Chapter 542 Su Dong will teach you a lesson!
The new season of La Liga has completely subverted the outside world's imagination.
No one would have thought that after a large-scale cleansing and reorganization, Real Madrid under Schuster's coaching would be able to top the La Liga table with three consecutive wins, ten goals scored and two goals conceded.
What is even more unexpected is that after the introduction of Henry, Barcelona, which is obviously stronger than before, suffered a poor record of one win and two draws at the beginning, especially the two 0-0 games, which were particularly shocking.
Both games are away games, against Racing Santander and Osasuna.
In previous years, these two teams were clearly not within the range of Barcelona's opponents, but now, Barcelona, which seems to have a star-studded and strong lineup, suffered an embarrassing 0-0 draw away from home.
La Liga has only started three rounds and Barcelona is already four points behind Real Madrid.
The Catalan media are very dissatisfied with the team's performance, especially the team's stars. Daily Sports even publicly criticized Barcelona's management, coaching staff and players in the newspaper, saying that their performance at the beginning of this season did not show any signs of impacting the league title. After the bombardment, they even made such a cruel statement.
"If Su Dong was still in the team, Barcelona would never have fallen into the current state!"
This report by Daily Sports caused an uproar in Catalonia. Barcelona vice president Bartomeu publicly stood up and challenged Daily Sports, saying that their remarks were irresponsible.
Who says it's not true? Let's talk about Barcelona's problems. We can tolerate your scolding and criticism. Why do you mention Su Dong? Is it fun to expose people's scars for no reason?
Regarding the current situation of Barcelona, Cruyff publicly criticized the team management in his column, believing that their failed transfer decisions were the main reason for the team's current predicament and someone must be held accountable.
The godfather of Barcelona has never been on the same page with Rosell. He directly stated in his column that the introduction of Eto'o and Henry cannot make up for Su Dong's role in Barcelona, not only on the court, but also in the locker room.
"Look at his performance in the Bundesliga, where he scored 14 goals in five league games. Even in La Liga, with a 50% discount, he could still score seven goals, helping Barcelona beat teams like Santander Racing and Osasuna without any problems."
"But some people pushed him out of the Camp Nou!"
"All those who participated in forcing Su Dong to leave are sinners of Barcelona!"
Cruyff's criticism once again sparked heated discussions, especially as he once again expressed his dissatisfaction with several Brazilian players in the team in his column. Ronaldinho and Deco and others often hung out in nightclubs, and these gossips have been constantly exposed by the media over the past period of time.
All signs indicate that Barcelona no longer protects Ronaldinho and Deco.
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In stark contrast to Barcelona's poor start, Real Madrid started off with an unstoppable momentum.
In their league debut, they beat their city rivals Atletico Madrid 2-1 at home, in the second round they beat Villarreal 5-0 away, and in the third round they beat Almeria 3-1 at home.
We played three games very well and won every one of them.
Schuster also secured his position as Real Madrid coach with this wave of three consecutive victories, and Dutch midfielder Sneijder also won the recognition of Real Madrid fans with his eye-catching performance at the beginning.
With three consecutive wins at the start, Real Madrid has swept away the slump of previous years and is leading the standings. German coach Schuster is also in high spirits, especially since he not only won but also fulfilled his promise when he took over as coach to lead Real Madrid to play beautiful football.
Now, he has fulfilled this promise, especially the 5-0 away win over Villarreal, which won a lot of applause and gave Schuster confidence.
Before the match against Bayern, Schuster said in an interview with the media that he had never won any honor as a head coach and he hoped to lead Real Madrid to a new breakthrough.
Regarding the situation of winning the La Liga title this season, Schuster made it clear that Barcelona is no longer a match for Real Madrid.
"Although we have only played three rounds of the league, the situation is already clear. Our biggest competitor on the road to defending the title will be Sevilla. Their tactics are already very mature, and we still need to work hard on this aspect."
"Of course, Barcelona is also a strong opponent that cannot be ignored."
That’s it?
That's it!
The Catalan media reacted strongly to this, believing that Schuster no longer took Barcelona seriously.
Who can be blamed for that?
Isn't it Barcelona's own fault?
Not only did they play poorly on the field, but there was a serious split within the management and there were also various problems within the locker room. Who can be blamed?
Even the Mundo Deportivo was very dissatisfied with Schuster's remarks, believing that he had become a little arrogant because of his three consecutive victories, which was a big taboo for a coach of a top club who was about to face a peak showdown.
"In the middle of the week, at the Bernabeu, Su Dong will teach you a lesson!" Mundo Deportivo threatened.
But AS quickly hit back, "Sudong? He is a Bayern player, what does that have to do with you? If I remember correctly, it was you who forced him to leave. Maybe in the future, if there is a chance, he will come to Real Madrid to play, but he will never return to Barcelona!"
