Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

Ricardo has been eating Barcelona's big melon for several days! It's really unbelievable. The King's Cup and the league staged a shocking reversal within 3 days, and the victims turned out to be Barcelona, ​​which was still in its heyday last season.

Barcelona did vent their anger at Betis for being shot at by Getafe more than 20 times in the King's Cup away game, but their shooting accuracy was even poorer than Getafe's, and there was only one goal in the first five minutes of the game, and it was a penalty...

Betis stole Barcelona's originally cooked duck with less than 40% ball possession and only four shots away from home.

After the game, the media unanimously believed that the chaos in Barcelona started with the locker room change. The open and covert fights between Eto'o and Ronaldinho, and the negative rumors that Deco was setting up his own camp were probably not groundless. In the transfer market, Ronaldinho, Eto'o, and Deco were also linked to other teams one after another, which was probably not a coincidence.

Too many privileges enjoyed by big-name players have brought difficulties to the overall management of the team. Two months ago, Motta also missed training for a week without reason, and Ronaldinho also insisted on training alone indoors for a period of time...

The media even revealed that one-third of Barcelona's training sessions throughout the season were not completed! In this way, it is not difficult to understand why Barcelona's lineup seems to be stronger than last season, but its combat effectiveness is not as good as last season. In the first half of this season, they just couldn't beat the strong teams. Now in the final stage of the league, it is even difficult to beat the mid-table teams.

As a result, Barcelona lost the game in the last minute of the league and was tied 1-1 by Real Betis at home. In this way, Real Madrid, which had already won the first game, tied the league points. Although the goal difference was at a disadvantage, Real Madrid took the lead because of the advantage in the win-loss relationship with Barcelona.

On the day before the match between Barcelona and Betis, at 2007:5 on the evening of May 12, 20, Real Madrid's home game against Espanyol and Sevilla's home game against Recreativo started at the same time in the league, because next week, Espanyol and Sevilla will compete for the UEFA Cup trophy this season.

Therefore, both Espanyol and Sevilla made some reservations about the starting lineups. However, in the two games, Real Madrid almost overturned at home, but this also made Barcelona's overturn a day later a bigger surprise for Real Madrid...

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Roberto Carlos returned from injury, Beckham and Robinho were both absent due to suspension, and facing the Espanyol team, which played almost entirely with substitutes in preparation for the UEFA Cup final next week, Real Madrid still sent out the most luxurious full-main lineup.

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Casillas;

The back four is No. 11 Cicinho, No. 4 Ramos, No. 5 Cannavaro, and No. 3 Roberto Carlos;

The midfield combination is No. 8 Emerson, No. 6 Diarra, No. 20 Higuain and No. 14 Guti;

The two forwards are No. 7 Raul and No. 10 Van Nistelrooy;

Also sitting on the bench were a number of well-known stars including Salgado, Elguera, Reyes, Gago and M. Torres.

It was like a lion fighting a rabbit with all its might. Fortunately, Real Madrid coach Capello was cautious, because after the opening, the Spanish team, which mainly played as substitutes, was not as timid as it was against Sevilla last weekend. Instead, they broke out with extraordinary fighting power in the Bernabeu, known as the football festival, and almost dethroned the home team Real Madrid.

To everyone's surprise, the Spaniard took the lead in the 15th minute of the first half. Rufete and Honatas played a wall pass and broke into the penalty area from the right side and made a cross, shaking off Pandiani who was being guarded by Cannavaro, and easily shot into the goal with no one guarding him at 8 yards in front of the goal!

What was even more unexpected was that it was not Real Madrid who fought back and quickly equalized the score, but the Spaniards who expanded their lead in the 26th minute of the first half; Rufete broke through on the right and made a cross, and it was Pandiani who volleyed the ball into the far corner from 5 yards away! The Uruguayan rifler scored twice, leading the Spaniards' second-tier team, who were playing away, to a 2-0 lead over Real Madrid, which was in extremely hot form recently...

Fortunately, Real Madrid equalized in the 30th minute of the first half. Raul made a cross from the left, Roberto Carlos headed the ball in front of the goal, and the king of the small penalty area, Van Nistelrooy, showed his power and shot the ball into the goal from 6 yards in front of the goal!

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his 21st league goal of the season, helping Real Madrid close the gap and retaining a crucial chance for Real Madrid's final comeback. Why? Because it is unbelievable that it was not Real Madrid that made a comeback after opening the scoring account, but the Spaniards who once again established a two-goal lead in the 34th minute!

