Chapter 62: Fourteen Consecutive Victories!
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Chu Zhongtian didn't know if this was a reconciliation with Mourinho, or as they claimed to be - there was no contradiction from the beginning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Anyway, in the next round of the league against Espanyol, he made the squad.
Although he still did not start, this was already a good progress for Chu Zhongtian, who had not been in the squad for two consecutive games.
Playing Espanyol away, Chu Zhongtian knew that he only came on as a substitute in the 77th minute, and the person he replaced was Mesut Ozil. Jose Mourinho pushed him into a midfield position in this game.
"Chu came off the bench! He replaced Mesut Ozil! ”
The narrator shouted excitedly. After two games, Chu Zhongtian finally appeared in the team lineup again.
Ozil and Chu Zhongtian hugged on the sideline, and Chu Zhongtian rushed onto the court.
Pushed into a new position, Chu Zhongtian's performance was as good as ever, taking advantage of the Spaniard's declining physical strength, he instigated an offensive and finally assisted Adebayo, who came on as a substitute with him, to score the winning goal.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 away. From this score, it can be known that Chu Zhongtian once again played a key role, and his play helped the team score a decisive goal.
After this game, the media is still concerned about the relationship between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho. Are they really reconciled, or are there really no contradictions all along? These are all things that everyone cares about, but what everyone is most concerned about is that Chu Zhongtian came off the bench in this game, will he start in the next game?
Mourinho had this to say: "I'm not going to promise here that any player will start the next game, it depends on how well they train in the next week. ”
Returning to Madrid from Barcelona, Chu Zhongtian invited his teammates to his new home - two months later, his house was finally renovated and all the furniture was ready. He's actually been moving in for a week now.
In order to entertain these teammates, Chu Zhongtian specially invited the chefs of the Great Chinese Restaurant in Madrid to his home to make Chinese food for his teammates.
Everyone was very happy with this meal.
Chu Zhongtian's good friends in the team were all happy and satisfied with the change in the situation. For example, Kaka.
Kaka may be the best friend of Chu Zhongtian in the Real Madrid team at present. Because it was Chu Zhongtian who allowed Kaka to find the second spring of his career in Real Madrid. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian, his days at Real Madrid would have been nothing short of tormenting.
Kaka has always been worried that Chu Zhongtian will leave Real Madrid because of the conflict with Mourinho. Now it seems that everything has been solved, Chu Zhongtian has regained the opportunity to play, and there is also an assist. Is there anything better than this return?
Chu Zhongtian was also in a good mood - he didn't want to sit on the cold bench all the time.
Through that show, he felt that the relationship between Mourinho and himself was not as tense and bad as he thought before.
For a team, the most important thing is to bring it together.
Especially for a team like Real Madrid, if there is internal unity, there are few opponents who can beat them.
Real Madrid have to fight for all possible honours this season, and if there is no internal unity, nothing can be said.
※※※The turmoil between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho quickly subsided, because immediately after the next round of La Liga, he started the game.
This means that everything is on track.
The discussion in the media about the relationship between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho has also ended. China's domestic media also only paid attention to Chu Zhongtian's wonderful performance.
The Spanish media has refocused on the pattern of this season's La Liga duo.
Everything is the same as last season, even more exaggerated than last season. This season's La Liga has been a two-man battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid from the start - so far, the league has played ten rounds, and neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona have ever lost. The offensive firepower of both sides was also very ferocious.
In the tenth round of the league, Real Madrid hosted Mallorca, and the game played a high score of 6:0, with C. Ronaldo scoring twice, and Mesut Ozil, Ramos, Benzema and Kaka each scoring a goal. Chu Zhongtian contributed two assists in this game. He currently tops the Real Madrid squad with seven assists, and is second in the entire La Liga assist list behind Barcelona's Xavi by just one time.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are on a winning streak and there is no one in La Liga who can stop them.
Barcelona relied on goal difference to suppress Real Madrid.
Many experts believe that I am afraid that only when the first national derby of this season can we distinguish the winner and loser, and the ranking of this standings may change.
Whether it is Real Madrid or Barcelona players, they are most concerned about the results of their opponents' games in addition to their own games. The first side to play will wait for the outcome of the opponent's match with a relaxed mood after winning the match. When the opponent also wins, swear a few swear words and continue to prepare for your own game.
The rivalry between the two sides has become a scene in La Liga.
But not everyone likes this pattern. Many people in Spanish football believe that the monopoly pattern of Real Madrid and Barcelona will be harmful to Spanish football in the long run. Why is it that Spanish football, with some of the best players in the world, still can't overtake the Premier League as the most influential football league in the world? Because Barcelona and Real Madrid are too strong, they suppress the other teams, so that these two teams lack opponents in Spain.
