princely elegance

Chapter 291 46 Years of Records

The away game was tied at the last minute. This result made all Real Madrid fans very depressed, and even the players felt very aggrieved.Seeing that the three points are about to be obtained, it feels so fucking uncomfortable to have the other two thirds taken away abruptly while taking a bite.

What made the Real Madrid players even more upset was that arch-enemy Barcelona climbed to the top of the table after this round.Guardiola's team quickly entered the state after a loss and a draw at the start, demonstrating their status as a La Liga giant with a wave of seven consecutive victories.The purely technical 4-3-3, which represents the achievements of La Masia for more than [-] years, began to show its invincible demeanor.

After this round, the form of La Liga changed drastically. Valencia, which was still at the top of the list in the previous round, quickly fell to No.3 after losing to Racing Santander at home.

Although Real Madrid tied this round, their ranking rose again, overwhelming Sevilla with a goal difference advantage and rising to No.4.

After a bad start, the two La Liga giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​quickly adjusted their state.However, because of this round of draw, the gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona has widened to five points. It is not easy to catch up with this point difference, especially now that Barcelona is getting better and better.It is almost impossible to expect other teams in La Liga to snipe them. The only possible Spaniard was killed in the fifth round because of an unnecessary penalty.

"I don't believe that you guys won't make mistakes. At worst, I'll kill you head-on in the No. 15 round!"

After Schuster looked at the list of Barcelona's next opponents, he really couldn't find a team with the strength to attack Barcelona.

In fact, for Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​there are only two games that determine the league championship each year, and those are the only two games where the two sides play head-to-head.As long as these two battles of the century are won, the overall situation of the league will be settled.The other [-] teams in La Liga are the role of the prince's companion, and occasionally they can stay at the top of the list for a while, but the final champion must be Real Madrid or Barcelona.

But at this time, Schuster can only put aside the league affairs first, and prepare to face the strongest opponent in the group at home, the Serie A giants, Juventus.

Juventus currently lead the group with seven points, while Real Madrid are second with six points.Zenit St. Petersburg, which was favored before the game, ranked last with one point, and Borisol, who is recognized as a belly, came in second from last with two points.

It was supposed to be a death group, but Real Madrid and Juventus have shown the background of the giants. Although Zenit is rich and showed a dominant strength in the Europa League last season, compared with the traditional European powerhouses, it is still Lack of experience in the Champions League.

The current form is already very clear, it depends on who can qualify first in the group between Real Madrid and Juventus.In terms of strength, Real Madrid is naturally better, but Juventus' desire for the Champions League cannot be ignored.During the two-year blank period, superstars like Nedved and Del Piero are eager to prove themselves again on the club's highest stage.

However, more people in this game are optimistic that Real Madrid can win, no matter in terms of strength or history.There are not many records of Real Madrid and Juventus fighting in history, and in the Bernabeu, the last time Juventus defeated Real Madrid was 46 years ago.

While a record's only purpose is to be broken, as long as it exists, it can be a huge morale booster.For the players of Real Madrid, this game is very simple, that is to beat the opponent.

As the defending champion, and the recently announced club NO.1, losing to Juventus, a declining giant, is unforgivable.In terms of players, Real Madrid has superstars such as Gago and Robben who are at their peak, and Juventus can only play Del Piero and Nedved, but the two are 33 and 35. Older than Real Madrid's strike partners Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

"There is nothing to say about this game. The record held by the predecessors for 46 years must not be broken in our hands. Although Juventus used to be at the same level as our team, but now we are the number one in the world , as the defending champion, it is okay to lose once, but it is absolutely impossible to lose twice. Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of fans at the Bernabéu, let us win the opponent and prove that we are the strongest."

Before the game, Schuster instilled confidence in the players in the locker room. As long as they win this game, Real Madrid will be able to qualify ahead of schedule. In the next time, they will put all their attention on In the league, it's life and death with Barcelona.

This time Real Madrid's starting lineup has been adjusted. Heinze, who has made frequent mistakes recently, sat on the bench and was replaced by Marcelo.It seems that Schuster intends to give Marcelo more playing time this season and let him grow.In the midfield, Guti, who had returned from injury, replaced Van der Vaart as the attacking midfielder. Robben was strained again before the game. In desperation, Gago was moved to the wing.

