Chapter 656: Curse and Nova

Due to Barcelona's unexpected loss of points, the morale of everyone in the Real Madrid club has become more and more high, and even Li Mudi, who was a little dissatisfied and helpless about the interruption of the team's winning streak after the arrival of the national team break, was not affected too emotionally because of this, and entered this short holiday because the first team has been hollowed out by the national teams with a relatively peaceful mind.

In the next four days, the Real Madrid coach first fulfilled his responsibilities as a good father, not only acting as a father for his son, but also going to his daughter's school to watch a theatrical performance she attended.

Xiao Xiyin, who learned piano at the suggestion of his mother since he was a child, although he was only seven years old, he could already play some simple pieces well. Even though there is no shortage of some little geniuses created in the elite mode in the so-called aristocratic school where she lives, she is still able to conquer most of the teachers and students with her extremely negative oriental beauty and the charm generated by the all-round development of morality, intellect, physical beauty, and has become one of the focal figures on campus.

According to Lin Yun'er, who picks up and drops off more children, it seems that many stinky boys in the upper grades have become "interested" in Xiao Xiyin, and even sent flowers and love letters, which made Li Mudi not only proud of his daughter's excellence, but also had a strong desire to protect. This time, I also have to show up at school under the intrusion of many paparazzi, in addition to hoping to cheer for my daughter who is performing on stage for the first time in such a large-scale event, it is naturally also the meaning of observing the "enemy situation" to see if those little bastards are so bold that they dare to spy on their babies.

Of course, in the end, there was no scene of no river crabs, although many family members who came to watch the performance together expressed their love for Xiao Xiyin when greeting Li Mudi, but those legendary little admirers did not dare to "risk death" to appear in front of him, so that the Real Madrid coach's previous plan to act as his daughter's protector directly fell through.

In addition to enjoying all kinds of family affairs, Li Mudi also rarely appeared in a lot of public places during this small holiday, and the news about him almost swept the Spanish sports media and the Internet in those days.

For example, on the afternoon of the 18th, he suddenly appeared in Luxembourg City, the capital of Luxembourg, 1,300 kilometers away from Madrid, and watched the group stage of the World Nations League between the home team and the men's football team; Two days later, he traveled to Sevilla to watch a cup match between Real Madrid's U18s and Betis up close, and then it was discovered that at the age of 16 and three months, Riverola was transferred to the first team, causing endless reverie.

When Li Mudi and his daughter arrived at the newly established Real Madrid women's football training ground the following weekend, they were besieged by a crowd of reporters, trying to ask him whether the young talent would make his senior team debut. However, he failed to get any valuable information, because the Real Madrid coach rejected all questions on the grounds that "today is just to accompany his daughter to experience the feeling of professional football, and it is inconvenient to answer questions", so angry that these reporters are itching their teeth but there is nothing they can do.

However, there are some clues from Riverola's frequent movements between the first team, Castilla and the Under-18s for more than a month, as the striker, who is already regarded as the biggest star in Spanish football, has been training with the first team for more and more indications.

And his skills are indeed growing at a visible rate, and youth team games have not played much of a role in his development, even in the many La Liga games in which Castilla has played, Riverola has shown that his foot skills and impact are not inferior to those of adults. So all of a sudden, many media and fans began to call for Li Mudi to give the talented talent a chance to represent the first team in the game, and everyone can't wait to see the teenager known as "Kaka II" start his career.

However, the Real Madrid coach is not swayed by anyone else, and is still driving the team steadily forward according to his own plan, and no amount of pressure from the outside world can interfere with his decision.

On the evening of the 28th, the players who returned to the club after two national team matches had some problems with their physical fitness, so the Galaxy Battleship, which played in the 29th round of the league, did not come up with its strongest lineup in theory, but formulated the starting list according to the real-time state of each person.

As a result, in this round of the matchup against Real Sociedad at home, Real Madrid's performance in the first half was indeed a bit of a significant decline from the previous period of slaughter. However, after the half-time adjustment, they did not disappoint all their supporters due to their great physical advantage, and suddenly came on after 80 minutes of the game, and substitutes Mbappe and Kuchi scored two goals in a row to put the victory in their pockets.

This kind of performance is considered by the media to be a heritage that only the big teams have, and they praised Li Mudi and his team, thinking that they do have a chance to complete the La Liga championship three times in a row.

It was only when Real Madrid, who visited the Cornella El Prat Stadium three days later, was forced to draw by the Spaniards that there was a 180-degree change in attitude from the outside, and many experts ignored their predictions and changed their tunes to say that Barcelona's title winning situation was very stable.

The Catalan media, which had previously disappeared because the point gap was constantly narrowing, has also regained its activity, and has made a very violent verbal attack on Li Mudi's arrogance, and declared that it can't wait to see the Real Madrid coach slapped in the face by reality.

