Super Marshal

Chinatown's performance this season completely exceeded everyone's expectations, including Gao Han. It maintained six consecutive victories in the first six rounds and showed amazing momentum. The head forward Michu even scored seven goals in six rounds. , leading the scorer list.

But this situation was curbed in the seventh round of the league.

Affected by the two weeks of national team games, the state of Chinatown was obviously interrupted. In addition, Otamendi and other international players were traveling back and forth, which made the team's performance in the seventh round away game against Hercules It was very sluggish, and Michu was inactive throughout the game and made no contribution.

But Chinatown still performed very tenaciously and evened the score twice after falling behind twice. Left back Alba and French midfielder Schneiderlin played a key role. Both of them passed and shot. , helped the team get a point away from home.

Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez received a second yellow card in the 81st minute and was sent off with a red card, while Alderweireld was also sent off in the 83rd minute.

But Hercules' situation is not good either, with forward Trezeguet also receiving a red card.

There were three red cards in one game, and the referee's enforcement was generally questioned after the game.

A week later, in the eighth round of La Liga, the midfielder faced Atletico Madrid at home.

The team's performance this season is not very satisfactory. Although Simeone's team is invincible in the Champions League, it has had ups and downs in La Liga. It is only ranked fifth so far, but its overall strength cannot be underestimated.

The two sides played a close game at the Butac Stadium. In the end, Atletico Madrid scored first, while Chinatown's right back Danilo received a red card in the 77th minute, making Chinatown receive three red cards in two rounds.

Fortunately, in the last minute of stoppage time of the game, Schneiderlin intercepted the ball in midfield and counterattacked with an assist, allowing Michu to score the equalizing goal. In the end, the home draw was 1-1 with Atletico Madrid.

From six consecutive wins to two consecutive draws, Chinatown has ushered in the first round of crisis in the new season, especially after receiving three red cards in two games. Coach Pochettino’s complaints about referees were also severely warned by the Football Association, which made China Johto was under considerable pressure.

In particular, Real Madrid and Barcelona both made great progress during this period, winning consecutively and quickly shortening the points gap. Real Madrid even reversed Chinatown with its goal difference advantage and reached the top of La Liga, while Barcelona was only two teams behind. One point, third place.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Chinatown challenged Sporting Gijon away.

Chinatown, which suffered two consecutive draws, finally felt proud. In just nine minutes, Michu assisted James Rodriguez to score and take the lead.

After that, Chinatown suppressed Sporting Gijon all the way until James Rodriguez passed a fatal goal in the second half. Aubameyang scored in the penalty area and expanded the score to 2-0.

In the end, Chinatown defeated Sporting Gijon with two goals and finally stopped the consecutive draws.

In the tenth round of La Liga, Chinatown returned home to welcome Athletic Bilbao.

Just six minutes into the game, the home team made a mistake. Athletic Bilbao's main center Llorente scored with a header over Otamendi, taking the lead. The Basque Lions concentrated on defensive counterattack tactics in the away game.

This puts Chinatown in an awkward predicament.

But at the critical moment, Michu received an assist from James Rodriguez, equalized the score and scored his tenth league goal of the season.

Before the end of the first half, Schneiderlin scored another victory and reversed the score to 2-1.

The French midfielder has improved rapidly with the team's performance this season, especially in the midfield. He has become the team's best player for several rounds in a row. His characteristics of both offense and defense have made him become another star in La Liga. A rising star.

After changing sides in the second half, the two sides still played very close, but Athletic Bilbao defender Oltenetse received a red card in the 78th minute and was ejected by the referee. Chinatown relied on the number of people Advantage, two goals were scored in the 84th and 90th minutes. The scorers were Aubameyang and De Bruyne who came on the bench.

In the end, the midfielder defeated Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at home.

After this round, Chinatown once again relied on the advantage of goal difference to reverse Real Madrid and once again topped the La Liga standings, winning praise from media and fans around the world, while Barcelona was one point behind Ranked third.

Michu, who has scored ten goals in ten rounds, is still at the top of the scorer list, but Higuain of Real Madrid, Messi of Barcelona, ​​Llorente of Athletic Bilbao and others are closely following him, and the gap between them is getting bigger and bigger. The smaller it gets.

Messi, in particular, has a very strong scoring momentum and has scored eight goals so far.

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On the evening of November 13th, Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

In the eleventh round of La Liga, Chinatown challenged Barcelona away.

This is a focus battle between the second-placed team in La Liga and the third-placed team in La Liga this season. It is also a showdown between two teams with a profound mark of the cold, which has attracted the attention of fans around the world.

Since the Manchester City game was held one day earlier and there was no game in the middle of the week, the team had a holiday. Gao Han specially returned to Spain with his wife and children to personally supervise this focus game, hoping to cheer for Chinatown.

Real Madrid's away game against Sporting Gijon was also one day earlier than Chinatown. They defeated Sporting Gijon 1-0 in the away game and scored precious three points, temporarily surpassing Chinatown and ranking first in La Liga.

