It has been said that all the trophies won before the season lacked weight.

For example, the Super Cups of various countries, and even the UEFA Super Cup, have a strong warm-up nature, and the Community Shield of England directly tells you that this is a charity warm-up game.

This has always been the case in the Spanish Super Cup, but there are exceptions.

What happens if Real Madrid and Barcelona meet?

The previous Super Cups have proved that even if it is a Super Cup with a warm-up nature, Real Madrid and Barcelona will not stay.

This year is no different.

Barcelona experienced last season's empty-handed experience, this summer to bring in strong reinforcements, greatly improve the overall strength of the team, the front court has Neymar, the midfield has Alexander Song, the back field has Jordi Alba and Mathieu, Barcelona's three lines have been greatly improved, not only in the warm-up game all the way to the victory, in the first game of the season is also a 5-1 victory over Real Sociedad.

In contrast to Barcelona's strengthening, Real Madrid has restructured this summer.

The departures of Ibrahimovic, Kaka, McCone and Maxwell have greatly weakened Real Madrid's squad, but the team has only brought in two young players, Eden Hazard and Cesar Azpilicueta, which has allowed Real Madrid to pull the average age of the team to the lowest in La Liga.

It can be said that Real Madrid is now the team with the lowest average age in La Liga, the youngest, and at the same time the most potential.

Everyone is very optimistic about the future of this Real Madrid team, but not necessarily about their present.

Can Eden Hazard replace Ibrahimovic and form a trident with Yang Yang, Arjen Robben and Di Maria?

Will Cesar Azpilicueta be an important member of the backline, and will Arbeloa be able to continue his impressive performances at the European Championships and fill the void in McConn? Will teenager Carvajal really be able to rise to the top as soon as the outside world expects?

It can be said that Real Madrid is full of doubts.

And everyone has no doubt that the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona and the UEFA Super Cup against Atletico Madrid are bound to become the two most important exams in the early season of Real Madrid.

What kind of results will Carlo Ancelotti and his new team come up with?

This is not only a question for all Real Madrid fans, but also for the media and fans around the world, and probably even for the entire European football world, because no one wants to see Real Madrid continue the glory of the past three years.

So, before this match, Vilanova's Barcelona seemed to be the brave man who dared to challenge the dragon.

And they didn't disappoint.

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On the evening of August 23, Camp Nou.

In the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona hosted Real Madrid.

Neither side spared, and both did their best to send the main force.

Barcelona's goalkeeper is Valdés, the backline is Alba, Pique, Puyol and Alves, the midfield is the iron triangle of Iniesta, Busquets and Xavi, and the front is a combination of Neymar, Messi and Sanchez.

Of the four new signings, Mathieu and Alexander Song were on the bench, while Jordi Alba and Neymar started on the left flank, which also showed the importance that Vilanova placed on both of their players.

Real Madrid also did not dare to be careless, except for Pepe, who rotated due to injury in the game against Valencia, the rest of the main players all started.

The goalkeeper is Iker Casillas, with Marcelo, Vermaelen, Ramos and Arbeloa at the back, David Silva, Xavi Martinez and Xavi Alonso in midfield, and Eden Hazard, Yang Yang and Arjen Robben up front.

The atmosphere of the derby was enthusiastic, and both sides were polite to each other before the game, but when it came to the game, no one was to be outdone.

Carlo Ancelotti still wants to try to play as a midfield three, with Xavi Martinez dragging behind and David Silva and Xavi Alonso moving up front, looking a bit like Andres Iniesta and Xavi's combination.

Not only that, but Ancelotti also adjusted the game strategy and asked the players to protect the ball.

In the past, Real Madrid was mainly based on counterattacks and quick impacts, and immediately launched counterattacks and attacks as soon as they grabbed the ball, which made it so that in the past few years, Real Madrid would have an absolute disadvantage in possession every time they played Barcelona, but they surpassed their opponents in shots and goals, and this time Ancelotti obviously wanted to hold the ball.

Without Ibrahimovic, there is no absolute commanding height in the front, so Real Madrid must also appropriately reduce the long passes forward.

After many changes, Real Madrid's game strategy is obvious, that is, to ensure possession through passing, especially short passes, to let the opponent run after the ball as much as possible, and then let Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Neymar and Sanchez and others follow the ball back and forth, exhausted.

This style of play has a very strong imprint of Barcelona's pass-and-possession style of play, and Real Madrid does have such a player configuration to play such football, Hazard, David Silva, Xavi Alonso, Xavi Martinez, Marcelo, Vermaelen and Ramos, Real Madrid's starting lineup is capable of playing this kind of football.

And you know, Real Madrid's average age is younger, and their fitness and running ability are better, ensuring that the team can provide strong midfield pressing and pressing for opponents, so Ancelotti dares to press the defensive line forward.

