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If the match with Barcelona is called the national derby, and the match with Atletico Madrid is called the city derby, the match between Real Madrid and Getafe, which also belongs to the autonomous community of Madrid, has a less popular name, the mini derby.
But compared to the other two derbies in which the two teams showed the intention of 'either you die or I die', this so-called mini-derby is actually not so hot. Real Madrid have a good relationship with several teams in La Liga, and it is no wonder that many people simply regard Getafe as a satellite team of Real Madrid. But a game is a game, and a good relationship off the field is just a business practice, not a football game.
Just when everyone thought that Real Madrid would be a little relieved by the game against Getafe, the team shouted no with the facts.
In the sixth round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited the Alfonso Stadium, perhaps for the next seventh round match against Barcelona, Capello put Raul and Ronaldo on the bench at the same time, sending a 4-5-1 formation, with Ruud van Nistelrooy at the front. Diarra and Emerson are still standing firm at the back, with David Beckham, Guti and Casolo dominating the midfield. At the back, Cape, who was worried about Ramos' yellow card suspension□□ simply put Ramos on the bench, and the starting line-up from left to right was Carlos, Forlan, Bravo and Messia.
When the starting line-up was revealed, it wasn't a lineup that completely underestimated the opposition, but it always looked like something was missing.
Although the Estadio Alfonso is home to Getafe, a large part of it still falls into the hands of Real Madrid fans. Getafe's home crowd unfurled a banner with the figure 50, which was neither a celebration of who had reached his 50th birthday, nor a player's 50 games and 50 goals, but a figure that was not a warm omen at this moment, aimed at Capello, who looked serious on the sidelines.
When Capello first arrived at Real Madrid, he promised to show everyone a real Real Madrid in 50 days. If the Real Madrid team at the beginning can still be amazing, now the team that has become more and more porous with the passage of time has become more and more obvious. Getafe's pull out this number at this point is both a provocation and a pressure on the opponent, but Real Madrid can only prove themselves with this game.
"We see that the key to the Real Madrid backline is undoubtedly Forlan. This is the current problem of Real Madrid, Capello can rotate Raul, Ronaldo, Beckham, etc., and even Casillas has Diego Lopes as a reliable substitute in his position, but he can never replace Forlan unless he has to. The current Real Madrid backline is getting older and younger, and Forlan can cover up the problem when he is under most of the pressure, and if he is off, the backline will undoubtedly be full of holes. The commentator analyzed before the game, and the schadenfreude could be vaguely discerned between the words. Instead, his partner said, "But Forlan doesn't need to be rotated, and it's also true that Real Madrid's iron guard is recognized by the Melingers as having a body of steel and a heart and lungs of tireless iron." This may be the reason why Capello did not choose to replace Forlan. ”
And he is only twenty-five years old, far from reaching his peak condition, he is still very young.
Seeing that the partner inexplicably changed the topic to full of anticipation for Real Madrid, and was not a fan of Real Madrid, the first commentator who tried to re-pace cleared his throat to attract the attention of the audience, "El País once said of Bravo, he can perform well in one game, or he can play out of style in most games. Let's wait and see how Bravo performs in today's game. ”
Both sides lined up to get ready for the start of the tournament after a series of pre-events. Referee Vazquez blew the whistle for the official start of the game, Getafe had a 442 lineup, and Getafe, who had the right to serve, began to move slowly towards the Real Madrid half in midfield, and Bravo and Messia, who rarely had a chance to start, seemed to be a little ready to make a difference. Fran glanced at Carlos, who was still calm, and felt that after all, he was experienced, and it was still different. Speaking of a series of actions that he thought he was smart and witty when he first joined the first team, was it so naïve in the eyes of the bigwigs at the time?
Getafe midfielders Celestini and Cottelo went straight in line, and Moura went straight down the right, and Getafe looked intent on targeting the apparently budding Messia, after all, the centre-back was supporting Bravo. Fran glanced at Capello on the sidelines and quietly gestured to Bravo to signal the two to switch positions. Moura, who held the ball, was blocked by Messia's attack this time, Messia passed Bravo, and after receiving the pass, he could have cleared the siege with a big kick, but Bravo turned left and right and looked around and did not pass, and finally waited for Cotello, and finally had to kick out of the sideline.
