Chapter 20 Is It Okay?

For Spanish football, the dialogue between Real Madrid and Barcelona at least twice a year is a common festival for even fans, these two teams represent the pride of Spanish football, and they are also the top giants of European and even world football.

Real Madrid is popular for political reasons and their excellent historical record, which makes them very wealthy, and the Catalonia region, where Barcelona is located, is one of the richest regions in Spain...... It really is the undisputed top of the world.

But the situation of Real Madrid and Barcelona this year is really different from previous years......

On Barcelona's side, "Brutal Simon" brought his "Top Ten Stars" to the Camp Nou, and achieved a tsunami-like 17 consecutive victories in the midst of controversy, and made great progress in all competitions, but there is still an undercurrent behind it, and the situation is not very stable, but in the face of the team's crazy record, all the negative factors have been firmly suppressed.

And Real Madrid, this season is really trying to perform this season, has coached Real Madrid for three seasons of the world's top coach Prandelli, in the first three seasons won a league runner-up, two third place, in the Champions League last season reached the semi-finals, failed to win the Copa del Rey, three years are empty-handed, in general, the record is just average, fortunately, Florentino is over 70 years old, he has enough patience, and he can't dig Simon? Grayson, it didn't make sense for the other managers to come over, so there was no sacking of the Italian.

This season. Real Madrid spent 79 million euros to buy Russian star Allan in the transfer market? Desagoev, Ukrainian star Yaroslav and others, plus the team's original Brazilian stars Giulizino and Lucas? Moah, Varane and other stars, as well as a group of veterans led by C. Ronaldo, Real Madrid's overall strength is really not weak at all, and now in La Liga, 11 games, 8 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 26 points ranked second. If it weren't for Barcelona's 11 victories being too perverted, the "White Army" would have been in the leading position.

Even so, the cautious Italian challenged his opponent before the game, and Prandelli said very calmly in front of reporters: "We all know how difficult it is to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou, but I and the players are confident that we can play against our opponents because now we are seven points behind in the league and if we want to win the title then we have to do something and we will tell everyone with action." Barcelona...... It's not as powerful as we think. ”

Prandley's words, which were scoffed at by many, won 17 of 17 fights, and also had Shaq, Ben? Parker, Rivero, Batista, Ganso, Rafael, Fabregas, Vasquis, Shaarawy and a group of other stars in the luxury line-up, Barcelona ...... Not strong enough!?

Maybe Barcelona is really strong, but ...... They still have some trouble themselves!

First of all, it was because of Cruyff's broken mouth that Simon? Grayson, Shaq, and even the management including club president Russell and other objections. It also caused some fans to be hostile to the club.

But now really let Simon? Grayson is worried about the team's lineup, although Rafael has recovered from injury and started training. However, his form is not very good, although he can help the team's attack more than Montoya, but his form is a problem that cannot be ignored.

Also, Simon? Grayson was desperate for Neymar, the Brazilian star who played 90 minutes in Barcelona's 10-0 win over Bonfredina, without scoring or assisting. There were eight crosses and a pitiful one, but in terms of dribbles, the Brazilian completed seven in the game.

Neymar's performance made Simon? Grayson could only sigh helplessly. Obviously he has a lot of personal ability, but the Brazilian just can't fit into the team's tactics, even if he doesn't have an assist, he can't even do crosses, such a player...... What are you doing here!?

Actually, Simon? Grayson originally had high hopes for Neymar, and he wanted Neymar to be Shaq's right-hand man, but it was a pity...... Now Simon? Grayson can finally be sure that the Brazilian is indeed not suitable for supporting roles, Neymar's personal ability is not weak, and it is no problem to make him the protagonist in other teams, even in Barcelona, when Messi abdicates, Neymar should be able to follow the trend, but not now, because Barcelona now has a better leader...... Sark!

Simon? Grayson discussed with his assistant McAndrew several times, and saw that Rafael's condition was getting better and better, and finally decided to let Rafael replace Montoya to return to the main lineup, as for Neymar...... Simon? Grayson still gave the vote of confidence back to "Little Pharaoh" Shaarawy.

Playing with a giant team like Real Madrid is completely different from those previous games, although the luck component still exists, it will never be the key to determining the outcome of the game.

