Chapter 328: A different Real Madrid

"In the past 14th round of the Premier League, Manchester United defeated their city rival Manchester City away, achieving the longest six-game winning streak this season, and also surpassed Leiden Oriental, which was tied by Derby County away in this round, and regained the first place in the standings. Arsenal's situation has not been very good recently. They only scored one point in the last two rounds, and they have already been five points behind Manchester United and four points in Leiden Oriental. Although the league still has a long time, they have been falling behind from now on. Arsenal's overall strength and lack of bench thickness determine their unfavorable situation at this time.

Next, these three teams will go to the first round of the second stage of the Champions League group stage. Manchester United will welcome Greece's Panasinacos at home, Arsenal will go to the icy and snowy Russia to play against Moscow Spartacus, and Leiden Oriental has the strongest opponents. They will welcome a giant Spanish club at home again. Real Madrid, which was thrillingly defeated by them in the final of the Champions League last season, has been constantly encountering strong teams in the Champions League for the past two seasons. Let's wait and see what miracles they can create this time."

"Real Madrid has performed well in La Liga recently. After losing to Barcelona, ​​they quickly reversed their unfavorable situation in the league. They have won two consecutive victories. Now they rank third in La Liga, only one point behind the top two Valencia and La Coruña. On the other hand, Barcelona has experienced a clear decline after being miserably eliminated in the Champions League. After two consecutive losses, they have fallen to the ninth position. Seeing that their opponents have been suppressing in the previous few seasons, the situation has been so bad, which in turn has made Real Madrid highly motivated. When they come to London this time, they want to avenge a revenge on the transfer market last season and this season."

"In the absence of snatching Figo, Real Madrid bought the right forward Mundeta who performed well in the European Cup. For this reason, they placed McManaman, who performed well last season, on the bench more. Under Bosque's command, the Spanish top midfielder performed very well. His diligent running ability and large-scale coverage ability in the midfield made Real Madrid's midfielder hard. Although Redondo was troubled by injuries this season, Real Madrid's midfielder did not perform worse than before. At the same time, Guti, who did not have a stable chance of playing in the previous few seasons, began to appear more in the midfield this season. His organizational ability made up for the shortcomings caused by Redondo's absence. Real Madrid this season is already close to perfection."

John angrily threw the newspaper on the bar: "These guys are actually praising Real Madrid! Have they forgotten how we beat them last season? And we have killed Barcelona this season!"

"Don't worry, John." Michael laughed: "Anyway, those newspapers don't like us for a day or two. We can slap them every time. Isn't it very good... And look at this schedule! Just like the previous three group games! They all play the strongest team first, and then play the weakest team in the group in the third and fourth rounds. Such a schedule is very beneficial to us, because we have a high winning rate against weak teams in such a game. Last year's first phase, the smallest team is small, because we have a high winning rate against weak teams in such a game.

In the group stage, we performed poorly in the first two rounds, and then we scored six points on Galatasaray, which directly laid the foundation for qualifying. The same is true in the second stage of the group stage. We only won one game in the first two rounds, and then scored six points on Bordeaux. The same is true in the first stage of the group stage this year, but we didn’t win away from Besiktas. This time, even if we didn’t grab too many points in the first two rounds, we still have the chance to score six points on Anderlecht.”

"Look at you guys." Sawyer suddenly shouted: "Damn it, the Sun really supports us this time...'To say that it is in excellent form, Leiden Oriental is better than Real Madrid this season. They have been in the first place in the Premier League standings for a long time, but they only slipped to second in the previous round. In the first stage of the Champions League group stage, they obtained the right to qualify one round in advance. Moreover, Leiden Oriental's transfer is very fast. Except for Edmunddo, other players did not miss a day before the pre-season training. The start of the Premier League is also earlier than La Liga. Real Madrid bought a lot of people this year. The running-in period is far less than that of Leiden Oriental. Brisbane Road Stadium is a nightmare for any team. It is very difficult for Real Madrid to escape from Brisbane Road Stadium."

"The Sun is also our British newspaper, and of course we will support us when we are external." John laughed.

"By the way, Xiao has come less recently." Michael said suddenly.

Hearing this, Soya's face sank a little. Before the start of this summer, there was a hype in the UK that Xiao Ming and a beautiful woman watched the European Cup together. Xiao Ming did not deny this in an interview, which made Soya, who knew her daughter's mind, very unhappy, but he couldn't say anything about it. After all, Xiao Ming and Chris had nothing to do with each other. Even if he found more women, Soya had no right to accuse him.

Recently, Chris is always worried, which makes Sawyer feel a little distressed. He loves this daughter very much, so he naturally hopes that she can have a better home.

