Chapter 63: Athletic Gijón

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This is not the first time Chu Zhongtian has participated in the national derby, he had come off the bench in the Spanish Super Cup before the start of the season against Barcelona. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The first leg of the national derby was played at Real Madrid's home turf, and if it had been at Camp Nou, he could imagine how he would have been treated. Boo, middle fingers, and a variety of creative slogans and caricatures...... But none of this could interfere with him.

He is looking forward to the national derby because it will be able to compete with the stars of Barcelona. To be honest, in La Liga, the other opponents are not enough to watch. Now what can make Chu Zhongtian excited about the game from the bottom of his heart is not only the Champions League match, but also the national derby.

This national derby was considered by the media to be the best chance to end Jose Mourinho's unbeaten home record in the league. Because Barcelona are so strong, even if they win away from home, it's not impossible.

The unbeaten record of 161 league games at home in nine years is terrifying and eye-catching, and it is an asset that Mourinho can be proud of. Those who hate Mourinho think that if Barcelona can beat his unbeaten league record at home, they will be able to weaken Mourinho's arrogance and make him crazy.

In fact, without them fanning the flames, Barcelona are full of winning ** for this game.

Barcelona are the best Barcelona in history, they are on a winning streak in the Champions League and the league, and there is no one on the planet who can stop them, except for ...... Real Madrid snatched the Spanish Super Cup from Barcelona at the start of the season. Although some Barcelona players said after the game that a championship like the Super Cup was meaningless, they were still very unhappy.

It seems that the only one who can beat Barcelona now is Real Madrid, who are also in good form.

The collision between Barcelona and Real Madrid is clearly a confrontation between Mars and Earth.

“…… It's a Mars vs. Earth contest! That's what Marca said about the game. This La Liga is all about these two games, and all the other La Liga teams exist just to set off the greatness of these two teams. In fact, La Liga is divided into two parts, the first part is the battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the second part is the competition of the remaining eighteen teams. ”

The Spanish media are actually proud that they have one of the most eye-catching derbies in the world. But that's not what the media in other countries see that way. For example, the British media said that La Liga is a deformed league, with the exception of Barcelona and Real Madrid, which are competitive on the continent, and the other teams are simply vulnerable. In the long run, Spanish football will inevitably suffer serious damage.

Not to be outdone, the Spanish media ridiculed that our football had indeed suffered very badly, otherwise we would not have waited until 2010 to become world champions. This is of course a slap in the face of English football - before every World Cup, the English media trumpets that the England national team is the best in history, and every time it fails.

The media on both sides are in a derby because of the recent momentum of La Liga, which has been claimed by the Spanish media to be the number one league in Europe and the Premier League to second place. This makes the media in England very unhappy - the most authoritative statistics say that the Premier League is still the first, what qualifications do you have in La Liga to show off in front of us?

However, these are all battles between the media of the two countries, and they have nothing to do with the players of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

They just need to prepare for the battle with peace of mind.

※※※Everyone only cares about the game against Barcelona, but they forget that there is another opponent waiting for them to conquer before the game against Barcelona.

Sporting Gijón's head coach Preciado was unhappy with this.

At his pre-match press conference, he reminded reporters: "Is Real Madrid's opponent in this weekend's league called Barcelona? Sorry, we're Sporting Gijon, it's us at home, not Real Madrid! ”

Preciado's conflict with Mourinho is well known throughout Spain. The feud between the two men began before the first meeting between the two sides last season. Jose Mourinho blasted Preaseido as Pep Guardiola's cousin, because when Sporting Gijón played Barcelona away, Preciado hid most of his main players and used a substitute line-up against the mighty Barcelona, and the results can be imagined.

Mourinho's words angered Preciado, and the boss responded that Mourinho was an uneducated hooligan, bandit and pig, and then he and Mourinho became friends. Later, the two teams met, and Preciado began to provoke before the game, but lost 0-1 to Real Madrid at home to Sporting Gijón. It was a very tough game for Real Madrid, and Sporting Gijón was almost wrestling. Mourinho's victory gesture after the game also angered Preciado, and the coaches almost got into a physical altercation.

It is said that Preciado's assistant shouted at Mourinho: "You wait to be poured five goals by Barcelona!" ”

Unexpectedly, Real Madrid then really lost to Barcelona 0:5 at the Camp Nou.

After the game with Sporting Gijón, Mourinho also clashed with Preciado in the parking lot, and the old coach Preciado made a humiliating action of "covering his crotch" at Mourinho, Mourinho did not react, but Real Madrid's physical coach wanted to go over to Preciado to ask for an explanation.

The clash between the two sides has been fueled by the media, which has shaken up Spain's National Sports Council and the Committee Against Violence, who have demanded that the Spanish Football Federation punish the two public figures.

But in the end, it didn't work.

