Chapter 242: Challenging the Galaxy Battleship (2)

"Hey, guys, are you feeling a little stressed?" Closing the door to the dressing room, George said with a strange smile to the Spurs players sitting in front of him, "This is Real Madrid's home stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Tonight, we're going to play the team known as the Galactic Battleship here. It's a very difficult team to play against......"

"Boss, to be honest, I don't think it's hard to win this fight. However, Ronaldo's reply made George feel quite faceless, "In terms of momentum alone, this Real Madrid team is not even as good as Chelsea and Juventus who have played against us before." Moreover, their defense is so fragile that it is absolutely impossible to withstand our attack!"

"Okay! Since Chris (Ronaldo) said so, then if you don't score a goal in this game, I will deduct your salary for the next month, how about it?" Seeing that Ronaldo not only did not understand his intentions, but also dared to make a big statement in front of him, George narrowed his eyes dangerously and said to his "little brother" in an unkind tone. He originally planned to talk about how to deal with Real Madrid along this topic, but he didn't expect to be mixed up by Ronaldo's living treasure.

"Boss, I know it's wrong!" Hearing George's words, he bowed his head and confessed to C Rome, who realized that he had just made a big death, "I was just joking, please don't take it to heart!"

"Hahaha......" The crosstalk-like conversation between George and Ronaldo eased the tension in the dressing room very well, allowing the players to relax their tense nerves before the big game to a certain extent, and to face the upcoming Champions Cup match with a more relaxed attitude.

Now let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both teams for this game. As for Real Madrid, although the current Real Madrid team has seven superstars, Florentino has secretly instructed the Brazilian coach, asking that these superstars must be allowed to play as many games as possible, but Luxemburg is not stupid, he knows very well that if he wants to keep the position of Real Madrid, not disobeying the wishes of Lafayette is only one of the elements. On the other hand, leading Real Madrid, who have seven superstars, to make a breakthrough in the league and Champions League, and winning one of the trophies will ensure that he will not be fired by Galeries Lafayette at the end of the season.

However, due to Barcelona's strong performance in La Liga this season and the big hole that Real Madrid dug in the first half of the season, Luxemberg led the team to chase points in the league after taking over the manager's position, looking for opportunities to overtake the standings, while investing a lot of energy in the Champions Cup, intending to replicate the successful trajectory of Heynckes and Bosque.

Goalkeeper Casillas, right-back Salgado, central defenders Samuel and Elgra, left-back Robert Carlos. In midfield, Graveson and David Beckham formed a double midfield, Figo played as the starting right midfielder, and Zinedine Zidane continued to work as a left midfielder, handing over the attack and defense on the left to Robert Carlos behind him. On the forward line, Luxemberg sent the duo of "Alien" Ronaldo and "Lord of the Rings" Raul!

Judging purely from the cards, this Real Madrid team now does live up to the name of the Galaxy - even the bench has a top striker like Michael Owen. With such a lineup configuration, there is absolutely no second one in the current European football world!

Let's take a look at Tottenham. Like Luxemberg, George, who has no injuries to his players, was also the main force in this game. Goalkeeper Petr Cech, the back four from left to right are Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Ledley King and Stephen Carr, the midfield trio is Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Basturke, and the front trident is a combination of Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robben!

By the way, under the secret instruction of Johansson, UEFA finally selected "dentist" Merck to be the referee to officiate the game. The German referee, who became Europe's No. 1 whistle after Corina faded from refereeing, has a wealth of experience in enforcement, and his decisions in the game are fair enough not to be biased in favor of either side, which is fully in line with the terms of the previous deal between Johansson and George.

In this way, with Merck's whistle, the first leg of the Champions Cup quarterfinals between Tottenham and Real Madrid officially kicked off!

As soon as the game began, Real Madrid, which had the advantage of being at home, launched an attack on Tottenham's door with the cheers of nearly 80,000 Real Madrid fans in the stadium. Of course, they can't do it if they don't, because Real Madrid's football philosophy has always been that it is better not to attack than to die!

Any manager who dares to sacrifice the defensive banner in Real Madrid, even if he leads the team to win the championship trophy, basically does not end well. This can be seen from Capello and Heynckes in the previous life, as well as Mourinho's ending at Real Madrid.

For Real Madrid's actions, Tottenham players are naturally prepared. They took the initiative to shrink the defense line according to George's arrangement before the game, starting from the middle circle of the stadium to deploy layers of defense, leaving only Robben and Ronaldo two fast horses cruising in the front court waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, and even Drogba retreated to his own half to participate in the defense!

After captain Hierro, coach Bosque and main defender Makelele left the Bernabeu in the summer of 03, the hegemony that Real Madrid had built up over the years began to decline from this moment. Especially Claude Makellele, the departure of the French iron waist has made Real Madrid, which is already showing signs of being top-heavy, completely unbalanced at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!

Without Bosque's mediation and reconciliation, Hierro's suppression in the dressing room, and Makelele's tireless defense on the field, although Real Madrid relied on the superstar in the front court to shine on the offensive end, once went hand in hand on all fronts, but when the season entered the critical sprint stage, Real Madrid, which had been holding on for most of the year, finally collapsed due to physical exhaustion, ushering in the first season of the four empty since Lafayette took office.

This season, Real Madrid is in a mess. Camacho, the former coach of the Spanish national team who succeeded Queiroz, voluntarily resigned after only four official games with the team, and then Raymond, who was on the shelves to temporarily put out fires, also announced his resignation before the winter break. Although the current Luxenburg team has achieved quite good results, in order to fill the big hole dug by the team before, it is also under the pressure of Lafayette, so he can only play the main force with his life. Therefore, at this stage of the season, the physical condition of Real Madrid players, especially the superstars in the front court, is naturally not much better!

So, as long as you take advantage of this and withstand Real Madrid's opening onslaught, Tottenham will have a chance to beat the Galacticos!

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