What about the Premier League? In addition to the traditional semi-finals – Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool – there are plenty of mid-table teams that should not be underestimated. For example, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, and other teams are not tough to mess with. In short, although the Premier League has won the championship for a long time, those teams have taken turns to sit in the house. But in reality, the competition is fierce, Arsenal could lose to a relegation team, and Manchester United could turn the boat in the gutter.
What about in La Liga? There is no other team at all today that can pose any threat to the two giants. A few years ago it was better, with teams like Valencia, Selivia, Villarreal causing them problems, and now what? Let's take a look at the results of these teams against the top two - Real Madrid 3:0 Sevilla, 5:0 Villarreal, 2:0 Valencia; Barcelona 4:1 Valencia, 3:0 Sevilla, 3:0 Villarreal...... It's not a grade at all.
Many people worry that in the long run, La Liga will lose its competitiveness, and Real Madrid and Barcelona can dominate their domestic leagues, but once they reach the Champions League, which is more competitive and has stronger opponents, they will fall into the sand.
In the past few years, it has been because Barcelona is too strong, and Barcelona, composed of Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Villa and others, can still dominate Europe, but what should I do when Xavi retires? What happens when Villa is old? At that point, who will hold up the pride and honour of Spanish football?
In last season's Champions League final, Barcelona's heavy defeat at Wembley has sounded the alarm for many Spaniards.
But what can be done?
Other teams in Spain are not competitive, Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal, who originally had the foundation and hope, have lost their determination to compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and they want to compete for the third place in the league every season, and it is enough to qualify for the Champions League, as for the league championship? They didn't even dare to think about it, let alone compete with the two heroes.
However, there are also those who are not worried, believing that the current situation is just that the two teams are in too good shape, and that situation will change when it comes to the national derby. They also gave the example of last season.
Real Madrid and Barcelona were also in the limelight before the first leg of the national derby last season, and the two teams were so far ahead of the rest that before the national derby, some Spanish media exclaimed - "The whole La Liga is actually just a foreshadowing for these two national derby". The result? When Real Madrid lost 5-0 to Barcelona in the game, the myth of Mourinho was also shattered, and in the subsequent league games, Real Madrid not only drew but also lost, and even fell as high as seven points behind Barcelona at one point.
What does this mean? It shows that the other La Liga teams do not want to compete with the traditional duo, but are intimidated by the momentum shown by the two teams at the beginning, once they find out that these two teams just look good and will also lose, it will burst out with huge energy and win**.
So as soon as the first national derby is over, the situation in La Liga changes and becomes interesting. When the time comes, the other teams will show their fangs. And the team that loses in the national derby is likely to fall victim...... Everyone's argument seems to make sense.
But the people of Real Madrid and Barcelona don't care about this at all. They don't care if their monopoly on La Liga is bad for the league, and they don't care if La Liga wants to surpass the Premier League to become the first league. They just want to beat each other and win the championship. Whether it's in the domestic league, the Copa del Rey, or the Champions League, you can completely overwhelm your sworn enemies, and then you can laugh at your opponents to your heart's content.
In order to be able to enter the national derby with their heads held high, no one wants to lose in front of the national derby, which means that they will be inferior to their mortal enemies.
The first leg of the season in the national derby is in the sixteenth round of the league on December 4, kick-off at 10pm local time on Sunday.
No one can afford to lose before this game!
※※※Whether it is Real Madrid or Barcelona, their tasks in the Champions League group stage have been completed, Real Madrid and Barcelona have won the right to qualify in their respective groups in advance with their super strength, and Real Madrid has won the group by virtue of beating Arsenal home and away.
Although Barcelona did not win the group in advance, there are still two group games left, and the opponents are not strong, so it should not be a problem for them to win the group.
In this way, both teams can focus on the domestic league for the time being. Before the national derby, there was a lot of competition.
The consequence of this is that the rest of La Liga has suffered.
Round 11 of the league. Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 1-0 away. Barcelona beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-0 at home.
Round 12 of the league. Barcelona beat Espanyol 2-1 away from home and won the Barcelona derby. A day later, Real Madrid comfortably beat Levante 3-1 at the Bernabeu. Chu Zhongtian scored his third league goal of the new season in the game.
Round 13 of the league. Real Madrid and Barcelona played on the same day, but Real Madrid kicked off two hours earlier than Barcelona, and on the road, Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 2-0, Chu Zhongtian contributed an assist, and C. Ronaldo became the brightest man, he scored twice in the game and collected all the goals of the game. Just fifteen minutes after the end of the Real Madrid game, Barcelona's game began, and their home game against Mallorca was almost unsuspenseful, with Villa, Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta scoring a goal each to beat them 4-0.
