After 12 rounds of league play, the top spot in La Liga is tightly held by Barcelona, with Real Madrid climbing to sixth place in the league with three wins and one draw. But next for Real Madrid, the opponent is Barcelona.

The night in Barcelona always seems to reverberate with delicate and dense sounds. In terms of the artistic atmosphere alone, with the highest praise of 'if one could be a city, I would like to be Barcelona', it can be understood that Milan is to Italy, Paris is to France, and the art capital of Spain is the city of Gaudí.

But not everyone is in the mood to appreciate the city's charm at night.

Puyol and Xavi agreed to go to dinner together after the team disbanded, and for the next opponent, even if Real Madrid is now being called a 'turbulent period' by everyone, Barcelona has to pay attention to it. But talking about the key arrangement of the team's head coach Rijkaard, Puyol glanced at Xavi, who looked like usual, and smacked his tongue, "So, it's really rare that the head coach of Barcelona values his newcomers more than Real Madrid." ”

"I don't think he's a newcomer to Real Madrid. Xavi shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal about the manager's special instructions to Eto'o on the offensive side, "And although it wasn't certain before that, the coach had to admit that the problem was indeed there." ”

Puyol remembered Samuel Eto'o's stunned look at Rijkaard's words, but the Real Madrid-born striker agreed with the former Dutch trio after an initial shock. 'But Forlan has been playing at right wing-back lately,' Eto'o asked bluntly, not feeling at all that he had any problem with using nicknames for his opponents, 'how can you be sure that he will be redeployed to centre-back?'

Although Rijkaard thinks he is confident, it should be a gamble until the opponent's formation comes out, "Camacho is gone, Real Madrid's new technical and tactical director is Italian," he is pleased with the current chaotic situation of the enemy's family, "Although Sacchi is an Italian legend, I don't think he can have any in-depth research on the current Barcelona team after joining Real Madrid so temporarily. As for Raymond—" he chuckled and didn't say anything more.

"What if he still guards Ronnie like he did in last season's game?" Barcelona's No. 19 Leonel Messi muttered softly, but Ronaldinho, who has always been introverted, did not ask out loud but let Ronaldinho next to him hear. The Brazilian grinned and rubbed the head of the group next to him, asked him like Rijkaard, and continued, "After all, this time, they, according to your idea, the two central defenders will be Elgra, not Francesco Pavon from last season, right?"

Messi's eyes sparkled, and he looked up in anticipation of an answer.

"The man-to-man defensive style of play is a check and balance between the two sides, and Real Madrid uses it to try to block our strong points," Rijkaard said with a smile in the direction of Messi, although this academy kid seems to be more introverted, but the popularity of the team has always been good, "but this style is generally only liked by Premier League coaches." I mean, for example, Queiroz, whose main task as an assistant manager at Manchester United is to develop tactics, naturally moved this approach to Real Madrid - but neither Raymond, who has always instilled in La Liga, nor Camacho who has left Real Madrid, or Italy's Saki, will probably not advocate this approach. ”

To look at a team's defense, we must first look at whether its defensive system exists and whether it is stable or not, and defense is more important than offense. Offense can be based on individual inspiration alone, which is a display of talent, but defense must avoid being led by the nose because it does not take the initiative. Basically, for a defender, he has only two options: to mark and to stand in the area. Whether Italy's chain defence will suit Real Madrid or not is anyone's guess, but it seems that they will still adopt a zone defence, at least for now.

Puyol's thoughts flew around and came back, and Harvey on the other side had already solved the food in front of him, and he also deliberately took a photo and planned to send it back to a certain calculated Madrid tasteless bud kid by email, proving that whether he agrees or not, Spanish food is still better in Barcelona than in Madrid. Puyol was pleased with the angry behaviour of his teammates, "So, I see you're excited for the next game?"

"I want to say that he is so pitiful, what he needs most now is a bright eye," Harvey wiped his mouth, everyone knew that after not having a position for a short time, Fran needed credit but was designed to take the blame, "but now, it is obvious that he is actually planning to dig holes in him. "And it seems that Eto'o is going to do it.

Although Harvey kept saying 'pitiful', the schadenfreude component in his words was clearly greater than sympathy. Puyol sighed in his heart, no wonder Iniesta thinks that Xavi and Casillas are friends, and Fran is about to be considered a bad fate. "Speaking of which, if Real Madrid really gave up on that kid, is it more likely that he will come to Barcelona?" Xavi raised his eyebrows at him strangely after listening to Puyol, "Hmm, what, are you interested in letting him come to Barcelona?"

"Eto'o is also from Real Madrid, isn't he coming to Barcelona as well?