The media's interests have changed quickly, and the conflict between Mourinho and Preciado lacks media hype, so it is naturally silent, who cares about the little between the two of them?

This time, the head coach of Sporting Gijón once again spoke out, reminding the media of the feud between him and Mourinho...... Sporting Gijón head coach Manuel . Preciado is a well-known big mouth in Spanish football, known for his outspoken and maverick style of language.

He's like Ian from the Cantabrian Mountains. Dooley (ian_dury), a troubadour, a street philosopher with a voice as low as a smoker, but with enough words to make the earth tremble. Before a certain game he swore that if David. Villa was too close to the touchline to be "bitten" hard by him - but he gave the latter a hug during the game; He once described Joaquín as "as dangerous as a monkey with only a gun." On his team's return to form after a slump, he said: "We are not Bayer Leverkusen...... And earlier, no matter how bad we were, we weren't like Pontius. Pilate was hopeless. He also declared: "This [Sporting Gijón] is a cheap team, but each of us has testicles as strong as General Espadro's steed." ”

He devoted himself to football for 40 years, preaching and teaching youth football, and he and his disciples brought the teams they ignored from the D League to the C and from the C to the B. He personally competed with Gijón to fight from the second division to the first division. Gijón is located between A Coruña and Bilbao, where the survival pressure is enormous, and Preciado is loved by the people of the Bay of Biscay.

The personal style of the veteran coach can be seen in the style of football at Sporting Gijón. Last season, Sporting Gijón were promoted to La Liga as a promoted team, but they played crazy attacking football, and every game was full of passion, either winning or losing by a big score. There was not a single draw in their record all season except for a win or a defeat.

With such a hot manager, it is strange that he can't stir up a spark when he encounters an unruly person like Mourinho.

Last season's feud between the two sides has continued into this season.

Real Madrid will be back at the Stade Morinnon, where they were very, very stubborn last season.

After the game, C. Ronaldo angrily denounced Sporting Gijon's game as "anti-football" because they played people almost the whole game, not football. They hurled at the Real Madrid star's ankles, knees and calves, and every step forward cost Real Madrid was huge.

In addition, the stands were filled with abusive slogans against Real Madrid.

Sporting Gijón fans greeted Mourinho with the "Portuguese bitch". There are also sarcastic ones of Real Madrid's stars: "You may be a millionaire, but you don't have testicles", "You can stay in La Liga, it's all up to your wallet". But with the most insulting slogans against Jose Mourinho, who made him attack Preciado, a coach with a lot of prestige among Sporting Gijón's fan base, before the game?

There was a banner in Asturian that read: "Mourinho, do you want to come here and blow the wind with us?" "Another set of banners appears to have been drafted by a group of students who were bored in science class." Mr. Mourinho, "They spoke very politely. "Please sit here." - Unfortunately, "here" is a drawing of a few strands of pubic hair that seem to erupt from the crotch of his pants...... The extreme boys are also singing, "Mourinho, sit with us!" Jose Mourinho, sit with us! ”

In La Liga, there is a very classic and famous anti-Real Madrid slogan that was invented by this stadium - in 1979, due to Real Madrid's repeated use of deception and refereeing to win, Gijón fans invented the famous slogan "That's why Madrid wins" (?). asi,asi,asi,ganaelmadri!)。

In a stadium like this, it won't be easy for Real Madrid to win games.

If Real Madrid can lose before the derby against Barcelona, it will be a very serious blow to their morale, especially if they lose to one of their least wanted opponents, and it will be very frustrating for the proud but fragile Real Madrid players.

So don't look at the strength of the opponents in this game, Real Madrid is no less difficult than in the game against Barcelona.

The media's ignorance of the match between Sporting Gijón and Real Madrid angered Preciado, as well as the players and fans of Sporting Gijón.

Before the game, the fans of Sporting Gijón had already shouted: "We are going to make the whole of Spain forget about the national derby!" slogan. This shows that they want to beat Real Madrid at home.

Barcelona are in a much better position than Real Madrid – they play at home before the national derby against a weaker promoted Rayo Vallecano. With Barcelona's quality and situation at home, they can even easily beat each other with a full bench lineup.

Of course, they won't really be like that, and Guardiola will need to warm up his players before the game against Real Madrid.

The match between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano was played a day earlier, and Barcelona finished the match in the first 30 minutes. When Messi scored his first goal of the match, the score was 3:0. After only fifteen minutes of the second half, Guardiola began to make substitutions to give the main players time to rest and avoid them from injury - this is something that Guardiola is worried about, and their opponents are polite like hillbillies who come to Camp Nou, shrinking back and not daring to touch anything, for fear of breaking it and asking them to pay for it. That's why they trailed by three goals in the first 30 minutes – and that's how you're so polite against a team like Barcelona. You are polite to them, but they will not be polite to you.

