Chapter 337: Barcelona gives gifts, Real Madrid wins the championship in advance!
The season has come to a close, and it's time to test the manager's ability to close the season.
Schuster lacked the ability to do so last season, sending all his main players in the final round of La Liga. The main team played the Champions League final three days after playing La Liga, and the Champions League final was in danger, but if it was not for Tang Jue's last-minute outbreak, Real Madrid would have achieved Chelsea and allowed the opponent to win the first Champions League trophy in history.
Real Madrid have three games left, La Liga at home to Mallorca on May 24, the Champions League final on May 27 and Osasuna away on June 1.
The fixtures are still intense, with Real Madrid needing only one of their two La Liga games to secure the La Liga title. When defeating Villarreal and approaching the championship point, An Shuai made a bold statement to beat Mallorca at home and win La Liga one round ahead of schedule.
Many media outlets did not believe that Carlo Ancelotti would field all his squad against Mallorca because the Champions League final was immediately set up after this match. In last year's Champions League final, Real Madrid almost collapsed in the final stage of the game because of fitness problems.
As a three-time Champions League winner of Italy, Carlo Ancelotti would not be stupid enough to win La Liga one round earlier without thinking about the Champions League final. Even if they lose to Mallorca, Real Madrid can still be sure to win La Liga as long as they defeat Osasuna in the final round.
Milan Sport knows Carlo Ancelotti very well, and they believe that Real Madrid may send most of the main players to start when they play Mallorca, determine the score lead in the first half, and replace three main players in the second half, so as to ensure their fitness.
Milanese Dynasty Era. That's how Ancelotti solves the problem.
At this time, the city of Madrid is intertwined with joy and tension. The La Liga and Champions League trophies are within reach, they are happy, but these two trophies are not yet in their hands, they are nervous, afraid that Real Madrid will fall in front of the trophy and watch others lift the trophy.
Real Madrid was not affected by this situation, and coach Carlo Ancelotti won the Big Ears Cup three times and has a lot of experience. Many players believe that without Carlo Ancelotti. Real Madrid have already been eliminated by Premier League teams in the knockout stages this season.
There are a lot of players who have won the Big Ears Cup. They can take it in stride. Those players who experienced last season's thrilling final have a lot of confidence in Don.
And Tang Jue can't see a trace of nervousness in training these days, and often laughs and plays with his teammates. Clearly, Ribery was the object of his play. There is no other reason. He is leaving the Bernabeu next season.
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May 23 at 4 p.m. The match between Camp Nou, Barcelona and Osasuna is underway. Guardiola let several injured main players sit on the bench, and La Liga is hopeless anyway. It's better to look at some young players.
Once the game began, Barcelona were firmly in control of the football at their feet. The Osasuna players knew that the game at the Camp Nou was not easy to play, and they did not rush and patiently maneuvered with Barca.
Their patience paid off, and in the 26th minute of the first half, Plasil set up Pandiani, who fired a powerful shot past Valdés to give Osasuna a 1-0 lead!
After the score was behind, Barcelona's bench strengthened its attack, but without the dispatch of Xavi and Iniesta, Barcelona's attack looked a little messy, showing a tiger's tail and only blossoming but not bearing fruit.
After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Barcelona, which had 63% possession, lost 0-1 at home to Osasuna. When the news reached Madrid, the whole city of Madrid was jubilant!
Barcelona's defeat led to a result, that is, Real Madrid has won the La Liga championship!
It's like being ready to fight to the death with your opponent, only to suddenly find that you don't need to separate the winner from your opponent. The tense atmosphere in Madrid City was completely replaced with ease, and Real Madrid fans rushed to tell each other that Real Madrid had won the La Liga title!
After the match between Barcelona and Osasuna, An Shuai turned off the TV, poured himself a glass of red wine, and stood on the balcony. Looking at the afterglow of the sunset, A Shuai smiled at the corner of his mouth, his back was so relaxed.
Barcelona is a big gift to Real Madrid, and in tomorrow's game, he can send a substitute to play and let the main team rest.
La Liga is in hand, will the Champions League be far away?
An Shuai couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. After drinking the red wine in the glass, he returned to the study, calmly picked up the phone and discussed with his assistants the lineup for tomorrow's game.
That night, Madrid's bars were full, and Real Madrid fans drank beer and voiced their opinions.
"The next time the 'Mad Boys' come to Madrid, we can be polite to them."
"Pep Guardiola doesn't look that nasty either."
"Barcelona is right to do this, at a critical moment, Spain must be unanimous with the outside world."
"The next time it encounters such a situation, Real Madrid will also be more generous and simply complete Barcelona."
"Will there be fireworks at the Bernabeu tomorrow night? I remember when Don performed the 100-ball feat, the fireworks were so beautiful......"
"Winning La Liga three times in a row, La Liga hasn't been like that for many years......"
