Football’s First Defender

After returning from the winter break, for Real Madrid, the main opponent is Barcelona's hardcore younger brother Sevilla.

After the winter break, Real Madrid will mainly play three games against Sevilla within two weeks. First of all, they will face two rounds against Sevilla in the Copa del Rey.

After that, I still have to go to the away game and face the challenge of Sevilla in the league.

For Real Madrid, these three games against Sevilla will be the most difficult games to play after returning from the winter break. opponent.

After defeating Sevilla at home in the first game of the winter break, Real Madrid continued to sit at home against the visiting Granada.

Granada is definitely not a strong team. When facing Real Madrid, Granada did not play too well.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who played for the first time after facing the rotation, did not show enough ability to face Real Madrid on the field

In the 12th minute of the game, Real Madrid took advantage of a steal from the midfielder.

Modric sent a through ball, and after Benzema in front received the ball, he passed the ball to Isco without stopping.

After receiving a wonderful pass from Benzema, Isco directly threw off the defensive player in a horizontal pass and completed a low shot to hit the goal.

Real Madrid took the lead of the game 1:0 at home.

And eight minutes later, Modric completed a powerful long-range shot from the front of the penalty area on the right. Although the long-range shot was saved by the Granada goalkeeper, Ochoa, known as Mexico Wu Zhenyu, the ball was blocked. , but still within the penalty area, Benzema rushed to the back of the penalty area and scored with a supplementary shot. Real Madrid took the lead 2:0.

In the 26th minute of the game, Real Madrid's offense continued, with Marcelo on the left.

After cutting inside, he sent a cross. Ronaldo followed up with a header and scored in the middle. Real Madrid took the lead 3:0

Facing Real Madrid's offensive, Granada's defense did not have much effect at all.

In the 31st minute of the game, Real Madrid's fourth goal in the half came, and Modric was on the right again. After successfully stealing the ball, he went directly into the penalty area.

Then Modric kicked the ball and made a pass, and Isco in the middle quickly advanced again and outflanked it.

When the goalkeeper jumped forward and wanted to block the passing route, but failed to block the outgoing football, Isco directly pushed the empty goal from the back and succeeded, and Real Madrid took the lead 4:0.

A four-goal lead at halftime can be regarded as completely establishing Real Madrid's advantage in the game.

In the second half of the game, Real Madrid was more inclined to control the possession of the ball. Only in the 58th minute of the game, Ronaldo drove the ball to the back point in a free kick. In front of Ronaldo, When Yang Feng and others attracted enough attention from the opponent, it was Real Madrid's unobtrusive Casemiro who stepped in and scored the ball.

Granada's defense, in the set-piece tactics, can defend one or two players, but it can't stand the whole team of Real Madrid. Real Madrid finally beat Granada 5-0 at home, and also put their undefeated The number of games continued to the 39th game.

This game won the game, and Real Madrid's unbeaten games continued.

Tied Barcelona's longest unbeaten record of 39 games in La Liga.

It can also be seen that since Zidane returned to Real Madrid, from the original assistant coach to the head coach, Real Madrid has always played very well and stably.

And this season, Real Madrid's performance in various competitions must also be very strong.

Under the coaching of Zidane, Real Madrid used their very strong performance to maintain their record at a very high level.

For Real Madrid, after consecutive big wins over Sevilla and Granada, Real Madrid also successfully extended their unbeaten record to the same level as Barcelona.

As long as they play in the middle of the following week and remain unbeaten in the second round of the Copa del Rey against Sevilla, Real Madrid will break the record of unbeaten games in La Liga and let the honor belong to them. Exclusively for each team.

But this time Sevilla is at home, and the second round of the Copa del Rey between the two sides is imminent.

In the first round of the game, even though Real Madrid took a 3-0 lead in half time, they kept the score and established the lead with a 3-0 victory.

