Chapter 932: Clearing the Road to Champions
The score of 1:3 is already an unacceptable score for Real Sociedad, and if you lose like this at home, you will definitely be scolded to death by the fans after the game.
But they didn't know that the nightmare didn't end there, and in the second half, Real Madrid's attack was still strong.
In the 69th minute of the game, Lin Yu scored again, this time the goal was relatively simple, that is, outflanking and grabbing points in front of the goal, but this goal reflected his huge advantage in speed and prediction ability.
When the winger of Cristiano. When Ronaldo passed the ball out, the closest to the ball was a few Real Sociedad defenders, but Lin Yu was able to suddenly kill and poke the ball into the goal.
"A brace! This is also Lin Yu's forty-second goal in the league this season, such efficiency, looking at the whole world, no one else can do it, when we thought he was about to enter a low point in his life, he proved his terrible with two consecutive games, a hat trick, and a brace! ”
The game did not end there, three minutes before the end, Lin Yu actually returned to his own half to cut off the only counterattack of Real Sociedad, and then directly found Cristiano in front of him with a big foot. Ronaldo.
Ronaldo successfully countered offside and then went straight into the Real Sociedad goal, and the score was rewritten.
"5:1, Real Madrid 5:1 Real Sociedad, in fact, this is not a particularly worthy game to win by such a big score, in fact, as long as you can win 1:0, it's fine. But Real Madrid seem to want to show the world that they just want to be stable. It's about making all the teams fear them. ”
Zidane's idea was very simple, score a few more goals. It will be easier to win by making the rest of the league opponents fear them, but I have never heard of a team that can win a game with fear.
In this way, Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 5:1 away from home, and the head coach of Real Sociedad also shouted "Real Madrid is invincible!" ”
He's really done his best, it's not about the level of coaching, it's just about the quality of the players, there's no way. That's the reality.
And Zidane wanted to achieve the effect, after the game, many Villarreal players had already shown their fear in training, often making small mistakes that should not have been made, and these were faithfully recorded by reporters and then published in the newspapers.
Of course, there are also people who think that this is Villarreal's strategy, which is deliberately done to show Real Madrid, hoping that Real Madrid's players can underestimate the enemy.
But no matter what they do, it doesn't matter. Real Madrid will not make mistakes in any of the next games, and they can't afford to make mistakes, after all, it is the most critical time to win the championship, and there will be any mistakes. That could all be fatal.
At the very least, the gap is to ensure that there is only one point before they meet Barcelona, and if the gap widens, it will most likely be over.
……
After the game, many media outlets used the word "slaughter" to describe the game. And said that Real Madrid "can't stop it at all!" ”
No one cares how Real Sociedad feels, the winner takes all. The loser is the loser, that's the reality. A team that loses, if it is to be remembered by the media, is that he became a villain when he was with the winner.
Many media praised Zidane as the head coach for growing very fast, in addition to the domestic Super Cup at the beginning of the season, and the airport league played more ugly and bumpy, and then quickly determined a new style of play with Lin Yu as the core, which also made the team get on the right track, and the results are getting better and better.
The victory in the Copa del Rey final made it the Copa del Rey champion again.
Although the league is currently one point behind Barcelona, the people who are optimistic about Real Madrid winning the championship still occupy the majority, and even the odds of the bookmaker, which is considered to be the most likely to win the championship, is still Real Madrid, their odds are only 1.35, while the odds of Barcelona who are currently ranked first have reached 3.55, this is the gap.
While the odds don't speak for themselves, they at least show how much people recognize Real Madrid as a team.
In addition, Real Madrid has also entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, and the hope of winning the championship is still high, but Bayern Munich, which was originally second in the odds to win the championship, is now fourth, and it is because they met Real Madrid that this situation will occur.
Those who were worried that Real Madrid would collapse this season due to a change of coach have also put this idea behind for the time being, and perhaps Zidane will be able to achieve as brilliant results as Lippi in his first season in charge.
Of course, there are still people who say that Zidane is standing on the shoulders of giants, and he deserves to win the championship, and he does not recognize Zidane's coaching ability, but Zidane doesn't care, history will give him justice, when he successfully helped the team win the Champions League for five consecutive championships, see if anyone dares to say that anymore!
There used to be some stubborn "Lippi" elements in the team, and these people thought that Zidane did not have the slightest coaching experience, and even if Lippi retired, he should hire a person with the same level of coaching, and Zidane should not be allowed to coach.
Even at the beginning of the season, when Barcelona announced Klopp's coaching, some people at the top blamed Chairman Soros for not making an early move, allowing Klopp to be poached by opponents, in the eyes of these people, Klopp's coaching ability is obviously stronger than Zidane.
And at the end of the Copa del Rey final, there was also a suggestion that Real Madrid should bring in Simeone as the head coach so that they could confront Jurgen Klopp, two of the best young coaches at the moment, and belong to the coaching genius since Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.
