Chapter 180: Lille's Enemy: Real Madrid in Transformation
After sending the list of reinforcements to his father, Reeves stopped paying attention to the matter, because the Champions League is approaching and he has to adjust to the best form to face Real Madrid. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On 5 February, Lille 3:0 Nantes
11 February, Toulouse 1:3 Lille
After Reeves returned from injury, he quickly led Lille to three consecutive wins, and Lyon continued to press behind Lille with three consecutive wins.
In addition to scoring a hat trick in the comeback game, Reeves also scored in the next two games, scoring a winning goal against Nantes and a counter-winning goal against Toulouse, which may be a good performance for ordinary players, but in the eyes of the outside world, Reeves's performance is really dull, facing Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille These teams Reeves can kill, Nantes and Toulouse are weak teams are good opportunities to brush goals, Reeves did not seize it.
Pauleta, on the other hand, has scored twice in a row in the last two games, equalling Reeves' goal tally in the scorers' charts.
Some media have dissected the reason for Reeves' usual state, and the most mainstream view is that Puel has suppressed Reeves' playing time in these games, so the data is average, and in the game with Nantes, Reeves came on in the second half with 20 minutes, and in the game with Toulouse, Reeves played in the second half with 30 minutes.
It is clear that Reeves has just returned from injury and after a tough match against Bordeaux, it is widely believed that Puel is not willing to take risks and intends to get Reaves up to speed.
But the fans are still worried, because they found that Reeves was a little afraid of confrontation after the injury, and for some reason, the number of long-range shots on the field increased, and the threat of Reeves who did not enter the penalty area decreased significantly. In one more game, we will face the powerful Real Madrid, and this kind of game is really worrying.
However, Reeves' performance in the next round has convinced fans that such worries are unwarranted.
On February 17, the last game before the Champions League quarterfinals, Reeves broke out, Lille 4:2 Valenches, Reeves played 45 minutes, scored four goals alone, slaughtered Valencies, and successfully warmed up for the next Champions League match.
After this round of games, Lille still ranked first in the standings with a goal difference, and Reeves once again opened the gap with Pauletta, this round, Pauletta scored twice again, but was still opened by Reeves by two goals, and several efforts were once overtaken.
Lille went to Spain to challenge La Liga giants Real Madrid with the status of Ligue 1 No. 1.
Only 16 matches were played before the La Liga winter break, with the winter champions going to the rising Sevilla side and the halfway title to Barcelona after 19 rounds on 22 January. Neither title belongs to Real Madrid, with the La Liga giants faltering a little to catch up and currently sit fourth in the standings.
For Real Madrid, it has been a great victory to be able to hold on to Barcelona and Sevilla in the first half of the season, which is extremely turbulent. Seemingly shaky, but always unbeatable – this is perhaps the scariest thing about Capello's side, but the outlook for the second half of the season is not promising, with problems in terms of tactics, player composition and within the club, either of which could turn into a fatal blow. Fabio Capello's Real Madrid have reached their limits and if they want to go one step further at the end of the season, Real Madrid will have to get more luck than Sevilla and Barcelona.
Thankfully, however, when the 19th round of the league is over and the La Liga season is halfway through, the suspense of the title is still full - the three teams are tied for the halfway point of the title, and there is only one goal between fifth and first place, and the under-ranked Real Madrid have not yet been left behind by two rivals.
This is thanks to the poor form of the competitors.
La Liga's current hegemon, Barcelona, suddenly fell back after reaching its peak, Messi Eto'o was injured, Ronaldinho was in unstable form, and it was not good to grab points.
Sevilla, who had a few months in the lead, entered the start of January, sinking into the swamp of consecutive defeats and ceding the top spot.
But in fact, Real Madrid's own state is not good, the change of president, the change of coach, so that Real Madrid's new season into turmoil.
With the outbreak of the "phonegate" scandal in Italian football, Capello, who had just stepped down at the Alpi Stadium, became an idle gold medal coach at home, just in time for Calderón and Mijatovic to join forces to run for the new president of Real Madrid, and under the mediation of Mijatovic, Calderón's name was added to the campaign list. With Calderón taking over the Bernabeu, Capello returning to the Bernabeu after a decade, the Italian was offered a three-year contract and the money from the chairman's pocket to buy Emerson, Cannavaro and Diarra, and a brand new Calderón Real Madrid officially set sail.
Real Madrid put all the chips of the revival of the new season on Capello alone, but his transformation has just begun, losing 4 games before Christmas, including a 0:3 defeat at home to Huelva in the last game before Christmas, and the state is not good after entering 2007, with 3 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw in 7 games, with a bad record, falling from the top three to the fourth place, Real Madrid is still far from revival.
Capello's intention to transform the Galaxy is clear, Beckham and Ronaldo are the most obvious signs of regular players on the bench, and Real Madrid's style is also undergoing subtle changes, chasing more wins, but not necessarily flashy, and even playing defensive counter-attacks no matter what opponent they face on the road. Unfortunately at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid couldn't do what they were supposed to do, so now they can't get to the top of the table.
Look at Capello's new brand for Real Madrid: Ruud van Nistelrooy contributed 9 goals, but unfortunately digested these 9 goals in 4 games, which means that he has been playing the main team and has not scored in 12 games; Cannavaro must have contributed to Real Madrid's always flawed backline, but unfortunately he also made mistakes at key moments several times, and even became the lowest point of his career when he was elected to the "Grand Slam of the Year", which became the criticism of many opponents; Emerson is pragmatic, but also mediocre, and his form is far from that of Rome, even Juventus.
Capello's utilitarianism and Real Madrid's extravagant consumption habits were originally a pair of huge contradictions, and now it depends on who can persevere to the end, and Capello, who fights with a tradition and mindset, handed over an unsatisfactory midterm exam answer sheet.
During the winter break, Calderón brandished a checkbook to sign three South American players: Marcelo, Higuain and Gago, Real Madrid has spent more than 100 million euros in the transfer market this season, and the removal of Ronaldo from the Bernabeu and the complete cold storage of Beckham and Cassano also means that Capello is determined to transform the team.
Real Madrid's transformation continues.
Lille has to deal with a Real Madrid in a renovation. (To be continued.) )