This time Real Madrid's formation is 4-1-3-2, with Diarra serving as the single midfielder, Sneijder, Guti, and Gago lined up as the three forwards, and the two in front are the unshakable Raul and Van Gogh. Ni.Even if Higuain's recent form is very good, he can't grab a main position from these two.

Juventus' formation is the same as Real Madrid's 4-4-2, but their midfield is more diamond-shaped.This time, Juventus, like Real Madrid, also played the main force. After defeating Real Madrid in the last match, Juventus's momentum rose instantly.They are eager to prove that they are still the Juventus that makes all teams despair by beating Real Madrid.

Before the game started, Cannavaro and a group of Juventus players hugged each other, talking and laughing, and there was no contradiction at all.And the hug between him and Chiellini is also considered to be the handover of two generations of Italian central defenders. Since Cannavaro's generation, the position of Italian central defenders has almost been discontinued. Fortunately, Chiellini has the psychological quality Strong players, otherwise, Italy's reinforced concrete Nesta and Cannavaro's generation will never exist after retirement.

On the other side, the handshake between Buffon and Casillas also attracted a lot of media attention.In the European Cup this summer, Spain entered the semi-finals stepping on Italy's corpse.

Once the world's number one goalkeeper...Buffon, now the world's number one goalkeeper...Iker Casillas!

This name alone is enough for the media to discuss for a long time. Many people are sighing. If the two lived in the same era, if Real Madrid's defense was not so sad, Iker Casillas would have challenged Buffon earlier to become the world leader. The number one doorkeeper?
Many people don't know that in this game, Buffon played with an injury. This season, Juventus' main goalkeeper is more Manninger.Buffon was recuperating from his injuries, but Buffon insisted on playing this game because he knew that with Manninger's strength, it was impossible to stop the world's number one offensive combination with Gago at the core.

The combination of Real Madrid's frontcourt can be said to be perfect. If Juventus is still the "Wall of Sighs" led by Capello back then, Real Madrid may return without success.But now the offense of this Real Madrid team has reached the limit that humans can imagine. With Gago able to play, no team can remain intact under the artillery fire of the Blancos.

Although Juventus won the first round of the battle between the two sides, Buffon felt the biting chill.Taking Gago's breakthrough goal as an opportunity, Real Madrid's midfield combination almost blown up Juventus' defense. If he hadn't been in better form at the last moment, I am afraid they would not have won.

When the two sides shook hands, many Juventus players set their sights on Gago, the head of the four kings of the new generation of football.After the first round of fighting, they experienced the power of this Argentine prince, and he was better than Kaka, who they often played against.

Breakthrough, long-range shooting, scoring... His comprehensive and amazing skills, Marchisio and Chiellini, the only players of the new generation of Italy who can do it well, were almost beaten by him in the last game People blow up.Even with the help of Buffon behind him, he still assisted Van Nistelrooy and scored a goal.

Their Serie A team's proud defense was simply vulnerable in front of Gago, and Juventus coach Ranieri said it was a headache.In order to defend Real Madrid, he made a lot of preparations before the game, including the video of the two rounds between Real Madrid and AC Milan and Rome.

From these two opponents, one can clearly see Gago's growth, from being completely blocked by Maldini and Nesta in the first year to facing the entire defense line of Roma in the second year with ease, to this year he was almost alone. Blast Juventus' defense.

"This level of improvement is really scary. He is only 21 years old. I can't believe where his peak is?"

Just when Ranieri had a bitter face on the sidelines, the head coach on the field had already blown the whistle to start the game.Real Madrid kicked off first, and the ball did not meet everyone's expectations. After two or three passes, it reached Gago's feet.

This time, Gago's position is on the right side, which is not enough for him to have a lot of freedom. He can extend to the center, and if necessary, he can also insert into the penalty area to play as a guest striker.As Gago became better and better, his power in the Real Madrid team became more and more powerful. Although he didn't say it clearly, even if Gago fired endlessly on the court, no player would jump out and criticize him face to face.

As soon as the game started, Real Madrid's players quickly entered the state, and the benefits of resting most of the main players in the last round came out.The players represented by Gago gave up the temptation from the very beginning and entered the hand-to-hand handover of real swords and guns.

In the face of Marchisio's defense, Gago just made an easy emergency stop and smashed out of the gap, and then cut inside to the middle and kicked the goal.

(End of this chapter)