Chapter 271: Injuries
Ancelotti's deployment of troops has never required opponents to spend too much energy to study. The Italian fat man likes sentiment the most and plays a role in not liking to rotate players.
Due to Modric's injury, Real Madrid's increasingly better midfield had to suspend its tacit integration, and Isco replaced Modric.
In the 14th minute of the match against Valencia, Ronaldo scored the first goal from a penalty kick, and Real Madrid took the lead away from home.
But as the two teams' actions continued to escalate, the referee issued seven yellow cards in the first half alone. The defensive players on both sides did not dare to make tackles because they had cards on them, and the defensive pressure continued to increase.
In the 52nd minute, Gaya assisted Barragan to score a header in front of the goal during a corner kick. Ramos had restrained his actions because he had received a yellow card in the first half. He was afraid that his actions would be too big and the referee, who was strict in enforcing the law today, would give him a yellow card or something like that.
Compared with the fans, the players themselves are more passionate about pursuing winning streaks, but excessive pursuit of this will also limit their behavior.
Barragan's header allowed Valencia to equalize the score. Ten minutes later, Parejo made a straight pass and Negredo made a powerful shot in front of the goal!
Leandri leaped forward and touched the football with his fingers but was still powerless to save it.
Even though all of Real Madrid's BBC combination were on the field today, they still failed to make a dent in Valencia's defense of three points.
After 90 minutes of play, Real Madrid's 24-game winning streak came to an end.
Ancelotti was in a good mood when he attended the post-match press conference with Ronaldo. He took the initiative to take the blame for the loss and said that the team was too obsessed with the winning streak and their coaching staff did not calm people down immediately. However, losing to Valencia was not too bad, at least they found the pain points immediately and had plenty of time and opportunities to change.
It makes sense. All Real Madrid fans think that what Anpanman said is right. We are all human beings, who can avoid making mistakes?
So on Leandri's birthday, Real Madrid lost 0-2 to their city rivals Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the King's Cup quarter-finals.
Real Madrid won a huge amount of games in the first half of the season, but despite the joy, they were actually fraught with danger as the main players had too little rotation and rest time.
Entering 2015, all the original expectations were swept away by the sudden two consecutive defeats. It was not until the whole team attended the award ceremony in Zurich and saw Rogo holding up the Golden Ball and Real Madrid beat Espanyol 3-0 at home in the third game that everyone felt relieved and said that they should have taken a nap before. Losing two games was not a big problem. Besides, losing to Atletico Madrid was only two goals, so they could just win it back at home in two days.
In the second leg of the King's Cup match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the Madrid derby ended in a 2-2 draw. Ramos's forward involvement in the attack was still incredibly efficient, but his good buddy Torres was even more efficient, scoring twice and personally killing Real Madrid's chances of advancing.
Rational Real Madrid fans have already seen that the team has problems now, but blind people are still thinking that the problem is not big, and it is okay to be eliminated from the King's Cup, so that they will have more energy to prepare for the league and the Champions League. After seeing Real Madrid beat Getafe by three goals in the 19th round of the league, they feel that there is no problem. What can go wrong with our star-studded Real Madrid?
0-0 draw with Cordoba and 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad.
We didn't lose the game, but we didn't score more points either.
The giant ship of Galaxy Battleship is still sailing.
On February 5, Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-1 at home, but no one was happy.
Captain Ramos tore a muscle while chasing back in the 9th minute! To make matters worse, James Rodriguez, Real Madrid's 80 million signing this season, was substituted off the pitch in less than half an hour. The diagnosis of a metatarsal fracture made it impossible for Ancelotti to include these two absolute main players in the roster for the next league derby.
What is most incredible is that both of them felt unwell without any confrontation and asked the team doctor to diagnose them. The injury report showed that one of them would have to rest for at least a month and the other would have to lie down for at least two months.
Meanwhile, Marcelo felt muscle discomfort during training and missed a week.
Including Modric before, four strong players of Real Madrid were absent from the game, which made Real Madrid rack their brains and had no idea how to play against the surging Atletico Madrid.
The two giants of Madrid meet again. Who would have thought that Atletico, which was previously powerless in front of Real Madrid, has now become the victim of the Galacticos.
Real Madrid has only one Kroos left out of their three dream midfielders. Fat An is almost pulling his hair out hoping the team can find a cost-effective replacement.
But Isco can't clean up the mess for the defense line that rashly advances like Modric, and Illarramendi, who was forced to do the job, can't even say he is good at holding the ball and passing it, which is definitely the biggest problem of Real Madrid's midfield. The luxurious BBC must retreat to get more balls, and there is no way to perfectly replace Khedira's injury-prone performance.
The problem is in front of everyone. Real Madrid has no one available. The depth of the bench this season can't save Real Madrid at this moment. So the luxurious front and back court can only rely on Kroos to coordinate.
Moreover, the lack of protection provided by Isco and Illarramendi to the defensive line will inevitably increase the defensive pressure on Leandri in front of the goal exponentially.
