Chapter 303: La Liga Half Over!
At 4 p.m. on January 6, at the San Moise Stadium, the match between Real Madrid and Mallorca officially began.
In order to catch up with Barcelona, Real Madrid took the lead in attacking after the start of the game. Thanks to Kaka's arrival, Real Madrid's attack is no longer based solely on the left flank.
In the fourth minute, Tang Jue cooperated with Kaka in the middle, and Kaka inserted into the penalty area and shot low before the opponent's defender. Soccer ball slides out!
In the seventh minute, Tang Jue got a shot opportunity on the left side of the penalty area and shot angrily. The soccer ball hits the upright and pops the bottom line!
In the tenth minute, Yaya Toure inserted in the back row and shot hard, and the football was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Moya!
Real Madrid were on the offensive and Mallorca also launched a counter-attack after stubbornly withstanding their attacks. In the thirteenth minute, striker Arango shot hard from the right side of the penalty area, and the football was saved by Casillas.
In the seventeenth minute, Perea crossed from the left, and Giza, under Pepe's interference, grabbed the goal and shot. The football slid out of the bottom line next to the post, causing Real Madrid to break out in a cold sweat.
As time passed, Real Madrid gradually took control of the game by virtue of their strength, and Mallorca was in frequent crises in front of the goal. In the 25th minute, Ribery crossed from the left, and Tang Jue in front of the post failed to touch the football under the interference of the opposing defenders. Henry, who was ambushed in the middle, was lucky enough to touch a football. The ball flew past Moya on the left side and into the net!
The score became 1-0!
Real Madrid were the first to score away from home!
Thierry Henry's goal boosted the morale of Real Madrid's players. In the next game, Real Madrid was in full swing. In the 37th minute, Ramos assisted. Pass the ball into the opponent's penalty area. There was a panic in the Mallorca penalty area, and the ball suddenly rolled towards the arc of the penalty area after several collisions.
Sneijder, who was outside the penalty area, stepped forward, waved his right leg, and met the ball with a furious shot. I saw a white light shine, and the football passed through the cracks, flew over the goal line in an instant, and drilled into the net!
The score became 2-0!
Real Madrid lead by two goals away!
In the ensuing race, Mallorca, who were behind, launched an onslaught. An Shuai waved his hand. Defend and counterattack. Under the tenacious defense of Real Madrid's midfield, Mallorca has returned again and again in vain.
In the twelfth minute of the second half, Real Madrid launched a sharp defensive counterattack. Kaka is in his own hinterland, with a precise long pass. Find Tang Jue accurately. Don Jue is after getting the ball. Start on the left. With a devastating momentum, break through the defense of the opposing five players and enter the penalty area!
When facing goalkeeper Moya. His center of gravity suddenly leaned to the right and spared him with the football!
"Smack! ......" with a crisp sound, the football flew into the empty goal!
Three to zero!
This is Tang Jue's first goal of the year!
The goal was so beautiful that the St. Moyse Stadium erupted in thunderous applause after a brief silence. Mallorca players are frustrated, they know the tide is turning. An Shuai began to make substitutions, replacing Tang Jue, Henry, and Ribery successively.
In the 37th minute of the second half, Higuain, who came on as a substitute, successfully grabbed a point in front of the goal and expanded the score to 4-0. In the end, Real Madrid beat Mallorca 4-0 away and took all three points at the Stadio San Mois. At the end of this round, the points gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is still four points, and Real Madrid is still struggling to catch up.
A week later, La Liga has its final round of matches before the winter break. Real Madrid host Osasuna, who suffered a narrow defeat at home to Barcelona in their last game, against Deportivo La Coruna.
Unlike the previous round, this round of Real Madrid's matches will be played first, and Barcelona's matches will be played later. Real Madrid won Osasuna neatly 4-1 amid the shouts of the home fans. Real Madrid's victory put a lot of pressure on Barcelona.
It has to be said that Barcelona have been reborn this season, they withstood the pressure and beat Deportivo La Coruna 5-0 at home. Also won at home, Real Madrid scored four goals and conceded one, while Barcelona scored five goals and conceded none.
World Sports News said: Judging from this round of games, Real Madrid is tired, while Barcelona is full of morale. As long as Barcelona maintain this form, the La Liga title will be theirs, and even in the Champions League!
Daily Sports said: At the end of the half of La Liga, Barcelona won the halfway championship with 16 wins, one draw, two losses, and 49 points. Real Madrid are four points behind in second place. Not surprisingly, this season is still the two teams competing for the La Liga title.
After half a season, under the leadership of Pep Guardiola, Barcelona began to exert its strength after the slump at the beginning of the season, and firmly occupied the top of the standings from the sixth round of games.
After half a season of running-in, Guardiola's tactical ideas have been fully accepted by the Barcelona players, and they have bloomed with amazing brilliance, sharp attacks, and the backline, which was criticized last season, has also changed a lot. With the exception of that match against Real Madrid, the opponent has never allowed more than three goals.
In addition to being stunning in La Liga, Barcelona are also perfect in the Champions League. Six Champions League group games, with five wins and one draw, unbeaten results, two rounds of group qualification ahead of schedule.
