Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Chapter 163 You mock Arsenal for competing for fourth place every year, but they are really not weak

Real Madrid were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Valencia.

Not unexpected, but not too ugly to lose.

Valencia played a duel with Real Madrid at home, which was fully rotated, and finally won 3-2.

Morata and Jesé also fully demonstrated their worth in this game.

The two men who each scored a goal almost dragged Valencia to death.

If it weren't for Parejo's free kick in the 79th minute of the second half, the suspense of the game ended.

Then Real Madrid might actually be able to reach the semi-finals of this year's Copa del Rey.

The result of this game did not make reporters praise Mourinho's tactical adjustments throughout the game.

Instead, the media found another reason to question Mourinho's strategic decision to give up the King's Cup.

As for the fact that after entering the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid will have to continue to maintain the rhythm of double matches a week, these media did not mention a word.

Fortunately, this time Real Madrid fans are no longer led by public opinion.

Between fighting for the Copa del Rey and retaining more physical fitness to play steadily in the league, they actually chose the latter just like Mourinho.

Besides, Real Madrid's rotation of young players really tried their best against Valencia this time.

We played 2-3 at Valencia's home court and almost used the away goal advantage to finish sixth in La Liga. Is there anything dissatisfying about this result?

They usually booed at home, but with the lessons learned from the media losses last time, Real Madrid fans are still firmly on the side.

It's okay for your own team to boo occasionally, but if outsiders want to cause trouble and affect the team's performance, Real Madrid's fans are not vegetarians either.

This trend of public opinion has just started, and several media outlets have been criticized by Real Madrid fans for their official posts.

Although black and red are also red, "Marca" and "AS" thought about it this time and still did not choose to follow up and cause trouble.

It’s not that their two newspapers have any conscience, but they want to wait and see, waiting for an opportunity with greater traffic.

After all, Real Madrid still maintains an unbeaten record with Barcelona in the league.

You said that if Real Madrid loses a league game in the near future, wouldn't they be able to attract more attention if they make a fuss about it?

With strange thoughts in mind, the two major newspapers in Madrid temporarily suppressed their impulse.

The Real Madrid players, who have successfully shed the burden of the Copa del Rey and now have more rest time, are easily preparing for the 21st round of La Liga on January 27.

Playing against Getafe at home, eh, it was quite comfortable.

The rice in the Madrid region is so thick, man.

That is to say, the number of youth training players that Real Madrid has loaned to Getafe has been reduced in recent years, otherwise the "Real Madrid boy" hat on Getafe's head would have to be worn more firmly.

But now, there are still two or three players who came out of Real Madrid Castilla in Getafe.

For example, Getafe's main left back Miguel Torres and left winger Sarabia, who has recently played an important role in Getafe's rotation.

That's the relationship, as long as it doesn't involve key games such as relegation and qualifying for the European war.

It is unrealistic to expect a fierce match between Real Madrid and Getafe.

In the game that afternoon, Real Madrid easily took a two-goal lead at halftime.

Essien and Benzema scored one after another. In the 56th minute of the second half, after Ronaldo scored the final third goal, Real Madrid stopped at the right time.

Losing only three goals to Real Madrid was an acceptable result for the Getafe team.

Getafe's players also tried their best to resist. They still had professionalism, but it was certainly not a fierce fight.

It's not necessary, this guy from Real Madrid is no longer playing in the Copa del Rey, but they are still playing.

This year, they eliminated Sevilla for the first time and entered the semi-finals of the King's Cup. In the next round, they will play Valencia. They really have a good chance of entering the King's Cup final.

So for Getafe now, it doesn't matter if you sacrifice some league results.

Anyway, they are currently ranked tenth in La Liga and have no worries about relegation, but it is difficult to climb up. They might as well fight for the King's Cup.

Therefore, the players of both teams were in good mood after the game ended successfully.

There are many players in Getafe who are looking for Real Madrid stars to change their jerseys.

Li Ang and his friends laughed and gathered with Getafe's No. 8 player Sarabia to chat and laugh.

Yes, Sarabia is also a youth training companion of theirs, who is about half a year older than Morata.

This kid is not bad in talent, but his current physical fitness is really not enough. Seeing that there are not many opportunities to be recruited by the first team, just like Li Ang, he went out to look for training opportunities.

However, he was transferred directly to Getafe, and Real Madrid also added a buy-back clause. Whether he can return to the Bernabeu depends on his future performance.

"Slowly gain weight. You are young now anyway. Stay in Getafe for two or three seasons. You will develop your duel skills and become the main force. You will then seek transfer opportunities later."

When it was time to say goodbye, Li Ang still gave him the same earnest advice as he did when he was protecting Sarabia in the Real Madrid U17 echelon.

