princely elegance

Chapter 190
"Real Madrid took the lead before the end of the first half, which is good news for the home fans. But the Atletico fans were frustrated. They had a perfect start, but they couldn't keep laughing."

When Gago hit the ball into the goal, Schuster couldn't help but rushed out and shook his fist at the fans.The poor record in the warm-up match caused him to be criticized by the media before the start of the season, and some fans also had objections to his entry into Real Madrid.

Fortunately, when the official game started, the players did not disappoint him.In the Super Cup, the two-round contest with last season's double champion Sevilla clearly had the upper hand.And he scored a big score at the Bernabeu at home, which made Real Madrid fans who have always appreciated the beautiful offense initially recognized him.In the opening game of the first round of the league, although the Madrid derby had a bad start, Gago's one pass and one shot made the fans boil again.

Seeing the fans cheering for him, Schuster turned his head to see Gago who was celebrating a goal, and sighed in his heart, this kid really has the potential to surpass him.

After Gago scored, he ran to the bottom of the South Stand, punched and jumped at the fans.

And behind him is a group of players in white. It is very simple to let the fans recognize it, as long as they score in the derby.In Real Madrid, as long as you score against Atletico Madrid or Barcelona, ​​even if you don't score in dozens of other games, you will be cheered by the fans.

This is the charm of the derby, and it is this time that one goal becomes famous.

Although Gago has long been famous, and his amazing performance last season has brought his reputation to a higher level, but he is still very happy to be able to score in the derby.And the fans were also very proud of the prince's successor, and the cheers resounded throughout the Bernabéu when Gago came over.

"Good boy!"

Ramos came over and rubbed Gago's long hair, and excitedly threw him down on the lawn.

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After the celebration was over, the first half had already entered stoppage time, the referee gave 2 minutes, and then the intermission came calmly.

Real Madrid's players looked relaxed when they left the field, and the fans also had the same expression. Except for the opening period of the game, Real Madrid had an advantage in the rest of the game, no matter from the result or the scene.The main lineup selected by Schuster after a large number of warm-up matches is very reasonable, and he made Atletico Madrid happy with a significantly higher strength.

During the intermission, Schuster did not make any adjustments, he just let the players follow their own rhythm.

However, after the start of the second half, he still had to make substitutions and adjustments. Cannavaro collided with Forlan during a defense and fell to the ground.

Metzelder rushed to replace him, but this time the substitution did not affect the rhythm of Real Madrid.Relying on a strong midfielder, Real Madrid was not conservative after taking the lead, but aggressively attacked.After all, Real Madrid will be booed by the fans if they don't attack. Last season, after Capello was booed at home from the beginning of the season to the winter break, Tie Shuai, who has always been moody, couldn't help but face The home fans held out their middle fingers and cursed.

Schuster doesn't want to follow in his footsteps and can only attack at home, and I have to say that this is the most suitable tactic for Real Madrid now.After all, since the beginning of the Galaxy Battleship, Real Madrid has embarked on a crooked path of attacking the strong and defending the weak, and it has not been able to change it when Capello took office, and now Schuster has no such means.

However, Schuster is very smart to give full play to the characteristics of Real Madrid's strong offense, and to train the defense line with a lot of games to hone.Anyway, apart from the limited number of teams in La Liga, the rest are nothing to Real Madrid, and they are a good target for their training.Schuster's goal this season is to keep the league and compete for the Champions League. His predecessor Capello completed the task of overthrowing Barcelona. If he doesn't want to live in Capello's shadow, he can only use the Champions League champion to surpass.

He believes that with these cards in his hand, it is not difficult to consolidate the league championship, and the rare thing is a breakthrough in the Champions League.Since Makelele left, Real Madrid has started a disgraceful "Champions League Sixteen" career.Last year, after overpowering the major giants and snatching the genius midfielder Jia Ge at a sky-high price, he finally broke the curse of "Sixteen Lang".Schuster has read all the matches of Real Madrid in the Champions League last season in detail. He believes that if Gago hadn't been injured at San Siro, AC Milan might not have been able to reach the semi-finals.

Therefore, for this season's Champions League, Schuster has strong confidence, he does not think Gago is inferior to Kaka.What Kaka was able to do last season, Gago will certainly be able to do this season.

"What we have to do now is to exercise the tacit understanding of the defense before the start of the Champions League knockout round. I hope Pepe can control his temper."

After Schuster thought of Pepe, he had some headaches. After these two games, Pepe played very well. It would be even better if there were no red cards and yellow cards.

While Schuster was thinking about how to improve the team's defense, Real Madrid's powerful offensive firepower once again broke through the gate guarded by Franco.

