Golden Greenery

Chapter 390 Madrid Derby

Real Madrid's last game in November is the Madrid derby at the Santiago Bernabeu.

For Real Madrid, apart from the El Clasico with Barcelona, ​​the La Liga game is the most important one with Atletico Madrid, and this has always been the case.

In the summer of 2011, Atletico Madrid changed a lot. Although they resisted Singaporean businessman Lin Rongfu's attempt to acquire shares, they failed to resist poaching from all directions.

The leading striker Aguero defected to Manchester City for the highest price in the history of Atletico Madrid. The veteran striker Diego Forlan went to Inter Milan. The core of the defense Uyfalusi also left for Turkey. The newly emerging talented goalkeeper De Gea also left. He was seduced away by Ferguson's few words.

Van der Sar will retire when his contract expires, and Sir Alex Ferguson can't coax him to play for another year. Seeing that Lindegaard and Kusciak were not at ease, Sir Alex gritted his teeth and spent 20 million to poach De Gea to Old Trafford.

It’s hard to find a good goalkeeper these days, especially one as young as De Gea.

Atletico Madrid is in a bit of a decline, and even head coach Enrique Flores, who has led the team with great achievements in recent years, has been poached by the oil-robed giant Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates with a high salary.

The coach of Atletico Madrid in the new season is Gregorio Manzano, who has a degree in psychology and coached Sevilla last season. This is also his second time joining the team. In the 2003-04 season, Manzano was here. Coaching results are average.

The new season is not even as good as the average. After 13 rounds, Atletico Madrid has 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. They are winless in seven away games and only scored two goals. They are shameless. The UEFA Cup group stage was also in jeopardy, being pinned to the ground by Udinese and Celtic.

Although many strong players have escaped, a closer look shows that the strength of Atletico Madrid's lineup has not dropped much compared to last season.

In the summer, Atletico Madrid loaned 19-year-old Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from Chelsea. This is a young talent whose potential and talent are no less than De Gea.

Courtois made his debut in the Belgian League at the age of 16. Last season, he was named the best goalkeeper in Belgium and the Genk Club Player of the Year.

This summer, Courtois moved to Chelsea for 9 million euros and was immediately loaned to Atletico Madrid. Courtois is two years younger than De Gea, but he is just as fierce.

Although Aguero was gone, Atletico Madrid bought 25-year-old Colombian forward Falcao from Porto for 40 million, which ranked tied for fourth this summer.

In the past two years, Falcao has been a powerful player in the Portuguese Super League. Last season, he became the top scorer and best player in the Portuguese Super League and the UEFA Cup.

But Falcao seems to be at odds with Manzano. In recent months, he has often been left on the bench counting stars for no apparent reason. This was the case today, with Atletico Madrid's 4-2-3-1 formation leading up to Adrian Lopez.

The 23-year-old Adrian was Deportivo's main forward last season. If Deportivo hadn't been downgraded, Atletico Madrid wouldn't have picked up such a bargain so easily.

Not only that, Atletico Madrid has also recruited Portuguese defender Silvio, Turkish midfielder Arda Turan, Brazilian defender Miranda, Spanish midfielder Gabi and other famous players in the new season, and also introduced German midfielder Wolfsburg. Diego, the former Brazilian monster, is no worse than last season on paper.

The truth is better than a slap in the face! The depressing start to the new season made the club's senior management very dissatisfied, especially the worst road trip in team history, which put head coach Manzano on a tightrope before the halfway mark of the schedule.

The Madrid derby ranks among the top ten derbies in the world.

Its influence far exceeds that of Barcelona vs. Espanyol. It has always been a hurdle that neither team can afford to lose.

Today's Bernabeu battle is a job-related test for Manzano.

Four days ago in the Champions League group stage, Mourinho used the substitute lineup, and today he put all the main players who had had enough rest together.

The midfielder has a handsome face and a hunchbacked eye, the backline has Coentrao, Shui and Pei, and of course there is the toady, captain Saint Cassie.

The first shot of the game came from Khedira, who hit the anti-aircraft gun 25 meters away from the penalty area, which only made Courtois curl his lips.

The second shot came from Ben Guoma. In the 5th minute, he received a pass from Ozil and forced a shot in the double-team of three defenders. It also missed the post. Courtois just shrugged.

But with the third shot, he could no longer be so leisurely. In the 10th minute, Zhuo Yang shot from the ground and forced the pantyhose to make the ultimate save. Both offense and defense were equally exciting.

In the first quarter of an hour, Real Madrid had all the advantages on the scene. Except for Cristiano Ronaldo, who had not completely let go, the other players were so angry that Atletico Madrid's collapse seemed to be right in front of them.

But it would be a big mistake to think that Atletico Madrid is vulnerable. The team that aspires to become the third pole of La Liga is by no means one of those bad teams that give up after just resisting at the Bernabeu and Camp Nou.

Angel Di Maria (ngelmaria) is the main rotation of Real Madrid, and ngel is the angel, so Di Maria is also called "Angel Di".

To be honest, when a big man is called an angel, he always feels like a queen.

Angel Di's little quick style is as sharp as flowing water, and in Atletico Madrid's lineup, Eduardo Salvio has a very similar style to him, and his overall strength is no less than him.

The 21-year-old Eduardo Salvio was born in the Argentinian club Lanus. If boss Mei hadn't appeared unreasonably, Salvio, who is 1.7cm tall and versatile in the frontcourt, would definitely have become one of the successors to the world championship. .

Last summer, Atletico Madrid bought Salvio from Argentina for 10 million. After a season of loaning to Benfica, Salvio now occupies the main wing position of Atletico Madrid after his return.

In the 14th minute, Atletico Madrid's midfielder faced Zhuo Yang's pressure and had no choice but to kick the ball to Salvio on the wing for safety. That was his only choice.

Without any warning, Salvio suddenly accelerated and shot the ball out from under Ozil's nose like a whirlwind. The big eyes didn't understand what was happening.

Aiming at Real Madrid's right rib and running wildly in the half, Salvio made two consecutive changes of direction and turned Coentrao and Shuiye into dogs.

This was so unexpected that Real Madrid's defense was completely caught off guard.

After Salvio attracted Pepe, he nudged the pass from the ribs. Adrian stood out and joined the football in front of Casillas.

Everyone in Real Madrid could only watch Adrian facing Cassie's shot into the far corner, and was poured cold water on them in their excitement, allowing their rivals in the same city to lead 1:0 so easily.

Manzano was shaking his head happily on the sidelines like a 65-year-old child, while Mourinho's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot that hadn't been scraped in 47 years.

Zhuo Yang looked at the three unlucky guys, Eyan, Cohen, and Shui Ye, and felt empty in his heart, as if something was missing. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he might be hungry.

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