Chapter Seventy-Nine: A New Year

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In the end, Real Madrid beat Celta Vigo 3-0 at home, with Di Maria, Mesut Ozil and Adebayor scoring a goal each, and Chu Zhongtian providing an assist. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In this way, Real Madrid maintained a terrifying 18-game winning streak in La Liga before Christmas, which even surpassed Pep Guardiola's Barcelona record of 16 consecutive league wins, and also surpassed Inter Milan's 17 consecutive wins, becoming the team with the longest winning streak in Europe's top five leagues.

Such a terrible result made many media begin to exclaim, Mourinho's Real Madrid dynasty is coming, and many people have begun to believe that Mourinho's Real Madrid may end Barcelona's domination in La Liga, not only that, but they will also shake Barcelona's dominance in European football.

Eighteen consecutive wins are a great cause for celebration, but there is no activity going on inside Real Madrid. After this game, Real Madrid was disbanded, the whole team was on holiday, and La Liga entered the winter break. The league will start again on January 1, 2012.

The players were given a week's vacation, and Chu Zhongtian put the two trophies at home, and flew directly to the United States to find his parents with Emily, and the two families spent this Christmas holiday together. For Westerners, Christmas is about the same as the Chinese New Year, and it is very important. Because of playing football, Chu Zhongtian rarely has the opportunity to spend the Spring Festival with his family, so Christmas is very lively.

After Christmas, Chu Zhongtian returned to Spain alone, and Emily continued to stay in the United States to accompany her mother and Chu Zhongtian's parents.

At the beginning of this year, Chu Zhongtian led the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup without being favored, allowing the Chinese team to win the championship of the first continental competition in history, and also allowing the Chinese team to qualify for the next Confederations Cup. Regardless of whether the Chinese team can participate in the next World Cup in Brazil, they have already had the opportunity to go to Brazil's World Cup arena.

In the middle of the year, Chu Zhongtian reached the pinnacle of his career with Hoffenheim - also in the underdogs, he and Hoffenheim defeated the unbeatable Barcelona in the final, lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy, and stood at the top of Europe.

The subsequent transfer from Hoffenheim to Real Madrid in the summer for a whopping 70 million euros became an important turning point in his career, and he embarked on the road to the palace level, and joining Real Madrid was a win-win. Real Madrid won this year's World Footballer of the Year and European Ballon d'Or, while Chu Zhongtian became a world superstar on a par with Kaka, C. Ronaldo, and Messi.

Chu Zhongtian, who played as well as ever in Real Madrid, adapted to La Liga football and Real Madrid at a very fast speed, became the absolute core of the team, and led the team to a record of 18 consecutive wins.

At the end of 2011, he won three awards, including World Footballer of the Year, World Player of the Year, and European Golden Ball Awards. A Champions League title has brought him countless glory, Chu Zhongtian, who has just passed the age of 28, is in the golden age of his career, coupled with a giant like Real Madrid, and the most amazing manager in football, Jose Mourinho, he has every possibility to create more brilliant results than this year. Like what...... Triple crown, six crowns.

Chu Zhongtian's departure from Hoffenheim cost him the chance to compete for the UEFA Super Cup and the World Club Championship, but now he can start all over again at Real Madrid.

Today's Real Madrid's desire for the title is perhaps the strongest in the world, and as a century-old club on a par with Barcelona, Real Madrid has not won a title for three consecutive years, which is really unbearable. Real Madrid are now half a season away from their 10th European Champions League in their history, and in the first half of the group stage, Jose Mourinho's side faced little resistance and comfortably reached the knockout stage of the Champions League as group winners. The draw has been made, and Real Madrid's opponent in the quarter-finals is last season's league champion Borussia Dortmund from Germany, which is not a good opponent for Real Madrid, because Real Madrid has always been painful to play German teams, and the German style of football seems to be very restrained in Spanish football.

Hoffenheim, where Chu Zhongtian once played, failed to reach the knockout stage, and Hoffenheim dropped two notches without Chu Zhongtian, and now they can only rank in the middle of the domestic league, competing for next season's Europa League qualification, not Champions League qualification.

The Real Madrid stars who have returned from the holiday season do not seem to have recovered from the holiday atmosphere, and they were held to a draw away by Real Betis in a match against Real Betis on the night of January 1, and their 18-game winning streak came to an abrupt end.

There is no shortage of teams in the Europa League who went crazy in the first half of the league but started to rise and fall in the second half, such as Borussia Dortmund last season and Hoffenheim in 08-09. So will Real Madrid be such a team?