Defending high, this is the tactical framework that Real Madrid has always adhered to from the Benitez era to the present.

Defeating Barcelona with Barcelona's football is not only a victory, but also represents a further improvement of Real Madrid's technical and tactical style.

But Ancelotti's style of play was hit by Barcelona at the beginning of the Camp Nou.

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In the fourteenth minute of the game, Xavi sent a long pass over the top in midfield.

Sanchez quickly cut diagonally into the penalty area from the right rib, stopped the ball first, and rushed directly to the periphery of the small penalty area, forming a single knife.

Fortunately, just as Sanchez was kicking the goal, Vermaelen suddenly came out from behind, fell to the ground and tackled, and blocked the Chilean winger's shot from the bottom line, but failed to form a goal.

But this attack made Real Madrid break out in a cold sweat, and Xavi's sudden long pass was too sharp.

I can escape once, but I can't escape the second time.

In the 25th minute, Barcelona once again suddenly picked up speed under the control of the ball slowly, and Iniesta advanced to the front of the penalty area with the ball and found Messi behind him.

The Argentine stepped straight behind him, successfully countered offside, and when he saw that it was another single knife, Ramos stabbed obliquely, and another fell to the ground to put a tackle, but the result was that Messi was tackled to the ground with the ball, and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty.

Messi was not in a big deal, and personally took the penalty kick to open the scoring for Barcelona, 1-0.

Just eight minutes later, Barcelona broke the ball at the back and launched an attack with a series of passes.

After receiving the ball on the left side of the midline arc, Neymar quickly dribbled forward, single-handedly smashed Huanglong, and faced the four defenders of Real Madrid, but did not lose the ball, but at the edge of the penalty area, under the close pressure of Xavi Martinez, he stabbed the ball to Messi near the penalty spot.

The Argentine scored a brace for Barcelona in one fell swoop, making it 2-0.

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The whole Camp Nou is crazy!

100,000 Barcelona fans are shouting hoarsely.

2-0, it was their best first-half result against Real Madrid in the last three years.

And as long as the second half continues to work hard, who dares to say that Barcelona can't slaughter Real Madrid at home and avenge the 0-5 revenge that year?

The Real Madrid players are all depressed, even depressed.

They all played very aggrieved in this game, and they didn't even understand what was going on, anyway, how to play wrong.

At the beginning, Real Madrid was still able to put pressure on the opponent and played relatively smoothly, but gradually, Real Madrid couldn't grab the ball from Barcelona's feet, and in turn, Barcelona kept pressing Real Madrid with the ball.

They controlled the ball slowly, but as soon as they saw a hole in the Real Madrid defence, they immediately picked up speed and caught them off guard.

Two goals, three very dangerous attacks, almost all of them were the same.

As a result, Barcelona gradually controlled the field, controlled the ball, and controlled the rhythm, while Real Madrid became more and more awkward the more they played.

Although the players on the field can't get the data off the field, they can feel that Real Madrid is definitely far behind Barcelona in terms of possession, and not a little, but a lot.

Yang Yang is also like other Real Madrid players, the difference is that he understands more deeply than others.

Carlo Ancelotti's starting tactics failed!

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"I was wrong!"

Carlo Ancelotti frowned on the sidelines and shook his head.

Only Zidane, who was standing next to him, could hear him clearly, or he was just speaking to Zidane.

The French legend was also frowning, but only sighed lightly.

Sometimes, when you want more, you lose more.

Ancelotti simply said "I was wrong", but there was helplessness and regret inside, because it meant that his attempt tonight was a complete failure, and even a little careless, it was very likely that he would lose to Barcelona.

This will be Real Madrid's first defeat against Barcelona in the last three years.

Perhaps, from the moment he decided to line up a single midfielder, from the moment he decided to grab possession with Barcelona, Real Madrid had already lost.

So far in the first half, Real Madrid's possession rate was only a third of Barcelona's, which is a very disparity, a very helpless and very desperate comparison.

'Don't do that, Carlo, we still have the second half, we still have a chance.' Zidane could only encourage him.

Losing to Barcelona for the first time in three years, Zidane could fully imagine how much pressure Carlo Ancelotti would have to endure after the game.

But can he be blamed for this?

No!

Even if Zidane is not very supportive of Ancelotti's approach, it must be admitted that it is irresponsible to shift all the blame to Ancelotti.

Playing a beautiful football like Barcelona is the cry of all the fans of Real Madrid, and it is what everyone in the world expects of Real Madrid, from the management to the staff, everyone wants Carlo Ancelotti to do this.

Real Madrid's football philosophy is not just to win, but also to win beautifully, to win wonderful!