Chapter 17 Spanish Super Cup
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Hoffenheim is trying to adapt to the days without Chu Zhongtian, and Real Madrid is also adapting to the days with Chu Zhongtian. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Fast forward and Real Madrid had problems with the recruitment of right wing-backs. Mourinho had no choice but to let Mesut Ozil play as a right midfielder.
However, Di Maria has few injuries and his fitness is fine, and last season, Real Madrid's right side corridor was basically monopolized by him. Attendance is quite high.
Chu Zhongtian joined Real Madrid in order to break Barcelona's monopoly on La Liga football and even European football, but he didn't expect that as a Real Madrid player, the first meeting with Barcelona would come so quickly.
On August 16, in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid hosted Barcelona.
When Chu Zhongtian joined the team, he completely forgot that there was such a thing as the Spanish Super Cup.
Because Barcelona won the two domestic titles in Spain last season - the league title and the Copa del Rey title, the Spanish Super Cup, which was supposed to be the domestic league champion and the cup winner, has become a contest between the double and the league runner-up.
In this way, the first showdown of the new season between Real Madrid and Barcelona came dramatically ahead of schedule.
Barcelona were dominant in Spain last season, and while Jose Mourinho's side worked hard, they couldn't compete with Barcelona, who had been around for more than 20 years.
This season, Real Madrid is still facing the problems of last season, because there is a Chu Zhongtian, so the team is almost a brand new. After all, Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team, and his joining means that the team has to change its tactics.
So, to be honest, this season is still not the best chance to catch up with Barcelona. However, Real Madrid's top management and fans do not care about any objective rules, they can only get to their team to be slaughtered 5-0 by Barcelona at Camp Nou last season, and they can only draw at home. Such a performance is really not in line with the level of Real Madrid.
No Real Madrid fan could have been indifferent to the 5-0 defeat at Barcelona.
So regardless of the objective law, Real Madrid fans demand that Mourinho's team must pull Barcelona off the throne this season!
You must know that Mourinho only spent two seasons at Inter Milan, and led the team to the treble in the second season.
Is Real Madrid not as strong as Inter Milan? Could it be that Jose Mourinho can create a treble at Inter Milan but not at Real Madrid? -- Real Madrid fans think so.
And from Mourinho's personal point of view, he is a man who has revenge, and it is impossible to lose five goals to Barcelona away from home without being indifferent and not thinking about revenge. No matter how low-key he has been before, the flames of revenge will burn in his heart when he faces Pep Guardiola's side again.
Subjectively, Real Madrid must beat Barcelona this season and break their domination of domestic Spanish football.
Whether they can do that is not something for Real Madrid supporters to consider, but something for Mourinho to worry about. Florentino gave Mourinho the highest annual salary in the world as a manager, but not to get him five goals from Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
※※※ In fact, the Spanish Super Cup is quite chicken, and many times it is reduced to an opportunity for the team to practice before the start of the league. It's attractive for a weak team, but it's not so wonderful for a big team. This time, because of the confrontation between Real Madrid and Barcelona so far, these two Super Cups have also attracted much attention.
It has even attracted the attention of countries other than Spain, including China.
Originally, the collision between Real Madrid and Barcelona was attractive enough, but now there is another Chu Zhongtian, which makes Chinese fans have more expectations. It's just that CCTV doesn't have the rights to broadcast the Copa del Rey, so if Chinese fans want to watch these two games, they will have to go through the Internet or watch the highlights of the sports news the next day.
Many Chinese media outlets believe that this match will be Chu Zhongtian's first appearance at the Bernabeu. However, Mourinho did not put Chu Zhongtian in the starting line-up.
Not only Chu Zhongtian, but even Bale and Adebayo did not qualify for the starting list. Jose Mourinho is still using his old squad from last season. The starting goalkeeper was Iker Casillas, the starting centre-backs were Pepe and Carvalho, the starting right-back was Sergio Ramos, and the starting left-back was Marcelo. The two starting midfielders were Xavi. Alonso and Khedira, Mesut Ozil, Di Maria and C. Ronaldo up front, and striker Gonzalo Higuain at the top.
Real Madrid's bench is star-studded and worth a fortune - 70 million Chu Zhongtian, 65 million Kaka, 35 million Benzema, 30 million Gareth. Bell, fifteen million Adebayo. These few people alone are worth 215 million euros.
Chu Zhongtian sat Kaka on his left and Bale on his right, but he didn't chat with others, but looked at the court with a serious expression after the game started, paying attention to the game.
At the Bernabeu, every time Barcelona players got the ball, they drew a deafening boo from the stands for themselves.
Barcelona dominated the national derby last season and they do have the capital. The defeat in the Champions League final was just a small mistake for Barcelona. It doesn't mean anything.
Or that they lost the Champions Cup purely because Chu Zhongtian was too buggy.
