Chapter 163 You Mock Arsenal for Fighting for the Top Four Every Year, but They Are Really Not Weak

Real Madrid was eliminated by Valencia in the King's Cup.

Not unexpected, but the loss was not too ugly.

Valencia played a head-on game against the fully rotated Real Madrid at home, and finally won 3-2.

Morata and Jesse also played their worth in this game.

The two who scored one goal each almost dragged Valencia to death.

If it weren't for Parejo's free kick in the 79th minute of the second half that ended the suspense of the game.

Then Real Madrid might really be able to make it to the semi-finals of this year's King's Cup.

Such a result did not make reporters praise Mourinho's tactical adjustments throughout the game.

Instead, it gave the media another reason to question Mourinho's strategic decision to give up the King's Cup.

As for the fact that Real Madrid had to continue to maintain the rhythm of two games a week after entering the King's Cup, these media did not mention it at all.

Fortunately, this time Real Madrid fans were not led by public opinion.

Between fighting hard in the King's Cup and retaining more energy to play steadily in the league, they actually chose the latter in their hearts, just like Mourinho.

Besides, Real Madrid's rotation players really tried their best to play against Valencia this time.

They lost 2-3 at Valencia's home ground, and almost dragged down the sixth place in La Liga with the advantage of away goals. What's there to be dissatisfied with this result?

Even if they boo at home, Real Madrid fans are still very firm in their stance after learning the lesson from the media's loss last time.

It's okay to boo their own team occasionally, but if outsiders want to make trouble and affect the team's performance, then Real Madrid fans are not vegetarians.

This wave of public opinion has just started, and several media official tweets have been scolded by Real Madrid fans.

Although black and red are also red, "Marca" and "AS" weighed it this time and still chose not to follow up and make trouble.

It's not that the two newspapers have a change of heart, but they want to wait and see, waiting for a time with more traffic.

After all, Real Madrid is still unbeaten in the league with Barcelona.

If Real Madrid loses a league game recently, they will make a fuss about it, won't it attract more attention?

With strange thoughts, the two big newspapers in Madrid temporarily suppressed their impulse.

The Real Madrid players who have successfully gotten rid of the burden of the King's Cup and have more rest time are preparing for the 21st round of La Liga on January 27.

The home game against Getafe, eh, is quite comfortable.

The Madrid region is so thick, brother.

In other words, the number of youth training players rented by Real Madrid to Getafe has decreased in recent years, otherwise Getafe will have to wear the hat of "Real Madrid's younger brother" firmly.

But now, there are still two or three players from Real Madrid Castilla in Getafe.

For example, Getafe's main left back Miguel Torres and the left winger Sarabia who has played an important rotation in Getafe recently.

This is the relationship, as long as it is not a key match involving relegation and qualification for the European Cup.

It is unrealistic to expect Real Madrid and Getafe to play fiercely.

In the game that afternoon, Real Madrid did easily take a two-goal lead in the first half.

Essien and Benzema scored successively. In the 56th minute of the second half, Ronaldo scored the third goal that was the final word, and Real Madrid stopped at the right time.

Losing to Real Madrid by only three goals is an acceptable result for the entire Getafe team.

The players of Getafe also tried their best to resist. They still have professional qualities, but it is definitely not a fierce fight.

There is no need. This Real Madrid brother did not play in the King's Cup, but they are still playing.

This year, they eliminated Sevilla and entered the Copa del Rey semi-finals for the first time. They will play Valencia in the next round. They really have a good chance of entering the Copa del Rey final.

So for Getafe now, it doesn't matter if they sacrifice a little league results.

Anyway, they are currently ranked tenth in La Liga, and they don't have to worry about relegation, but it's also difficult to climb up, so they might as well fight for the Copa del Rey.

So the players of both teams were in a good mood after the game ended smoothly.

Many players on Getafe's side are looking for Real Madrid stars to exchange jerseys.

Li Ang and his friends smiled and greeted and laughed with Getafe's No. 8 player Sarabia.

Yes, Sarabia is also a fellow youth training partner of their batch, about half a year older than Morata.

This kid is not bad in talent, but his physical fitness is indeed not enough now. Seeing that there are not many opportunities to be recruited by the first team, he came out directly to find training opportunities like Li Ang did at the beginning.

However, he was transferred directly to Getafe, and Real Madrid also added a buy-back clause. Whether he can return to the Bernabeu depends on his future performance.

"Gain weight slowly. Anyway, you are still young now. Stay in Getafe for two or three seasons, practice confrontation, and become a main player. Then seek transfer opportunities later."