Xiao Ming probably didn't want to face Chris, maybe because he was really busy during this period, and he came to the bar a lot less often. Chris has rarely come to the bar to help recently. After get off work every day, he hides in his room and doesn't know what he is thinking.

"Now that our team is so outstanding, Xiao will definitely have more things to do. Of course, he won't have time to come to the bar like before." John quickly smoothed out: "Soya, come on a cup to celebrate our next defeat of Real Madrid and win the league championship this season!"

"Well, toast to Leiden!"

Brisbane Road Stadium on November 23.

More than 20,000 fans of Leiden Oriental sang the song "The Red Dragon Flag Flying" to cheer for the players of Leiden Oriental who appeared, while the players of Real Madrid kept booing. Leiden Oriental fans continued to play banners of defeating Real Madrid last season, which read: "You lost for the first time in France, and now you will lose for the second time!"

Today, Boske sent out a formation in 451. Goalkeeper Casillas, right-back is Cameroonian Gremy, and Salgado is sitting on the bench. Since Florentino came to power, as the son-in-law of former chairman Sans, Salgado has been a bit out of favor in the team. The left-back is still Robert Carlos, and the two central defenders are absent from most of the last season's games. Carlanca did not play due to injury. Due to Redondo's injury, Elgra and former Barcelona player Cerrades are partnering in the middle. The first three attacking midfielders are Mendeta, Guti and McManaman, Raul broke out alone, and Morientes is also sitting on the bench. It is obvious that Boske is still quite cautious on the away game.

The forward partners Xiao Ming chose today are Edmunddo and Cloze. After both the ban were lifted in the Champions League and the league, Edmunddo became much more honest. He performed quite well in the last game. Djoklaf needed rest because of his continuous appearances some time ago, while other players did not change. In fact, the changes in Leiden East this season are mainly in the combination of the forward line, which is also Xiao Ming's helpless move. The four forwards each have their own characteristics, but they have their own flaws. This change may continue before Van Nie returns.

Today, Leiden Oriental may not have any upper hand on the wing. Real Madrid's wing offense is also very strong. Carlos' assist ability is unparalleled in the world. Gremy is also a player with excellent offensive ability. He can play on either side of the right. In addition, two excellent wing players, Mendeta and McManaman, Leiden Oriental wants to open the gap and find opportunities in the middle.

Guti is a midfielder who is as savage as a nerve, and no one can deny his talent, but his mentality is unstable, making him unable to perform continuously. However, his performance this season is quite outstanding, and he has vaguely replaced the injured Redondo to become the core of Real Madrid's midfield. Although Mendeta is outstanding, in Xiao Ming's view, he is an auxiliary player. His best part is his running ability and comprehensiveness, but his personal skills are not particularly outstanding. McManaman is the opposite. He is a rare technical player in the UK, but he lacks in confrontation and running.

It is obvious that Xiao Ming and Boske are both very clear about their strengths and what the opponent is good at. Leiden Oriental wanted to fight quickly at the beginning, forcing Real Madrid's defense line to reveal flaws and make Real Madrid's midfielder unable to organize the offense calmly. Real Madrid's side is trying hard to slow down the pace and get opportunities through delicate technology and cooperation.

Figo met Carlos. The two met more than once when they were in Spain. Carlos always believed that Figo was the opponent that caused him the most headache in the league. On the other side, Gremy used his advantage in speed and strength well, and reduced his assists. He tangled Jin Clarze tightly, hoping to make Jin Clarze have no time to organize the attack through pressing and confrontation, while Giarni wanted to entangle Menditta. The former captain Valencia's running and long-range shooting ability was not so easy to defend. In this case, as the most inconspicuous link in Leiden's east side offense, Daniel became the most active in Leiden's east side offense.

Just three minutes into the game, Daniel intercepted McManaman's ball with a clean tackle on the side, then quickly dribbled forward and made a two-pass-one cooperation with Figo and rushed straight to the baseline. Carlos hesitated for a while because he didn't want to let Figo go and failed to defend Daniel. Daniel inserted into the penalty area diagonally, and then passed the back point. Kloze beat Real Madrid captain Jero and headed the ball. The ball was held out of the baseline by Casillas with one hand and a corner kick.

Figo took the corner kick and found Hypia at the back point. Hypia shot directly, but it was obvious that his foot ability was not as good as his heading ability. This close-in shot hit the post and then bounced out of the baseline!

Afterwards, Real Madrid quickly organized a counterattack. Gianni knocked down Mundeta, and Real Madrid won a free kick. Mundeta personally drove the free kick to the goal. Under the interference of Marklele, Guti's close-range shot was high, which shocked the fans of Leiden Oriental in the stands in a cold sweat.

As the game deepened, Xiao Ming's brows gradually frowned.