This is something that many people are concerned about.

Real Betis, who had held Real Madrid to a draw, cheered and celebrated as if they had beaten Real Madrid after the game. Although they did not end Real Madrid's unbeaten streak, they did manage to slow them down.

Barcelona continued to win, closing the gap to one point.

The competition for the league title in the second half is still fierce.

Meanwhile, in the fifth round of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruna 5-1 on aggregate over two legs to advance to the quarterfinals.

Today's Real Madrid is moving towards the goal of "Treble".

※※※Some people are worried that Chu Zhongtian will be addicted to Vanity Fair and have no intention of playing football when he goes to the fancy world of Real Madrid. Such fears are clearly unwarranted now.

Chu Zhongtian's personality is actually not interested in those parties or anything, so his life in Real Madrid is very peaceful, he is basically unfamiliar with the nightclubs in Madrid, and he will not go to parties where his teammates are too crazy, and most of the time when he is not training, he stays at home.

Although he and Emily often live apart because of work, there has never been a scandal. The paparazzi in Madrid used to be very eager to dig up the scandal between Chu Zhongtian and other women. But they spent a lot of money and manpower and still got nothing. Chu Zhongtian left the training ground and drove home directly, not lingering.

In addition, he has a lot of work to deal with, and he really doesn't have that much time to fool around outside.

Chu Zhongtian's life in Madrid is so boring that the media is not as interested in him as he used to be, and he has appeared in the front page headlines far less often than the likes of C. Ronaldo and Marcelo, and even less than Mourinho.

It was only after the game that he was the focus of the newspapers, as he once again played well in the game and helped the team win.

After January, he was named La Liga's Player of the Month of January, and although Real Madrid did not keep a winning streak in January, Chu Zhongtian's individual performance was still excellent. He scored four goals and provided two assists in five league games in January, and was a key contributor to the team's ability to retain the top spot in the face of Barcelona's pressure.

Especially in the league at home and Sevilla, Chu Zhongtian was radiant in this game, scoring twice and also assisting a goal, and finally helped Real Madrid beat Sevilla 5:1 at his home stadium. The victory also means that in Spain, apart from Barcelona, no other team is against Real Madrid.

In addition, the big win in this game also made the voices that advocated Real Madrid's ups and downs in the second half of the game and the possibility of being overturned by Barcelona at any time are much quieter.

Even the big win in this game stabilized Real Madrid's military morale. After being held to a draw away by Real Betis, the difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is just one point, and the pressure to be the frontrunner in the league marathon has all shifted to the Real Madrid players. During this time, Real Madrid fans watched every game with trepidation. Especially in the last round away game against Getafe, in the face of the little brother of the Madrid region, Real Madrid did not rely on Chu Zhongtian's flash of inspiration until the last five minutes to assist C. Ronaldo to score the only goal of the game. It was a very difficult win for Real Madrid, and there were voices after the game that Real Madrid had felt the pressure from the frontrunners and that the next round against Sevilla would be Barcelona's best chance to return to the top of the table. Because although Real Madrid is playing at home, Sevilla is very strong, the result of this game may not be Real Madrid's home win, even if Sevilla only draws Real Madrid, Barcelona can return to the first place in the league with a victory.

The result? Chu Zhongtian's outburst brought the team a hearty 5:1 victory, which responded to the media's doubts and dissipated those worries within him.

Mourinho also breathed a sigh of relief.

After the resumption of the Champions League quarterfinals in February, Real Madrid will face a third-tier situation, which is a very serious test for the team. In fact, there are already injuries in the Real Madrid squad, and Mesut Ozil is expected to miss a month after picking up an injury in the game against Getafe, which is not good news for Real Madrid. In addition, Kaka's knee is sore again, he was injured in training, and although the team doctor did not think it was much love, Mourinho decided to rest Kaka until the Champions League game resumed. Bam Adebayo was injured in training after the winter break and will need to be out for three to six weeks.

Fortunately, there are no major problems at the back, otherwise Mourinho would have been overstretched. At present, Real Madrid's absentees due to injury are all replacements, and they are very rich, so Mourinho is not in a hurry. Adebayo can't play, Real Madrid still have Higuain and Benzema, two attackers. Mesut Ozil is injured, but Chu Zhongtian and Granero can replace him, Kaka is recovering from injury, Di Maria is on the wing, and Chu Zhongtian can also replace him in the middle. Speaking of Chu Zhongtian, he is really an all-round talent, he can play in any position, and unlike the general panacea, he plays very well in every position, Mourinho even thinks that if this person does not play at the back, but at the center, or a center forward, he can also become a world-class ...... It was only after working with Chu Zhongtian that he realized how eager a manager was to work with a player. Obedient but with his own ideas, able to follow through on your tactical requirements, and knowing how to be flexible, he can step up when the team is in trouble, save the team and the manager who is sitting on pins and needles in the dugout.

