Chapter 081: A Process No One Could Ever Have Imagined

Cristiano Ronaldo will miss a maximum of two months and a half months due to injury, and given that he is already in his thirties, his recovery period is longer, and with his return to form, it is likely that he will not be able to play again until the second half of the season.

Many fans who like Cristiano Ronaldo are worried about this, and six years have passed, and Cristiano Ronaldo's contribution to Real Madrid is obvious to all, and helping Real Madrid become the first team to successfully defend the title since the Champions League was restructured.

Because of the conflict between Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng, Real Madrid's results in the new season have declined seriously, and if they have to choose, they don't know what to do.

Cristiano Ronaldo has helped Real Madrid score many goals and scored many key goals, but he has to choose between results, and I believe many Real Madrid fans will choose results.

Maybe some fans like a certain team because of a certain player, but most fans like a certain player because of a team.

It turns out that Cristiano Ronaldo's absence has a positive effect on Real Madrid's results, and there are not so many fans who are nostalgic for Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real Madrid's visit to the Estadio Pizjuán at the weekend to deliver a hearty victory also gave Real Madrid fans enough confidence that they will take on Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu in a week's time.

Real Madrid drew away to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup at the beginning of the season, but lost at home, so Real Madrid fans have enough confidence after Real Madrid have won two consecutive games in all competitions.

Tang Zheng realized that this was the perfect opportunity for him to make Real Madrid fans forget about Cristiano Ronaldo, so he set himself a small goal.

The first leg of the 2015-2016 national derby at the Santiago Bernabeu led Real Madrid to beat Barcelona, and it was a complete victory!

It will be difficult to compete for the league title this season, but the season is long, and if you can beat Barcelona home and away, the points will be reduced to five points, and as long as you don't make mistakes on your own, it is very likely to reverse Barcelona to the top of the league table.

Real Madrid has already qualified for the Champions League group stage early, ranking first in the group, and the next fifth round is to challenge Shakhtar Donetsk, although there is no way to win the group in advance, but it is obviously the national derby that is more important.

Strictly speaking, the most crucial thing for Real Madrid is the league.

The Champions League group stage played Paris Saint-Germain home and away, and the remaining two rounds of the group stage were Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo respectively.

Cristiano Ronaldo is certainly out of the national derby due to injury, but Barcelona have not let their guard down and are more serious about this kind of game.

Real Madrid's poor record at the beginning of this season is directly related to the discord between Tang Zheng and Cristiano Ronaldo, and now that Cristiano Ronaldo is missing the national derby due to injury, Tang Zheng can get more room to play.

Real Madrid's first two games against Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla can easily see that without the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid's offensive and defensive transitions are much smoother, and the attack is more threatening.

In the blink of an eye, the 11th round of the 2015-2016 La Liga season kicked off at the Bernabeu Stadium, with the home team Real Madrid facing Barcelona.

In the past 11 rounds, Barcelona have been unbeaten with nine wins and two draws, ranking first in the league with 29 points, and Real Madrid is sixth in the league with 18 points with five wins, three draws and three losses.

As two representative teams of Spanish football, the intensity of the league can be guessed before the game when they are separated by 11 points in the last 11 rounds alone.

The 81,000-capacity Bernabeu Stadium is packed to capacity, with more than 100 countries and regions broadcasting the matches live, and the two teams are in direct contact with last season's European Treble winners and Sanya Wang, which has attracted even more attention.

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Barcelona, who had the advantage on the tee, quickly organized a dangerous attack, and then Messi fired a low shot in front of the big box.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas was in a good position and very focused, easily picking up Messi's low shot into his arms.

Barcelona switched from attacking to defending, and Real Madrid switched from defending to attacking.

Tang Zheng retreated to a deep position to ask for the ball, which immediately attracted the attention of Suarez and Messi, Navas hesitated, but Tang Zheng's attitude towards the ball was very resolute, so Navas threw the ball over.

Suarez and Messi glanced at each other, Suarez, who was tall and had a large turning radius, pounced on Tang Zheng, Messi left a distance, and waited for Tang Zheng to make the first move.