Real Madrid's strength is undoubted, they have always maintained a strong competitiveness over the years, and Prandelli's entry into the ownership has changed the situation of Real Madrid's offensive strength and weak defense in the past, in three years, Real Madrid conceded the second fewest goals in the first two years, and last season it became the best defensive team in the league with 29 goals conceded, which is of course the credit of Prandelli.

Simon? Since leaving Manchester United, Grayson has not known much about other countries at club level, and there is no need for other teams to care except for the 20 clubs in the Premier League.

But for Real Madrid, Simon? Grayson can only look at it with respect, because ...... She's Real Madrid!

Honestly, Simon? Grayson feels that Barcelona is not in the best condition now, he still has a lot of ideas and ideas for this team that have not been achieved, which needs to be added a little bit later, and when Neymar's performance is overwhelmed, there is no other way in the short term.

November 24th. The Camp Nou was flooded with 103949 fans, all the seats were full, and the attendance rate was 100 per cent!

It can be seen that this clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid has a huge attraction in itself.

At the pre-match press conference, Simon? Grayson has asked his assistant Mike Andrew to announce the eighteen-man roster. And Neymar didn't even have Neymar's name on the list, so he could only sit on the bench with Bojan, Valdés and Busquets.

Bojan, Valdés, and Busquets are talking about this game as usual, Neymar is not so comfortable, Valdés is 36 years old, after the team has Mark and Kovar this season, he is already in a semi-retired state, Bojan is a person who has been pushed to the transfer market, but he has not been able to reach a transfer agreement with other teams, but Busquets is not in very good physical condition. That's why he didn't get on the bench.

But what about Neymar!?

Everyone knows that Neymar is not without opportunities, but because of his own poor performance, he has come to this point.

Neymar was gloomy and in a terrible mood, he didn't try, he tried as hard as he could, he tried to implement the tactics assigned by the manager, but he just couldn't find a feeling on the pitch. Maybe...... Is he really not going to fit in with Simon? Grayson's tactics, right!?

It's now the end of November, and the winter transfer window is still a month away. Neymar is also considering whether he should choose to leave, although he has just signed a five-year contract with the team, but now Barcelona ...... Neymar doesn't see his way out.

Winger...... Kick badly!

Center...... Kill Neymar, he doesn't think he can do better than Shaq's pervert!

So...... Is it necessary to stay!?

In this battle that is the focus of the world's attention, Simon? Grayson's starting line-up for Barcelona was not unexpected, but Real Madrid. Prandelli put out a somewhat surprising lineup.

On the forward line, only 30-year-old Higuain is at the front, after returning to Real Madrid in Italy, Higuain's consciousness is significantly different from before, and the "little smoking gun" that has entered the year of this season seems to have burst out of all his light and heat like a god. He has scored 14 goals and provided eight assists in 15 games for the team, a performance that has put him in the team's starting centre-forward.

Behind Higuain, Giuliano, Lucas? Moah and Desagoev lined up in a row, and this frontcourt combination worth hundreds of millions of euros is almost perfect in Prandelli's opinion, with speed, power, impact, experience, awareness, creativity, and energy...... Nothing is missing!

The two defensive midfielders are Belgian Raja? Nainggolan and Germany's Khedira, the midfield duo who contributed less in attack but were tenacious and solid, and their excellent interception ability was exactly what Prandelli needed.

Guard line...... Prandelli has really thrown money at it this season, he poached Papadopoulos from Manchester United, and David from Chelsea? Luiz, and then a strong line of defenders was born, and the Italians arranged the more stable Coentrão and David in this game? Luiz played as a full-back, allowing Papadopoulos to form a centre-back combination with the well-established French centre-back Raphael Varane.

In the goalkeeper position, Prandelli still maintained his usual choice after taking office, and the 37-year-old Casillas has become more and more demonic in recent years, and he is a bit on par with Van der Sar.

In the face of such a Real Madrid, Barcelona fans can't help but feel a little empty, can their own team really beat them!?

This season, Barcelona have used Shaq as the arrow, attacking and winning, and this time ...... Is it okay!?

Unconsciously, Shaq has become the subconscious reliance of Barcelona fans with his strong strength. (To be continued......)