Chapter 533: Real Madrid's Shame
After scoring the goal, Di Maria excitedly rushed over to hug Ronaldo to celebrate, which made Ronaldo, who had just been reprimanded by Mourinho, feel a lot better.
It was not bad to have an assist without a goal, which reduced the pressure on Ronaldo a lot.
After all, the media and fans don't expect anyone to catch up with Lu Wenbin's efficiency of about 2 goals per game.
To score a goal in two games, or to have an assist, is considered a very good performance.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who received an assist and reduced a lot of psychological pressure, played well in the next game.
In the 41st minute, Cristiano Ronaldo cut inside after breaking through the wing, made a gesture outside the corner of the big forbidden area, shook Abidal who was defending him, and then crossed the ball to the middle.
Benzema followed up with a shot but Valdés struggled to save it for a corner.
Xavi Alonso then sent in a corner, and Lu Wenbin squeezed past Puyol and Busquets in the penalty area to grab the first point, and a flick of the head of the ball headed into the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and Real Madrid led 3-0.
Before the end of the first half, Real Madrid played Barcelona 3-0, which excited the fans in the stands.
Last season, Real Madrid was beaten 5-0 by Barcelona at the Camp Nou, and the bloody score and the five fingers raised by Barcelona players and fans made the hearts of Real Madrid fans still bleed.
It was the biggest point difference in the Spanish national derby in more than a decade, and it was an absolute disgrace.
In the first leg of this season's Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 5-1 at home, but it still did not catch up with the five-goal difference last season.
Now the 3-0 difference in the half-time has given Real Madrid fans an opportunity to wash away the shame, and many fans raised their hands in the stands and shouted 10-0, signaling the players on the field to return the shame of last season to Barcelona twice.
Of course, 10-0 is out of the question, but most of the players who experienced the 5-0 defeat away from home last season have experienced it, and everyone naturally wants revenge.
Therefore, despite the 3-0 victory, the Real Madrid players did not slow down their offensive and continued to run all over the field, sprinting, stealing, counter-attacking and so on.
However, Lu Wenbin's goal was too close to the end of the first half.
Neither team scored in the next few minutes and the two sides went into the break with a 3-0 scoreline.
Fifteen minutes later, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
The score of 0-3 down, although it is not enough to reach the level of Barcelona's 5-0 bloodbath against Real Madrid last season, but even if it ends the game with this score, it is a big defeat.
Such a score situation forced Barcelona to play a quick confrontation with Real Madrid.
If Barcelona wants to fall at the back, Real Madrid will naturally not panic. Anyway, they are the ones who lead the score, and they can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform.
Fans and players want a big win to get revenge, but Mourinho doesn't care so much.
Last season's 0-5 was not played by him, it was none of his business, he just needed to win this game.
Therefore, at halftime, Mourinho specially told everyone not to be confused by last season's 0-5 defeat, and to defend the defense in the second half and then play Barcelona's counterattack.
If Barcelona is flustered and wants to score as soon as possible, or even equalize, it is actually more beneficial to Real Madrid, which is playing defensive counterattacks.
The speed of Ronaldo, Di Maria, and Benzema, as well as Lu Wenbin's all-round offensive ability, can play a quick counterattack to give Barcelona a fatal blow.
After being told by the manager to calm down for 15 minutes, the Real Madrid players in the second half were naturally not as impatient as they were in the second half of the first half, but held the defensive line firmly and waited for Barcelona to attack.
Barcelona attacked, and the space at the back was naturally larger. If you break the ball and play a counterattack, there are more natural chances to score.
Defending and counter-attacking has always been Mourinho's magic weapon for survival, and many routines have been practiced in training.
On the other hand, Barcelona had to attack. Now that Real Madrid are shrinking their defence, they will have to press forward in formation.
However, Real Madrid's defence has improved a lot compared to the previous coach under Mourinho's tutelage.
Barcelona attacked for 10 minutes without any effect.
Although Messi's dribbling caused a foul on Alonso and was shown a yellow card by the referee, he never scored.
Barcelona were also a little less lucky.
In the 52nd minute, Cesc Fabregas's lob shot had already been hoisted past goalkeeper Casillas, who was standing in front, but Pepe, who was desperately trying to defend, hooked the ball back on the goal line.
Although the Barcelona players surrounded the referee and demanded that the goal be scored, the referee insisted on his opinion and claimed that the goal was not scored.
Then the replay on the big screen missed first, not to mention that the ball crossed the goal line as a whole, and before it even reached the goal line, it was cleared by Pepe's reverse hook.
The referee's decision was accurate.
Although the Barcelona players are still a little indignant, there is nothing they can do.
If you can't attack for a long time, you will naturally be counterattacked by Real Madrid.
As a professional defender on counter-attacking, Mourinho's team is very fast on the counter-attack. Especially when there are super-fast players such as Ronaldo, Lu Wenbin, and Di Maria, the counterattack speed is the top in the world.
In the 57th minute, Messi dribbled on the wing and was tackled away by a vicious and accurate tackle by Ramos.
Although Messi fell to the ground and asked the referee to award Ramos for a foul, the referee ignored it.
It was a good tackle in the head.
While Messi was still complaining on the ground and the other Barcelona players were still cooperating with Messi's running attack, Ramos' shoveled ball fell to Di Maria's feet.
Di Maria immediately turned around and ran wildly with the ball, Lu Wenbin and Benzema in the middle, and Ronaldo on the other side, all suddenly turned around and rushed towards Barcelona's half.
The Barcelona players were naturally shocked and also desperately defended.
But Real Madrid's counter-attack was just too fast.
In the face of Alves' defense, Di Maria did not try to break through at all, and directly kicked the ball to the front of Lu Wenbin's run in the middle.
Because it was a sudden defensive counterattack, Lu Wenbin had no one else around him to defend except Busquets.
Pique is defending Benzema, Puyol is defending Cristiano Ronaldo, everyone else is involved in the attack, and it is too late to return to the front.
Under the pull and pull of Busquets, Lu Wenbin could not carry the ball smoothly.
So, after receiving Di Maria's pass, Lu Wenbin did not waste time, passed the ball to Ronaldo's side with one kick, and then stepped forward without the ball.
Lu Wenbin, who runs without the ball, is not something that Busquets alone can keep up with and defend.
Ronaldo, who received the ball, could not continue to move forward with the ball under the pressure of Puyol, coupled with Mourinho's previous warning, Ronaldo did not take a long shot casually, but crossed the ball to the position of Benzema in the middle again.
But Benzema was also unable to shoot well under Pique's defence, and the angle was too small, and Valdés had blocked most of his shot.
Therefore, Benzema did not force a shot from a small angle, but raised his foot and knocked the ball back with his heel at the moment he was about to receive the ball.
This is a defensive counter-attacking routine that has been practiced in training.
Of course, it was also a kind of luck that the counterattack went so smoothly this time, and the Barcelona players did not touch the ball in a few passes and runs in the middle.
Benzema's heel knock caught both Puyol and Valdés off guard, and when it came time to grab the ball, it was too late.