Chapter 17: Comeback with a Hat
On January 24, the second half of La Liga restarted.
4-1, half-time, Barcelona easily completed the first round.
also avenged the loss of the birdies course in the first round of the league.
After the victory over Numancia, Pep Guardiola has completed the task of 12 points ahead of Real Madrid, who have a game in hand, and has already won the dust in La Liga.
Although Espanyol are still second in the league, one point ahead of Real Madrid, Barcelona's title rivals are still Real Madrid.
In the first half, the Numancia stuck to the back, and the score was still fixed above 0-0 at halftime, and the game developed in the direction of hard fighting.
At the critical moment, Messi played the role of "corkscrew", his cushion shot paved the way for Barcelona to win, Numancia conceded the opening goal, if you want to equalize, you must attack the attack, and put into the attack is bound to give Barcelona's trident space, as a result, Barcelona scored 4 goals in 45 minutes.
After 20 rounds, Barcelona have scored 63 goals and won three goals in nine games, and in 20 years, the major European leagues have not scored more than 100 goals at the end of the season, and now Barcelona is expected to win this first place.
"In the next few rounds before the Champions League, Barcelona will also meet Racing Santander, Sporting Gijon, Real Betis and Espanyol, with Barca's local rivals Espanyol currently in second place in the league, and if they continue to win in the first round, the gap will remain at eight points, what do you think of the next game?"
During the mobile interview, the reporter of Le Monde Sport asked Pep Guardiola such a question.
"There's no doubt they're going to be a tough opponent this year." Guardiola raised an eyebrow.
"They have world-class players. Arguably the best scorer in La Liga this year, I heard that he was injured some time ago, but the injury was not serious, and Levi will return in the later fixtures. ”
'But no matter what, we'll beat them at Camp Nou.'
The Spaniard's overall squad can't match Barca's strength or depth, and even if Levi can brush up on high stats, this team is still not enough for Pep Guardiola to consider capable of competing for the title.
Unless Barcelona drops the chain themselves, even if they can bite the points in the back, it is obvious that Barcelona's form will not be bad enough to concede an eight-point gap in a row.
Next to Pep Guardiola, Gerrard Pique said confidently: "As long as we get past the January schedule, we will be unstoppable. ”
"So, what do you think of the recently leaked recordings of Real Madrid's top brass that Levi will join Real Madrid in the winter window?"
The reporter of "World Sports News" said meaningfully.
"What?!"
Now it was Guardiola's turn to be surprised.
Even if Barcelona didn't try an offer in the winter window, he doesn't think Manchester United will let go of two heavyweight transfers to Real Madrid in a row.
"If you're asking what we're doing right now, then I can tell you that we're ready to sign a top star this winter."
"You mean Cristiano Ronaldo?"
"The top of the best! But it's not Cristiano, it's a little younger, we want to sign the guy with the most goals in La Liga, and it's better to keep quiet about it now. ”
"Why can't some information be revealed? It's the right time to do it, the club is not in good shape, they lack the firepower they need to compete for the title and the fans need some fresh expectations."
'The quality he's shown is breathtaking, and he's very well linked up with some of the main players in the Real Madrid squad, including Arjen Robben, Sneijder and new arrivals Huntelaar. Come to think of it, we're going to buy more than just a shooter, a star, and good chemistry. ”
The conversation continued, but the one above was the most engaging and informative of the conversation.
"But after the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo is finalised, Manchester United can't put another top player on you, and you can't afford to spend so much financially."
"Maybe, maybe Calderon will give up his agreement with Manchester United to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson is not willing to let him go anyway, it is better to buy a player who has proven to be a good fit for La Liga."
"As for Mr. Ballon d'Or, he has already scored more than 20 goals in the first half, and if at Real Madrid, with stronger team-mates, he only needs to score another 20 goals to help us win La Liga, and Real Madrid will get a player who has won the Golden Ball in the team."
The two people who spoke to each other, one was a senior figure at Real Madrid FC, and the other was his most trusted friend.
It was the latter who revealed this conversation to Le Monde Sport.
After an investigation by Le Monde Sport, it was learned that the high-level Real Madrid figure who wanted to stop talking was Pedro Traporte, who was a close confidant of Calderón and took care of many of the official and private affairs of the Real Madrid president.
The early disclosure of this news has caused great passivity to the introduction of Real Madrid.
First of all, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was furious.
This is the same as marrying a beautiful little daughter-in-law, and the Ximen official next door will immediately come to hook up, and your beautiful little daughter-in-law will inadvertently drop the bamboo pole and smash it on someone's head.
You endured this breath, and planned to sleep with your old daughter-in-law this year, and say "You like the sea, I loved you", and they will be fine after leaving.