In the second half, it was more about passing and controlling the ball with Sevilla, without consuming too much physical energy of the players,

It can be said that with the strength of Real Madrid, it is almost certain that they can reach the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey in two rounds.

It's just that for Real Madrid, with a high probability of getting the promotion right, the big reason is to try to break Barcelona's unbeaten record.

Therefore, Real Madrid does not want to lose this game in the away game. Even if it is just a draw, Real Madrid can beat their old rival Barcelona and keep the honor of the longest unbeaten La Liga team in their own team.

After both Real Madrid and Barcelona have maintained the same unbeaten record of 39 games, in this game, Sevilla will decide whether Real Madrid will break Barcelona's record or can only share this record with Barcelona.

Sevilla is playing at home, naturally they want to stop Real Madrid's unbeaten record.

Sevilla is definitely a home dragon, and they will obviously play better at home than away.

However, the gap in strength between the two teams is still very obvious, but on the record night, Zidane showed everyone that he does not value this undefeated record honor.

What he values ​​is that players can get more rotation opportunities in the long league. Zidane's rotation continues, regardless of whether this is a game that determines his unbeaten record.

As a coach, Zidane has won many player honors and coach honors.

For Zidane, in the so-called record, there is no championship that comes obviously and directly.

The records can be put aside, the championship of all competitions is what he wants most, so his rotation will continue.

After defeating the opponent 3:0 at home, Real Madrid can be promoted as long as they don't lose three goals in the away game, so Zidane has carried out a large degree of rotation. Made a very detailed rotation.

In the goalkeeper position, Casilla even replaced Navas. In the guard position, Danilo, Nacho, and Varane are not the regular main players this season. In the starting lineup, only left-back Marcelo is absolutely The main force to lead Real Madrid's attack on the left, the midfielder is a 442 lineup, the midfielder has Casemiro in charge of defense, Toni Kroos is in the middle of the organization, Asensio is separated from Vazquez wings.

On the forward line are Morata and the teenager Mariano. In the away game, Zidane lined up almost half of the substitute players, and he really didn't take Sevilla seriously.

Zidane does not think that Sevilla has the ability to penetrate his bench lineup. Perhaps for others, the so-called unbeaten record, 39 games and 40 games is very important, but for Zidane, There is no big difference, just like Real Madrid's 22 consecutive victories, even if it sets a record, so what? If the championship is not won in the end, the team cannot tolerate this record.

For Zidane, the so-called record is that no champion came so obviously and directly.

Therefore, in order to compete for the championship honors in the second half of the league, Zidane dared to carry out various rotations,

However, Real Madrid, a lineup composed of mostly substitute players, still suffered heavy losses at the beginning of the game when facing Sevilla, which is extremely strong at home.

In the ninth minute of the game, Nasri sent a 45-degree cross from the right side of Real Madrid. The ball was aimed directly at the back point. Instead, Danilo can only be used to complete the defense.

Danilo could only rush hard and wanted to push the ball out, but the result was that the pass was too far forward, which led to Danilo's intended header clearance, but the ball formed a header instead. The ball, rushed to the top and headed the ball into his own gate.

Relying on an own goal, Sevilla took the lead at home.

After taking the lead, it is a good opportunity to break Real Madrid's undefeated lineup, so facing Real Madrid's substitute lineup, Sevilla began to focus more on their own defense construction, wanting to use defense to hold the advantage of the game and wait for opportunities Play Real Madrid's counterattack.

But in essence, Sevilla is an offensive team after all. Facing Real Madrid's substitute lineup, when they find a counterattack opportunity, they will fully press up and seek better offensive opportunities.

After all, the 1-0 score advantage is not sure. If Sevilla can expand the score advantage to two goals, then it can take a greater initiative.

Real Madrid have lost three of their last four games at the Pisjuan Stadium, and from the beginning of this game, Real Madrid may be at a big disadvantage in this game.