Moha's first pass from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Cannavaro. The former received the rebound and passed it to Pandiani. The Uruguayan striker calmly shot a left-footed arc ball from 14 yards in front of the goal, bypassing the defender and the goalkeeper's save, hitting the left post of the goal and bouncing into the net!

The Uruguayan rifler was in great form in the first half of the game, scoring three of his seven goals this season in less than 35 minutes; not just any star can perform a hat trick at the Bernabéu, it is enough to brag about for a lifetime...

In the first half, Real Madrid went into the halftime break with a score of 1-3, two goals behind. This was something no one had expected. Many radical fans even started to curse. Would the hope they had just won last weekend be ruined again in a week? Or would they face a mid-table substitute team?

However, Capello obviously did not admit defeat. At the beginning of the second half, he replaced Guti and Cicinho, who were in poor form one moment and in poor form the next, with Reyes and Elguera respectively.

So just 4 minutes into the second half, in the 49th minute of the game, Real Madrid narrowed the score gap again; Roberto Carlos made a cross from the left, Dutch striker Van Nistelrooy prevented the Uruguayan striker from getting in front, and made an acrobatic pass to the far post. Raul stopped the ball with his chest, broke away from the defense, broke through to 7 yards in front of the goal, and shot into the near corner!

Raul also scored his sixth league goal of the season, helping Real Madrid to close the gap to 6-2. This quick goal in the second half also gave the entire Real Madrid team a boost, because they saw the hope of overtaking, after all, they only needed one goal to equalize, and after equalizing, they only needed one more goal to overtake, which didn't sound that difficult, after all, there were still 3 minutes left in the game!

This also shows how crucial Van Nistelrooy's goal in the first half was. Otherwise, they would have been three goals behind at the start of the second half... not everyone is as lucky as Liverpool (this joke seems to be unacceptable... sorry to the Rossoneri.)

So in the subsequent games, Real Madrid launched a wave of attacks that seemed to swallow up the world!

In the 50th minute, Roberto Carlos made a long pass, Raul took the ball off with his heel and continued to move forward, but his shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area missed the near corner.

In the 53rd minute, Ramos made a counterattack and passed the ball to the right. Higuain made a cross pass and Reyes shot a left-footed arc ball from 20 yards, which was slightly off the left post...

However, Real Madrid, with high morale, finally equalized the score in the 57th minute. Although this goal was a bit lucky, who can deny that it was Real Madrid's powerful offensive that put enormous pressure on the Espanyol defense, causing them to make mistakes in a hurry?

Espanyol goalkeeper Kameni collided with his teammate Balasco when he went out to attack, and the ball was cleared not far away. Reyes, who happened to arrive, accepted the gift at the edge of the penalty area and pushed the ball into the empty goal, making the score 3 to 3!

Real Madrid then became more aggressive, pressing and attacking more fiercely; at the same time, in order to prepare for the UEFA Cup final, the Spaniard also replaced Pandiani, who had warmed up too much in this game after scoring a hat trick...

However, the Spaniards did not give up. Although they replaced the only main player in the attacking line, they also gradually replaced the defensive players and adopted a more pragmatic, intensive and defensive style of play. It was a pleasant surprise that they could grab a point at the Bernabeu.

So Real Madrid faced a 8-man dense defense that was even more abnormal than the previous 10-man dense defense... So the excited Real Madrid had no good solution for a while, and it seemed that the game was at a stalemate. Real Madrid might also lose points unexpectedly in this round of the league!

But when the game finally came to the final moment of every game, the goddess of luck favored the home team in white again. In the 89th minute of the game, Real Madrid finally overtook the score!

After Higuain and Reyes played a wall pass, they broke into the right side of the penalty area. Another shot, but this time it was the Argentine's little smoker! Higuain was 8 yards in front of the goal, facing the interception of the defensive player, and decisively took a low shot. The ball shot through the crotch of the defender and just passed the goalkeeper's fingers, and hit the far corner of the goal and went into the net!

This was Higuain's first goal in two months, helping Real Madrid to reverse the game at the last minute! The entire Real Madrid team celebrated like crazy; it was as if every game was a championship final, and the celebration was almost as crazy as the championship celebration. Before the game was over, even Casillas rushed to the front court to celebrate the goal, and the players on the bench also rushed into the court. Higuain was also given a yellow card for his exhibitionist celebration...

In the end, Real Madrid won four consecutive games, while Espanyol suffered four consecutive away defeats.

