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Chapter 906 Who is the Captain?

At 21 o'clock in the evening on February [-]th, at the El Prat Stadium in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

The focus of the No.20 three rounds of La Liga, the Spaniard played against Real Madrid at home.

The game is about to start.

Benitez stood in front of the coaching bench of the visiting team, gearing up and getting ready for the upcoming game.

He and the team are full of fighting spirit and confidence.

Yesterday, that is, Saturday night, he went to France to spy on the military situation, and watched the Champions League round of [-] knockout opponent Lyon play Saint-Etienne in Ligue [-] away, while Barcelona challenged Sporting Gijon away.

As a result, no one expected that Barcelona was tied!

In the past few months, since the derby of the century at the end of November, Barcelona has won nine consecutive victories.

It can be said that Barcelona this season is hopeless. They almost played the most dominant season in the history of La Liga. Except for losing to Real Madrid in the Derby of the Century, they almost killed all opponents.

Yes, there are more than a dozen rounds left in the league, but in fact, after watching Barcelona play so steadily, everyone's first reaction is that there is no suspense about the La Liga championship.

Reality is often more absurd and more elusive.

No one would have thought that in Sporting Gijon, Barcelona suddenly encountered a draw.

One to one, Villa scored a goal and equalized the score.

This is a great opportunity for Real Madrid!
As long as this game is won again, the point gap between the two sides will be further narrowed to seven points, and the suspense will appear again.

Because the two sides still have a derby of the century, and it is at the Bernabeu Stadium.

This morning, at Real Madrid's regular tactical meeting, many players including Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Iker Casillas and Ramos expressed their views one after another, regarding this game as a decisive battle of life and death.

"So far this season, Barcelona have fallen a handful of times. They fell against Sporting Gijon last night. This is a godsend opportunity for us to narrow the points gap. After this village, there will be no such store. If such a godsend opportunity is missed, then we deserve to lose the league!"

Yang Yang made a rare statement before Casillas. He believed that the team should go all out and fight the Spaniard to death!

If you don't fight at this time, is it possible to wait until you lose the league championship before crying?

Everyone in the team also has the same belief and determination, and everyone agrees with Yang Yang's judgment.

Whether Barcelona can be reversed is another matter, but such an opportunity is in front of us, it would be too useless not to fight!

So in this game, Real Madrid was full of fighting spirit, and everyone was holding back their energy to kill the Spaniard.

As long as we win this game, the points gap will be reduced to seven points, and we will try to win Barcelona at the Bernabeu, then there will be four points left.

Chasing four points in more than a dozen rounds of the league is not too much.

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When the referee Mateu Lahoz blew the whistle to start the game, Real Madrid took the lead in the away game.

Real Madrid took the initiative to attack at the beginning of the game, pressing up as a whole, trying to oppress the Espanyol, and directly attacking the opponent's frontcourt.

But soon, Real Madrid made a mistake in passing the ball in the frontcourt. After the Spaniard got the ball, he quickly sent it behind Real Madrid's defense.

Callejon from the left went straight behind Maicon, one step ahead of Pepe and chased after the falling ball.

Casillas quickly abandoned the goal and rushed out of the penalty area. He wanted to clear the ball with a kick.

The referee quickly followed and whistled for a foul.

All Real Madrid players also realized the seriousness of the problem and surrounded them one after another. Maicon kept yelling that Callejon was offside, but the linesman ignored them, while Pepe and Harvey Alonso were negotiating with the referee, saying that Casillas did not intentionally foul and Callejon was suspected of acting.

Indeed, the Spanish winger kept wailing in the Real Madrid penalty area, rolling on the spot, looking extremely painful.

"Callejon's performance is indeed a bit exaggerated."

"Judging from the slow-motion playback, Iker Casillas can't say that there is no problem, but he did not foul on purpose, and he stopped his feet."

"Let's look at it from another angle. Indeed, Casillas stopped his feet, but he still accidentally tripped Callejon. It must not be as serious as his pain in the penalty area. The Spaniard obviously wants to ask for a red card now."

"Look at how the referee Lahoz made the penalty."

"Red card!"

"Iker Casillas was sent off with a red card at one minute and twenty seconds into the game!"

"The captain of Real Madrid opened his hands with a very incomprehensible expression. He seemed unable to accept this result at all."

"Let's look at the slow-motion playback again. Casillas's movements are not big, and he obviously retracted his feet. It is indeed too serious to give a red card directly. I even think that it is not an exaggeration to give Callejon a flop. His performance is too exaggerated."