After Sevilla took the lead, although Real Madrid continued to attack, they have not had a good offensive performance until now.

The main reason is the front line. Although the starting players are excellent, they are not a long-term starting combination like Ronaldo and Benzema after all. There is obviously still some rustiness in the cooperation with teammates, and there is a lack of the kind of players who can definitely advance in the game. The domineering of the ball.

The two teams played a stalemate in the following games. Real Madrid has always been behind 1:0. For Sevilla, they must attack on the premise of ensuring defense.

This is the team's current game policy.

Sevilla can have a leading advantage in the game, and they could have sought stability, but as far as Sevilla is concerned at home, a one-goal lead at home is not enough. When there are some offensive opportunities, Sevilla Leah will of course choose to press on and create another chance to score again.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Real Madrid played an exquisite counterattack in the middle of the game.

When Sevilla had a corner kick opportunity, all players pressed up. While maintaining the pressure in the penalty area, they also assembled many players on the periphery.

After the corner kick was taken, Varane headed the ball out first, and then after Asensio outside the penalty area got the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball forward.

Facing Kranewitt who was defending himself in front, Asensio directly chose to pass the ball, forced to start on the side, and used his own speed to wade past two Sevilla defenders on the side. Go to the restricted area.

In this wonderful long-distance attack across the whole field, Asensio hit the goal at the end. Although he didn't completely shake the goalkeeper's defense, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper, but Asensio's low shot was still changing direction. After flying to the empty goal behind the goalkeeper, Real Madrid equalized the score 1:1.

However, Sevilla was not in vain in their home court and in the subsequent confrontation with Real Madrid.

Real Madrid equalized in the 48th minute, and Sevilla took the lead again six minutes later. Escudero performed very well today. His attack on the wing completely penetrated Danilo's defense, or Danilo's defense did not show a world-class defensive ability in the face of Escudero's offense.

Escuro's easy pass from the left directly found Jovetic in the center. Jovetic volleyed ten yards from the back and scored the ball directly into the goal before Nacho defended him.

2:1!

Sevilla regained the lead.

In many cases where Sevilla was leading, Zidane also made adjustments.

The first is to replace Morata with Benzema. After all, Benzema is a very comprehensive center forward, and his appearance can be effectively connected. Real Madrid's offense before the penalty area.

However, Real Madrid's offense has not yet achieved results. On the contrary, Celia expanded the score again in the 75th minute of the game. Nasri's short-range through ball on the right side helped Ben Yedder succeed in countering offside.

Rush forward into the penalty area, pass back from the bottom, and Casilla intercepted and let go, allowing Ibola to poke the empty goal into the net from close range. 3:1, Sevilla saw the hope of defeating Real Madrid at home.

In the case of two goals behind.

Benzema's appearance and Ramos's coming off the bench are all to increase the team's offense in the frontcourt, so that the team can play a concise offensive effect in the frontcourt. Perhaps at this time, Zidane may not have Ronaldo I regret being on the big list.

But sometimes you have to obey Qi Xuanzong's luck.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Casemiro's sudden advance caused a foul by an opponent player and won a penalty in the penalty area.

Ramos hit the penalty kick with a scoop penalty kick, and when the point difference was only one goal away, this scoop penalty kick also restored the momentum of Real Madrid's players.

Ramos, who came off the bench, made a penalty kick, and Benzema, who came off the bench, passed three people in a row in the penalty area in the 89th minute of the game, and immediately hit the goal with a low shot after a cross on the right. , into the ball.

Real Madrid tied the score 3-3 at the end of the game.

After the equalizer, Real Madrid also kept the score of 3:3 to the end.

Real Madrid won the 40th unbeaten game, breaking the record of most unbeaten La Liga teams held by Barcelona.

Of course, for Real Madrid, this game also won the right to advance after a tie with Sevilla, but after three days, Real Madrid will usher in the third game with Sevilla.

It is also a league matchup after two Copa del Rey games.