Chapter 868: Fiasco
This season's Chinatown performance completely surprised everyone, including Gao Han, with six consecutive wins in the first six rounds, playing an amazing momentum, and the leading striker Michu scored seven goals in six rounds to lead the scorer list.
But this situation was curbed in the seventh round of the league.
Chinatown's form was visibly interrupted by two weeks of international matches, and the back-and-forth movement of international players such as Otamendi made the team sluggish in the seventh round away to Hercules, and Michu was inactive and did nothing to contribute throughout the game.
However, China City continued to be tenacious, equalising twice from two points behind, with left-back Jordi Alba and French midfielder Schneiderlin playing key roles, both of whom scored a pass and a shot to help the team take a point away from home.
Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez was sent off the pitch with a second yellow card in the 81st minute, while Alderweireld was also sent off in the 83rd minute.
However, things are not going well for Herkules either, with striker Trezeguet also receiving a red card.
With three red cards in one game, the referee's enforcement was generally questioned after the game.
A week later, in the eighth round of La Liga, the midfielder hosted Atletico Madrid.
Simeone's side, who have been unbeatable in the Champions League, have had some ups and downs in La Liga, sitting in fifth place so far, but their overall strength should not be underestimated.
The two sides were inextricably linked at the Stadio Butak, with Atletico Madrid scoring first, while Chinatown received a red card at right-back Danilo in the 77th minute, giving Chinatown three red cards in two rounds.
Thankfully, in stoppage time at the end of the game, Schneiderlin broke the ball in midfield and counter-attacked, allowing Michel to score the equaliser and eventually draw 1-1 at home to Atletico Madrid.
From six consecutive wins to two draws, Chinatown ushered in the first round of crisis of the new season, especially the three red cards in two games, and coach Pochettino's complaints about the referee were also severely warned by the Football Association, which put Chinatown under a lot of pressure.
In particular, Real Madrid and Barcelona have been making great progress during this period of time, winning consecutive victories and quickly shortening the points gap, Real Madrid reversed China City by virtue of goal difference and topped La Liga, while Barcelona is only one point behind the two teams and ranks third.
In the ninth round of La Liga, Chinatown challenged Sporting Gijón away.
Chinatown, which had suffered two consecutive draws, finally raised their eyebrows, and after just nine minutes, Michu assisted James Rodriguez to score and put the score in the lead.
After that, China City suppressed Sporting Gijón all the way until the second half of James Rodriguez sent a fatal goal, and Aubameyang pushed home from inside the box to extend the score to 2-0.
In the end, Chinatown beat Sporting Gijón by two goals and finally stopped the streak of draws.
In the tenth round of La Liga, Chinatown returned to its home stadium to welcome Athletic Bilbao.
Just six minutes into the game, the home side made a mistake when Athletic Bilbao centre-forward Llorente headed home Otamendi to take the lead, and the Basque Lions focused on counter-attacking tactics on the road.
This left Chinatown in an embarrassing situation.
But at the crucial moment, Michu received an assist from James Rodriguez to equalize the score and score his tenth league goal of the season.
Towards the end of the first half, Schneiderlin scored another goal to make it 2-1.
The French midfielder has improved rapidly this season with the team's performance, especially in the midfield, and has been the team's best performer in successive rounds, and his offensive and defensive characteristics have made him another rising star in La Liga.
After the rematch in the second half, the two sides were still very close, but Athletic Bilbao defender Ortenezze received a red card in the 78th minute and was sent off by the referee, while China City relied on the numerical advantage to score two goals in the 84th and 90th minutes, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and substitute De Bruyne coming on to the pitch.
In the end, the midfielder beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at home.
At the end of this round, China City once again reversed Real Madrid with the advantage of goal difference, and once again topped the La Liga standings, winning praise from the media and fans around the world, while Barcelona was in third place by one point.
Michu, who scored 10 goals in 10 rounds, is still at the top of the scorer list, but Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain, Barcelona's Messi, Athletic Bilbao's Llorente and others are close behind, and the gap between them is getting smaller and smaller.
Messi, in particular, has scored eight goals so far.
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On the evening of November 13, at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain.
In the eleventh round of La Liga, Chinatown challenged Barcelona away.
It was a key match between the second in La Liga and the third in La Liga this season, and it was also a matchup between two teams with a deep alpine imprint, which attracted the attention of fans around the world.
Because the Manchester City game was held a day earlier and there was no game in midweek, the team was on holiday, and Gao Han specially returned to Spain with his wife and children to supervise this key game on the spot, hoping to cheer for China City.
Real Madrid's away game against Sporting Gijón also came a day before Chinatown, as they beat Sporting Gijón 1-0 away to take three valuable points and temporarily overtake Chinatown to top the La Liga table.
