princely elegance

Chapter 410 The sky is going to change
San Mames Stadium, the No.18 round of La Liga held a focus battle here.

For the media, the term "battle of focus" is very worthless. As long as Real Madrid and Barcelona are spread, it is a battle of focus.

But when the result of this game was finally determined, everyone was shocked, and the score of 1:0 blinded everyone's eyes.According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back!
I don't know how long Real Madrid has not lost. The unbeaten record from the beginning of this season to the present has made all opponents desperate.Sometimes, Guardiola almost wanted to surrender and admit defeat.

But fortunately, Real Madrid finally lost, and the league's unbeaten record came to an abrupt end in the No.18 round.The northern team Athletic Bilbao created this miracle.

The performance of Gago and others in this game cannot be said to be bad. The possession rate of 70.00% made all the home fans tremble with fear at all times.Real Madrid sent out 38 shots frantically throughout the game, [-] of which were within the range of the goal frame.Among them, Gago, Higuain, Raul, and Sneijder each hit the post once, but such a big advantage did not result in a goal.

In this game, the Athletic Bilbao players can be said to be all crazy, using their bodies to build a flesh and blood defense in front of the goal.

The massacre in the final of the Copa del Rey last season made the two teams sworn enemies. Although Real Madrid compensated Biba in various ways, some things cannot be compensated by money.

Most of the players in this team are still the main force of last season. Although Schuster did not put Pepe in the squad in order to avoid accidents in this game, he still underestimated the revenge of Athletic Bilbao players psychology.

Athletic Bilbao used ten yellow cards and two red cards throughout the game to give Real Madrid their first loss of the season.In the opening 3 minutes, Lue Lunte scored a goal for Biba, and then all 11 players retreated to defend, maintaining the one-goal advantage to the end of the game.

No matter how rough the action is, Athletic Bilbao has done what the other [-] teams in La Liga cannot do.

Beating Real Madrid, a problem that has been a headache for everyone, has finally been achieved by a team this season.Stronger than Barcelona, ​​AC Milan barely drew with Real Madrid at home, but this miracle was achieved by Athletic Bilbao, an ordinary La Liga team.

The next day, the news of Real Madrid's loss spread all over the world through good media, and at the same time the name "Athletic Bilbao" became popular.

"Before this day, the name Athletic Bilbao was only well-known in La Liga. In modern football, fans definitely don't know much about it, but after this day, everyone knows it. This is a team from the north of Spain."

"Who can beat Real Madrid? This problem has plagued the head coaches of the major giants for half a year, but yesterday, the first warrior finally appeared. Goals of gold defeated the invincible Blancos."

"38 shots in the game, but only five goalposts, has Real Madrid's good luck come to an end?"

The moment Real Madrid lost, all the media became excited. They had been waiting for half a year for the big news.Although there is no permanent undefeated team on this planet, the time for Real Madrid's failure came a bit late.The reporters had already prepared the draft in their hearts, and they would send it out as soon as Real Madrid lost.

Schuster was in a bad mood, not only because of the loss, but also because Barcelona won again, beating Valladolid 3-0 in the away game, and the gap with Real Madrid was shortened to 1 point.

You must know that before the winter break, Real Madrid made Barcelona fans almost desperate with a 7-point advantage, but after the winter break, there were only three rounds of matches. Barcelona relied on Messi to win the World Footballer's momentum and chased 6 points in a row. They also tied a game, and now they have all overtaken.

Although there was a make-up match, the real point difference was only 4 points, but the media didn't care so much, they only knew that Real Madrid lost, and then the 7-point lead was chased by Barcelona to [-] point.

"I saw Real Madrid's fatigue. After seventeen rounds of unbeaten, Blancos finally hit a trough. No team can be at the top all the time, and the team at the top will fall into the trough. The harder it is to recover. Now is our chance to continue to put pressure on Real Madrid. As long as we can maintain enough pressure, Real Madrid will collapse. Before the Champions League knockout, the great Barcelona will definitely be able to reverse Real Madrid and become the top!"

After Real Madrid lost, Cruyff, who had been silent for a long time, finally stood up again and cheered for Barcelona in his column.

"The team has just been eliminated in the Copa del Rey. This is a good thing for us. We can put all our energy in the league. On the other hand, as long as Real Madrid is still winning, they must fight on two fronts. It is undeniable that Real Madrid's The bench is very strong, but it can't piece together two completely different teams. The Copa del Rey front will inevitably involve some energy, unless Schuster is willing to give up the Copa del Rey in a good situation."