Meanwhile, Neymar and Andres Iniesta pounced on the two centre-backs, Raphael Varane and Sergio Ramos, respectively.

However, Tang Zheng seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and the outside of his right foot directly pushed the football to the right back, and the football rolled towards the unmarked Modric.

Suarez had to stop on the spot, and Messi turned and pounced on Modric, who received the ball.

Modric, who was about to take the ball forward, pulled the ball back with the sole of his foot, and then kicked the ball to Tang Zheng who completed the turn with the arch of his right foot.

Suarez is not strong in defensive awareness, he Tang Zheng passed the ball out and then there was no defensive action, and when he realized that Tang Zheng was going to receive the ball and then turned around to defend, Tang Zheng stopped the football on the inside of the instep of his right foot, and did not raise his head to make a long pass to attack the right side.

Hesse plugged in at high speed!

Like a flash of white lightning, it swept past the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium at high speed.

Alaba's forward attack has not yet returned to position, central defender Pique had to pull the side to make up for the defense, and Jesus, who chased the football, did not stick to the ball, and directly gave Benzema who returned from injury who attacked the right rib diagonally.

Benzema led the ball forward to the right in a high-speed run to take away Mascherano's defensive attention.

Mascherano's defensive strategy is to keep a safe distance from Benzema, which means that he can make the most correct move at the first time, regardless of whether Benzema chooses to break through or shoot.

It stands to reason that Mascherano's defensive choice is not wrong, and it is also the standard choice for the average central defender to defend the opposing striker.

Undoubtedly, the flaws are just as obvious.

Mascherano gave Benzema a lot of space to pass.

Coming to the top of the penalty area two meters to the right, Benzema braked sharply on the spot, clasped the ball at his feet, and then used the arch of his right foot to make a cross to the pass.

The ball rolled to the top of the penalty area and the broadcast footage followed in time for James Rodriguez to appear in the passing lane.

As he was running, James Rodriguez picked up his right foot and fired a long-range shot.

At this distance, Alves, who was following the defense, did not dare to slack off, and he subconsciously followed the rhythm of James Rodriguez and stretched his left leg, trying to expand the defensive area to block James Rodriguez's shot.

In addition, goalkeeper Bravo's body also moved a step to the left, which is the right side of the broadcast screen.

But James Rodriguez, who exaggerated his right foot, didn't shoot because his dominant foot was left.

James Rodriguez then used the inside of his right foot to push the ball to the left, then adjusted the outside of his left foot slightly before picking up his left foot.

As soon as Alves retracted his extended left foot, James Rodriguez fired a long-range shot from the left side of the box at the top of the box.

Although James Rodriguez was basically in the same place, the shot was so powerful that the ball flew straight to the top left corner of the goal like a cannonball.

Goalkeeper Bravo's vision was interfered with by Alves's body, and it was too late for him to make a move by waiting for the ball that flashed from the right side of Alves' body, as he had a previous change to the left, and James Rodriguez's long-range shot was directed towards the right side of his body.

Even though Bravo made the first move and took off, he was still far from the football that flew to the ball......

"Whoa—"

Under the cheers of the Real Madrid fans in the stadium, the football hung in the upper left corner of the goal.

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The Bernabeu stadium radio echoed the inflamed chant of announcer Albert: "It was James who scored for us, James James-"

"-Rodriguez!"

More than 70,000 Real Madrid fans were very tacit and almost shouted out in a roaring way.

James Rodriguez, who scored the goal, was so excited that he raised his arms and shouted at the cameras on the sidelines, as if to vent something.

In fact, Cristiano Ronaldo's injury not only gave Tang Zheng more room to play, but also made James Rodriguez have more room to play, because football will always naturally tilt towards Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to the frontcourt, so that James Rodriguez in the other direction is running without the ball most of the time.

Coupled with the fact that in Ancelotti's tactical system, the right corridor is reserved for Carvajal who is inserted in the back, which means that James Rodriguez's position is quite awkward, and with Cristiano Ronaldo's injury, the core of the midfield Tang Zheng has gained more possession, and James Rodriguez has also been activated.

