Chapter 109: Draw or Victory?
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Real Madrid's away game against Barcelona is considered the final battle to end the suspense of this season's La Liga title, and the match has received huge attention, even beyond the opening ceremony of the World Cup. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoThe opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa will be broadcast to 215 countries at the same time, and the national derby will be broadcast live from 251 countries and territories.
Before the game started, the atmosphere outside the stadium had been successfully heated up by the media.
The Catalan media even sent out such an event as "Let's go to Camp Nou to humiliate Real Madrid and Mourinho", and it was very popular. Fans who sign up will receive a free five-finger fan with a score like "5:0" written on it.
They intend to display such a fan in the match to humiliate Real Madrid and remind them not to forget the 5-0 match the year before.
Going back further, there are still four 5-0 games not to forget.
In addition to props, they also have a unified slogan. These slogans used to humiliate Real Madrid and Mourinho were collected a month in advance, and the collection was finally completed three days before the game, and the most popular slogans were selected and displayed in the media for three consecutive days, so that everyone shouted loudly when it was time to play, creating pressure on Real Madrid.
It's no wonder that some Real Madrid fans are worried about Real Madrid's Barcelona execution. There are indeed so many disadvantages to playing away from home, and in turn, this is Barcelona's home advantage.
When the whole Real Madrid team arrived at the Camp Nou in the bus, the stadium was full of Barcelona fans, who raised their middle fingers at the Real Madrid bus and shouted: "Get off the bus, that interpreter!!" Get out of the car, coward! ”
No matter how good the sealing performance of the bus is, no matter how good the sound insulation effect is, in such a huge shout, they can clearly hear what the Barcelona fans are scolding.
Chu Zhongtian secretly glanced at Mourinho and found that he had a straight face, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or not.
He could fully imagine what it would be like for a while to get into the game, and the 90,000 people in the audience shouted and scolded one person together, and it was really not easy to keep a cool head and direct the game in such an environment.
A manager like Jose Mourinho can't do it with a bad heart...... The bus bypassed the crowded plaza and came to the back door, where there was a special passage for the players to enter. The bus stopped at the entrance of the passage, and everyone got off the bus in turn and walked through the special passage to the locker room.
Assistant coach Karanka is giving everyone a task, and the dressing room has already set up everyone's jerseys and boots, as well as some other protective gear.
The preparation is quite thorough, which is the style of a big club.
Chu Zhongtian and his teammates changed out of the formal suit they wore before in the locker room, changed into training clothes, and prepared to go out to warm up.
In the dressing room, you can still hear the roar of the Barcelona fans.
This game is really hard to play.
※※※ Chinese reporters and their counterparts stood in the press box together, looking at the dense crowd of Barcelona fans around them.
The enormous aura emanating from the Camp Nou made everyone feel like they couldn't breathe. It's not easy to excel in such an environment.
They were all worried about Chu Zhongtian.
CCTV also sent commentator He Ping to Camp Nou to comment on the game this time, He Ping has been trained by the South African World Cup, and is already the commentator of the CCTV sports channel.
CCTV made a preview of the live commentary of this game two weeks in advance, and in the past few days, it has continuously broadcast promotional videos on its own TV station to remind everyone to watch this war of the century.
This is not the first time He Ping has commented on Chu Zhongtian's game on the spot. But with his understanding of Chu Zhongtian, he also sweated for Chu Zhongtian. This game is a game that cannot be lost for Barcelona, who will certainly use their home advantage to launch a fierce attack on Real Madrid, and it is doubtful whether Real Madrid will be able to withstand such pressure.
Before the game, there were media reports that Mourinho might choose the most conservative way to secure their top spot in the league, and that was a draw.
The league is not a cup competition, and there is another option besides victory and defeat, and that is a draw.
If Real Madrid can draw Barcelona away from home, then the two sides will still be evenly divided, as long as Real Madrid keep winning in the following league rounds, and in the end, according to the league's points rules, the two teams will be tied first. Real Madrid will overwhelm Barcelona with one win and one draw to eventually win the league title. Just like the 06-07 season when Fabio Capello led Real Madrid to a big comeback from Barcelona to win the title.
Judging by the pragmatist nature of Jose Mourinho, there is a good chance that he will choose to use the defence to get a draw on the road, which is the safest thing to do.
After all, using defense to contain Barcelona's attack, Mourinho did better than everyone, and before he led Inter Milan, he used an airtight defense to eliminate Barcelona in Ke Chan.