"I know, I'm not in a hurry. Thank you, boss!"

Saravia, who has matured a lot and is no longer the shy and thin child before, is very grateful to Li Ang for his concern.

The two hugged each other vigorously before saying goodbye to each other.

In fact, most of the young people from Castilla are like Sarabia, who eventually left Real Madrid to find the career path that best suits them.

Some stayed in La Liga, but many more ended up moving on to the next level.

Sarabia is lucky. He has already established a firm foothold in Getafe. After two or three seasons of experience, he will hone his skills and compete against each other. Li Ang believes that his little brother can play well.

But whether Sarabia can return to Real Madrid like Callejon, Li Ang feels that it is really hard to say.

It depends on talent as well as luck.

After winning the game against Getafe, Real Madrid will have a rest period of almost six days.

So Mourinho happily gave all Real Madrid first-team players a two-day holiday.

But Li Ang and the others did not expect that the most exciting moment today was not the moment when Mourinho announced a holiday.

But in the evening, when they were having the team's regular end-of-month dinner, they received the moment when Barcelona was beaten by Real Sociedad to break their unbeaten streak in the league this season!

Originally, Real Madrid players had accepted the reality that Barcelona's coaching change would not affect the league record, and they no longer paid attention to today's game between Barcelona and Real Sociedad.

But they couldn't stand the news that Barcelona lost on the TV in the private restaurant where they were dining!

In an instant, everyone in Real Madrid was taking out their mobile phones and watching TV seriously.

As soon as it was confirmed that Barcelona had indeed lost 2-3 to Real Sociedad in the just-concluded La Liga match, the entire private restaurant immediately burst into excitement and celebration!

Li Ang took a closer look and saw several reminders on the news on his mobile phone that Griezmann had performed well and contributed data on passing and shooting.

Good guy, Gezi is really serious this time. After scoring against Real Madrid, he scored against Barcelona again!

What's more important is that this time he and his teammates really broke Barcelona's league unbeaten streak!

Perhaps, after losing to Real Madrid in that league game, Griezmann and his teammates continued to hold back their anger after the frustration dissipated.

Barcelona is really suffering because of Real Madrid.

He happily sent a congratulatory text message to Griezmann, and Li Ang also joined the celebration of his teammates.

Barcelona fans who were still angry at Real Madrid for abandoning the Copa del Rey game are now divided.

Because Barcelona will lose to Real Sociedad in this round, a large part of the reason is because they only had a Copa del Rey game with Malaga.

This round, we encountered Real Sociedad again, who had excellent physical fitness and looked for physical confrontation. The legs of Barcelona's midfielders and frontcourt players were all weak!

Messi had already worked very hard to score the equalizing goal, but no matter what, he lost his physical fitness in the 70 minutes of the second half.

If that thing is gone, it’s really gone, and it can’t be used again.

Barcelona's backcourt defense was finally overwhelmed by Real Sociedad!

When they saw Real Sociedad scoring the go-ahead goal in the 87th minute, the hearts of all Barcelona fans were cold.

What's even more sad is that they now have no surprise players on the bench to rely on.

After Pedro and Tello were injured and Villa started as a striker, Barcelona's bench had no offensive rotation that they could count on.

Barcelona fans can only admit that they are envious of Real Madrid's bench and rotation.

Real Madrid could even rely on the rotation of the lineup and the top six teams in La Liga to occasionally force a game, but Barcelona could not.

They now only have the main lineup that is considered strong on paper, and those sitting on the bench are either young players or old people.

In fact, it's okay to only play in the league, but it's a pity that Barcelona wants more.

Therefore, Barcelona can only swallow this bitter pill, and Barcelona fans can only remain silent.

After losing in one more game, Barcelona was ranked below Real Madrid, who are currently on the same points as them, due to their goal difference.

Various Western media were also busy that night, writing reports on Barcelona's loss and Real Madrid's gain, including "Marca" and "AS".

This pair of Madrid's Wolong Phoenix young newspapers did not expect that they wanted to squat for Real Madrid's loss but failed for the time being. They squatted with a backhand and blew up Barcelona!

But it’s still a bit of a traffic gain.

And as the two media in Madrid, will this help Real Madrid wave the flag and complain about Barcelona as unreasonable?

That is quite reasonable!

The next morning, Real Madrid fans happily read the news about Barcelona's loss in various sports newspapers.

The entire Valdebebas base was also filled with laughter.

Barcelona's mouthpiece media wanted to fight back, but they could only make a few sentences of condemnation without any pain.

Because they have more important things to do.

That is to promote the upcoming Copa del Rey semi-finals. Barcelona will play away first to challenge Atletico Madrid, currently third in La Liga!

