Chapter 607: A not-so-low-key opening ceremony
Carlo Ancelotti's 22-game winning streak with Real Madrid has left Carvajal, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema in the starting line-up.
Although the former luxury team has fallen apart, the players who remain are still indispensable players in the team.
In addition, Carlo Ancelotti has won 25 consecutive games with Bayern, with Rossi and Alaba also in the squad.
Now the two sides are combined, and that is the central axis of a super team.
With this central axis as the foundation, and then add players with the right tactical system, it is a team that can intimidate the world.
That's why Carlo Ancelotti is under pressure to coach a Real Madrid team that has no reinforcement plans in the summer window.
At present, the problem of the team is the run-in problem of the new season.
The replacement of the two central defenders, Real Madrid is worrying at the defensive end.
In order to solve this problem, the two wingers had to drop back to participate in the defence.
Vinicius Jr. is typically stronger in attack than in defense, often attacking until the opponent's half and then not coming back.
Even if you defend back, it's still in place.
As for Rossi, he will only defend aggressively when facing disadvantages or falling behind, and he must focus more on attacking.
Ancelotti gave him great convenience in this regard.
If Rossi doesn't return to the left side, Kroos usually helps to make up for it, and then the huge space in the middle relies on Casemiro alone.
Before Rossi arrived at Real Madrid, Casemiro would always step forward in the opposition penalty area and play a duel or a long-range shot.
Now, he's completely a backcourt scavenger, clearing the way for the team.
This has not changed in the Zidane era or in Carlo Ancelotti's squad today.
It is precisely because of this that Real Madrid has been crowned in the league and the Champions League.
Due to the short run-in time of Real Madrid's two central defenders, Real Madrid is in the first official game of the new season, facing Europa League champion Villarreal, it is inevitably a little passive.
In order to relieve the defensive pressure, Benzema dropped back to take charge of the tandem, leaving the attacking burden to Rossi and Vinicius.
This is the most appropriate way to deal with it.
Benzema is 35 years old, and at this age, the speed and explosiveness are no longer what they used to be.
The most suitable for him is to retreat to tandem the team, and the finishing of the goal.
[Benzema takes the ball! ] γ
[Pretty get rid of the defense! ] γ
[Distribute it to Rosie on the side!] γ
[Real Madrid's counterattack in the front court is here! ] γ
[Feint Akira! ] γ
[Rosie has passed! γ
[Inverted triangle cross!] γ
[Benzema shoots !! γ
[The ball went in!! γ
γGOALοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌ γ
Soon, Real Madrid took advantage of an attacking opportunity and scored a goal.
Benzema retreated to the side and formed a pass with Rossi on the wing, who went down to the bottom and crossed the triangle to complete the goal.
It's a whole new way for Real Madrid to attack.
Unai Emery burst into a rage, wondering why the defence was so fragile.
And isn't this bottom line inverted triangle cross exactly what you are best at?
Now he is being slapped in the face by his opponent.
Attack, must attack.
Unai Emery brought on two strikers in one go to strengthen the attack.
It's not that he's not calm, it's no way.
If you don't strengthen the attack, where will the goal come from.
Seeing that the opponent stepped up his attack, Ancelotti also made adjustments.
Valverde replaces Luka Modric to strengthen the midfield's running ability.
In the 78th minute, Real Madrid's attack struck again.
This time, Benzema dropped back to receive the ball near midfield, leaned on his opponent and distributed the ball to the right flank.
Valverde stopped the ball with his right foot in front of him, stomped on the turf with his left foot, burst out with super force, and strode away with his right foot.
[Real Madrid's attack is here again! γ
[Valverde is very fast, and the defenders can't pull it! ] γ
[Sweep to the door!] γ
[Rossi shovels and shoots!] γ
[The goal is scored, Real Madrid expands its advantage! ] γ
γ3:1οΌ γ
[As a result, there should be no suspense! ] γ
The pace of the game was completely one-sided.
Villarreal's substitution adjustment broke the offensive and defensive balance of the previous team, but on the offensive end, it did not help at all.
Emery's adjustments didn't make the slightest difference.
Although he constantly tells his players off the pitch to be aggressive defensively.
But in the face of Real Madrid's counter-attacking speed, how much physical energy do they have to chase back and forth.
In the 88th minute, Villarreal pressed too high in an attack and tried to use the numerical advantage to get chances.
But after striker Braye Dia's close-range header was blocked by Courtois with his chest, Alaba cleared the ball in front of goal and kicked the ball forward as far as he could.
I thought it was a kick to break the siege, but it was given to Rossi by mistake.
At this time, in the opposing half, there was no team except the goalkeeper.
Rossi started quickly, shook off the defense behind him a few meters away, and formed a single knife after receiving the ball.
Villarreal had as many as six defenders desperately chasing back, but none of them could catch up with Rossi, who started to cut forward early.
This picture of 6 people chasing back has become the background board of Rossi's single-knife famous scene.
[Real Madrid's counterattack! γ
[Rossi faces the goalkeeper!] γ
γShooting!!γ γ
[No accidents, the ball went in!!] γ
γ4:1οΌοΌοΌ γ
[His speed is too fast, and the 6 defenders can't catch up with him! ] γ
[6 people! γ
[Rossi started running from his own half, there was no offside!] γ
[At this time, the other party is still watching the ball in place! ] γ
[This kind of defense, it shouldn't be! γ
[It deserves to be the backdrop for the goal!] γ
The big picture was decided, and Ancelotti replaced Rossi with Rodrigo.
The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland, burst into applause.
Real Madrid scored 4 goals, all of them wonderful.
Rossi's performance is a world-class star.
Villarreal, who was subdued, was powerless for the rest of the day, and didn't even have a decent attack.
Real Madrid also took it when it saw it and continued to run in the lineup by making substitutions.
As the whistle blew at the end of the game, Real Madrid won their first title of the new season.
This is also a statement by Ancelotti to the Real Madrid hierarchy.
He has the ability to take this Real Madrid team and complete the renewal.
Benzema, as the first captain of the current Galactic battleship, held the trophy for the first time and walked to the podium.
With the support of his teammates in unison, he raised the trophy above his head in the flying flowers.
After the Super Cup, Carlo Ancelotti asked his players to calm down and prepare for the upcoming season opener.
Learning from last season's lessons, Carlo Ancelotti and Pintus hurried to push ahead of the training plan they had previously made.
If Real Madrid wants to defend their title in the league this season, and to have a good place in the Champions League, physical reserves and physical fitness are particularly important.
Avoid widespread injuries like the one we did in the second half of last season.
The opening match is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night, with Real Madrid hosting Alaves.
Ahead of the match, the away Alaves players lined up to congratulate Real Madrid on their claim to last season's league title.
After Benzema, the captain, received the trophy, two more Real Madrid players walked out of the players' tunnel.
Luka Modric and Rossi.
As the second and third captains of Real Madrid this season, the two held the Champions League trophy and the UEFA Super Cup trophy respectively, and walked to the center of the pitch to the applause of the Bernabeu fans.
Three trophies, three honors.
Real Madrid used such a high-profile opening ceremony to announce the start of the new season.