princely elegance

Chapter 334 Penalty Shootout
Real Madrid played a wonderful game against Chelsea at home, and this game is also considered to be the best of the eight games in the first round of the round of sixteen.Even Bayern Munich's five-goal bloodbath against Sporting Lisbon in the away game can't match this game.

Goals, reversals, equalizers, lore, everything a game should have, and the die-hard fans of both sides were almost shocked by the twists and turns of the game.

In this game, several stars have shown their value, and Raul, the top scorer in the Champions League, continues to write his own legend.And Lampard and Dero's ability to help the team reverse when they fell behind is also worthy of their high salaries.The most exciting thing for the fans is naturally Gago. Now, no one disagrees with the Argentine king's title of "the world's number one star".

The miracle of five assists in a single game in the last game has not yet passed. Under the situation of falling behind at home, he stood up and used two wonderful goals to help the team reverse and win.The first volley was compared by many people after the game with Zidane's flying fairy in the 02 Champions Cup final. The two goals are similar.

Regardless of the angle, the position of the shot is almost exactly the same. This is considered by the fans to be a miracle. Gago is the new king of the Bernabéu destined by heaven.

And the second goal showed his personal ability, perfect ball control skills, three consecutive emergency stop spikes from the penalty area line to dodge Terry, Carvalho and Cech, change of rhythm And the precision of the ball makes all the players amazed.

Although the score of 3:2 was not very good in the two rounds, it was a victory after all, so Real Madrid's media were doing overwhelming publicity.Of course, the focus of their publicity is Gago's volley and the final lore.

When these superstars represented by Zidane and Ronaldo are gradually withdrawing from the stage, there are only four people who can be crowned with the title of "superstar" in today's football. Brazilians.

Gago, Messi, Kaka, and Ronaldo, these four are known as the four kings of today's football, and the question of who is the number one has naturally been debated for a long time.

In 07, Kaka was the well-deserved No. [-], and after that, it was the year of Gago and Ronaldo, and the next was the rise of Messi, who took over Ronaldo's class and fought against Gago.

Although Gago has won the most recognition in today's football by relying on the supreme honor of the "Five Crowns" last year, he is also faintly considered the first of the four kings.But the Serie A and Premier League media will definitely not agree with this point of view, and La Liga is only recognized by the pro-Real Madrid half of the media.

After all, people are selfish, but the eyes of most fans are discerning. With Gago getting better and better this year, the media in Bundesliga and Ligue 1 have clearly recognized Gago as the No. [-] player in football. " title.

And after the last two miraculous performances, some Serie A and Premier League media are no longer so confident in their league's top card.Gago has already dominated 70.00% of the territory in La Liga. Except for those areas of Real Madrid's arch-rivals, he is recognized as the top star in the entire league.

It is impossible for every fan to recognize "No.1" in this world. Gago is not a god, he cannot make everyone like him, but he can make most fans like him, which is why he is now doing.Use one victory after another to completely push yourself to the altar.

In the No.20 fifth round of La Liga, Real Madrid welcomed the Spaniard at home. Due to special political reasons, Schuster gritted his teeth and sent most of the main players in this game.Alonso and Mascherano, who were unable to play in the Champions League, were used to the extreme by him, while Gago sat on the bench for a rest.

However, in the No.60 minute of the second half, Gago had to go into battle again, and the opponent's defensive tactics made Real Madrid's strikers collectively misfire.

And Gago's playing instantly catalyzed the offensive combination of the frontcourt. Since Robben was injured in the last game, Huntelaar replaced him as the right winger.

Although both are Dutch, it is obvious that the strength of the two is several grades apart.Huntelaar does not have Robben's ability to break through dense defenses.

And Gago's playing is to use his personal ability to assault the opponent's iron barrel formation. In the No. 607 minute, Gago's breakthrough was exchanged for a yellow card and a free kick in the frontcourt.

He repeated the same trick again and called Sneijder on one side, but when the opponent's goalkeeper was thinking about what kind of tactical coordination it was, he abruptly kicked the goal.

After the ball bypassed the wall and hit the left post into the net, Kameni reacted a step slower and could only watch the ball enter the goal.

Relying on Gago's direct free kick, Real Madrid beat the Espanyol 1-0 at home.After this league, Real Madrid will go to Camp Nou to prepare for the second round of the Copa del Rey semi-final with Barcelona.

Just before this game, Real Madrid got another good news, Barcelona lost again, they lost to Atletico Madrid in Madrid.

