Chapter 856: Club World Cup

After the Champions League group stage with Galatasaray, Real Madrid will enter a small and intensive schedule, and then it will be Christmas, unlike the Premier League, La Liga does not have a so-called Christmas schedule, so it should be said that the game will be relatively easy.

To say intensive, in fact, it is just two more games in the Club World Cup.

Real Madrid is a European champion and can go directly to the semi-finals, and if they advance, then they can reach the final.

In fact, there is only a four- or five-day break between the semi-finals and the final of the Club World Cup, and during this time, Real Madrid still have two domestic league games to play, so it seems to be relatively tight.

But even so, Zidane still wants to win the Club World Cup, no matter what, this is an opportunity to start the momentum of Real Madrid, Real Madrid has just risen, it can be said that the sleeping lion wakes up, there are not a few champions to cushion the belly, it is really a little hungry.

The timing is like this, on December 14, Real Madrid played Levante at home, and this game was unable to participate because Lin Yu was red carded.

Real Madrid then have to travel to China for the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, where they will face Atletico Mineiro from Brazil.

The game starts on December 17, so Real Madrid basically have a very short break.

If they manage to finish Atletico Mineiro, they will face the winner of the other semi-final, which takes place on December 21.

After the final, they must also quickly return to Spain to face Celta Vigo, their opponent in the round of 18. The match was supposed to take place at the same time as the Club World Cup final, but it was staggered. So it was postponed to the 24th, which is Christmas Eve.

When someone else has already taken a vacation. Real Madrid's players will have to fight on the pitch, but luckily they have Celta Vigo with them, otherwise they would have been lonely.

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On December 14th, the 17th round of La Liga was played at the Bernabeu Stadium, and Lin Yu sat in the stands, watching the game while planning where to play at Christmas.

Although he didn't play in this game, with the aftermath of killing Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray, Real Madrid's performance was still amazingly good.

Even if Levante, the little bat, works hard. also made Real Madrid suffer, but the final score was still difficult for them to accept.

5:0!

That's right, it's 5:0!

Benzema and Cristiano. Ronaldo scored a brace in both games, before Luka Modric scored a long-range shot.

The team won a big game and a friend scored, which in itself is a very happy thing, but the annoying thing is that in this round of the league, Messi actually scored a hat trick. Messi, who originally had only 16 league goals, suddenly increased the number of goals to 19, and there was only a gap of two goals from Lin Yu's 21 goals.

But since it has become an established fact, Lin Yu doesn't think about it, he Messi can enter. I, Lin Yu, will be able to enter more than him, nothing remarkable.

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After the match against Levante, the whole Real Madrid team set off for Guangzhou, China. The semi-final will be played at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, which is also after Evergrande reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. The results of the application to host the Club World Cup.

The Club World Cup should have started in 2005 to be exact. Since then, the tournament has been held in Japan for four years, and then moved to the oil empire of the United Arab Emirates, where such a tournament can also raise its reputation.

After that, the Club World Cup was transferred to the African country of Morocco, and that year was also the first time that Guangzhou Evergrande appeared on the World Club Cup field.

This year, Guangzhou Evergrande once again reached the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup and reached the semi-finals, where they will face the African champions, and if it goes well, they could face Real Madrid in the final.

Returning to his own country, although the air is not good, there is a sense of intimacy, which is a very intuitive feeling of Lin Yu.

When he arrived at the airport, Lin Yu received a warmer welcome than the last time he came to Guangzhou, just like the showman in the township in ancient times who won the top prize in the examination and then returned to his hometown.

Although Lin Yu is not from Guangzhou, his popularity here is no worse than that in Shaanxi, and he is really the only person who most people will give a thumbs up when they say it.

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Although Atletico Mineiro's reputation is not very good in China, the name Ronaldinho is thunderous to Chinese fans.

Although Ronaldinho can't compare with his peak now, the work under his feet is still very strong, especially when encountering a rising star like Lin Yu, he always wants to show off his skills and compare his abilities.

Because a league game has just been played in Spain, Zidane originally planned to send all the substitutes to deal with Atletico Mineiro, even including Lin Yu, he didn't want to play, to be honest, he really didn't take Atletico Mineiro seriously.

Later, it was only because I thought that Lin Yu was Chinese and must be looking forward to playing in front of his father and fellow villagers, so he arranged Lin Yu into the starting list, after all, Lin Yu did not participate in the game with Levante, and there must be no problem with physical strength.

Real Madrid's sports manager Raul also has a great responsibility this time, he wants to take this opportunity to further expand Real Madrid's influence in China, so after hearing that Lin Yu will start, he announced the news to make Chinese fans happy.

Unexpectedly, Atletico Mineiro, who heard the news, took the lead in playing psychological warfare.

Ronaldinho knows a little bit about Lin Yu and knows that Lin Yu is the kind of person who is more and more angry the more powerful he becomes, so he chose to carry out the killing strategy with his coach.

