As usual, the last round of La Liga kicks off at the same time.
When Gao Shen got the Barcelona starting lineup, he was ready to return to the locker room.
The player has finished his pre-match warm-up training and he has to go back to prepare for the next game.
Real Madrid has arranged for a scout to go to Athletic Bilbao's San Mamés Stadium to observe the scores and progress of the two teams at any time, so Gao Shen can quickly get information there.
Seville is in the south of Spain, Bilbao is in the north, and Madrid is in the middle. The distance is quite far.
The goalkeeper Valdes, the defense is Van Bronckhorst, Marcos, Puyol and Belletti, the midfielder is Thiago Motta, the front is Deco and Van Bommel, and the trident is Ronaldo.
Nardinho, Eto'o and Giuly.
Judging from the starting lineup, Barcelona did not try their best, but their strength is also very strong.
Rijkaard must let Giuly and Belletti open up the right wing, while Ronaldinho and Van Bronckhorst are on the left. This kind of attack that uses both wings will make many opponents
Have a headache.
In addition, on the bench, Xavi, Iniesta and Larsson are all there.
The adjustment in the midfield is relatively large, with only Deco starting as the main player, and Thiago Motta replacing Edmilson in the defensive midfielder position. This is obviously targeted, and we want to leave some strength.
What to say about Rijkaard's starting lineup?
It's mediocre and mediocre. It neither tries its best nor spares too much effort.
It can be seen from this lineup that his mentality is actually quite contradictory. He wants to win but is unwilling to try his best.
When Gao Shen saw this list, he felt unsure.
Since Rijkaard can discharge it, it proves that he is confident in it.
As an opponent, Gao Shen's interference and influence are limited. The key is to see whether Athletic Bilbao is really as they say, they will give their best in the game, and if they give their best, how much trouble they can cause to Barcelona
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Fortunately, Athletic Bilbao's high center forward Llorente started.
Barcelona's defensive players are not very tall. Llorente, who is nearly two meters tall, has great advantages in physical confrontation and high ball competition. As long as he gets up, he will definitely become an important weapon to suppress Barcelona.
Thinking of this, Gao Shen also felt puzzled.
This feeling of resignation made him very uncomfortable.
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Real Madrid has installed scouts at the San Mames Stadium, and Barcelona has also arranged its own people at the Pizjuan Stadium.
When Gao Shen got the Barcelona starting lineup, Rijkaard did the same.
But the difference is that Real Madrid's starting lineup is very strange.
The goalkeeper is Casillas, which is no surprise, and the central defenders are Helguera and Ramos, which is no problem, but there are actually three full-backs on the field, namely Arbeloa, Felipe and Cicinho.
Plus Beckham, Baptista, Guti, Pablo Garcia and Ronaldo.
Gao Shen must have saved his energy, but this lineup looks strange.
Rijkaard handed the list to Tencart. The Barcelona assistant coach was still angry about the starting lineup and did not say anything. He took it directly and took a look at it. He also felt very strange. Then he looked at Rijkaard.
Germany, there is clearly one sentence written on the face of Black Swan.
Look, let me tell you, Real Madrid gave up on this game!
Raul and Zidane did not play, nor did Graveson and De La Rede, Gao Shen's favorite defensive midfielders.
Judging from this formation, it is very likely that Beckham will play as a midfielder and Cicinho will play as a right winger. This has been tried in previous Real Madrid lineups.
However, in this case, can Felipe stop Alves and Navas on the right side of Sevilla?
From this point of view, Gao Shen did strategically abandon this game.
This is a wise and courageous choice.
"You still overestimate him!" Rijkaard said lightly.
Tenkat remained silent.
Really overestimated?
Judging from the arrangement of the starting lineup, this is indeed the case.
The sophisticated formations seem to lack ambition, and are more like compromises and strategic concessions.
This disappointed Tenkat.
After all, he is just a twenty-five-year-old rookie!
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Following the referee's whistle, Sevilla took the lead in taking advantage of the home court and launched a fierce attack on Real Madrid.
As the game started, everyone realized that Real Madrid's formation was strange.
The goalkeeper is Casillas. On the defense line, Felipe, who was originally regarded as the left back, was standing on the edge of the center line at the kick-off, but Arbeloa appeared on the left and Cicinho appeared.
On the right, Helguera and Ramos partner as central defenders.
The double defensive midfielder is Pablo Garcia and Guti, with Baptista in front, Beckham still plays as his right winger, and the lone forward is Ronaldo.
After the opening, Real Madrid took the initiative to seek stability and retreated into their own half, which further boosted Sevilla's arrogance.
Playing at home and aiming to qualify for the Champions League, it is impossible for Sevilla to stay in this game.
