Chapter 1417 King's Cup Code
On the evening of January 4, Madrid Bernabeu Stadium.
The first game of 2017, the first leg of the fifth round of the Copa del Rey, saw Real Madrid host Sevilla.
Real Madrid, playing at home, played with an almost all-substitute line-up and dominated the field from the start, taking the lead in the 11th minute.
After Casemiro stole Nzonzi in the midfield, De Bruyne made an oblique pass to the back point, and Asensio plugged in and hit the goal, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.
In the 29th minute, Real Madrid took a corner kick, and Varane hit a rebound from the edge of the small penalty area, which once again pierced Sevilla's goal and further expanded the score for Real Madrid.
Before the end of the first half, Isco drove the ball into the penalty area and was pushed to the ground. The referee awarded a penalty kick and Morata made a penalty kick.
After changing sides in the second half, although Sevilla tried to counterattack, it was never able to threaten Real Madrid's goal.
After last season's experience, Real Madrid's winter break physical fitness training has been carried out in a more orderly manner this season, with players taking turns in batches, so that the starting players in this game are basically in good condition.
In the end, Real Madrid won Sevilla 3-0 at home.
After the game, the Spanish media were shocked by Real Madrid's three-goal victory over Sevilla at home, not because Real Madrid was not strong enough, but because Real Madrid played with almost all of the substitutes, but they were still able to beat Sevilla 3-0 at home. Ya, this lets everyone see Real Madrid's solid bench lineup.
Alfredo, editor-in-chief of Aspen newspaper, said in his column that even Real Madrid's bench lineup is enough to win the championship in La Liga, which also provides a solid foundation for Real Madrid to go hand in hand on multiple fronts.
After the three-goal victory over Sevilla, Real Madrid also basically got the right to advance to the Copa del Rey.
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In the other games played at the same time as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid beat Las Palmas 2-0 away, which is not surprising, but Vigo Celta beat Valencia 4-1 away, which made many people Broken eyes.
The Bat Legion invested a lot last summer, but the result did not bring about an improvement in the team's strength, which is surprising.
This also proves once again that the European professional league is not something that can be played with money alone.
At least, Valencia has invested amazingly, but now they are ranked 17th in La Liga, and they are even in danger of being relegated.
However, the real upset was not at the Mestanja Stadium, but at Athletic Bilbao's San Mames Stadium.
If you want to talk about the big news in European football during the winter break, in addition to transfers, Barcelona's possible coaching change is the biggest hot spot.
When Luis Enrique coached Barcelona, this superstar team did not achieve success, especially in this season, when Real Madrid suffered a bloodbath of 0-7 at home, Luis Enrique has basically lost his ability to continue coaching in Barcelona. It is possible, and many media even firmly believe that he will be dismissed during the winter break.
Previously, Marca newspaper listed six candidates for the coaching list of Barcelona management, namely Valverde of Athletic Bilbao, Enrique assistant Vinsue, Real Sociedad coach Eusebio, Laurent Blanc, sacked from Paris Saint-Germain, Everton boss Ronald Koeman, and former Ajax boss Frank de Boer.
Among the six head coaches, Valverde and Eusebio are both popular, because they are very familiar with La Liga. Among them, Valverde is a candidate who will be included in almost every coaching change of Barcelona. At the time, Barcelona even almost Choosing Valverde instead of Luis Enrique shows that he is deeply appreciated by the Barcelona management.
Eusebio is very familiar with the culture of Barcelona. He spent ten years in Barcelona in his career and is a midfielder. Before becoming the head coach of Real Sociedad, he also coached the second team of Barcelona for many years. .
At present, Real Sociedad is ranked fifth in La Liga, and Athletic Bilbao is ranked seventh in La Liga. Whether it is Eusebio or Valverde, the coaching ability has been recognized.
What is even more interesting is that Barcelona have faced Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad successively this season. The former won 1-0 and the latter drew 1-1. Both are away games, but from the results, Barcelona’s two away games They all played so badly and won so embarrassingly that the Catalan media said that Luis Enrique was beaten by Valverde and Eusebio.
Times have changed, and when Enrique faced a crisis in his position, he led his team to challenge Athletic Bilbao again, and could not help but attract the attention of the media and fans, but Luis Enrique's team turned out to be in San Mames. The stadium was upset by the Basque Lions two-to-one, which is even more shattering.
El Pais made a comment immediately after the game, believing that Luis Enrique was completely defeated by Valverde.
"Unlike Real Madrid's large rotation, Enrique is not so bold. He has almost all his main lineup at the San Mames Stadium, and the luxurious tridents in the frontcourt are all starting. Still haven't been able to inspire the players on the road."
