Chapter 62: A Sudden Failure
The four-goal victory allowed Real Madrid to receive a lot of praise from fans and media after the game.
In such praise, it is more to affirm the performance of Real Madrid's three major stars, and some newspapers even used "The three superstars are truly combined, invincible in the world!" to praise the attacking combination of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Van Bizhuang.
In fact, when you think about it, this is also very reasonable. Whether it's Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, or Fan Bizhuang, any of these three people are the top and most sought-after stars in world football today, and any one of them can attract endless eyeballs.
Three people compete on the same stage and fight side by side, this power is naturally not as simple as 1+1=2, and the influence and attention are naturally like an explosion.
In fact, at the beginning of the new season, fans all over the world were full of expectations for this combination, but unfortunately, first Fan Bizhuang was in a trough, and then Kaka fell into a slump due to injury, and the new generation of Galaxy Battleships, only C. Ronaldo led alone. Although Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is worthy of his huge value, the three most watched superstars are missing two, no matter how you look at it, fans feel as if something is missing.
And with the return of Fan Bizhuang and the recovery of Kaka's form, fans naturally rekindled the fire of anticipation. In previous matches, the three also had the opportunity to work together, but the performance of the three was different.
This time, all three came off the bench at the same time and all scored at the same time, all of them were heroic, Fan Bizhuang and Kaka made a pass and a shot, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice...... This kind of performance is enough to make even the most discerning fans can't help but exclaim, this is the real superstar combination, and this game is the first time that the three have a real chemistry.
This is enough to make fans and media full of expectations and expectations for the "FCK combination".
When Barcelona established the Dream Three Dynasty and swept the Europa continent, Real Madrid was not to be outdone, spending heavily to build a new generation of Galaxy Battleships, the Bernabeu stars are shining, and the "FCK Combination" is undoubtedly worth and competitive ability, and everyone is looking forward to it, this combination can be more tacit and stronger in the next time, and finally burst out with huge energy, and then break hands with Barcelona's Dream Three Dynasty.
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The match against Getafe was extremely satisfying for Pellegrini. Not only did the team get three points smoothly, but more importantly, it made him see the possibility of the coexistence of the three top players, and even he felt that if these three players could really be built into an "offensive team", then it was very likely that "FCK" would become the most attacking combination in world football!
Perhaps he wanted to try this possibility, or perhaps he felt the high anticipation of the fans and the media, so a week later, Pellegrini played all three players in the home game against Atletico Madrid.
What makes the Chilean coach excited is that the "FCK combination" really brought him a huge surprise, just after halftime, his team led the derby by two goals, although the two goals, only one was scored by C. Ronaldo, but this goal can be said to be the product of the tacit cooperation of the three players, Kaka instigated, Fan Bizhuang shrewdly missed the ball, C. Ronaldo took the ball away into the penalty area, and scored with a burst of shots.
It can be seen that top players and top players are not completely unable to coexist, to a certain extent, because they are all players of the same level, they are more intelligent, and they are more aware of each other's intentions in terms of cooperation.
The final score of this Madrid derby was 3:2, although the Sheets were two goals behind in the first half, but they were extremely tenacious to pull one back at the beginning of the second half, and then Van Bizhuang received a pass from Kaka, and scored a low shot in front of the penalty area to seal the victory, Atletico Madrid scored a goal in stoppage time by Van Bizhuang's former teammate Forlan, but it was to no avail, Real Madrid won the victory, once again proving that the boss of Madrid City is Real Madrid.
In two consecutive rounds of the league, the FCK combination has played well, which caused a lot of praise and heated discussions after the game, which also strengthened Pellegrini's determination to reuse "FCK".
However, in the thirtieth round of the league, Real Madrid finally slowed down their pace.
Because in the next round of the league, Real Madrid will travel to face Barcelona away, which is the most important game for Real Madrid this season. Not only because Barcelona and Real Madrid are rivals in the national derby, but the most important reason is that the two teams are currently catching up in the standings, and the difference in points is very small, only four points.
Although Real Madrid currently leads their opponents in the standings, they cannot be taken lightly because the gap is not large. If they can win this game, they will be seven points ahead of Barcelona, and with only eight games left in the league, the league title is within reach.
After being eliminated in the Champions League, the league has become the last battlefield of Real Madrid, and the second phase of the new generation of Galaxy Battleship, which was built with a lot of money in the summer, naturally can't bear the end of the season with nothing, so the league championship must be won!