When Juande Ramos saw Real Madrid's starting lineup, he also thought that Real Madrid was strategically giving up this game. He further encouraged the team to use the advantage of home court to launch a fierce attack on Real Madrid.
He wants to kill Real Madrid in one fell swoop!
But Real Madrid clearly targeted Sevilla's right wing tonight.
Felipe pressed forward and directly held up Alves, while Arbeloa sat in the back line and was responsible for guarding Navas. The two of them worked in tandem and blocked Sevilla's most important source of offense.
This led to Sevilla trying to play on the right several times after the opening, but failed to threaten. It was not until the fourth minute that Maresca in the center sent a direct pass, and Fabiano stepped in to try.
Breakthrough Cicinho, but Ramos, who quickly returned to defense, intercepted the ball and failed to make a shot.
After Real Madrid got the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack.
Guti took the ball across the center line and quickly passed it to Beckham on the right.
After the English got the ball, they passed it across to Baptista, but Sevilla's defense was very fast. Baptista passed it back to Guti to reorganize.
After several reverses, Guti passed the ball to Cicinho who came up from the right.
The Brazilian right back is competing with Alves. Both want to compete for their position in the Brazilian national team. They decisively dribble the ball inside and try to break through Sevilla's defense.
Cicinho's dribbling attracted the defensive attention, but he returned to the right wing in time and handed it to Beckham.
The Englishman paused, glanced at the penalty area, and passed directly.
This kick was a bit urgent, and I wanted to go to Ronaldo, but unexpectedly, Sevilla goalkeeper Palop made a decisive attack and hit the ball directly.
Although he failed to pick off the ball, he still hit it some distance.
The ball did not fly far. Guti intercepted the ball first, passed the defensive player, and passed the ball to Baptista at the top of the penalty area.
Without thinking, the Brazilian midfielder stopped and fired furiously.
Baptista is very familiar with Sevilla. This shot was fast and hard, and went directly into Sevilla's goal, opening the scoring for Real Madrid, one to zero!
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Gao Shen saw on the sidelines that the team's first counterattack resulted in a goal, and he let out a heavy sigh.
"Great job!" Gao Shen shouted loudly.
The Real Madrid coaching staff and bench players behind him also stood up and cheered for Baptista's goal.
In this game, the reason why Gao Shen dragged Guti back and let Baptista play as an attacking midfielder was to get him to participate more in the offense.
Taking the lead in five minutes, Real Madrid had a good start!
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Bilbao, San Mames Stadium.
After the game started, Athletic Bilbao suppressed Barcelona on the scene through active frontcourt pressing.
Especially Llorente in front, who performed very actively, and Barcelona's midfielder did not have an advantage.
This gave the visiting team a very passive start.
In the fifth minute, the ball was passed to the feet of center Llorente, who caught the ball with his back, turned around and sent a wonderful pass.
Illaura, who was on the right rib, quickly penetrated into the penalty area and passed through the ribs of Van Bronckhorst and Marcos. After receiving the ball, he shot furiously and scored the second shot of the game.
Yes, both shots came from Athletic Bilbao.
Both times it was confiscated by Valdes.
Although Valdez is usually very unreliable, at the critical moment tonight, he did not miss the mark.
After the Barcelona goalkeeper grabbed it from the ground, he roared loudly and signaled to the teammates in front to pay attention and not worry about gains and losses and pierce the opponent's ribs.
Rijkaard also rushed to the sidelines very nervously and shouted angrily at the players' mistakes.
Everyone can see that Barcelona came into the competition tonight with heavy pressure and burden.
When he turned around and walked back, he saw the assistant in the coaching bench waving to him. He knew that there must be news from Sevilla, so he immediately took three steps at a time and stepped forward to meet him.
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"What's wrong?" Rijkaard asked with concern.
"Real Madrid scored."
The noise at the scene was too loud. Although Rijkaard was very close, he didn't listen very carefully, but he vaguely heard it was Real Madrid, which made his heart sink. He took another step forward, "You said
What?"
"Real Madrid scored!" the assistant responsible for tracking the movements of Sevilla's game shouted at the top of his voice.
Rijkaard couldn't stop his hands from shaking, and his whole body clenched his teeth.
It’s only been five minutes and Real Madrid has scored?
Damn it!
Black Swan cursed angrily and lost his mind for a moment.
Looking at Tenkat again, the latter was still angry.
Suddenly, Rijkaard panicked.
That damn Chinese is trying to push himself into a desperate situation!
Must score!
Barcelona must score tonight!
No matter what, we must win tonight!
As long as they win, the championship belongs to Barcelona!
No matter how many goals Real Madrid scores in Seville, it will be of no use!
Thinking of this, Rijkaard took a deep breath, turned around and walked to the command area, shouting to the players on the court, indicating that they should press forward, withstand the pressure of Athletic Bilbao, and not let the opponent go.
