On January 11th, Real Madrid's match against Mallorca arrived as scheduled.
The haze that surrounded Bernabéu had completely divided the management!
The management was in turmoil, the opposition's momentum was growing day by day, Calderón was under pressure from lawsuits and scandals, and Mijatović was also on the cusp of the storm. Real Madrid's normal work was completely out of order.
Even Qin Xiong's contract renewal, which Calderón had been worried about, was shelved in the corner. At this time, he felt a strong sense of crisis. He could not even protect himself. He actively tried to win over the internal people and tried to reverse the media's attack on him through diplomatic public relations, hoping to shift the focus. However, his public relations skills were not brilliant. It was as if he did not know how to be careful with his words and actions. It was not helpful to the current situation. His popularity fell to the lowest point. Even under the media's questioning, he could only stubbornly claim that he would never resign.
Real Madrid came to Mallorca's home ground. After the players walked out of the players' tunnel, almost no Real Madrid fans came to the away game to cheer for them.
The recent scandals surrounding the club's top management made the fans lose their expectations of the team. Perhaps now the fans also wanted to use this way to express their protest and anger against Calderón!
"In the 18th round of the La Liga, Mallorca, ranked 10th in the league, will play Real Madrid at home. Mallorca has experienced a change of ownership of the club this season, and Real Madrid has experienced management turmoil. The two teams, neither stable, meet today. Of course, in terms of strength, Real Madrid is definitely far better than Mallorca. However, with eight points behind Barcelona and an environment of internal and external troubles, will Real Madrid's competitive state be affected? We don't know. The neutral fans naturally do not want the suspense of the La Liga championship to end early, so it is up to Real Madrid to give people hope.
Introduce the starting lineups of both sides for the game.
Mallorca starting 532.
Goalkeeper: Avat.
Defenders: Scalloni, Navarro, Nunez, Ramis, Clares.
Midfielders: Martí, Suárez, Santana.
Forwards: Webb, Arango.
Real Madrid starting 442.
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defenders: Salgado, Ramos, Cannavaro, Marcelo.
Midfield: Robben, Guti, Diarra, Snede.
Forwards: Raúl, Qin Xiong.
Real Madrid's recent results have improved. Let's see if they can continue to perform better under the external pressure today. "
Qin Xiong and Raúl stood at the kickoff point. With the chill of winter, Real Madrid's posture was slightly tragic.
They were obviously victims of the club's management turmoil and were innocently implicated. The club should have protected them and relieved their mental stress, but now they were exposed to the media's guns.
One by one, the transfers of the players were questioned and their value was gossiped about. If it were anyone else, they would not be able to calmly accept it.
Qin Xiong and Raúl looked at each other. The determination and calmness in their eyes were particularly obvious.
The two of them tacitly turned their heads to look at their teammates, as if they were standing proudly in the cold wind.
At this time, they had to be unyielding and unite to get through the difficulties together!
The game began. In order to curb Real Madrid's attack, Mallorca used a defensive formation with five defenders to avoid Real Madrid's frequent lateral transfers of the ball to tear apart the defense.
In that case, Real Madrid would have to play vertical penetration attacks more frequently.
In the third minute of the game, Qin Xiong gestured to Guti to try more direct passes and not be afraid of mistakes!
In the fifth minute, Guti received Robben's cross pass in the midfield and passed it straight to the front field. Raúl had his back to Mallorca and the two center backs passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who was plugging in.
Under Marti's pressure, Qin Xiong first used his body to push the other party away, and then burst forward with a burst of speed. His intention to cut forward was clear at a glance, and Scaroni and Navarro immediately closed the door in front of him to defend.
Qin Xiong knocked the ball behind him with his heel when the football rolled in front of him.
Snede, who was behind him like a ghost, passed the ball diagonally. The defensive midfielder, Santana, was caught off guard and was broken through by Snede.
Snede, who had swung out of the shooting angle, completed a long shot in the middle in front of the penalty area!
The football flew slightly over the crossbar to the stands.
Real Madrid's offense was still able to play a combination that made their opponents fearful.
It was a tacit understanding that they had rebuilt through the past two games.
Mallorca's team tried to slow down the pace of the game, but they had too many players in the middle and back field. They were afraid of making mistakes in passing and causing a disaster. Therefore, they could only use big shots to break the siege when Real Madrid surrounded them in the front field.
In the ninth minute of the game, Clarence kicked the ball to the front field from the left side of the backfield. Arango headed the ball in front of László Diarra. Webb broke away from Guti's defense and stopped the ball with his chest and began to charge towards the steering wheel of the penalty area.
Real Madrid's full backs did not have to worry too much about Mallorca's lack of flank offense.
Salgado took the lead to rush up bravely to press for the ball, and Webb immediately changed direction with the intention of passing Salgado.
He was halfway there!
Just as he changed direction, Salgado, who pounced too fiercely, was already passed. However, Ramos, who was lying in ambush from behind, seized the ball and decisively intercepted it. Webb could only look at the ball and sigh.
After Ramos intercepted the ball, he immediately urged a quick attack. He passed the ball diagonally to the left side to Marcelo.
Marcelo was one of the most aggressive players in Real Madrid's team this season. Compared to other famous star players who had already achieved success, Marcelo was actually just a nobody at Bernabéu even though he had won brilliant honors with the team last season. No one would pay attention to him, and no one would measure his contribution to the team.
Therefore, he was full of ambition and drive this season. After he got the ball, he immediately dribbled the ball forward along the flank to advance the offense.
After passing half of the field, Marcelo assisted in defending the flank. Marcelo observed Snede's tendency to move to the middle. He passed the ball to Snede, who did not stop the ball and kicked the ball back to the flank.
Marcelo's indecisiveness in defense led to Marcelo and Snede's two-over-one cooperation to easily play.
Marcelo, who continued to push forward the offense, saw Qin Xiong running to receive him. At this time, he passed the ball to Qin Xiong's feet.
Suárez directly put his foot down to steal Qin Xiong. Before he put his foot down, Qin Xiong quickly kicked the ball diagonally behind, and then dodged Suárez's pressing. He turned back and the football returned to his feet.
Snede and he completed the wall combination.
At this time, Mallorca's defensive line tightened toward the middle, and the defensive players tried to surround Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong did not know how many times he had encountered this kind of situation on the field where he was surrounded and suppressed as if he was surrounded on all sides.
His mentality had long been calm and he did not panic. The pressure given to him by this kind of situation only stimulated him to play better!
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