Chapter 656: La Liga Champion?
In La Liga, the gap between league leaders Barcelona and Real Madrid has widened to as many as 21 points, which means that in this round of La Liga on April 22, if Real Madrid loses points and Barcelona wins, Barcelona can win the championship in an unprecedented 7 rounds in advance!
In this round, Real Madrid will play Valencia at home, while Barcelona will take on Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini's yellow submarine Villarreal away.
It is very difficult to get points at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and many believe that the champions of the season will be announced after this round of league games, because they believe that Valencia can create obstacles for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid's recent exit from the Champions League was at a time of low morale, and acting manager Camacho, who had already disappointed fans not long after taking office, was no longer the same as when he first came to the table, and was slammed by the media and fans.
It is almost certain that Camacho, the acting manager, will leave the team at the end of the season.
Valencia have been in good form this season, reaching the last 16 of the Champions League and finishing fourth in the league, and could do Barcelona a helping at a time when Real Madrid are in crisis both internally and externally.
When a reporter asked Qiao Wanxian before the game what he thought of this game, Qiao Wanxian shrugged his shoulders and said calmly: "I never pin my hopes on others. Even if Valencia can't snipe Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Barcelona will only win the title one round later. It's not a problem. For me, it's more important now to lead the team to a good game against Villarreal. ”
More than 10,000 fans traveled with the team. Intend to witness the classic moment when the team won the championship early.
The capacity of the Love Song Stadium is not large, only 22,000 seats, and the number of Barcelona fans who bought tickets is only 5,000, but this is not a small number, and the sound and momentum they create are like being able to turn the Love Song Stadium into Barcelona's own home stadium.
In this game, Manuel Pellegrini presented a 4-5-1 formation. Goalkeeper Vieira, on the back line are Venta, Sigan, Fuentes, Enrique; The midfielders were Pire, Hosico, Senna, Marcos. Garcia, Carney, and the single arrow in front of the Uruguayan striker Diego. Fran.
Although there is a clear disadvantage in strength. But Pellegrini obviously won't let Joe's cannon take away the victory, and he even has the intention of taking advantage of the home field to expose the upset.
Villarreal, who are playing at home, is still defensive-oriented, waiting for opportunities to counterattack, and Forlan and Pire both have strong individual combat capabilities.
Maybe it's because Barcelona has a bit of a big rotation in this game. Or maybe it's because of the lure of the championship that the players have a problem with their mentality. Barcelona didn't get many chances in the first 20 minutes of the game under Villarreal's tactics.
Of course, this is also related to Qiao Wanxian's dispatch of a relatively less coordinated forward combination today - Ronaldo, Suarez, and Gyuli.
Ibrahimovic was suspended and unable to play, Messi was rested in rotation, Ronaldo suffered a minor injury, and the main force sent by Qiao Wanxian was basically concentrated in the midfield.
In the 25th minute of the game, Villarreal even scored first in an attack.
Pire's assist on the right is followed by a cross from Thiago. There was a slight mistake in Silva's header clearance. The ball fell to Spanish midfielder Senna.
Senna got up to shoot and the ball hit Van Bommel before bouncing off Senna. The Spaniard unloaded the ball and burst into the box and slotted the ball into the bottom right corner of the net less than 10 yards out, but Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon couldn't make a save.
Looking at Thiago with his head in his hands. Silva, Jovin sighed inwardly, with young defenders have to bear their mistakes from time to time.
But after thinking about it, Qiao Wanxian felt that this was not a good thing.
If Thiago. Silva has made many mistakes, then his position in the Barcelona team must be very bad, and he is not favored by the technical department of the management. Silva's chances of getting under his command will be greatly increased.
After all, Thiago. Silva's strength that has passed the growth period, Qiao Wanxian knows it very well.
Seeing that their home team was ahead, the Yellow Submarine fans immediately came to their senses, and they began to cheer loudly to suppress the shouts of the Barcelona fans, and the home team took a one-goal lead, although it was not enough to say that it was a victory over the mighty Barcelona, but it was already a very ideal gift for the fans.
