Chapter 15: Real Madrid's debut
The entire Bernabeu was flooded with cheers and applause.
All the home fans chanted Raul's name, and his posters and portraits were waving and fluttering around every corner of the stands.
In fact, whether it is in the first phase of the superstar-studded Galaxy Battleship or the second phase of the luxurious Galaxy Battleship, Raul has always been the most special one in the Real Madrid team.
His leadership position is unshakable, whether it is Ronaldo or Cristiano Ronaldo, before Raul does not retreat, the Bernabeu is destined to have only one real owner, that is Raul Gonzalez.
It can be said that Raul is the true leader and banner figure of Real Madrid.
Perhaps the outside world has mixed reviews of the Bernabeu prince, some think he is a real fighter, a real Bernabeu leader, and some think that he is the "ball tyrant" of Real Madrid and the "dictator" of the Bernabeu, but no matter what. His love for Real Madrid is undeniable, and he has always stayed at the Bernabeu with more than a dozen years of outstanding performances, leading the white team to move forward.
This is a player to be respected and a great captain to be cheered by all!
Not only were the commentators and fans cheering Raul's name, but even the players on the bench all stood up, clapping their hands and chanting the captain's name.
For Raul's influence in Real Madrid and even in Spanish football, Fan Bizhuang has seen it many times, but as an opponent and as a Real Madrid player, these are two different perspectives and two completely different feelings.
This made him feel a little lonely when he clapped his hands.
The whole audience cheered, the whole audience bowed, this kind of treatment, he also enjoyed, but not at the Bernabeu, but in the small town.
Only now that he has left Villarreal, he may never see the roar and cheers of the whole city again.
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After the goal, Real Madrid's morale was greatly boosted, and the stars in the front field were even more active, and they actually suppressed Deportivo La Coruna, who was originally tied with them.
Real Madrid attacked lively, and the stars also made some wonderful breakthroughs and shots from time to time, causing the fans in the stands to scream.
Real Madrid has a tendency to play a lot, and the fans are excited, but Pellegrini on the sidelines can't help frowning.
If the current Real Madrid team is in the best condition, then he has no opinion on playing like this, after all, Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna are not a level team, but playing like this now, it is inevitably a bit too much, right?
The top league teams, even the relegation teams, no one is easy to deal with. If it's easy to deal with, no one else will be able to survive in the top league.
Manuel Pellegrini waved and shouted from the sidelines, signaling the team to pay attention to the protection of the central midfield, and even ran past Russ Ross. Diarra pulled and told him to pay attention to his opponent's counterattack, and to stifle any possible threat from the opponent's counterattack.
Pellegrini's instructions and adjustments are not problematic, but he ignores the fact that the Real Madrid team on the field is stronger in attack than in defense, and the full-time defensive midfielder is Diarra, and several people in the back line are not tacit enough, so even if Diarra tries hard to sweep in the midfield, it is inevitable that one person's strength will be overstretched, and Real Madrid's back line is directly exposed to the opponent's counterattack gun.
Towards the end of the first half, Real Madrid finally tasted the bitter fruit of pressing aggressively.
A quick counter-attack from the wing, Belleron, known as the "Spanish Zidane", went down to the bottom line and shook off Arbeloa, and the cross found striker Ricky with precision, who leapt to the top and headed the ball into the net before Garay.
The score became 1:1.
The entire Bernabeu fell silent in an instant.
This conceded goal is tantamount to a basin of cold water, to the Real Madrid stars who are heating up a hard heart, they suddenly found that the opponent is not powerless, they are stars Yes, but on the football field, stars can not represent everything, in front of a team with a mature style of play, the opponent may not be as good as them, but the integrity is undoubtedly better, and it can also create a huge threat to them.
The first half ended with a score of 1:1, and at half-time, Pellegrini gave some new instructions to the team, asking the team to attack while not losing their minds, and must pay attention to the protection of the central and backfield.
At the start of the second half, Real Madrid did change, but there were still a lot of holes. Overall, Real Madrid's performance on the sidelines is still chaotic, as if they are two components of a team, with the stars up front attacking and the players at the back defending, and the two don't have much to do with each other.
That's the biggest problem with this new galaxy battleship, and it will take more time for this star-studded luxury division to truly merge into one.
The two teams are still half-to-eight on the field, but it is clear that today is destined to be a day for Real Madrid's stars to shine.
