Chapter 1240 The Key to Victory over Barcelona

In the end, Real Madrid successfully eliminated Atletico Madrid with a score of 4-2 at home and 6-4 on aggregate, and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.

But God's suffering for Real Madrid seems to continue.

After the eight games were played and the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey were determined, the draw for the quarterfinals was immediately re-drawn. But this time, Real Madrid encountered the team they least wanted to meet, Barcelona!

Atletico Madrid in the knockout round of 16, and Barcelona in the knockout round of the eighth round. For Real Madrid, such a devil schedule is really full of disasters. It's too far back.

In this game against Atletico Madrid, Mascherano's coming off the bench and the resulting midfield balance aroused the attention and discussion of the media, and many people had to re-examine this situation of Real Madrid. A lineup.

No one can deny that after Mascherano played, Real Madrid's offensive and defensive balance is indeed more balanced, and the existence of the Argentine midfielder also allows the backcourt to have a stable ball receiving point, which greatly relieves the pressure on Real Madrid. His defense is another impregnable barrier in front of Real Madrid's defense.

But there are also many voices who believe that Real Madrid should not use Mascherano, because the team used two technical midfielders before. The team not only has a strong offensive, but also a good defense. Modric is injured. , It can be replaced by other players, and the previous good momentum cannot be overturned just because of one game of Atletico Madrid.

In short, two different voices are intertwined, and the discussion outside is very heated. Not only the media participated in the discussion, but also many professionals, including many Real Madrid celebrities, also participated in the discussion. come up with different answers and analyses.

There are also two kinds of voices in Real Madrid. The coaching staff and technical team also support the defensive midfielder, and some think that we should continue to try two technical midfielders. After all, the first half was really beautiful.

Ancelotti is not a risk-taker in his bones, but he is now more or less coerced by the beautiful offensive football in the first half, and he still hopes to continue to stick to that style of play, or wait for Modri. odd return.

Yang Yang and Zidane firmly support the use of defensive midfielders. They both insist that the balance of offense and defense is the most important.

Even, Yang Yang believes that even if Modric returns, whether he can maintain the state of the first half, whether he can restore the almightiness of his peak period, these are unknown.

You must know that no matter how self-disciplined a player is, his physical function will inevitably decline when he is about 30 years old. The damage to his career is irreversible.

In other words, even if he returns from injury and wants to return to the top, it is almost unrealistic.

Of course, this does not mean that Modric should be abandoned, because even if he declines, Real Madrid can also adjust the team's tactics appropriately, such as arranging a defensive midfielder, liberating Modric, and allowing him to invest more in the organization And passing the ball, reducing defensive pressure, which can maximize the continuation of his state.

Isn't the role of tactics here?

As for the discussion between the two voices, three days later, in the 19th round of Spain, Real Madrid challenged Getafe away in the same city match and finally came to a tentative conclusion.

Mascherano gets the starting lineup!

Ancelotti's three midfielders are also very interesting. Toni Kroos was also rested. Two players, Isco and James Rodriguez, partnered with Mascherano to form a Three midfielders.

Obviously, the front two players are responsible for organizing and attacking, while Mascherano is responsible for defending.

Throughout the first half, Real Madrid was adjusting and adapting. The game was a bit dull. Obviously, the midfield organization was not well organized. The offense in the frontcourt could not be played, but the defense was stable.

Until the second half, Real Madrid began to exert force.

First, Isco and James Rodriguez hit the wall continuously in the midfield. Suarez volleyed from the outside of the penalty area and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Cordina, but Yang Yang appeared like a ghost In a deadly position, he easily pushed the empty goal and opened the scoring for Real Madrid.

Just four minutes later, James Rodriguez crossed from the left, and Suarez volleyed from the edge of the penalty area to score another victory for Real Madrid, 2-0.

In the 79th minute, James Rodriguez made another precise pass from the left. Yang Yang ran out of space in the penalty area and headed the goal from close range without any defense. Opened twice to seal the victory for Real Madrid.

Three to zero, Real Madrid finally beat Getafe away.

Professional football is very realistic, as long as you win, all the debates can be temporarily put to an end.

Real Madrid beat Getafe 3-0 without any risk, especially on the road. This is not an easy victory, because Barcelona is 0-0 in this stadium this season, and Atletico Madrid is relying on a red card. , and finally won one to zero.

Being able to beat Getafe 3-0, especially the performance at the defensive level, is satisfying.