Xiao Ming watched football games very early in his previous life, and he was not a fan of any team. Whenever he performed well, he would pay more attention to whom. In his impression, Real Madrid's tactics after introducing Figo were quite delicate, focusing on ball control and delicate cooperation in the frontcourt. This tactic reached its peak after Zidane transferred next season. The Galaxy Battleship's mercury-like offense and warm-water-like offensive method are quite long.

It was approaching inadequate for a period of time, which directly led to an excellent center like Morientes not being able to play as the main player in Real Madrid, but its weaknesses are also obvious, such as fear of pressing and close-fitting, especially when several superstars are getting older and declining. At that time, Real Madrid could be said to be completely helpless when they encountered a tight pressure in the midfield and were dealt with by the opponent with a quick counterattack. However, today's Real Madrid is very different from Xiao Ming's impression.

In this year, if we talk about the best right forward in the world, then Figo and Mendeta must be one of them. However, the characteristics of the two are very different. Mendeta is not a genius in ability, but a diligent genius. It is obvious that Bosque is not a constant head coach. When the player who transferred to Real Madrid was not Figo but Mendeta, he chose other tactics and chose the tactics that are most suitable for the current Real Madrid personnel. It is precisely because he can arrange tactics according to local conditions that he became the most successful head coach of Real Madrid's first phase. Florentino's dismissal of Bosque is definitely the most wrong thing in his office.

This Real Madrid team is definitely not elegant, but it seems extremely practical. The midfield running ability is significantly enhanced compared to last season. In the following games, they continued to fight against Leiden East in the midfield, and the offense was initiated by two full-backs on the wing, effectively suppressing Leiden East's wing attack.

Twenty minutes later, the stalemate balance gradually tilted towards Real Madrid, and they began to get more opportunities. Although they failed to hit Leiden East in the penalty area, they got a lot of shots outside the penalty area, which posed some threats to Leiden East's goal.

Guti, who was entangled by Marklele, finally made a very penetrating pass in the midfield. Raul took the ball at the front of the penalty area and Hypia rushed forward. Raul did not choose to surpass himself, but lightly transferred the ball to McManaman who was responding on the other side, and then moved forward by himself. McManaman did not stop the ball, but directly passed the ball diagonally in the penalty area, two and one!

The ball flew past Deselli, Raul unloaded the ball in the penalty area, turned his head to look at Yasquelenen who was attacking, and then immediately shot with his left foot!

The ball drew an arc and flew past Yasquelenen's hand. The Leiden Oriental fans in the stands almost stopped their heartbeat, but the next moment they cheered. The ball hit the post and bounced back to the penalty area. Daniel, who returned to the defense, cleared the ball with big feet!

"Raul's shot hit the post! This is the most threatening shot of Real Madrid in the first half! But God is fair. The goal post previously blocked a must-have goal from Leiden East, and this time it saved Leiden East... Leiden East launched a counterattack. Perhaps Real Madrid's shot this time stimulated them!"

Edmund made a diagonal pass from Figo. Figo still dribbled the ball and drove all the way to the sidelines under Carlos' defense. Then he shook continuously and dodged a defensive gap to pass the ball to the back post. Jin Kraze, who inserted it, headed the ball with a header that he was not good at, and the ball was tightly held in his arms by Casillas, who was in good standing.

Casillas' long pass was directly pushed down by Hypia. Morientes was missing in the frontcourt. Real Madrid's header had no advantage. Marklele took the ball and rarely participated in the attack. He suddenly made a beautiful pass. The ball flew forward thirty meters against the lawn and flew directly to Klose who was heading in the front.

Klose took the ball and turned around and was about to break into the penalty area. Now only Yero is the only one defending him. Even if Klose's skills are average at his feet, in one-on-one defense, the defender has a huge disadvantage in innately.

Seeing that Klose was about to rush over him, Jero decisively chose to make a foul and knocked down Klose at the top of the penalty area. The referee decisively awarded a free kick and showed Yero a yellow card.

Figo and Gerrard stood in front of the ball. Figo moved for a moment and didn't shoot. Gerrard next to him came up and shot directly. Unfortunately, the shot was a bit straight. Casillas leaned over and held the ball in his arms, without giving any chance to make a follow-up shot by other players from Leiden East.

This shot was also the last shot of both sides in the first half. This first half was not exciting. Both sides fought more in the midfield. Leiden East had an advantage at the beginning and end of the game, while Real Madrid's advantage was concentrated in the middle for a period of time. Both sides had the opportunity to score goals, but neither could score. The zero-to-zero score means that in the second half, the game might be more difficult.

This is a Real Madrid team that is different from history. Even compared with last season, they are very different. Although Leiden Oriental has become more proactive in tactics after introducing Figo, thoroughly implementing more inward cuts in the wing forwards, and allowing the full-backs to take on the offense, in their core, they are no different from last season.
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