"Lin Yu? Oh, I know, the most courageous player in football today is the only one who deserves to be called the king of the ball today, even if it is Maradona and Pele. It may not be able to compare with him! ”

The killing strategy does not necessarily fail to succeed, and Ronaldinho also knows that in La Liga. Valencia used such a strategy, although it failed in the end. But there were other reasons, and if it weren't for Vidic and Hernandez who stimulated Lin Yu in a daze, the match might not have been like that.

Then there was the match against Villarreal, where Real Madrid narrowly missed the defeat.

In fact, what is the purpose of killing? is to make the other party complacent, and then underestimate the enemy, since Real Madrid almost planted a heel in Villarreal, it shows that this team is indeed easy to be complacent.

Therefore, the head coach of Atletico Mineiro not only killed Lin Yu, but also further killed other players of Real Madrid.

"To use a Chinese internet proverb 'we're here to make soy sauce', Real Madrid is just too strong. We just want to learn something from them, and as for the idea of winning, we don't have it at all. ”

This kind of killing should be very successful, but both the manager of Atletico Mineiro and Ronaldinho seem to have overlooked a very serious problem, that is, the game was held in China.

Do they think that Lin Yu will release water when he competes in front of his father and fellow villagers?

Just kidding!

The so-called authorities are obsessed, and this is probably the case.

Zidane was actually very nervous because of this killing, he found Lin Yu and other players of Real Madrid. You can't relax, you have to take the game seriously and you want the players to remember the lessons from the game against Villarreal.

"Hehe, Coach. Actually, you don't need to be so nervous? ”

"What do you mean?"

"Coach, don't forget that this is my turf, my home turf! I won't be ashamed of myself here! If the other party wants to kill me. That was a pipe dream. Lin Yu said with a smile.

"That's right! I didn't think of it. Zidane slapped his head and said.

"The authorities are confused, but that's not interesting. Since they're going to play psychological warfare, let's just play with them. Lin Yu said with a smile.

"You mean, 'Count'?" Zidane uttered the last four words in Chinese. is also an old fritter, and he immediately understood what Lin Yu meant.

"That's right! I didn't expect your Chinese level to improve! Lin Yu continued: "They just want us to underestimate the enemy, then let's show an attitude of underestimating the enemy in public, let them have fun, and then when it comes to the official game, they will suddenly go crazy and defeat them in one fell swoop, it will be very interesting!" ”

"Hehe, Lin Yu, you seem to have a grudge against Atletico Mineiro?" Zidane smiled and asked, "Otherwise, how could you be so ruthless?" ”

"First, this is a psychological warfare provocation initiated by them, and I can't afford not to fight! Second, this team has beaten Guangzhou Evergrande, no matter what, the people of Guangzhou are so enthusiastic, I have to find a field for them. Lin Yu nodded.

"Well, then do as you say and surprise them! Anyone else is okay, right? ”

"What an opinion can we have, what a funny thing to do." Di Maria rubbed her hands together and smiled.

Di Maria is Argentine and Atletico Mineiro is Brazilian, so he certainly doesn't have much affection for him, and it's not bad to tease.

Everyone else agreed, so the matter was settled.

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So in an interview with the media the next day, Lin Yu said with a serious expression: "Although Atletico Mineiro is not as famous as Real Madrid, their strength is definitely not bad, Ronaldinho is one of the players I used to like, his strength is very strong, who said he is old?" That's pure jealousy! ”

When he said this, Lin Yu felt that he was too hypocritical, but his respect for Ronaldinho was real, and he was just telling the truth.

Di Maria also joined in the fun: "Atletico Mineiro is afraid that we will send us back to our hometown, we are very worried about this game." ”

Benzema also said: "Yes, yes, if it weren't for the physical strength of the main lineup, we would never have sent a substitute in this game, I'm really worried." ”

These guys, their acting skills are better than the other, and they say it as if the end of the world has come, and they don't know what to do.

Hearing these words, Atletico Mineiro fans became more and more proud, and even spread the saying that "Real Madrid is afraid of us".

However, some people say that the words of these players of Real Madrid are so hypocritical, and they are triumphant when they speak, as if they don't take Atletico Mineiro seriously at all.

In fact, no matter which way it is said, for Real Madrid, it can be regarded as achieving the goal, originally what they wanted was the second effect, which was to make the opponent feel that they were underestimated, but the first effect was not bad, killing and counterattacking.

Is it a light enemy?

Or is it a killing?

Or is it genuine fear?

Who fell for whom?

Before this game started, the dark battle between the two teams had actually begun.

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Maybe the fans took the words of the Real Madrid players seriously, so the fans of Atletico Mineiro were very proud, while the fans of China and Real Madrid were very depressed.

However, the players and managers of Atletico Mineiro believe that the words of the Real Madrid players are simply casual words, or even counterwords, which are completely contemptuous of Atletico Mineiro's performance, so this shows that their killing strategy has been successful, and Real Madrid can be ready to accept a defeat. (To be continued......)