Chapter 634: The National Derby
A team like Real Madrid, once it plays well, it is really invincible and unstoppable.
On November 7, Real Madrid hosted Shakhtar Donetsk, which is also the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, and there are only two rounds left before the end of the group stage.
The main lineup did not disappoint him, defeating the opponent 3:0 at home, Lin Yu scored a hat trick, raising the number of goals in the Champions League to seven, and in the same round of the group stage, Messi also scored a hat trick, and the number of goals reached six, but he was still suppressed by Lin Yu.
After the end of the Champions League group stage, a reporter asked Messi how he felt, and of course Messi was in a bad mood, so he released the words "In the next round of the national derby, we must beat Real Madrid!" β
That's right, in the thirteenth round of the league, Real Madrid will face Barcelona, and it is an away game, so Messi at home is naturally full of confidence, if he doesn't defeat Real Madrid and Lin Yu, how can he vent his grievances and unhappiness in his heart.
On November 9, just three days after the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid will have to travel to face tough rivals Barcelona.
This is a national derby, which naturally attracts the extreme attention of fans all over the world, not to mention that Lin Yu, Messi, and Ronaldo are the three superstars in the world, and these three people are together, which is even more eye-catching.
This national derby was played in the final game of this round of La Liga.
Atletico Madrid have already won, so now they are only three points less than Barcelona if Real Madrid and Barcelona draw. That would obviously be good for Atletico and a bit of a problem for Real Madrid. This will not only lead to a widening of the points gap with Atletico Madrid, but will also lead to Valencia overtaking them behind. So for this game, Lippi takes it very seriously.
Lippi has only one demand, and that is to only win, not lose.
Barcelona believe the same is the case, as if they lose, Real Madrid will take first place in the league and they will settle for second.
Not only that, but it could also affect the morale of the entire Barcelona team, which will be very bad for the rest of the game.
Both teams are in a good mood. Prepare for this showdown of the century.
If this game was placed in the past, the media would definitely think that Barcelona would win Real Madrid steadily, although Real Madrid's strength has improved now, but compared with Barcelona, it always feels like there is still something shortcoming, but now it is different, Lin Yu's joining has doubled the strength of Real Madrid, such a showdown. It has also become more confusing.
There are no injuries in the squad, which is good news for Lippi, who told all the Real Madrid players before the game: "This is a big battle for all the future games of Real Madrid, definitely not an ordinary league game. Therefore, the whole team must cheer up, and there must be no mistakes, who has problems. Who should not want to be in the starting list again. β
It's a threat, and it's a warning! Lippi had to be strict. Because he also knows that this will be the biggest hurdle since he took charge of Real Madrid, and it has passed. Then it will be a smooth road, and if you can't get through, it will be a complete tragedy.
Casillas also spoke: "The grudge with Barcelona, I think it goes without saying that everyone knows that we don't want them to be miserable in recent seasons, this is a fact, we have to admit it, but now, it's time for revenge, we must not give up easily!" β
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The feud between Real Madrid and Barcelona can actually be traced back to 1928, which was a year of shame for Real Madrid, so they must remember it and put the defeat of Barcelona in their hearts at all times.
In 1928, the Spanish national league officially began, and the first season was a rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid. Due to 500 years of historical, cultural and political feuds, the confrontation between the Conquistador Cassettia and the Conquered Catalans is staged on the football field.
Barcelona had a poor start and suffered a defeat in the first round. Real Madrid led the way in 12 of the 18 rounds, but then it was Barcelona's turn to perform. They fought their way to the penultimate round of the league with 23 points tied on both teams.
In the final round, the Barcelona lads went to Madrid under great pressure. At the home of their opponents, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 to claim the first title of the Spanish league.
This defeat became a pain in Real Madrid's heart: losing a goal, losing the championship, and losing arrogance. Time will not come back, the first trophy of La Liga will always belong to their opponent Barcelona, so Real Madrid has been making up for this shortcoming, they have used excellent results, constantly reinventing their pride and glory, and making Real Madrid the most successful club in La Liga.
And this first season of competition has also become a microcosm of La Liga's next few decades.
To this day, I don't know how many grievances and grievances between the two teams have been, and even the senior management of the two teams have forgotten why they hate each other, but the enmity between them has always existed and intensified as if it could never fade.
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The feud between the two teams and the two clubs has continued, and the feud between Lin Yu and all the players in Barcelona has also been brought in.
In the Champions League final last season, Lin Yu's Chelsea defeated Barcelona, making the confident Barcelona fall from the clouds to hell, so Lin Yu also became the public enemy of Barcelona and even the whole of Catalonia.
Messi and Lin Yu are now the superstars of the two teams, so they also gave interviews to the media before the game began.
When the media asked Messi what kind of player Lin Yu was, Messi smiled: "He is a very strong opponent, but I will beat him." β
Messi's words were short, but they showed great confidence and strong hostility.