Regarding the reversal of the situation, Li Mudi made his own response at the pre-league press conference of the 31st round of the league against Getafe at home on April 4: "Counting today's game, there are still the last eight goals left in La Liga this season, and the five-point gap is not big or small, but if you analyze it from many aspects such as winning rate and state, it is still understandable that the media is more optimistic about Barcelona's behavior." ”

"The big mistake we made at the Cornella El Prat four days ago was the main reason for this unfavourable situation, so it's a shame that we gave up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight back. However, my team and I would never agree with the media and some pundits that Real Madrid is out of contention for the league title. Because two months ago, we had halved the ten-point gap with Barcelona, which seemed to be overlooked by everyone. ”

'In the pursuit, Barcelona also made some mistakes and that gave us the opportunity to get closer. And I'm still convinced that they will have problems again in the next games. Because only a team that is strong enough to exist like an invincible can withstand this huge pressure and play to its full strength at any time, I don't think Barcelona have reached this level at the moment, so it is far from the time for Real Madrid to concede defeat in defending their title. ”

"So when will you die?" A reporter from World Sport, the core of the "Anti-Lee Moody Front", immediately asked a question, and his words were full of malice.

However, this little trick was not difficult for the battle-hardened Real Madrid manager, and his answer was not only short and powerful, but also won the approval of the vast majority of people present.

"Next weekend's Madrid derby, the national derby on 2 May and Atletico Madrid's showdown with Barcelona on 16 May are three do-or-die battles, and the outcome of each game is very likely to have an absolute impact on the title situation. So until the penultimate round of the league is decided, any prediction is unreliable, and even Atletico Madrid, who are in third place in the table, have the potential to stage a big comeback, so let's wait and see. ”

His words can indeed represent the views of most people who understand the ball, because judging from the current points situation, although Barcelona with 77 points has an advantage of at least five points, Real Madrid with 72 points and Atletico Madrid with 69 points behind him are not completely at the point where they can only look at the faces of others, if the latter can get six points in a direct dialogue with the two teams in front of him, then he only needs to wait for the result of Real Madrid not losing in the second leg of this season, and he can jump to the leader. In the same way, the Galactic Battleship also has a chance to snatch the initiative back into its own hands.

So assuming that the above La Liga triumvirate does not make other mistakes, who can lift this year's league trophy really depends on what kind of situation their direct infighting will come out, and the current leading Barcelona is only a small starter, which does not mean that they can sit back and relax.

However, before the three high-profile battles kicked off, Li Mudi's "curse" had an effect, in another matchup that kicked off at the same time as Real Madrid, Barcelona actually suffered a last-second draw at home, and the lead that had just widened was retreated unmoved, causing an uproar after the game.

Xavi's team faced promoted Mallorca in this campaign, and it can be said that they took the absolute initiative on the field, but due to the excellent performance of the opponent's defense and some luck factors, they only scored a measly goal in the whole game while enjoying more than 70% possession, laying the groundwork for the tragedy that followed.

When the clock came to the 80th minute, when the visitors' attacking investment had increased significantly, Xavi chose a more passive central and midfield possession tactic in order to save his strength for next week's Champions League game, and failed to continue to put pressure on Mallorca's defence, resulting in an accident under the latter's final struggle.

The visitors took advantage of a corner in stoppage time and goalkeeper Marcoslavin stepped up to make it 1-1 for goalkeeper Marcoslavin to head the ball into the home side's goal.

It is worth mentioning that the 30-year-old LaVine is a Real Madrid pure-blood born in Lafabrica, who chose to leave in 2015 because he could not get the opportunity to be promoted to Castile, and finally returned to La Liga with his new club after the baptism of many teams. Similar to Samuel Eto'o before him, he is also full of anger at the past abandoned by his parent team, and has once expressed his dissatisfaction with Real Madrid in public, which has attracted the anger of many black fans. However, after scoring this goal, which may become the key goal that will determine the ownership of this season's championship, I believe that all the Meilinger who have hacked him before should change their attitude and choose to forgive the goalkeeper's original behavior.

When the Madrid duo both won at the same moment, the difference between the three teams showed exactly 78, 75 and 72, and the difference between them was only one victory, which was more in line with Li Mudi's previous judgment that the league championship would enter three direct conversations.

It's just that this kind of super interesting big news failed to occupy the front page position in the major newspapers published early the next morning, because in the league of Real Madrid's victory over Getafe, the rise of a new star still gained more attention, and the last time Spanish football attached such expectations to a young man was probably traced back to Boss Mei in 2003 and 04, when there was also a situation where everyone was unanimously optimistic about the same young player.

In the 72nd minute of this game, which was not very eye-catching, Li Mudi, who saw that the team's score of 2-0 was already very stable, used the second substitution at hand to replace Ferran Torres, who had just received the jersey number in the first team, which instantly attracted deafening cheers at the Bernabeu Stadium.

The youngster's performance in the remaining minutes was certainly expected, not only completing two successful dribbles, but also hitting the target with a kick on target, as well as showing the world his excellent big-picture vision through a couple of passes, and this debut was worthy of high ratings.

What's more, at the age of 16 years and 118 days, he also broke the previous record set by Norwegian Martin Odegaard (also translated as Odegaard) and became the youngest player in Real Madrid's history. Interestingly, the latter also came off the bench in the league against Getafe.

As a result, the supernova became the focus of attention in Spanish football for a long time after the game, and the heat is comparable to the triumph that has become white-hot.

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