"In the first half, the Basque Lions seized two mistakes in the Barcelona defense. In less than half an hour, Barcelona was already two goals behind, and in the second half, Barcelona's performance improved, and the opponent was also sent off by two red cards. There are so many players, but the siege by Barcelona did not work, and Enrique was helpless, and in the end he had to go to San Mames."
El Pais analyzed that Enrique's real test will be in the next two months, because he needs to renew his contract, but Barcelona may not be willing to trust him anymore, and if his next coaching performance still does not improve, then he Likely to be the first head coach to be fired in the past thirteen years.
"The last coach to leave Barcelona was Van Gaal."
Even Barcelona's mouthpiece, the Daily Sports, was disappointed by the team's defeat, criticizing Enrique's formation, saying that he was constantly consuming the trust of the Barcelona management in him.
However, Enrique is very confident about the team's promotion to the King's Cup, because Athletic Bilbao will have two main players suspended with red cards, which is undoubtedly a major benefit for the second round of the two sides.
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Even worse, three days after finishing Athletic Elbao, La Liga ushered in the first game of the new year.
In the seventeenth round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Villarreal away.
As a result, Luis Enrique's team still made the most of the main force, but it was difficult to break the goal of the yellow submarine throughout the game. Instead, it was scored by the opponent in the 50th minute.
At the moment when Barcelona was almost desperate, in stoppage time, Messi used a direct free kick to pierce the goal of the yellow submarine to equalize the score for Barcelona. In the end, Barcelona drew Villarreal one-to-one away.
On the other hand, Real Madrid played against Granada at home in this round and won the opponent 5-0 cleanly.
In just 12 minutes of the opening, Yang Yang assisted Isco to score, then Suarez scored a goal, and then Marcelo assisted Yang Yang to score a goal.
In the 31st minute, Modric assisted Isco for another victory.
By the end of the first half, Real Madrid had a four-goal lead.
After changing sides in the second half, De Bruyne, who came off the bench, assisted Casemiro and scored a goal.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Granada 5-0 at home.
As a result, after the seventeenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid topped the list with 42 points, and because of the Club World Cup, Real Madrid also played one less game than other teams.
Sevilla are in second place in La Liga, six points behind Real Madrid, while Barcelona are close behind Sevilla with 34 points and Atletico Madrid are fourth with 31 points.
It can be said that after the seventeenth round, Real Madrid is already a top performer, which shows that they continue to dominate the La Liga.
After the draw with Villarreal, Enrique's coaching position was once again shaken.
Catalan media broke the news that the Barcelona management has begun to look for a new coach who will replace Luis Enrique this summer because they have completely lost confidence in Enrique.
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On January 11, the fifth round of the King's Cup.
Barcelona, which has drawn two games in a row, finally ushered in a rebound.
With the opponent's two generals being suspended with red cards, Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1 at home with a trident goal in the frontcourt, and eliminated Bilbao with a total score of 4-3. Athletics, advance to the quarter-finals of the King's Cup.
Real Madrid once again played away with a full-substitute lineup after a 3-0 victory at home in the first round.
In the face of the wolf-like Sevilla, Real Madrid was one goal behind in the first half. In the second half, with the goals of Asensio, Ramos and Morata, the away game drew Sevi 3-3. Leah, in the end, successfully advanced with a total score of 6-3.
This battle once again made Zidane and Yang Yang's coaching praise, especially their bold rotation against Real Madrid.
Facing Sevilla, currently ranked second in La Liga, Real Madrid played as a substitute in the two rounds, which is really surprising, but the key is that Real Madrid performed quite well in both games, and finally eliminated Sevilla to advance. .
"The King's Cup has its own set of codes that can change any rules."
"In La Liga, game strategy and various calculations are the most important, but in the Copa del Rey, the most important thing is personality, game intensity and uncalculable confidence. This is the code to win the Copa del Rey."
"Obviously, both Yang Yang and Zidane are deeply involved. They know the secret of the Copa del Rey code, so even if they played with a full bench lineup, they were still able to win 6-3 in two rounds. Villa, this is the best proof."
Marca is particularly impressed by Real Madrid's bold rotation in the past two seasons, believing that this is a manifestation of Real Madrid's dominance and confidence, and this dominance and self-confidence are in the face of Sevi, who is currently second in the La Liga standings. In the two rounds of Leah's King's Cup, it was vividly reflected.
"Only people like Yang Yang and Zidane can bring out such a Real Madrid."