Chapter 1152 The Label of the Top Wealthy Family

Some people say that European football is like a pyramid. Standing in different positions, the pursuit of nature is also different.

It's like for those professional or semi-professional teams in low-level leagues, their biggest pursuit is not performance or strength, but survival. All they want is to survive.

For the lower reaches of the four major leagues, they also want to survive, but they hope to live more decently.

The pursuits of mid-tier teams are naturally much more complicated. They no longer have to worry about survival. They start to want to climb up and strive to climb higher. They even hope to be like Real Sociedad, who occasionally break out and win the league. Top four, rush to the Champions League, attract the world's attention, or be upset when facing powerful giants.

When they reach the upper reaches, they begin to pursue results. They can participate in more games. In addition to domestic leagues, cup competitions are also their pursuit. European war results are also what they care about. They will even start to compete with powerful and wealthy teams for rookies.

Because they cannot afford to snatch the best stars, they can only snatch those players that they can afford and who are expected to become the best stars in the future. They even begin to pay attention to every strong dialogue.

But when it comes to wealthy teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​they no longer need to worry about survival, because they have deep pockets, and they don't need to worry about results, because they can stay in the top three in the league no matter how bad they are, and they don't have to compete for any stars, as long as they If they are willing to pay, they can recruit the best players in the world.

But teams at this level still have their own pursuit, which is excellence.

They are unwilling to be ordinary. Every season, every game, and even every minute, they want to prove to the world that they are outstanding and that they are different from others and other teams.

Excellence is the label of the top wealthy families!

Throughout the ages, there may be many teams that have achieved excellence, but most of them were just a short-lived flash in the pan. Only those who can maintain excellence for a long time are qualified to be called giants.

But how easy is it to maintain excellence for a long time?

Especially in the dialogue between the two giants, when an outstanding team is beaten by another even more outstanding team and is unable to fight back, these star players will inevitably become dejected.

For these outstanding top players, there is nothing more disappointing and sad than accepting the helpless reality and accepting failure, especially when facing their mortal enemy and number one competitor.

With a score of four to one, an atmosphere of helplessness and frustration filled the Barcelona dressing room at halftime.

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In the summer of 2012, Real Madrid swept the entire European football world with its triple crown. It won three consecutive Champions League titles, established an unparalleled feat, and achieved great achievements in the eyes of countless people.

That was hailed as Real Madrid's pinnacle moment in the past half century.

But also in that summer, Real Madrid sold four important players Ibrahimovic, Maicon, Kaka and Maxwell in one go. Everyone began to speculate that this would be the beginning of Real Madrid's turn from prosperity to decline. .

It was also during this summer that Barcelona made an astonishing investment in the introduction of Neymar, sounding the clarion call for an arms race.

At that time, everyone in Barcelona believed that they were beginning to have the strength to challenge Real Madrid. Because the Galacticos lost several heavyweight superstars, they began to become less outstanding and no longer so admirable.

Last season, Real Madrid won the double crown, but missed out on the Champions League and only stopped in the semi-finals. Everyone is even more convinced of this, because the La Liga championship is more like the afterglow of the Real Madrid dynasty, and the Copa del Rey has always been relatively tasteless.

Under this situation, Barcelona increased their investment and introduced Cristiano Ronaldo with a huge sum of money. They wanted to surpass Real Madrid in one fell swoop and become the greatest and most outstanding club on the planet again. Everyone on the team was concerned about this. Full of expectations.

But a few months later, and more than half of the season passed, everyone found helplessly that the powerful and invincible Real Madrid was back!

Yang Yang becomes more and more courageous as he fights, and is ushering in his golden years. He has formed a team with a new generation of superstars such as Hazard, Di Maria, Modric, and David Silva who are becoming increasingly mature. A galactic battleship even more powerful than before is back again.

This time they became more balanced and more stable.

La Liga has played 28 games so far. They remain undefeated and have only drawn two games. They have won all eight games in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey. This is a crazy Real Madrid team that has played an amazing game. Crazy results.

Ancelotti has reached the peak of his coaching career with his outstanding results this season, and Yang Yang has also reached the peak of his career.

In La Liga, Barcelona was once the favorite to win the championship, but it was quickly taken away by Real Madrid; in the Champions League, Barcelona was also the top favorite to win, but it was quickly taken away by Real Madrid.

And now, this is known as the most powerful team in European football after Real Madrid, this outstanding team that can defeat its opponents in the Champions League, but it is so powerful that it is almost invincible at the Bernabeu Stadium. Real Madrid was beaten into a sieve.