When they were about to part, Li Ang gave him earnest advice, just like when he was protecting Sarabia in the Real Madrid U17 team.

"I know, I'm not in a hurry. Thank you, boss!"

Sarabia, who has matured a lot and is no longer the shy and thin child, is very grateful for Li Ang's concern.

The two hugged each other hard again before saying goodbye to each other.

In fact, most of the teenagers from Castilla are like Sarabia, who eventually left Real Madrid to find the most suitable career path for themselves.

Some stayed in La Liga, but more players eventually flowed to the next level of league.

Sarabia is still lucky. He has already established a foothold in Getafe. After two or three seasons of experience, he will hone his skills and compete against each other. Li Ang believes that his little brother can play well.

But whether Sarabia can return to Real Madrid like Callejon, Li Ang feels that it is really hard to say.

It depends on talent and luck

After winning the match against Getafe, Real Madrid will get a rest period of about six days.

So Mourinho happily gave all Real Madrid first-team players two days off.

But Li Ang and his team didn't expect that the most enjoyable moment today was not when Mourinho announced the holiday.

Instead, when they were having a routine dinner at the end of the month, they received the news that Barcelona was broken by Real Sociedad in the league this season!

Originally, the Real Madrid players had already accepted the reality that Barcelona's coaching change would not affect the league record, and they no longer paid attention to the match between Barcelona and Real Sociedad today.

But they couldn't resist the news of Barcelona's loss on the TV in the private restaurant they booked for the dinner!

In an instant, all the Real Madrid players took out their mobile phones and watched TV seriously.

As soon as it was confirmed that Barcelona did lose 2-3 to Real Sociedad in the La Liga that just ended, the whole private restaurant suddenly became noisy and celebrated!

Li Ang looked carefully and saw that the mobile phone news reminded him several times that Griezmann played well and contributed to the passing and shooting data.

Wow, Griezmann really played this time. He scored a goal for Barcelona right after Real Madrid!

More importantly, this time he and his teammates really broke Barcelona's unbeaten record in the league!

Perhaps, after losing to Real Madrid in that league, Griezmann and his teammates were still angry after the frustration dissipated.

Barcelona really suffered a lot because of Real Madrid.

He happily sent a congratulatory text message to Griezmann, and Li Ang also joined the celebration of his teammates.

Barcelona fans who were still sarcastically complaining about Real Madrid giving up the King's Cup are now in a state of mind.

Because Barcelona will lose to Real Sociedad in this round of games, a large part of the reason is that they just fought a King's Cup game with Malaga.

In this round, they met Real Sociedad, who had excellent physical fitness and was looking for physical confrontation right from the start. The legs of Barcelona's midfielders and forwards were all weak!

Messi was already very hard to score the equalizer, but unfortunately, he ran out of physical strength in the 70th minute of the second half.

That thing is really gone, and it can't be rushed.

Barcelona's backcourt defense was finally broken by Real Sociedad!

When seeing Real Sociedad score the overtaking goal in the 87th minute, all Barcelona fans were disappointed.

What's even more tragic is that they don't have any surprise soldiers to rely on on their bench now.

After Pedro and Tello were injured and Villa started on the front line again, Barcelona's bench had no offensive rotation to rely on.

Barcelona fans can only admit that they envy Real Madrid's bench and Real Madrid's rotation lineup.

Real Madrid could even rely on the rotation lineup to occasionally fight against the top six teams in La Liga, but Barcelona can't.

Now they only have the main lineup that is strong on paper, and the bench is either young or old.

In fact, it would be fine if they only played in the league, but unfortunately Barcelona wanted more.

So, Barcelona can only swallow this bitter fruit, and Barcelona fans can only remain silent helplessly.

Losing with one more game, Barcelona ranked below Real Madrid, which currently has the same points as them, because of the disadvantage of goal difference.

Various Spanish media also got busy that night, writing reports about Barcelona's loss and Real Madrid's benefit, including "Marca" and "AS".

This was unexpected for the crouching dragon and phoenix newspapers in Madrid. They wanted to wait for Real Madrid's loss but didn't wait for it, but waited for Barcelona to explode!

But it is also a traffic gain.

Moreover, as media outlets in Madrid, is it unreasonable for them to help Real Madrid cheer and complain about Barcelona?

That is quite reasonable!

The next morning, Real Madrid fans happily read the news of Barcelona's loss in various sports newspapers.

The entire Valdebebas base was also full of laughter.

Barcelona's mouthpiece media wanted to fight back, but they could only make a few innocuous condemnations.

Because they have more important things to do.

That is to promote the upcoming Copa del Rey semi-finals. Barcelona will play away first and challenge Atletico Madrid, the current third in La Liga!