Barcelona football is all about control, and Real Madrid, led by Jose Mourinho, have taken their quick and direct character to the extreme. Chu Zhongtian watched from the sidelines while observing his new club. In terms of player speed alone, Hoffenheim is not as good as Real Madrid, but Hoffenheim has Chu Zhongtian, so the overall speed can be used to make up for the lack of individual speed of the players.
What about Real Madrid? Alonso is a very good midfield commander, but obviously he is not a very fast player, he needs to control the football more often and then look left and right, and then see how his teammates are running, where they are, and observe him to pass the football out, and many times Real Madrid's attacking speed is slowed down like this.
When Real Madrid plays fast, it basically relies on fast and concise passes between two or three players to play the football to an open position, and then the fast player takes the ball to form a single knife trend.
In fact, there are very few times when the whole team is fast.
The main reason why Alonso can't get up to speed is because he has to observe. But Chu Zhongtian did not have such a situation. He couldn't help but look up and see what he was doing before the football was at his feet. So Hoffenheim was always surprisingly fast. It can also be said that Rangnick gave full play to Chu Zhongtian's specificity.
If Real Madrid can unleash their full potential, will they be able to compete with Barcelona?
After the Champions League final, Chu Zhongtian's answer is yes. Hoffenheim can beat Barcelona, why can't Real Madrid, who are stronger both individually and as a whole?
Barcelona are good at controlling the ball, but they are afraid of teams with a strong impact and a simple and direct style of play. Real Madrid's style was supposed to be on par with Barcelona, but unfortunately they didn't bring out all of their abilities. It is equivalent to saying that Real Madrid has been competing with 60% potential and 100% of Barcelona.
Chu Zhongtian believes that 100% Real Madrid will definitely be able to break Barcelona's rule.
Even so, Barcelona on the road did not feel comfortable facing Real Madrid's attack. On their home turf, Real Madrid were able to play to 80 per cent of their ability, with a torrent of attacks coming into Barcelona's penalty area.
Barcelona are on the defensive, but they are also sharp in attack and they always threaten when the football is at the feet of the Barcelona players.
Xavi is the commander of Barcelona, and Messi's flexibility has made Real Madrid's defenders miserable.
Chu Zhongtian sat on the bench, watching the players on both sides come and go, and they can create opportunities.
Just now, C. Ronaldo and Di Maria made a beautiful combination, and the shot in front of the goal was saved by goalkeeper Valdés.
It didn't take long for Barcelona to organise another typical Barcelona-style attack, and after successive passes and possession, Messi found a chance, but unfortunately he shot the ball straight high.
Kaka, who was sitting next to him, suddenly tilted his head and said to Chu Zhongtian, "What do you think, Chu?" "He asked in Portugal.
"Barcelona is really strong." Chu Zhongtian replied very uncreatively.
"I watched you and them in the final and it made me wonder that you weren't at a disadvantage on the pitch. How do you do that? Kaka asked, after seeing Chu Zhongtian, he had this doubt, and he always wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to ask.
"Speed." Chu Zhongtian's answer was simple. He didn't elaborate further, but Kaka's eyes lit up, and it was clear that he understood.
The deadlock was broken in the 35th minute when Real Madrid scored Valdés from a direct free-kick by C. Ronaldo.
The Bernabeu stadium roared with joy, and Chu Zhongtian stood up from his seat with other substitute teammates, raising his hands in the air to cheer for the team's goal.
C. Ronaldo ran to the corner flag area and waved his arms at the Real Madrid fans there, and the entire Bernabeu stadium was like an earthquake, with a rumbling sound that was deafening.
However, the Real Madrid did not rejoice for long, as Barcelona equalised at the end of the first half, and it was Villa who scored the goal. A typical Barcelona-style goal.
In this way, the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1:1, and Chu Zhongtian, Kaka and others were left on the court to warm up.
Fifteen minutes into the second half, Real Madrid made the first substitution. Jose Mourinho replaced Di Maria with Kaka.
Chu Zhongtian continued to observe Kaka. He found that the problem that had been struggling with Kaka had not been resolved. Kaka is characterized by strong impact, fast speed, and good explosiveness. Although these advantages have been weakened due to injury, the standard is still there, why can't Kaka play at Real Madrid at his level at AC Milan?
Some people say that it is because of his injury, but it has been more than half a season since he recovered from the injury, and it has long been confirmed that his body is fine.
Some people also say that he has psychological problems, because he has been injured, so as long as Kaka accelerates and fights against him, he will not feel that he will be reminded of his injury experience, causing him to dare not exert his strength.