After Gago steals the ball in midfield, he transfers the ball to the right. After receiving the ball, Guti makes a cross pass, and Ruud van Nistelrooy makes a rare shot from outside the penalty area.This kick was very tricky. After the opponent's defender blocked Franco's sight, he kicked through the defender's crotch.Franco didn't expect this, fell a step slower, and the ball flew into the goal from his armpit.

"Van Nistelrooy, the flying Dutchman used this shot to declare himself the top scorer in La Liga last season and the European Golden Boot."

"A beautiful shot through the crotch, Franco did not expect it at all. In the opening game of the league, Van Nistelrooy and Raul, the striker partner at the end of last season, both scored goals, showing their fiery state. La Liga teams, You guys have to be careful!"

Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal came in the No.70 minute, and Real Madrid, which had a two-goal lead, was sure of victory.Schuster is about to make a substitution, and Sneijder and Saviola are already warming up on the sidelines.It's not easy to be the head coach of a wealthy team. Even the substitutes are stars who can be called famous. They must arrange playing time, otherwise, the locker room will be unstable.

After falling behind by two goals, Atletico Madrid's head coach Aguirre was finally willing to go all out. He replaced the central defender Perea with a yellow card with Reyes.At this time, I can't care about defense anymore. I'm losing anyway. At least I have to play my own momentum and not let the fans down.

Regarding Reyes, the feelings of Real Madrid fans are a bit complicated. The golden boy of Spain was still in their team last season.He was one of the fans' favorites during the first half of the league, but that has all changed since his injury.Robinho's recovery made him have to sit on the bench after returning from injury. He failed to show a good performance in a few playing time. After the end of the season, Mijatovic sent him back. Arsenal.

Originally thought that he would not have much interaction with Real Madrid after returning to the Premier League, but who would have thought that he would take the initiative to ask to return to La Liga, and even joined Real Madrid's next door.

When Reyes came on, the Bernabeu was silent for a second.

"Leave it to me!
Gago gestured towards Diarra. Gago was very familiar with Reyes' playing characteristics, and for technical players, his defense was the most effective.

"Antonio, do you want to have a drink together after the game?"

When Reyes dribbled the ball towards the hinterland of Real Madrid, Gago stepped forward to block him and asked.

"No need, we are already rivals."

For Gago, Reyes felt jealousy mixed with envy.Originally thought that he could stay in Real Madrid, but who knew that injuries ruined him.And after he was injured, Gago, who had just joined the team this winter, immediately got more cheers than him.After the end of the season, he was kicked out of the Bernabeu sadly, but Gago became the team's "savior" in the praise of countless fans.

This diametrically opposed treatment made him feel a fire burning in his heart. He desperately wanted to let Real Madrid's top management and fans know that driving him out of the Bernabeu was the biggest mistake in their lives.

"Golden Left Foot" controlled the ball, pulling and dunking to lure Gago into losing his center of gravity, but the result disappointed Reyes.Gago didn't move at all, just stood in his way, preventing him from moving forward.

Seeing Fran in the middle stretching out his hand for the ball, Reyes gritted his teeth and forced a breakthrough.

Gago frowned at this moment, just waiting for this moment, he stepped forward and stretched his feet lightly, and just when Reyes just took a step to take the ball, he broke the ball just right.

"Beautiful steal, Gago is more and more like his predecessor Redondo's demeanor, this kind of defensive demeanor like art, I am afraid it has brought back memories of many fans present."

The commentator Winster said with emotion when he saw Gago steal the ball.

Reyes knew it was going to be bad after being intercepted, and immediately turned around and prepared to counterattack, but Gago's ability to control the ball was beyond his comparability. He dodged his sliding tackle with a sideways move, and then promptly distributed the ball to the left Lu Robinho's feet.

Robinho is the most skilled player in Real Madrid. He was called "Pelé II" when he was in Brazil.Two years after joining Real Madrid, he finally showed his strength. He stepped on a bicycle several times on the left side and took advantage of the opponent's unstable center of gravity to smash into the penalty area, facing Franco and pushing the far corner.

"It's a pity that Robinho's shot hit the post. He has already broken through the defender and beat the goalkeeper, but it seems that God will give him some tests and delay his goal later."

However, Robinho's goal made the Atletico Madrid players startled, and they dared not press too far forward.

At this time, Schuster made a second substitution, Saviola came on, and Van Nistelrooy, who scored a goal, went off to rest.When the Dutchman left the field, the fans did not hesitate to applaud. Last season's 27 league goals let them know that the king of the small box is not old yet.

After the substitution, the game was coming to an end. In the last 5 minutes, Schuster used the last substitution spot in his hands, and Sneijder came on the field to replace Gago, who played the best in the game.

(End of this chapter)