Last season's Real Madrid won the treble, almost all Real Madrid players were touted by the media, and James Rodriguez was one of the few Real Madrid players who was criticized by the media and fans, and now he has scored key goals and proved himself worthy, so it is understandable to vent his excitement.

At the same time, PPTV commentator Shen Fangjian shouted passionately: "Real Madrid made a fantastic start at home with Ronaldo's goal only in the third minute of the game, which will definitely have a positive impact on the next game!"

Speaking of which, Shen Fangjian, who switched to PPTV this summer, suddenly changed his voice: "Although the goal was scored by J Ronaldo, Tang Zheng, who planned this attack, is the most critical part of Real Madrid's goal, and I can be very responsible here to say that if there is no Tang Zheng's pass, there will be no Real Madrid's goal!"

Of course, many fans sitting in front of the computer did not agree with Shen Fangjian's statement, but then again, Tang Zheng's role was indeed obvious, and he didn't say anything.

The Barcelona players on the broadcast screen looked helpless, they didn't expect to concede a goal less than five minutes after the game started.

This, lost too quickly!

But before the Barcelona players could find their rhythm of the game, Real Madrid scored again and exceeded the score!

In the sixth minute, James Rodriguez, who opened the scoring for Real Madrid, used his outstanding dribbling ability to help Real Madrid win a well-placed free-kick.

Suddenly, Barcelona goalkeeper Bravo felt nervous.

Ten days ago at the Bernabeu Stadium, Tang Zheng scored a direct free kick that shocked the crowd!

Soon, what Bravo feared happened.

Tang Zheng's direct free-kick flew over the wall, then flew to the penalty spot and plunged into the air, Bravo's judgment was clearly wrong, and it was too late to react when he noticed the ball falling, and the ball grazed the underside of the crossbar and crashed into the snow-white net.

2:0

"Whoa—"

The Bernabeu stadium reverberated the passionate and loud chanting of Real Madrid fans.

No one expected that in less than ten minutes, Real Madrid would lead Barcelona by two goals at home!

As the Real Madrid players celebrated their goals, the Barcelona players looked at each other.

Messi frowned, and the feeling of powerlessness from last season swept his body again.

It turns out that the two Spanish Super Cups before the start of the season really don't have any reference value!

The current Real Madrid is the real Real Madrid!

Interestingly, the live director gave a meaningful close-up, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sitting in the VIP seat watching the game, had a very heavy face, and he was not excited at all because Real Madrid was ahead, and he was out of place with the fans around him.

Real Madrid were a mess when he was there, and they were a tidal wave without him, beating Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla away respectively, and led Barcelona by two goals in less than ten minutes.

Even if you think on your toes, Cristiano Ronaldo will know how journalists who are afraid of chaos in the world will write this national derby!

The Real Madrid fans in the stands became more and more excited, and the Real Madrid players on the field played harder and harder, even if Barcelona consciously stepped up their attack, there was no way to threaten Navas to guard the goal.

As time went on, Barcelona's vaunted possession gradually lost its weight, with a midfield of Tang Zheng, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos slowly overpowering a midfield of Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Rakitic and Lionel Messi.

Enrique, who was standing in the coaching area of the visiting team, looked heavy and knew that if the situation did not improve, it would be difficult for the team to get out of the Bernabeu, and there could even be a rout.

Last season, he coached Barcelona for the first time to get the humiliating Sanya King, and if the big four are empty again this season, he will know the result with his ass.

"What should I do?"

Enrique returned to the dugout to discuss the possibility of on-the-spot scheduling with his assistants.

As a result, no reasonable solution was found after discussion, and in the end, we had to respond to all changes with no change.

Towards the end of the first half, the score was still 2-0, Real Madrid took the lead, and the impatient Barcelona players suffered another heavy blow.

Before the end of the first half, Tang Zheng scored a brace with a powerful long-range shot, helping Real Madrid basically lock up the win!

3:0

Maybe before the game someone thought that Real Madrid would win Barcelona at home, but ...... Who would have thought that Real Madrid would have a three-goal lead at the end of the first half?