First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone.
At the beginning of the month, I said that there would be 10 updates on Christmas Day, but I broke my promise.
It's not that I don't have a stockpile, but I want to change the plan.
A year is almost over, and I want to have a big explosion at the end of the year.
So, today's 10 update is canceled and changed to the 27th.
A day later, we'll meet on the 27th and have an even bigger explosion on the 20th!
I already have a stockpile, so I won't break my promise!
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"Real Madrid is the first to break through! Real Madrid got off to a fantastic start as soon as the game started. Robben instigated the attack on the flank. He cut across the middle to create chaos in Barcelona's midfield defense. Then he passed the ball to Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong and Raúl did a two-over-one wall combination and charged into the penalty area.
In the penalty area, Qin Xiong calmly spiked the ball past Márquez, who slid to block, and then knocked open Barcelona's goal with a curveball! "
Rijkaard was in a trance on the sidelines. He stared at Qin Xiong's back in the distance for a long time.
It was as if he was looking at Ronaldinho from a few years ago.
He was a little unconvinced, and his heart was full of resentment!
Before the El Clásico, Barcelona had studied the change of manager several times. Among his candidates, the most popular one was Mourinho.
If Rijkaard had any novel tactical ideas, it would be hard to put them into words.
What he pursued was to let the star players do their best to form a harmonious and reasonable team. So, the Barcelona team he built with Ronaldinho as the core was not smooth sailing. He studied and experimented in various positions, and finally came to the conclusion that the best Barcelona was out!
But when Ronaldinho fell, the system naturally fell apart.
So this season, Rijkaard wanted to build the king of Camp Nou again!
The candidate for the king was Messi.
But Barcelona would not give him more time. At the same time, the previous collapsed system was full of problems. The external and internal pressure brought about by Barcelona's previous height also made it impossible for Rijkaard to reshape his ideal Barcelona in a relaxed environment.
He looked at Qin Xiong and Real Madrid and envied Bosque.
In his opinion, Bosque's teaching method was similar to his.
If Qin Xiong was established as the core, and then the other players' abilities could be brought into play in other positions, and they could be integrated together, then such a team would be strong. As for whether it was strong enough to be unparalleled, it would depend on the team's comprehensive fighting power, and it must be blessed by luck.
The low morale of the Barcelona generals became even lower.
Puyol exchanged a few words with Yaya Toure.
In any case, they couldn't defend against it with conventional defenses, so they might as well defend to the death!
If Barcelona thought that they could wipe out Valencia, whose morale had collapsed and lost their fighting spirit, in Camp Nou, they would be able to compete head-on with Real Madrid, who was at the peak of their power, at the Bernabéu, it was clearly wishful thinking.
They knew their own situation.
Puyol certainly understood the situation of Barcelona's internal chaos and decline.
Naturally, he was struggling in his heart. When Barcelona fell to its lowest point in the last five years, how could they compete with Real Madrid, who was only one game away from winning the Champions League final and becoming the best in European history?
After Barcelona restarted the ball, there was a fault in the front and back field.
Yaya Toure and Xavi were deep in the backfield, and the entire defensive line pressed on the penalty area line and waited.
As for how the Barcelona players in the front field wanted to attack, it seemed to have nothing to do with them. The backfield players just watched from the other side.
Because of this, it highlighted Messi's heroism in the front field.
And the only player who could pose a threat to Real Madrid's defensive line was Messi!
In the 11th minute of the game, Messi received Xavi's long-distance short pass from the backfield on the right side.
Thankfully, Barcelona's passing skills were still top-notch. Otherwise, with this disjointed formation, who knew what the attacking players would rely on to get the ball.
After Messi took the ball, he shook off the Snede and then came to the danger zone 40 yards away from the goal. Marcelo came up.
Marcelo had played confidently in recent games. He wanted to play against Messi. He calmly observed Messi's dribbling frequency and rhythm.
When he thought he had grasped Messi's dribbling rhythm, he seized the opportunity to come forward to intercept.
However, just as he approached, Messi suddenly paused. After the emergency stop, he changed directions to the middle when Marcelo pounced on him!
Marcelo also stopped, but just as he stopped, he looked at Messi incredulously, as if he was not affected by the inertia of his body and changed direction with the football successfully!
Marcelo regretted it at this time. He should always sound the alarm for himself. There was no need to exaggerate what Messi could do. He just had to remember that last season, his predecessor, Carlos, was dizzy in defending against Messi and paid the price of a broken finger to not completely freeze Messi. It was enough!
Messi was like a little flea running amok in Real Madrid's half of the field. Just after he got rid of Marcelo, Guti thought that Messi had changed direction once, so now his follow-up interception would be successful.
He also rushed up, but what Guti did not expect was that Messi made two changes in a short time!
And his body's center of gravity was still well maintained. His movements were smooth and coherent!
When Messi came to Real Madrid's penalty area with the ball, it was easy to associate him with another person in the stadium: Qin Xiong!
Perhaps it was because of his figure, Messi was like a peerless sword flowing with light and color, while Qin Xiong was like a peerless sword that could cut gold and jade. There was a slight difference in the posture, but the effect was the same. It was as if the weather on the field had changed!
In front of Messi was Real Madrid's tight defensive line.
Cannavaro, Pepe, and Ramos formed a line. Diarra was ready to intercept Messi at any time. They would not take the initiative to intercept. They tried to compress the space in the penalty area as much as possible and did not give Messi any chance to move forward.
After two consecutive breakthroughs, Messi knew that if he continued to move forward, the success rate would be greatly reduced.
First of all, Real Madrid had been hit the most in counterattacks this season. They had been tested the most by the star players' individual surprise attacks. At the end of the season, they already had some experience and knew how to deal with this situation.
They would never rush forward and give their opponents a chance to break them down one by one.
Messi flicked the ball horizontally past his dominant left foot. He lifted his foot on the spot and rubbed out a curveball to shoot!
The football flew past Pepe's head and went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal.
Casillas was well prepared for this ball. In addition, he had studied Messi for a long time. At the same time, it was also thanks to his teammate Robben who frequently cut inside in the right corridor and rubbed the far corner of the goal. Casillas's prediction and movement were just right.
But he still managed to save the ball out of the end line in a thrilling manner!
The Real Madrid fans in the Bernabéu stands would be lying if they said they were not worried. The scene of Messi's consecutive breakthroughs was enough to put them on tenterhooks. In addition, Messi's shot was also a huge threat.
Fortunately, Casillas played bravely and protected Real Madrid's goal!
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