princely elegance

Chapter 349 The last battle of this season

When the Real Madrid players stepped onto the lawn of the Bernabeu, all they could think of was what Schuster said just now.

"This is our last battle of the season. As long as we win him, we will be in sight, and the rest of our opponents will be terrified!"

This is the meaning of the automatic translation in Gago's mind. Schuster used this metaphor to elevate the already high momentum of the players to a higher level.It's almost burning, but Barcelona's side is not bad. The World War will always be the most important game between the two teams in a season.Even if you didn't win the league championship this season, as long as you double-killed the deadly enemy, the fans will praise you when you go out!
When Gago and Messi shook hands, all the camera lenses on the scene were aimed at this place. This is the representative of today's football players, and it is also the second of the four best players of the 80s generation.

Speaking of superstars, today's fans always say in a sigh that today's football is less and less seeing the kind of star who decides the game by himself.

You must know that in the past, every giant had one or two stars who were in their prime. Those born in the 60s and 70s supported the brightest era in football.

But now, with the passage of time, those born in the 60s have all retired, and the stars born in the 70s have also entered the twilight years of their careers and are approaching retirement.

There are only four players who can be called superstars in today's football, and only Gago and Messi are in the same league. Every match between them is heated up by the media reporters.

This season, the two played directly against each other a total of three times. Gago scored four goals, while Messi also scored four goals. However, in terms of assists, Messi probably will not be able to match Gago in his lifetime.

One league match and two Copa del Rey matches. Based on the strength of the two teams, it is not surprising that they will meet in the Champions League.

Today is the last game of the season for the two teams, and it is also the only game that can be concluded.In the first league game, the two sides drew 2:2 at Camp Nou, and in the two Copa del Rey games, Real Madrid won 2:1 at home in the first round and lost 1:2 away in the second round.It's just that the final total score is the same. Messi's penalty miss in the penalty shootout allowed Real Madrid to enter the final.

There is no doubt that Barcelona came for revenge in this game, and they even selectively stayed in the Champions League semi-finals for this game.

Of course, there are also many Barcelona players who have lost their minds because of the World War. In their eyes, the hatred for Real Madrid must exceed Chelsea.

"Leo, show me your strength and let me see how much progress you have made!"

After Gago and Messi finished shaking hands, he said something with a senior smile on his face. After hearing this, Messi gave him a blank look, then turned and left.

"Hey, sure enough, the older I get, the less cute I am, I can't even joke about it!"

Seeing Messi run away, Gago's lament made Higuain's skin crawl on one side.

"Fair, don't embarrass me, hurry up, the game is about to start!"

Mascherano pushed Gago and stepped back. Real Madrid kicked off the ball first. And Robben inserted from both sides, but their overall position is still a little behind Higuain.

This time the main defense against Gago is Busquets. The future actor who has just played in Barcelona's first team in La Liga this season is widely favored by experts, thinking that he is more capable of liberating Harvey than Yatoure.

And the young man is naturally full of vigor and confidence. He has heard about Gago's reputation for a long time.When he first joined the Barcelona youth team, Gago was already known as "Redondo II" in Argentina. He led the giants Boca Juniors to win the double crown and was contested by countless giants.

When he just entered the second team, Gago had already been sent to the Bernabeu by Real Madrid as the bid king. He put on a white jersey and was regarded as the future core under Capello to play in La Liga and the Champions League.

And when Busquets finally entered the first team, Gago was already the most prestigious star in football today.Also made his debut as a midfielder, Busquets thinks he is no worse than Gago.The reason why Gago is Real Madrid's number one star, and he is just a rotation substitute for Barcelona is that he was not trained as a core.

Think about when Gago landed in Real Madrid, Zidane retired, and Emerson's state declined sharply. Capello had no choice but to try this young man who was expected by the fans as the core.

It's just that such a test has cultivated a core team for the next ten years. Originally, Real Madrid fans even had high expectations for Gago.I also believe that it will take at least two or three years of polishing before Gago can secure the core position of Real Madrid.After becoming the core, it will take another two or three years to reach the height of Redondo.

And Redondo's height is already the fans' highest expectation for Gago, but they didn't expect this young man's potential to be almost unlimited.All the expected things were completed by him in half the time, and now at the age of 23, he is already climbing towards the height of Maradona.

As for Barcelona, ​​Harvey is the core of the organization, Yaya Toure is the defensive engineer, and both of them have excellent physical strength and character. After a season, there is no injury at all. He can only play in the Copa del Rey or as a substitute. Feel.For this, Busquets can only lament the injustice of God.

