The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 471 Leading by 2 point

In the 29th round of La Liga, Real Madrid returned to their home court against Valencia. They must win this game, otherwise their points lead is likely to be further reduced, making them unable to focus on the Champions League.

But in the game, Real Madrid was still in poor form and made frequent mistakes.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Sneijder made a mistake. Villa received a through from David Silva and succeeded in countering offside, and single-handedly scored the ball into the dead corner.

Ricardo immediately led the team to counterattack. After 3 minutes, he broke through from the left and sent a cross. Raul headed the ball to equalize the score for Real Madrid.

In the 56th minute, Kaka dribbled the ball from the center at high speed and then sent a direct pass. Ricardo shot directly in the penalty area without stopping the ball and scored his 19th league goal.Real Madrid achieved a go-ahead.

The fans at the scene sang and danced to welcome another victory.

Real Madrid's players also began to slack off. In their view, victory is only a matter of time, and it will definitely come smoothly.

However, they underestimated the determination of the Valencians.

In the 64th minute, Valencia counterattacked, David Silva dribbled the ball into the Real Madrid penalty area, and Cannavaro was not clean enough to defend and tripped him.

The referee immediately awarded a penalty kick.

Villa personally took the penalty kick, Iker Casillas jumped in the wrong direction, the penalty kick went into the net smoothly, and Valencia equalized the score.

At this time, Real Madrid began to worry and stepped up their offensive.

In the 80th minute, Ricardo received a pass from Kaka and entered the penalty area. Facing Valencia goalkeeper Hildebrand, he chose to push the opponent's crotch.

Hildebrand reacted quickly, immediately knelt down on one knee, blocked the football with both hands.

Ricardo immediately followed up with a follow-up shot, but under the interference of the opponent's defender, his shot missed the target and was not tricky enough. Hildebrand struggled to make a limit save and blocked the ball again.

Ricardo shook his head in disbelief.If such a goal is not scored, which god did the opponent worship before the game?
Even more unbelievable things are still a few minutes later.

Higuain, who replaced Raul, got a single chance after receiving a through ball from Ricardo.He passed the ball past the attacking goalkeeper Hildebrand, and hit the empty goal from a small angle, but the ball was blocked by the returning defender Albiol on the goal line.

Real Madrid, who wasted opportunities continuously, was finally punished. In the 89th minute, Miguel sent a long pass from the midfielder. Arismendi took the ball to get rid of Cannavaro and broke into the right side of the penalty area.Casillas made a misjudgment. He thought his opponent was going to cross, so he moved quickly to block Arizmendy's cross, but Arizmendi unexpectedly chose a small angle shot, and the ball passed from Casillas' leg. Rolled over and crashed into the net.

He killed the game!
Bernabeu was silent.

This is the first time Real Madrid has been overturned by an opponent at home this season.

Real Madrid, which has lost two games in a row, has reached the edge of a cliff. Although Sevilla drew with Real Madrid in this game, there is still a 3-point gap with Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid has successfully won and climbed to second place. The points gap narrowed to 2 points.

Real Madrid cannot afford to make more mistakes.

At the press conference after the game, Pellegrini took responsibility for the failure. He said: "The boys worked hard in this game. The main responsibility for the loss lies with me. There is no excuse to speak."

"After the score led, I made some wrong judgments; the players' attention declined, and I didn't adjust in time. For various reasons, we were turned over by our opponents. This is unforgivable."

Regarding Cannavaro's poor performance, Pellegrini did not criticize, "Fabio was not at his best, but he also contributed to the team. We all know that he is a championship-level player , he can find a way to recover."

In fact, Pellegrini has already communicated with Mijatovic, and sold Cannavaro after the end of this season. Cannavaro's performance this season is really not worthy of his high salary.

In the next round, Real Madrid will face direct rival Sevilla at home.

If the problem of the back line is solved, Pellegrini will have a headache.

Real Madrid's current offensive ability is unquestionable. Whether it is in La Liga or in the European arena, it can be said to be devastating. There is no goal that Ricciardo, Ronaldo, Raul, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Kaka can't break through.

But even if the opponent can score two goals, the defense will give big gifts in a row and the opponent will score three, which is quite embarrassing.

If you make this mistake again in the face of Sevilla, the league champion you have won will fly away.

So in the past few days of training, Pellegrini paid close attention to the team's defense.

As for Cannavaro, although he is not in good condition, Real Madrid can't do without him now.

Metzelder, who was signed this season, was too disappointing to replace Cannavaro.

The most embarrassing thing for Pellegrini is that after playing Sevilla on the night of March 3, he will play Manchester United on the night of April 29, with only two days of rest in between, which is a huge challenge to the team's physical fitness. test.

Do you want to let the main players play in the game against Sevilla?

Of course, the league championship cannot be lost. This is the team's basic set, and there is no room for loss.

Of course, the Champions League is also very attractive. They have already reached the top 8. If they work harder, they may enter the top 4 and enter the final. Who can resist such a temptation?
Pellegrini squinted his eyes behind the desk and thought for a long time, and finally asked the team doctor to provide him with a detailed physical examination report of the players.

He will make a decision based on the report.

According to the report, Ronaldo is still physically fit.He has only started 3 time in the last 1 league games, and it is only natural to maintain such physical fitness.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is also not bad. He has been rotating with Ronaldo this season, and his physical fitness is relatively good.

Kaka is a bit overwhelmed, his physical fitness is very dangerous, and his muscles are also very tired. If he continues to fight, he may be injured.

The same goes for Riccardo. His physical condition is a little better than Kaka's, but his muscles are also very tired, and the risk of injury has increased dramatically. In fact, he has a slight ankle injury right now.

Raul's condition is not bad, Robben has a slight injury but does not affect his appearance, Higuain, Guti and Sneijder are relatively healthy.Gago is in good health, Diarra is very tired, Ramos is slightly injured but can continue the game, Marcelo is in good shape, Cannavaro is tired but he can't rest yet, Pepe, Metzer Germany, Salgado, and M. Torres' physical condition did not meet the requirements for participating in the official competition...

Pellegrini finally made his decision.

Ricardo is indispensable to the team, even if he is injured, even if his physical strength is not good, as long as he is on the court, he will be a deterrent to the opponent.

Ronaldo is more suitable to play in the Champions League, leave the league to Van Nistelrooy.

The front midfielder is for Sneijder, and the right winger is for Robben.The double defensive midfielder enabled Gago and Guti.

The defenders use Marcelo, Cannavaro, Heinze, Ramos.

This lineup is enough for Sevilla.

(End of this chapter)