Although Sevilla can be said to have reaped the benefits, after all, the confidence of facing Getafe in the King's Cup final is definitely much higher than facing Barcelona, ​​and it also allowed Sevilla to rekindle hopes of winning the league title, from a difference of 4 points to just points, but the one who would really wake up with a smile in his dream is Real Madrid.

If this isn't divine help, what is it? Having just beaten their title rival Sevilla last weekend, Barcelona lost the game this weekend. Ricardo couldn't help but complain: Is this the team of the chosen ones blessed by metaphysics?

So compared to Real Madrid's miraculous reversal in the standings, Sevilla's performance in this round of the league seems mediocre.

At the same time as the match with Real Madrid, Sevilla faced the challenge of Recreativo at home. The only time Sevilla lost to Recreativo in the league history was in February 1979.

Therefore, with the comprehensive psychological advantage, Juan Ramos also arranged a starting lineup mainly composed of substitutes in preparation for the UEFA Cup final next week. Compared with the King's Cup in the middle of the week, another 6 positions were rotated.

The goalkeeper position returns to No. 1 goalkeeper Palop;

The back line is No. 24 Hinkle, No. 20 Osio, No. 14 Escude and No. 5 Duda;

The midfield quartet is No. 15 Navas who has returned from injury, No. 18 Martí, No. 7 Li Qi and No. 25 Maresca;

The two forwards are No. 10 Fabiano and No. 9 Korzakov;

Paulson, Puerta and Kanoute continued to sit on the bench, and Alfaro, Navarro and Renato were also on the bench...

In this game, Sevilla's tactic was to control and seek stability, relying on technology and strength to crush the game.

Sevilla also successfully took the lead in the 13th minute of the game. As the midfield commander of this game, Li Qi did not just shrink the half court and pass the ball rigidly. Taking advantage of the high morale and physical strength in the first half, he also commanded the players to press forward and grab the ball.

So at the signal of Li Qi's shout, Navas, who had started a scramble across the field, successfully intercepted the opponent's defender's clearance at the edge of the penalty area, and the ball bounced to the far end of the goal. Fabiano, who was not offside, turned around and headed the ball, and Maresca followed up with a side volley from 15 yards in the middle of the penalty area and hit the lower left corner of the goal!

The Italian star has scored in two consecutive league rounds.

Afterwards, Li Qi led Sevilla back and began to honestly save energy in controlling and counterattacking, which also gave the lagging Villarreal space to launch a counterattack...

So until the end of the first half, neither team changed the score.

After the start of the second half, Sevilla continued to carefully control the situation. Anyway, they were leading in the score and the opponent's attack did not pose much threat.

So around the 60th minute of the game, Maresca was replaced by Alfaro.

The game continued into a dull stalemate phase. Although it was a stalemate, in reality Sevilla controlled the ball more and launched flexibly counterattacks, while Recreativo, who was unable to pass through the midfield, used more long shots and long passes to threaten the home team's goal.

Until the 75th minute of the game, Li Qi, who had been passing the ball horizontally and back, suddenly made a feint and turned around, and then sent a precise pass to Fabiano who understood the situation. The latter took the ball, passed the defender, and then rushed into the penalty area in two steps...

Just as Fabiano was about to cut inside and shoot, he was tripped by Recreativo defender Vazquez in the penalty area, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.

The Brazilian striker then took the penalty kick himself and scored his ninth league goal of the season, helping Sevilla lead their opponents 9-2 at home.

As soon as Juan Ramos saw that the victory was decided, he used up his last two substitutions and replaced Fabiano and Li Qi with Kanoute and Renato in the 77th minute of the game.

In the end, Recreativo pulled one back in the 89th minute, but it was only a face-saving goal. This time it was Escudé who was sentenced to death for fouling Recreativo striker Uche in the penalty area. Vazquez, who had given the penalty, scored the goal and the score was 1-2.

But the game was over soon after, Sevilla won three consecutive home games with a score of 2-1, and ranked third with a difference of two points behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​which were tied for the top. Recreativo suffered a series of away defeats, but after the loss, the newly promoted Recreativo still maintained its points in the ninth place in the league, not to mention that it is not worried about relegation, and even has a chance to impact the European battlefield next season...

However, when it comes to the European battlefield, after this round of games, Sevilla has no time to spare. All players, all their strength, energy and time are preparing for the 4/06 UEFA Cup final which will kick off in 07 days!

Even the scumbag Li has started to abstain from sex these days in order to get into shape!

After all, this is the first time that the future UEFA Cup champion defends his title, so he has to lie back and win the championship comfortably...