Unable to move forward, and unable to defend backward, the players' constant sprinting back and forth increased their physical exhaustion on the field, and they became more tired and their risk of injury also increased.
In the last team competition before the game against Atletico Madrid, Leandri clearly felt that the difficulty of defending against the other team's players had increased. Many balls that could have been handled outside the penalty area would now fly in front of him.
In the La Liga, the second leg of the Madrid derby kicked off in the midst of the miserable weather for Real Madrid.
Casillas was on the bench, Ramos and Marcelo were injured, and the captain's armband was tied on the hand of the Portuguese superstar.
The commentators in the broadcast room were all shocked by this.
"We can see that it is Ronaldo who wears the captain's armband today. The current injury situation of Real Madrid is not optimistic."
"Real Madrid is now full of injured players, and Ramos and James Rodriguez were injured too recently. Real Madrid can't even try out the current formation in an official match."
"Today, Real Madrid has made big changes except for the familiar BBC forward line. Isco, Kroos and Khedira are in the midfield, and Coentrao, Nacho, Varane and Carvajal are in the back line."
"It is said that Pepe has the flu and will miss the game. Real Madrid will not be able to play well today. I don't know if Isco and Khedira can take over the original midfield role. This defense line is too new for us."
"The only thing that is not to be guessed today is that Leandri must be the most important person on the court. I am afraid that his defensive pressure has never been so great."
Amid commentary from all over the world, the Madrid derby officially began.
As soon as the game started, Simeone's team launched a fatal attack on Real Madrid, which was full of injuries.
In the second minute of the game, Thiago made a straight pass in front of the goal, and the excited Griezmann shot directly!
Varane failed to stop the ball, but thanks to Leandri's selfless dive to the lower left corner of the goal, he caught the ball, and his shoulder hit the goal post.
Rubbing his shoulders and standing up, Leandri indicated that there was nothing wrong with his body and the real challenge had just begun.
In the 10th minute, Leandri saved Mandzukic's ball again, and Atletico Madrid got a chance to attack from a corner kick.
As the corner kick was taken, Mandzukic headed the ball into the goal, overwhelming everyone else!
Leandri decisively flew over and punched the ball upwards.
"It's only been 10 minutes and Real Madrid's defence is already shaky."
"No matter how good a goalkeeper is, it is impossible to maintain this state for 90 minutes. Atletico's players are full of momentum and attack like a tide, while Real Madrid's defense has large-scale loopholes, not to mention the problems in the midfield. Kroos is responsible for organizing the attack and participating in the retreat. If Ancelotti cannot adjust in the first time, it is only a matter of time for Atletico to score a goal."
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, Isco's pass was intercepted by Juanfran, and Atletico once again launched an attack on Real Madrid's half.
The three midfielders tried their best to chase back and provide assistance, and the defenders on the defensive line also tried their best to stop Mandzukic, Griezmann and others, but they were repeatedly left open by the opponent's passing and movement.
Looking at Thiago who had already entered the penalty area with the ball, Leandri gritted his teeth and attacked.
There was no other way but to attack. Griezmann took Varane's attention to help pull the ball to the side, Koke also tied down Dasha, and the golden retriever and Nacho on the left each had someone to guard. Once they left their men to fill the position in the middle, Thiago could just pass the ball and Atletico would have a one-on-one chance again.
If there are not enough defenders, the goalkeeper will fill in!
Leandri left the goal and rushed in front of Thiago.
The Atletico Madrid veteran was not panicked when facing the goalkeeper. He lowered his pace and took two steps slightly before shooting directly!
Leandri saw the opportunity and stretched out his right leg at the first moment, and when the ball was about to pass by him, it touched the high-speed spinning ball.
The ball changed direction and hit the goal post and went out. Meilingge and the others finally put their minds at ease.
But the crisis was not over yet, Atletico Madrid once again had a corner kick opportunity.
Leandri looked at the three defenders over 1.70 meters tall in his own penalty area and placed all his hopes on Warren.
Good brother, you are only 191 now, so you can help me share some of the burden!
But according to the barrel principle, it is extremely difficult for Real Madrid to defend against set pieces now.
The ball was sent out again. Even though Varane jumped high, it was useless. The ball flew over Nacho's head and hit the Real Madrid goal!
The tall Croatian striker used his aerial dominance to overpower all the Real Madrid players and headed the ball into the goal in the desperate eyes of the Meilingge fans!
1-0, the Colchoneros are leading at home!
Simeone's extremely fast punching frequency clearly showed the excitement of Atletico Madrid players. After scoring a goal in the derby, Atletico Madrid wanted to push Real Madrid directly into the abyss!
Watching Atletico Madrid running wildly and celebrating unscrupulously on the field, Leandri gritted his teeth and thought, isn't it just an attack? Isn't it just bullying us because of our weak defense and difficult midfield connection?
Okay, you guys can attack as much as you want, but as long as you can’t get into the goal behind me, I will show you the Real Madrid version of a long pass!
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