Chapter 1184 Drawing a Tiger Doesn't Become an Anti-Dog
Real Madrid won, and Atletico Madrid didn't lose either.
In the 10th round of the league, they turned out to be away from home 2-0 against Valencia! A hard-earned victory.
Simeone told reporters after the game: "My team is not broken, that's what it is, it's going to go further! ”
I have to say that Atletico Madrid is also murderous, after losing to Real Madrid at home, it was really not affected at all, and Valencia was done away, what kind of spirit is this, it is really amazing.
It's no wonder that the media has said so far that Atletico Madrid and Barcelona may have an impact on Real Madrid's championship, such a tenacious and unyielding team, sometimes it is really troublesome, even if it can't beat you, it can also make you consume a lot of energy in a game, if the opponent is weaker in the next game, it's okay, in case the opponent is stronger, it is really going to lose.
Therefore, Zidane has already told his coaching staff and players that although Real Madrid is currently ranked first in the league, as long as they make a mistake, even the slightest mistake, it may change the league ranking situation.
There has already been a draw that shouldn't have been there, and then it's all the more important to win all the games that should be won, and you can't go wrong with a single one.
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After beating Real Betis by a big score, Real Madrid also ushered in their fourth round of Champions League group stage.
The opponent is still Porto, but this time it is away!
If this game can be won, then Real Madrid will not have to worry about the results of other teams, because the first place in this group is secure.
So. In order to defeat the opponent, Zidane still sent his own elite soldiers. Intend to win steadily.
Defensively, he replaced Marcelo with the more defensive-minded Cesar Azpilicueta. In the middle, Pogba, who is more adept at defending, was also used to replace Gundogan. Zidane's intentions are very obvious, he doesn't want to concede goals away from home, as long as he wins, he can play a game, and it is not wrong to play conservatively away.
Lin Yu is relatively new to the city of Porto, he has played in the Bundesliga, the Premier League, La Liga, and he is also familiar with Serie A. But he is a little unfamiliar with the Portuguese Super League, which is currently ranked fourth in European points.
But that doesn't stop him from being confident.
He has challenged the top three leagues in European points, and it can even be said that he has cleared the customs, what is the fourth-ranked Portuguese Super League?
Even if Lin Yu doesn't know any of the players in Porto, it doesn't matter, because it doesn't affect his performance in the game, he came to the Dragon Stadium, that is, he is here to slay the dragon, not to travel.
And the last game was at the Bernabeu. Lin Yu has made Porto suffer, presumably Porto's players still remember him vividly.
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Paul. Fonseca claims he has long forgotten the previous game at the Bernabeu, and he says the past is a let pass. Just because we lost that game doesn't mean Porto will still lose this game. He knew that Lin Yu was very powerful, but this was the Dragon Stadium after all. It's not the Bernabeu Stadium, even if you're a dragon-slaying warrior. But when you get to the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest, you have to kneel!
Of course. That being said, Paul. Fonseca does not have the confidence to beat Real Madrid in his heart, he is aiming for a draw, because of this group, he is no longer going to fight for the first place in the group, with Real Madrid, he can only be second in the group.
In this group, Inter Milan performed very poorly, so as long as this one is drawn, Porto can basically confirm the hope of qualifying, but if it loses, it may not be, although Inter Milan started to play poorly, it does not mean that the next three games cannot be scored, so everything has to be cautious.
But if you want to draw with Real Madrid, you have to have a way, right?
Paul. Fonseca has always felt that Simeone is right, the most terrifying thing about Real Madrid is Lin Yu, if Lin Yu can be prevented from death, then the next thing will be easier to do, but in the face of Lin Yu, how should the defense be done, Paul. Fonseca really didn't have any bottom in his mind.
In order to deal with Lin Yu, he tried his best, especially watching the match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid four or five times.
In the end, he decided to try to follow Simeone's example against Real Madrid.
Although Atletico Madrid lost 1:3 in the end of that game, if it wasn't for Lin Yu's sudden outburst, the result of the game might have been very different.
Lin Yu is an unknown, he may or may not erupt, Paul. What Fonseca has to do is actually resign himself to fate.
Simeone's bad luck doesn't mean that his luck is also bad, maybe he can meet a Lin Yu who behaves ordinarily.
He didn't want Lin Yu to perform badly, as long as he behaved averagely.
He summed up Simeone's tactical ideas, first of all, to use the home advantage to catch the opponent off guard, to score the best goals, and to score a few more better; The second is to be aggressive and fierce in tackles, so that Real Madrid's players dare not pass easily; Finally, there is the point that you can't let up after scoring a goal and immediately switch to a defensive counter-attack.
That's basically it, his team has played against Atletico Madrid before, and in the end they lost, but they lost decently, because it was a match played at the Calderón Stadium, and you can see that the two teams are actually about the same strength.
That's why he wants to learn from Atletico Madrid, not Barcelona or Chelsea, because he can't afford it.