After the game started, Busquets posted Gago consciously and diligently. His hard-working attitude made Guardiola nod involuntarily. It is not in vain for me to post you in such an important game. First off.

It's just that the curvature of Guardiola's mouth has not been half-cracked, and the expression on his face is directly stiff.

Seeing that it wasn't Yaya Toure's tough black guy who came to defend, Gago didn't even bother to make fake moves. He passed the ball back to Alonso, turned around and raised his hand at the same time to block Busquets' attack just right. Remember the collision.

Busquets obviously didn't expect that Gago, who was hit by him, would be like a normal person, and Gago was caught off guard and directly broke through from his side.And Alonso's return pass also came at this time, and Gago's movement of stopping the ball and turning at a high speed was completed in one go.Harvey, who was just about to come up to defend, was also brought over in the blink of an eye.

"A beautiful breakthrough. Not long after the start of the game, Gago staged a personal breakthrough at the Bernabeu. After throwing away Busquets and Xavi in ​​a row, he was already close to the penalty area. To be honest, I really didn't want to understand why in the Bernabeu In this game, Guardiola will let Yaya Toure sit on the bench. You must know that only his defense in Barcelona can slightly limit Gago. Busquets, who has just entered the first team this season, is obviously still too young Now, how can Gago's defense be so close, you must know that the Argentine King's instant explosive power is one of the best in the entire football world!"

But in the end, Real Madrid's attack still failed this time. Gago stuffed the ball into the penalty area before Puyol came up to defend, but Pique, who had been prepared for a long time, took the first step to intercept it and transferred it to Harvey!
"Hey, this kid's progress is not small!"

After seeing his through ball cut off by Pique, Gago glanced in surprise at the central defender who had played with him several times.From Zaragoza in 07 to Manchester United in 08, every time he played against this kid, he was completely abused by him.Regardless of whether his partner is Milito or Ferdinand, Gago can find opportunities to complete goals or assists in front of his eyes.

If the through pass just now had been in last year, Pique would definitely have been able to watch the ball pass in front of his eyes, and then be caught by the instantly activated Higuain to face the goalkeeper.

"It seems that I am not the only one who has improved!"

After Gago glanced at Pique again, he put away the contempt in his heart. In terms of age, Pique was one year younger than him.Now it is at the time of the fastest progress. After honed by the three top central defenders, Milito, Ferdinand and Puyol, this year Pique has completed his own sublimation. His partner with Puyol is known as the The ten-year pillar of Barcelona!
After seeing Gago retreat, Pique woke up from the excitement just now.Suddenly starting to break the opponent's through ball, Pique did not know how many times he has done it, but this time is the only one with a sense of accomplishment, because the person who was intercepted by him was Gago, who used to be able to easily kill him Real Madrid core.

"What I can do, I will never let him score a goal today!"

Pique secretly cheered himself up in his heart, and Puyol who came over also gave him a thumbs up for his defense just now.All of this has greatly increased Pique's self-confidence!

The increase in confidence made Pique perform better and better in the next time. In the 10th minute, Robben's cross was blocked by the tall and big man.Next, Gago took the corner kick and he grabbed the first point, and his excellent performance in the backcourt also made the frontcourt players feel relieved to attack.

Messi made two consecutive emergency stops and changed direction on the wing, throwing off his national teammate Heinze, but his cross was also pushed out by Pepe.

Mascherano grabbed the second point ahead of Iniesta, and he fell to the ground and handed the ball to Alonso not far away.Alonso, who is now the core of Real Madrid, is optimistic about the running position of the frontcourt players before receiving the ball, and then quickly makes a long pass after receiving the ball.

This long pass was for Robben on the side. There were not many defensive forces on his side, and most of them were attracted to the center by Gago.

It's just that Robben dribbled the ball only to the front of the penalty area and couldn't get in again. Barcelona's defense now deserves to concede the least goals in La Liga.

But just when Abidal was about to push Robben to a dead end, Gago appeared in the most appropriate position.Robben quickly passed the ball out.

Although Busquets tried every means to stop Gago from taking the ball, he failed in the end.

It's just that this time he learned the lesson from the previous time, instead of sticking close to Gago, he took two steps back to give himself time to react.

But it was the gap between these two steps that made Gago volley the ball with his right foot without any hesitation and hit the goal directly!

(End of this chapter)