Next year, I will marry another house and be more beautiful.
But I didn't expect that the Ximen officials didn't want the old ones anymore, and they hooked up with the ones you planned to marry newly, even honest people couldn't stand this.
"Calderón sees Manchester United as a market to pick and choose from."
He then said in front of the media that in the coming months, whatever noise comes from Real Madrid's side, he will ignore it because he doesn't want to make any more deals with this team.
'We don't pay attention to them, if we worry about what Real Madrid say, we can't concentrate on our own affairs and then we have to face a busy schedule.'
Ferguson called Real Madrid's poaching immoral in the summer, and this time he didn't spare the other party.
The old lord blushed and said, "You think I will make a deal with this kind of thug?" No way, I won't even sell them a microbiome in the future. ”
'Sometimes Real Madrid try to provoke you, sometimes I feel very annoying about them, but we know their tricks and I think we just have to do our own thing and we don't have to pay attention to them.
Judging from Manchester United's statement, Real Madrid seems to have made a secret offer, or a way to divert attention in the crisis, and it is unacceptable for Real Madrid fans to be nine points behind Barcelona in the first half of the game with one less round, but to resolve their own crisis by pulling others into the water.
And there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, for Calderón, Florentino is more terrible than Barcelona.
Manchester United captain Neville also stepped forward to express his opinion: "There should be respect between clubs, we have nothing to say about what Real Madrid has done. Whether they're talking about Cristiano Ronaldo or Levi, these are Manchester United players who have nothing to do with Real Madrid. ”
Ronaldo himself didn't know anything about the matter before such news came out, and after the rumors were exposed, Ronaldo was very angry.
Then he said before the media statement: He had a very good time at Manchester United.
Ronaldo said: "I don't care what people say, we just won a new title. It's not about me, I'm in Japan and I don't know anything about it, but I'm very happy playing for Manchester United. ”
Broken, I'm a stand-in?
"Levi is in the squad for this game and it looks like he's coming back in the near future."
On January 25, Espanyol travelled to Castile León to take on Valladolid.
'Last season's 5-0 defeat to Espanyol at the Mozzusi Stadium Valladolid was the worst game of the season, and it was in that game that Levi scored four goals in a single game to kick off the season in La Liga.
The two commentators were discussing some topics outside the court.
"But it also shows that he has a lot of water in his goals, scoring less than half of his total league goals in just two games against Valladolid and Sporting Gijón, which is a statistic against already demoralized opponents."
"And the overall strength of these teams is not good."
The other commentator was clearly a pro-Barcelona football commentator, while his partner threw him a 'you're crazy' look.
The strong team proves its strength, and the weak team angrily brushes the data, which couldn't be more reasonable.
Who brushes the data and catches the strong team?
'He scored a hat-trick against Barcelona.
The partner next to him stopped talking.
And in this game, whether Levi can come back has also become the focus of this game.
The home fans at the José Soglia Stadium unfurled bright red banners in English instead of Spanish.
“FUCK LEVY!!!”
to protest the humiliation that Levi brought them in the opening match of the first round of La Liga.
The game started without Levi in the starting line-up, and after Tamoudo's return, Pochettino fielded Tamudo and Diego Costa in attack.
There was a loud shout of insults in the stadium, which lasted for a long time, and the target was directly aimed at Levi.
'It looks like the striker hasn't been back to his best yet, and Pochettino has chosen carefully to keep him on the bench'
Levi, on the other hand, sat on the bench with his arms crossed, covering his face with a baseball cap, unable to see his expression, and deaf to the harassment of the radical fans.
And Riella, who was next to Levi, was healthy, but he was still pressed on the bench.
After another draw from Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, the Spanish midfielder finally decided to accept an offer from Liverpool this winter window, and the Reds have been quite strong this season, and they are still showing signs of winning the title.
The Spaniards, on the other hand, have already broken La Liga's half-way points record and could win the title in any year.
However, in the face of Barcelona, which has shown unprecedented dominance this year, there is still no hope of winning even the cup.
The two clubs have already negotiated a move for Riera, and due to his impressive performances this season, the offer of €9.8 million for the summer window has also been increased to €11 million.
Negotiations are going well, Rieira and Liverpool have also reached a personal agreement and salary, and soon the player will be on his way to Liverpool.
The transfer fee from his sale will be used to buy a wide player that the Spaniard desperately needs right now.
It's just not known who will be finalized.
"Lee, hopefully we'll see each other in the Premier League one day."
Riella whispered next to Levi, "Playing with you. It was very enjoyable to play cards and I hope to play together again in the future. ”
Levi didn't speak, and Riera still didn't know much about the Premier League.
