Before the new season of La Liga started, the major media made a probability of winning the championship according to the recruitment plan of La Liga giants in the summer.

Real Madrid won La Liga with a 63% chance.

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are close behind with 49% and 45% chances of winning the title, respectively.

Barcelona, which has dominated La Liga in the past decade, is very different from its sworn rival Real Madrid for the first time, and even compared with Atletico Madrid, it is not much different.

The reason for this is the turmoil at the club this summer.

First of all, Barcelona, who did not win anything last season, did not win any trophies in 12 years for the first time in 12 years.

With the resignation of coach Setien and the arrival of Koeman, who lasted seven months, Barcelona must face the turbulence of the early stage of reform.

Then, the personnel are aging and can't be replaced, and they want to buy young players to gradually change the blood of the team, but the results are basically all parallel goods.

In recent transfer windows, Barcelona have spent a lot of money to bring in stars such as Dembele, Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann, but in the end none of them have delivered on their talents.

Ousmane Dembele is out injured, Philippe Coutinho spent last season on loan at Munich and Antoine Griezmann lost to Camp Nou.

The newcomer is not used, Barcelona instead let go of Suarez and Rakitic, and the strength does not increase but decreases.

There is also the fact that the club has not been able to clean up in time when it is not in good shape in terms of treating veteran players, and the salary is high, and no one dares to take over if they want to get rid of it.

At this point, Real Madrid, which has always been criticized by the outside world as impersonal, has done better than Barcelona.

The combination of various factors has led to a significant lack of competitiveness in Barcelona in the new season.

However, Zidane did not underestimate Barcelona because of this.

He believes that although Barcelona is currently in a turbulent period, the strength of the team is still there, and Messi's form has not seriously declined, so he still can't be careless.

Zinedine Zidane believes that Barça's league title will be less competitive than usual, but that does not affect the fact that they will be the biggest obstacle for Real Madrid to get points in the national derby.

The national derby is like the Chinese New Year, no matter how difficult it is, you have to fight a battle for prosperity.

Subsequently, Zidane focused on Atletico Madrid.

This left the Real Madrid players a little puzzled.

In nearly 20 years in La Liga, Atletico Madrid has only won the La Liga title once, and Real Madrid players have not regarded him as a competitor to win the title at all.

At best, it is the biggest obstacle on the way to winning the championship.

But Zidane believes that this season's Atletico Madrid is just the opposite of Barcelona.

They are Real Madrid's biggest rivals on the road to the title.

This is Simeone's ninth year in charge of Atletico, who are firmly in the top three in the league and have performed very well in European competitions.

In recent seasons, Atletico Madrid has strengthened the squad to recruit reinforcements, and the strength itself is not bad.

This summer, Morata, Carrasco and Suarez were brought in, and the strength of the forward line has increased significantly.

In terms of coordination, they rely on the defense they are famous for, so Zidane believes that Atletico Madrid's performance this season will be unexpected.

In addition to these old rivals, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Real Betis, and Villarreal will all be obstacles to Real Madrid's progress.

Real Madrid's road to defending their title this season has been particularly difficult.

This is also Zidane's warning to his players not to be fooled by past victories.

Soon, the opening match of the first round of La Liga officially started at the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid prepared a grand opening ceremony for the new season.

Captain Sergio Ramos, vice-captain Marcelo and Karim Benzema, holding the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and league trophies respectively, were on display in the centre of the pitch in front of the visiting Getafe players.

Along with the championship trophy, there are also individual honors such as the La Liga Golden Boot, the Champions League Golden Boot, the best player in La Liga, and the best striker in the Champions League.

And these belong to Rosie.

Die-hard fans of the Bernabeu put up a huge tifo poster in the stands.

The Iron Throne.

Wearing a cloak and a crown, Rossi walked to the throne, which represents the highest honor in football.

After the ceremony, the captains of the two teams came to the center of the court to guess the coins.

Real Madrid attack first.

In this game, Zinedine Zidane lined up a 4-4-2 lineup, with Rossi partnering Benzema as a striker.

Two wing-backs, Vinicius and Asensio.

