Chapter 181: The starting lineup
After the match against Valenciès, the Lille team rushed to Madrid to prepare for the match. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It was enough to see how important Puel was to this game, and although the chairman was already satisfied with the group stage breakthrough, Puel was not willing to stop there, this is the biggest competition of the club, and every manager and player wants to be a stage for success.
On the evening of their arrival in Madrid, the players had some recovery training indoors, while the substitutes completed a regular training session under the lights.
The next day, the main substitutes gathered and practiced until more than 10 o'clock in the evening.
Puel wants his players to be at their best at the Bernabeu.
"We have to work harder than usual." In an interview with reporters, Puel said, "No one wants to be just a passerby in the Champions League. And what the players need to do is sacrifice everything to do whatever possible. ”
Compared to Puel, who is preoccupied with preparing for the game, rival Fabio Capello has been a bit depressed lately, and his team's recent performances have earned him boos from his first time in charge of Real Madrid.
Real Madrid fans are some of the most demanding on the planet, and they need both beautiful attacking football and a championship title.
Capello knew that his utilitarian football was not popular with fans at the Bernabeu, and after entering the palace for the second time, Capello dared to insist on defending and counterattacking away from home, but he did not dare to play defensive counterattack at the Bernabeu.
Although it has affected the home record, it is the most important thing to be able to sit firmly in this position, only the support of the chairman, without the support of the fans, it is impossible to sit firmly in the coach's seat in Real Madrid, and Capello does not want to repeat the mistake of coaching Real Madrid for the first time.
Although he led Real Madrid to win the championship that time, Capello was sacked at the end of the season because of his dull style of play and the fact that it was far from the beautiful football that Real Madrid fans demanded.
However, Capello's offensive training is really not outstanding, its advertised overall offensive advancement is weak, Real Madrid's three lines are often disjointed when attacking, especially the biggest problem in the forward line, half a season, Ronaldo was pressed on the bench, Raul was tactically snubbed, and the result was that Ruud van Nisney was unable to support himself, Robinho was in extremely poor condition, and the home team often lacked goals.
As a result, Real Madrid's home record this season is far worse than the away record.
Capello was booed at the Bernabeu after Clawordo, who recently left Real Madrid, scored two goals and an assist on his first start for AC Milan, while Real Madrid went three games without a win at home and scored just two goals.
"As" newspaper after the last round of the league to spread the anger of the draw on Capello, Real Madrid "team newspaper" believes that this is Capello's failure, but let the Bernabeu fans to bear the insult, the article said: "Capello in Real Madrid's second palace almost ruined everything, Real Madrid in the past few years accumulated achievements and glory are gone, now even the Bernabeu is lost, Levante can take 3 points here, 2 weeks later even Betis can calmly take a point, if it is not bad luck and hit the post, Real Madrid's defeat at the Bernabeu again was inevitable. Capello blamed the referee too much and showed that he was no longer good, he no longer had the ability and confidence to lead Real Madrid out of the quagmire, the Italians now just want to shirk responsibility, the chairman spent so much transfer fee to bring in players, but failed to bring a little hope, Beckham applied for a red card at the last moment, which made the Bernabeu fans even more unbearable, but the England's red card should not be obtained by himself, it was Capello who deserved the red card, and it should be the Bernabeu who showed him the red card. ”
"Marca" pointed the finger at Capello's employment, "Capello thinks that Real Madrid does not need Ronaldo, but looking at Real Madrid's weak attacking power now and in the past, how can it not be asked by fans on behalf of the Bernabeu?" If players like Robinho and Reyes are under-qualified, then why force Ronaldo away? Higuain may be talented, but could he take Ronaldo's place at the moment? Capello's Real Madrid, the Bernabeu won 5 games, drew 3 and lost 3 in 11 games, scored 2 goals in the last 5 home games, Capello forced Ronaldo! Forced away the goal too! ”
Fabio Capello's position is already in jeopardy, so this Champions League home game is extremely important, and a Champions League knockout victory can temporarily secure his position.
This time Capello is ready to send out an attacking lineup, and in Capello's opinion, Lille is doing well. But compared to the star-studded Real Madrid, it is still weaker, even if there is any accident in this game, there is still a chance to make up for it in the next game.
Capello did not despise Lille, stayed up late to watch Lille's game video, and found that Lille's attack was very sharp, especially Reeves, who scored 8 goals in the group stage, was in a really hot state. And Lille's defense is much inferior, especially the injury of Jane Macon, which has reduced the interception ability of the midfielder a lot, the main central defender Statis Tavlaridis has not recovered from his injury, and the substitute Rami has performed well, but he is a little immature, Lille only has Reeves, but Real Madrid has famous stars such as Vanney and Raul, and the winter transfer market has introduced a hopeful star like Higuain, Capello believes that a strong attacking line will definitely be able to score more goals than Lille.
The home line-up has taken shape in Capello's mind.
Real Madrid (4-3-1-2):
Goalkeeper: Casillas
Defenders: Carlos, Elguera, Cannavaro, Torres
Midfielders: Gago, Guti, Beckham
Forwards: Raul, Higuain, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Three-striker attacking formation
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Madrid's response to Lille's arrival has been muted, given that the Bernabeu welcomes dozens of teams every year, and Lille is a common place to be among them.
It was Reeves' arrival that made some waves in Madrid.
The preference for attacking players with a flashy style of play is one of the biggest characteristics of Real Madrid fans.
That's why the arrival of Ballon d'Or Cannavaro didn't make a splash in Madrid.
17 years old, gorgeous style of play, strong statistics.
These are all elements that Real Madrid fans who see football as an art enjoy.
There is a handful of Real Madrid fans who follow the Champions League and Ligue 1 who have fallen in love with Reeves.
There were even some Real Madrid fans who took the initiative to recruit Reeves for the team.
Someone pulled up a banner outside the Lille training ground,
"Your future is at the Bernabeu, copy the path of your idol, Reeves!"
It's no secret that Reeves' idol is Ronaldo, and they want Reeves to come to the team where their idol has played.
Reeves saw a banner outside the fence while training,
In order for Reeves to understand, the Real Madrid fan who pulled the banner even wrote it in French.
Reeves is a little proud, Real Madrid is the most successful club in the world, and being favored by Real Madrid fans, even if only partially, is a kind of reward for his hard work after being reborn.
But Reeves is unlikely to go to Real Madrid at this stage, and as for the future, who knows for sure.
Either way, tomorrow's game is imminent.
"Coach! I'm going to play! ”
"I'm sure I'll let you play."
"No, I mean I'm going back to the starting line-up, my injury is already fine."
Puel patted Reeves on the shoulder, he liked Reeves' fighting spirit very much, even if Reeves didn't take the initiative to fight, he would let him start, for the victory of the game, and for the sake of explaining to the chairman.
"Don't worry, you'll be on the starting line."
The starting line-up was clear enough in Puel's mind.
Lille formation (4-2-3-1):
Goalkeeper: Silva
Defenders: Lichtsteiner, Plestin, Lamy, Tafro
Midfielders: Debich, Cabaye, Bodmeier, Bastos
Forwards: Reeves, Forwegay
Puel has no intention of changing his team's style by facing a tough opposition.
This formation has been running in very well recently, and he will have to play against each other at the Bernabeu. (To be continued.) )