"Compared to Fran, Eto'o is still Real Madrid, he only spent two years in the reserve team and a few times in the first team, Fran has been thinking football = Real Madrid since he started playing football. Xavi still knows a little about what Francisco Alvarez thinks he is, "Is it possible to come to Barcelona? Why don't you ask, is it possible to come to Barcelona?" and then the midfield phenom made a big cross on his chest, although he still didn't know why Puyol was suddenly so interested in Forlan.

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The whole Real Madrid team that came to the Camp Nou still received a warm 'welcome' from the Barcelona fans, and everyone buried their heads and walked straight inside. Fran touched his nose, completely thinking that the captain was fooling around, and that he wouldn't take the initiative to provoke the vicious-looking rival fans, so he turned around and pressed Arbeloa's head down.

In response, Arbeloa immediately raised his middle finger. Although this move was secretive, it was still seen by Zidane next to the two men, and the midfield master glared at them sternly, thinking that it was a provocation to Barcelona fans. Fran muttered, "He gave it to me"

Zidane pressed the two brainless fans forward, and asked in a low voice, "What? What did he give you?" "Oh, that middle finger, he gave it to me." ”

The Frenchman looked at the pair in front of him 'brainless and unhappy', and this game was a drag for a central defender and a right wing-back, which was really reassuring. Zidane has a bit of a headache, he has never hoped that Salgado will get better soon, although he loves to insert assists so that Elgra is the only one left in the back, but at least there is no problem in communication.

Before entering the locker room, Fran caught a glimpse of Harvey, who seemed to appear on purpose, and the other party did not speak, but the schadenfreude on his face made Fran see it even if his face was tense. Fran felt a chill in his back, and he always felt that it was not because he had been on the bench before, but for another reason. But Fran couldn't ask directly, so he had to muttered a few words to Casillas when he was changing clothes, "I think Harvey is calculating me", and there is always a sense of immediacy that Diao people want to harm me. Casillas was no stranger to Fran having delusions of being killed in the face of Xavi and Barcelona, "Don't think about that, don't tell me that you are scared?" Fran shook his head decisively, "If you can't prevent it, you can run to death!"

Raul flashed faintly and patted his shoulder, "The fighting spirit is good, keep it up!"

The competition has officially begun. Real Madrid and Barcelona, these two teams are usually the first to play a fierce battle in the midfield, when Barcelona temporarily took the advantage and rushed into the Real Madrid half, Ronaldinho faced Elgra who was next to him, he had many duels with the royal chief of guard, but at this time he wanted to see if the one behind Elgra was as Rijkaard predicted. A forward move by Ronaldinho caused Elgra to shift his focus instantly, and who knew that the Brazilian faked the ball this time, and the ball was handed to the right flank, which was considered a weak point in the defence, and it was Samuel Eto'o.

Eto'o looked at Arbeloa, who was defending him in front of him, with some disdain, knowing that the man in front of him had always made few mistakes, but he also rarely had an extremely bright appearance, and decency was the best adjective for him. In Eto'o's attack, Arbeloa immediately defended closely, but Eto'o made a force and knocked Arbeloa off the center of gravity and fell to the ground.

The referee was under a lot of pressure to blow the high-profile match, and in order to keep the game as under his control as possible, he decided to blow a little harsh at the beginning. The ball was whistled for a foul on Eto'o, who looked a little indifferent to the boos from the Barcelona fans. He looked at Fran who was trotting over and said hello, "Why don't you come and guard me, I don't want to be blown off for hitting someone with the ball." ”

Fran knew that Arbeloa was not ready, but when he heard this, it was obvious that his friend's face was not good-looking, and he sneered, "Let me guard against you, be careful of hurting you, you will have to end." "It's both a warning and a self-deprecation, because there are still reports that Francisco Alvarez's style of play is not appropriate in La Liga, even if it makes sense, he hasn't hurt anyone.

The attack was handed over to Real Madrid, but Eto'o looked at Larsson with the ball in front of him, but instead of immediately following his own half, he looked at Forlan and showed the same expression Xavi had on his face when he first arrived at Camp Nou. Fran didn't bother to understand what he meant, and turned back to his place. As Eto'o ran forward, he looked at Rijkaard, who was standing on the sidelines, and suddenly remembered what he had said.

He is more accustomed to handing over to Casillas and having the goalkeeper handle the global dispatch than handing it over to others. You can say it's a conscious action or an unconscious habit. He works well with Real Madrid's backline, but he may be able to work together unconditionally, but he subconsciously distrusts him. It's against Atletico Madrid, it's against Porto, it's against Monaco, he's going to do that when he's under a lot of pressure from a strong opposition. Morientes once seized this opportunity, I don't know if it was because he was born in Real Madrid and was familiar with this, or if he stumbled by mistake. And now, after a long period of cold bench treatment and the pressure of a desperate need to shine on the watch, there is no doubt that he will trust Casillas even more.

"So, Samuel, Francisco Alvarez, this is a defender who loves to pass back, to the goalkeeper. ”