Ancelotti also said in a high-profile press conference after the game that he has found the key to an away victory over Barcelona.

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On the night of January 21, 2015, Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium.

In the first round of the knockout round of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid challenged Barcelona away.

In the thirty-fifth minute of the game, Real Madrid attacked in the frontcourt. Carvajal advanced at high speed and cooperated with Di Maria to try to form a breakthrough from the right, but was tackled out by the opponent after entering the 30-meter zone Out of bounds, resulting in a throw-in.

Real Madrid immediately surrounded the throw-in in the dangerous area.

Carvajal stood on the sidelines, kept wiping the football in his arms with his jersey, and observed the situation on the field.

Suarez pulled to the right side of the penalty area to respond, and Di Maria and Toni Kroos were all moving towards this side.

Real Madrid's right back raised the football high, and was about to throw it to the center and pass it to his teammates, but suddenly paused, turned and ran to the right side of the penalty area.

Suarez blocked Mathieu with his body, stopped the ball with his chest, and tried to dribble over the ball, but Mathieu and Alba cooperated very well. The French central defender quickly cut into Suarez's area, cutting off the Uruguayan striker and the ball. Contact, and Alba is a direct big foot, trying to volley the ball to clear the siege.

But this volley cleared the siege, and it was passed directly to the periphery of the top of the arc in the penalty area.

David Silva was ahead of everyone else, predicted where the ball would fall, quickly caught up, faced the falling football, made a direct pad, and passed the ball back to the penalty area.

Yang Yang has been lying in ambush near the penalty spot. After seeing David Silva running, he immediately made sure that he was not in an offside position. This is his usual habit of playing football. When David Silva When Silva picked into the penalty area, he rushed forward quickly and did not form an offside.

The ball landed lightly on Yang Yang's side, and Yang Yang also ran to the side of the ball just right, almost as soon as the ball touched the turf, Yang Yang quickly pushed and shot.

The ball turned in one direction, almost in a straight line, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

The little German lion king Ter Stegen, who is still standing on the right, is beyond his reach and powerless.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

With a long sound of goal, Yang Yang quickly rushed out of the court, waving his arms all the way.

At the corner of the stands, the fans who followed Real Madrid to the away game also cheered crazily, shouting Yang Yang's name in unison, uniform and powerful, even covering the momentum of the Barcelona home fans.

Yang Yang also quickly rushed to the bottom of the stands where the Real Madrid fans were, celebrating his goal.

Leading 1-0 away, this is undoubtedly a very valuable goal for Real Madrid.

Even, to some extent, this goal will completely break the deadlock on the field.

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Barcelona's players are full of helplessness, but a little frustrated.

They were not convinced, but there was nothing they could do.

For a goal like just now, not only was David Silva's good pass, but Yang Yang's shot was also crucial.

Whether it was the previous running position, the keen sense of offside, or the subsequent control of the ball's landing point and timing, Yang Yang can be said to have handled it quite well, and he didn't even give the defensive players any chance to react.

It can be said that during the entire process of scoring, the defensive players were very passive and did not even expect it.

This is not accidental, because they never thought that Real Madrid would carry out such a cooperation.

But this is Real Madrid!

This is Yang Yang!

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One goal behind, Barcelona began to launch a counterattack, trying to recover the disadvantage of this goal, but Real Madrid began to take a defensive counterattack steadily, and did not confront Barcelona head-on.

For Real Madrid in an away game, winning a goal and a one-to-one draw are both acceptable, and even relatively beneficial. After scoring a goal, they continue to fight against Barcelona, ​​which is unreasonable up.

The presence of Mascherano and the activeness of David Silva and Toni Kroos all allowed Real Madrid to suppress Barcelona's midfield.

In this game, Luis Enrique did not arrange for Harvey to start. Obviously, he also learned a lesson and let Rakitic replace Harvey, but in this way, Barcelona's midfield passing and running Not as skilled as before, and mistakes began to increase, and Real Madrid's counterattack became a threat.

Barcelona's best chance of the game came late in the second half, when they won a penalty in the penalty area, but Messi's penalty was saved by Courtois.

This season, Navas has become more and more brave. He has repeatedly saved penalty kicks, and his performance is also remarkable. This puts pressure on Courtois. Navas declares war.

At the beginning of the season, everyone thought that there was not much suspense in the Real Madrid goalkeeper battle, but the competition was actually very fierce.