Barcelona's lineup for this game is not neat. The main defender Pique is suspended and the Argentinian central defender Milito is absent due to injury, resulting in a shortage of personnel in the defense. However, Guardiola's team still firmly controls the ball at Camp Nou. .

Pochettino still adopted a very brave tactical play in the away game, proactively putting pressure on Barcelona, ​​and achieved quite good results at the tactical level.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Xavi made a direct pass, and after Messi succeeded in countering offside, he assisted Pedro to score an empty goal.

But just after Barcelona took the lead, Chinatown restarted and quickly counterattacked. After continuous cooperation from the left, Hazard moved to the wing, Alba made a pass from the side, and Michu stepped in. Puyol scored with a header to equalize the score.

After that, the two teams played very stalemate, with a very fast pace and a fierce attack.

What really changed the game was in the second half. As Chinatown's physical strength was exhausted and the restrictions on Messi and Ibrahimovic had to be weakened, the two superstars began to exert their personal advantages.

In the 58th minute, Xavi sent a free kick. After Messi and Ibrahimovic played a one-two against the wall, they scored from the right side of the small penalty area. De Gea was unable to do anything about it.

It can be said that this conceded goal was a huge blow to Chinatown.

Then Barcelona continued to launch a crazy attack on Chinatown, but it was not until the 83rd minute that another pass came from Xavi. When Ibrahimovic kicked the goal, he was used by Otamendi with his body. After blocking, Messi followed up with a supplementary shot and scored.

Gao Han looked at it from the stands and shook his head, "In the final analysis, my skills are still inferior to others."

Although Chinatown's performance this season is eye-catching, in terms of overall strength, it is still much inferior to powerful teams such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Especially Barcelona, ​​this team is too strong.

After the opening, Chinatown has been very passive. Barcelona had a ball possession rate of 75% for a period of time. In other words, Chinatown was completely disarmed. But what is even more frightening is that this team is very aggressive in pressing and pressing. It was also executed quite well.

Chinatown's defense is pretty good, but Barcelona's passing success rate has reached 87%. But what about Chinatown?

A measly 75 percent, a new low for the season.

"The main ones are Xavi, Iniesta, Ibrahimovic and Messi. These superstars are so outstanding. Pochettino's tactics are not wrong, but his physical fitness is too much. Look at us after fifty minutes. I am completely powerless to resist.”

Technical Director Cantarero's words are undoubtedly to the point, going straight to the core of the problem.

In terms of overall tactics, Chinatown does not necessarily lose, but the strength of the players determines the situation on the field.

As a young guard in Chinatown, every player is personally selected by Gao Han. There is no doubt about his potential, but his strength is not. For example, Hazard, Gao Han is very optimistic about his future, but he is only 19 years old. At 2 years old, can he be expected to compete with a defender of Puyol's level?

"To be honest, I was already mentally prepared to lose before the game, but I still had a little fantasy in my heart, wondering whether Barcelona would make any mistakes and whether there would be any upsets, but the result still didn't work. Guardiola's team is incredibly stable." Gao Han praised.

"Yes, judging from the current situation, I dare not say that in the Champions League, but I am afraid it will be difficult for any team to compete with them in La Liga. Real Madrid has performed very strongly recently, but it is still not as good as Barcelona." Cantarero analyzed road.

Atletico Madrid's performance has declined this season. If there are no accidents, the championship will be born between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Chinatown has only been a companion from the beginning.

"If you lose, you lose." Gao Han exhaled heavily, "We should get out of the shadow of the Nou Camp defeat as soon as possible, and even learn from it, restore morale as soon as possible, and continue to compete in La Liga, especially the next round."

In the twelfth round of La Liga, Chinatown will return to the home court to welcome the bat team Valencia, which will also be a tough battle.

If the team cannot get out of the slump of defeat as soon as possible, it will be very dangerous to play Valencia in the next game, and the ranking may even decline further.

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This battle at Camp Nou ended with Chinatown losing 3-1. The upset that many outside media and fans had hoped for did not happen. The absolute gap in strength made Chinatown lose in disgrace at Camp Nou. A complete failure.

Head coach Pochettino also admitted at the post-match press conference that the team's skills were inferior, but at the same time he also said that he was proud of the performance of the Chinatown players.

"At least in the first 50 minutes or so, we were evenly matched with Barcelona."

Regarding the defeat, Pochettino said that the team should not think too much. The most important thing is to sum up experience and lessons and concentrate on preparing for the next league. He is confident that the team can quickly get out of the shadow of defeat.

After this round, Real Madrid alone leads the La Liga standings, followed by Barcelona with one point. Chinatown is three points behind Real Madrid and ranks third. Atletico Madrid and Sevilla have the same points. Six points behind Chinatown, ranking fourth and fifth respectively.

The only gain was Michu. The Spanish player scored 11 goals in 11 rounds and continued to lead the La Liga scorer list with a one-goal advantage over Messi.

Just after the game, when Gao Han and others were returning to Madrid, Cantarero received a phone call.

"Things are in trouble." The technical director said helplessly after answering the phone.