Chapter 276: Losing the suspense of the league championship
As we enter April, Europe's major leagues enter the final stage, and teams aiming for title and relegation are desperately fighting for victory, because at this stage of the league points is very important, and sometimes a draw can make the whole season less ugly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, there is another event that is also very important for football practitioners this year, and that is the World Cup, which will start in June.
This World Cup will be held for the first time in Asia, South Korea and Japan jointly host this World Cup, compared to the previous World Cup, this time in time is slightly earlier, the first game will start on May 31, which is not good news for many major international players participating in the European League, because the advance of the event will affect the preparation of the teams to a certain extent, especially European teams.
After Real Madrid qualified for the next round of the Copa del Rey, every next game is very important, not to mention that the next league game will be an important game to determine the championship, even the three meetings with Barcelona in the next two weeks are also extremely important for Real Madrid.
And in the next nearly half a month, Real Madrid will face the dilemma of playing a game in three days, this kind of intensive game is a huge challenge for any team, even if Real Madrid's current medical system has introduced traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy, because after all, the human body still has a limit, beyond a certain range, anyone will not be able to stand it.
Real Madrid's Copa del Rey tie with Villarreal ended on April 17 and will be followed by a match against Tenerife on April 20 to decide the league title this season.
Tenerife is this season's promotion horse, they swept La Liga last season, the team's head coach at that time is now Valencia's coach Benitez, he also won the favor of Valencia management because of his outstanding performance in Tenerife last season, so he switched to Valencia this season, I have to admit that Benitez, who was not valued by everyone, did a very good job this season, and when he took over Valencia, the team was almost on the verge of collapse, but at the end of the season, Valencia is still in second place in the league.
The Tenerife team performed quite well at the beginning of the season, they relied on the system left by Benitez to quickly adapt to the La Liga game, but then with the adjustment of the new manager, Tenerife gradually lost the shine at the beginning of the season, and their performance in the league also declined, and now, the Tenerife team can be said to have stood on the edge of the cliff, enjoying the good treatment of the first division, allowing them to return to the second division, and no one in the Tenerife team can accept such an ending.
On April 20, 2002, the 35th round of La Liga began, and if Real Madrid won this game, then they would have won the league title three rounds earlier, and the nine-point difference made Valencia, who were in second place, give up the competition for the league title early.
Real Madrid's game was huge, but Bosque was bold enough to rotate them as they face Barcelona for a place in the Champions League final four days later.
Real Madrid, who adopted a rotation, were attacked by Tenerife at the beginning of the game, and Tenerife, who were aiming for relegation, burst out with great energy in this game.
Liu Han still started today but did not stay in the midfield, compared with the last round of the Copa del Rey against Villarreal, Real Madrid this game rotated more of the back team, midfielder Zinedine Zidane also started.
In the face of the fierce attack of the Tenerife team, Real Madrid's relatively young backline made a lot of mistakes, the central defender Ruben received a yellow card at the beginning of the game, the young man who started for the first time was too excited after playing, did not control his movements, and tackled the striker of the Tenerife team until it was very dangerous outside the penalty area, and the referee gave Ruben a yellow card directly without giving Real Madrid face.
Then Tenerife's direct free-kick hit Real Madrid's wall and Solari cleared it with a big foot.
However, after withstanding the onslaught of the Tenerife team in the first ten minutes, Real Madrid gradually regained control of the game, and Zidane controlled the situation well in the midfield, allowing the Tenerife team's fierce save to stop the momentum.
Gradually, Real Madrid began to gain an advantage, after all, in terms of the team's individual strength and game experience, Real Madrid is still much better than the players of the Tenerife team.
In the 29th minute of the game, Real Madrid scored, the scorer was Liu Han, he headed Zidane's cross from the right side into the door of the Tenerife team, this is Liu Han's 31st goal in the league this season, he is now eight goals higher than Tristan in second place, and the league's golden boot has lost its suspense.
Five minutes later, it was Liu Han who picked up the ball outside the penalty area and suddenly started, and then made a sharp stop, a change of rhythm directly got rid of Tenerife's defense, and then Liu Han pulled out his foot outside the big penalty area and shot angrily, the ball grazed the post and flew into the goal, Real Madrid took a two-goal lead.
This goal made the Tenerife team almost lose the belief in victory, the powerful Real Madrid made them unable to give birth to the courage to resist, and Liu Han's superior individual ability made Tenerife's players tremble.
However, just before half-time, Tenerife pulled a goal back from a corner, Real Madrid leaked in the box, and the inexperienced Pavon and Geremi missed their own defenders in defence, and the Tenerife captain easily cushioned the goal.
The goal gave the Tenerife players the courage to fight again, but after the start of the second half, Real Madrid used a surprise attack to make Tenerife completely abandon the game.
At the beginning of the second half, Liu Han suddenly retreated to the midfield to get the ball, Zidane suddenly stepped forward after passing the ball to Liu Han, and then Liu Han looked at Raul after passing the defender who followed him, but with a shake of his feet, he passed the ball to Zidane, who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area in the opposite direction.
Zinedine Zidane received the ball in the face of a tackle from a Tenerife defender, a brilliant Marseille maneuver past the opponent, and then an easy push from the goalkeeper to give Real Madrid almost the victory and the league title this season.
Real Madrid won the La Liga title three rounds ahead of schedule with a 4-1 home win over Tenerife, and even if they lose the next three league games, they can still rely on double-digit goal difference above Valencia to win the league title this season.
Winning the championship ahead of schedule means a lot to Real Madrid, this year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Real Madrid, this early arrival of the championship is undoubtedly the best gift, and then Real Madrid can easily face the Champions League and the Copa del Rey against Barcelona, three times in two weeks, which makes many fans look forward to the performance of both sides. (To be continued.) )