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Chapter 488
The last round of the UEFA Champions League group stage with Manchester United ended, Villarreal successfully occupied the top position in the group, and with an unbeaten record of six games, two wins and four draws, they advanced to the top [-] of the UEFA Champions League.

Although there are not many victories, but in this group except Manchester United, the strength gap between the other three teams is not as big as imagined. They can remain unbeaten in six rounds of the group stage and beat Manchester United. Villarreal The powerful strength displayed by Er is enough to make everyone pay attention to him.

The group stage is over, the UEFA Champions League can come to an end for the time being, and Villarreal can focus all their energy on the league for the time being.

In the No.14 round of the league, Villarreal ushered in a door-to-door challenge from the Madrid satellite city team Getafe at home.

After 10 and 2 minutes of fierce fighting, Villarreal finally scored three points with a score of 1:14. Fran and Fan Bizhuang contributed to the team respectively. The scoring efficiency is the highest in La Liga this season, and Fan Bizhuang is still proud of the top scorers.

A week later, Villarreal traveled to Andalusia to play at the Pisjuan Stadium, away to Sevilla.

Sevilla lost a good game at the end of last season, and finally ranked fifth in the league, and could only play in the Europa League. This season, Sevilla made a comeback with a sigh of relief, and the start of the league was not smooth Under the circumstances, Sevilla quickly adjusted their status and got out of the predicament. At present, they have remained unbeaten in seven rounds of the league. Now they rank third in the league, only two points away from Villarreal, leading the fourth place Real Madrid are up to three points.

It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid has driven highs and lows this season. After being drawn by the newly promoted Numancia in the first round, the Galacticos ushered in a wave of winning streaks, but they fell to the bottom soon after random. It is difficult to win a game, and now they are only ranked fourth in the standings. Although they are still in the first ranks of the championship, the fourth ranking still puts the team under tremendous pressure from public opinion. Many voices suggest that Real Madrid's new coach Juande Ramos will be fired by the club in the near future.

Of course, other people's affairs have nothing to do with Villarreal. Their focus is on the upcoming battle for the second and third places in the league.

Before the game, although Sevilla is also a traditional strong team in La Liga and has been in good form recently, more people are optimistic about Villarreal's away win, at least there is not much risk of getting out of the game. The problem is that in the new season, the state shown by the yellow submarine is too hot. Counting the six group matches of the Champions League, Villarreal has remained unbeaten in [-] consecutive games.

Pellegrini's team seems to have a kind of magic power, that is, "turning bad luck into good luck". No matter how hard and difficult the process of the game is, the final result must be what Villarreal wants most. the result of.

Many games that should not have been won were won, and games that were obviously expected to be lost were not lost. In view of this situation, I was surprised, and the outside world evaluated the submarine as a "metaphysical" team. And Pellegrini, is nicknamed "the master of metaphysics".

Will a team that has remained unbeaten for [-] games and is "mysterious and mysterious" suddenly stop its progress?It's not that there is no such possibility, but that the hope is too slim.If the opponent is Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​the outside world may have greater expectations, but Sevilla does not look like a team that can stop the submarine.

But things on the football field are so unpredictable, the so-called everything is possible, that's the reason.

Villarreal, who played with the full main lineup, had an almost fantastic start shortly after the first half. In the 3rd minute, Sevilla defender Squillac made a mistake in a return pass. Fan Bizhuang The goalkeeper Palop had to abandon the goal and attack.Facing the goalkeeper single-handedly, Fan Bizhuang deftly shot the ball over Palop's head and fell lightly into the net.

Fan Bizhuang scored the No.15 league goal of the season, and Villarreal also took the lead smoothly.

Everything is so logical and smooth, anyone can draw a conclusion that Villarreal, who is in a hot state, will win this strong dialogue without any surprise.

The first half ended with a score of 0:1, Villarreal took the lead, and the scene also had a slight upper hand.But no one expected that the second half would be a sudden change.

No. 407 minutes, Sevilla took advantage of a corner kick, Mali striker Kanoute scored a header, and 3 minutes later, Kanoute assisted Fabiano to volley from the front of the penalty area. In less than 5 minutes, the home team completed a good show from falling behind to reversing.

