Chapter 488: Massacre
At half-time, the atmosphere in the Real Madrid dressing room was very relaxed.
Manuel Pellegrini doesn't intend to ruin the atmosphere with his rhetoric, and he feels that his players can adjust themselves and not be reversed by underestimating the opposition.
After a few brief remarks on the tactics laid out for the second half, he let the players rest on their own.
Ricardo and Kaka chatted in low voices.
'It was so comfortable in the first half,' said Kaka, "you know, I don't miss Ronnie much now, with you, as long as you play well, we can win." You say, can we really win the double this season? ”
"It's going to be a game," said Licardo with a smile, "but the league title is secure, we won't make consecutive mistakes and lose the lead, as long as we win one or two more games, we can win the championship early." As for the Champions League...... I believe that as long as we all do our best, this championship will not be able to escape. ”
"Double......," Kaka lamented, "you've already won the Triple Crown, and I finally have a chance to win the Double...... Many stars have never had such a great opportunity in their entire careers, and we must not let up. ”
Thinking of Barak's King of Sanya, Ricardo smiled: "My Triple Crown is thanks to Ronnie." But I will definitely use my ability to win another treble in my career. As for this double, let's take it as a warm-up. ”
After the start of the second half, Barcelona's attack still did not improve, and Real Madrid slowed down even more, and the game was a bit lackluster.
Both sides had a couple of long-range shots, but neither was of high quality.
Barcelona fans are naturally dissatisfied with this situation, their team needs to score 3 goals in a row to advance, and if they continue to play so relentlessly, what year and month will they be able to score 3 goals?
The attitude of the Real Madrid fans is different. As long as they keep playing like this, they will be able to reach the final. If it's not exciting, it's not exciting, as long as you can advance.
Pellegrini didn't underestimate his opponent. However, with a three-goal advantage in hand, he can relax and save himself for the next game.
So in the 59th minute, he replaced Raul with Higuain, and in the 63rd minute, he replaced Kaka with Guti, giving the two players an early rest.
In the 65th minute, Real Madrid counterattacked, Ricardo took the ball on the left side and quickly cut inside, dribbled to the edge of the penalty area, and suddenly got up and passed a half-high diagonal pass, and the football penetrated Barcelona's defense and came to the void. Higuain cut in at high speed to receive the pass, adjusted a step, shot from a tight angle, and the ball drilled into the goal between the near post and Valdés to give Real Madrid a 3-0 lead.
The commentator sighed: "Barcelona is powerless, unless a miracle strikes, we can say that Real Madrid have reached the final." In front of this Real Madrid team, Barcelona seemed helpless. It's not that Barcelona is weak, even if Real Madrid has a superstar like Ricardo, Barcelona won't have such a big gap. The point is that Rijkaard made too many mistakes. In the past few years in Barcelona, he has not achieved any good results, and the top management of Barcelona should think about it. ”
After the restart, Real Madrid continued to threaten Barcelona's goal.
Barcelona's players have become unmotivated, like a fighter who has been dizzy by a left hook or a right hook in the ring, and is already full of flaws.
In the 69th minute, Ricardo cut inside and then distributed the ball to the left side, Marcelo burst into the box with the ball, shot hard from a tight angle, Valdés struggled to save the ball.
In the 72nd minute, Guti sent a through stopper, and Ricardo shot directly with his feet, and the ball hit Puyol's leg, refracted slightly, and flew out of the goal by grazing the post.
In the 74th minute, Ricardo took a free kick, and Higuain grabbed the header and hit the goal, which was slightly wide.
In the 77th minute, Guti sent a through ball, Van Nistelrooy did it with a backheel, and Higuain swept the ball to the left side of the box first.
Ricardo didn't stop the ball and fired a direct shot at the ball, and the ball drew a small arc and drilled into the far corner of the goal against the turf, which Valdés couldn't reach.
"Licardo Goalllllllll! He scored Real Madrid's fourth goal of the game. Oh my God, this was a one-sided slaughter! Barcelona fans will not forget this humiliating match for years to come! ”
After the goal, Ricardo was quickly replaced by Saviola. Manuel Pellegrini was happy with the scoreline.
With more than 10 minutes left in the game, Barcelona had to score five goals in a row to turn it around. Is this possible?
Even if a miracle happens, it won't happen! Not even God Himself can change the outcome of this game!
Ricardo enjoyed the applause of the home fans and left the field happily.
Real Madrid's goalscoring show wasn't over yet. In the 83rd minute, Saviola sent a cross, and Puyol subconsciously raised his hand to block the ball. The referee immediately awarded a penalty. Ruud van Nistelrooy took the penalty and made it 5-0 for Real Madrid.
In the final stages, Real Madrid relented.
Giovanni, who had just come on, sent a wonderful pass, and Messi received the ball. He took the ball and cut inside at a fast pace, got past Diarra and fired a shot into the far corner. Casillas relaxed slightly, reacted half a beat slower, and although he still made a save, he only barely hit the ball with his fingertips.
The ball changes direction, hits the inside of the post and bounces into the goal.
The Barcelona players were in no mood to celebrate. This is only a little face-saving, but it cannot hide the fact that they were slaughtered.
The score of 5:1 was also maintained until the end.
Rijkaard didn't want to go to the post-match press conference anymore because he knew what he was up against. Barcelona haven't been so humiliated by their opponents for many, many years. This fiasco will nail him to the frame of shame.
In the future, Barcelona fans will mention this game when they mention him, "Look, it's him, he didn't lead the team to win any heavyweight championship, but he lost to Real Madrid 1:5!" ”
1:5, henceforth is his label.
With such a fiasco, it is useless to make any excuses. He knew in his heart that it was time for him to go.
However, there are still a few rounds left in the league and the club's hierarchy should not change the manager at this time. And he has to do his last effort to help Barcelona secure a ticket to next season's Champions League. That's the only thing he can do for the team.
This team has so much talent that it would be a blasphemy against football not to let them shine on the Champions League stage!
Especially Messi. Rijkaard has always believed that Messi has a talent that is not inferior to Ricardo. It's just that he was too cautious and didn't dare to give Messi the core treatment of the team, which made Licardo shine in yesterday's game and completely suppressed Messi.
Hopefully the next manager will be a little nicer to Messi...... This young man is bound to shine!