856 The Arrival of Derby
Florentino's words made Zhao Yaning think about it for a long time. I have to say that such words are very tempting, but on the other hand, the information hidden behind such words is also difficult for Zhao Yaning to accept.
Everyone in the dynasty wants it. After all, it represents unparalleled honor and greatness. When the achievements of Distilfano, Beckenbauer and Cruyff are in front of him, how many people can bear to say something they refuse?
However, how to get honors, others don’t care about it, but I always have to ask myself. Can holding something with a conscience make people feel satisfied? Zhao Yaning doesn’t know, he doesn’t know what Beckenbauer will say when he meets Leeds United fans, he doesn’t know what Capello thinks of Juventus’ league championship, but Zhao Yaning feels that even if others don’t say these things, after he does it, he will inevitably feel guilty. He has enough strength, but he insists on playing with the means, which makes him difficult to accept.
"Joey, the ball is at your feet, and the road is your choice. In the game, you can benefit from misjudgment and actively signal to give up the opportunity to attack. The most important thing in this kind of thing is not the referee, but yourself. What should you do is your own choice, and you can decide it yourself."
Ancelotti's words made Zhao Yaning frown. He didn't know how to answer. Although he could show righteousness, if he was really given a chance to score a penalty in the competition, he could really say no? And if he gave a penalty, could he really push it all to the referee?
It is harder to say it is simpler than to do. The UEFA presidents take the initiative to show their kindness. It is still difficult to push away if they don’t care about such things.
He tried not to think about these things, but instead took all his energy back to the league. However, no one expected that after returning to the league, Real Madrid immediately missed the front again.
In the game against Sevilla, Real Madrid failed to win - in the game, Diyala, who returned to the team after returning from injury, was unable to play at a good level. During a defense, his movements were too big and he was sent off with a red card, which forced Real Madrid to face Sevilla with 10 people in the game. In this game, his opponent's Navas performed exceptionally, which made Real Madrid's play worse.
Although Real Madrid played very hard, Zhao Yaning scored twice, Yaya Toure scored a long-range goal, and Van Nicht, who came on the bench, also scored a key goal, but even so, Real Madrid still failed to win the game. Sevilla attacked fiercely, and Real Madrid's defense line failed to defend the victory. The 4-4 score forced Real Madrid to accept an embarrassing thing: before facing Barcelona, they were overtaken by Barcelona in the standings.
Barcelona's twelve-round winning streak also made Real Madrid really unable to face it. Logically speaking, Real Madrid has already had 36 points with eleven wins and three draws in the 14-round matches so far. However, if you encounter a strong opponent like Barcelona, it is difficult to guarantee victory with such a score.
"Maybe, this season, the battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona may both break through 90 and reach a new height."
20 teams, 38 games, how high can the points battle be accumulated? Ninety points are about to appear this season. Many people are paying attention to the conflict between Real Madrid and Barcelona this season, and everyone is also doubting which of the two teams will be the real strongest this season.
Real Madrid still looks stronger. After all, they have a recognized world number one like Zhao Yaning, and other positions in the team are also outstanding. Although they fell a little behind in the points battle in the first half of the season, Real Madrid has the impact of injury loss and the problem of death in the Champions League. Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona's luck is so good. Their Champions League group is very good and they won the first place in the group without any danger. What is even more surprising is that they have almost never suffered any injury problems this season. Whether it is Iniesta or Messi, these former injuries have not encountered any trouble this season, which has also enabled them to maintain excellent combat effectiveness in the first half of the season.
However, whether this situation can continue is also a question. Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona is still at a disadvantage. The newly appointed coach and the lack of excellent lineup depth are all huge hidden dangers for them. Both teams are very strong, and when facing other teams, they are enough to achieve a general style of playing torture. However, who is better in the conversation between strong and powerful is also a topic of interest to everyone.
And under such circumstances, the national derby competition officially kicked off.
Due to the mistake in the last game, Diyala was placed outside the main lineup. Although he has recovered now, his condition seems to have declined after the injury. In such a game, he was also ruled out. Pepe was placed in the midfield again. Real Madrid's lineup is the best condition for debugging in the past half season.
Goalkeeper Casillas, Marcelo, Cannavaro, Ramos and Ivanovic on the back line. On the back line, Pepe and Yaya Toure are, Zhao Yaning serve as the front midfielder, Ribery and Raul serve as left and right wingers respectively, and Ibrahimovic is in the front as a single arrow - such a lineup is the most used lineup Real Madrid has been in such a long time, and it is also the best lineup for Real Madrid this season.
The Barcelona side also made adjustments.