This is an absolute strong dialogue.

Barcelona, ​​which was in good shape before, may be like Real Madrid, and is not too worried about how much threat Atletico will bring to them.

But now Barcelona, ​​whose physical energy is greatly depleted and whose condition is seriously damaged, is hard to say.

On the evening of January 30, Li Ang and a group of single friends met in their villa garden to barbecue and watch the live broadcast of the game.

Originally, when they saw Barcelona leading Atletico 2-1 in the first half, they were a little depressed.

But Atletico's three consecutive goals in the second half directly occupied Li Ang's villa garden with laughter!

Diego Costa tortured Busquets and Pique in the second half!

Falcao scored two goals in a row to sound the horn of Atletico's full counterattack. In the end, in the set-piece, Godin also beat Puyol to make up the knife!

4-2!

Atletico Madrid reversed the game and won, taking a two-goal advantage at home, and almost stepped into this year's King's Cup final!

As soon as the result came out, public opinion really exploded!

All the media that questioned Mourinho's decision before are now praising Mourinho for his "foresight".

Real Madrid's players may be lying at home happily watching the game, while Barcelona's players have to accept the bitter fruit of losing the first game of the King's Cup semi-final with their tired bodies!

The show effect is simply full.

Vilanova took the responsibility after the game and said it was his own tactical problem, but he defended Barcelona's players.

However, the public criticism that should be suffered is still inevitable.

For Barcelona players who have tried their best, many of the accusations at this time are actually nitpicking.

But there is no way, sports competition is like this, if you lose, it is useless to reason with the media, and the fans will not accept any excuses.

So the Barcelona players are silent.

They can only go home to lick their wounds, and then face the challenge of the next game. If they win the game, everything will be fine.

It's just that their current state is indeed quite wrong.

Even Barcelona's own fans have begun to doubt themselves.

"Can we really win the league in three days?"

The media's badmouthing of Barcelona is getting more and more intense.

However, on the Real Madrid side, Mourinho or Real Madrid's players, after laughing and being happy, they still don't hope that Barcelona will continue to lose the chain.

Barcelona's next round of league opponents are relegation team Osasuna.

Even if Barcelona is in a bad state now, it will not be unable to deal with Osasuna if it takes three days.

Facts have proved that it is right for Real Madrid's coaches and players not to have too many expectations.

On February 2, Real Madrid's half-main and half-rotation lineup defeated the relegation team Granada 3-0.

Barcelona also sent out a similar half-main lineup and easily defeated Osasuna 2-0.

After this round of the league, Barcelona can finally take a breath.

Because La Liga has entered a one-week rest period, there will be no more King's Cup matches during this period.

After getting another two days of vacation, Real Madrid's players have entered the intensive and meticulous preparation training rhythm.

This is not to prepare for their next league opponent Sevilla, but to prepare for the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals that is about to come.

Real Madrid's Champions League knockout draw this year is not very lucky.

Li Ang's mouth is also effective again. Real Madrid really drew one of the most difficult opponents among the teams that qualified in the second place in the group.

Arsenal!

No joke, although Arsenal has entered the rhythm of competing for the top four every year, they are really not weak!

Many fans laughed that Arsenal has been in the top 16 of the Champions League for two consecutive years, but we have to look at who their opponents are.

In the 10-11 season, Arsenal lost to Barcelona, ​​and in the 11-12 season, Arsenal lost to Milan.

One opponent is the Champions League champion of the season, and the other opponent almost eliminated Chelsea and broke into the Champions League semi-finals.

Moreover, in the total score of the Champions League quarter-finals for two consecutive years, Arsenal only lost by one goal.

You can say that Arsenal is not a top team in European football now, but you can't say that Arsenal is not a strong team.

A Premier League team that has entered the Champions League for more than ten consecutive years, its Champions League experience and hard power are in the first echelon of European football.

Mourinho and Wenger are also old rivals.

In front of the media, Mourinho can talk nonsense and say that Wenger is a loser, but privately, when he met Wenger, he did more detailed preparations than anyone else!

This Arsenal deserves the highest standard of "respect" from Real Madrid and Mourinho.

Real Madrid is going to go all out!

Alas, I was dragged out to meet a girl again this afternoon. I have no idea what to do. I watched a movie for three hours and had dinner. It was such a waste of time.

If my mom does this twice more, I feel like I may have to find an excuse to stay in the provincial capital for a few months.

After meeting today, I can rest for a while, I think.

I will continue to write 15,000 words tomorrow.

I still need 10,000 words. I remember this, don't worry, bosses.