Liverpool's dogs know that they can't eat the bones that Manchester people throw away.
You still want to play cards with me, I'm afraid that the next day you will be attacked by the fans.
"You're very talented at mahjong."
Levi didn't answer directly, but only praised Riella's gambling talent.
'Of course, I'll bring my talent to the Premier League.'
On the field, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the half.
In the 38th minute of the game, Valladolid took the half-time lead thanks to a goal from Eritrean striker Hennok Goitun.
The provocative voices on the pitch against Levi and the Spaniards intensified.
Levi wasn't angry either, after all, he had been somewhat arrogant in the previous home game.
No one wants their team to become a team that is only as many as they want.
Valladolid fans are understandably doing this.
At the start of the second half, Pochettino made a change, replacing Hurtado and bringing on De La Pena to strengthen the attack.
The two teams continued to fight, and in the second half of the game, the voice of scolding Levi gradually became quieter.
It turned into scolding Diego Costa.
Diego Costa was very active on the pitch today, and in addition to his aggressive movements, he made all kinds of provocative gestures and expressions, making small gestures on his hands when making physical contact with the Valladolid defender.
In a penalty area duel, he even pulled the crotch of a Valladolid defender with his hand, and the referee immediately gave a warning after seeing it.
Costa is such a person, and because of this, he was later evaluated by many fans of the opposing team as one of the most hated strikers.
But he has a pretty good grasp of the scale, so much so that in the years of experience in the Premier League, although he has made some small moves in every game, he has never received a red card.
In the 74th minute of the game, Roman Martinez broke the ball and passed it back to the backfield to reorganize.
Thiago Silva played a long ball and found Luis Garcia on the wing, Luis Garcia got the ball and slashed it off, and Tamudo was able to counter offside.
An inverted triangle pass to Sergio Sanchez in the box.
Alexis Sanchez volleyed home from the edge of the box to help the Spaniards equalise.
'The Spaniard's equaliser was accompanied by a substitution, with Rufit coming on for Diego Costa.
The commentator laughed and said: "This player that Valladolid fans hate is finally going down." ”
And the replacement of the veteran Rufit on the wing also means that the team has to change the formation to play 451.
But then, Pochettino made a gesture after admonishing Rufit.
The Espanyol fans who had arrived from a corner of the stadium suddenly erupted in cheers.
Levi lifted his hat, glanced at the bright red banner directly across from him, and began to warm up.
In the 80th minute, during a forward pass by Espanyol, a Valladolid player pulled a foul during the game was suspended.
The fourth official held up the substitution sign.
[17 Nene substitution, substitution for No. 7 Levi]
"Be careful, you've just recovered from your injury, and the players in this team are also angry, don't play too aggressively."
Pochettino whispered in Levi's ear.
In the month of Levy's injury, the Spaniard only lost to Malaga, but it was obvious that there was a lack of progress in the midfield and a lack of explosive ability in the face of low defence.
"Don't worry."
Levi smiled and high-fived Nene after playing.
While running on the grass, I said hello to my teammates.
"Didn't you say he'd come back against Huelva?"
At this time, such a question was in the minds of the media on the sidelines and in the minds of Valladolid coach Mendileba.
Naturally, the media hurriedly turned the camera on him and slapped him violently.
Mendireba, on the other hand, has a gloomy mood and has not had a good record since taking office in 2006.
But he single-handedly brought Valladolid to La Liga at the end of the 06/07 season and was relegated in the 07/08 season.
It can also be regarded as the meritorious coach of this team.
As a result, the fiasco and humiliation of the first game of La Liga led to constant protests from the fans, almost knocking him out of class.
Li Weichun is one of the stars of his coaching career.
"Maybe Levi shouldn't be on the pitch in this game, but maybe it was the team's poor attack and the score made manager Pochettino a little anxious, so he took the risk to let him play."
"Maybe it's the insulting slogans of the fans on the pitch that make him angry, but there are still 10 minutes left in the game, so let's pay attention."
The Valladolid midfielder was met with a succession of high presses from Espanyol players as he tried to push forward, and this time it was Levi who broke the ball.
He got up quickly after breaking the ball, deftly dodged and split the ball, then ran to the edge of the box to receive Luis Garcia's return pass and volleyed into the net.
“ Gol!!!”
The commentator exclaimed from the sidelines: "It doesn't look like we need to worry about his form. ”
And after Levi scored a goal not long after he came on the court, he made a community-level celebration of jumping up and swinging his fist.
But his eyes were glued to the fans on the court, and he gently stretched out his finger to make a peace&love gesture commonly used in hip-hop.
(End of chapter)