With a score of four to one, it can be said that the game has ended early.

This is a helpless and frustrating fact!

Maybe, in this battle, we will personally put Real Madrid on the championship podium again!

This is the thought in the minds of all the Barcelona players in the locker room. Although they are depressed and reluctant, it may be the truth.

In front of other teams, they are the superior and invincible Barcelona, ​​one of the best teams on the planet, but in front of Real Madrid, they are a group of losers, a group of losers who cannot defeat Real Madrid no matter what. .

This makes this group of outstanding, even great, players in the locker room feel depressed and frustrated.

Maybe, in the home team's locker room not far away, they are celebrating!

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In the home team's locker room, Real Madrid's players were not celebrating.

Although the atmosphere in the locker room is indeed very good, and many players are active and happy, in fact, Real Madrid also exposed many problems in the first half.

For example, the first goal conceded was because the team's defense was not focused enough, the formation was not widened, and the distance between the defenders was not maintained well.

Another problem is Ramos, which is a hidden danger.

The vice-captain of Real Madrid is also a player with very obvious advantages and disadvantages. His advantages make people love him to death. This is what any team wants. He is always a fighter full of fighting spirit and enthusiasm for the game. At the same time, he has Real Madrid’s traditional Juanito spirit also flows through the blood.

But his shortcomings are also annoying, because he is very reckless.

Javi Martinez and Vermaelen are Ramos' regular partners. Both of them are relatively calm and calm, and they have to constantly remind Ramos during the game.

Just like the pass that Xavi sent to Messi in the first half, if Ramos rushes to grab it rashly, Messi will definitely break through and form a single shot, which is very fatal.

Because later, a similar scene occurred once. Fortunately, Javi Martinez returned to defend in time. Messi's shot was also a bit hasty and did not create a chance, but he had to defend it.

There are also Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar. The personal abilities of these two superstars are quite amazing, and they also require the Real Madrid defenders to pay enough attention. Once there is a slight mistake, it may immediately cause a goal to be conceded.

Ancelotti and Zidane reminded the players that the four-to-one advantage was indeed huge, but they still had to stay focused.

"We are facing Barcelona!"

In the second half, Real Madrid's game strategy was also different from the first half, that is, seeking stability.

Ancelotti hopes that the team will stop when things get better.

There is a saying that goes around the stadium like a battlefield.

Choosing when to start a war is certainly a piece of wisdom, but choosing when and how to end a war is a hundred times more profound art.

As early as when he was at Ajax, Yang Yang learned a lesson from Van Gaal and Van Basten. A truly smart player must learn how to stop and slow down on the court.

Everyone knows how to run, but how to stop or how slow is not always possible.

All of these are to show one thing, accepting when things are good is also a kind of wisdom, even a more profound wisdom.

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Yang Yang got six good scoring opportunities in the first half, and he took advantage of four of them and scored four goals.

This is an extremely amazing efficiency, because in comparison, Barcelona's Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have wasted a lot of opportunities. This should be the difference between Yang Yang and other superstars.

He is very stable, even incredibly stable.

But because of this, Barcelona began to increase the intensity of marking Yang Yang in the second half. He could only start to change his functions and create space for his teammates through running positions, and then Suarez, Hazard and Di Maria got more opportunities.

Barcelona became more stable and began to control the ball patiently, looking for opportunities, but easily stopped giving Real Madrid a counterattack.

Moreover, due to physical exhaustion, Real Madrid was unable to continue to adhere to the high-pressing tactics in the second half, which also made Barcelona's ball control in the midfield and back more fluid.

You know, most of Real Madrid's consecutive goals in the first half were due to their high-position pressing.

But in the slow delivery, Barcelona was hiding a sharp murderous intention.

Messi retreated to the midline to receive the ball from the midfield. After stopping the ball and turning around, he quickly caught a gap and quickly sent a long pass to the ground, directly tearing apart Real Madrid's defense and sending it behind him.

Cristiano Ronaldo crossed behind him at an extremely fast speed. Ramos quickly chased back, but was still a little slow. The Portuguese caught the ball first and entered the penalty area.

Ramos followed closely, but also quickly took action.

The calf of Real Madrid's vice-captain touched the Portuguese's calf, and Cristiano Ronaldo fell in the penalty area.

The referee's foul whistle sounded immediately, and he reached into his chest pocket and ran towards Ramos.