After conceding two goals, Villarreal launched a fierce counterattack. The powerful attacking group headed by Fan Bizhuang also frequently posed threats. The game soon turned into a half-court offensive and defensive battle.

But unfortunately, until the end of the game, Villarreal failed to score again. They lost the game with a score of 1:2. Their unbeaten games in the new season are also fixed at [-] games. declared the end.

This can be regarded as a big upset in this round of the league. When everyone thought that Villarreal would continue to expand their unbeaten games, the submarine capsized in the gutter.This caused a lot of heated discussions in Spanish football, and many media came forward to sing bad news for Villarreal.

"1:2! Villarreal ushered in the first loss of the new season!"

"The Record Terminator finally appeared, and Seville played the role of a cold-blooded killer!"

"The undefeated golden body of the season has finally come to an end. Will Villarreal's hot state soon become history?"

"Prosperity is bound to decline, and prosperity must be followed by withering! The first defeat has already occurred, and the second one will be far away?"

"In the first round before the focus dialogue, Villarreal stumbled. Does this mean that they will face Barcelona in a mourning posture? Or, Barcelona will become the second team to beat Villarreal this season. Yar's team?!"

The hustle and bustle of the outside world is somewhat pessimistic about the future of Villarreal.The reason is simple. In the next round of the league, Villarreal will face Barcelona's door-to-door challenge at home.

At present, Barcelona ranks first in the league standings, and the state is not lost to Villarreal. Most importantly, under the shadow of a famous tree, Barcelona is one of the two most powerful super giants in La Liga. Speaking of Villarreal, even Real Madrid may not be able to guarantee that they can beat the Catalan team.

Under normal circumstances, Villarreal may not be able to take advantage of Barcelona, ​​let alone when they have just experienced their first league defeat and their state and mentality are unstable.

One mistake, Villarreal is likely to usher in a two-game losing streak in the league, or even a three-game losing streak-because after the game against Barcelona, ​​Villarreal will go to Madrid for an away game non-stop Challenge the galaxy battleship.This is also a difficult role to deal with. Maybe the star-studded Real Madrid will send Villarreal another defeat.

I have to say that La Liga's schedule is often extremely cheating. It seems that now, Villarreal has to face a strong enemy, not just an ordinary strong enemy. Not to mention, even without this defeat with Sevilla, Villarreal would not have a very easy life when they encountered super giants in a row.

But no matter how cheating the schedule is, what should come will always come, and what should continue will continue. Villarreal ignored the disturbance from the outside world and concentrated on preparing for the game.

On December 12, the bus carrying all members of Barcelona arrived in the seaside town.

In the evening, the Love Song Stadium, which can accommodate more than 3 fans, was full early.The fans created a fiery atmosphere in the stands around them. The warm-up song was sung over and over again, and various portraits and banners were constantly swaying gently under the lights.

This game has a different meaning for the fans in the small town, because it is the team's last game at the Love Song Stadium this year. After this game, Christmas will come, and the next round of the league will start. It will be after the new year.

Fans are looking forward to the team being able to send a special gift to the small town with a victory when Christmas is approaching, and it is also a perfect end to the past 2008.

In the first half of 2008, they fought hard to catch up in the most difficult period, and finally won the runner-up of the league. In the second half, the team was in a hot state. Not only did they achieve good results in the Champions League, but also in the league. , and occupied the top three seats for a long time, which undoubtedly made the fans of the small town very happy. At the same time, they also have more expectations. They hope that when the team comes in 09, the team will continue to perform well and continue to win continuously. .

Of course, for Barcelona, ​​they are also bound to win this game. In addition to consolidating their position at the top of the league standings, they also want to wave goodbye to 2008 with a victory.

When the hour hand pointed exactly at [-]:[-], the referee's whistle pierced the night sky. Amidst the cheers of tens of thousands of fans, the game officially started.

The first to kick off was Villarreal at home. They had just ended their unbeaten league status in the last round. They seemed not to be affected by the defeat and doubts from the outside world. They launched a blitzkrieg at the beginning. Use the fast break to put pressure on the visiting Barcelona.

(End of this chapter)