Chapter 101: Brave Athletic Gijón
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The Copa del Rey won the Copa del Rey for two days, and everyone was smiling and talking about the just-concluded Copa del Rey title, beating a rival like Atletico Madrid in the final, and lifting the trophy, which was a double joy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Everyone was happy, except for one person. That's the manager, Jose Mourinho.
In fact, at the Copa del Rey celebrations, Mourinho did not look too happy on his face. But everyone was busy celebrating, and not many people noticed the change in the expression on his face.
Mourinho didn't show a happy expression not because he wasn't happy, but because he knew that now was not the time to be happy, just a Copa del Rey would not satisfy him and Real Madrid. As a successful club accustomed to keeping the championship as a collectible, it would be too self-defeating for a Copa del Rey to cheer here.
At the same time, as the manager of Real Madrid, Mourinho must always keep a clear head. The season isn't over yet, it's not time to celebrate, there is one league title left, a Champions League. If you relax because you won the Copa del Rey, then being overturned by Barcelona in the league is only the heaviest blow. Barcelona can ignore the Copa del Rey at all, the league is the main thing.
And the Champions League, don't look at the semi-finals, the opponent is not strong, but if you can reach the top four, no team is easy to deal with, let alone a final. Maybe Real Madrid will meet Barcelona in the Champions League final, and it will be a very, very fierce battle.
Therefore, the more you come to the last moment, the more you can't relax.
※※※After the Copa del Rey is played, it will be the league match against Sporting Gijón.
The match was played at the Bernabeu Stadium. Real Madrid, who have just won the Copa del Rey, host Sporting Gijón.
For the Real Madrid players, the game was nothing short of a holiday, an opportunity to relax after they won the Copa del Rey. They can solve their opponent's problem without much effort.
With their strong strength, Sporting Gijón is playing away again, how can they withstand Real Madrid's flood of attacks?
It's not just the Real Madrid players who think so, the Real Madrid fans think so too.
Real Madrid is so strong, and they have just won the Copa del Rey, and their morale is high, and there is no suspense in winning Sporting Gijón.
The only possible variables are the local derby between Barcelona and Espanyol. But in fact, there is no suspense, Espanyol is playing away from home, and it is simply impossible to win Barcelona at Camp Nou. Neither Barcelona nor Real Madrid have lost on their home turf this season. Barcelona also lost one game away from home, the 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. And Real Madrid is even more powerful, not even losing away, and is still unbeaten this season!
'The league title this season can only be decided in the second leg of the national derby, and the whole of La Liga is completely out of a threat to them except for themselves.' Marca said with emotion before the game.
Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate La Liga, leaving the other teams far behind, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, no one can stand it at present. Anyway, the current La Liga is very eye-catching because of Barcelona and Real Madrid, and every time they meet, they can attract the attention of the whole world, and they also invisibly advertise La Liga.
But although everyone knows La Liga, they are only familiar with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and they are not familiar with other teams in La Liga at all. This kind of popularity is really defamiliar...... ※※※ As is customary, when a new champion is born, their opponents in the next match are lined up to welcome them before the start of the game. Most commonly, when the league champion is decided early, the opponents of the new champions welcome them in the next match outside the tunnel tunnel. The 2007-2008 season of the Spanish Primera League was impressive, when Real Madrid won the championship several rounds ahead of schedule, and when they were confirmed to win the title, the next round of the league happened to be the national derby against Barcelona.
As is customary, Barcelona style must be sandwiched to welcome Real Madrid. Judging from the century-old history of feuds between the two teams, such a thing is a great shame for Barcelona, and for Real Madrid, it is a good show that everyone has been waiting for a long time.
As a result, Barcelona's players began to voluntarily give up the opportunity to participate in the next round in order to welcome Real Madrid without appearing outside the players' tunnel. Samuel Eto'o deliberately picked up a fifth yellow card in the previous round and then missed the game for the suspension for accumulating yellow cards. As a result, he did not appear outside the tunnel to welcome the Real Madrid players - the Real Madrid fans were already waiting to boo him, but they did not expect him to go at all, of course, the boos were still loud at the time, and the Real Madrid fans dedicated the boos to Eto'o, who took the initiative to eat cards and did not dare to come to the Bernabeu. The Real Madrid fans chanted at the time: "Bastard Eto'o! Come and salute the champion!! This is the revenge of Eto'o's shout after winning the championship at Barcelona: "Bastard Real Madrid! Come and salute the champion!! However, it was not Samuel Eto'o who invented this phrase, but the former captain of Barcelona and the most famous Barcelona traitor in history, Luiz. Figo's ...... Later, he went to Real Madrid, and every time he returned to Camp Nou to fight, he was greeted with boos and scolding, as well as a middle finger in the forest, which was really embarrassing and embarrassing.
