Chapter 1306 Ghost Ball

After the away game at Athletic Elbao, Real Madrid returned to Madrid overnight.

On the way back, the team also received the latest reports from La Liga. The most shocking thing was that Barcelona lost 1-4 to Celta Vigo in an away game. This was definitely a big upset.

So, after arriving in Valdebebas, Zidane and Yang Yang called the coaching staff to stay for a meeting and watched the video of the upset game together. They only saw 60 minutes and Barcelona trailed 0-3. Everyone felt that there was no need to continue watching.

"It was a fiasco, a complete fiasco," Zidane concluded with a serious face.

Seeing Barcelona lose, Real Madrid should of course be happy, but no one can be happy, because no one knows when Real Madrid will suddenly encounter a disastrous defeat like Barcelona. Just try to avoid it as much as possible.

There is also to analyze, why did Barcelona encounter such a disastrous defeat?

"The Baledos Stadium has always been an away game that Barcelona is very afraid of." Yang Yang took Zidane's words and kept searching for various past data in his mind, "If I remember correctly, last season Barcelona played in This stadium won by one goal thanks to Mathieu's goal, but lost to Celta Vigo with a goal of its own."

As soon as Yang Yang finished speaking, David Bertoni continued, "Yes, indeed, in the Nou Camp last season, Celta Vigo's goal was also assisted by Nolito, and In this summer, after Pedro left Chelsea, Barcelona once wanted to introduce Nolito. Luis Enrique admired him very much and wanted to start the buyout clause of 18 million euros in Nolito's contract. , but it was dropped due to various reasons.”

The reason why Barcelona suffered a disastrous defeat in this game was precisely because of Nolito.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Mario made a pass from the right, and Nolito hit the goal with a small angle arc from the left side of the penalty area.

For this conceded goal, the goalkeeper Ter Stegen is not a big problem, but the right back Alves has a big problem. The 32-year-old Brazilian right back's competitive state has declined significantly and he has made major mistakes. .

It was Alves' downturn, and Nolito let go completely. Four minutes later, Pique made a pass error near the center circle and was intercepted. Nolito headed the ball and Aspas succeeded in countering offside. On the edge of the penalty area Loose shot scored.

With two goals in five minutes, Celta Vigo put Barcelona in a panic.

Subsequently, Vigo Celta began to seize the defense and adopted a quick counterattack strategy.

In the fifty-sixth minute of the second half, Nolito took the ball outside the penalty area again and sent a direct pass. Aspas once again succeeded in countering offside. , to seal the victory.

In the 80th minute, Messi made a precise pass, and Neymar volleyed from a small angle to win the game, but only three minutes later, Mario made a pass from the right, Pique made a mistake in intercepting, and Guidetti, who was unguarded behind him Volleyed in front of the small penalty area and scored, four to one.

After that, Guidetti even had a chance to kick in the penalty area and almost scored again.

It can be said that if Celta Vigo's ability to seize opportunities is not slightly lacking, this game will be a big loss, and it will definitely be a nightmare for Barcelona.

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"Now, Barcelona has lost, Atletico Madrid have also lost. After five rounds, we are at the top of La Liga. We have won all five games. Behind us are Celta Vigo and Villa who have four wins and one draw. Rael."

"Atletico Madrid has four wins and one loss, and lost to Barcelona. Barcelona also has four wins and one loss. Judging from this situation, Celta Vigo and Villarreal will still fall sooner or later. La Liga is still the top three. fight."

Zidane made his own judgment on the current La Liga situation. The rankings of Celta Vigo and Villarreal are temporary. No matter their overall strength or the thickness of the bench, they will not have the opportunity to occupy the top spot for a long time. Three seats, this is not realistic, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will soon counterattack.

If you want to talk about La Liga this season, the most surprising thing is Valencia.

The Bat Corps invested a lot of money this summer and brought in many players to strengthen the team's overall strength. However, after five rounds of matches, they only got one win, three draws and one loss, ranking tenth in La Liga. This is indeed eye-popping, and completely inconsistent with their summer investment.

"I don't think the reasons for Barcelona's big defeat are complicated." David Betoni, the team's analyst, took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"The first is exhaustion. Barcelona, ​​like us, is a team with a large number of international players, and their opponents in the first five rounds of the league are not weak. They played Athletic Bilbao away, Malaga at home, Atletico Madrid away, The away game against Celta Vigo is tough, and with the national team playing for two weeks in the middle, it consumes a lot.”

"Second point, injuries. The thickness of Barcelona's bench lineup is already very bad. Now that three injured players, including Bravo and Rafinha, are absent, it has a great impact on Barcelona, ​​which makes them even unavailable."

