princely elegance

Chapter 416 "The Uncrowned King"

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the faces of the fans of the two teams were very regretful.

0: 1!

Real Madrid relied on Gago's goal to beat Lyon, which has won the Ligue 4 title for seven consecutive times. After the second half, Le Guin, who sensed that the momentum was not good, changed the team decisively.The original aggressive 3-3-[-] has become a muscular battle formation in the form of Chelsea. The three midfielders in the midfield kept sweeping back and forth. In the second half, they relied on the iron barrel formation to defend Real Madrid's fierce offensive.

To be honest, when Schuster saw the opponent's shameless formation in the second half, he was really stunned.I originally thought that I was shameless enough, but who would have thought that a mountain would be as high as a mountain.At least he didn't dare to put up such an ugly defense at his home court. In the last 10 minutes, Lyon had completely defended. After Benzema was replaced, there was no counterattack at all.

However, when the results came out, Le Guon was still praised by the media. Although the game was lost, it was the first time that Real Madrid only scored one goal in the Champions League.You must know that during the group stage, the Blancos scored at least three goals in each game. Such a sharp attack also allowed Gago to lock in the honor of the top scorer before entering the knockout stage.

"Although it shouldn't be so conservative at home, this is the best result for us. Real Madrid is too strong. It's not that I don't have the courage to attack, but you all saw the end of the first half. We lost the ball!"

In the post-match press conference, Le Guin was still very low-key. If Gago hadn't repeatedly confirmed it, he would have thought that this was the Bernabéu, not the Gerland Stadium.

At this moment, Schuster let go of his contempt for the bald man for the first time, and he seemed to see the shadow of Guardiola in him.

"Mr. Fernando, can you tell me how you felt when you scored the tenth goal in the Champions League? You know, even if Real Madrid were eliminated in the next game, you have basically defended the Champions League top scorer. Equal football legend Geddy Muller's record of three consecutive Champions League top scorers!"

After Gago heard the question from the "French Football" reporter, he said something mildly.

"I would rather trade three Champions League top scorers for one Champions League trophy!"

After saying this, the reporters from "Marca" and "Aspen" clapped knowingly, and then, except for the "Daily Sports" journalists, all of them couldn't help applauding!

The next day, Gago's words became the sub-pages of major sports media. As for why it was a sub-page, it was because the front page belonged to the result of AC Milan's home game against Manchester United, which started at the same time as Real Madrid.

This battle of the kings did not disappoint. The king of Portugal also avenged his revenge in 07, scored twice with a header at the San Siro Stadium, and defeated Kaka on a personal level.

But this time AC Milan played at home with a strong force. Probably because they could only rely on Real Madrid's charity to qualify in the group stage, which stimulated the old guys in AC Milan with strong self-esteem. Leonardo's team played their own Best game of the season.

In the case of falling behind twice, Kaka first used a powerful long-range shot from the top of the penalty area to pull back a goal.Then Pato showed his talent. Facing the double-teaming situation of Ferdinand and Vidic, he forcibly broke through the goal with speed and sent Pirlo's through pass into the gate guarded by Van der Sar.

The most exciting thing is that in stoppage time, Pirlo once again saved AC Milan. A dead ball that went straight to the dead corner made the Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar pick up the ball from the net for the third time.

"It's just the opposite of the result in 07. At that time, Manchester United defeated AC Milan 3:2 at home, and the Brazilian king Kaka scored two goals for Milan. In that game, Ronaldo also scored the first for Manchester United. And Kaka's two goals full of individualism also aroused the morale of all AC Milan. In the second round, the Serie A giants swept Manchester United 3-0 at home, broke into the final of that year and successfully avenged Liverpool! "

"But now the process is reversed. If the final result is that Manchester United is promoted and AC Milan is eliminated, then I think Kaka will be very depressed, and Ronaldo will be very excited. The Portuguese king has already been invincible in the Premier League. They are also invincible, but in the face of Kaka of the same generation, Gago and Messi have never taken advantage of it.

In 07, Kaka scored a hat-trick in front of him in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

In 08, he was at his peak. The 42 goals in a single season almost made him a god, but he was eliminated by Real Madrid led by Gago with the advantage of away goals in two rounds.At the end of the year, he also suffered a crushing defeat in the selection of the "Golden Globe Award" and "World Player of Football". It can be said that he lost face to face with Gago in the face-to-face battle.

In 09, he was unwilling to make a comeback. When Gago’s Real Madrid was eliminated by Chelsea in the round of [-], he cut melons and cut vegetables all the way to the final with an invincible posture. In the end, he was defeated by Messi, whom he always looked down on, and he felt aggrieved again became the foil for the Argentine king.

Among the four kings of today's football, only Ronaldo is the most misnamed. Both Kaka and Gago have won the double football player.Although Messi was robbed of a Golden Globe by Gago, he won the World Player of the Year, and he also held a Champions Cup trophy that he envied.

