In the 80-year history of La Liga, the championship has been monopolized by Real Madrid and Barcelona for a long time, and it is difficult for other teams to have a chance to come out, and it is very rare to win the championship, but there are still seven teams that have won the league title, one of which is Deportivo La Coruna.

Deportivo La Coruna's recent glory has come in the 21st century, when they broke the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona giants, won the La Liga title, qualified for the Champions League and stayed in La Liga for a long time.

The year 2005 is a crucial time.

Deportivo La Coruna sells stars as a means of income, Luke, Pantiani stars have left one after another, greatly affected the strength of Deportivo La Coruna, but also let them no longer compete for the Champions League qualification, the "Super Laco" era has come to an end, but their business strategy has not changed, the club president Rondoiro is the famous "iron rooster", in the economic situation is not good, his indefatigable personality has become more and more obvious.

In the transfer market this summer, Deportivo has done little for the better.

Apart from a couple of players who have returned on loan, Deportivo have actually brought in only two players, a 30-year-old Brazilian defender Huka from Partizan Belgrade, and 19-year-old Colombian left-back Angulo from Portugal's Lecheo.

Deportivo La Coruna also spent the least of the top seven teams in La Liga last season.

On the one hand, there is little investment, on the other hand, there is a brain drain, the departure of the forward Beldu and the main defender De Guzman and the main central defender Amo, the impact on Deportivo La Coruna is still very large, the pre-season warm-up game, Laco against the same level of team, did not win a game, it can be said that it has exposed more serious problems.

According to the pre-season analysis of Le Monde Sport, the only hope for Deportivo La Coruna to achieve good results is Bellerón.

Considered the 'Spanish Zidane', Belleron is still very recognised for his technical skills, he has the highest possession in the team and is the fulcrum of Deportivo LaCoruna's attack.

Deportivo coach Lotina also said, "The main task for everyone else is to get the ball to Bellerón. ”

This is what is now A Coruña.

As the first round of the season was about to begin, the Spanish media began to report on the outlook for the game, and the Real Madrid midfielder's match against Deportivo La Coruna was considered 'one of those games with no suspense'.

"The mighty Real Madrid can easily beat Deportivo La Coruna just by relying on their stars to play."

"Maybe it's the defense that needs to be watched."

"But Deportivo will only play defensive counter-attacks, it is very difficult for them to score goals, Real Madrid can rest assured that they can attack!"

“……”

Public opinion in the outside world is unanimously optimistic about Real Madrid, and believes that there is no suspense in the game, which is enough to see how big the gap between the two sides is.

Real Madrid are also preparing for the game internally.

In the face of the first round of the league against Deportivo La Coruna, Real Madrid has no tension at all, perhaps it can also be said to be 'careless' and 'light enemy', but the gap between the two sides is on the surface, Real Madrid is indeed qualified to underestimate the enemy, even if they are really careless, it is still very easy to beat Deportivo La Coruna.

This is the general perception.

The players in the Real Madrid team think more about playing.

In recent days, there have been very big changes in the tactical training arranged by the coaching staff, and the biggest change is Zhen Shaolong's 'tactical positioning'.

Previously, the entire coaching staff regarded Zhen Shaolong as a 'leading striker', that is, a player with absolute right to fire, and would also let other players take the initiative to pass the ball over, but after Pellegrini and Zhen Shaolong discussed, they decided to weaken Zhen Shaolong's tactical role.

Of course.

Zhen Shaolong still has the 'absolute right to fire', he is a free man in the front court, he can play as much as he wants when he gets the ball, the change lies in the overall tactical attention, others can pass the ball over, or they don't have to pass the ball over, considering that Zhen Shaolong will be strictly guarded by the opponent, he will really become a center forward who attracts defensive attention when he is in front.

From a tactical point of view, Zhen Shaolong's positioning has been greatly weakened.

Zhen Shaolong feels a lot more relaxed, the whole team attaches too much importance to it is also pressure, he has always been clear about his style, he is the kind of striker who is good at 'seizing opportunities', rather than continuously holding the ball for individual performance, or continuously cooperating with teammates.

Libero up front, tactical center...... Very good!

Others don't see it that way.

In the 'Peace Cup' and the warm-up match in August, Zhen Shaolong's performance was quite good, he did waste a lot of opportunities, and he was robbed more times in a single game, but mainly because the opponent's defense was tightly targeted, and under such a tight defense, he was still able to kick the ball into the goal and score goals for Real Madrid in a row, which is really remarkable.

is now weakened by the team's tactics, which is tantamount to letting Zhen Shaolong make personal sacrifices.

Zhen Shaolong agreed.

"He's the kind of player who can sacrifice his performance for the sake of the whole team!"

"It's great!"

Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo both see it that way.

C-Ronaldo and Kaka brought themselves to think about it, if they can have Zhen Shaolong's performance, and such a high value and salary, they will definitely ask everything in the team to make way for their own performance, rather than personal sacrifice to complete the whole team.

Others think similarly.

Raul glanced at Zhen Shaolong and said to the others in private, "If it were me, I might not be able to do it." ”

"yes." Higuain sighed.