The fact that the team welcomed Real Madrid was a very serious blow to the morale of Barcelona, who beat a discouraged Barcelona 4-1 in that game. Barcelona only scored a face-saving goal at the end thanks to Thierry Henry, who held his head in his hands and did not have the face to celebrate the goal at all.
Real Madrid fans celebrated from the start of the game to the last second. What a wonderful memory...... Barcelona never welcomed Real Madrid again because they were champions, but Real Madrid never welcomed Barcelona because the national derby always precedes their victory...... Now it's Sporting's turn to welcome Real Madrid's players at the Bernabeu.
It's also a great shame for the players at Sporting Gijón.
You must know that Mourinho has publicly humiliated them again and again, and this vengeance is still valid.
Now let them march up to welcome their enemies...... Faced with such a situation, the average person has two options: to become frustrated and demoralized, as was the case with Barcelona in 2007-2008, or to hold back and want to fight against an opponent who humiliates them, such as ...... For example, the current Sporting Gijón!
Real Madrid's players had no idea how tenacious Sporting Gijón would be at the Bernabeu. They don't seem to be attacking anymore, they just defend with all their might, in their own box and in the second half, doing everything they can to stop Real Madrid's attack.
In this game, Mourinho took into account that there is still the first leg of the Champions League semi-final and the national derby next week, and in order to give the main players a chance to rest and reduce their chance of injury, he did not send the main line-up, but changed the substitute line-up. Even players like Chu Zhongtian didn't get a chance to play.
Alonso was injured, Chu Zhongtian and Ozil were not played, and Real Madrid's attack suddenly lost direction and inspiration.
Granero works hard, but he can't replace Alonso and Chu Zhongtian and Ozil.
Real Madrid's attack can only rely on the individual play of the stars. In this case, Di Maria is particularly unique and unlikeable. Kaka lacked support from the back, especially without Chu Zhongtian's delivery, so he could only play the ball standing up.
Striker Karim Benzema worked hard but couldn't find a shot on goal.
On the contrary, Sporting Gijón's defense is very successful, they strictly defend the penalty area, whether it is Di Maria or Kaka, just do not let them easily approach the penalty area, cut off the connection between the midfielder and the striker Benzema, so that Benzema can not even receive the ball, and in the end can only frequently retreat to the midfield to get the ball, which squeezes the space of other midfielders, resulting in a crowded midfield, but the front court is empty and cannot attack.
"I think at this time, Real Madrid fans must miss Chu and Alonso very much, Alonso has been injured, and Chu? He sat in the stands......"
The TV broadcast gave Chu Zhongtian and Emily a shot in the box. In today's game, in order to give the players who participated in the Copa del Rey final a chance to rest, many of them did not make the team's 18-man squad at all. Jose Mourinho brought a lot of young people from the second team to experience the atmosphere of professional football.
Now it seems that Mourinho has put Chu Zhongtian out of the squad is too big, if he is on the bench, he can accept Mourinho's call-up at any time, and after the warm-up, he will come on the field to turn the situation around. Everyone doesn't doubt that Chu Zhongtian has such ability, but Mourinho didn't give him such an opportunity...... Chu Zhongtian sat in the VIP box watching the game, he frowned, obviously a little worried. If Real Madrid can't win this game, it will give Barcelona a chance. This round of Barcelona matches is further in time than Real Madrid's, after the Real Madrid game, the next night is the Barcelona derby between Barcelona and Espanyol, as a city derby, this game is the last game of the league round.
If Real Madrid fail to win the match against Sporting Gijón, then Barcelona will beat Espanyol on their home turf – and there is no last trace of suspense. Barcelona will overtake Real Madrid on points and enter the national derby as league winners, which will be a boost to their morale. One trade-off, Real Madrid's morale will inevitably suffer a heavy blow. When the time comes, I will go to Camp Nou to play the national derby, and there will be more than luck...... Chu believes Jose Mourinho is also worried about the incident, as he has risen from his seat and kept reminding his players how to attack. For example, it is necessary to cross the position, to press the fullbacks, to reduce individual dribbling, and to increase the passing cooperation...... It's a pity that without Chu Zhongtian and Alonso, the midfield can't be connected at all.
Although Real Madrid bombarded Sporting Gijón's half indiscriminately, forming a siege momentum, they still had nothing to do with Sporting Gijon's goal.
The first half passed in such circumstances. The score was 0:0, and the excitement of Sporting Gijón to welcome Real Madrid had passed, and Real Madrid fans began to vaguely worry - if Real Madrid couldn't win this game, wouldn't Barcelona have to overtake?
Chu Zhongtian, who is not in the squad, has no way to enter the dressing room, so he is very curious about what adjustments Mourinho will make at halftime. From the current point of view, the person who can improve the situation the most is Ozil. Ozil's physical strength is not good, so if he is allowed to start, he will not be able to play at a level in the face of a defense like Sporting Gijón.
