princely elegance

Chapter 8 Gago Premiere
This game is of great significance to both sides. Real Madrid lost a lot of points in the first half of the season, and the gap with the top two in the standings is a bit big.Not to mention Deportivo, who have been in the relegation zone since the start of this season. They have lost three games in a row and have not won nearly ten games. The home fans have been booing them since the beginning of the game. .

Real Madrid is to grab points when the opponent is careless, and Depor is to end their losing streak.So this game was very fierce from the beginning, especially for the midfielder, both sides laid heavy troops.The formations of both sides are 4-2-3-1, and nearly ten people in the midfield area are constantly fighting around a ball.

Since the winter break has just passed, both sides have sufficient physical strength, so such a high-intensity rhythm has lasted for a long time.However, this kind of rhythm is not very used to players like Guti who are not very fit and not strong enough.

Just 8 minutes into the game, Gago used the pre-judgment to steal the ball, looked up, and sent the ball to the front of the penalty area with a through kick.Guti, who had already guessed the path of the ball, got the ball and was about to break through the middle, but his physical exertion exceeded his expectations, and he did not use enough force, so he directly sprained his right foot.

Seeing Guti's painful appearance, Capello hurriedly called the medical staff to prepare a stretcher.After obtaining the consent of the line judge, he carried the Fourteenth Lord down.At this time, he also ignored the chairman's order, glanced at the bench, and directly called Beckham to start warming up.

On the field, Real Madrid had to fight with ten men during this time.As a defensive midfielder, Gago felt the pressure instantly. Not only did the two forwards continue to attack, but the two full backs also took advantage of this opportunity to attack.

But at this time, Gago fully demonstrated his predictive ability, and several ground balls were broken by him one by one.However, since the core of the field is Emerson, Gago will usually give him the ball after he gets it, but it turns out that this is a wrong decision.

"Oh, Ferreira still hasn't entered the state today. I seem to have said this sentence since the beginning of the season. We basically can't see his shadow on the court, except for the moment when Gago handed the ball to him, and then He squandered rare counterattack opportunities with his slow movements."

Real Madrid's commentators used ironic language to say what they have used since the beginning of the season, and Emerson's performance did make people lament that the aging Jaguar no longer has any deterrence.

After attacking the area guarded by Gago for a period of time, Deportivo saw that there was no benefit to be gained, so they shifted their guns.Ricky and Capdevila attacked Emerson consecutively, making Real Madrid's defense constantly jittery.

In the 10th minute, Capdevila made a cross, and Ricky tacitly shook off Cannavaro to take off and prepare to shake his head to attack the goal. At the critical moment, Elguera made a timely foul to resolve the attack.However, the referee awarded Depor a free kick from the right 23 meters away from the goal.This is a very dangerous place.

After Real Madrid's people lined up the wall, the referee gave a whistle, and Capdevila shot directly at the goal.This kick was of a very high level, and after bypassing the wall, it fell rapidly and went straight into the near corner.Casillas touched the ball with his fingertips, but he still couldn't stop the ball from entering.

1:0, only 10 minutes into the game, Deportivo scored with a direct free kick, the situation is not good for Real Madrid.

After seeing the ball scored, Capello's face on the sidelines darkened directly, he greeted Beckham, and signaled to the referee to make a substitution.

"Oh, Capello finally made a substitution on the sidelines, Beckham came on, let's see what adjustments Capello will make to the lagging behind?"

After Beckham came on the field, he played right midfielder, and Raul returned to the center to replace Guti as the attacking midfielder. The overall formation remained unchanged.

However, the form on the court has not changed much. Deportivo is still playing against Real Madrid. Real Madrid has not yet shot a goal.During the period, Gago almost couldn't help dribbling forward several times, but he looked at Capello on the sidelines, and he suppressed his impulse.He knows that Capello is a very disciplined person. If he advances without authorization, even if he wins the game, he may be criticized by him after the game.
In this game, Capdevila was in a hot state. After plugging in, he made a sudden pass, forcing the embarrassed Salgado to put him.The referee showed the first yellow card of the game and awarded a free kick to Depor.This time forward Christian's direct shot was confiscated by Casillas.

However, 2 minutes later, Arizmendi made continuous breakthroughs after getting the ball in the frontcourt and faced Casillas directly.This time, however, Saint Cassie made another contribution, rushing straight out of the penalty area and stealing the ball from Arizmendi with a beautiful tackle.

Gago, who predicted the path of the ball, intercepted the ball. This time, he did not hand it over to Emerson, and directly kicked the ball to the right with a long diagonal pass.Beckham stopped Gago's ball almost out of the baseline, and then found an open kick to cross after the opponent's defender pressed.

