Time enters February, the Champions League is about to be rekindled, whether Real Madrid continues to dominate the rivers and lakes, or other giants stand up to change the pattern, this is something that all fans and media are very concerned about.

But for Zidane, for Real Madrid, their game is not just about the Champions League.

Although the Champions League is the main goal, Zidane has not thought of giving up on the league and the Copa del Rey, this season is different from last season, there are not so many injuries, only Cristiano. Ronaldo is only seriously injured alone, but there are more people who can be replaced in this position, although the strength may be a little weaker, but as long as Lin Yu's terrifying play, this defect can be made up.

Last season, I gave up the Copa del Rey because I really had to give up, but this season, Zidane has no reason to give up.

And even if he wanted to give up, Lin Yu would not agree, in this matter, Lin Yu's will was too firm, even he couldn't change this person's mind.

What's more, Lin Yu wants to win the Copa del Rey, which is not a bad thing, Zidane can't get the support of the club's top management and fans at all, but Lin Yu will be more likely to get support.

In this case, Zidane is also planning to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman, since the players do not plan to give up, as the head coach, if he gives up lightly, he will really be sprayed to death.

Zinedine Zidane has checked the February schedule in his office, which will help him develop a rotation plan to ensure that the players can stay full at all times.

After all, February is the real third-tier battle, with the Copa del Rey, the league, and the Champions League.

First up is on February 8, when Real Madrid play Almeria away. Although the opponent is not very strong, it is still the same sentence. It's never easy to play away games, even if you can win. It will certainly take a lot more effort than at home, and this is the twenty-third round of La Liga.

This is followed by the 24th round of La Liga on February 12, Real Madrid at home against Valladolid, this game should be easy to win, but because the time of the last round of the league is relatively close, so the rotation of players is crucial.

Just three days later, on 15 February, the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals will be played. It's a home game, but the pressure is also not small, so I have a three-day rest, which is terrible, not to mention that the opponent is still the same saddle Athletic Bilbao.

On February 20, it will be the 25th round of La Liga, Real Madrid away to Osasuna, another away game, and it will only be less than five days of rest.

Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three. These three days are a time to take a break, as Real Madrid face Manchester City away from home on 24 February when they face Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals. This will be a difficult game, don't think that the local tyrant is easy to deal with, the local tyrant is furious. It's also hard to mess with.

And after the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the last day of February. Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid on their home turf.

As a title rival, Atletico Madrid will certainly not let Real Madrid pass easily. And Real Madrid, which has suffered two tough battles in a row, can it stand up?

After watching this game schedule, Zidane's head is a little big, and the next month will definitely be difficult, the first thing I need to do is how to ensure that the players are not injured, and they can effectively reincarnate, and reasonably arrange the players according to the different strengths of the opponents.

He didn't want to end up with a lot of injuries like last season, and even the league title was almost lost.

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Compared to the upcoming Devil's February, January was obviously much easier, Real Madrid overcame all the obstacles to become the best team of the month, and Zinedine Zidane and Lin Yu also became the best coach and best player of the month respectively.

In fact, such an award can no longer arouse their excitement, as long as there are no accidents, they can basically get it every month, for them, this may only be regarded as an encouragement, the real reward comes from the final league championship.

Heading into February, Real Madrid played their first game of the month, away at Almeria.

Even if the media boasted about Real Madrid as if they could go to heaven and earth, and belittled Almeria as worthless, Zidane and his players did not dare to relax and take it lightly.

For them, they don't want to go through the matter of capsizing in the gutter, and they lose points because of their light opponents in the game they can win, which is the most unpleasant thing.

If you really can't beat your opponent and lose, it will make you feel better.

Being fully prepared and conducting sufficient targeted training is something that even the media find incredible.

A reporter asked Zidane: "Your team is already invincible in the world, do you need to be so careful when dealing with an Almeria?" ”

Zidane's answer was only a short sentence: "That's what Napoleon thought when he went to Waterloo!" ”

Napoleon suffered Waterloo, and Hitler suffered a turning point in his life after the Battle of Moscow, not because they were not good, but because they were not well prepared, they were too underestimated.

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That's what Zidane said, he did that, so his emotions affected the players' emotions as well.

In this game, Real Madrid did not make any mistakes, did not give Almeria any chance, and finally won 2:0 away, Lin Yu passed and shot, and once again became the focus of the whole game.

After the goal, Lin Yu's celebration was very simple, he just raised his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the sky in his arms.

Then, his teammates surrounded him in the middle.

He didn't provoke the Almeria fans, he didn't provoke the reporters in the media gallery, because in this game it doesn't make sense to do those things.

People don't offend me. I will not offend anyone, but if anyone sins against me. I will offend.

