When the Real Madrid players appeared in the mixed interview area of the stadium, the first person the reporters wanted to interview was Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong stood in front of the camera and waited calmly for the reporters' questions.
"After forcing a draw with Sevilla at home, Real Madrid is eight points behind Barcelona. Do you think Real Madrid will be successful in defending their title this season?"
"This question is a bit inexplicable. Real Madrid certainly has a chance to defend their title. There are still more than 20 rounds in the league. If Real Madrid wins three more games than Barcelona, Real Madrid will be able to overtake Barcelona in points. Who can say that Real Madrid has failed to defend their title?"
The reporter laughed twice and continued to ask, "So, what do you think is the main reason why Real Madrid went from being invincible last season to stumbling this season? Is it because of your absence? "
"The problem is very complicated. The main reason is, of course, injuries. But it's not just me. Almost all of our players, except for the goalkeeper, have been affected by injuries. The team has always been incomplete. If there were no injuries, Real Madrid might be one or two points ahead of Barcelona."
"The next game is the El Clásico at Camp Nou. What are the chances of Real Madrid winning?"
"There's no point in discussing this. Football can't be predicted by probability statistics. Otherwise, you can refer to the win-loss record of Real Madrid against Barcelona in the past two seasons, and then you'll have the answer. Isn't that right? "
Qin Xiong quickly left the Bernabéu after the interview. When he left, many fans cheered for him on both sides of the road.
Qin Xiong did not make a killing after his comeback, but his contribution to the team was still clear at a glance.
On the contrary, some of the defensive players, including Casillas, were provoked and abused by some extreme fans when they drove away!
Some of the Real Madrid fans were like this. They had a clear distinction between love and hate!
When the players performed well, they loved you to death!
When the players performed poorly, they hated you to the point of gnashing their teeth!
To survive in Real Madrid, in addition to having a strong ability to resist the pressure of the media, one also had to have the awareness to face the supporters behind one's back at any time!
After the game, Marca impartially commented on the championship of the league tournament.
"As of the 14th round, the 20 teams in La Liga have scored a total of 414 goals in 140 league matches. The average goal per match is as high as 2.95, which is definitely the highest number in Europe.
Although Spain's economic environment was not good and the season was entering winter, the exciting football games began to attract more spectators to the stadium. The game between Barcelona and Valencia in this round attracted 82,000 fans to watch the game, setting a new record for Barcelona's home game this season. There was no doubt that the Camp Nou would be full for the game against Real Madrid next week.
If there were people who doubted that the new Barcelona team would only attract attention by slaughtering the weak teams before entering the devil's schedule, after defeating Sevilla and Valencia with big scores of 3-0 and 4-0, some people had begun to revise their previous views. The so-called devil's schedule was only for other teams. For Barcelona, they were a devil's team.
Now Barcelona was going smoothly. Even luck was on their side. Guardiola continued his rotation policy. In the game against Valencia, he used the soft and hard combination of Xavi, Yaya Touré, and Gudjohnsen in the midfield. He also sent Abidal, who had been out of action for nearly a month, but he did not seem to be stiff. On the contrary, he suppressed Valencia and could only rely on fouls to disintegrate the Catalans' offense.
Valencia received six yellow cards in the game. The number of fouls they committed was eight more than Barcelona. If one did not look at the standings, it was difficult to imagine that this was a showdown between the leader of La Liga and the third-placed team.
What was the reason for winning all this?
After the game, Xavi's words revealed the essence. "Talent, attitude, passion, and speed. All of these have made Barcelona different. Real Madrid? We have to be careful. Of course, the fans are optimistic about the result for a reason. "
We also need to mention Guardiola.
After the 4-0 victory over Valencia, the young manager continued his calm style. He had been immersed in the football world for many years and was accustomed to big storms. There were also many cases of Barcelona capsizing in the gutter. Let's not talk about the distant past. Last season, Barcelona also defeated Valencia 3-0 before welcoming Real Madrid and ushered in Deco's comeback. In the end, they lost the game of the century.
Why?
Guardiola said, "The only good news from the victory over Valencia is that we widened the gap between us and the second-placed team. But what I want to say is that the league tournament is still very long. No matter the players or anyone else, we have to guard against arrogance and impatience. It's still too early to talk about the game with Real Madrid. We have to think about the Champions League in the middle of the week first. "
However, since he had already locked in the top spot of the Champions League group, he made a decision the next day. Valdés, Puyol, Márquez, Alves, Yaya, Touré, Xavi, and Messi would not be deployed for the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk in the middle of the week. They only had one goal, and that was Real Madrid.
Football, in a sense, was similar to movies.
Players were actors. But no matter how good an actor was, once a mediocre director or a failed producer was involved, the movie would certainly not be good.
Real Madrid was now in such a situation.
In the 90-minute game against Sevilla, the Andalusians' performance was much better than Real Madrid's. The home team only took the initiative for a period of time in the second half. Gago and Robben's goals helped the team equalize the score. At one point, there was hope for a reversal, but in the end, it became a small miracle for Real Madrid to force a draw with Sevilla. It required luck to complete a big reversal of the score one after another. Unfortunately, luck was not on Real Madrid's side this time.
Real Madrid's blockbuster starring in lacked a good producer.
Ironically, at the annual shareholders' meeting held in Real Madrid on Sunday morning, chairman Calderón escaped impeachment by reading the radical fans in the north stands and passed the next year's financial budget.
But on the night when they almost lost to Sevilla, most of the fans in the Bernabéu began to wave white handkerchiefs and shouted, "Calderón, dismissed!"
If the fans opened their eyes and watched Barcelona's 4-0 win over Valencia 24 hours ago, they would find that the atmosphere at Camp Nou was completely different from that at Bernabéu.
In six days, Real Madrid will be the guest to challenge Barcelona. I hope the old saying is true. "
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