Although Cruyff seemed to be suggesting ideas for Real Madrid, everyone knew that it was absolutely impossible to do so with Schuster's pride.

"Break the boat and go all the way, you really have it, old man!"

Sure enough, after seeing Cruyff's report, Schuster just kept sneering.Then in the first round of the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, a half-main and half-substitute lineup was sent.

Gago was rotated to rest, Sneijder served as the core of the attack, plus the two wingers Silva and Mata, and Ruud van Nistelrooy at the front.Even if this lineup goes to the Champions League, it can reach the quarter-finals. Schuster is confident that his team can reach the end on both fronts, unlike Barcelona, ​​which can only focus on one front.

However, it is probably because the record in the first half of the season was too brilliant, and Real Madrid's character was consumed a bit too much.In the first round of the Bernabeu, Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring with an unconventional posture under the attack of the two opponents in the No. 18 minute of the first half, but after scoring the goal, he fell to the ground in pain and was forced to Injured end.The results of the team doctor's examination made the German look very bad.

Schuster thought about it and replaced Huntelaar. Although he really wanted a victory to refute Cruyff, the German's thinking was very clear. Compared with the league, the King's Cup is indeed tasteless.

Gago, Higuain and others, who are already very tired, cannot be made more tired because of this event.

Moreover, Schuster is convinced that even Huntelaar can beat Osasuna, a relegation team.The final result proved that his self-confidence was justified, but the score of 2:1 was not very good. In the second round, as long as Osasuna played 1:0 at home and Athletic Bilbao, they would be able to win. Eliminate Real Madrid.

"Sure enough, under the pressure of Barcelona, ​​Schuster began to give up the King's Cup, a useless competition, and turned to fight for the advantage of the league. But even so, Josep can reverse Real Madrid, which is now at a low point. Break Real Madrid's dominance in La Liga for the past three years. Last year, it won the Champions League, and this year it won the league and the Champions League double. Now, it's time to announce to the world that the king of Barcelona is back!"

After Real Madrid beat Osasuna 2:1 "difficultly" at home, Cruyff jumped out again. He used the tone of "as expected" to express that Schuster's actions were all within his expectations. The next step is to use this to stimulate the morale of Barcelona, ​​and it is best to reverse Real Madrid in one fell swoop.

For Cruyff's constant clamor in his column these days, Schuster finally couldn't bear it anymore. He also had a violent temper when he was a player. Although he improved a lot after becoming a coach, the essence is still that unruly Taming genius.

"I advise him to keep his mouth shut. Now Barcelona's coach is not him, but Josep. Such reckless and random moves, I'm afraid Barcelona, ​​which has just had a good momentum, will immediately mess up. Also, don't use I stubbornly stuffed my mind full of mud to guess the thinking of this genius of mine, I am not in the same dimension as him!"

For Schuster's response, the entire football world began to get excited. No matter what time it is, a one-man show is the most boring, and playing in the ring is a wonderful show.And a few days after Cruyff jumped out, Schuster couldn't help jumping on the stage, making this matter instantly rise to the level of global attention.

One is the head coach of Real Madrid, and the other is the spiritual symbol of Barcelona. The confrontation between the two is undoubtedly a direct confrontation between two giant clubs!

And when the two were fighting a war of words, Barcelona, ​​which started early in the No.19 league game, relied on Pedro's goal to beat Sporting Gijon in the away game. With the advantage of one more round, they accumulated 52 points for the first time Sit at the top of the list once.And this made Cruyff even more proud.In his column, he said that Barcelona's state will only get better and better in the future, and he will not give Real Madrid a chance.

"We are the ones ahead!"

In the face of Cruyff's words, Schuster blocked the mouths of all reporters with just this sentence.And Real Madrid's players did not disappoint their head coach, under tremendous pressure.Gago shattered Malaga's dream of learning from Athletic Bilbao with a brace.

After winning this round, Real Madrid also broke the half-time championship points record created by Barcelona last year. Poor Barcelona, ​​just broke Real Madrid's record for a year, and was taken back by Real Madrid in a blink of an eye.This fact made the pro-Real Madrid media hype.

The Barcelona fans said sourly that the half-time champion is not the final champion. In order to increase persuasiveness, they even did not hesitate to show themselves last year.

Last year, Barcelona broke Real Madrid's half-time championship points record, but was eventually reversed by Real Madrid to win the championship.And this time, the fans of the Red and Blues believe that they can do the same.

La Liga's sky, it's time to change color!

Ps: Khan, it’s still a chapter, the courses are advanced to the present, and there are evening self-study, it’s really impossible to do two updates!
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