Fran didn't have a trace of a wave on his expression, but he directly switched places with Bravo after this attack. Cotello's sideline ball was kicked out, and before Messia could rush over, Forlan, who assisted in the defense, rushed straight forward, stuck in position, scramble, leaned back, passed, and a series of actions were coherent to the extreme, understatement but revealing an elusive freehand. Especially in contrast to the previous Bravo wasted the opportunity to give the opponent a sideline ball, the Millingers at half-time did not hesitate to give a large applause.
"We see the stadium camera focused on this fan team, among the leaders of the team in the second from the left is the old Mr. Alvarez, it is said that a large part of Fran's feelings for this team is inherited from this middle-aged man, and there are many sayings, Fran has always been favored among Real Madrid fans and is very topical because this is a rare in Real Madrid, from the fans of the star. ”
Fran, who was praised, didn't know at this time, he just vaguely felt that Bravo was a little excited today, but the excitement was not a little place. Real Madrid's rhythm has not been played for a while, but Getafe has played a few threatening attacks with momentum and has the upper hand. Defender Diarra was doing his duty, fouling, stealing, fouling, stealing, but his partner Emerson was once again seen as a weakness by his opponents because of his slow turn.
Today's defense is a big problem, I still give up communicating with Jose for Igor's sake, I'm overwhelmed, how can I still have the energy to consolidate the attack? Thinking like this, Fran decisively decided to give up giving up on supporting Guti's attack.
Well, the consequences can be imagined.
Getafe's dominance in midfield and their attacking coherence are so coherent that they can see from the cheers of the home fans that this is a rare and exceptional game, and the team looks to be in excellent form at the moment. On the other hand, Real Madrid, when Getafe crossed the ball, Carlos cleared the ball with a header and intercepted the ball to the flank of the small penalty area, followed by Bravo's unbelievable kick to the other side and almost assisted the opponent, fortunately Casillas attacked and held the ball in his arms, but it seemed like he guessed that Bravo was going to make a mistake.
Capello finally decided to make a substitution on the sidelines, replacing Emerson at the back and replacing Ronaldo, and Cassano, who made a lot of mistakes in this game, was replaced by Raul, which was a mode of completely stepping up the attack. Fran saw that the coach didn't seem to have any intention of replacing Bravo, and could only pay more attention to Bravo. But it didn't seem to help, Bravo's performance throughout the game was even a far cry from training, with a Getafe corner, Cassie held the far corner of the post with a better view, Forlan tried to get the Getafe striker stuck out of the attacking circle in the outer circle, but the next second Braboa was out of position to allow Getafe defender Alexis to score with a direct header.
Even if Capello replaced Bravo with Ramos a few minutes later, it would not change the fact that Real Madrid were down by one goal. And the worse seems to be still to come, Ronaldo, who was substituted on the field, did not score, but received a red card in the process of a conflict with the opponent and went straight down, destined to miss the next league game. Capello looked tense and ugly on the sidelines, but this Real Madrid team did not turn the score around.
In the sixth round of the La Liga 0607 season, Capello tasted the bitter taste of the team's first defeat in the league. In the post-match press conference, he had to accept the result of his first defeat of the season, admitting that Real Madrid's defeat was unskilled, "Getafe played at a high level to win the game. Real Madrid don't have rhythm, while they have more determination and speed. This is the first time Capello has praised an opponent since returning to Real Madrid: "The opposing players were very aggressive, and we were at a disadvantage. Getafe played a good game and said everything else was an excuse. Real Madrid's image is 'terrible'. Real Madrid now need to forget about this game and think about Tuesday's game, which is very important for us. Although his face is not good-looking, after all, he has the grace to call Getafe worthy of this victory.
Capello may have to say the same. Shots 16 to 5, shots 6 to 0, corners 3 to 2, tackles 17 to 29... This clear advantage belongs to Getafe, and the exaggerated number of tackles also shows the aggressiveness of Getafe's attack. This is a team that spent less than 10 million on summer reinforcements after the departure of Riki, Rivas, Peña and Gavilan, and only scored 3 goals in the first 5 rounds of La Liga, and was ruled by the media that it would not score more than 25 goals in the season. The team also has two main players in this game, Ponovic and Albin, who missed due to injury. But in the face of such a small team whose coach Schmeichel is far more famous than the player's reputation, Real Madrid still lost.