"Thinking back to the beginning of the season, we were in 10th place, and who would have thought that we would still win the championship. It's a miracle! ”
"When Don yelled out after his comeback, I firmly believed that we would definitely win the La Liga title......"
", you guy, you're an afterthought......"
"Come on! We toast to the triple crown! ”
"Come on! We wish Real Madrid a victory over Manchester United and success in defending their Champions League title! ”
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In the post-match press conference, Pep Guardiola was rebuked by the British media.
"Did you deliberately lose this game? This will allow Real Madrid's main players to rest and prepare for the Champions League final at full strength. ”
"Will Ancelotti accept your affection?"
"Aren't Barcelona and Real Madrid bitter enemies? Why did Barcelona make Real Madrid? ”
Countless sharp questions were thrown at Guardiola, and the Barcelona coach frowned slightly and replied in the calmest voice: "No one will deliberately lose the game, we have no chance to compete for the La Liga title." So let more young players get training in La Liga. “
"Do you think Real Madrid don't have what it takes to beat Mallorca or Osasuna?"
"Barcelona doesn't mean to fulfill others, you think too much."
The British media disagreed with Guardiola's answer and picked up their pens to lash out at him. The Daily Mail said: Pep Guardiola completely violated sportsmanship by deliberately sending young players in order to make Real Madrid's preparation for the Champions League final easy, and they lost at home to Osasuna. Real Madrid won La Liga without a fight.
Damn the Spaniards, has he forgotten the "hatred" between them?
The Guardian ridiculed: Barcelona have lost to Real Madrid ten times in a row in the past two seasons, so they bowed their heads and simply lost two games in a row at the most critical time. Real Madrid won the La Liga title for three consecutive years.
Barcelona. We're going to ask you one thing - are you still a wealthy family?
Compared with the ridicule and sarcasm of the British media, the Catalan media uncharacteristically did not criticize Barcelona, and the reaction was very flat, just a simple comment on the game. It's not that Johansen doesn't want to criticize Barca. Rather, he knows at such times. Your own critical articles will be killed by the editor-in-chief.
Barcelona lost to Osasuna and Real Madrid won the championship ahead of schedule. The Barcelona fans seemed calm. Johansen understands why Barcelona fans are so calm.
If Real Madrid can defeat Manchester United to defend the Champions League, Barcelona fans can even say that Real Madrid can defend the Champions League and Barcelona has a share of the credit. If Real Madrid loses to Manchester United. Barcelona fans can ridicule Real Madrid, we have already fulfilled you, you can't win the Champions League yet, don't you feel guilty in your heart?
Johansen speculates very thoroughly about the thoughts of Barcelona fans, he is waiting for Real Madrid to lose to Manchester United, and then he can say the sarcastic words of Barcelona fans and criticize Real Madrid freely.
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Milan Sports believes that the Spaniards chose unity at a critical moment, and there are objective and subjective reasons for Barcelona to lose two games in a row. The objective reason is that they fell at the feet of Real Madrid three times in eleven days, lost the top position in La Liga and qualified for the Champions League final, and their morale was extremely low.
As for the subjective reason, it is that Guardiola thinks that since he can't stop Real Madrid, why not simply give Real Madrid a big gift, so that they can easily compete with Manchester United for the Big Ears Cup. In this way, Real Madrid can still accept Barcelona's love.
The German media has always been biased against the British media, believing them to be too impetuous and mixing too many personal opinions in their reports. Bild did not criticize Guardiola, but praised him: This is the atmosphere of the Barcelona manager, when La Liga is hopeless, simply give a big gift to the sworn enemy, it is impossible for a person without atmosphere.
The German media did not expect that their praise would be a good relationship with Guardiola. Later, after Guardiola left Barcelona, he went to Bayern to coach.
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To get the benefit of others, you always have to say something nice. An Shuai said in an interview with the media: "Guardiola's transformation of Barcelona this season is obvious to all, and his possession style of play is developing to an extreme and has achieved good results.
We won the duel against Barcelona, but everyone saw that almost every game, we won very hard.
I'm also going to send more young players to play when there's no hope of winning the title and let them get practiced, so it's very acceptable for him to do that. ”
An Shuai's meaning is very clear, if Real Madrid encounters this situation with Barcelona in the future, they will do the same. He's in solidarity with Pep Guardiola.
In a telephone interview with La Diega de Paris, Tang said: "I know that the British media will criticize Pep Guardiola because our opponent in the Champions League final is Manchester United. If we had played against teams from other countries, they wouldn't have reacted so strongly. ”
"I won't say right now, even if Barcelona don't lose to Osasuna, Real Madrid can still win the title one round earlier. Because there is no point in saying that. Whether the Spaniards are united, Barcelona is full of Real Madrid, this is a choice, and Guardiola really makes people feel atmospheric. ”
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Real Madrid was filled with a joyous atmosphere, and under the personal direction of Florentino, preparations began at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium for the celebrations. It was his first major title in charge of Real Madrid, and he wanted to tell the world that he could do better than Calderón. (To be continued......)