Round 14 of the league. Barcelona play first, Real Madrid play later. Barcelona beat Deportivo 3-2 away from home after a hard-fought battle. The game had led Deportivo La Coruna for a while, and people thought Barcelona's winning streak was going to be stopped, and even the Real Madrid players who watched the game in front of the TV were excited. Unexpectedly, in the last ten minutes, Barcelona scored two goals in a row to complete the reversal, and the scorer was Messi, who is now very strong. After this game, Real Madrid ushered in Hercules at home, the difference in strength between the two teams is huge, Real Madrid is playing at home, so the game process is not as thrilling as the game between Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruna, in their own home stadium, Real Madrid almost bloodless to win the opponent. In the opening two minutes, C. Ronaldo, who came in good form, helped the home team break the deadlock, and the next game was even better. In the end, Real Madrid swept the Hercules team 5-0 at their home stadium. Chu Zhongtian did not score in the game, but had an assist.
As of the 14th round of the league, Chu Zhongtian's performance in Real Madrid is three league goals and nine assists. Three goals in the scorer list are not worth mentioning, but he is not a goalscorer in the first place, and he is responsible for scoring goals. He is still one assist behind Xavi in the assist charts, and the gap is very narrow, and he could overtake him at any time. And considering that he was also placed outside the squad by Mourinho for one league game, playing less time than Xavi, so such a result is even more commendable.
Last season, the best foreign aid in the Spanish First Division was Real Madrid's German midfielder Mesut Ozil, and if the current momentum continues, the best foreign aid in La Liga this season is also likely to fall to Real Madrid, and Chu Zhongtian is very likely to be elected.
"It's incredible, it's rare in the history of La Liga that Real Madrid and Barcelona have been going hand in hand for the fourteen rounds of the new season, and neither side has been left behind!" Fourteen wins in a row! It's horrible! Real Madrid have scored forty-two goals and conceded just five goals in fourteen league games. Barcelona, for their part, have scored 49 goals and conceded six in 14 league games. With six more goal difference than Real Madrid, Barcelona are currently top of the league. But this situation is coming to an end, and with one round of league games left, there must be a battle between these two behemoths! ”
After the end of the fourteenth round of the league, some media said with emotion.
It's really incredible right now, not even last season's La Liga. Last season, Real Madrid had a draw at the beginning, and Barcelona even lost. But this season, both sides have won outright!
And the competition between the two teams is not simply at the level of league points, the scorer list and the assist list are both places where the two teams wrestle with each other.
In the scorer list, Messi from Barcelona narrowly leads C. Ronaldo with fourteen goals, while the Portuguese has scored thirteen goals, just one less than Messi. Last season, C. Ronaldo's form in the second half of the season had some ups and downs, and he was not as crazy as the first half of the season, so he finally lost to Messi in the competition for the scorer list. He has made a comeback this season and will definitely not want to lose to Messi again.
In addition, in the assist list, the competition between the two sides is also very fierce. Although the assist list is not as dazzling and eye-catching as the scorer list, it also reflects the strength of both teams. After all, assists mean a team's ability to create chances for their goalscorers, and the more assists they have, the better the team's ability to create chances.
In the assist list, Xavi leads with ten assists, followed by Chu Zhongtian with nine, Ozil in third place with eight assists, and Iniesta in fourth place with seven assists.
The top four are a good example of why Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the top two of the league and not any other team.
Another statistic that is also important is the aspect of creating scoring opportunities - similar to assists, but not assists. Assists are included in the "creating scoring chances" section, but only if the goal is scored to be counted, and those final passes that don't end up scoring are "scoring chances created". In this regard, Chu Zhongtian is currently at the top of the table with 66 times, followed by his team-mate Mesut Ozil at Real Madrid, who has created 43 for his team-mates. The third and fourth places were both from Barcelona, with Xavi creating 38 scoring chances and Andres Iniesta with 30 respectively.
Last season's champion of this ranking ultimately belonged to Mesut Ozil, and this time after Chu Zhongtian came, the top of the list changed hands. But for Real Madrid, it's a good thing, and there is no harm in all the benefits. What a blessing to have a Real Madrid striker with two of the most chance-creating players...... In response to this situation, some media said that the protagonists of the new national derby are not Messi and C. Ronaldo, or even Mourinho and Guardiola, but the midfielders of the two teams - Real Madrid has last season's Champions League best player, the best midfielder Chu Zhongtian, as well as German genius Ozil, and Spain's metronome Alonso, in addition to Di Maria, Kaka and other masters. On the Barcelona side, there are not to mention the names of Xavi and Iniesta, as well as Buzques and Mascherano. Of course, if Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are both classified as midfielders, the midfielders of these two teams are even more luxurious.
Due to the joining of Chu Zhongtian, the value of the two teams has been increased again. This match is far more star-studded than the World Cup finals, and even more luxurious than last season's Champions League final. Suffice it to say, in all of European football, there is no derby as compelling as the clash between these two teams. Even the "Milan derby" of AC Milan and Inter Milan, and the "English derby" of Manchester United and Liverpool cannot be compared.
That's why the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona is also known as the "Battle of the Century".
The best of Barcelona, and the best of Real Madrid, will meet at 10pm on December 4 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
What kind of wonderful performance will there be?
Many people can't wait to start two weeks in advance.
(To be continued)