In terms of overall cooperation, Deportivo La Coruna is undoubtedly superior, but in terms of the individual ability of the players, Real Madrid, which has many stars, is a complete opponent. Although it is difficult to have Pele and Maradona in today's era who can decide the outcome of the game by one person, the energy of the stars is also huge.
This is the helplessness of ordinary teams, they work hard throughout the game, but often they can't withstand the flash of inspiration of the superstars, and a single negligence can make their efforts go to waste in an instant.
The later in the game, the more integrated Deportivo La Coruna is, the more faintly anti-away, in turn suppressing the momentum of the home team Real Madrid, but at the critical moment, there are stars again.
In the 63rd minute, Kaka burst forward with the ball at high speed in the middle and shook off two defenders in succession, and the Brazilian star entered the penalty area, and when he was ready to make the next move, he was knocked down by a defender, and Real Madrid won a penalty.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had already confirmed his position as the team's No. 1 penalty taker, stood from 12 yards and easily slotted the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.
2:1!
Real Madrid is leading again!
Once again, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was a sea of joy.
Although there are still such and such problems in the team's performance, the veteran Raul's goal is enough to make the fans full of joy, and the new signings are also very good, especially the two Mr. Golden Balls, Kaka made a penalty, and C. Ronaldo scored a penalty to exceed the score, which also made the fans satisfied, thinking that the club's heavy investment in the summer is indeed worth the money.
And three minutes later. What excites the fans even more is that another new signing has exploded.
As a defensive midfielder, Russ. The reason why Diarra can be valued by a super giant like Real Madrid is because of his good defensive ability, at the beginning of the new century, Real Madrid achieved good results in the league and the Champions League, but after Florentino let go of Makelele, Real Madrid's results fell sharply.
The reason is that Real Madrid's waist pole can't be stiffened. The so-called midfielder wins the world, Real Madrid's waist has never been hard, which has fallen behind when competing with many giants and strong teams, and the poor performance in recent years is due to this aspect.
In fact, Real Madrid is also very regretful after losing such a hard-working and extremely tough midfielder as Makelele, and has been supplementing this position in recent years, but whether it is Gravinson or Gago, compared to Makelele, they are somewhat inferior in terms of ability and role.
Lars. Diarra is known as "Makelle II", which shows that he is excellent in defense and sweeping. To put it bluntly, he was introduced by Real Madrid as a "replacement" for Claude Makelle.
Unexpectedly, Diarra's back row was inserted and received Raul's ball, and the French midfielder met the ball with a furious shot, and the football hung in the corner of the goal, and the score became 3:1.
The iron waist that was supposed to focus on defense turned out to blossom on the offensive end, which is really a bit laughable.
But in any case, it was undoubtedly a joy for the Bernabeu fans to be able to extend the score and seal the victory, and the whole stadium resounded with cheers and applause.
At this point in the game, Real Madrid fans are very satisfied, although the field does not have much advantage, but the three goals are real, the veterans have scored, the new signings have scored, and the performance is also very good, there is nothing more satisfying than this.
Pellegrini is also very satisfied, although the current Real Madrid team has a lot of problems, but it takes time to solve, and it can't be achieved overnight, there is no such thing as becoming a fat man in the world. As long as he can win, then his first official game in charge of Real Madrid can be regarded as a successful one.
With the big picture settled, Manuel Pellegrini began to make purposeful substitutions, and he had to give the stars on the bench a chance to make an appearance.
In the 72nd minute, Guti and Dutch star Van der Vaart came on in place of Alonso and Kaka.
As the clock ticked to 80 minutes, Manuel Pellegrini hesitated a little and gave the third substitution to Van Bizhuang. He was replaced by French striker Karim Benzema.
Benzema's luck was terrible in this game, as he had plenty of chances and created a couple of threats, two of which hit the post.
That's where his bad luck came in, his first appearance at the Bernabeu, the Frenchman was naturally very hungry to score, to be able to impress the new club and the fans here, but both times he hit the post, which made him extremely depressed.
When he high-fived and hugged Fan Bizhuang, the French striker was still shaking his head in annoyance and muttering: "Unlucky, really unlucky!" ”
Fan Bizhuang shook his head helplessly.
His helplessness is not directed at Benzema, but at himself.
Benzema feels his luck is bad, but Van Bizhuang himself, with his current competitive form, is expected to be even more unbearable than his French team-mate.