There is a reason why the two can talk about this topic together, they are both players who compete for the front, and it is not surprising that they will become partners when they play with Zhen Shaolong.

They were all a little happy.

Higuain's feeling is a little more flat, and he only briefly partnered with Zhen Shaolong during the pre-season preparation.

Raul is different.

Now Raul still deeply remembers the game against Juventus, he was a pure 'green leaf' most of the time, his teammates would not even pass the ball, Zhen Shaolong's performance was extremely good, he scored four goals in the first half, completely dominated the whole game.

It's not a good feeling to be a 'green leaf'.

Now that the coaching staff has publicly stated that if Zhen Shaolong's tactical position is weakened, he will become the player with the most opportunities for the front, and he will have more opportunities to perform on the field than Zhen Shaolong, so he will completely get rid of the positioning of 'green leaves' and become the shining point of the forward line again.

Meantime.

Raul was also moved by deep shame.

As a Real Madrid person, he has always felt that he is the most loyal and can make personal sacrifices for Real Madrid, but considering the sacrifices made by Zhen Shaolong, he found that his loyalty is nothing, the other party has just joined Real Madrid, and he already knows how to sacrifice himself to achieve the team, and he is still happy for more opportunities.

"I shouldn't have thought that!"

"If you have the opportunity, you still have to pass him more, his sacrifice is too great!"

After Zhen Shaolong knew the discussion of his teammates, he felt that he was very great, "I am really a great player!" ”

Soon.

It's August 30th.

The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was packed early and Real Madrid fans wanted to see the first league game and see what kind of form Real Madrid was in.

The race is on.

In the previous warm-up match of Real Madrid, Zhen Shaolong performed very well, he will become the first firepower point when he starts, and he has also scored goals in every game, giving people the feeling that Zhen Shaolong's performance can affect the result of the game and is the most important player in Real Madrid's tactics.

The media and fans are looking forward to Zhen Shaolong's performance in the league.

During the game, a camera followed Zhen Shaolong, and the camera would cut over from time to time, and the commentator also said expectantly, "We are looking forward to Zhen Shaolong completing his first goal in La Liga!" ”

"Judging from the performance of the warm-up game, it is not a problem for Zhen Shaolong to complete the first goal."

"It's not easy for A Coruña to restrain him!"

But to the surprise of the media and fans, Zhen Shaolong did not get the ball much, and it can even be said that it was 'very few', because there were defensive players around him for a long time, and he was not involved at all in Real Madrid's successive waves of attacks.

Correspondingly, Raul is very active.

In Real Madrid's three consecutive attacks, Raul had two touches and a shot on goal, and the ball flew off the post by more than a meter, and it seemed a pity not to score, but considering that the game had just started and could threaten the Deportivo La Coruna goal, Raul's performance was commendable.

Raul does feel good as well.

Unlike the warm-up match of 'Be a Green Leaf', he became the first firepower point of the striker, and his teammates passed the ball more often, and he also took the initiative to cooperate with his teammates.

Passing increases.

Fit increases.

Opportunities increase.

All three are interconnected and Raul believes goals will increase as well.

What Raul feels most comfortable with is that Zhen Shaolong helps attract enough attention, whenever he gets the ball, he finds that the opponent's defense is not tight, and most of the defensive attention is focused on Zhen Shaolong on the other side, which also increases his play space a lot.

"This is a normal game!"

Raul couldn't help but sigh mentally, "The only thing is that Zhen Shaolong has made a sacrifice, and my performance will definitely be better than him, but if someone questions his performance, I will definitely help him speak!" ”

Raul's space to play is really good.

Football matches are often like this, with the same number of players on both sides, and Zhen Shaolong on one side helps to attract attention, and the other teammates will have more room to perform.

That's where the tactical center comes in.

Real Madrid's most advantageous point is the ability of the players, the individual level of a single player is much stronger than that of Deportivo La Coruna, Deportivo defense is biased towards Zhen Shaolong, so that Raul has greatly increased the space to play, and soon found a good opportunity.

In the 17th minute, Raul received a pass from the middle on the left side, walked past the defenders in front of him, and pressed the penalty line to complete a wonderful shot.

Far Corner!

The soccer ball flies straight to the right side of the goal.

Deportivo goalkeeper Aranzubia reacted very quickly and found that Raul's shot was powerful, so he simply smashed the ball out with both fists.

"Hula......"

The surrounding stands suddenly heard the regretful sighs of the fans.

The next moment, the sound of the stadium changed, cheers and screams rang out, and everyone's attention was on the Deportivo penalty area.

Aranzubia rolls to the middle of the penalty area!

A figure wearing Real Madrid's white jersey appeared in front of the ball in time, and swung his right foot very calmly and smoothly to hit the ball accurately.

"Bang!"

The ball reverts and rushes back towards goal.

No matter how brave Alan Zubia was, he couldn't adjust his movements and could only watch the football fly into the goal from the other side.

The ball is in!

That's when everyone noticed the Real Madrid player's jersey number.

Number 13!

Zhen Shaolong!