This time, Atletico Madrid rarely showed the blood of the Royal Capital team. In the first half, Henry and Messi scored successively. Diego Forlan and Aguero each scored a goal in the second half equalize.Although Henry used his personal ability to score another goal to overtake, but 10 minutes before the end, Forlan and Aguero each scored twice, helping the team beat Barcelona 4:3 at home.Washed away the shame of being bloodbathed by Barcelona 6:1 at Camp Nou in the first half of the season.

After this round of the league, Real Madrid opened up a five-point gap over Barcelona in the standings. From falling behind to overtaking, it was just one game.Now it is the final sprint stage of the league, and any point may become the cornerstone of the team's championship.

Barcelona lost two games in a row when they shouldn't have lost, allowing Real Madrid, who had been eyeing behind them, to reverse in one fell swoop.They handed over the top position that had occupied more than half a season. At this time, the entire La Liga was full of voices praising Real Madrid, and they all believed that the white dynasty would be established again.

But the media in Barcelona began to cheer the team up, and the next game was the second round of the Copa del Rey.No matter who wins the two teams, then the first championship of the season is basically obtained.

And if Real Madrid is defeated at home, then Real Madrid's morale that has finally reached its peak can be beaten to the ground.Another reversal in the league is not out of the question.

After the 25th round of the league, Real Madrid and Barcelona went to the Catalonia region at the same time to play the third game of the century at the Nou Camp.

The [-] seats in the Camp Nou were filled, without a single gap. Looking up, they were all dazzling red and blue.The white crowd of [-] Real Madrid fans was almost overwhelmed by the wave of red and blue.

But the [-] Barcelona fans didn't see a victory in their home stadium.In this game, Messi showed his dominance. The first half belonged to him. He broke through the gate of Casillas twice after receiving direct passes from Harvey and Iniesta respectively.

The total score of 3:2 made all Barcelona fans see the hope of promotion, but in the last 10 minutes of the second half, Gago once again drew a shocking world wave to help the team regain a point.Let the total score of the two sides be equal, the game had to enter overtime.

At this time, the two sides had no physical strength, but a strong belief kept them on the court.The players of Real Madrid and Barcelona desperately squeezed their bodies to help the team attack and defend.

In the three 10-minute overtime match, no one made any contribution under the very concentrated attention of both sides. Under the gloomy faces of Schuster and Guardiola, the two sides entered a brutal penalty shootout.

As the core of Real Madrid, Gago was arranged by Schuster to play first.

"Real Madrid's first penalty kick was Gago, let me see his penalty record, oh my god, do you know what I saw?"

The commentator at the scene exclaimed after receiving Gago's penalty kick record sent by his assistant.

"Penalty kicks are 100% hit. Up to now, Gago has made six penalty kicks in total and scored all of them. No wonder Schuster sent him out first. Is this to win the game!"

After shaking hands with Real Madrid teammates, Gago came out first and stood in front of Valdes. Under the signal of the referee, he ran up lightly, and then kicked decisively without any hesitation.

"goooooooooooooal, beautiful top corner kick, Valdés was completely fooled, he didn't expect Gago to hit the middle, and it was the top corner. This ball can be said to rub the crossbar into the net. It was calculated by the computer!"

Gago clenched his fist and shook it hard, then hugged and celebrated with his teammates behind him.

Eto'o was the first to come out of Barcelona. As the team's top scorer and the striker who broke through Casillas' ten fingers the most times, Guardiola has enough confidence in him.

And he did not disappoint the fans, pushing the lower left corner to score.

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"It's so nerve-wracking. Now it's the fifth one. Both sides are surprisingly all hits. For Real Madrid, Gago, Raul, Higuain and Robben all broke through Valdez's goal, and the last one The player who surprised me was Xabi Alonso!"

"come on!"

Gago and Alonso hugged, then pushed behind him, shouting silently in his heart, at this moment, the more he talked, the more nervous he became, even for a naturally calm core like Alonso.

However, he did not disappoint his teammates. He made a steady pass in the middle and scored the fifth penalty.

Now, the pressure is all on Barcelona's side. Messi took the last penalty kick. Compared with Gago who took the first penalty kick, he undoubtedly has more pressure.

If you enter, there is still hope, if you don't enter, you will be eliminated!

And obviously Messi has never been under such a heavy pressure, he missed!

"Saint... Igor, at this moment he is a god, a god among goalkeepers, he saved Messi's penalty!"

"Real Madrid entered the final of the Copa del Rey in the 08/09 season. They will compete for the championship at the Calderon Stadium in the same city and Athletic Bilbao in the first half of the season!"

(End of this chapter)