Chapter 538: Seville
The away game against Sevilla in the 17th round is anyway the last league game of the season, and there will be no pressure against Bonfradina at home in the second round of the Copa del Rey in the next game.
Therefore, Mourinho took all the main players without injuries to the away game.
Sevilla is one of the strong teams in La Liga. It has long been ranked at the top of the La Liga standings. It belongs to one of the second group of strong teams under Real Madrid and Barcelona. It has won La Liga, King's Cup, Spanish Super Cup and UEFA Cup Champions, UEFA Super Cup winners and more.
Although Sevilla is weaker than Real Madrid in the overall record of historical confrontation, but in the home game results, Sevilla has the upper hand with 33 wins, 16 draws and 22 losses.
Therefore, at their home court, Sevilla is not afraid of Real Madrid.
However, in the last 5 clashes with Real Madrid, Sevilla lost all, no matter home or away.
Therefore, Sevilla desperately hopes to use the home court advantage to win Real Madrid once, and then welcome the arrival of the winter break.
Even if the heat of Real Madrid's 6-0 bloodbath of Barcelona has not been eliminated, Sevilla has not flinched.
Of course, it's no use holding back.
In the style of La Liga teams, it is rare for Mourinho to play defensive counterattacks like this. If he wants to play defensive counterattacks, he does not have the defensive ability and player configuration.
Not every team has speed players like Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo, and Di Maria.
Therefore, in the 17th round of Sevilla's home game against Real Madrid on December 17, Sevilla chose to play against Real Madrid.
At home, amidst the cheers of the home fans, Sevilla really entered the state faster than Real Madrid.
In the 9th minute, Sevilla played an exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt, and the front midfielder Trohovski broke into the penalty area and almost single-handedly formed.
No way, Pepe took a risky tackle on the side, but instead of shoveling the ball, he shoveled Trohovski down.
The referee awarded a penalty kick without hesitation, and Pepe was also shown a yellow card.
The penalty was taken by Trohovski himself.
Although Casillas is one of the world's top goalkeepers, there are still not many ways to deal with penalties.
He didn't even judge the opponent's direction and jumped to the right, while Trohovski hit the left.
The ball went into the net without any suspense, and Sevilla took a 1-0 lead at home in the 9th minute. The Sevilla fans in the stands burst into applause and cheers.
Sevilla, which leads the score, is even more morale high, and they will fight against Real Madrid.
All of a sudden, Real Madrid, who played in an away game, was compressed in their own half and was beaten passively. This is relatively rare in Real Madrid's games this season.
However, in the eyes of professionals, Sevilla's offensive is not unstoppable, and the empty backcourt is even more dangerous.
After all, there are two fast horses in the Real Madrid formation, Lu Wenbin and Ronaldo.
Although Di Maria suffered a little injury and did not come to this game, even if there are only Lu Wenbin and Ronaldo, it is enough to fight back.
What's more, although Kaka, who played as the right midfielder in this game, is not as fast as he was back then, he is also faster than ordinary players.
Sevilla's aggressive attack, as long as Real Madrid steals the ball and counterattacks, it is very dangerous.
Sure enough, not long after Sevilla scored, Real Madrid got an excellent counterattack opportunity.
In the 14th minute, Sevilla's attack was successfully shoveled by Carvalho in the penalty area, and the ball was shoveled to the feet of full-back Arbeloa.
Arbeloa's spike flashed past a Sevilla frontcourt player's counter-grab and then passed the ball in time to Alonso.
After Alonso looked up, he didn't go through the treatment of the front midfielder Lu Wenbin, and directly passed a long pass in the air to the left.
Ronaldo received the pass at high speed and cut inside without any defense, and finally reached the penalty area and shot a high-quality shot.
It's a pity that he was rejected by the goal post in the end, and the rebounded ball was thrown into his arms by the Sevilla goalkeeper.
This counterattack was only passed by Arbeloa, Alonso, and Ronaldo.
A shot was formed, and most of Sevilla's players were even in Real Madrid's half, and they didn't even have time to return to defense.
If it wasn't for Ronaldo's bad luck in the end, the goal would have been scored.
Nevertheless, the game continues to play like this, and with Real Madrid's counterattack ability, it will be a matter of time before they score.
But for Sevilla, letting them retreat and defend is not what they are good at.
In that case, it would be better to continue to fight against each other, even if they were blown up by Real Madrid's counterattack in the end, it would be considered a vigorous death.
It would be even better if the team scored a few more goals so that Real Madrid could not even catch up.
However, it is difficult to realize this idea.
Not to mention the offensive and counterattack ability of Real Madrid's frontcourt players, those in the backcourt such as Casillas, Arbeloa, Carvalho, Pepe, Marcelo, Khedira and Alonso are all full of strength Extraordinary defensive star.
Under the guidance of Mourinho, a defensive master, it is quite difficult for any team to blow up Real Madrid's defense.
Therefore, although Sevilla has the upper hand in momentum and looks like they are playing against Real Madrid, in fact, there are not many threatening attacks, and there are very few shots within the goal frame.
In the 18th minute, Sevilla had a chance to expand the score, but striker Negredo's shot, like Ronaldo's, hit the post and bounced off the penalty area and was cleared, missing an opportunity to expand the score.
On the Real Madrid side, after more than ten minutes of the game, they gradually entered the state and began to exert their strength.
In the 22nd minute, when Sevilla's weak shot was held directly by Casillas in his arms, and the ball was thrown to Marcelo to start the attack, Real Madrid's counterattack finally showed the power they should have.
Marcelo made a long pass to find Kaka who was unguarded. Kaka crossed Lu Wenbin who ran out of space in the middle. When Lu Wenbin hit the goal with a through ball, the ball flew into the goal without any suspense.
Real Madrid finally equalized the score in the 22nd minute when Lu Wenbin assisted Benzema. Not many Real Madrid fans of the visiting team cheered happily in a corner of the stands.
Subsequently, Real Madrid played more and more smoothly.
Only 5 minutes away from the last goal, Real Madrid scored another goal in the 28th minute.
This time, it was Lu Wenbin himself who made a long-distance attack in the counterattack and passed two people in a row. Finally, under the pull of an opponent's defender, he forcibly hit the goal with a kick from outside the penalty area.
The ball went straight into the dead corner, and the goalkeeper Barras was beyond his reach, so he could only watch the ball go into the net.
Lu Wenbin reversed the score for Real Madrid, and Real Madrid led 2-1 away.
After that, Real Madrid, who entered the state, counterattacked more and more sharply, more and more efficient and deadly, but Sevilla failed to score a goal in the following time.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 1-6. Real Madrid beat Sevilla 6-1 away and continued to top the La Liga standings with an unbeaten record.