Barcelona's attacking group was fully activated, with Samuel Eto'o scoring 21 goals in La Liga to become the team's top scorer in La Liga. Messi scored five goals in the Champions League group stage to become the team's top scorer in the Champions League, and he also scored thirteen goals in La Liga, making him the team's second top scorer.
Midfielder Xavi is maturing and well-organised, becoming an important guarantee for the team's victory. Andres Iniesta is his right-hand man, and the two are like skilled tailors, sewing Barcelona together.
Such a Barcelona is worth looking forward to, they are still improving, in the second half of the season, the cooperation between the generals and coaches will be closer, maybe this season is the beginning of Barcelona's re-rise!
On the other hand, Barcelona's biggest opponent, due to the deterioration of the relationship between the football bully and the former Real Madrid president Calderón, the Real Madrid president issued a ban order, allowing the ball bully to not participate in any Real Madrid games for nearly two months. This also directly led to the sluggish performance of Real Madrid, which once ranked tenth in La Liga and the bottom of the Champions League group.
After Florentino returned to Real Madrid, the ball bully returned to the pitch, and Real Madrid's slump was changed. I have to say that the ball bully is tough, and he leads the team all the way. La Liga climbed from 10th to second place, finishing bottom of the Champions League group and qualifying for the first round of the game.
From this point, we can see the difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Barcelona has relied on the collective strength to achieve the current results, while Real Madrid has relied on the strength of one person.
If one day, the ball is not in shape, then Real Madrid's results will inevitably be sluggish again. In other words, the ball is the only hope for Real Madrid, who can guarantee that he will have a good performance in every game?
Barcelona, on the other hand, does not have such a problem. A player is not in good shape. There are other players as well. This season is the season of Barcelona's rise, and this season belongs to Barcelona!
The so-called La Liga and Champions League champions both defended their titles, that is an empty word!
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Daily Sports took stock of the first half of the season, deliberately not mentioning Real Madrid's six crowns. and Tang Jue's 100-ball feat. Thought Barcelona would rise. The Madrid regional media also began to take stock of the first half of the season.
Marca said: The past year belongs to Real Madrid. It belongs to Don, Real Madrid completed the great feat of six crowns, and Don completed the feat of 100 goals. Real Madrid and Don stand on top of the world and look down on the world. 08-09 season. It was a tough test for Real Madrid and Don, who suffered an unprecedented crisis.
Due to a feud at the European Championships, Don's relationship with Calderón deteriorated. In the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, the relationship between them deteriorated to the extreme. Then after the start of the new season, Don was banned, and for Real Madrid, there was nothing worse than this, they fell into an unprecedented crisis.
Real Madrid, who are accustomed to Don scoring goals to help his team win, have a terrible result in the absence of a number one star. The real Madrid fans burst out with endless energy at this time, shocking the world, and only two or three thousand people at the Bernabeu were in attendance.
It's reminiscent of last season, when Don was in a lawsuit with TVE, when thousands of Real Madrid fans gathered at the TVE headquarters and the Madrid District Court in solidarity with his number one star. This time was no exception, and the leader of Real Madrid fans is said to have asked Calderón who is Real Madrid's biggest hero?
Lacking the appeal of the number one star, no one wants to go to the Bernabeu to watch the game, and at this time the Real Madrid members can't sit still. Calderón then stepped down and Florentino returned to the helm of Real Madrid.
Florentino knew the reason for Real Madrid's downturn, and as soon as he came to power, he put Don back on the line, and immediately re-signed a new contract before his contract expired, making him the world's first football star with an annual salary of more than 10 million. The president of Real Madrid is expressing his sincerity with a high salary.
In order to thank the fans for their support, the number one star of Real Madrid made a bold statement to them: Real Madrid's goal this season is to defend both La Liga and the Champions League!
As his voice fell, countless ridicules and ridicules were overwhelming, and almost no one believed what he said. To be honest, the goal that Don said is indeed a bit big, after all, Real Madrid's results in La Liga and the Champions League are very bad.
However, Don did not disappoint Real Madrid fans and his supporters, shocking the world with nine goals in his first game of comeback, breaking his own record for goals scored in La Liga last season. After that, Real Madrid's number one star was uncontrollable, like a lion getting out of trouble, killing all the opponents in front of him.
It took only two games for him to overtake Samuel Eto'o and occupy the top spot in La Liga's scorer charts!
Don is proud, he is strong, it doesn't matter if he finishes in 10th place, we have time, he leads the team all the way to victory, crushes opponents, and keeps moving up the rankings.
Barcelona have been stunning this season, showing an invincible run in La Liga and the Champions League. In the fifteenth round of La Liga, the Spanish national derby was staged, and the proud Don said loudly, 'I can deal with Barcelona alone.' ’
Four to two, this was the score of the opening match of the Spanish national derby, with Real Madrid beating Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Don made good on his promise and put on a senior in this match, and he won Barcelona alone!.
After this game, they climbed to second place in the La Liga rankings. While leading the team forward and winning trophies, Don ushered in his own glorious moment, and on December 30, Real Madrid's last game of 2008, he completed the feat of 100 goals and became the first man in history!
Some people say that 2008 belongs to Tang, and this year is the first year of the football king. The king of the ball led Real Madrid, who had been in turmoil, and now they are on the right track. The 08-09 season may be the season of Barcelona's rise, but they have to ask Tang Tong if he agrees! (To be continued......)