If he comes on as a substitute in the second half, when his opponent's physical strength will decrease, Ozil will be full of energy and can give full play to his characteristics of good ball control and good passing.
It is not without precedent for this before. In the second half of last season, as Mesut Ozil's stamina declined, he began more and more lacklustrely, and some even said that the halo above his head had faded. But once he comes off the bench, he can be the one who can change the situation and the outcome of the game.
Therefore, Chu Zhongtian felt that if Mourinho wanted to change the situation, he should wait until the 70th minute to finally replace Ozil. This is the time when the players on both sides are at their most tired, and Ozil can go up and be unprepared. Real Madrid don't need to win by five or six goals anyway, so don't worry about scoring a few goals in the remaining twenty minutes. It only takes one goal to win this game.
Jose Mourinho is a very pragmatic coach, and at such times the three points are more important than beautiful scenes, and I believe that Real Madrid fans have also understood this truth after several years of training.
Looking at Sporting Gijón's tactics, they didn't intend to walk away with a win at the Bernabeu - in fact, let alone Sporting Gijon, even teams like Valencia, Sevilla and Villarreal don't want to take away three points at Real Madrid's home stadium, and a giant like Barcelona can only bow down.
Why does Sporting Gijón want to win against Real Madrid?
So their goal should only be to keep a draw, as long as they can draw with Real Madrid, it would be satisfying enough to take a point away from home.
Therefore, Sporting Gijón must not have any special arrangements in attack, as long as Real Madrid can score, it can disrupt the deployment of Sporting Gijón, and if Sporting Gijón still wants to keep the draw, they have to press out to attack, and if they press out to attack, there will be a lot of space behind them, which just gives Real Madrid the opportunity to counterattack, such an opportunity Mourinho's team will not easily miss.
As long as you score first, you can open the game.
It depends on whether Real Madrid can score first.
Emily saw Chu Zhongtian frowning and not saying a word, thinking that he was worried that Real Madrid would not be able to win, so she was relieved: "Don't worry, Real Madrid has so many masters, and it is playing at home, how can it be impossible to win against Sporting Gijón?" ”
Chu Zhongtian didn't tell her that he was thinking about how to play the second half of the game from the perspective of a head coach, he just nodded and agreed with Emily's statement.
※※※ In the second half, Chu Zhongtian expected to be almost as expected, and Mourinho did not make any substitutions at the beginning. It's still those players in the first half. Apparently he was planning to save Ozil for the most critical time.
He first soothed the restless players at half-time, and then told them his intentions, and the task of the team at the beginning of the second half was to consume a lot of the opponent's physical strength, and when he saw that Sporting Gijón was a little unable to run, he decisively replaced Ozil with a fatal blow.
This plan is very good.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.
In the fifty-seventh minute, Sporting Gijón scored a goal...... "Ah! Yes! Yes...... Sporting Gijón! They scored! ”
"It's incredible! Real Madrid are down 0-1 to Sporting Gijón at their home stadium! ”
"A very beautiful counterattack! Very, very beautiful! It's almost textbook-proof! ”
"Real Madrid is so focused on attacking that they forget about defending...... Now they are punished! ”
'Real Madrid scored goals in the way they do best, which is really ...... People don't know what to say......"
"The Santiago Bernabéu stadium is completely silent! Real Madrid fans can't believe their team is behind at home! ”
"Who is the happiest person right now! Pep Guardiola! Ha ha! ”
The commentator was right, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who was watching the game in front of the TV, jumped off the couch after seeing Sporting Gijón score.
Real Madrid's trail means Barcelona will only need to win tomorrow's local derby to return to top of the table and complete a comeback in the final minute of the league. And as long as Barcelona are returned to the top of the league, then no one will try to pull them down from the top position again. Not even Real Madrid.
Casillas, who had lost the ball, got up from the ground and muttered and complained. The rest of the team-mates were at a loss, obviously unprepared for the goal.
Not to mention them, even the fans are dumbfounded.
Chu Zhongtian sat in the box with his head in his hands, and what he was most worried about had happened...... What should I do now?
Bringing on Mesut Ozil to strengthen the attack?
But Sporting Gijón have already scored a goal, they can now completely retract and block everyone in front of the goal, just don't let you shoot the ball in, no matter how much you try to stop it, they always have to shoot in the end, as long as they can block the goal, they can not let you score. This is just like when Mourinho led the national Milan to Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona, he was sent off as soon as he came up, and he had no choice but to let all the players return to the goal. After the game, NBA star Nash took to Twitter to mock Mourinho for "parking the bus in front of the ball."
Now Sporting Gijón can do the same, but what about Real Madrid?
(To be continued)