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Chapter 27 The Devil's Race
Entering February and March, the Champions League will start again, and Real Madrid will start to enter a consecutive week of double matches.This time, Real Madrid executives have only one request for Capello's support, and the Champions League must enter the quarterfinals.Real Madrid has been out of the top [-] for several years in a row, and the shameful title of "Dream Eight" has followed them for a long time.

Real Madrid has drawn a lottery in the knockout round. They will face off against Bayern Munich at the end of February and early March, and work hard for a place in the quarter-finals.Needless to say the grievances between Real Madrid and Bayern, there is nothing to say when they meet, only one side will fall.

Next, Real Madrid will go to an away game to challenge Real Sociedad, and after that, they will face Real Betis again at home.After two league games, the La Liga giants and the Bundesliga Banba will have a world-renowned battle at the Bernabeu.

After the home game against Bayern, it is the Madrid derby second only to the century war with Barcelona in the league.Atletico Madrid's youngest captain, "Holy Infant" Torres has gone all out at the Calderon Stadium and is waiting for this dignity-related rivalry in the same city.

After the Madrid Derby, it was a Champions League game that was about the dignity of Real Madrid for many years and challenged Bayern Munich again in the away game.

After the Champions League, in the middle of March, it will be the most intense and eye-catching battle of the century in La Liga and even in the world.Real Madrid will go to the Nou Camp to challenge Barcelona, ​​which owns No.1 in today's football. In the first half of the season, Barcelona only lost one game, and that was the Spanish derby at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid.The fierceness of this game can be imagined. Facing Barcelona, ​​who vowed revenge, Real Madrid, who just returned from Germany, is in danger.

The number one headline of "Marca" this morning is "The devil's schedule before the fight with Barcelona", which analyzed in detail the schedule before Real Madrid's next meeting with Barcelona.Finally came to a conclusion.

"How much Real Madrid can gain this season depends on how they play in February and March. As long as they can bite them tightly before the Barcelona match, then the Nou Camp will determine the ownership of the La Liga champion this season. In addition, the Champions League In fact, Bayern Munich can be said to be the opponent that Real Madrid does not want to meet, but the result of the draw is not something we can decide.

From the comparison of players, Real Madrid's players may be more famous than Bayern, but their strength is not dominant.The goalkeeper position, Cassie and Kahn are equal, the defense Bayern wins, Real Madrid can fight Bayern with Gago in the midfield, and the forward line is probably the only place where Real Madrid wins. Van Nistelrooy and Raul The partner is definitely better than Ma Kai and Podolski.

Real Madrid can only rely on offense if they want to emerge from the Champions League! "

The report of "Marca" was analyzed very carefully, but Gago knew that it was impossible for Capello to listen to them.In any case, Capello will first defend, and then think about attacking.

But this is all at the end of February. What is in front of us now is the league. Next, Real Madrid will challenge Real Sociedad away.This is also a very crucial game, and now Real Madrid can't afford to lose.If they lose again, they will drop to fifth place. If the dignified Galaxy Battleship cannot even enter the European arena, I am afraid it will be scolded to death by fans all over the world.

Moreover, Real Madrid, which has lost two games in a row, urgently needs a big victory to boost morale.

In this game, Capello rarely sent an attacking lineup. Cannavaro returned to the starting lineup and partnered with Elguera as a central defender. Torres and Ramos separated the left and right defenders.Midfielder Emerson replaced Diarra who made a mistake in the previous game, but now the positions of Emerson and Gago have been switched.Now it is Gago who plays the core role on the field, and Emerson is more responsible for defensive tasks.

Gago was happy when he heard Capello's tactics, but he still didn't show it.Now I have finally conquered the head coach and teammates by relying on his outstanding performance, making them willingly admit him as the core.

Beckham, who was reactivated, returned to his most familiar right midfielder, with Guti as the attacking midfielder and Raul as the left midfielder.Ruud van Nistelrooy advanced alone on the forward line.

But Real Madrid lost the ball at the beginning of the game, which made Capello, who wanted a big victory, very angry.

Casey, who has been performing very well, made a rare mistake and stood far away from the goal.Real Sociedad's Prieto made a cross from the right to the goal, which was barely blocked by Iker Casillas, but Alan Bruu, who got in, easily scored with an unguarded header from the far point.

Then Real Madrid launched a counterattack. Gago did not blindly command the midfielder to press up, and gradually tore apart the opponent's defense step by step.While stabilizing his own defense, he constantly used short passes to infiltrate and break through the opponent's defense.

Finally equalized the score in the No. 206 minute. After Gago got the ball, he distributed it to the left in time. After receiving the ball, Guti observed it, and then passed it to the center.After receiving the ball, Raul made a beautiful turn and wiped the opponent's defender, and was pulled when he was about to break into the penalty area.

Beckham took the free-kick, which wasn't a bad position, but the heartthrob, who had held it in for a long time, curled it beautifully.After bypassing the human wall, he hit the inside of the goal post in the far corner and bounced into the net.

After the goal, Beckham was very excited. He turned and ran towards Capello, but was caught up by Guti halfway and threw himself on the lawn.This is his first game back and this is also his first goal of the season.He used this goal to express to Capello that there is absolutely nothing wrong with him.

After equalizing the score, Real Madrid's offensive became more and more fierce, and scored again before the end of the first half to overtake the score.Gago pressed Prieto in midfield and was assisted by Beckham to save the ball.Then it went straight to the left, Raul stopped the ball beautifully, turned around and volleyed directly.

The ball was aimed at the upper left corner of the goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper Bravo had no choice but to watch the ball go into the net.

Raul, who scored the go-ahead score, came to the following Real Madrid fans and made a gesture of celebration.The iconic kiss ring.

At halftime, Capello criticized the conceded goal in the first half, and praised the offense constantly. At the same time, he let Gago slow down in the second half, and the most important thing is a solid defense.

But even so, Real Madrid scored again at the kick-off in the second half, this time Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Gago scored the ball in the middle, Guti crossed the ball to the right without stopping in the frontcourt, Ramos crossed at high speed, and the king of the small penalty area grabbed the header before the goalkeeper attacked.Scored his No.12 goal of the season.

3: 1.
This is also the final score of the game. Real Madrid also had several chances in the next half, but none of them scored.With 10 minutes left, Real Sociedad's counterattack made Real Madrid panic. Elguera and Beckham collided with each other many times, and both sides got yellow cards.

At this time, Capello made the most critical substitution, and Diarra replaced Emerson, who was doing nothing again.

Hei Yougan, who had been on the bench for most of the game, used his undying stamina to intercept and block the opponent's attacks several times as soon as he came on the field. The tacit understanding between Gago and him also allowed the two of them to jointly protect the front of the penalty area.

On the contrary, the conceded goal at the beginning made Casillas perform well in the next game, blocking the opponent and shooting several times.

(End of this chapter)