941 "Alone"
On January 11, Real Madrid's away match against Mallorca came as scheduled.
The haze that surrounds the sky at the Bernabeu completely divides the management!
The management is in turmoil, the opposition is growing, Calderón is in the grip of lawsuits and scandals, Mijatovic is on the cusp, and Real Madrid's normal work is completely out of order.
Even Calderón's contract renewal has been worried about urging Qin Xiong, who has been worried about urging, has been shelved in the corner and no one cares, at this time he feels a strong sense of crisis, he is unable to protect himself, he is actively enveloping the hearts of the inside, and he is also trying to reverse the media criticism of him through diplomatic public relations, hoping to shift the focus, but his public relations skills are not very clever, just like he does not know how to be cautious in words and deeds, which is not helpful to the current situation, his popularity has fallen to the lowest point, and even under the media's questioning, he can only stubbornly claim that he will never resign.
Real Madrid arrived at Mallorca's home stadium and after the players walked out of the tunnel, it was almost impossible to see Real Madrid fans coming to cheer them on.
The recent scandal surrounding the club's top management has also caused fans to lose their expectation of the team, and perhaps now fans want to express their protest and anger against Calderón in this way!
"In the 18th round of La Liga, Mallorca, ranked 10th in the league, hosted Real Madrid, Mallorca has experienced a change of ownership of the club this season, Real Madrid has experienced management turmoil, and the two teams that are not stable meet today, of course, in terms of strength, Real Madrid must be far better than Mallorca, but in an environment of 8 points behind Barcelona and internal and external difficulties. Will Real Madrid's competitive form be affected? We don't know. Neutral fans naturally don't want the suspense of the La Liga title to end early. Then it's up to Real Madrid to give people hope.
Here's a look at the starting line-ups for both sides of the game.
Mallorca started 532.
Goalkeeper: Awat.
Defenders: Scaloni, Navarro, Nunez, Ramis, Clares.
Midfielders: Marti, Suarez, Santana.
Forwards: Webb, Arango.
Real Madrid started 442.
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defender: Salgado. Ramos, Cannavaro, Marcelo.
Midfielders: Robben, Guti, Diarra, Sneijder.
Forwards: Raul, Qin Xiong.
Real Madrid's recent record has rebounded, so let's see if they can continue to perform better today despite the pressure from the outside. ”
Qin Xiong and Raul stood at the tee-point, accompanied by the chill of winter, Real Madrid's posture was slightly tragic.
They are clearly victims of the turmoil in the club's management. Innocently implicated, the club itself should protect them. Alleviate their mental stress, but now it turns out that they are exposed to the guns of the media.
The transfer of one player after another will be questioned, the value will be talked about, and it is impossible for anyone to accept it calmly.
Qin Xiong and Raul glanced at each other, and the persistence and calmness in their eyes were particularly obvious.
The two tacitly looked back at their teammates, as if showing a posture of standing proudly in the cold wind.
At this time, we must stand tall and unyielding, unite together to overcome the difficulties!
The game began, and Mallorca adopted a defensive formation of five defenders in order to contain Real Madrid's attack, avoiding being torn apart by Real Madrid's frequent lateral transfer of the ball.
Then Real Madrid will have to play vertical penetration in such a situation, and the attack will be more frequent.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Qin Xiong gestured to Guti and signaled him to try more through balls, don't be afraid of mistakes!
In the 5th minute, Guti received Robben's cross pass in the middle and passed straight to the front, and Raul turned his back to Mallorca, and the two central defenders passed the ball horizontally to Qin Xiong, who was in front.
Qin Xiong first squeezed the opponent away with physical confrontation under Marti's pressure, and then burst forward with speed, his forward intention was clear at a glance, and Scaloni and Navarro immediately closed the door in front of him.
Qin Xiong knocked the ball behind him with his heel when the ball rolled in front of him.
Sneijder, who slanted in from behind him, slid the ball diagonally and slotted the ball away, and the midfielder Santana was caught off guard by Sneijder's head-on breakaway.
Sneijder, who shook off the angle of the shot, completed a long-range shot in the middle of the penalty area!
The ball flew slightly over the crossbar to the stands.
Real Madrid's attacking play was still capable of making their opponents fearful.
It's a tacit understanding that they've reinvented through the last two games.
Mallorca tried to slow down the tempo of the game, but they had too many players in central midfield and were afraid of making mistakes and causing a big disaster, so they had to clear the ball with their feet when they were surrounded by Real Madrid in front.
In the 9th minute of the game, Clares drove the ball to the front with a big foot on the left side of the backfield, Arango grabbed the header before Las Diarra, and Webber got rid of Guti's defense and stopped the ball on his chest and began to dribble towards the direction of the penalty area.
Mallorca's lack of wide attack meant Real Madrid's full-backs didn't have much to fear.
Salgado was the first to rush up and press, and Webber immediately changed direction to pass Salgado.
He's halfway there!
At the moment when he changed direction, Salgado, who pounced too hard, was already passed, but Ramos made a preemptive attack after ambushing behind him, and the top scramble decisively cut off the ball, and Webber could only look at the ball and sigh in the end.
Ramos broke the ball and went straight to the fast attack, and he played the ball diagonally to Marcelo on the left wing.
Marcelo is one of Real Madrid's most driven players this season, and despite his success with the team last season, Marcelo is actually a nobody at the Bernabeu, and no one cares about him or measures his contribution to the team.
So this season he was ambitious and aggressive, and as soon as he got possession of the ball, he dribbled forward along the flanks to push the attack.
After half-time, Marti was playing up the flank, and Marcelo spotted Sneijder's tendency to move down the middle, and he passed the ball to Sneijder, who kept kicking the ball back down the flank.
Marti's vacillation in defence led to an easy one-two between Marcelo and Sneijder.
Marcelo, who continued to push forward the offensive, saw Qin Xiong running to answer, and at this time he passed the ball to Qin Xiong's feet.
Suarez directly stepped down to steal Qin Xiong, before he got down, Qin Xiong quickly kicked the ball diagonally behind, then dodged Suarez's pressing, turned back, and the football returned to his feet.
Sneijder completed the wall-to-wall coordination with him.
At this time, Mallorca's defense tightened to the middle, and the defenders tried to surround Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong didn't know how many times he had encountered this kind of situation on the court, where he seemed to be surrounded and suppressed.
His mentality has long been calm and unflustered, and the pressure on him from this kind of scene will only stimulate him to play better! (To be continued.) )