Puyol stepped forward to comfort Silva before the players began to fight back silently.
Qiao Wanxian did not make any radical moves on the sidelines, this is a kind of self-confidence, he never thought that a team could have the strength to defeat him, even if he only took out 1 ml of Shengyuan No. 1 in this game.
Barcelona, who launched a sudden attack, suppressed Villarreal in the half, and of course, this also had a lot to do with the fact that the defense shrank more after Villarreal took the lead.
Giuli is a very orthodox wide player, he is not like Messi and Ronaldo can be on the side, so most of the time he sends crosses after breaking through on the wing, but Barcelona does not have a high point in the middle, Suarez is better at the ground, and Villarreal's air defense in the middle is quite good, so the effect is not very good.
After half a day of unsuccessful attacks on the wings, Barcelona began to shift their attacks more to the middle, and Modric, who started in midfield alongside Andres Iniesta, began to play more with the ball.
In terms of scheduling ability, the current Modric naturally has a big gap with Pirlo, but his breakthrough ability and direct threat to the goal are not weak.
Luka Modric's two long-range shots were of high quality and Barcelona would have scored had it not been for Vieira's two world-class saves.
One of Barcelona's most threatening shots in the first half occurred in the 37th minute, Suarez created a chance after a relentless run in front, snatched the ball at the feet of the opposing defender, and then came with a very creative hanging shot outside the penalty area, Vieira, who was standing a little forward, had already surrendered, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the penalty area, and Vieira, who reacted, saved the ball deadly.
"Cristiano, be positive, ask for the ball more, be more involved in the planning of the attack, open up their defence!"
Qiao Wanxian only said this sentence at halftime.
At the start of the second half, Villarreal's manager made a substitution, and he used the midfielder Jose. Mari replaced veteran French player Andreas Pire, intending to maintain a one-goal lead until the end.
Of course, Qiao Wanxian and all the Barcelona fans smiled wryly after seeing Pellegrini's substitution: "Old Pei, you really think too much!" ”
After Qiao Wanxian's "name", Ronaldo's table in the second half was really active, and several consecutive breakthroughs on the side caused chaos in the opponent's defense, and helped the team equalize in the 53rd minute.
It was Suarez who pulled to the wing, burst into the box with the ball and crossed, and his beautiful pass allowed Ronaldo to easily stretch his foot and kick the ball into Vieira's goal.
After the equaliser, Villarreal was in a dilemma up and down, swinging left and right between attack and defence. Just when Manuel Pellegrini was still hesitating tactics, Barcelona scored again.
Van Bommel broke the ball in the middle and quickly distributed it to Gyuli, the Frenchman began to dribble the ball from the right side quickly, Enrique came up to block, Gyuli made a feint to force a breakthrough from the side and then suddenly took the ball to the middle, shook off the unprepared Enrique, and then took advantage of Villarreal's defensive formation to directly stuff the ball to Suarez at the front of the penalty area.
The young player Suarez knows Ronaldo's position in the team very well, and also knows Ronaldo's strong desire to score goals, although he can complete the goal in that position, he still chose to send a diagonal pass to Ronaldo.
Almost the same as the first goal, Ronaldo stabbed his right foot on the line of the small penalty area and scored again!
“2:1! In the second half, Barcelona adjusted the attacking rhythm and quickly overtook the score. Portuguese Cristiano. In the absence of many key players in the team, Ronaldo single-handedly provoked the team's attacking pillar, and he used a brace to help the team completely reverse! ”
"In the other game, Real Madrid and Valencia, who are playing at home, drew 1:1, and if the two sides keep this score until the end, then the league title of this season will be announced seven rounds in advance, and that is Barcelona led by Joe Cannon!"
"In this game, Pellegrini has done well enough, but unfortunately, he faced Joe Cannon today, and it was almost invincible Barcelona! Will the Love Song Stadium become the place where Barcelona will win the La Liga championship again after seven years? (To be continued......)