Super Marshal

Three days after the first round of La Liga, Chinatown ushered in the Champions League qualifiers.

This time Chinatown's draw was rather unlucky. Lyon from Ligue 1 was drawn, which can be said to be the strongest opponent in the qualifiers. If they are not careful, they may even stop outside the group stage.

As the team's head coach, before going to Lyon to challenge his opponent away from home, Zidane said when asked by media reporters that he knew Lyon and was confident of getting out of the away game unscathed.

In this game, Zidane rotated again.

The frontcourt is composed of Jese, Firmino and Dybala, the midfield is Isco, Verratti and the deep-lying Illarramendi, and the defense is Alex Sandro. , Varane, Godin and Danilo, the goalkeeper is still De Gea.

At the Parc Olympique in Lyon, Chinatown took the lead in attacking from the beginning of the game, and in the 17th minute, after Dybala and Danilo cooperated on the right, the Argentine passed to the left side of the penalty area. Hesse received the ball in the penalty area and scored in one stroke, opening the scoring for the Chinatown team.

After that, Lyon obviously strengthened its defensive pressure, but Chinatown always controlled possession of the ball.

After changing sides in the second half, Isco attacked with the ball in the middle and passed it to Firmino's feet. The Brazilian scored another victory.

Two goals behind, Lyon made two substitutions in a row, and Chinatown also made adjustments. Zidane also made two substitutions, but Lyon defender Bisevac received the second yellow card of the game in the 75th minute and was given a red card. Sent off.

This red card also completely sentenced the game to death.

Chinatown defeated Lyon 2-0 in an away game and entered the group stage with one foot.

Throughout the entire game, Chinatown showed that it was obviously slightly better than Lyon. Whether it was passing the ball or creating opportunities, it outperformed its French Ligue 1 opponents. This made Chinatown's victory a real one. Well deserved.

But what makes Gao Han and other management even more delighted is the rotation mechanism Zidane showed in these two games.

Through these two games, Gao Han also clearly saw Zidane's rotation ideas.

As the saying goes, whoever wins the midfield wins the world. As long as the midfield control is sufficient, rotation is not a problem at all.

What Zidane is pursuing now is this set of ideas that Gao Han has always admired.

Chinatown's midfield is full of talents, which undoubtedly gives Zidane room to play. No matter how he rotates, as long as the midfield mechanism operates well and the offensive and defensive transition speed is fast enough, there is basically no need to worry about problems.

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After the Champions League qualifying weekend, Chinatown ushered in the first home game of the new season.

Witnessed by 12,000 fans at the Broc Stadium in Leganes, Zidane's home debut was perfect.

The five-to-zero bloodbath of Osasuna allowed everyone to see the powerful offensive power of Chinatown.

De Bruyne's two assists in the first half helped Danilo and De Vrij score two goals respectively. In the 50th minute of the second half, defender Rodes' red card knocked Osasuna off the cliff. .

Afterwards, Griezmann, Pogba and Firmino scored goals successively, helping the team to beat their opponents with five goals at home.

Coincidentally, in the second round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid also defeated Rayo Vallecano 5-0, while Barcelona and Real Madrid both defeated their opponents 1-0 away from home.

After two rounds of games, La Liga has shown a clear power pattern of strength and weakness.

Barcelona, ​​Chinatown, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal have all won two games. Barcelona leads La Liga with eight goal differences. Atletico Madrid and Chinatown both have seven, but The Sheets scored one more goal and ranked second, followed by Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal and Real Madrid.

Due to the proper operation of Real Madrid's previous management, although they finally signed Gareth Bale, they sent away Ozil and Higuain. Pellegrini did not take office until the start of the league, which led to the team's break-in. Not being in place made the Galaxy Battleship's league start unsatisfactory.

Three days later, the second leg of the Champions League qualifying match.

Chinatown, which returned home, continued to maintain its strength advantage over Lyon. With Hazard's two goals in the second half, it defeated Lyon 2-0 at home, and finally eliminated the French Ligue 1 powerhouse with a total score of 4-0.

It is not difficult to see from this that Lyon's overall strength is indeed no longer as brave as it used to be. It has long lost its peak strength when it was the Ligue 1 hegemon. This season, it is also inferior to teams such as Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.

After completing the Champions League qualifiers, the thirty-two participating teams in the Champions League group stage are also freshly released.

UEFA followed its usual practice and held the draw ceremony for the Champions League group stage in Monaco at the end of August.

But I don’t know if it is true that there is something fishy and shady as rumored by the outside world. This time Chinatown actually won the lottery of Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Pochettino met his old club, and Zidane met Bayer Leverkusen, the victim of the alien fairy. This undoubtedly made the entire group's showdown full of suspense. It is really hard to believe that this is really a pure coincidence.

However, everyone in Chinatown doesn't care about coincidence at all. Instead, they are worried about how to stand out from the siege of Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen. Even Shakhtar Donetsk is not easy to fight in the ice and snow in Ukraine at the end of November. .

After the Champions League group stage draw ceremony, La Liga ushered in the third round.

Chinatown challenged Real Madrid away.