It's no wonder Rangnick ended up winning last year's World Coach of the Year...... It's all because of Chu Zhongtian!

Whoever puts on such a player will get twice the result with half the effort.

In addition to their impressive performances in the league, Jose Mourinho's side also continued to move forward in the Copa del Rey, where they eliminated Villarreal 4-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals over two legs to reach the semi-finals. Barcelona, on the other hand, lost to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey and were eliminated by Atletico Madrid as a substitute.

Then, in late January and early February, Real Madrid beat Espanyol in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey against Atletico Madrid. In this year's Copa del Rey final, the Madrid derby will be staged. However, everyone thinks that Atletico Madrid will not be able to prevent Real Madrid from winning the Copa del Rey, after all, the difference in strength between the two teams is there, and Real Madrid has a psychological advantage over Atletico Madrid. In this way, Real Madrid will win the Copa del Rey for the first time in 19 years.

※※※The time has entered February, and the Champions League knockout round is about to kick off.

In the two league games after entering February, Real Madrid won two in a row, including the league game before the Champions League quarterfinals, Mourinho sent a substitute lineup, and the substitute lineup was even more terrible than the main team, they beat Villarreal away from home 7:3, Chu Zhongtian did not come on until the 75th minute of the game, when the score was already 6:2, the first half was 5:0, and the commentators were exclaiming that Real Madrid was crazy.

Among them, the pro-Real Madrid commentator did not forget to tease Barcelona: "Real Madrid's second team leads the home team 5:0 at the Qinge Stadium!" The total value of this bench has exceeded 300 million euros, including C. Ronaldo, Chu, Alonso, Pepe, Di Maria and other stars on the bench...... With such an expensive bench, Guardiola must be very envious, right? ”

In the end, Kaka scored a hat-trick against Villarreal, his first since joining Real Madrid, and it was a major positive for Mourinho that he returned from injury ahead of the Champions League quarter-final tie with Borussia Dortmund.

In addition to Gareth. Bale also scored his first goal since joining Real Madrid, and the way he scored was what he does best – free-kicks. Usually Real Madrid's direct free kicks are controlled by C. Ronaldo, only when he is not on the field, others have a chance to try it, Gareth Bale is quite accomplished in free kicks, and can only take advantage of C. Ronaldo to sit on the bench to take the penalty, but he did not disappoint, the penalty ball drew a beautiful arc, directly into the corner of the goal.

In the most difficult devil's schedule, Real Madrid beat Sevilla 5-1, then beat Valencia 2-0, then beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 and beat Villarreal 7-3. Although there are still Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao away, for Real Madrid, in the entire La Liga, except for Barcelona, they have no opponents.

These big wins speak for themselves. Just like the devil's schedule in the first half of the league, all of these opponents surrendered early, except for Atletico Madrid, who once caused some trouble for Real Madrid.

Jose Mourinho is also very happy with his team's recent performances, he does not think that his team's winning streak will be able to open up the points gap with Barcelona, Real Madrid are on a winning streak, and Barcelona is also on a winning streak. But he has this consideration, that is, when the Champions League is rekindled, his team should at least not lose to Barcelona in the league standings, so that the team will be more relaxed and more relaxed when they re-enter the Champions League.

The continuous big score shows that Real Madrid is in very good shape, and not only the main team is in good shape, but the substitute team is also in very good shape, which of course will make Mourinho have a headache when arranging the lineup, so who is not allowed to play, but it is better than choosing one person to choose.

Having a lot of in-form players means more variety, and it's harder for opponents to guess what he's up to. This will not hurt Real Madrid's preparations for the Champions League quarter-finals.

Borussia Dortmund, who won the Bundesliga last season, have been in the top three this season, sometimes pushing to the top of the league table for a few weeks.

In addition, Real Madrid has always been very tough against German teams, so they must not be underestimated. The team's excellent form has increased Mourinho's chances of reaching the quarter-finals.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and although Real Madrid broke the "Dream Eight curse" last season, Mourinho does not want to fall in the quarter-finals again this season.

Against Borussia Dortmund, Mourinho is bound to send his strongest squad.

And Chu Zhongtian will also return to the German stadium he is familiar with again to challenge Dortmund, who used to hate him very, very much.

(To be continued)