But now they have all shut up, Zidane did not let the team sink, he is still confident in coaching, and the most important thing is that Lin Yu and Zidane have a very good relationship, which proves that Zidane is actually still suitable for Real Madrid.
In fact, sometimes a coach does not necessarily need to coach at a high level, the key is to be united, and the reason why Mourinho had no choice but to leave Real Madrid at the beginning. It was because of infighting in the team, and some people even deliberately released water in the game. The only purpose is to force Mourinho away.
Zidane is not as controlling as Mourinho, and he is relatively low-key. So this is more suitable for a team like Real Madrid with a lot of big names, if it were someone else, it might not be so good.
……
When La Liga enters the thirtieth round, it is not far from the end of this season, among Real Madrid's next opponents, the strongest is undoubtedly Barcelona, and the rest of the teams are relatively weak, as long as the performance is normal, it should not be a problem to win.
Villarreal, the opponent in the 30th round, is also a traditional powerhouse in La Liga. But the current results are not stable, so Real Madrid doesn't have to be afraid of him, he has already won Real Sociedad by a big score, and it doesn't seem to be a big problem to win Villarreal by a big score, you must know that this game is still played at home.
Of course, easy doesn't mean underestimating, and no one dares to underestimate them now, because there's a Barcelona ahead of them, and if you want to overtake at the last minute. You can't fall yourself, and if you fall, you'll have to watch your opponent ride the dust.
This match between Real Madrid and Villarreal, there is nothing to hype. So the media also behaved relatively calmly, and if there was anything to really say, it was that Lin Yu could score a few more goals. After all, this is a home game, so let's give the fans a better game.
Precisely because of this. There was no war of words between the two teams before the game, and they both showed great restraint. It looks like I'm going to spend all my energy on the game and not waste the battle of words.
If there is no war of words, then the game depends on ability.
The mighty Real Madrid did not give Villarreal any chance, and Lin Yu scored a goal with Bale in the first half to rewrite the score to 2:0.
After the second half, Zidane put Lin Yu, Cristiano. Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria were both rested in preparation for the upcoming Champions League semi-finals.
So the three of them only mentioned it for forty-five minutes.
However, even with a few substitutes, Real Madrid still relied on Benzema's efforts to score another goal in the second half to lock the score at 3:0.
In the same round of the game, Barcelona also won it easily, and Messi, who returned to the team, directly staged a good performance of the senior year, but it is unlikely that he wants to catch up with Lin Yu's goals now, and he can only hope that the team can win the league championship to vent his anger.
Atletico Madrid also won, but now Atletico Madrid is not very threatening to Real Madrid, there is already a five-point gap, which is really difficult to make up, the key is that the league has reached this time, and it is simply unbearable to be five points behind.
Lin Yu didn't show too much excitement after the game, when the reporter interviewed him, he just said: "There is nothing to be happy about winning this kind of game, if you can't even win Villarreal, how can you face Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich?" ”
Although in what he said, Villarreal is innocent, but Villarreal's players have nothing to refute, compared to Bayern Munich, they are really nothing, and what Lin Yu said is also the truth.
Lin Yu is a natural champion, he was born to be a champion, the league, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League, the Super Cup, the Club World Cup, he doesn't want to leave any of them, unlike Villarreal, a team that can snicker if it can enter the Europa League, at what level, he thinks about anything, which is normal.
If Lin Yu is old in the future, and the giant team doesn't want to go to other teams to fight, then it is understandable that he can't win the championship, but not now, Lin Yu, who is now in the prime of life, must seize every opportunity to win the championship, let go of his dreams, and get as many championships and honors as possible! He hasn't forgotten the rhetoric of his teammates who wanted to make him the god of football.
The help of teammates and coaches can only be regarded as external factors, and whether they can succeed mainly depends on whether they can play a role.
……
Zidane should be thankful that he has a very strong squad, not only in the main lineup, but also in the depth of the bench.
Because of this, Zidane is constantly adjusting his goals, from only wanting to win the league title at the beginning of the season, to now ambitious to win the treble, this is a quantitative accumulation to a qualitative change, he believes that his team is capable enough to face the three-line battle and win the treble.
At present, the Copa del Rey has ended, and he can save a line of physical exertion, if he only plays in the league and the Champions League, he can rotate regularly, in fact, except for Lin Yu, any player in the team can be rotated now, including Cristiano. Ronaldo included.
Therefore, Zidane does not have to worry about the team's combat effectiveness declining after the rotation of the lineup, and at this time, he must also rotate diligently, otherwise it will be really troublesome if the players are injured.
The more you get to the end of the season, the more you are afraid of injuries and red cards, these are things that Zidane must pay attention to at the moment.
The reason why he replaced Lin Yu in the last league game was not because Lin Yu's physical strength was not good, but because he was afraid that Lin Yu would be tackled, or if he got too many yellow cards, it would be troublesome to accumulate red cards. (To be continued......)