Lin Yu said this when answering questions from the media: "Messi? It's just that my men are defeated, what's there to care about, I'm here to defeat Barcelona. Real Madrid will start with me and lead the whole La Liga again! β
Obviously. Lin Yu will say whatever comes to mind, and will never beat around the bush or be duplicitous. He now treats Messi as a defeated man, and he doesn't take it seriously at all, Lin Yu now thinks that his biggest enemy is actually the strange task given to him by the football king cultivator.
However, his remarks caused strong dissatisfaction among the Barcelona players.
Alves scolded: "That ungraceful guy, he's a scumbag!" β
"I can't believe he would say something like that, just wait and see, we're going to crush his hubris," Pique said. β
"That guy is a rude lunatic, I'm not going to meet him like him!" Iniesta also said.
Hearing your own teammates being scolded. The players on Real Madrid's side couldn't stand it anymore.
Ronaldo said: "It's ridiculous that a team that doesn't even dare to admit defeat still talks about its demeanor!" β
Marcelo laughed: "They seem to have forgotten about the poor performance in the Champions League final, Neymar's fake fall is really a classic, he has already surpassed Alves, surpassed Butzques!" β
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The classic scolding battle continued until the day of the game.
Lin Yu and Messi both started the game, and now Messi is a little more murderous than in the past, it seems that it is because of the loss to Lin Yu last season. His mood is not as stable as before, but his condition is much better than before.
In this game, Barcelona's line-up is almost identical to last season's Champions League line-up, with only slight changes.
The goalkeeper is still ValdΓ©s. Although ValdΓ©s has been making transfer troubles, he has never been able to succeed because Barcelona have never found a suitable replacement. Although they have their eye on Atletico's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, Courtois is in Chelsea's ownership. Chelsea won't let them go, they can't do anything about it.
The four defenders were Alba, Mascherano, Pique and Alves. Now Mascherano is almost always a full-time central defender for Barcelona, you must know that before coming to Barcelona, he played as a central midfielder.
The three midfielders are Iniesta, Fabregas and Butzques, and now Xiaofa has completely replaced Xavi and become the core of Barcelona's midfield.
The front three are Messi, Neymar and Pedro, and the difference between last season's Champions League final squad is that Pedro replaced Sanchez.
Real Madrid also played all the main line-up, with Lin Yu, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale in the front, Isco, Xavi Alonso and Khedira in midfield, and Marcelo, Ramos, Varane and Carvajal in the back.
In the goalkeeper position, it is Casillas, since Lippi came, Diego Lopes has had fewer opportunities to play, although this makes many fans feel pity, but because Casillas's performance is as good as ever, Lippi still chose his favorite Cassie as the main starter.
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Camp Nou, one of the most famous stadiums in the world, is as famous as the Bernabeu.
Although there has never been a title of the Devil's home stadium here, everyone knows that the game here is not easy to play, and whoever comes has to be scared.
In the player tunnel, the Spanish players of the two teams were relatively friendly, Casillas, Ramos and others and Iniesta, Xiaofa and others all greeted each other.
However, between the players who do not belong to Spanish nationality, there is a little bit of a wrong way, all of them are cold and cold, as if they are going to fight.
I don't know who whispered, "Barbarian!" β
Lin Yu knew that this voice was aimed at him, but he didn't look for who said it, he just replied, "Actor!" β
If it weren't for the referee coming over, I believe that for the sake of these two words, the two sides would have to work in the players' tunnel, this atmosphere is really a bit not good.
There was no fighting, but the two sides began to talk to each other.
"Lin Yu, you'd better be careful when you compete!" Peake said viciously.
"Hey, what can you do to me if I'm not careful? Defeated! "Lin Yu's mouth will definitely not suffer.
"This is Camp Nou, you just wait to be booed."
"Oh, I'm so scared, I'd better boo it louder, otherwise I won't be able to hear it." Lin Yu laughed and walked out of the players' tunnel with his feet raised.
In the stands of Camp Nou, there was an earth-shattering boo immediately, this boo was a bit terrifying, fortunately, Real Madrid's starters basically came to Camp Nou several times, and they were not too surprised, otherwise this boo alone could immediately reduce most of Real Madrid's combat effectiveness.
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After the start of the game, the smell of gunpowder on the pitch became stronger, which was more terrible than the boos before the opening, only five minutes later, Pique was fouled on Ronaldo, received a yellow card, and Ronaldo had to go to the sidelines for treatment, Pique's foul this time was too fierce, this should be placed elsewhere, it had to be given a red card, that is, at the Camp Nou, stained with the light of the home field, otherwise he should be off.
It can be seen from the slow-motion replay that when Lin Yu passed the ball to Ronaldo, Pique was actually unable to catch up with Ronaldo, and in desperation, he could only shovel directly towards Ronaldo's legs, which was completely a malicious foul, but when he got cheap, he actually behaved and went to the referee to theorize, saying that it was Ronaldo's fake fall.
An angry Ronaldo ripped open his socks and could see that there were already blood marks on his legs.
Seeing the wound on the leg, Pique closed his mouth, but the commentary on the scene was still vigorously saying a very uncomfortable comment: "Ronaldo's strong figure is too easy to fall." (To be continued......)