Barcelona thrashed Rayo Vallecano 6-0 on their home turf, and with that scoreline, they waited for Real Madrid and Sporting Gijón to match, as well as the next weekend's national derby.

The next day, Real Madrid arrived at the Molinon Stadium to face Sporting Gijón.

The entire Morinon Stadium set off the first ** when the Real Madrid players walked onto the pitch.

An overwhelming chorus of boos and scolding came at them. The last time Mourinho came here to direct the game in the VIP box, after all, it was separated by a layer of glass, doors and windows. This time he was standing in front of the dugout and could hear the boos and curses of the home fans in the stands behind him.

"You Portuguese bitch!"

"I wouldn't mind having you sit on my a**, Portuguese sissy!!"

However, Mourinho stood in front of the dugout and turned a deaf ear to this.

And Real Madrid's players have been abused at all.

C. Ronaldo, who is as arrogant as Mourinho, is naturally the target of everyone's attack: "Fake fall prince, our people will break your legs!" ”

"You're also raised by a Portuguese bitch, Diving Ro!!"

"Wait a while and cry when you lose, idiot!"

Other Real Madrid players were also swept away by the typhoon...... "You are a bunch of pigs!" It's just a bunch of rich pigs! ”

"Good luck with five goals from Barcelona in your next game!!"

......This atmosphere is really unfriendly...... Kaka stepped onto the pitch with a frown. He started the game and it was clear that the crazy behaviour of the Sporting Gijón fans made him feel bad.

Chu Zhongtian smiled.

Doesn't that feel like the "Spanish Gang"? Wimbledon did the same when they were in League One, when they faced teams stronger than them, and the players of Liverpool, the dominant players in English football at the time, were scolded and wept at Wimbledon's home stadium, lost the game and fled.

In La Liga, Sporting Gijón clearly wants to do the same.

However, Chu Zhongtian was not worried about what would affect him, he was just out of the mad gang, could such an atmosphere still interfere with him? That's a frenzy.

The faces of the other Real Madrid players were not as relaxed as Chu Zhongtian, they were the same as Kaka.

C. Ronaldo is not afraid of these boos, but he is afraid of the black feet of the Sporting Gijón players. Last season at this stadium, he was cut down again and again by the "lumberjacks" of Sporting Gijón like a big tree. If this game is still like this, if you get injured in the game, you will miss the game against Barcelona.

C. Ronaldo is reluctant to miss the game against Barcelona. For Real Madrid, it's a battle against a sworn enemy, and for him, it's a great opportunity to compete with Lionel Messi for who is the best player in world football today.

Although all the awards this year should have missed him, the victory over Messi still made his blood boil.

He could have asked to rest for the match against Sporting Gijón in order to be in better physical condition against Barcelona, and Mourinho would have agreed. But he didn't, he's a very strong player and he wants to start every game and play the full 90 minutes whenever he can.

When C. Ronaldo's name was called out on the live radio, the Sporting Gijón fans chanted in unison: "Watch your ankles!" Watch your knees! Be careful with every part of your body! ”

Such shouts are simply a naked threat, telling C. Ronaldo that this game must be very hard and dangerous.

In fact, many Real Madrid fans were worried about this game before the game - they were not afraid that Real Madrid would not be able to defeat Sporting Gijon, after all, the strength of the two sides was there. They are afraid that a key player will be injured in the match against Sporting Gijón.

Before the game, some media in Catalonia even published a "strategy" to teach the players of Sporting Gijón how to deal with Real Madrid's players, telling them which players in the Real Madrid team are the most threatening and the people who should be injured or sent off the game. The first place in this "blacklist" is C. Ronaldo, then Chu Zhongtian and Alonso, followed by Ozil, Kaka, Di Maria, Pepe...... Their slogan, of course, is "Sporting Gijón is going to have to find a way to keep these people from playing if they want to win this game", but fools know that they are thinking about their team. As long as a Real Madrid player misses the next game due to injury or red card, accumulation of yellow cards, etc., then Barcelona have a better chance of winning on the road...... Naturally, this was the case with the outrage of the Madrid media. But they had no choice but to spit in the newspaper. That doesn't stop the Sporting Gijón players from doing so - they think that the Sporting Gijón players are really likely to take the Catalan press and use lethal tactics in the game...... If that's the case, Real Madrid's players are in danger. Some media even suggested that Mourinho simply use substitutes in Sporting Gijón's games to allow the main players to rest and save their strength.

But Mourinho didn't take their views into account at all. For him, if he comes off the bench to avoid injuries to his main players, but loses the game against Sporting Gijón before the game against Barcelona, what is the difference between that and losing to Barcelona because of an injury to his main players?

Whether it is to lose to Sporting Gijón or to Barcelona, it is unacceptable for Real Madrid, so to win against Sporting Gijón, to win against Barcelona!

(To be continued)