrid, Villarreal 3:0 cleanly beheaded his opponent who was chasing him.With this victory, Pellegrini's team also accumulated 59 points with Barcelona, ​​relying on the double-kill Barcelona's victory and defeat to overtake, and sat under Real Madrid's chrysanthemum.

Barcelona lost three games in the last five rounds of the league, drew one game, and only won the newly promoted Valladolid. From catching up with Real Madrid, it is now expected to slip to third.And the media thinks that Pellegrini is the number one candidate to replace the black swan. Sure enough, he will only know how powerful you are if you hurt someone.

(End of this chapter)