"Also, let's look at the moment when the ball was passed just now. Callejon was indeed offside. Maicon raised his hand to signal him to be offside, but no referee responded, which allowed Callejon to rush directly to the front of the penalty area."

"I have to say that this is indeed a very bad penalty. Both the referee and the line referee made an unbelievably wrong penalty. They sent off Real Madrid's captain and main goalkeeper Iker Casillas in just over a minute. How can Real Madrid play this game?"

"There is one person less than the opponent in the whole game, can such a game still last?"

This is not only the doubt of the live TV commentator, but also the doubt of the audience and fans, and even the doubt of the players on the field.

A game has just started, and a goalkeeper is sent off directly, how can I play?
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Casillas was so angry that he almost ran away.

He knew it was over when he saw referee Lahoz reach into his breast pocket and pull out the red card.

The whole team was gearing up to shorten the gap before the game, but in the end it was ruined because of this red card!

The captain of Real Madrid was very angry. He complained that he should not attack, and at the same time complained about what happened to the referee's eyes?

For such an action, such a foul, it is enough to give a yellow card, why give a red card?

He even wondered if the referee was a Barcelona fan?
Taking advantage of Barcelona's loss of points, are you going to punish Real Madrid to death?
He angrily walked to the sidelines, a little shameless, and went directly to the player tunnel, and slammed the glove in his hand against the wall of the player tunnel, but at this time the assistant coach Yesterdan called him.

"Captain's armband!"

Casillas woke up with a start and realized that the captain's armband was still on his arm. He turned around immediately, took the captain's armband off his arm, and walked back to the sidelines.

At this time, Real Madrid's players were depressed, and the team's morale plummeted.

Casillas saw it, feeling ashamed and anxious in his heart, and at the same time remembered another question.

Who is this captain's armband for?
In the Real Madrid team, there has always been a tradition, that is, to be the captain according to seniority, that is to say, whoever has the oldest qualifications in the locker room is the captain.

This is true from the previous Sanchis and Hierro to the later Raul and Guti, and now to Casillas and Ramos.

But tonight, Ramos was absent in rotation and Casillas was sent off again. The captain's armband should be given to the left back Marcelo. He joined the team in [-] and is considered the oldest player in the team.

Does he dare to take it?

Casillas was standing on the sidelines, clutching the next captain's armband, waiting for his teammates to take over.

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Marcelo looked hesitant.

He is the oldest player on the field to join Real Madrid. He joined in January [-], followed by Robben, who joined in the summer of [-]. It stands to reason that Marcelo should have picked up the captain's armband.

This has always been a tradition in the Real Madrid dressing room, and even Marcelo is now the team's third captain.

Of course, in the team locker room, both Marcelo and Higuain joked with each other, because they both joined in January [-]. Higuain signed earlier, but played on January [-]. Marcelo signed later, but played on January [-].

Who is the third captain and who is the fourth captain has always been confused.

But now, Higuain is not on the court, and Marcelo is doing his part.

In the past few years, Marcelo's performance has been mixed. Even before [-], he was almost sold because his performance was not satisfactory, especially on the defensive end.

Juande Ramos asked him to play left winger, but he did not show the sharpness that a winger should have.

It was not until Yang Yang joined and Benitez brought a stable defensive system that Marcelo gradually found his position in the team, but whether in the locker room or in private, Marcelo had a hard time seeing himself as the big brother in the team. He has always played the role behind Yang Yang.

Like Maicon, Maxwell, Kaka and other Brazilian teammates, he is very close to Yang Yang and takes Yang Yang as his leader.

Now, the team is in dire straits, at a critical moment of life and death, it is not difficult to take over the captain's armband, but...

Marcelo was very disturbed and uneasy, he hesitated, and he was not confident enough.

But at this moment, Yang Yang, who was at the side of the court, suddenly walked over and came to Casillas. Under everyone's stunned gaze, he reached out and took the captain's armband.

At this moment, all Real Madrid players, coaching staff and staff inside and outside the stadium were stunned.

This is the dressing room tradition that Real Madrid has continued for many years!

Is Yang Yang trying to break it?
Does he feel that Marcelo is not suitable to be the captain?
Or, he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to replace everyone else, and naturally stop and serve as the captain of the team?
Benitez's face on the sidelines darkened, and he was a little worried, because he realized that Yang Yang's move might bring some discordant factors to the locker room.

Not everyone will obey him!

Of course, if he wanted to, no one could object.

He has this qualification!

(End of this chapter)