princely elegance

Chapter 423 The Almighty Gago

"David, believe in yourself, you can do well!"

Before playing, Gago came to Silva, touched his hair and encouraged him.

This set of tactics has been continuously practiced after Higuain was injured. There is no doubt that there is no problem with the almighty Gago appearing in the center position, but Silva is the first time in the frontcourt of Real Madrid. Attacking the core, no matter in terms of psychology or other aspects, is always a bit worse than Gago.

At the end of the training, Silva also worked very hard to ask Gago for advice. Gago also liked this talented short man very much and told him all his experience in playing football.Helping him adapt to his new position, Silva's performance was already able to give Schuster the nod before the start of the game.

When the referee came to announce that he could play, Gago clapped his hands, indicating that everyone can put down their things.

On the aisle, Gago saw Messi, and the two talked happily for a while.

"Leo, this time my position is the same as yours. Didn't you say that the goal is lower than the midfielder, so let's start now, let me replace Gonzalo to complete this unfinished battle !"

After letting go of the hand he was holding, Messi's face suddenly became serious. For Gago, a good friend, it seemed that he had never defeated him head-on.So if possible, he would definitely not be afraid of challenges, and without Gago as a benchmark in front, his progress would definitely not be so fast.

"Then let's try it!"

After finishing speaking, Gago and Messi separated and followed their captain to the field.

"Friends from the audience, you are welcome to watch the No.30 round of La Liga. Real Madrid vs. Barcelona at home. This is a contest between the first and second in the league. The difference between the two teams is only 1 point, so this I don’t need to say more about the importance of a match, Meilingers, are you ready!”

After Bernabéu's commentator Brando finished speaking, more than 7 Real Madrid fans took out the things they had prepared, various flags and banners.Seen from the sky, the entire Bernabéu is covered in white, only a small area is occupied by Barcelona fans.

"This is the Bernabéu!"

Following Brando's words, the referee blew the whistle to start the game. Real Madrid kicked off the ball first. Gago handed the ball to Silva and ran forward quickly.

As the only authentic defensive midfielder in the Barcelona lineup, Busquets was the first to push forward.When he saw Real Madrid's starting lineup, he breathed a sigh of relief. In the past, he faced Gago, but every time he was beaten to shame by the Argentine King.But today Real Madrid changed teams, Gago topped the center position, and his opponent was Silva, known as "Spanish Messi".

But Busquets doesn't think Silva is one-tenth of Messi's. As long as it is not Gago, he has the confidence to defend anyone in the Real Madrid team.It's just that with this kind of mood, he was overwhelmed the moment he came into contact with Silva.The latter leaned against his back with a light back kick, turned around, and then quickly distributed the ball to the left.

Marcelo, who was plugged in at high speed, happened to receive the ball. Guardiola also played a change in this game. Due to Henry's injury, he used Alves to play the right winger. Brazilian, Maxwell.

Brazilians like to attack deep down, so Maxwell's characteristics are similar to those of Alves, but because he has been in Inter Milan for the past few years, he has a good defensive ability under his influence.

This time Marcelo obviously underestimated him, and Maxwell stretched his legs to block the cross after breaking through the bottom line.This is a pity for Gago, because he has already run in front of the goal, and as long as Marcelo's pass comes over, he will be able to complete the shot immediately.At such a short distance, he is confident of breaking through Valdez's ten fingers.

However, although the cross failed, it won a corner kick. Because Gago was the nominal center forward in this game, Silva took the right to take the corner kick.

Since Pepe and Ramos, the sluggers with the strongest header skills in the two teams, were suspended due to red cards, Schuster formulated a tactical corner kick strategy in this game.Silva handed the ball to Robben who came over to meet him. After receiving the ball, Peter Pan took advantage of the situation. After passing Maxwell, he cut directly towards the middle and kicked the goal before Pique came to block it.

For Robben, Real Madrid's second only to Gago's superstar, Barcelona also pays great attention to it. His iconic inside cut has been watched countless times by Valdes.When Robben received the ball and cut inside, "Santa Gamba" began to move his body, reacted in time when Robben hit the goal, and held it out with one palm before the ball blasted into the upper right corner.

In fact, he could punch out with a single punch just now, and maybe he could even make the team fight back, but at that time, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Gago's ghostly figure passing between Pique and Milito .If he blocked it, he might have directly given the opponent an assist.So at the last moment, he changed his mind and held the ball out, even if it was to give Real Madrid a corner kick.