This is an absolutely powerful conversation.

Barcelona, ​​which was in good shape before, may be like Real Madrid and not too worried about the threat that Atletico Madrid will bring to them.

But it's hard to say that Barcelona, ​​which is now physically exhausted and seriously damaged, can't say that.

On the evening of January 30, Li Ang and a group of single friends met for a barbecue in the garden of his villa to watch the live broadcast of the game.

Originally, when they saw Barcelona leading Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the first half, they were a little depressed.

But Atletico Madrid's three consecutive goals in the second half made laughter completely occupy Li Ang's villa garden!

Diego Costa tortured Busquets and Pique in the second half!

Falcao scored two goals in a row, which sounded the clarion call for Atletico Madrid to counterattack. Finally, in the set kick, Godin also beat Puyol and succeeded in finishing the shot!

4-2!

Atletico Madrid came back to win, gaining a two-goal advantage at home, and almost entered this year's Copa del Rey final!

As soon as the results came out, public opinion really exploded!

Some of the media that had questioned Mourinho's decision before are now praising Mourinho for his "foresight."

The players of Real Madrid may be lying at home happily watching the game, but the players of Barcelona are dragging their tired bodies and have to accept the bitter consequences of losing the first game of the Copa del Rey semi-finals!

The effect of the program is simply overwhelming.

Vilanova took responsibility after the game, saying it was his own tactical problem, but he was very protective of the Barcelona players.

However, there is still no way to escape the public criticism that should be suffered.

For the Barcelona players who have tried their best, many of the accusations made here are actually looking for trouble as an afterthought.

But there is no way, sports competition is like this. If you lose, it is useless to reason with the media, and the fans will not accept any excuses.

So the Barcelona players were silent.

They can only go home and lick their wounds, and then face the challenge of the next game. If they win, everything will be easy.

It's just that their situation is indeed quite wrong now.

Even Barcelona's own fans began to question themselves.

"Can we really win the league in three days' time?"

The media's badmouthing of Barcelona has intensified.

But on Real Madrid's side, neither Mourinho nor the Real Madrid players, after laughing and having fun, still have no hope that Barcelona will continue to fall behind.

Barcelona's next league opponent is relegation team Osasuna.

No matter how bad Barcelona's current state is, if they wait for three days, they won't be unable to deal with Osasuna.

It turns out that Real Madrid's coaches and players were right not to have high expectations.

On February 2, Real Madrid's semi-main and semi-rotation lineup firmly won the relegation team Granada 3-0.

Barcelona also fielded a similar semi-main lineup and defeated Osasuna 2-0.

After this round of league play, Barcelona can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Because La Liga has entered a week-long rest period, during this period, there will be no more Copa del Rey games.

After getting another two days of vacation, Real Madrid's players took the lead in entering into an intense and meticulous preparation training rhythm.

This is not preparation for their next round league opponent Sevilla, but preparation for the upcoming first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Real Madrid were not very lucky in the draw for this year's Champions League knockout rounds.

Li Ang's words worked once again, and Real Madrid really picked one of the most difficult opponents among the teams that qualified second in the group.

Arsenal!

No joke, even though Arsenal have entered the rhythm of competing for fourth place every year, they are really not weak!

Many fans laugh that Arsenal has been in the top 16 of the Champions League for two consecutive years, but we have to look at who their opponents are.

In the 10-11 season, Arsenal lost to Barcelona, ​​and in the 11-12 season, Arsenal lost to Milan.

One opponent was the Champions League champion that season, and the other opponent almost eliminated Chelsea and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League that season.

Moreover, Arsenal lost only one goal in the Champions League quarter-finals for two consecutive years.

You can say that Arsenal is not the top team in European football now, but you cannot say that Arsenal is not a strong team.

A Premier League team that has entered the Champions League for more than ten consecutive years, its Champions League experience and hard power are among the first echelons in European football.

Mourinho and Wenger are also old rivals.

In front of the media, Mourinho can say that Wenger is a loser, but in private, when he met Wenger, he prepared for the game more meticulously than anyone else!

This Arsenal team deserves the highest level of "respect" from Real Madrid and Mourinho.

Real Madrid will go all out!

Alas, I was dragged out to meet a girl again this afternoon. I am not a foodie. I watched a movie for three hours and then had dinner. It was such a waste of time.

If my mom does this two more times, the foodie will feel like she might really have to go to the provincial capital to find an excuse to stay there for a few months.

After seeing you today, I should be able to calm down for a while.

Let’s continue walking tomorrow at 15,000.

There are still 10,000 words left, foodies will remember it, so don’t worry, bosses.

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