"The third point is the transfer ban. The imported Turan and Vidal couldn't play. I originally wanted to get Nolito, but I didn't come. Instead, Nolito staged a game in Celta Vigo. A fantastic carnage scene."

Before David Bertoni finished speaking, Zidane turned his head and glanced at Yang Yang. The two looked at each other and smiled at the same time. After this close friend finished speaking, Zidane quickly took over the words .

"When it comes to fatigue, we are on par with Barcelona. We even played three more Super Cup games than them at the beginning of the season. We haven't met Atletico Madrid in the league yet, but we also have Athletic Bilbao, A team as difficult as the Spaniards will not lose to Barcelona at all."

"As for injuries, they had three injuries, we had four or five injuries, and it was not much better, but our bench thickness does have an advantage over the other side, but it must be noted that the transfer ban has been around for a long time, but Why did Barcelona let Pedro go? This may be more about considering Barcelona's financial and management decisions."

David Bertoni shook his head with a wry smile. What Zidane said did make sense.

To put it bluntly, Barcelona's own factors are the most critical factor that caused the current major defeat.

Zidane and David Bertoni are good friends. The two of them can talk without any scruples. Naturally, Yang Yang will not intervene. He is more interested in Vigo Celta's tactics to restrain Barcelona.

"Celta Vigo has always been known as the little Barcelona in La Liga. High pressing and oppression, strict tactical discipline, excellent sense of position, and skillful pass and control of the ball, all of which were played in this game."

When Yang Yang said this, he held up a piece of data in his hand, "You can take a look, Celta Vigo's ball possession rate reached 48%, whether it is a pass success rate, a key pass or a shot. The number of times is on par with Barcelona, ​​that is to say, they are head-to-head with Barcelona."

Barcelona's problem has always been very obvious, that is, the frontcourt has the most luxurious offensive combination in the world, but the weakness is also clear, that is, their defense is very fragile, so that some people say that Barcelona today is very similar to the Galacticos back then. During the period, the frontcourt was picturesque, but the backcourt was as thin as paper.

But the crux of the problem is, how to directly face Barcelona's fragile defense on the premise of resisting Barcelona's attack?

Vigo Celta undoubtedly gave a more interesting idea.

"I think this game is worthy of our study, because I always believe that although football is round and everything is possible, everything has a certain inevitability. We need to grasp the inevitability in this big defeat. factor."

In the twelfth round of La Liga, in late November, Real Madrid will host Barcelona. The Galacticos need to find a strategy to restrain Barcelona before this game.

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On the evening of September 26th, the Bernabéu Stadium.

In the sixth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Malaga at home.

Since they will go to Sweden in the middle of the week to challenge Malmo in an away game, this is the second game of the Champions League group stage, and Real Madrid also attaches great importance to it, because the team hopes to be able to suppress Paris Saint-Germain and advance to the top of the group. Strive for three points in every game.

In the home game against Malaga, Zidane and Yang Yang jointly decided to carry out a substantial rotation, with young player Jesse starting instead of Yang Yang.

After the start of the game, Real Madrid took control of the game, but Malaga adopted a four-two-three-one double midfielder formation, and they also defended very firmly in the away game, not giving Real Madrid the slightest chance.

In the 60th minute, Jesse was injured and Vazquez came on as a substitute.

Real Madrid firmly suppressed Malaga throughout the game, and the visiting team even had very few chances to counterattack.

In the 66th minute, after Modric and Suarez hit the wall, Suarez suddenly shot a volley. The opponent's goalkeeper Kameni saved it sideways. Isco shoveled from the right side of the penalty area. Villiger Dayton made a clearance near the goal line, but the referee signaled that the ball had completely crossed the line and Real Madrid led by one goal.

The sudden goal made Zidane give up his original decision to replace Yang Yang. Yang Yang also continued to sit on the bench, but walked to the front from time to time to discuss and direct the team with Zidane.

This is also the first time he has played the role of the chief assistant coach this season, frequently appearing in live TV shots.

In the 90th minute, Real Madrid made another attack.

Modric made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Isco shot in front of the goal and scored twice to help Real Madrid lead by two goals.

The Malaga players protested to the referee that Suarez and Vazquez were offside, but neither player participated in the offense, and Modric, who was directly involved in the offense, was not offside, so the referee rejected the Malaga players protest, the penalty goal is valid.

The replay of the game video after the game also proved that although the two goals in the game were controversial, there was no problem.

However, the controversy that both of Isco's goals qualified was ridiculed by the media after the game, jokingly called Isco's ghost ball.

In the end, relying on Isco's brace, Real Madrid defeated Malaga 2-0 at home and won the league's first six consecutive victories.