Chapter 474 The National Derby
Chapter 474 The National Derby
After the first round of the UEFA Champions League, the attention of Real Madrid players quickly returned to the league, because the No.30 round of the league is coming soon.
In the second round of the Spanish national derby, in the middle of the quarter-finals of the Champions League is the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and this time Real Madrid also needs to go to Catalonia for an away game.
This is good news for Real Madrid, because in terms of Real Madrid's point advantage in the league this season, Real Madrid can completely ignore the outcome of this game. Even if Barcelona wins Real Madrid, the two sides still have 15 points.
After the draw with Malaga in the last round, the point difference between the two sides came to 18 points. With only 8 rounds left in the league, even a fool would know what 18 points means.
Of course, 18 points does not mean that Barcelona completely lost the opportunity. In theory, Barcelona still has a chance, as long as Real Madrid loses all the next eight league rounds.
But is it possible?Even in the world of football there is never a lack of miracles and comebacks, the current situation can be considered unless all of Real Madrid's more than 20 main players are injured.
Well, in fact, there is no hope for Barcelona, but whether the Barcelona people are willing to admit it is another matter, so the next game depends on how Rijkaard chooses.
It is up to Rijkaard to decide for himself whether he will continue to fight against Real Madrid in the league, fight for that illusory hope or completely give up the league and focus on the Champions League.
In fact, this is a decision that does not need to be considered at all. Although the cup is full of luck, it has reached the quarter-finals after all, and Barcelona's opponent is still Benfica.
But in fact, Barcelona and Benfica did not win the first round. Barcelona, who was a guest in Portugal, returned to Catalonia with a score of 0:0. That is to say, Rijkaard must make a choice before this round of competition.
As for Li Yi, this guy said that he didn't need to make any choices at all, because the league championship was already firmly in his pocket, and there was no need to take risks for an unimportant league, even if the opponent was Barcelona.
Although Li Yi didn't value the next game against Barcelona, he didn't forget to humiliate Barcelona. He announced the starting lineup two days before the game.
This is Chi Guoguo's contempt, but the Barcelona people have nothing to do with Li Yi, because Real Madrid's advantage in the league is too great.
Ever since, another tragedy happened to Rijkaard. Because of Li Yi's behavior, the Barcelona fans and the media blamed Rijkaard for what happened at this moment.
If it wasn't for Rijkaard's poor team record, would Real Madrid dare to do this?
Compared to the annoyance of the Barcelona people, the Real Madrid people feel very happy. Many people even think that Li Yi's doing this is more enjoyable than fighting against Barcelona to win the game head-on. Therefore, at this moment, Barcelona and Real Madrid have nothing to do, and they can't make any rebuttals.
Of course, what Li Yi did was not just to contempt or humiliate Barcelona. Li Yi's real purpose was to anger Rijkaard and Barcelona's top management.
Li Yi clearly remembered that Barcelona had reached the top of the Champions League this season. Although Li Yi was not afraid of Barcelona, Li Yi would not mind if he could change his opponent.
Unfortunately, Li Yi's scheme did not succeed. Although Rijkaard was a bit hot as a player, he completely restrained his temper after becoming the head coach. He was not fooled by Li Yi.
Compared with the Catalan media and fans, Rijkaard undoubtedly appeared calmer. Between the league and the Champions League, he made a very correct choice.
Substitute, and then Rijkaard also announced the starting list, and this starting list is very similar to Real Madrid's, almost a full bench lineup, this starting also told everyone that between the league and the Champions League, he chose the latter.
In other words, the next Spanish national derby, which was supposed to be very intense, has a lot less highlights because of the choice of the coaches of both sides.
"This is a national derby that doesn't deserve the name." Faced with this situation, the media who watched the excitement condemned Li Yi and Rijkaard one after another.
Unfortunately, the media's condemnation was of no use. Rijkaard concentrated on preparing for the battle and refused the media's interviews. As for Li Yi, he ignored these people at all.
At Camp Nou, although the media did not recognize the derby, the fans came as usual. The Camp Nou was packed, and players from both sides gave cheers and applause after their appearance.
Then the fans of both sides also used their good performance to return the support of the fans, because this game had no effect on the ownership of the league championship, and the players of both sides played quite openly.
In the first minute of the opening, Barcelona completed a shot, which came from Argentine striker Lopez, and Van Bommel sent it a pass.
2 minutes later, Real Madrid returned a kick, Guti sent a through pass, Soldado responded as a success, but unfortunately the last shot was saved by Valdes.
The scene of this game can almost be judged from the opening confrontation, but both sides seem to have forgotten to bring shooting boots.
But the goals were very few, and it can even be said that it came quite late. At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0. Faced with this situation, the commentator couldn't help but joked: "Both sides seem to be planning to spend all their bad luck in this game at once."
In fact, there was still a goal in this game. Just 10 minutes before the end of the game, the two sides seemed to find the feeling of scoring at once.
No.80 In the second minute, Barcelona took the lead in scoring. Iniesta, who came off the bench, scored for Barcelona. After receiving a pass from his teammate, Iniesta broke through along the sidewalk.
Finally, under the cover of Lopez, he rushed to the Real Madrid penalty area, and then shot hard. Although Casillas made a save, he failed to touch the ball.
Barcelona only took the lead for 5 minutes. No. 807 minutes, Real Madrid equalized the score, also relying on a substitute player, a goal from Real Madrid captain Raul.
The cooperation between Guti and Raul, Guti put in a two-on-one with Raul, Guti rushed into the penalty area with the ball, but he did not shoot. After attracting the attention of the defensive players, he passed back to Raul with his heel, and the latter pushed a shot to complete the goal.
1:1 was also the final score of the game. After Raul scored, both sides failed to form a shot, and the referee did not give both sides too much time. After 3 minutes of stoppage time, he decisively blew the whistle to end the game.
(End of this chapter)