Chapter 382 Goal Battle
In the 32nd round of La Liga, the national derby, Real Madrid faced Barcelona at home.
Before the game, players from both teams were waiting to enter the player tunnel.
"How is it? Is it okay?" Ronaldo smiled, revealing his signature little rabbit teeth.
Although it is a national derby, the relationship between the players in private is still good. Whether it is the Spanish national team, the Brazilian players, or other players, they basically have a good relationship.
After all, those who can play for teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona are basically top players.
The professional football circle is big, but also quite small.
Zidane, Beckham and Carlos were also standing around, and even Owen turned back from time to time to listen to what they were talking about. Only Real Madrid captain Raul and Barcelona captain Puyol stood in front of the queue, and the two were whispering.
Real Madrid and Barcelona each have a general player missing tonight. Figo and Deco, the two brothers in distress of the Portuguese national team, are both absent from the national derby. This is really an interesting thing.
However, Figo was a substitute and Deco was not included in the squad due to injury.
"I'm a little tired, but I'm still in good shape." Su Dong replied.
Ronaldo, Zidane and others all laughed.
Su Dong's recent form is indeed very good. He almost dragged Barcelona into the Champions League semi-finals by himself. This is an achievement, but the pressure is also quite great, especially in the recent two consecutive games a week, the consumption is even more astonishing.
"It's good to be young. You can hold on at the critical moment." Zidane also praised with a smile.
"Are you praising me?" Su Dong asked.
Zidane nodded and said, "I'll praise you first, and then I'll kill you when we get to the stadium."
Everyone laughed again.
"It's hard to say who will kill whom." Su Dong glanced at Pavan and Elgra in front of him with ill intent.
Tonight Real Madrid put on a defensive midfielder Gravesen, and the central defender combination was Pavon and Elguera, but to be honest, this pair of central defenders really had no good way to deal with Su Dong, especially Pavon.
"Don't brag. You keep losing goals when you meet strong teams recently. You've conceded an average of three goals in two consecutive away games." Ronaldo laughed.
Barcelona conceded three goals in both away games against Bayern Munich and Chelsea, which is indeed quite bad.
Now the whole world knows that Barcelona’s attacking power is very strong, but its defense is really unbearable to watch.
"From the tone of your voice, are you planning to play a head-on game against us at home?" Su Dong asked tentatively.
This possibility is not ruled out, because this game will not affect the situation in La Liga.
For Real Madrid, which has nothing in its hands, beating Barcelona and winning the national derby is more like a fig leaf.
Seeing that Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham and others were silent, Su Dong knew that his guess was correct.
In fact, this was also expected by Barcelona. After all, the defenses of Real Madrid and Barcelona can be described as a fight between two rookies, so no one should laugh at anyone.
"Do you know? I actually think Capello's ideas are good." Su Dong suddenly laughed.
"Capello?"
The Real Madrid stars were all stunned, because this was the most famous conservative in European football.
"Well, his philosophy is to score one more goal than the opponent."
Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham and others looked at each other and shook their heads.
"You wait!" The Brazilian superstar pointed at Su Dong and threatened.
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Real Madrid's superstars now play a game a week and their form is indeed quite good.
At the beginning of the game, they took advantage of their home field and launched an attack on Barcelona.
Just two minutes into the game, Ronaldo retreated to receive the ball and made a very beautiful small-scale wall pass with Zidane. Ronaldo tried to pass the ball out of the penalty area to Raul, but was blocked by Marcos Senna.
The ball was still at Real Madrid's feet. Beckham moved to the right side of the penalty area, received the ball, made some adjustments, and then made a direct cross.
In the penalty area, Raul quickly moved forward and almost got the ball.
Puyol kicked the ball away at the critical moment.
After that, Real Madrid continued to put pressure on Barcelona.
In the fifth minute, Zidane received a pass from Carlos near the center line, and then he collided with Iniesta. Relying on his physical advantage, he dribbled the ball through Iniesta's defense, and chased all the way, poking the ball to the left side outside the penalty area before Belletti.
Although Zidane is tall and seems slow on weekdays, this kid is very mobile with his hands. While the referee was not paying attention, he twisted Belletti's shoulder and got the ball on the left side of the penalty area.
Belletti got into position in time, but Carlos had already come up the wing and after receiving the pass from Zidane, he made a direct cross.
There was no one in the penalty area to respond, and Irving was controlled by Marcos and failed to get the ball.
But Ronaldo ran to the right side of the penalty area, received the ball and faced Van Bronckhorst.
The Brazilian superstar is fat, but that doesn't mean he is inflexible.
Ronaldo made a fake move, pushed the ball to the bottom line, and made a cross before Van Bronckhorst.
Zidane originally ran sideways to the penalty spot after Carlos made the cross. When he saw Ronaldo's cross, he suddenly turned at a right angle, shook off Belletti, and headed the ball into the goal at the back post.
Valdes tried hard to save the ball, but it was still out of reach.
One to zero!