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September 1st, twelve o'clock noon.

In order to cater to fans in Asia, several La Liga games are scheduled to be held at noon in each round, and as the most influential team in Asia, Chinatown is also a frequent visitor to midday games.

The difference is that this time the opponent is Real Madrid.

This is also the first time that Zidane has entered the Bernabeu Stadium as a head coach since he took charge.

It was also the first time that Gao Han sat next to Florentino as a club owner, and the two had lunch together before the game.

However, the two teams on the field went straight into a hand-to-hand battle.

Isco was very active in this game and continued to create threats after the start.

Although Real Madrid has won two games in a row recently, the team's state is not ideal. Chinatown turned the tables and took the advantage from the beginning, and took the first shot in the third minute.

The most threatening thing was undoubtedly in the 16th minute. Verratti passed the ball and Griezmann shot from the front of the penalty area. It was confiscated by Casillas. This was also the first threatening shot in the game.

Afterwards, Real Madrid threatened Chinatown with a free kick, but De Gea performed very steadily.

The outstanding performance of the Spanish goalkeeper made Florentino salivate in the stands, but unfortunately, Gao Han repeatedly stated that De Gea was the captain of the team and could not be sold to outsiders, cutting off Florentino's idea. .

Twenty minutes into the game, Chinatown quickly threatened.

First, Isco passed the ball, and Hazard volleyed from the front of the penalty area on the left, which was saved by Casillas. Then Griezmann took a corner kick, and Godin's header flew to the goal, but he missed the goal. Varane failed to score the ball.

But the continuous offensive finally yielded results in the 26th minute.

After Verratti pulled to the right to receive Griezmann's pass, the French winger quickly moved forward, attracting the attention of the defensive player. Firmino actively retreated and fought Verratti in a small area. After the cooperation, he helped the Italian midfielder get rid of the defensive player, passed the ball behind him, and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

Isco stepped in from the back, raised his foot, paused, and then pushed the ball.

The ball went under Casillas and into the goal, one to zero!

Isco was so excited that he rushed out of the stadium and kept running along the way, celebrating his goal.

Gao Han also looked excited when he was sitting in the stands, but because Florentino was nearby, he didn't say anything.

But he could see that under Zidane's training, the young players in Chinatown were performing better and better.

Hazard is the same, Isco is the same.

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After losing the ball, Real Madrid immediately launched a counterattack.

Under the aggressive momentum of the home team, Chinatown had to retreat.

However, in the stoppage time of the first half, Chinatown counterattacked, causing Real Madrid's Arbeloa on the right to foul while defending Hazard, giving Chinatown a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

Isco took this free kick, fell to the back point, and helped Griezmann score with a header, 2-0!

After scoring two goals in a row, Chinatown is unstoppable, especially on the offensive end.

It can be said that Zidane's training this season has completely activated Chinatown's offense and the vitality of this team.

After changing sides in the second half, Real Madrid tried to launch a counterattack, but Chinatown firmly controlled the ball.

In the 72nd minute, there was another counterattack in the middle. Illarramendi passed the ball to the left.

Hazard took the ball from the left, quickly advanced to the left side of Real Madrid's penalty area, and passed low into the penalty area.

Firmino took the ball and passed it to the center. Isco jumped up high and removed the ball with his feet in mid-air. The whole process of stopping the ball was very beautiful. After landing, he volleyed directly and sent the ball into the card again. The goal guarded by Silas.

Three to zero!

All the Real Madrid fans in the audience were stunned.

They simply couldn't believe that the superior Real Madrid would be so embarrassed by Chinatown in their home court, especially when they were at a comprehensive disadvantage. This was even more unacceptable to Real Madrid fans.

Even Florentino looked embarrassed and unhappy in the chairman's stand.

In fact, Pellegrini has never been his first choice, but he would never have thought that Real Madrid would lose so embarrassingly at home, 0-3. If they couldn't score a goal, it would be okay. Said it was a great shame and humiliation.

Fortunately, Real Madrid finally pulled one back seven minutes after Chinatown scored its third goal.

Gareth Bale, who just joined the team this season, ran out of the gap. With no one defending him, he pushed the shot from ten meters in front of the goal and saved Real Madrid's face.

In the end, Chinatown defeated Real Madrid 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

But what makes Real Madrid even more embarrassed is that the game is not over yet, but the alarm has quietly sounded over the Bernabeu Stadium, and the fans have begun to express their dissatisfaction with the club's management with boos.

Especially this summer, the operation of Gareth Bale was delayed at first, and the selection of the coach was also stumbling. It was not until the start of the league that Pellegrini was rushed into battle. You can imagine the effect of preparations.

Letting go of Ozil and Higuain also damaged the team's overall competitiveness. The previous two consecutive victories made many people blindly optimistic, but in this strong dialogue, they lost to Chinatown 1-3 at home. , undoubtedly sounded the alarm for Real Madrid.

It was also at the moment when Chinatown captured the Santiago Bernabeu that everyone clearly realized that the Chinatown of today is no longer the Wu Xia Amon of the past.