And this game will be very much about the final ownership of the league title, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth six points. Real Madrid and Barcelona are the most direct rivals for the league title, and if Real Madrid win, the points gap will widen even further, and if Barcelona win, then Real Madrid's points advantage will be left with one point.
And one point, it is not an advantage at all, as long as a draw is a draw, Barcelona can come from behind.
Therefore, before this "battle of Tianwang Mountain", which will largely determine the title of the champion, Pellegrini is determined to hide most of the main team to ensure that the team can cope with the national derby with the best form and energy.
It's just that no one thought that before waiting for the national derby, Real Madrid capsized on Racing Santander, the opponent of this round of matches.
The FCK duo started again and continued their excellent performances in both rounds, with Fan Bizhuang helping his team to a 1-0 lead in the first half.
The first half went well, with Van Bizhuang scoring and Real Madrid taking the lead, and it looked like the visitors would have no big problems winning the game comfortably.
didn't come to fruition, but the situation on the field in the second half changed dramatically.
In the 60 minutes of the game, Real Madrid still led the score and had a great advantage on the field, but in this case, Pellegrini made a "stupid move", he first replaced the goal-scorer Van Bizhuang, and three minutes later, replaced Kaka with Guti, and then, Gago who returned from injury also played, and he replaced the team's metronome Xavi. Alonso.
Several of the most threatening players on the field were replaced, plus a number of main players did not play in this game, except for C. Ronaldo and Casillas, Real Madrid's regular main players on the field, there are only a few.
This can be regarded as a move to "reduce" his own strength, but Pellegrini also has his own thoughts, he believes that with the current game situation, the team will not have a problem to win, so he has to give Van Bizhuang and others more time to rest and adjust to deal with the next round of strong confrontation with Barcelona.
But his self-belief is to make Real Madrid pay a terrible price.
Racing Santander, who has been pressed and beaten by Real Madrid, soon found that the pressure on his body was reduced a lot, and after trying a few counterattacks, his mind was also alive, Real Madrid's midfield defense line was not stable, and they also had a chance to counterattack.
So the home team stepped up the counterattack, and their luck was also very good, in the 77th minute, the home team relied on a passing error in the Real Madrid midfield, successfully broke the ball and launched a counterattack on the spot, stumbling all the way to the front of the Real Madrid penalty area, and finally their striker hit a powerful shot to break through Casillas's ten fingers.
The score became 1:1.
There was jubilation, and the home fans were going crazy with excitement.
Pellegrini, on the other hand, had a cloudy face, and he seemed to be very annoyed by the team's conceded goals, and even had a hint of remorse. Indeed, if you cannot give the opponent suppressive power on offense, then the opponent will inevitably be unwilling to defeat and launch a counterattack.
And apparently his team had a lot of luck today and conceded so quickly.
But at the moment, he didn't have much to do, he "squandered" all three places, and there was no chance to remedy it at this time.
If this conceded goal made Pellegrini feel that Real Madrid's luck today was very average, then when the game entered stoppage time, his feeling was that Real Madrid's luck today was really bad.
After conceding the goal, Real Madrid was naturally unwilling to get the three points into a point, so they launched a more violent counterattack, but Alonso and others inevitably led to the disorder of the midfield, Gago and Diarra are players who are stronger than attacking, defending them, organizing and scheduling, it is a little inadequate.
After losing the midfield scheduling, Real Madrid could only switch from simplicity to the bottom as much as possible, and then set a cross from the side.
Although there are more crosses, Real Madrid, which does not have a high striker, does not have an advantage in the competition for high balls, even if Cristiano Ronaldo runs very actively, but he has not been able to find too good opportunities.
Real Madrid failed to score again and Racing Santander fought back to beat the mark, and just before the end of the game, the home side were awarded a corner kick and several tall defenders poured into the Real Madrid penalty area, and in the chaos, the home team shoveled the ball into the goal.
Real Madrid were beaten by Racing Santander in the last minute.
The score of 2:1 made Real Madrid's stars feel unwilling and disappointed. A game that should have been won, but in the end it was killed by the opponent, this feeling is really uncomfortable, and it is a bit of a panic.
And this result also gave Real Madrid stars a strong sense of urgency in their hearts, and they also knew that the next round of the national derby with Barcelona must be won.
They were four points ahead of Barcelona and now have just one point left, and if they can't get out of the Camp Nou, their last hope of the season could be devastated.