While the two major mouthpieces were talking, Schuster was also not idle.
The match against Bayern is indeed a crucial game that cannot be underestimated, but Schuster is very confident after the team won three consecutive victories and said that the team has the strength to repel Bayern at the Bernabeu.
"Yes, they are doing very well in the Bundesliga, but we are just as good in La Liga."
Bayern has won five games in a row, while Real Madrid has won three games in a row. Both teams have played sharp offensive games and have also encountered strong teams. Real Madrid's schedule is more brutal, as they have encountered strong opponents such as Atletico Madrid and Villarreal in three games.
Schuster does have reason to believe that Real Madrid's performance is no less than Bayern's.
But as a German, Schuster also understands Bayern's strength and the characteristics of the German team, so he also reminds the players to be prepared for a tough battle when facing Bayern.
“This will be a crucial and difficult game!”
As for Su Dong, Schuster said that he has found a way to restrain him.
"Metzelder is the most ideal defensive player to freeze Su Dong. They have similar height and physical confrontation. At the same time, we also have Cannavaro. The combination of these two central defenders is very complementary and will be the team's most important defensive force this season."
In terms of formation, Real Madrid will continue to use a 4-4-2 double striker formation, with Raul and Van Nistelrooy continuing to partner up.
In the midfield, Gago will fall back, Sneijder, Guti and Higuain will be in the middle, and the back line will be a combination of Heinze, Metzelder, Cannavaro and Ramos.
This is also the main lineup that helped Real Madrid win three consecutive games in the past three rounds. Schuster will continue to use this style of play.
In addition, AS also mentioned that the match against Bayern will be the 300th Champions League match in Real Madrid's history.
This has further aroused the expectations of the Bernabeu fans.
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After arriving in Madrid, Bayern checked into the hotel directly.
The next morning, after the team had breakfast together, Heynckes held the last tactical meeting before the game in the hotel's conference room, the main content of which was to analyze Real Madrid.
Heynckes said that he watched Real Madrid's first three games of this season repeatedly. Although the sample size is not large, it is still of reference value. That is, both Atletico Madrid and Almeria adopted a full-court pressing tactic against Real Madrid, which made Real Madrid very uncomfortable.
In the match against Villarreal, the main problem was that the Yellow Submarine gave Real Madrid too much offensive space. To put it simply, Pellegrini's team played too unrestrainedly.
If you are not as strong as Real Madrid, then you should just play more conservatively. Do you still want to fight to the death with them when you are not as skilled as them?
Isn't this courting death? "Everyone, take a look at this data."
Heynckes listed a PPT, which showed the number of shots conceded by opponents to Real Madrid in three games. Atletico Madrid had 21 shots, Villarreal had the most, 23 shots, and Almeria also had 21 shots.
"From the score, Real Madrid did perform quite well, but from the performance during the game and various game statistics, it is not difficult to see that Real Madrid's problems are still very serious. They gave the opponent too many shots."
Heynckes explained the reason, which is that Schuster has a completely different mission from Capello.
Why was Capello sacked?
Because he didn't kick well!
Win games and win championships, but if you play so conservatively, Real Madrid will not tolerate you and you will have to be fired!
Since Schuster took office, he has been carrying a mission, which is that Real Madrid must not only win, but also win beautifully.
Capello's conservative tactical style of play could no longer be used, so Gago began to play as a single defensive midfielder, Guti and Sneijder started together, and with the addition of Raul, Van Nistelrooy and Higuain, Real Madrid's frontcourt was full of offensive players.
With the strength of Real Madrid players, the offensive power has indeed been improved a lot, but the midfield defense and interception have also become weak, so this contradictory situation has arisen.
On the one hand, Real Madrid's offensive was fierce, but on the other hand, the number of shots conceded by the opponents also hit new highs.
Even a team like Almeria had 21 shooting opportunities, so you can imagine how weak Real Madrid's defense is.
When Heynckes made this analysis, all the Bayern players in the conference room laughed and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. They all began to clearly understand how to deal with Real Madrid.
"We suppressed them in the midfield and frontcourt, quickly counterattacked after stealing the ball, directly broke through their defense, and gave them an unforgettable defeat!" Heynckes laughed.
As Bayern's performance gets better and better, the old man's confidence is growing stronger.
He now begins to believe that many of his ideas can be implemented and can be realized in this Bayern team.
The head coach's arguments were well-reasoned and convincing, and the players basically agreed with them.
When everyone in the locker room reached a consensus, that was Bayern's weapon against Real Madrid.
When they walked out of the meeting room, anticipation and eagerness were written on the faces of every Bayern player.
Bernabeu, are you ready?
Here we come!
(End of this chapter)
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