Super Marshal

Some people say that Mourinho's team can be easily read from the expression on his face.

This may not be accurate, but the entire European football world knows that Mourinho is in a good mood recently.

The draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals was not very good, and Carlo Ancelotti's Manchester City was drawn. However, in La Liga, Real Madrid topped the list with a ten-point advantage over Barcelona, ​​with eleven rounds left in the league. Next, the possibility of Galaxy Battleship winning the league championship is very high.

Everything went smoothly, Mourinho was in a good mood and had a smile on his face.

At the press conference before the game, he highly praised Chinatown, thinking that Chinatown is a very good team with a group of outstanding players, and he believed that Chinatown has the strength to return to the top four of La Liga. At the same time, he did not forget to take the opportunity to tease Guardiola's Barcelona.

"I even think they should be in the top four of the Champions League, why not? They have such quality."

Regarding Real Madrid's lead, Mourinho kept a low profile, saying that it is too early to talk about winning the championship. As for the next league, Mourinho said that the team will go all out.

"There is no doubt that we will continue to defend our winning streak at the Santiago Bernabeu."

Yes, since losing to Barcelona at home in December last year, Mourinho's team has been on a winning streak. With lightning speed, it has scored 11 consecutive victories in La Liga. The win puts Real Madrid firmly at the top of La Liga.

But Real Madrid is not completely without problems. For example, the midfielder James Rodriguez, who was introduced at a high price this summer, Mourinho has not yet fully unleashed his potential, Diego Costa and Higuain. The compatibility issue has never been resolved, and Di Maria is also dissatisfied with his long-term exclusion from the starting lineup...

However, none of this hinders Real Madrid's rapid progress.

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On the evening of March 18th, Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Mourinho arranged a 4-2-3 formation, with Casillas as the goalkeeper, Coentrao, Bruno Alves, Albiol and Arbeloa as the defense, and the double midfielder as the midfielder. Moutinho and Felipe Melo, James Rodriguez are the attacking midfielders, Ozil is on the left, Diego Costa is on the right, and Higuain is in the center.

In this game, Di Maria continued to sit on the bench.

Pochettino still adopts a four-three-three formation, with De Gea as the goalkeeper, Alba, Miranda, Godin and Carvajal in the defense, and Illarramendi and Rakitic in the midfield. With Herrera in the center, the front trident is Hazard, Pellet and Aubameyang.

Before the game started, players from both teams wore T-shirts congratulating Abidal and Mwamba. This was a move agreed upon by both clubs. Barcelona's Abidal is about to undergo a liver transplant, while Bolton's Mwanba is about to undergo a liver transplant. Ba Ze collapsed in a previous game and is currently being treated in a high-risk ward.

The righteous deeds before the game did not affect the game. The game went directly into the fast lane from the beginning. The two sides launched an offensive directly towards each other without any probing.

Only two minutes into the game, James Rodriguez took the ball in the middle of the midfield and distributed it to the right. Diego Costa passed the ball to the bottom line. Arbeloa crossed at high speed from the right, but the ball was De Gea calmly confiscated the ball in the penalty area.

But soon, Chinatown changed colors.

Hazard cut inside with the ball from the left and passed it to Herrera. After getting rid of Moutinho's entanglement, the Spanish midfielder passed into the penalty area.

After Pellet used his body to hold Albiol, he turned and volleyed with his left foot, but failed to hit the right spot and missed the goal slightly.

This was also the first shot of the game.

Real Madrid soon organized another wave of offensive.

Moutinho dribbled the ball forward from the center and passed it to James Rodriguez.

The Colombian midfielder calmly rubbed the ball and passed it behind him. Higuain quickly inserted into the penalty area and caught up with the ball before everyone else. However, at the critical moment, De Gea struck decisively and saved the ball.

Chinatown quickly responded with a cross from Carvajal on the right to the middle, with Illarramendi trailing behind. After receiving the ball, he calmly made a long diagonal pass and transferred the ball to the left in a wide range.

Alba quickly dribbled the ball and used his speed to force Arbeloa to cut inside and pass it to the feet of Hazard at the front of the penalty area. The Belgian curved the ball to a back point and Aubameyang inserted it at high speed. Pushed from a distance, the ball missed the goal again.

Real Madrid's two attacks failed to create a threat, but Chinatown's two attacks resulted in shots, and they were both very threatening shots. This made Casillas in front of the goal completely furious and shouted at his teammates. Obviously he was very dissatisfied with his teammates' defense in this game.

But the Galaxy Battleship obviously didn't take Chinatown seriously, and still fought fiercely.

Diego Costa soon got another chance on the right side of the penalty area. After getting rid of Alba, he directly kicked the goal, but it deviated slightly from the goal and failed to pose a threat.

The two teams had a fierce offensive and defensive battle from the beginning of the game. The offensive and defensive rhythm was very fast, which made the entire Bernabeu fans mesmerized. Moreover, each other's offensive and defensive efficiency was also very high, but neither side could break through the other. goal.

It wasn't until the 35th minute that Chinatown's defense made a mistake.