It's no wonder everyone thinks so. Now as long as you think of Mourinho, you will first think of "conservative", "negative" and "iron bucket", these are what he is good at, and it is quite appropriate to use it to deal with Barcelona.
Even the Barcelona man himself thinks Mourinho will choose to do so.
Guardiola has focused on "how to break down dense defense" in training in the past few days, and apparently he also thinks that Mourinho will defend intensively in the game and try to keep the equal.
This is a normal thought, any manager who leads the team to the Camp Nou will have this idea - in the Camp Nou and Barcelona attack is to find death, any team that comes to the Camp Nou will either die miserably in the attack against Barcelona, or can only shrink the defense and not be able to defend.
With Mourinho's character, he will definitely choose to hold on to Barcelona and then play a draw with Barcelona, which is the least risky and most likely way to win the league title.
Pep Guardiola felt that Mourinho would choose this approach 100 per cent, so he focused on dense defending in Barcelona's training before the game.
But in reality?
Real Madrid had a closed training session before the match against Barcelona, and apart from the Real Madrid players and coaches, no one knew what Mourinho was practicing, not even Real Madrid's club president, Mr. Florentino.
Mourinho gave a gag order to Real Madrid's players, not allowing them to talk about anything related to the training content in interviews with reporters, otherwise they would not want to play again.
The match was so important to Real Madrid that Mourinho was so careful that it did not arouse suspicion, and journalists only habitually protested that Mourinho violated the spirit of "freedom of the press".
But Mourinho is not a journalist and there is no need to cooperate with any "freedom of the press". In fact, the so-called "freedom of the press" has always been just a word on the lips of journalists, and no one really wants reporters to answer whatever they ask.
In the face of Mourinho's news silence, the media was very dissatisfied, but they couldn't help it, now Mourinho is the number one in Real Madrid except for Fiorentino, and he has the final say in the whole team. He's not just a manager, he's also the sports manager in charge of buying and selling, and he's also a press officer, and he's setting the rules for every player who attends a press conference – what can be said and what can't be said. If someone goes against his will. Well, the bench is beckoning you.
Before Russ. Diarra and Pedro. Leon had all behaved similarly, and they were sent to the cold palace.
After the run-in of the previous season, Mourinho has fully established his position of authority in the team, and no one dares to question his opinion, he says what to do, then to do.
So the closed training worked very well, and no one in the outside knew what Real Madrid was going to do.
Before the game, the president of Real Madrid FC Fiorentino did not make any suggestions or comments on Mourinho's line-up. You must know that before the first national derby led by Mourinho, Fiorentino kept announcing in the media that Real Madrid would send three strikers to play a wonderful and beautiful offensive game with Barcelona. The result? Real Madrid were conceded five goals away from Barcelona in the biggest defeat Mourinho has suffered since becoming manager.
Since then, Fiorentino has never raised any opinion on Mourinho's formation, even if his tactics are extremely passive, and he has chosen to stand firmly on Mourinho's side. Even Real Madrid legend Di Stéfano wrote a newspaper op-ed criticizing Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid for not playing good football at all, and fortunately praised Real Madrid's sworn rival Barcelona, Fiorentino has not changed his support for Mourinho.
It's really rare for Florentino to trust a manager so much and give him all the power. So Mourinho knows better how much pressure is on him. If he hadn't won the title and given Florentino an explanation, everything he had enjoyed now would have disappeared in an instant. His experience at Chelsea has taught him exactly who is the real boss of a team.
Last season, Real Madrid, who spent a huge investment, did not pay off, and Mourinho was under a lot of pressure, so he desperately enlisted the support of players and fans, and he didn't care about offending the media or anything. He knows exactly who is the one who can really put him in his position - with the support of the fans and the support of the players, he has the capital to negotiate terms with Fiorentino.
This season was fortunate to beat Barcelona at the beginning and won the Spanish Super Cup. Although the Spanish Super Cup is the best of the best, and the grade is a little higher than the pre-season warm-up game, the opponent to beat is very important.
Beating Barcelona was a morale-boosting act. Even if Barcelona can argue after the game that they didn't give it their all, they were aiming to train or something, it doesn't change the fact that Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the two-legged Spanish Super Cup.
The Spanish Super Cup gave Real Madrid a good start to the new season, and the next whole season, Real Madrid's performance was very good, if it weren't for Barcelona's excellent performance, I am afraid that Real Madrid would have won the league championship several rounds in advance...... And now he has won the Copa del Rey, and the honor that he has been waiting for for 19 years has finally arrived. Even this one championship is enough to satisfy Real Madrid fans. Not to mention that there is still hope of winning the league and the Champions League.