So Ronaldo also has a nickname that makes him resentful..."The Uncrowned King"!
It means that the Uranus superstar who has never won the Golden Globe Award and World Footballer of the Year!

But for someone as proud and unyielding as Ronaldo, this well-intentioned title is a shame.He really doesn't believe it, he can't lead Manchester United to win a Champions League, the reason why he rejected Calderon's £8000 million offer to poach him last year is to prove that he is not weaker than Gago in Manchester United, otherwise how can he go to Real Madrid Compete with Gago for the core.

While Ronaldo was sharpening his sword and waiting for Kaka, Gago, who returned to La Liga, once again led Real Madrid to a big score at home.

This round of Barcelona started one day earlier. Since the Red and Blues will go to Germany to challenge their opponent Stuttgart in the top [-] of the Champions League, Guardiola let Messi and Harvey take turns.

But in this case Iniesta showed his talents. In the first half, a pass and a shot helped the team seal the victory. In the second half, Henry and Marcos scored direct free kicks respectively, helping Barcelona win 4:0 at home. Sweep Racing Santander!At the same time, with the advantage of one more round, the difference with Real Madrid was once again narrowed to 1 point.

But the next day, Gago, who was stimulated, also consolidated Real Madrid's top position with his outstanding performance.This time the Los Blancos opponent is Villarreal.

This season, Villarreal is inevitably on the road to decline. Even if Pellegrini's methods are superb, it is impossible to lead a team that has sold nearly half of its main players into the European theater.

At present, if the yellow submarine does not fall into the relegation zone, it is already the limit of the coaching level of Chilean engineers. It is conceivable that the result of facing Real Madrid, who was suffocated by Lyon, at the Bernabeu. Schuster's team faced Billy. Yarel showed his sharp blade.

In the opening 13 minutes, Gago took advantage of a free kick in the front court to score, and then scored a penalty kick created by Higuain 2 minutes later.

Villarreal pulled one back before the end of the first half, and Alonso's foul gave the opponent a free kick at the front of the penalty area. Senna's free kick went straight into the top left corner.

However, Real Madrid opened the score again in the first 5 minutes of the second half. Gago made a direct pass and Marcelo made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. Musacchio, Senna and Diego Lopez failed to intercept, and Higuain easily scored. Empty goal, scored his No.20 three goals in the league.

The following time completely entered the orbit of Real Madrid. Gago passed or shot in the opponent's restricted area alone, completely disrupting Villarreal's defense.

No.701 minutes, Gago made a direct pass from the right, and Mata, who quickly plugged in, pushed the far corner and broke the goal, rewriting the score to 4:1.Mata, who has not played in the Champions League, performed well in the league. After dribbling and breaking through the penalty area 5 minutes after scoring the goal, he scored the ball in the middle. Higuain rushed to outflank the goal and scored twice. !

Seeing that the score was already 5:1, Schuster quickly replaced Gago, allowing the team's number one star to enjoy the applause of the home fans.

However, when Gago sat on the bench and chatted with Heinze, Guti, who had just come off the bench for him, made a wonderful assist and picked the ball to Silva on the other side with his heel on the penalty area line.The latter did not let him down either, lifting his right foot and volleying into the upper corner to score.

In the last game, the referee didn't even give 1 minute of stoppage time, and immediately blew the whistle for the end of the game after 10 minutes of the main game.The referee couldn't bear it anymore, and didn't want to see Villarreal being abused anymore.

The sweep of Villarreal by a big score made Real Madrid very happy up and down, and the opening of the gap with Barcelona again undoubtedly made Real Madrid even happier.

But what made them even more happy was that a week later, in the No.20 fourth round of La Liga, Real Madrid continued their crazy scoring momentum in the last game against newly promoted Tenerife. The number of goals in the game has increased to 26, far exceeding the No.2 Villa and Messi.

Although in the second half Tenerife relied on a controversial penalty kick to get back a goal, Gago broke into the penalty area after receiving a direct pass from Silva 2 minutes later and opened the score again.This is Gago's No.20 goal in the league, and also the No.30 second goal he scored for Real Madrid on three fronts this season!

The final score was 5:1. The madness of Real Madrid scoring [-] goals in the last two rounds let everyone know that the Los Blancos have come out of the trough, and the shadow of being defeated by Athletic Bilbao has been completely dispelled.

However, Barcelona also gritted their teeth. In the case of a 1:1 draw by Stuttgart in the away game of the Champions League, the main players played together. Relying on the goals of Pedro and Messi, they reversed the score when they were one goal behind.

Cruyff continued to cheer for Barcelona and let off steam for Real Madrid in his column, but when the results of the No.20 fifth round of La Liga came out, the Dutch trapeze fell silent!

(End of this chapter)