Real Madrid's team, it is recognized that the offense is stronger than the defense, Ramos is too reckless, Marcelo's defensive ability is obviously not good, Carvajal's ability is limited, and Varane's performance is remarkable, but he alone can't change the entire backline.
Mignolet is a new goalkeeper to Real Madrid, and when he first arrives, there must be a lot of discomfort and defensive mistakes are very likely.
Even if Marcelo is replaced by the more defensively capable Azpilicueta at the back, the reinforcement will be limited.
Paul. Fonseca firmly believed. As long as your own team plays the offense, you will be caught off guard by the opponent. It's like a pack of wolves suddenly coming forward and biting a male lion, as long as the male lion is injured. Then it's much easier to win.
The meaning is very clear, it is to score goals, score more goals, and make the lion more seriously injured, so that it is too late to fight back.
Isn't there often such a scene in martial arts novels? First use various means to weaken the combat effectiveness of the master, let him be injured, let him poison it, and finally fight head-on, this is not called despicable, it is a tactic. Who makes Porto so much weaker than Real Madrid, they want to win, that's the only means.
Paul. Fonseca seems to have overthought the problem, so the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had the right idea, so much so that he couldn't wait to share his thoughts with his coaching staff and players.
Porto was ready for a shame when he heard Paul. Fonseca's words, without thinking too much, nodded in agreement.
Sometimes, it's easy to get carried away by your own excitement. I don't think about it at all.
Real Madrid really has to be so easy to clean up, why are so many teams unable to take them?
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Misestimating the situation, that will definitely come at a price, and the cruel reality will not be diverted by people's active consciousness.
Paul. Fonseca felt that he had thought everything well. He was even completely prepared, but what he saw and thought was something completely different.
The Dragons pitch was cheering and cheering. It's a fan effort, but what about on the pitch. What about the score now?
It's already November, even in Europe. There was already a thick chill, but Paul. Fonseca's forehead was dripping with beads of sweat the size of beans, and he was too nervous and anxious.
On the huge electronic cards, the score is 0:1.
Twenty-five minutes were played, but it was Real Madrid who took the lead.
Porto was indeed a trip Paulo. Fonseca's strategy of rushing to attack was intended to catch Real Madrid off guard, and Porto actually performed very well, not even worse than Atletico Madrid in that game, so in the twenty-fifth minute, before Real Madrid scored, he was still full of confidence, but a counterattack, a goal, completely broke all his good wishes.
I have to say, Paul. Fonseca is a very capable manager, and he was right to try to learn from Simeone's tactics, and because of this, it did cause Real Madrid some problems at the beginning, but he was completely miscalculated.
Real Madrid today is not the Real Madrid of the first half of that game against Atletico Madrid.
Even against Porto today, Real Madrid did not underestimate the opponent, and the reason why Azpilicueta and Pogba were on was to strengthen the defense, and Zidane had prepared before the game.
To put it simply, it's not that Porto can't do it, it's that Real Madrid is too strong!
Now Porto, there is no point in attacking, they are starting to retreat from the defense, because they are very afraid of conceding goals, there is still hope of equalizing after one goal, once they are two goals behind, against a team like Real Madrid, it is basically completely useless.
But because the first half wasn't over yet, Paul. Fonseca's orders were not communicated to all the players, which led to some players wanting to defend and some players wanting to attack.
This is often the time when trouble happens.
Thirty-six minutes into the game, Real Madrid scored again.
Before the first goal, it was Cristiano. Ronaldo scored and flanked in front of goal, although it was not very exciting, but it also dragged the game into a very good rhythm.
And this second goal was scored by Pogba.
This goal was completely a mistake by Porto, which led to Lin Yu's successful counter-attack in front, and then stuffed it to Pogba, who scored with a furious shot from inside the penalty area.
Paul. Fonseca was dumbfounded.
He prayed before that he could meet an ordinary Lin Yu, and today he really did, Lin Yu's performance in the first half can only be described as average, not particularly brilliant, and there was no goal, but even so, they were still powerless.
It wasn't until this moment that he really understood that Real Madrid was not just a Lin Yu, Lin Yu was representative, the core, just like the engine of an airplane, and an airplane, an excellent plane, was not just as simple as an engine.
Real Madrid, who led by two goals, completely entered their own rhythm, fast and slow, retreated and advanced, and played Porto without temper.
Although they did not score in the first half, everyone could see that Porto was no longer good, and if they continued to play like this, they would lose by a big score sooner or later.
Some people were expecting Porto to make some changes at half-time, but they were disappointed. Fonseca is not Ferguson, and Porto do not have a player like Lin Yu, and a fifteen-minute break means little to them.
After the start of the second half, Real Madrid still dominated the game, completely controlling the rhythm of the field, which was really much easier than the previous game against Atletico Madrid.
Until this time, Paul. Fonseca discovered another miscalculation of his own, Porto is really not Atletico Madrid, lacking that tenacious and unyielding spirit!
I'm afraid this is called "painting a tiger is not an anti-dog"! (To be continued......)