princely elegance

Chapter 196 People Who Have Opponents Are the Happiest

"Come here, we are for three points!"

When Gago got off the plane, he said this confidently in the face of media interviews.Recently, with Gago's outstanding performance, he has also attracted more and more attention from the media.This time he received even more media attention than captain Raul, which shows his reputation in football during the recent period.

"Lazio's strength is not weak!"

There were local media present, so it was natural to argue for Lazio, after all, it was also the team that had won the Serie A championship.

"It's not weak, compared to the level of Serie A, but we are Real Madrid!"

The person who said this was naturally Guti, who had the group mocking skill max. As soon as Master Fourteen opened his mouth, he immediately attracted all the hatred to himself.All the local media present glared at the Real Madrid vice-team. If they hadn't considered maintaining the demeanor of their masters, they would have wanted to show Fourteenth Master why the flowers were so popular.

But now Lazio really doesn't have the capital to compete with Real Madrid, the football giant. With the overall recession of the Serie A economy and the "Phonegate" incident, the original solid foundation was completely defeated.If it weren't for the Milan duo maintaining the last glory of Serie A, they might have fallen into the second-tier league long ago.

The current Lazio is indeed not as powerful as it was during the World Cup. Facing such provocations from the Fourteenth Master, there is not a single star with enough weight to come out to refute him.

皇马和拉齐奥基本没有什么交集，双方在欧冠的历史上也只有两次交手的机会。那是在00/01的欧冠小组赛，皇马一胜一平，主客场比分分别为3比2和2比2。

Before the game, most of the media were optimistic about Real Madrid's victory, and even the local media in Rome thought it would be good for Lazio to win a draw.Because at the beginning of this season, Real Madrid was too strong, with six wins and one draw in seven games, and they have not lost since this season.

The midfield stars have all reached their peak this season. Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy, the two top forwards in the entire football history, made all the defenses dare not relax.The dual-core midfielders Gago and Guti are no one can overwhelm. With Robben's return from injury, he and Robinho form the strongest two wings in La Liga.

Although due to cooperation reasons, Robben has not yet fully integrated into Real Madrid, but his outstanding personal ability can break the ice when the team is in a stalemate.

The only weakness of Real Madrid is the long-standing problem of the defense. Pepe's injury forced Schuster to move Heinze to the center to partner with Cannavaro as a center back and left back. Got a chance.Because the keynote of Real Madrid in this game is offense, Schuster promised to the fans of the team when he took charge of Real Madrid that he would use offense to play all over the world.Now is the time for him to take responsibility for what he said.

In this game, Gago once again served as a single midfielder, responsible for the organization and scheduling of the backcourt.The African Cup of Africa, which is an extremely cheating competition, not only caused Rijkaard a headache, but Schuster also complained.As the core midfielder of the Mali national team, Diarra will definitely leave the team in the Africa Cup of Nations to serve as the king, and seeing the strength of the Mali national team in recent years, it is basically not a problem to enter the knockout round.This is destined to leave the team for a month or more in the middle of the league.

In order to allow the team to adapt to the situation without Diarra in advance, Schuster had to start an experiment with a single midfielder formation.At this time, the Germans regretted why they didn't buy a substitute midfielder for the team during the summer transfer. Although Baptista can also play the position of the midfielder, the Brazilian's offense is not as good as Gago, and his defense is not as good as Dia. Lah, this kind of jack-of-all-trades player with no outstanding characteristics made Schuster let him live a life of guarding the drinking fountain since the start of the season.

"I hope Gago won't be injured, and buy another midfielder during the winter transfer, and he should be able to last until that day."

Schuster was secretly thinking about who to buy to replace Diarra's position after leaving, but Real Madrid scored first in the away game.

The recent consecutive victories have brought the confidence among Real Madrid's offensive players to the peak. At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, they attacked bravely from the beginning.

This attack was a flash of inspiration for Real Madrid's central and frontcourt stars. Gago scored from the backcourt. Robben used his unique dribbling action on the right to dodge his defenders and cut inside to the middle. When he was about to break through the penalty area, he was tripped by Stendardo.

Gago came up to take a free kick, glanced at the players' positions in the penalty area, and kicked the ball over the wall with a run-up kick.Van Nistelrooy understood it in an instant, and rushed out from behind the human wall to the rear point and shot lightly at the falling ball.The Lazio goalkeeper Barotta jumped too hard, and the ball flew over his body and into the goal.

"Beautiful free-kick coordination, the perfect cooperation between Gago and Van Nistelrooy, Lazio's defense did not respond at all, allowing the king of the small penalty area to face the goalkeeper single-handedly. Van Nistelrooy who received the ball in the penalty area is unsolvable , it seems that the Dutchman was also stimulated by Henry's hat-trick, and he is in a very hot state in this game."

"In the opening 8 minutes, Real Madrid broke the goal of Lazio with a wonderful free kick. This is Ruud van Nistelrooy's 55th goal in the Champions League and his 51st goal in the Champions League!"