In midfield were Casemiro and Kroos.

At the back are Marcelo, Raphael Varane, Ramos and Nacho.

Getafe, as a veteran team in Madrid, has always had a good relationship with Real Madrid, and is known as the "Real Madrid youth training base".

Real Madrid will send players on loan to Getafe, and the way to recycle them after successful training will give young players more opportunities.

Getafe, on the other hand, could use players on loan from Real Madrid to fight relegation.

As soon as the game began, Real Madrid went on a fierce attack on the Getafe goal, and the opponent had to defend their positions.

Zinedine Zidane switched to a two-striker for this game, and the tactical intention was very obvious, maximizing the personal characteristics of Rossi and Benzema, and attacking the Getafe position.

Whether it is the fulcrum or the retreat, Benzema still maintains a very high form, tandem the team's attack.

Rossi's task is relatively simple and easy.

Grab two penalties.

Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr. and Asensio all have the ability to threaten the opponent's goal, while Getafe's defence does not have players who can defend any of them alone.

Their defence, which often requires 1.5 defensive players, can stop a Real Madrid attacking player.

That is, one person defends, and the other person needs to be defended at any time.

Under such huge defensive pressure, Rossi, who is good at seizing opportunities, has become a nightmare for the Getafe defence.

In the first half, Real Madrid had 70% possession and had as many as eight shots on goal.

Getafe, on the other hand, had 30% possession and had no shots on goal.

However, with their tenacious defense and aggressive running, they went into the break with a score of 0:0.

[La Liga opener, defending champion Real Madrid, did not go all out! ] 】

[They're more like they're doing a half-court offensive and defensive drill!] 】

[Every time Real Madrid attacks, he can play a match, which is also some new changes that Zidane has brought to the team in the new season! ] 】

[Although Getafe withstood Real Madrid's attacks again and again! 】

[But it's hard to say in the second half! ] 】

It is well known that Real Madrid scored far more goals in the second half than in the first half.

The reason for this lies in the reserve of physical energy.

If you want to beat Real Madrid, you have to find a way to contain their attack in the second half.

However, Getafe's strength was limited after all, and after ten minutes of the second half, Real Madrid suddenly began to pick up the pace.

Karim Benzema dropped back to meet the ball and brought on a defender to create space for Rossi to cut forward.

Just as Kroos distributed the ball to the wing, Real Madrid picked up speed.

Vinicius used his speed to eat his opponent raw and then crossed.

Rossi was clever enough to leap forward and head the ball into the bottom left corner of the net, but the Getafe goalkeeper couldn't react and could only watch the ball go into the net.

Real Madrid fans have finally waited for the first goal of the new season.

And it was their new king Rossi who scored the goal.

The cheers rushed into the sky, almost toppling the roof of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

While the Real Madrid fans were still cheering for the goal, a second goal followed.

Getafe seized Real Madrid's front-court coordination mistake and quickly advanced the ball, but just after halftime, it was cut off by Real Madrid players.

To everyone's surprise, the one who returned to the defense and successfully broke the ball was actually Rossi.

It's Rossi, the one who is lazy and defensive in the front court.

His teammates were encouraged by his aggressive defense and immediately launched a counter-attack.

Marcelo led up the flank, beat two defenders in succession, and then crossed the ball in front of goal.

It was not Benzema who outflanked in front of the goal.

It's centre-back Sergio Ramos.

He ran wildly from the back, broke into the Getafe penalty area, leaped high and headed home.

The powerful header once again made the Getafe goalkeeper sigh at the goal.

【GOAL！！！！！ 】

[Real Madrid was unstoppable, scoring two goals in three minutes!] 】

[This time, it's a connection between the two captains of Real Madrid!] 】

[In Real Madrid, the full-backs are specialized in assisting! 】

[The central defender is dedicated to scoring goals!] 】

[If you want to interpret Real Madrid's two goals in two sentences! ] 】

[That is, attacking and defending, Rossi scores and defends! ] 】

[Defend the middle with the attack, the full-back instigates the goal!] 】

[This is very Reed Ma Jiahuang! 】

(End of chapter)