Gago was already ready to make a supplementary shot, but he didn't expect Valdez to change at such a moment. Only then did he realize that he had always underestimated Spain's No. [-] goalkeeper.

This time it was still a tactical corner kick. Silva took the corner kick on the left and Mata on the right. Gagola took a few steps forward after receiving the ball, but Pique and Milito His position is very stable, even if he can break through one of them, he will lose the ball.

With a flick of his ankle, the ball was handed over to Mata again, and then Gago started running towards the baseline, and Mata cleverly sent the ball into the penalty area, the amount of advance just matched Gago's running time.

After changing positions, Pique was already far away from Gago, and Milito who was nearby had no choice but to block it, but was dodged by Gago's light smash, and Valdes was once again exposed to Real Madrid. under fire.

"Gago, beautiful smash, shot..."

Just when Brando was about to shout, Valdez made another world-class save, fell to the ground and stretched his legs to block Gago's powerful shot.Silva, who came over to make a supplementary shot, was stopped by Pique, and Valdes quickly got up and threw the ball under him, defusing the danger.

"Less than 10 minutes into the game, Real Madrid took advantage of the home court to launch an attack against Barcelona. In this game, Gago unexpectedly took the center forward position. I was still worried about whether I would lose sight of the other. Barcelona had the advantage on all three fronts, which eventually led to the collapse of the team. But after watching the team's performance in these 5 minutes, I am completely relieved that Gago is fully capable of playing the center forward position, and his scoring ability does not need to be questioned."

"And what surprised me even more was the teenager Silva. His dispatching of the ball in the midfielder position is completely top-notch, almost perfectly making up for Gago's absence in the midfield. Real Madrid is still suppressing intact This kid has a lot of credit for the lossless Barcelona. Now Real Madrid’s midfield and frontcourt are not weaker than Barcelona’s, or even worse. In this game, we are 10% more likely to win.”

As Brando said, Guardiola did not expect Schuster to form this formation at all.You must know that Gago is recognized as the number one midfielder in today's football. Everyone believes that the midfielder is the position where he can maximize his strength, but Schuster dares to be so important. It can be said that this season's league is determined. In the championship game, Gago was mentioned in the almost completely unfamiliar center position.

Isn't he afraid that Gago's abnormal performance at the center position will eventually lead to the collapse of all three fronts of Real Madrid?

You must know that as long as the midfield led by Gago is intact, then Real Madrid and Barcelona have a [-]-[-] chance of winning. If you take such a risk, you are betting on the future of Real Madrid!
And it was Schuster's adventurous character that made him disrupt Guardiola's deployment and completely broke Barcelona's pre-match plan.

Originally, Guardiola had already imagined that Schuster would form a "no striker" under the situation that Huntelaar was useless. After all, as long as a caring person pays attention to Real Madrid for a season, he can know that the Los Blancos can completely Play this formation.But Guardiola thought of this, but he didn't think that Gago would not play in the midfield, but went to the front.

This kind of behavior is as violent as letting Messi play in midfield!
But when he saw that Gago was not at all uncomfortable on the field, looking for opportunities in Barcelona's defense like a fish in water, after finishing shooting again and again, he finally remembered that under Higuain's injury, Real Madrid's top scorer was him. .

And the title of top scorer in the Champions Cup for two consecutive years made him understand that Gago's scoring ability is not weak at all. Messi has scored 44 goals for Barcelona on all fronts this season, and he is as famous as him. , and even Gago, who has gone too far, scored 39 goals for Real Madrid.

Before comparing the number of goals scored by Gago and Messi, it is necessary to think of the different positions of the two. One is a midfielder and the other is a striker.Just as Messi felt that the number of goals scored by Gagobi was worthless, Guardiola really didn't think of this out of inertial thinking.

"I was able to score so many goals in the middle of the midfield. If I became a striker, it would be terrifying!"

Just when Guardiola couldn't help shivering when he thought of this, Gago on the court used a beautiful volley to make the whole Bernabeu cheer!
This goal was entirely a flash of inspiration among several technical players in the frontcourt of Real Madrid. From Silva to Robben, to Mata and finally Gago who was pulled out to complete the shot, the smooth and natural cooperation made Barcelona's The defensive players didn't react at all.

When Valdés realized that the ball was in front of him, it was too late, and he didn't even have time to wave his hands, so he could only watch the ball score into the net!

(End of this chapter)