Chapter 450 Spanish Super Cup

The game where Real Madrid officially debuts in the new season is the Spanish Super Cup. Bookmark this site as the league champion and face last season's Copa del Rey winner Sevilla.

Seville again.

Liccardo still clearly remembers that the first official game he played in Real Madrid was against Sevilla in the European Super Cup.

I really have a connection with Seville.

The Spanish Super Cup will consist of two legs, with the first leg taking place at the Pizjuan Stadium in Seville.

On the evening of August 11, when the Real Madrid soldiers set foot in Pizjuan, they thought they were guaranteed to win.

Although Pellegrini took office not long ago and has not had time to completely transform the team, Real Madrid's strength is much stronger than Sevilla's.

Sevilla has a Brazilian gang, but they are marginal players in the national team such as Alves, Renato and Fabiano.

Real Madrid also has a Brazilian gang, but it is the core and main force of Brazil, Ronaldo, Ricardo, Kaka, and Baptista.

It’s not of the same magnitude at all!

Before the game, the media also predicted that Real Madrid would win by a big score.

But only 2 minutes into the game, Sevilla's attack started with Duda's free kick and Fabiano's close shot. The home team clearly had the advantage on the field, and the sequelae caused by Real Madrid's coaching change were fully exposed.

In today's game, Pellegrini used a 4231 formation, with Liccardo as the left winger, Guti as the attacking midfielder, Kaka as the right winger, Ronaldo as the forward, and Diarra and Gago as midfield partners. New aid Pepe was also able to play. He partnered with Cannavaro as a central defender, and Ramos returned to the right back position.

Although only one new player, Pepe, played, the team's tactical play is completely different from last season, and the requirements for players in various positions are also different. The players seem to be unable to adapt.

Moreover, Ricardo and Kaká have not recovered from the fatigue of the America's Cup, and Ronaldo has gained a few kilograms during the holidays and has not yet returned to his best condition... causing the team to run very unsmoothly.

Sevilla's lineup remained basically intact and the head coach did not change, so they completely suppressed the visiting team on the scene. They used a 3511 defensive formation and completely controlled the midfield in the first 20 minutes of the game, preventing Real Madrid from attacking the frontcourt.

In the 26th minute of the game, Sevilla player Duda dribbled the ball into Real Madrid's penalty area and was tripped by Ramos who was chasing after him. The referee immediately awarded a penalty kick!

Fabiano took the penalty kick, deceiving Casillas and hitting the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.

Sevilla leads 1:0.

Real Madrid, which was lagging behind, woke up from a dream and began to strengthen its control of the midfield and gained some good offensive opportunities.

But Ricardo's free kick hit the wall, and then his own shot went out; in the 36th minute, Ricardo sent Ronaldo a wonderful through ball, and Ronaldo swayed Seville away. Asian goalkeeper Palop, but his shot into the empty goal was turned away by the post.

In the injury time of the first half, Real Madrid still had a chance to equalize the score. Liccardo dribbled the ball inward and broke into the penalty area, attracting three defensive players and then pushed the ball to Kaká in the back. However, Kaká’s The powerful shot was missed by Palop with his fingertips.

Real Madrid had to go into halftime in disgrace.

"Ronnie, you run too little. If you still want to stay on the field, I hope you can run more actively in the second half." Pellegrini's voice was gentle, but it was clearly a criticism.

The friends were all shocked. Criticizing the current number one player, the team’s number one star, in front of so many people? Are you mentally disabled?

The smile on Ronaldo's face disappeared;

He opened his mouth and was about to push back when Ricardo grabbed him.

Ronaldo looked back, and Ricardo mouthed silently: "Forget it, Ronnie."

Pellegrini seemed completely unaware that Ronaldo almost exploded, and pointed the gun at Liccardo: "I remember I asked you to defend more actively, but you did not meet my requirements. Is there any difficulty in understanding what I said? ?If you can't do it, I can replace someone else who can do it."

Ricardo lowered his head. For the sake of my grades, I endure it.

Pellegrini didn't criticize the team too much, just blaming the two most prestigious players in the team.

The Spanish Super Cup can be considered an honor, but to be serious, these are just two more advanced warm-up games.

If you can find the problem and find a way to solve it, these two rounds of competition will be worthwhile.

But if you can win and bring home a trophy, that would be even better.

At the beginning of the second half, Pellegrini replaced Gago and replaced Baptista. There are now four Brazilian players on the court, and he hopes that the tacit understanding between the Brazilian gang will surprise him. He also watched the America's Cup game, and he was quite impressed by the cooperation between Baptista, Kaká and Ricardo.

Baptista's appearance has indeed improved Real Madrid's midfield situation. Sevilla gradually lost control, the two sides became evenly matched in the midfield, and Real Madrid's advantage in frontcourt attack began to become apparent.

In the 51st minute, Baptista found Kaka with a long pass. Kaka dribbled the ball down at high speed and knocked the ball back to Ramos. Ramos immediately took the ball and passed it to the penalty area. Ronaldo stepped forward to stop the ball with his chest, turned around and hit the ball, and the football hit the side netting.

2 minutes later, Real Madrid made a comeback. This attack was launched from the left. Ricardo dribbled the ball inward and passed two people, then stuffed the ball into the space on the left side of the small penalty area.

Ronaldo stepped in at high speed and got the ball between the defenders. He quickly adjusted his posture and shot with his left foot. The football passed Palop's fingertips and rolled into the far corner of the goal.

1:1, Real Madrid equalized the score.

Sevilla quickly made adjustments, replaced Renato with Demul, and started a 352 formation to strengthen the offense.

Pellegrini also made another adjustment, replacing the mediocre Kaká with Robben.

Neither of these two substitutions had much effect, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.

In the 71st minute of the game, Real Madrid got a free kick 23 meters from the goal.

This time Ricardo seized the opportunity. His shot went around the wall, around Palop's arm, and fell into the goal. Real Madrid took the lead.

Pellegrini then replaced the physically weak Ricardo with Saviola, using up three substitutions.

Sevilla, playing at home, immediately made consecutive substitutions. Maresca replaced Navas, and Diego replaced Duda, launching a more intense offensive. However, Real Madrid's defense performed quite well today, especially Pepe, his aggressive attack was very fierce, destroying Sevilla's offense time and time again.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated their opponent 2:1 away from home and took the lead.