Barcelona's squad for this game was not in order, with main centre-back Gerard Pique suspended and Argentine centre-back Milito out injured and leaving the backline short of personnel, but Pep Guardiola's side remained firmly in control of the ball at Camp Nou.
Pochettino continued to play very bravely on the road, taking the initiative to put pressure on Barcelona and achieving quite good results at a tactical level.
In the 26th minute of the first half, Xavi made a direct pass, and Messi assisted Pedro to score an empty goal after successfully countering offside.
But just after Barcelona took the lead, China City restarted the game and quickly counter-attacked, and after continuous cooperation on the left, Hazard was assigned to the wing, Albatau crossed from the side, and Michu inserted a header against Puyol to equalize the score.
After that, the two teams played very closely, the tempo was very fast, and they fought against each other.
What really changed the game was in the second half, when the restrictions on Messi and Ibrahimovic had to be eased as China's energy was exhausted, and the two superstars began to play to their individual strengths.
In the 58th minute, Xavi sent a free kick, and after Messi and Ibrahimovic hit the wall in succession, they scored with a pick-up from the right side of the small penalty area, and De Gea couldn't do anything about it.
It can be said that this conceded goal was a very big blow to China City.
Barcelona then continued to launch a frantic attack on Chinatown, but it was not until the 83rd minute that it was another pass from Xavi, and when Ibrahimovic got up to hit the goal, he was blocked by Otamendi with his body, and Messi followed up to score with a follow-up shot.
Gao Han looked at it from the stands and shook his head, "In the final analysis, it's still inferior to others." ”
Don't look at Chinatown's performance this season, but in terms of overall strength, it is still much inferior to strong teams such as Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, especially Barcelona, this team is too strong.
China City has been very passive since the opening, Barcelona had a period of 75% possession, that is, China City was completely disarmed, but what is even more terrifying is that this team is also quite well executed in terms of pressing and pressing.
Chinatown's defense is good, but Barcelona's pass success rate is also 87 percent, and what about Chinatown?
Only a pitiful seventy-five percent, a new low for the season.
"It's mainly Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Ibrahimovic and Messi, these superstars are so good, Pochettino's tactics are not wrong, but the physique is unbearable, you see after 50 minutes we are completely powerless. ”
Technical Director Cantarero's words are undoubtedly to the point, to the heart of the problem.
In terms of overall tactics, China Town does not necessarily lose, but the strength of the players determines the situation on the field.
Chinatown as a youth guard, every player is personally selected by Gao Han, the potential is undoubted, but the strength is not necessarily, such as Hazard, Gao Han is very optimistic about his future, but he is only nineteen years old, can he hope that he will fight against a defender of Puyol's level?
"To be honest, I was mentally prepared for the loss before the game, but I still had a little fantasy in my heart, wondering if Barcelona would make any mistakes, whether there would be any upsets, but the result was still not good, Pep Guardiola's team was incredibly stable. Gao Han exclaimed.
"Yes, according to the current situation, the Champions League dare not say, but in La Liga, it may be difficult for any team to compete with them, Real Madrid has been very strong recently, but it is still not as good as Barcelona. Cantarero analyzed.
Atletico Madrid's performance has slipped this season, and if nothing else, the title will be between Real Madrid and Barcelona, with Chinatown just running in the running from the start.
"If you lose, you lose. Gao Han exhaled heavily, "We should get out of the shadow of the Camp Nou fiasco as soon as possible, and even learn from it, recover morale as soon as possible, and continue to compete in La Liga, especially in the next round." ”
In the twelfth round of La Liga, China City will return to the home stadium to welcome the Bat Army Valencia, which will also be a tough battle.
If the team can't get out of the slump of defeat as soon as possible, the next game against Valencia will also be very dangerous, and the ranking may even fall further.
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This battle at Camp Nou ended in a 1-3 defeat for Chinatown, and the upset that many media and fans hoped for did not appear, and the absolute gap in strength made Chinatown lose at Camp Nou and lose completely.
Head coach Mauricio Pochettino also admitted in his post-match press conference that his team was not as good as others, but he also said he was proud of the performance of his players in Chinatown.
'At least for the first 50 minutes, we were on par with Barcelona. ”
As for the defeat, Pochettino said that the team should not think too much, the most important thing is to sum up the lessons learned, concentrate on preparing for the next league, and he is confident that the team can quickly get out of the shadow of defeat.
After this round of matches, Real Madrid leads the La Liga standings alone, followed by Barcelona by one point, three points behind Real Madrid in third, and Atletico Madrid and Sevilla are the same on points, six points behind Chinatown, in fourth and fifth place.
The only takeaway was Michu, who scored eleven goals in eleven games to continue to lead La Liga's top scorer by one goal ahead of Lionel Messi.
It was also after the game, on the way back to Madrid for Gao Han and others, Cantarero received a phone call.
"Things are in trouble. The technical director said helplessly after answering the phone.
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