Lin Yu still insisted on the sentence he shouted the loudest at the beginning, since the fans of other families did not provoke him. Then there is no need to provoke them, and he doesn't have to be scolded to be happy, so he really has to be a shake M, a masochist.

The media felt very bored, Lin Yu didn't have any sparks with the opposing fans in this game, they felt that they were really sorry for coming to the scene to watch the game.

Lin Yu doesn't care if you are bored by the media or not, he is not playing for the media, but for the fans, for his own goals.

If Lin Yu had knelt down and licked the media from the beginning. Then there will be no him today, it is precisely because of his self-styled personality that his style of play is bold and wild, and there will be countless classic dribbles and goals, those passes and goals, for a decent person, it is simply incredible.

Perhaps for the media, the second leg of the Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao could be more exciting than this league. After all, between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, there always seems to be endless topics.

And at this time, no one took Real Madrid's opponent in the next round, Valladolid, seriously.

After all, if you look at the history of Valladolid, you will find that it is basically hovering between La Liga and La Liga. has won several La Liga championships, but this is far from the intensity of La Liga.

The media looked down on Valladolid.

Real Madrid wants to value this team in their hearts. But in the Santiago Bernabeu game, they really couldn't think of a reason to lose.

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This is the twenty-fourth round of La Liga. Valladolid, as the media claimed, adopted a bus tactic in the race. They didn't even have a striker, they didn't want to score at all.

Five defenders, three midfielders, and two central midfielders form such a strange formation.

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This is probably the most bizarre formation.

Of course, many fans may say that some teams can even achieve all ten men back to their own half of the defense in the game, but that is just an attitude after all, there is still a clear formation on the field, and there are forwards.

And Valladolid's tactic, five defenders, three backs and two central midfielders, didn't want to attack at all, this is completely a set of iron-clad defensive tactics.

However, Valladolid fans did not object to such a tactic, they knew very well that their team was much weaker than Real Madrid, and if they didn't have self-knowledge, they still wanted to play against Real Madrid, that is, they dug a hole for themselves.

It's just that the commentators are shaking their heads after seeing such a game.

'I have to say the same thing again, Mr Mourinho's contribution to football is a bit of a headache, since he carried forward the bus tactics, these teams have learned such scoundrel tactics, is there any way to watch this game?'

"This is more powerful than Chelsea's defense, Chelsea at least has an attack, there are breakthroughs, and today's Valladolid is to make it clear not to attack and break through, which is even more ruthless."

"Twenty minutes into the game and Real Madrid have yet to score, but the Valladolid players have not yet had a shot on goal, does that mean their defensive strategy has been successful? I don't think so, right? ”

"Don't guess, the possibility of trying to prevent Real Madrid is almost zero, if this continues, sooner or later you will have to concede the goal, there is no desire to attack at all, what does this team want to do?"

"Alas, compared to Athletic Bilbao, this team is really unplanted."

The commentators lashed out at Valladolid's tactics, but the head coach Resino didn't care at all, he had a few pounds of iron, so he shot a few nails, should they all learn Athletic Bilbao's death-seeking tactics? Does it make any sense? What is the meaning of anything other than wasting physical strength?

In Recino's view, instead of spending energy on a team like Real Madrid, it is better to spend energy on dealing with a team of equal strength to himself, so as to ensure the success of relegation, anyway, no matter who looks at it, his team is just a relegation team, and he is not afraid of being embarrassed.

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Not to mention, Recino's tactics have achieved a really good effect, at least in the first 20 minutes, his players did not use much energy, but blocked all of Real Madrid's shots.

Lin Yu had a lot of opportunities to get up, but he shot three times, each time he hit the opposing player, and the dense penalty area was like an airtight wall, and it was really not easy to shoot through this wall and score.

In fact, the key problem is the lack of consideration of the Real Madrid team, although Zidane repeatedly emphasized the importance of the opponent before the game, which is true, and the players of Real Madrid have also done so, but the problem now is not to underestimate the enemy, but the opponent's strange lineup, which makes people a little uncomfortable.

"Why don't Nima just send all the guards!" Pogba was a little anxious and burst into a foul mouth.

But what he didn't expect was that his words almost came true.

Because Real Madrid failed to score in the first half, and in the 60th minute of the second half, they still failed to score, and at this time, Valladolid made three substitutions in one go, two of which were the two central midfielders, and then replaced two players who were very similar to the scavengers in previous football games, and one was a counter-substitution.

After this strange substitution, the formation directly became 730, and the seven defenders lined up there, the two scavengers in the middle stood slightly ahead, and the three midfielders in front of them were further ahead. (To be continued......)