James Rodriguez passed the ball to the left, Ozil failed to get rid of Carvajal's defense, but he made a curved pass to the back post. Diego Costa rushed over and used his physical advantage to score a header from close range before Alba, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

One to zero!

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When seeing Diego Costa score a goal, no one in Gao Han's office was surprised.

With Real Madrid's offensive power and eleven consecutive wins, scoring is too normal.

It can even be said that if they only scored now, they have missed a lot of opportunities.

"Both teams missed a lot of scoring opportunities, but Mourinho's team finally seized one. Diego Costa is still quite reliable at the critical moment." Zidane laughed.

Before he came to Paris Saint-Germain as Gao Han's assistant, he was the chief assistant coach and special adviser to the chairman of Real Madrid. This is a person who can speak in front of Florentino.

"Pochettino is a little impatient." Gao Han shook his head.

"Real Madrid had a lot of problems in this game. Mourinho's high pressure at the beginning was not surprising, but Pochettino's direct face-to-face attack at the beginning was questionable. Even if he wanted to grab a while at the beginning, he should take a break after ten minutes to control the ball and the rhythm."

Zidane didn't think so. "After Mourinho opened the game, the three attackers pressed Chinatown's defense. Look at Alba and Carvajal, they didn't dare to press forward, and the restrictions on Hazard were also in place. The offense and defense transition was quite good, which made it impossible for Chinatown to launch a quick attack from the backcourt as before. The two full-backs didn't press forward, and the frontcourt attack lost width, and the formation couldn't be fully opened."

Hearing this, Gao Han couldn't help but nod his head in appreciation at Zidane. He was talking about the key points.

Indeed, as Zidane said, these two problems of Chinatown were very fatal, making it difficult for the frontcourt attack to create threats.

Without width, the formation could not be opened, and everyone squeezed to the middle, but Mourinho arranged two defensive midfielders here, so the offensive effect can be imagined.

While everyone was talking, the live broadcast of the game on TV was still going on.

After scoring a goal, Real Madrid continued to launch a fierce attack on Chinatown.

When James Rodriguez took the ball from a long distance, there was no one around to defend, so he directly kicked a long shot, but the ball hit the crossbar and almost bounced into the goal.

This heavy artillery long shot made everyone sweat again.

Sergio Garcia was paying close attention to the game data on a tablet computer.

"From the game data, we have an advantage in ball possession, but there are also many passing errors. Real Madrid has more counterattacks, more shooting opportunities than us, and more fouls than us..."

Except for one ball possession advantage, the others are almost at a disadvantage. What is the purpose of such a ball possession rate?

"What do you think should be done at this time?" Zidane asked with concern.

This game was held at the Bernabeu, and Real Madrid scored the first goal, which can be said to have taken the lead. Chinatown basically had no chance of winning, not to mention that in terms of overall strength, Chinatown was not as good as the Galaxy Battleship.

"If it were me, I would keep the formation unchanged, retreat first, stabilize my position, and let Real Madrid press out to play."

Gao Han pointed at the live TV camera, "Illarramendi performed well in this game. With the assistance of Marcos Senna, this young player has made great progress. He is now the team's main midfielder. His defensive positioning, position replacement and passing abilities are all excellent. With Miranda and Godin behind him, our defense is not bad."

Marcos Senna is old, and it is natural for Illarramendi to take over, and it is also Gao Han's choice.

Facts have proved that this main player of the Spanish National Youth Team has made great progress, and has a vague posture of competing with Busquets of Barcelona. He has already attracted the attention of the two giants, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, but how can Chinatown be willing to sell the midfielder that it has cultivated with great difficulty?

"Real Madrid's formation is not tight, especially the double defensive midfielders Felipe Melo and Moutinho. As long as we retreat and let them press forward, there will be a chance to counterattack, especially Hazard."

Real Madrid has won eleven games in a row recently, and the offensive is like a tide. It seems very good, but in fact, behind the winning streak, especially when the offensive ability has skyrocketed, the defensive hidden dangers are also exposed. In the past fifteen games, Real Madrid has lost eleven times, and lost four goals in the last three games.

"If I remember correctly, Real Madrid should be one of the teams that lost the most goals at home in La Liga this season?" Gao Han looked at Sergio Garcia.

The latter nodded heavily, "Yes, fourteen home games, twelve wins, one draw and one loss, the results are good, but in order to strengthen the offense at home, they have to sacrifice some defense. Their home defense ranks near the bottom in La Liga."

"Especially set pieces." Gao Han pointed out the weakness of Real Madrid.

This is why he pointed out the reason why Pochettino's opening tactics were wrong.

Mourinho's team has always been disliked by Real Madrid fans because they think their attack is not sharp enough, so at the Bernabeu Stadium, Mourinho's team has always been more inclined to attack.

Facing Real Madrid like this, Chinatown, who are playing away games, should play more patiently instead of focusing on attacking them. Doesn't that fulfill Mourinho's wish?

"Look at the second half, what we discovered, Pochettino will definitely discover as well." Gao Han said with anticipation.