"Real Madrid has two midfield engines, Gago and Guti. The super striker combination of Van Nistelrooy and Raul this season has made all fans unbelievable that they are two [-]-year-old veterans."

However, after Real Madrid scored a goal, Lazio's last bit of luck was extinguished, and they launched a desperate counterattack.Regardless of physical strength, Real Madrid's players were pressed by the whole court, and sometimes they even used rough movements.Since this game is their home game, the referee's bias is very obvious.

Due to Pepe's injury, Real Madrid's defense was a bit unstoppable, and it was a bit difficult to do it alone before adding Gago in the penalty area.So Lazio played a few beautiful offensives after conceding the ball, forcing Casillas to make several beautiful saves.The most dangerous of these was a free kick. Mutarelli's tactical corner kick went directly to the goal. Casillas instinctively stretched out his right hand to block the ball out of the goal.

But in the No. 30 minute of the first half, Lazio, who was desperate to attack and spared no effort, still broke through the gate of Real Madrid.Zauri broke through Marcelo on the left and made a cross from a 45-degree angle. Stendaldo headed the ball ahead of Heinze in front of the penalty area. No response.

1 to 1 level!
Real Madrid was naturally not reconciled to being equalized, and under the continuous delivery of shells by Gago and Guti, they launched a continuous bombardment against Lazio.

Gago split the ball to the right after a mid-court steal. Ramos stepped in to catch the ball and protected the ball with his strong body. column.Then Robinho and Robben hit the wall continuously and tore apart the opponent's defense and fired on the left side of the penalty area.This time, it was goalkeeper Barota who saved Lazio, and he fell to the ground in time to save the ball.

After the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game in the first half, the Real Madrid players had to accept the draw and entered the intermission with regret.

At midfield, Schuster, who saw the team's defense in the first half was a bit unstable, no longer dared to play any pre-adaptation. He replaced Robinho with the black and hard Diarra, and the team Once again changed into a double midfielder.Although Robinho was somewhat dissatisfied, he didn't say much under Gago's comfort.

After the opening of the second half, the two sides had a tacit understanding and started to attack again. Lazio knew that if they couldn't win at home, going to the Bernabeu would be even worse.So this time they must win at home. You must know that they lost to Olympiacos without resistance in the last game.If you lose this game, you will basically be out early.

Real Madrid's recent winning streak has made them advocate offense in their bones. They now believe that with their strength, they can definitely use offense to blow up all opponents.

At the beginning of the second half, with Diarra sharing the defense, Gago began to frequently insert assists. His personal breakthrough ability disrupted Lazio's defense very well.

In the minute, he broke through from the left and knocked across the small penalty area. Van Nistelrooy showed his agility in the penalty area while leaning on a person, and directly used the opponent as a fulcrum for a barb volley.But goalkeeper Barota made another world-class save.

After Real Madrid's attack failed, Lazio launched a counterattack so fiercely that Schuster on the sidelines almost had a heart attack, and the long pass from the backcourt directly hit Real Madrid's penalty area.Ledesma made a pass in the frontcourt, and no one in the penalty area watched Mauri's left-footed volley shot.Fortunately, Real Madrid have Iker Casillas, San Igor saved the team with an equally impressive save.

However, in such a fierce confrontation, the first to break the deadlock was the superior Real Madrid.After the black and hard Diarra broke the ball with an almost foul action, he passed it directly to Gago in the midfield.

The keen insight of the Argentine prince played the best role at this moment. Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent pressed to attack, he saw the flaws in Lazio's defense line, and directly tore apart the entire defense line of the opponent with a long pass.Raul also succeeded in anti-offside. Facing the decisive goalkeeper of the opponent, the Lord of the Rings unselfishly knocked the ball across to Ruud van Nistelrooy who came up from the other side.

The king of the penalty area faced the empty goal and scored with an easy push.

Schuster, who saw the team leading again, was relieved. He didn't expect the declining Lazio to bring such trouble to his team.

The players of Real Madrid celebrated the team's leading again on the court, Ruud van Nistelrooy made a classic flying gesture to show that he is the king of the game.

He who has an opponent is the happiest. Van Nistelrooy is very happy to have Henry as an opponent. The excellence of the King of Highbury allowed him to reach his peak in Manchester United.And now, the opponent declared war again, making Ruud's long-lost fighting spirit burn again.

At the beginning of the season, Van Nistelrooy's state was unsatisfactory. After all, the king of the small penalty area was too fierce last season. He broke out in the second half of the league and helped the team reverse the championship with 27 league goals.And so far this season, his goals have not been as midfielder Gargodo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Real Madrid's top scorer, has naturally been criticized by some media.

Fortunately, in today's game, he recovered his shooting boots with two Champions League goals!

La Liga is not only a place for geniuses, but also an arena for superstars!

(End of this chapter)