So what exactly is closed training?
※※※After returning from the warm-up, the players of Real Madrid sat in their respective positions, took off their training clothes that had been wet with sweat, and dried themselves to rest.
Jose Mourinho also walked in from the outside, and when he entered, he closed the door to the dressing room, as if he was afraid that someone outside would overhear him.
"Guys, we've been training for so many days, for this moment. On their home turf, beat them! I was going to show you the footage of the previous game, but I didn't need it, because the TV station has been broadcasting it non-stop for the past few days, even on the Internet. I'm sure you've seen it many times, right? Even if you don't want to see it, you see it. What is the purpose of what they are doing, to humiliate us! But I thank them, because instead of humiliating us, they provoked us! ”
Jose Mourinho was emotionally charged today. Although he was excited a lot, most of the time Chu Zhongtian could feel that he was so excited because he wanted to inspire the team, and it was not that he really wanted to be excited. Today was different, he was really excited, he waved his arms vigorously, and every word seemed sonorous and powerful.
Chu Zhongtian thought that this was because the 0:5 had been in his throat for a long time, and now he had finally waited for the most perfect opportunity for revenge - to beat Barcelona at their home stadium when they needed a victory to win the championship the most, and completely shatter their hopes of winning the championship.
What could be more hearty and hearty than such revenge?
"Yes, we lost 0-5 to them before, but if they think they can humiliate us by mentioning this game repeatedly, let them try! Today is a great opportunity! Beat them in front of their supporters! Let all the boos and scolding disappear! Shut them up! Shut up! Shut up!! It's wonderful when you shoot a football into the net to the boos and put your index finger here! Mourinho made a "shut up" gesture.
C. Ronaldo laughed, he knows that feeling because he scores goals a lot.
Chu Zhongtian wouldn't do this, if he scored, he was afraid that he would open his arms and make them shush even more wildly. It's not like he hasn't done it before...... Everyone treated the boos of the fans differently, but the idea was the same, which was to beat Barcelona away and complete the revenge.
Mourinho was right, the Catalan media repeatedly mentioned the 0:5 score before the game, not only did not humiliate them, but angered them.
If the old scores are reversed, Real Madrid can also flip the 11-1 game. But there is no point in doing so, and there is no point in past victories and defeats.
So the players of Real Madrid feel very angry, they are super giants, when have they been insulted like this? Now they all wish the game started early, so that they can teach the arrogant Barcelona a lesson.
"Now, guys. Remember, no matter what the situation is in the game, you have to fight for victory! Don't waver in your belief whether you're behind or equalised! We don't want a draw, we want a win! ”
While there is still much speculation about what tactics will be used by Real Madrid in the game, the Real Madrid players themselves already know what tactics Mourinho has developed - contrary to outside legend, Mourinho uses attack.
This was a very unexpected tactic. When the game starts, I believe everyone who sees Real Madrid's tactics will be surprised.
Although there have been rumors that the attack against Barcelona at Camp Nou will die miserably, it is because the team against Barcelona is not strong enough and the skill is not deep enough.
Jose Mourinho has prepared his best, and with the team on the rise, he is confident that he can beat Barcelona with an attack at Camp Nou.
Who says you can't play against Barcelona at Camp Nou? Who sets the rules?
Then I'm going to let people know today that rules are meant to be broken!
Jose Mourinho has that idea and he has instilled it in his players. In today's Real Madrid dressing room, Mourinho has reached the point of worship, and any word he says will not arouse suspicion, everyone will only abide by it and trust him unconditionally.
Because they all know that this man has a way to deal with Barcelona!
When Jose Mourinho was talking to everyone to beat Barcelona with attack, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was reminding everyone to be careful of Real Madrid's counter-attacks in defense.
'They are very fast, that's their characteristic, so be very careful of their sudden counter-attacks in defence, we have to press their midfield, keep an eye on their strikers and don't let them find opportunities to counter-attack easily. We need to keep the football firmly under our feet! ”
Barcelona's tactics are nothing to say, which is to keep the ball and control the ball again, find the gap in the opponent's defense, and then suddenly hit the fatal blow!
In fact, Barcelona's control style of play does not restrain the speed flow of Real Madrid, because Real Madrid's football does not need to control the ball, so Barcelona has more possession, and it makes no sense for them to have less possession, even if they have three shots on goal in the whole game, as long as these three shots can be scored. What's more, in terms of their style, these three shots are likely to be very threatening, the kind of shots that are directly lethal...... So I had to guard against it.
(To be continued)