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Chapter 357 Fatal Vulnerability
At the end of the midfield, Inter Milan and Real Madrid drew 1:1, but in a sense, Real Madrid still leads Inter Milan by 2 goals, so they don't have much worry in their eyes.

Seeing that the Inter Milan players were a bit depressed, under such circumstances, Hector Cooper made some tactical adjustments. In fact, now is the weakest period for Real Madrid in a sense.

This season, Real Madrid still implemented the one-star policy for a year and introduced Beckham, but not only let the double midfielder Makelele and Flavio go in the midfield, even Milito, who was almost signed, was also labeled as a "medical check-up". But pass" and turned away from the Bernabeu.

The firepower in the center and front field overlaps, the center and rear defense become more fragile, and Real Madrid, which focuses on offense and light defense, is becoming more and more sick this season.

Real Madrid's multi-line battles this season can be described as stumbled. They entered the final of the Copa del Rey like walking on thin ice. On February 2th, Real Madrid drew 15-1 with Valencia at home with a highly controversial penalty.

Real Madrid's 7 draws and 4 losses in the league so far are not worth mentioning compared to previous seasons, and the "benefit" from controversial penalties has aroused more criticism.

On March 3th, at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid lost 17-2 to Zaragoza and missed the Copa del Rey again in 3 years. Losing to rival Deportivo in the final two years ago is understandable, but losing to a newly promoted team ranked 11th in the league, and it is difficult to win home and away games in the league, what is the value of Real Madrid today?The triple crown dream was shattered.

After barely beating their old rival Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, which entered the quarter-finals, faced Inter Milan in the quarter-finals. After the draw was announced, Real Madrid surpassed Arsenal in the championship odds and ranked first.
Especially on March 3, when Real Madrid beat Inter Milan 24-4 at home, people believed that Inter Milan's home comeback was only a theoretical possibility.

But in the eyes of Hector Cooper, although most people are not optimistic about Inter Milan, Hector Cooper still has considerable confidence in Inter Milan.

The game on April 4th sutured people's speculation psychology, and Real Madrid even scored an away goal to almost seal the victory, but Hector Cooper still believed that Inter Milan could sink the Galacticos.

In the eyes of Hector Cooper, Momo, the outcast of Real Madrid will prove his worth in this game, although Real Madrid's shot angle and height are exactly the goalkeeper Casilla of Real Madrid. What Sri Lanka is best at.

Therefore, in the hearts of Real Madrid fans, with Casillas, Momo will be magically absent, and Real Madrid will step on the corpse of Inter Milan to succeed.

And Momo is destined to gain nothing in front of Casillas.

Real Madrid's coach Florentino has no doubt that he wants to go one step further. Whether it is falling in front of Arsenal or Chelsea, it is not as shameful as dying in front of Inter Milan, which has not won the Champions League in N years.

Now that Real Madrid has lost the Copa del Rey, it is impossible for him to abandon the Champions League. After all, La Liga is not a good position for Real Madrid.

After 31 rounds of the league, Real Madrid is only 1 point ahead of Valencia. In the remaining 7 games, Valencia has no opponents who are currently ranked in the top 6 in the league, and Real Madrid is still in danger.

The first is against Osasuna, the dark horse of the season, and then the same city derby with Atletico Madrid, and then the battle of the century against the old enemy Barcelona at home. After 35 rounds of away games against the strong rival Deportivo, Real Madrid can still be at the top of the standings what?I am afraid that in the last round against Real Sociedad, they can only wait for Valencia to overturn the gutter on Albacete at home.

It would not be a surprise if Real Madrid had nothing this season. A team lacking offensive and defensive balance will not be able to achieve absolute success even if it has many good offensive players. Perhaps this empty season will let Florentino know the real football.

And now the Champions League is still going on, if they can win the Champions League, then it will definitely be a good thing for Real Madrid, at least they will not get nothing, and the policy that has been criticized at the beginning of the season can Take it easy.

The result of being out of the game is unacceptable to Real Madrid. Now the general manager Valdano is in a very good mood. The Argentine said that Real Madrid couldn't keep his eyes open from laughing. He said brazenly: "We almost Controlled the game, all the players wanted to win the game, the players played well and gave everything they could."

Of course, in midfield, not everyone in Real Madrid was quite satisfied with the result of the game, among them Casillas.

Young goalkeeper Iker Casillas is the most dissatisfied with the team. In his opinion, if Real Madrid continues to perform like that in the second half, it will be a matter of time before they are finally eliminated.

Real Madrid player Iker Casillas knows too well that "laziness" and "lack of physical strength" are big problems. If Real Madrid continues to give Momo such opportunities, Casillas can't guarantee that he can keep the goal firmly. lose.

Reporters in Asia were not idle at this time.

Reporter Huang Yi commented, "Without Beckham, Real Madrid is completely different. In Real Madrid midfielder Beckham is very important, he is the key to offense and defense." Before the game, Monaco coach Didier Deschamps predicted this.Indeed, without Beckham, the power of Real Madrid's midfield would be virtually reduced by half.

Instead of flying to Monte Carlo with Real Madrid because of his fifth yellow card in the first leg, Beckham took a holiday with his wife, Victoria, to a ski resort in the Swiss Alps to ease a rumored marital crisis.

Beckham was replaced by Borja, obviously, because the first-leg victory gave Real Madrid a two-goal advantage, and this time Queiroz decided to give the youth players a chance.

However, as Queiroz himself admits, no one can replace Beckham in Real Madrid's midfield. Not only does Borja not have Beckham's long pass skills, but he can't find his position, just like a bird. Headless flies flying around.The inexperienced Borja only used the movement of the opponent's offensive player as a reference for his own actions in the game. As a defensive midfielder, he not only failed to play the function of organizing and distributing the ball, on the contrary, he was repeatedly surpassed by the opponent in defense.

This is not the first time Borja has played as a defensive midfielder. The game against Inter Milan was his 19th chance to play this season and his ninth appearance in the starting lineup. "I won't feel the pressure, I will behave like in the Copa del Rey game against Valencia." Borja said after learning that he had the opportunity to start.

But it turns out that in such an important game, Queiroz has deviated in arranging the midfielder combination. The best proof is Momo's goal in stoppage time in the first half.When Morientes cleverly ferried the ball to Momo in the penalty area, he had noticed that Momo on the right front of the penalty area was completely unguarded, and this position was precisely the range where the midfielder must be marked.

The Chinese did not waste Morientes' "goodwill" and volleyed the ball with his right foot into the right corner of the net, rewriting the score to 1-1.

There was another incomprehensible decision in Queiroz's formation: he put Bravo on the bench, and Helguera, who had just recovered from his injury, cooperated with Messia.

In fact, the central defender combination of Mejia and Bravo performed well in the last round of the league against Albacete. The two young people showed very mature performance. Queiroz should continue to let them be the main central defender combination. Gera replaced Beckham and Guti to form the midfielder.

Elguera has always been a fixed midfielder in the past. Although he will not pass accurate long passes like Beckham, at least his steals can play a big role in defense. Moreover, Elguera Excellent plug-in awareness may also score for Real Madrid.

This analysis naturally reached Hector Cooper's heart. Hector Cooper made detailed settings for this point, and there was also a new arrangement for Momo's shooting requirements.

(End of this chapter)