The king of the penalty area broke into the penalty area tacitly, ready to head the goal.However, the quality of this cross was not high after the interference of the defender and was directly picked off by the goalkeeper.

Then Depor's attack almost expanded the score. Ricky shot 20 meters in the middle and was blocked by Elguera from the bottom line.After the kick-off, Ricky threw off the defender again and made a pass from the bottom. Arizmendi, who outflanked the goal, missed a tackle.Real Madrid were lucky to escape unharmed.

However, Arizmendy, who wasted the opportunity this time, broke out directly in the small universe after 2 minutes, and broke through Cannavaro, Ramos, and Elguera one after another with a small technique that broke through the flowers and willows from the right.Iker Casillas was singled out successfully, and after a fake move away from San Cassie, he made a coquettish push to the empty goal.

And then... slammed into the goal post.

Do it, but all the home fans cursed, while the Real Madrid fans let out a sigh.Arizmendi himself held his head in disbelief.

However, this goal did not change the following situation. Deportivo, who played morale, seemed to have regained the momentum of the "Super Deportivo" that crossed Europe in the early [-]th century, and continued to bombard Real Madrid's goal. fry.Fortunately, during this time, Casillas was once again possessed by God, and made several miraculous saves one after another, trying to keep the goal.

Seeing the momentum of Super Depor, Gago was very anxious, and he felt that the Real Madrid generals began to doubt whether they could break the "Riasso Curse".Although no one raised it face to face in the locker room, everyone knew about the hotly hyped "curse", and at first they might have been full of fighting spirit and wanted to break it.But now under the situation of being overwhelmed by the opponent, my heart began to waver again.

"We must find a way to break this situation."

Four or 10 minutes had passed in the first half, and Real Madrid had yet to take a shot. From this, one can imagine how crazy Deportivo's offense was.

Gago suddenly left his position, retreated to the middle, stopped a through ball from the opponent, and then dribbled the ball across the midfield.At this time, the opponent's defender reacted and began to return to the defense. Duscher, who was closest to Gago, directly shoveled.Laco's violent attack prevented their men from returning to their positions. If Gago drove straight in, he would easily become a threat no matter if he scored the ball or made a breakthrough.The price of a yellow card to stop this attack is still very worthwhile.

However, Gago seemed to have eyes behind his back. He made an emergency stop to smash the ball, avoided the tackle from behind, and then raised his right foot to volley directly.

With the sound of "Peng", the opponent's goalkeeper obviously didn't expect Gago to shoot directly from such a far position.And the ball was so fast, fortunately the ball hit the crossbar.Otherwise, it would be a beautiful world wave, and I would be played repeatedly as a back view.

Just when Deportivo's goalkeeper Awat was thinking this way, there was an exclamation from behind him.A shadow wearing a black jersey appeared in front of him, and the ball rebounded after Gago hit the crossbar reached the shadow.

Awat cursed inwardly and rushed out, hoping to hit the ball before Van Nistelrooy.

But the name of the king of the small restricted area is not for nothing.Ruud van Nistelrooy directly shoveled and picked the ball in front of Awat with his toes.Under his desperate eyes, the black and white elf passed him and fell into the net behind him.

After seeing the ball go in, Ruud, who had been holding back for most of the time, quickly got up, stretched out his arms around the court, and made a flying movement.

The Flying Dutchman, a classic celebration.

"goooooooooooooal, 5 minutes before the end of the first half, Ruud van Nistelrooy equalized the score, and the two sides stood on the same starting point again. However, Gago's key insertion played a big role in the penalty area. A strong volley from 40 meters away, thanks to him for daring to do so.”

"Real Madrid scored a goal with their first shot, and Real Madrid, who had been pressed by Deportivo throughout the first half, equalized the score at the last minute. Gago intercepted the ball in midfield, dribbling forward and dodging After Duscher's tackle, he shot decisively. At this time, Van Nistelrooy had entered the penalty area against offside. Facing the ball that hit the crossbar and bounced back, he grabbed a tackle in front of Avat and lobbed a shot to equalize the score. .”

Everyone in Real Madrid wildly celebrated the goal. Ruud van Nistelrooy ran over and hugged Gago.In any case, this ball can be regarded as Gago's assists.

After the referee blew the whistle to start again, 2 minutes had passed, and Real Madrid's morale was boosted by the goal, and they began to attack around Deportivo's goal.The second shot was Ruud van Nistelrooy. Reyes made consecutive breakthroughs and crosses from the left, which was snatched by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Beckham started a corner kick, and Ramos, who came from his own penalty area, reached the first point, but unfortunately missed the crossbar under the interference of the opponent's defender.

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half after this attack.

ps: A mistake in the previous chapter was corrected. After the winter break, Sevilla ranked first, and Barcelona came second.

(End of this chapter)