Chapter 361 Who Said Mourinho Does Not Underestimate the Enemy?

Mourinho himself did not expect that Real Madrid's two away games would be so thrilling.

Levante and Santander were ranked in the same ranking last season and were not strong teams, but it was no easier for Real Madrid to beat them than against Barcelona. Uncle Psy was a little confused as to why.

But Zhuoyang knows in his heart that after being beaten by Barcelona every time in the past three seasons, Real Madrid has lost its intimidating power in front of small and medium-sized teams in La Liga, and has no dominance in defeating others without a fight. In the eyes of La Liga opponents, Real Madrid is far easier to deal with than Barcelona, ​​and they are more confident in an upset.

La Liga rivals have lost respect for Real Madrid!

In the 4th round at the Municipal Stadium, Levante performed very well in this regard. In the 8th minute of the game, Benzema scored a goal with a supplementary shot from an ambiguous offside position. The referee had already called the penalty invalid, but the Levante people were still aggressive. Curse the French. If it were Barcelona, ​​they wouldn't be like this.

In this game, because many international players played continuously, and because the Madrid media criticized him for not rotating, Mourinho made major adjustments to the starting lineup. Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Detu, and Di Maria rested, and Kaká, Coentrao, Alonso and Khedira, who returned from injury, replaced them in the starting lineup.

Alonso and Khedira serve as double defensive midfielders, which makes sense. Zhuoyang, who did not participate in the Champions League, appeared in the middle of the former Eureka, and Kaka became the right midfielder. The most amazing thing is that the Portuguese Coentrao is a left midfielder or a left winger, just like his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo. .

After Benzema's goal was invalidated in the first 8 minutes, the battle became tense. Kaka performed very poorly in this game, and his discomfort with the wing seriously affected his feeling of playing football. Zhuo Yang's two carefully-cared-for deliveries in the first half were wasted by him. One shot was soft and the other was ridiculously wide.

Zhuo Yang deliberately moved Kaka to the center, but the young master is more accustomed to one or two front midfielders in the center, which is not suitable for the three people on the left, center and right to center. It is a waste of effort to change, and it also makes Mourinho on the sidelines more and more miserable. dissatisfied.

The balance was broken in the 39th minute of the first half. He Lian was sent off with a second yellow card for retaliating for overturning Juan Fran. Real Madrid turned into a ten-man challenge, and Mourinho signaled Zhuoyang to pull back to the midfielder. Throughout the first half, both sides received five yellows and one red.

Real Madrid seemed to be in a bad state, including Zhuo Yang and the frontcourt. At the beginning of the second half, Psy replaced Benzema with Ronaldo, and then replaced Kaká with Higuain. But he didn't expect that the defense would be equally unreliable.

In the 68th minute, Carvalho made a mistake in passing the ball and was intercepted by Venta. Marcelo rushed forward like a frightened rabbit and was easily passed. Then Cone's push left Casillas helpless. Real Madrid 0:1 behind.

Seeing how things are going, they had a "historic" two-point lead over Barcelona in the last round. Don't expect to become a laughing stock again in the blink of an eye.

Mourinho played his last card and replaced Marcelo with Ozil, and Coentrao played his full-back honestly.

Kaká, who started the game, was in a mess, and Ronaldo and Higuain, who came on the bench, were also bad. They were obviously competing with Ozil to see who was more useless. Either way, price is the last word, and Real Madrid will ultimately have to rely on Zhuoyang.

In the 90th and 1st minutes, Zhuoyang made a desperate shot in the corner kick tactics and rushed to the top. In the process, he received countless kicks, both from his opponents and his own family, but he finally equalized the score for Real Madrid, 1:1. better than nothing.

Listen next door, Barcelona beat Osasuna 8-0, and boss Mei scored a hat trick.

Three days later in the fifth round of La Liga, Real Madrid's situation still did not improve. Mourinho's rotation at the Sardines Stadium was more thorough.

Even Zhuo Yang sat on the bench, but Cristiano Ronaldo started.

Racing Santander did not show any weakness at home, and the score was still 0:0 after the 70th minute of the second half. Therefore, Zhuo Yang, Kaká, and Di Maria were replaced all at once. This time, Psy is barely able to make a comeback.

In the 89th minute, it was almost the last minute. After Di Maria made a brutal breakthrough from the wing, he rubbed his instep outside the middle and sent a wonderful through ball to Zhuoyang who was fighting offside. So, Mr. 150 Million knocked Israeli goalkeeper Tono to the ground as expected, and then shot into the empty goal and scored a precious three points for Real Madrid.

The truth of these two games made Mourinho understand one thing: La Liga is by no means as simple as just defeating Barcelona.

Because he has been frustrated by Barcelona many times in his coaching career, especially in the year since he came to La Liga, he was suppressed by Barcelona in all aspects. Uncle Psy has become neurotic about this. Barcelona blinded him and he had no intention of seriously studying other opponents.

But the match against two weak teams made Uncle Psy see clearly that even if he could beat Barcelona, ​​nothing would be accomplished if he kept losing points to other teams. Even if they still can't beat Barcelona, ​​but they can maintain a high scoring rate in front of the top players in La Liga, maybe they can still have great things to look forward to.

So when they faced Rayo Vallecano at home in the 6th round of La Liga three days later, Psy was not careless at all and settled down to a 4-3-2-1 three-midfielder formation, even though Rayo Vallecano was only a newly promoted team.

Zhuoyang, Detu, Alonso, and Khedira were punished and put on the bench. Mourinho was still angry about his unnecessary red card two rounds ago.

However, Alonso also failed to live up to expectations. In just 15 seconds of the opening, his pass error allowed Murtado to hit the ball from 25 meters away. Cassie saved it, but Michu's supplementary shot made Real Madrid score 0 in the opening period. :1 behind.

Fortunately, Real Madrid still has Zhuoyang and Detu, as well as Ronaldo.

In the 28th minute, Vallecarlo took a throw-in in the frontcourt, but Casado threw it to Detu who suddenly appeared. Butcher kicked it to Zhuo Yang between the two counterattacks, and Zhuo Yang kicked it before he could turn around. It was a long pass that allowed Ronaldo, who was unmarked on the left, to face the goalkeeper.

As far as shooting skills are concerned, Zhuo Yang also admires Ronaldo very much, 1:1.

Ten minutes later, Detu stole the ball from the backcourt again. Zhuoyang ran forty meters with the ball and stabbed Ronaldo, who suddenly appeared in the open space in the penalty area.

As far as movement without the ball is concerned, Zhuoyang feels that he is inferior to Ronaldo, 2:1.

In the 44th minute, De Tusan grabbed Rayo Vallecano, and it was Zhuoyang who sent Ronaldo to the top of the penalty area.

Just talking about the shameless "independence", Zhuo Yang feels that he is far inferior to Ronaldo.

The Portuguese king forced a long shot from the crowd, but was blocked by Rayo Vallecano defender Jordi. The football fell at the feet of Higuain, and the score became 3:1.

In the second half, Rayo Vallecano repeated his old tricks. In the 47th minute, taking advantage of Albiol's mistake in corner kick defense, Michu scored twice to make the score 3:2.

This time, Zhuoyang and Detu were completely angered. In the following time, they jointly dominated the court and allowed Real Madrid to score 5 goals in one breath. In the end, the score of 8:2 was very rough. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick, Yan Qiang, Zhuo Yang, Detu, and Varane scored his first Real Madrid goal.

There were two wins and one draw in the three league rounds, and the same is true for Barcelona, ​​so the point difference is still 2. Everything seems to be on the right path. But at this moment, internal strife broke out within Real Madrid, targeting the three major internal factions.

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