Instantly, the entire Bernabeu Stadium was boiling! Everyone was cheering for the performance of the Real Madrid superstars.
However, the unfortunate Zidane rushed too hard and could not stop, and directly hit his bald head against the left post. After scoring the goal, he did not even bother to celebrate, and his head hit the grass, which was so painful that he could not bear it.
What if I accidentally break my head? …………
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Su Dong was in the front and felt a little amused when he saw Ronaldo assisting Zidane to score.
Barcelona's defense is really pathetic.
I don’t know if it’s because we’ve gotten used to losing the ball recently, but we lost again just six minutes into the game.
"It's okay, it's our turn!"
After seeing Real Madrid score a goal, Su Dong also became excited.
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Just two minutes later, Barcelona's midfielder intercepted the ball and quickly launched a counterattack.
Giuly moved to the right to receive the ball. After receiving the pass from Belletti, he made a slight adjustment and quickly passed the ball diagonally to the right rib without waiting for Carlos to get close.
Iniesta quickly moved forward, got the ball from Gravesen, and then went straight forward and quickly rushed in front of Pavon.
The attention of Pavón, Carlos and Gravesen was quickly attracted by Iniesta. Iniesta did not rush into the penalty area with the ball, but instead sent a low arc ball with his right foot from the outside of the penalty area and passed the ball to the left side of the penalty spot.
Su Dong quickly jumped out from the left side of Elguera, before everyone else, and met Iniesta's pass, shooting directly with his left foot, making a powerful shot.
The ball went into Real Madrid's goal almost in a straight line.
One to one!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"Just over two minutes after conceding the goal, Barcelona successfully equalized the score!"
"If Barcelona's defence is bad, then obviously Real Madrid's defence is not much better."
"The two teams are equally matched, so no one should laugh at the other."
"It was also a very clear defensive man-to-man error."
After Su Dong scored a goal, he did not run far away to celebrate, but accepted congratulations from his teammates on the field.
Scoring goals is nothing new to him.
Instead, after seeing Ronaldo's expression, Su Dong spread his hands towards the Brazilian superstar, and Ronaldo turned and left in anger.
What a show-off!
Look how proud you are. It's just a goal.
Who wouldn’t? …
Just two minutes later, Iniesta and Giuly cooperated on the right to create a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
Xavi quickly kicked the ball into the penalty area. Su Dong got into position near the penalty spot and headed the ball into the far corner.
Casillas reacted very quickly, jumped high and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.
The entire Bernabeu Stadium exclaimed in unison.
Casillas almost hit the left post, but if he hadn't held the ball with one hand in time, Su Dong's header would most likely have hit the crossbar and gone into the net.
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Real Madrid also quickly changed its colors.
During a quick counterattack, Ronaldo got the ball within 30 meters of his own side and quickly passed it to Owen.
The wind-chasing boy rushed with the ball all the way and drove straight into the goal.
Puyol chased hard and finally caught up with Irving outside the penalty area.
The England striker passed the ball back to Ronaldo. The Brazilian superstar took two steps to the right, feinted, suddenly dribbled the ball back, and quickly made a very secretive cross pass, transferring the ball to the left.
At some point, Roberto Carlos had already advanced to the front of the penalty area, and after getting the ball, he dribbled into the penalty area to get a one-on-one chance.
The Brazilian left-back faced Valdes who was halfway on the attack and shot directly.
The ball slipped past Valdes, but in front of the goal line, Puyol decisively shoveled the ball out, defusing a goal crisis.
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Beckham took a corner kick and Elguera got the ball, but his header was slightly off target.
But just three minutes later, there was another free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Beckham's best free kick from the right fell accurately to the back of the penalty area. Ronaldo, who shook off the defender, headed the ball from close range and headed the ball into Barcelona's goal.
After scoring the goal, Ronaldo couldn't stop smiling, touched his bald head, ran past Su Dong, and his expression seemed to say: Boy, see, I can even score a header!
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Barcelona immediately retaliated.
Iniesta dribbled the ball forward and Su Dong decisively retreated to receive the ball.
While being double-teamed by three Real Madrid defensive players, Su Dong managed to hold on to the ball, preventing any Real Madrid players from getting it, and passed the ball to Xavi who was coming from behind.
Xavi used his body to block Elguera, then crossed the ball to the right side of the penalty area line.
After Su Dong passed the ball, he sprinted forward quickly, shook off the entanglement of Real Madrid's defensive players, caught up with Xavi's pass, and dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area.
Carlos and Salgado quickly formed a double team, and Casillas also left the goal to attack.
But outside the small penalty area, Su Dong used his body to hold Carlos back and calmly shot the ball.
The ball slipped past Casillas, brushed the right post, and hit the Real Madrid goal.
2-2! After Su Dong scored the goal, he did not celebrate but turned and ran out of the penalty area.
When passing by Zidane and Ronaldo, he even raised his right foot and gently brushed off the grass clippings on his shoes.
Isn't it just pretending to be something?
Who can't do it?
(End of this chapter)
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