On Monday evening, Real Madrid captain Raul convened an intra-squad meeting to organise it in the form of a party.

The team members dressed casually and gathered at a high-end restaurant in the city.

After eating and drinking, the waiter removed the utensils from the table and poured fragrant special drinks for everyone, and the theme of the meeting began.

Raul got straight to the point: "Guys, we are going to play the national derby with Barcelona this weekend, I am sure you all know how Barcelona have been this season, and we have this or that problem, now we need to calmly analyze the form of the team, everyone will come together and try to win at Camp Nou, everyone should know the consequences of losing, we are now eight points behind Barcelona, if we lose, the gap will widen to double digits!" ”

Casillas immediately said: "We have to improve our defense first, Barcelona will be the strongest opponent we will face this season, and we have already been beaten twice by Juventus, the situation at the back must be improved!" ”

Cannavaro said helplessly: "The back line is always exposed to the opponent's guns, how can we improve? The defense line is so long, we only have two legs, the opponent only needs to simply pass and run, and we can't do anything. ”

Guti was not happy to hear this, and said: "Our tradition is to attack, the midfielders must follow up and plug in, if you always stay in the backfield, the front attack can't open the situation, what do you say?" ”

Cannavaro immediately retorted.

"But the attack didn't work, but the opponent frequently counterattacked and fast-attacked, and our midfield defense was useless!"

Gago would not dare to speak at such a meeting. He was very afraid to get involved in this kind of "war" within the team!

Because he himself is not under the protection of a group with a strong backer.

Raul sees that Cannavaro and Guti are about to break out into an argument. He immediately stopped it. "We are here to solve the problem, we need to unite first, please calm down." ”

At this time, Qin Xiong spoke.

'I think there's a problem with the offense as well, but the root of the problem is the mentality, if anyone thinks I'm above my team-mates on the pitch, please let me know, if they think I'm not putting the team's interests first, let me know. I will apologize, I will make it right. ”

The purpose of Qin Xiong's words was to hope that everyone would reflect on themselves instead of blaming others.

In fact, the problems in the defensive line are not wrong with Cannavaro and Guti.

The only problem is Diarra, who didn't attend the meeting today, he's recuperating from his injuries!

Last season, the combination of Guti and Diarra was balanced, Diarra was dedicated to defense, Guti was involved in the attack, no matter how unreliable the back line was, occasionally nerves, at least there would be no problems with the iron triangle system at the back, which could ensure that Real Madrid's backline was still in a stable state most of the time.

It's a hard injury!

It is difficult to reach a consensus in a few words.

Qin Xiong believes that the bigger question is not whether the squad structure is balanced and reasonable. It's that the team's hearts are scattered.

There is no point in simply talking about defence, especially for Real Madrid's technical and tactical style of attacking instead of defending.

When the attack group does not bring strong offensive oppression and situation-shaping ability. The backline is naturally at stake.

Robben and Van der Vaart were silent, and Sneijder, who was sitting next to Qin Xiong, said: "I think we still have to be calm and patient in the game, pay more attention to the movement of our teammates, and create more opportunities for our teammates as before." ”

Robben and Van der Vaart sounded harsh, but they didn't want to make any more waves in such an atmosphere.

It's not a day or two since the Dutch gang is fighting on their own.

During the period when they carried the team forward, they were praised by the media and enjoyed the vanity of the fanatical support of the fans, but when the team's situation took a turn for the worse, they only thought about turning the tide on their own, but ignored whether they could really carry the team!

Failure leads to conflict, and finger-pointing has become the norm in the dressing room.

It cannot be said that Bosque does not have enough deterrent power to suppress the Dutch gang, you must know that the previous managers of the Dutch national team have not been able to make the Dutch players obedient, and internal problems have always existed.

In the whole of European football, perhaps the Dutch players are the most unruly.

"What we need to do now is to unite, unify our ideas, and put team honor first!"

Raul has the final word.

The Real Madrid generals around the table nodded their heads, at least on the surface.

It's not just the Real Madrid players who are in the meeting, the coaching staff is also struggling with the technical and tactical design of the national derby.

Although Qin Xiong is back in the team, Bosque does not think that Real Madrid can compete with Barcelona head-on!

There are many reasons for this, the most important of which is that Real Madrid's squad is not neat, the team has not had a high degree of tacit understanding since the new season, there are players injured at both ends in three days, and there is no fixed 13 or 14 man squad to make the team reach a perfect level of tacit understanding.

There is also the factor of playing away from home, Real Madrid is clearly not as confident as Barcelona when they are in the mire.

What about the status of individual players?

Whether it is comparing Messi and Qin Xiong, or Eto'o and Raul, or Xavi and Guti, etc., to compete against each other, Real Madrid is at a disadvantage!

How to go head-to-head with Barcelona?

What to do with Barcelona?

Passionate?

Will Barcelona's hard work after coming out of the trough be weaker than Real Madrid?

Bosque consulted with the coaching staff for a long time and finally developed a tactic that he believed was the only one that could compete with Barcelona.

Defend and counterattack!

The situation is stronger than people, and you have to bow your head!

It was as if the Champions League group stage finale in midweek had been forgotten by the Spanish media.

Of course, Barcelona secured top spot in the group and Real Madrid qualified early, although there was a slight chance of reversing Juventus to top the group, but the odds were always too slim.

While Real Madrid needs to win at home, Juventus also loses to the likes of Borisov Bart.

How is that possible?

Real Madrid host Zenit at the Bernabeu in midweek.

Qin Xiong came on in the last 30 minutes of the second half and assisted Higuain to score the third goal of the game.

Real Madrid beat Zenit 3-0 at home, while Juventus drew with Borisov Bart at home.

The Champions League group stage is over.

Juventus 12 points.

Real Madrid 12 points.

Both teams are level on points, but Juventus beat Real Madrid home and away to top the group.

After the Champions League match, the eyes of the whole of Spain and even Europe began to focus on the Camp Nou in Barcelona.

The countdown to the 234th Spanish national derby begins! (To be continued.) )