It is clear from the stats that Real Madrid's problem is in the midfield. Fabio Capello stubbornly blindly believed in the two-man combination of Emerson and Diarra, with Guti in charge of feeding the team and David Beckham returning to the right. The best performer was Diarra, but his good impression was only on the defensive side. Emerson, who has been described as a janitor outside the ballroom, still can't see the pace and has a lot of breaks, but at least more than half of them were snatched back by Casquero and Celestini, who was too slow. The key point is that there is still confusion in the division of labor between him and Guti on the central axis, and the positions of the two often overlap, which is not a game that belongs to Guti, and certainly not to Emerson. Guti was forced in the middle axis, Beckham had no breakthrough power, and the ball was like a long-range missile, and he could only make a long pass to Vanney, but unfortunately he couldn't get his head right. What about Cassano, who only made seven mistakes in the first half before being picked up by Capello.
There were 5 shots on goal in the whole game, and none of them hit the goal frame, looking at the embarrassing number record, there is nothing to say except for bad. Getafe, a small team that has relied on Valencia and Real Madrid's surplus players for several years, ironically shows that Getafe President Torres is still a Real Madrid fan with a membership card, and the coach Calderón wanted to hire the most at the beginning of his tenure was also Schuster.
A year ago, Getafe, also Schuster, was sending Luxenburg to the gallows, and now it is Capello's turn. The promise of fifty days was not fulfilled, but on the contrary, it was indeed a complete defeat without any excuses. What's even more worrying is that Real Madrid is currently full of injuries and players suspended, and it is difficult to choose the main lineup, let alone face Barcelona next weekend. In the past, Capello still had the "gold medal of death-free gold medal" talisman of the championship coach, and the team lineup has indeed changed a lot, and the media did not dare to be too mean, but now with this complete defeat, everything is different.
"Taking a step back, even if Real Madrid doesn't have any injured soldiers, how can such a team that doesn't see the individual and the whole team rely on to play against Barcelona?" the reporters have already thought about what they will say.
As for Ronaldo, who came off the bench but received a red card and was forced to miss the next "battle of the century" against Barcelona, Capello was particularly bitter, "I don't want to talk about the referee, about why the player argues about him and gives him a red card. No matter how angry I am, I don't think an appeal will remove the red card and allow him to play against Barcelona. ”
A reporter asked whether Capello would bring in players for the seemingly porous backline when it came to making up for the winter break. "Real Madrid don't sign players for the sake of signing them, but if there's the right person in the transfer market, the club won't let it go. "Real Madrid are rumoured to take up the number of centre-backs they were supposed to bring in in Brazilian full-back Marcelo in the winter transfer window, and Elgra, who was now relegated to the reserve team because of Capello's dislike, could benefit from this, after all, he is still much better than Bravo. And it looks like he will have to put Elgra back in the first team.
When asked what he thought of Bravo's post-match rating of only three points, "our centre-back combination was not as good as it could be. Capello said that Bravo's performance was clear that the Italian did not intend to take the blame for him like he protected Ramos, but the so-called centre-back combination undoubtedly counted Forlan in it. This makes people a little confused, and it seems that Capello is also very dissatisfied with Forlan's performance.
Of course not satisfied.
There's no doubt that Francisco Alvarez is at his level, and he is known for his solid play and low rate of defensive errors, and Capello takes it for granted that he can even make up for his partner's holes without making a big mistake in a game. But the question is, is that what he's asking for? His request is for him to support the midfield, not to give up when the defensive burden is heavy, but to provide full support when the pressure increases. Since he can do his job well, he has to take on more responsibility, where does he feel that he should back down?
Less than 24 hours after Real Madrid's defeat to Getafe, technical director Mijatovic's assistant Baldini appeared in the stands of the Brazilian Liga stands, and there was no doubt that he had come to sign someone.
After the city derby and the mini derby, Real Madrid will face a real big national derby against Barcelona. Where is Real Madrid going in these three derby matches? Is Capello's promise about to be worthless? 166 Reading Network