The goalkeeper is still Valdes, while the defense is composed of Abidal, Puyol, Pique and Alves. In the midfield, they use the three-midfield combination of Keita, Xavi and Iniesta, while on the forward line, Henry and Messi are on the two wings, and Etoo is still in the middle.
This is also the strongest lineup of Barcelona, and even Real Madrid has to deal with such a lineup carefully. Compared with the past, the biggest change in their defense line is undoubtedly the back line. The current Barcelona defense line is much stronger than before. In the frontcourt, their use of their people is also an important reason for improving their strength.
"In this game, the winning or losing between Real Madrid and Barcelona can determine the next game of the two teams. It can be said that Real Madrid has been struggling with their back injury this season. Now, Real Madrid has found a way to cure the problem, so naturally they will not make too many mistakes. Barcelona also lost the game due to lineup debugging problems at the beginning of the season, but now they have adjusted the lineup and there will be no problems. Then it can be said that this national derby is a key battle to determine the outcome of both sides. There has never been any time. In the entire league battle, the communication between the two teams has such a large share."
Before the game, as a football commentary program, several Spanish coaches also discussed this issue. Among them are the old coach Aragones who just abdicated from the national team, engineer Pellegrini, and Barcelona's technical director Begilistan.
"Yes, Barcelona and Real Madrid's position in the entire league is really beyond the reach of other teams. We all remember that at the turn of the century, La Coruña was called Super Laco, and Valencia was once the top European Championships in Europe. At that time, although Barcelona and Real Madrid were very strong, other teams still had a lot of room for survival. Valencia could win the La Liga championship twice, Real Sociedad and Villarreal could also surpass Barcelona or Real Madrid at one time, but now... I heard that some media commented that La Liga now has only 18 teams, while Barcelona and Real Madrid belong to the Spanish Super League team. There are only two teams in this league and will never be relegated. I think this statement is not without reason." Aragones first said his opinion.
Everyone could hear a faint accusation from his words. After all, Aragones, who has been the coach of the Spanish national team, considered the issue from the perspective of developing Spanish football in a comprehensive manner. His ideas are also a disguised criticism of Real Madrid and Barcelona. In a league, everyone must develop together. Only two companies will develop, which will become a deformed development.
And such words made Begiristan have to speak, "The team's strength determined by the economic foundation, and the economic foundation of Real Madrid and Barcelona are different from other teams..."
"It's true that Real Madrid is rich, but Barcelona may not be very rich, right? If this continues and cannot win the championship for a long time, how can Barcelona rely on smoothing the books and selling the players?" Aragonese asked back.
Begiristan didn't know what to say, but at this time, Pellegrini took the topic, "Those things are not issues we should care about. I really want to figure out another thing: the media said that when Mourinho applied for the job, he handed over a CD to Barcelona. It was with this CD that Barcelona had the current football team. Isn't it true?"
"Do you believe this?"
"I don't believe it, but sometimes, these things are always hard to believe, especially Mourinho and Barcelona, which is hard to say clearly."
Begiristan knew that Pellegrini was mocking Barcelona. Indeed, Barcelona was not very beautiful in this matter: a world-class coach sent an invitation letter, and people announced to the media that they had chosen Barcelona. Barcelona changed their minds at the end. Speaking of which, such a thing is indeed not interesting. Although Barcelona repeatedly claimed that he had asked him to interview from the beginning, this was just a joke: Whose club has to hold a job fair when choosing a coach? Moreover, even if it was a job fair, it did not use a world-class coach as an interviewer. Especially after clamoring for a long time, he finally used his own youth training coach. Is this just playing with others?
The rabbit dies and the fox is sad. Pellegrini is also a coach, so naturally he can't help but say a few words.
"Murinho was not able to cooperate with Barcelona, personally, I feel quite regretful. He is a very thoughtful coach and is very suitable for us. However, during the conversation, his self-awareness is really strong. He always emphasizes his own achievements, tells his achievements, and lacks love and respect for the club. This attitude is the main reason why we did not choose him."
Begilistan said, his words were quite regretful. In fact, he really liked Mourinho's ideas, but his arrogant attitude was really impossible to appreciate the Catalans who had always been inferior and arrogant. Laporta naturally refused to stay for such a coach who disrespected him - not to mention that Cruyff's instruction was behind him.
"As for the CD incident... there is actually something. It is true that he submitted a CD to Barcelona, but the rise of Barcelona has nothing to do with his CD." Begilistan said, "We can send that CD to the team newspaper to let them publish the contents. Many of his thoughts are useless. We can have today, not through his efforts, but through Pep."
"Can you probably talk about the similarities and differences of their thoughts?" Aragones became interested. "I really want to know what the difference is between their thoughts."—
Chapter completed!