Chapter 501 Pozzo 1 Gate 3 Teams
Real Madrid's fatigue at the beginning of the season was due to a combination of factors. Mourinho was furious about it, but in fact he was also responsible for it.
Mourinho's team is used to being slow to warm up, and this is especially obvious with Real Madrid. Moreover, Mourinho will always achieve the best results in the second year of coaching, and then show an obvious decline in the third year. The 2012-13 season is the third year of Mourinho's Real Madrid.
Mourinho's main lineup is rigid and solid, which will gradually make the main players lose their sense of urgency and will also slow down the motivation for excellence. With results in the second year, the heroes can't help but relax a little, and their performance on the court is a thousand miles away.
When Real Madrid fell into a downturn and embarrassment as a whole, Zhuoyang took the lead in recovering. In the crucial second round of the Spanish Super Cup, he sounded the clarion call for counterattack with a big four and helped the team win the Super Cup in a difficult situation.
The second person to wake up was Ronaldo.
Back from the Monaco awards draw, the competition ensues. Entering the opening game of September, in the third round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Granada at home.
At the end of last season, Granada defeated the veteran powerhouse Villarreal to avoid relegation in a thrilling way. With a mere point gap, the Yellow Submarine would not fall into the abyss if they cheered up for one or two games in the middle.
In order to continue to gain a foothold in La Liga, Granada spent 5 million in the summer to buy Moroccan striker El Arabi from Al-Hilal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 25-year-old Alabi has traveled around the Arab World League in recent years, scoring goals wherever he goes. His name can stop a camel from crying.
Granada also signed Italian striker Antonio Flores on loan from Serie A side Udinese.
In fact, Granada and Udinese have the same owner, both belonging to the Italian Pozzo family. Two years ago, Udinese loaned nine players to Granada in one go, which allowed Granada to return to the second division after more than 20 years. And in the coming year, they rushed to La Liga after 34 years.
The Pozzo family is indigenous to northern Italy. They used to be engaged in wood processing, civil construction and tool manufacturing businesses. Now running a football club has become their main business. This summer, the Pozzo family just acquired the English Championship team Watford.
With one club and three teams, the Pozzo family is a breath of fresh air in the world of owners.
Despite this, the gap between Granada and Real Madrid in terms of strength is still very obvious, but in this period of decline, who does Real Madrid dare to underestimate?
In Granada's starting lineup, four people are from Udinese, and there are three people on the bench who are related to Udinese. As for Granada's new coach Juan Ancora, this guy became famous in one fell swoop when Alcorcon, a Spanish second division B (equivalent to Serie C) team, defeated Real Madrid 4:0.
Compared with the Super Cup four days ago, Mourinho made only one adjustment to the starting lineup today, with Benzema replacing Higuain. After winning the trophy, Mourinho also got better, so the five tiger generals returned to the roster and were all sitting on the bench today.
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In the first 20 minutes of the game, Real Madrid had a rare ball possession rate of 74%, and all five of Ronaldo's shots hit the door frame. It's just that goalkeeper Tono, who defected from relegated Santander, was very smooth today, and he saved all Cristiano Ronaldo's shots.
Real Madrid has old players all over the world, and Granada is no shortage of them. The center back on the right, Borja Gomez, came from Castilla's youth training.
Real Madrid gets excited as soon as he plays, Bo Gomez behaved like Water Ramos today.
In the 22nd minute, Zhuo Yang sent a direct pass from the backcourt. Ronaldo caught the ball and stood out and headed towards the opponent's hinterland.
Bo Gomez knocked him down without even saying hello, and stopped this highly suspicious one-on-one attack at the cost of a yellow card.
It seems that it needs to be played more delicately.
In the 25th minute, Zhuoyang received the ball from the backcourt and passed it to Marcelo who was running in at high speed. The flatterer made a direct pass. Callejon received the ball in the ribs and then passed through. He shot diagonally from the center to the outflanking Ronaldo with his left foot from a small angle. , Real Madrid 1:0.
The next time is Granada
In the 33rd minute, Flores counterattacked with a header. Abila in the open position aimed at Casillas. Thanks to Shui Ye, he rushed over and blocked the inevitable shot with his body. .
In the 38th minute, Abila made a high-speed attack from the wing. After reaching the baseline, he sent a threatening ball to Flores in an inverted triangle. It was Shui Ye and Cassie who fought hard to keep the goal.
In the 43rd minute, Abila continued to show off his power, passing Arbeloa on the left and passing in. Flores hit the side net with a kick.
The King of Arabia is indeed worthy of his reputation.
During the halftime break, Mourinho specifically reminded Zhuoyang to pay more attention to Abila in the second half, and also hinted that if he couldn't do it, he would play dirty. Zhuoyang just pretended not to understand.
In the second half, Abila's majesty continued. Within 5 minutes, Khedira and Varane received consecutive yellow cards on him.
It seems that this guy is a football madman today. Once he becomes completely crazy, even the King of Heaven will be unable to deal with him. One person can toss Real Madrid to pieces.
Zhuo Yang explained everything before and after, and went to meet Abila in person.
Zhuo Yang is the number one football madman in the world. Anyone else who wants to go crazy must first ask Zhuo Yang if he is willing. He also understands madmen best.
In fact, Abila only has three skills: fast speed, quick change of direction, and quick passing and shooting. Once he starts to go up and down quickly, it will be very difficult for others.
Zhuoyang's three cards are against three fast ones. The stuck footwork prevents him from fully rushing forward. The stuck position prevents him from changing direction and can only stumble on the wing. The stuck line prevents him from passing the ball. As for shooting, it is even more wishful thinking.
Within 10 minutes, Abila was forced twice by Zhuoyang to take the ball out of the baseline. He also made two hard passes, which were destroyed by Zhuoyang with his feet. Another time, Zhuoyang used his strength to carry the ball away. go out.
On the fifth day, the coach replaced Abila with winger Diego Mainz.
The threat here is eliminated, and Ronaldo continues to exert force over there.
For the first time, the ball was handed to Di Maria, who had just replaced Callejon. Angel Di couldn't hold it back. He went straight into the penalty area on the right as if there was no one in the field. Cristiano Ronaldo's right-footed shot near the penalty spot was saved by Tono. It happened to be a follow-up shot with the left foot, 2:0.
Ronaldo was in great form in this game and led the team's offense at the Bernabeu. However, his luck was a bit worse today.
For the first pass, Ronaldo cut from the outside to the inside, but he only turned his head and looked at the ball, not paying attention to Bo Gomez who deliberately came up to block him from one side.
‘Bang! ’ With a sound, Ronaldo and Bo Gomez bumped into each other.
The old Real Madrid player was sent off from two yellows to one red for deliberately blocking the foul. Cristiano Ronaldo also frowned and rubbed his knees from time to time.
Although Ronaldo felt that he was fine, Mourinho did not dare to be careless because he kept stretching his legs and moving his left knee joint, and quickly replaced him with Higuain.
Cristiano Ronaldo was sitting on the bench with an ice pack on his face, frowning, but Mourinho was not worried at all, because there were two international match days next, and the unlucky one was the Portuguese national team. What did it have to do with him?
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