Chapter 342 Real Madrid's Jedi Counterattack

When Su Dong recommended the players to Mendes, he would never have thought that things would develop to such a bad point.

After the reversal against Deportivo La Coruna, Barcelona faced a Copa del Rey match away to Levante in the middle of the week.

This is actually not a big deal. As early as the last round, Barcelona had basically given up on this event.

Rijkaard still arranged a full lineup of substitutes and rotation players, including Messi and Iniesta. Many young players all started, which was both a training session and a way to give the main players more rest time.

As a result, Barcelona lost 0-1 away and was eliminated from the King's Cup.

Logically speaking, this result is not surprising. From Barcelona's lineup, we can see that Rijkaard did not intend to spend much energy on this event at all, because Barcelona's lineup is too thin and cannot support a three-line battle.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to sacrifice the King's Cup.

But no one expected that Vice President Rosell, who traveled with the team on the away game, expressed regret over the team's elimination in an interview with Mundo Deportivo. He did not think the team's lineup was too thin.

"Even for teams that rotate like Real Madrid or Valencia last season, the number of players that the first team regularly uses is basically around 22, which is similar to our current first-team lineup."

Rosell believes that the main reason why the team cannot fight on multiple fronts is the head coach's rotation mechanism.

In this interview, Rosell also mentioned Brazilian head coach Scolari, believing that he is a head coach who is very genetically compatible with Barcelona. He firmly believes that Scolari will coach Barcelona one day and achieve enviable results.

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Su Dong also saw the interview with Russell. His first reaction was that Russell was taking advantage of the situation, but he didn't think it was a big deal.

You know, Rosell almost fired Rijkaard before. The situation was so difficult at that time, but didn't the black swan endure it? But no one expected that the whole Spanish football world would explode early the next morning.

An unknown media from the Netherlands interviewed Barcelona's chief assistant coach Ten Cate. During the interview, the hot-tempered Barcelona assistant coach directly accused Rosell without any reservation.

"Whenever Barcelona's performance was not good, he would jump out and tell the newspapers that Scolari was the most suitable coach for Barcelona."

"This guy is always ready to roll out the red carpet for Scolari. Why am I so sure? Because we all know that he and Scolari are very good friends!"

Ten Cate also revealed a tacit understanding between Rosell and Mundo Deportivo, which is that every time Barcelona loses, Mundo Deportivo will publish an article saying that Rosell wants to fire Rijkaard, and Scolari will definitely be mentioned in the article.

Not only that, Ten Cate was also dissatisfied with some of Rosell's practices, believing that Davis originally wanted to stay in Barcelona, ​​but because someone in the management wanted to eliminate the so-called Dutch gang, they refused to negotiate with Davis.

"In fact, as vice president in charge of transfers and competitive affairs, many of Rosell's decisions were extremely wrong."

"For example, this summer, he was determined not to bring in Su Dong, thinking that Su Dong was overstating the matter and was just a bubble that Valencia had put all its efforts into. It was Laporta, Cruyff and Rijkaard who all agreed that Su Dong should be signed."

"Now, we have also seen that so far this season, Su Dong has scored 15 league goals. What an amazing number. Who dares to question Su Dong's strength?"

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Ten Cate's original intention was to use Su Dong's case to accuse Rosell.

But who could have imagined that when it came to the media, the situation would be completely different.

For a time, the conflict between Su Dong and Roselle was all the rage. Some people even thought that Su Dong and Roselle had reached the point of a life-and-death struggle, and one of them had to leave.

The Daily Sports newspaper reacted immediately, accusing Ten Cate of being a "madman" and believing that he had attacked the whole world.

This caused an uproar within the club, and Rijkaard was so angry that he almost smashed the door of the locker room.

At the critical moment, Laporta and Rosell both came to the Sports City and personally came forward to stabilize Rijkaard and Ten Cate.

Barcelona's management has given Rijkaard some comfort, and Laporta has personally promised that the club will do its best to support him, especially in the introduction of defensive midfielders.

As for Ten Cate, the club imposed internal punishment on him because he should not have criticized the club's top management in front of the media.

Today's Rijkaard is no longer the black swan of the same period last season. He is now the head coach who has created the best start and winning streak in Barcelona's history, and his voice is no longer what it was last year.

This is probably the reason why Rijkaard and Ten Cate have endured for more than a year and now can no longer tolerate it.

