Before the start of the 234th El Clásico, Real Madrid officials finally announced a transfer that made Bosque happy.
20 million euros to bring in the midfielder Lassana Diarra from the English Premier League club Portsmouth!
The transfer would strengthen Real Madrid's midfield defense.
It was a pity that he would not be able to come to the Bernabéu until January.
10 p.m. on December 13th.
Camp Nou was full. Barcelona's team song echoed in the stadium. It was magnificent!
Finally, the 234th El Clásico had arrived!
The players of Real Madrid and Barcelona stood in the players' tunnel, waiting for the game to start.
Compared to the previous two seasons, the current Barcelona players were full of confidence. Every dog has its day. When it came to Real Madrid, they began to fight with their backs against the wall.
Messi and Qin Xiong, who were standing behind the captain, happened to be side by side. The two men turned their heads and looked at each other tacitly. After they withdrew their gazes, they raised the corners of their mouths in excitement.
Finally, finally, they were going to meet!
When the players of the two teams walked into the stadium, the atmosphere at Camp Nou reached a small climax. They used their support for Barcelona to suppress the defending champions and their arch-rival, Real Madrid!
"Welcome to Camp Nou, the 15th round of La Liga. A battle that will be the focus of attention in Europe and even the world is about to take place here!
The 234th El Clásico!
Real Madrid, the defending champions who created an epic glory last season, are visiting Camp Nou to challenge the owner here, Barcelona, who is now known as the devil's team!
Some media outlets have already shouted that Barcelona can replicate the glory of Real Madrid last season, but the young manager Guardiola is very cautious. He thinks that one game can change the whole situation, so the players must guard against arrogance and impatience!
Barcelona is now leading the defending champions Real Madrid by as many as eight points in the standings. This game is the best opportunity for Real Madrid to shorten the point gap with their arch-rival, but the outside world is not optimistic about Real Madrid's game.
Since the start of the new season, Real Madrid had stumbled along the way. Not only were they affected by injuries, but their terrifying momentum from last season was also curbed. Compared to Barcelona, who had been consolidating and strengthening since the start of the new season, there was a world of difference!
However, El Clásico is always special. No one knows what will happen during the match. Let us wait and see!
Let's introduce the starting lineup of both teams.
Barcelona Starting 433.
Goalkeeper: Valdés
Defenders: Alves, Marcos, Puyol, Abidal.
Midfielders: Toure, Xavi, Iniesta.
Forwards: Messi, Eto 'o, Pedro.
Real Madrid start 442.
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defenders: Salgado, Metzelder, Cannavaro, Ramos.
Midfield: Robben, Guti, Gago, Van Der Vaart.
Forwards: Qin Xiong, Raúl.
In order to strengthen the defense today, Bosque did not let Marcelo, who was strong in offense but weak in defense, play in the rear defensive line. Instead, he switched Ramos to the left side to defend against Messi. Metzelder's slow turn, Cannavaro's declining form, and the old Salgado, Real Madrid's defensive line really made people break out in cold sweat for them. In addition, they did not have a professional defensive midfielder. I don't know if they can withstand Barcelona's powerful offense.
The game is about to start. Let's enjoy the 234th El Clásico! "
Just before the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Camp Nou erupted with deafening shouts from tens of thousands of people.
"Barça! Barça! Barça! "
It was as if there was a murderous aura sweeping through the stadium!
Messi and Eto 'o stood in the center circle, and their fighting spirit soared rapidly!
After the referee's whistle, Eto 'o kicked off. Messi passed the ball back to Iniesta behind him, and Raúl quickly ran up to start pressing.
Iniesta passed the ball back to Xavi, who divided the ball to the side, and Abidal passed the ball straight to Pedro in front.
Salgado and Guti were about to defend, but Pedro passed the ball back to Xavi's feet again, and Xavi passed the ball to Messi on the right side.
Messi dribbled two steps horizontally and observed the movement tendency of Real Madrid's defenders. When he found Gago and Ramos rushing up, he and Iniesta did a two-over-one and then inserted diagonally behind Gago. At this time, the distance between Guti and Gago had been pulled apart, and he had enough space to insert diagonally in the middle.
Iniesta just passed the ball to Messi's feet, and Ramos fiercely pressed and knocked Messi to the ground!
The referee whistled to signal that Ramos had committed a foul. Under Xavi's protest, the referee did not show a yellow card to Ramos.
Camp Nou was immediately filled with thunderous boos!
They expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee.
Real Madrid's players were very clear-headed. If they were to defend and restrict Barcelona, they would not be able to achieve the expected defensive effect at all.
Enough blood and aggression must be invested in this game to hope to destroy Barcelona's flowing offense.
Ramos' foul was not unintentional, it was premeditated!
Xavi's free kick was punched out of the penalty area by Casillas, and Van Der Vaart controlled the football there. He was about to turn around when he was immediately knocked to the ground by Xavi from behind!
Barcelona also committed a foul!
Xavi expressed to the referee that his foul was unintentional, and the Barcelona players quickly retreated to the backfield to set up the defensive line.
Guardiola watched the game calmly on the sidelines.
His Barcelona team also committed a lot of fouls!
But the intention to foul was very obvious.
A tactical foul!
It was rooted in the core concept of defense and was derived from high pressing.
When the ball could not be intercepted by high pressing, it was necessary to contain the opponent's attack, so it was necessary to take fouls to give the defensive players enough time to return to the defensive zone and not be hit by the opponent's quick counterattack.
Real Madrid opened a free kick in the backfield to organize the positional play offense.
After three passes and two falls, the football came to Qin Xiong's feet.
He turned his back to Touré and moved horizontally to the right. Touré took a step to the right, but just after he took a step, Qin Xiong stopped and turned to knock the ball to the left side of his body to break through!
Touré gently pulled Qin Xiong's arm after he turned around to delay Qin Xiong's dribbling. Then, he stretched his leg in front of Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong struggled to break free from Touré's entanglement, and the ball at his feet was out of control. Puyol, who went up to snatch the ball, cleared the ball with a big kick. Qin Xiong turned to complain to the referee, but the referee turned a blind eye to him.
Fortunately, the ball did not get to Barcelona's players. Salgado headed the ball to Gago in the midfield from the sideline.
But Gago's pass was wrong.
He wanted to give Robben a foot ball, but Robben plugged in directly and needed a straight ball to start.
The football rolled out of the sideline, and Real Madrid returned the ball to Barcelona.
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