Chu Zhongtian felt that Real Madrid did not give Kaka the opportunity and space to play his strengths. Kaka's eagerness to prove himself at Real Madrid has led him to like to take the ball too much when he comes on the pitch, and when Real Madrid's opponents are shrinking the defense, there will be little space in front of him, Kaka is not the kind of player who can get rid of the ball in a very small space, he is not Messi, he is not Ozil, he is characterized by taking the ball and turning away from it and striding forward to dribble the ball, relying on his own rush to disrupt the opponent's defense. So Kaka's threat with the ball is far greater than when he gets the ball on the spot.
The problem is that when he was at Real Madrid, Kaka often stopped and took the ball on the spot, which made it impossible for him to play at all. Once he stops, opponents can easily press him up and prevent him from accelerating with the ball.
Chu Zhongtian sat on the bench, observing, and thinking about how to create opportunities for Kaka if he played...... Kaka does work hard, but his style and characteristics can't be brought into play, and the help to the team is naturally pitiful. More often on the field, he catches the ball, stops the ball and passes the ball, and rarely breaks through with the ball. He's not the kind of player who can help his team with lethal passes alone, and when it comes to passing, he's not as good as Mesut Ozil.
Although Kaka's role was small, Real Madrid took the lead again at 77 minutes.
It was Gonzalo Higuain who scored the goal, Kaka passed to Mesut Ozil, who assisted Higuain and the Argentine took advantage of the fleeting opportunity to score.
The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium boiled for the second time.
Everyone is satisfied, except for the Chinese fans. They stayed up late to watch the game for almost eighty minutes, and they could only see Chu Zhongtian through the lens of turning to the bench.
Real Madrid's two goals, Chu Zhongtian got up to celebrate. It's nice to see that he seems to be gradually integrating into the team.
But that's about it. Chinese fans didn't stay up late to see Chu Zhongtian celebrate a goal on the sidelines.
In the eighty-second minute, Mourinho called Chu Zhongtian up from the bench as if he suddenly remembered, and asked him to warm up.
At this time, he still has two substitutions. He was joined by Granero, Benzema and Gareth. Bel.
When Chu Zhongtian was warming up on the sidelines wearing a vest, the TV camera pointed at him again, and the Spanish commentator said: "Chu from Hoffenheim finally got up to warm up!" There are about ten minutes left until the end of the game, is that too little time? ”
The Real Madrid fans who were next to the warm-up area were very happy after seeing Chu Zhongtian, and they shouted Chu Zhongtian's name. Chu Zhongtian's popularity in Real Madrid is quite high, because he defeated Barcelona in the Champions League final, and the enemy of his enemy is his friend, so although he did not swear allegiance to Real Madrid at the joining ceremony of the transfer, he is still liked by many Real Madrid fans.
Even in the stands, fan groups belonging to Chu Zhongtian have appeared, waving Chinese flags, holding portraits of Chu Zhongtian, and hanging slogans with Chu Zhongtian's name written on them, cheering for Chu Zhongtian. It is worth mentioning that these people are not overseas Chinese in Madrid, or Chinese students, employees of Chinese-funded institutions in Spain...... They are all natives of Spain.
"Chu! Clear! Come on! Clear! We all know you can beat them! The Real Madrid fan next to the warm-up area leaned out and waved to Chu Zhongtian and shouted.
In the eighty-sixth minute, Chu Zhongtian was finally replaced.
"I don't know how many Chinese fans will be watching this game on TV, but I think they will be happy to see it because their hero is on the scene!" The Spanish commentator didn't know that none of the Chinese TV stations broadcast the game, but he was right about one thing, that is, after seeing Chu Zhongtian replace Mesut Ozil, the Chinese fans waiting in front of the computer were indeed happy, very excited, very excited.
"Lin Danda finally appeared!"
"In the eighty-sixth minute, Chu Zhongtian replaced Ozil!"
Of course, some people have doubts about the effect of letting Chu Zhongtian appear at this time: "Even if you add injury time, there are about ten minutes, what's the use?" With a back three, is Mourinho planning to strengthen his defence? ”
Mourinho really intends to strengthen the defense, so the task he gave Chu Zhongtian was not to organize the attack after he came on the field, but to contain Barcelona's midfield.
When Chu Zhongtian ran onto the field, Barcelona's players also turned their attention to him. This man they may never forget for the rest of their lives, and since the Champions League final that just ended, he has left a more or less psychological shadow on all Barcelona players.
Kaka stretched out his hand to Chu Zhongtian, who waved and slapped his hand as he passed by him, and then he conveyed Mourinho's tactical intentions to his teammates on the field.
"We're going to defend!"
He was shouting in Spanish.
Then he turned to the Barcelona players, reassured that Messi was watching him, and smiled at Messi.
Messi twisted his face away.
Seeing him like this, Chu Zhongtian's mouth opened even more - he smiled even more happily.
And the pro-Real Madrid commentator's introduction of Chu Zhongtian was also very inflammatory.
"This is a one-man victory over the entire Barcelona team!!"
(To be continued)