They were asserting their influence to Rosell and warning the Barcelona vice president to be careful with his words in the future! After appeasing the coaching staff, the management held another meeting with the players.

Rosell also tried to win over Su Dong and said a lot of things, and asked the team's reporters to take some photos. The general idea was to reflect a feeling of internal harmony, no conflicts, and happiness.

When speaking to the players, Rosell described the relationship between players, coaches, and even senior management and the club as being like a marriage. Even if the two love each other terribly before marriage, no one can guarantee that their feelings will not change after marriage.

"I believe that although there are inevitably some unsatisfactory aspects, the relationship is generally good."

Laporta also called on the players to continue to remain united.

The final battle of the national derby is imminent, and at this time, Barcelona’s morale must not be disrupted.

He even described the storm as malicious hype by someone who wanted to disrupt Barcelona's morale before the big battle.

As the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. There are indeed contradictions and conflicts within Barcelona, ​​which gives outsiders an opportunity to take advantage.

For example, in terms of signings, Rosell proposed Arsenal's Brazilian midfielder Edu, but Laporta was not happy. He did not want to continue to introduce Brazilian players, and Barcelona could not afford such a large transfer fee to introduce Edu.

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Amid the instability within Barcelona, ​​the 11th round of La Liga will be held at the weekend, with Barcelona away challenging Real Betis.

As a result, Barcelona, ​​with its morale unstable, was sniped by Real Betis in the away game and lost 1-2.

Both superstars, Su Dong and Ronaldinho, played the entire game, but neither of them could save the team.

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This is also the only game so far this season in which Su Dong played but did not help the team score.

Barcelona's La Liga winning streak also ended at ten consecutive wins.

On the other hand, arch-rival Real Madrid hosted Albacete at home in this game.

Thanks to Ronaldo's double, Zidane, Raul, Samuel and Owen's goals, the Galacticos beat Albacete 6-1 at home, winning the most exciting victory of the season so far.

This immediately caused the media close to Real Madrid, such as AS and Marca, which had been suppressed for a long time, to go into a frenzy.

The national derby is approaching. At this critical moment, Barcelona has suffered two consecutive defeats and even serious infighting among the top management. Real Madrid is gradually regaining its form and boosting the team's morale with a wonderful victory.

This round of games is also seen as the beginning of Real Madrid's Jedi counterattack.

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After the eleventh round of La Liga, there were no games in La Liga during the week.

Instead, international players from all countries have to report to their national teams to participate in a World Cup qualifying match in the middle of the week.

All the South American international players have to travel to South America to participate in the competition, and the Brazilian international players have to go to Ecuador to participate in the away game, which requires the Brazilian international players to travel back and forth, especially with continuous transfers.

Cruyff's previous complaint about too many Brazilian players in the team was once again confirmed at this moment.

In order to better prepare for the national derby and shorten the journey for the Brazilian internationals in the team, Barcelona and Real Madrid cooperated. Both sides arranged for a helicopter to wait in Ecuador. As soon as the game was over, the players of both teams were immediately picked up and flew directly back to Europe and then transferred to Barcelona.

Even so, the players still have to spend nearly two days on the road.

In other words, the Brazilian internationals basically fly from Europe to South America, transfer to Ecuador, play the next game, and then fly back to Europe from Ecuador to start the national derby directly.

Unlike Brazil national team coach Pereira who rigidly required the national team players to return to their country to participate in the competition, Spain national team coach Aragones appeared to be more humane. He said he could understand the mentality of the national team players of the two giants to save their strength for the national derby.

This is actually related to the relatively relaxed competition situation in Spain. After all, there is no pressure on results. Aragones is also happy to support and improve the players' favorability.

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Since the eleventh round, all major Spanish media and TV stations have been warming up for the national derby.

Even around the world, the national derby has attracted strong attention, with all kinds of players emerging one after another and all the fans looking forward to it.

Both teams have a large number of superstars and have an influence in the world that is difficult for other teams to match. This makes the national derby between the two giants attract the attention of the world.

Some media even believe that in the national derby, facing Real Madrid, which has many World Footballer of the Year and European Golden Ball Awards, will be the last and most important test for Su Dong and Ronaldinho to win the two highest honors in December.

"Only if they perform better and more outstandingly in the national derby, facing the test of former Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year winners such as Ronaldo, Zidane and Figo, can they win the two awards convincingly!"

"If we lose the national derby, even if we win two awards in the end, we will be tainted with a dark shadow!"

(End of this chapter)