When Real Madrid beat Barcelona 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Barcelona's mouthpiece Daily Sports published a comment immediately after the game, defining this fiasco.
This Barcelona mouthpiece believes that the disastrous defeat at the Bernabeu has doomed Barcelona to be difficult to reverse at the Nou Camp.
"We can't believe that such a Barcelona team can score more than four goals against Real Madrid at Camp Nou. This is an almost impossible task."
Catalan media believe that Barcelona's defeat is not only due to the team's tactical failure.
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Head coach Vilanova was absent and assistant coach Lula led the team. The tactics he formulated were completely restrained by Gao Shen.
"Facts have proved that Lula is not good enough to assume the position of Barcelona coach. In front of Gao Shen, he has no chance of winning. Even Barcelona was completely led by Real Madrid throughout the game."
Daily Sports analyzed that in this crucial matchup, Barcelona continued to control the ball.
The ball possession rate as high as 66.6% is enough to prove Barcelona's advantage in passing and controlling the ball. However, in terms of the number of shots, Real Madrid took as many as fifteen times, while Barcelona only had five shots.
"This is the fewest shots Barça has had this season."
What is even more unacceptable is that Real Madrid threatened Barcelona's goal seven times, but Barcelona shot Real Madrid's goal zero times. In other words, strictly speaking, Barcelona did not even threaten Casillas.
's goal.
What a despairing gap!
Daily Sports believes that Barcelona's performance in this game, except for its advantage in passing and controlling the ball, was a defeat in almost all aspects.
The number of successful one-on-one confrontations is as high as 27 times for Real Madrid, but what about Barcelona?
Sorry, only eleven times.
Barcelona only had five fouls, but Real Madrid had nineteen.
For corner kicks, Real Madrid had seven and Barcelona only had two.
Data cannot represent everything, but it can reflect some situations on the court more objectively.
Daily Sports believes that this series of data not only reflects that Barcelona lost to Real Madrid on the technical and tactical level, but also on the mental level of the players.
Otherwise, how to explain the disparity in one-on-one confrontations and the number of fouls?
"Our players no longer actively participate in counterattacks after losing the ball as they did in the past. They rely more on their teammates around them to counterattack."
Daily Sports pointed out that Messi once again had zero goals in this game.
This isn't the first time.
Against advanced teams, his scoring efficiency is always very low. This is not an accident.
The Daily Sports newspaper intercepted a scene from the game. When the surrounding Real Madrid players were stealing the ball and counterattacking, they were all sprinting forward, but Messi was walking back slowly, and then issued a soul torture.
"Messi, have you really tried your best?"
Obviously, the Catalan media believe that a very important reason why Barcelona lost to Real Madrid in this key focus game was that the attacking players in the frontcourt, especially Messi, did not try their best.
Trailing 0-4, Lula made continuous substitutions, but there was still not much improvement on the scene.
Messi, as the team's core player, played the entire game, but did little to achieve anything. Instead, it made Real Madrid's French central defender Raphael Varane famous.
This made all Barcelona media feel very embarrassed.
You know, in the past few years, it was Barcelona's young players who performed well against Real Madrid. When did it become Real Madrid's players' turn to stand out?
But this season, there are really endless young players in the Real Madrid team.
Needless to say, Carvajal's call for being selected for the Spanish national team is getting louder and louder, and Del Bosque has made it clear that he will consider calling him up.
Previously, young players such as Jesé, Morata, Casemiro, and Insko also appeared one after another and all performed well.
In tonight's game, Varane took the lead. When facing Messi and Aguero, he actually performed at the level of a top central defender.
Real Madrid's assistant coach and former captain Hierro publicly expressed his appreciation for Varane in an interview with the media after the game.
"This little guy plays very well and is very mature, which proves that he has very good conditions, including physical aspects, including technical aspects. The key is that the decisions he makes on the court will give people a sense of security and make people feel
He is a trustworthy player, which is very important for a central defender."
Hierro also analyzed Varane's characteristics, "He is very fast. When facing Aguero twice, he used his speed and explosive power to overtake when he was lagging behind. This proves his excellence."
"He has the speed and explosive power of a sprinter and the physique of a track and field athlete. If you didn't look at his ID card, you would suspect that he is already a very mature player in his prime."
"But in fact, he is only nineteen years old."
Hierro feels that what he likes most about Varane is his composure and concentration on the court.
"This is a quality that a top central defender must possess."
The best central defender in the history of Real Madrid and former captain Sanchis also told the media after the game, "Varane has all the conditions that a top central defender must have. Although he is tall, he is very skilled with his feet and very fast.
His speed, especially the two chases during the game, left a deep impression on me."
Sanchis believes that Varane's prospects are worth looking forward to further.
"He is very lucky because he has a very good manager at Real Madrid."
"Gao Shen is the best head coach in the world at discovering and developing young players. Look at Carvajal, his performance this season is better than ever, and look at Varane, we have absolutely reason to believe that after this,
After training in every game, the French central defender will usher in his own period of rapid growth."
If it were just a Real Madrid star who said this, it could be said to be a business blowback.
In this derby of the century, Deschamps, the head coach of the French national team, was also watching the live broadcast of the game.
After the game, Deschamps was interviewed by French newspaper L'Equipe and expressed satisfaction with Varane's performance.
"More than one person has recommended Varane to me. Many people have said that he is the best central defender in France after Blanco. After watching this century derby, I feel that he does have such potential.
His abilities also meet the requirements of the national team.”
Deschamps said he would seriously consider calling up Varane for the national team.
Real Madrid head coach Gao Shen also praised Varane by name at the post-match press conference, saying that his team was the number one contributor to the victory over Barcelona at the Bernabeu.
"In the dressing room after the game, I told Varane, you played really well in this game!"
Gao Shen believes that Varane has the potential to become a top central defender, but the premise is that he must have higher requirements for himself, cannot be satisfied with the status quo, and must remain hungry.
"I believe that in the next few years, when we evaluate world-class central defenders, Varane will definitely be one of them."
This is definitely the highest praise given by Gao Shen.
As for Real Madrid's central defenders, Gao Shen did not favor one over the other. He also used Varane to beat Ramos and Pepe.
"If they don't foul often and don't get cards often, then they are top-notch central defenders."
Later, Gao Shen laughed and said, "Our Real Madrid will have three top central defenders in the world. This will be a very wonderful thing for me."
Varane also accepted an interview with Marca after the game.
Varane expressed his gratitude for the praise from the head coach and promised that he would continue to work hard.
"I feel very good about this game and very satisfied."
"It was definitely very difficult against Barcelona, but the team played very well. This was the best game I've played since I joined Real Madrid. I hope it can continue."
Varane also revealed that he received congratulations from head coach Gao Shen and his teammates after the game, and what inspired him to perform well in this game was the encouragement and affirmation from head coach Gao Shen before the game.
"When he told me that Real Madrid needed me to start against Barcelona and he believed that I could do a good job, I felt that my moment has finally arrived! I have no reason to miss such an opportunity. This is an opportunity for all professional players in the world.
The opportunity we all dream of!”
Varane said that he still needs some time to adapt to this change, but he will definitely continue to work hard.
AS also reported extensively on Varane after the game.
As the second youngest foreign player in the history of the Spanish Derby of the Century, the only player ahead of Varane is Messi.
The two of them have a central defender and a winger, so there is no comparison between them, but Aspen reported very highly on the Real Madrid coached by Gao Shen.
"At the beginning of the season, Gao Shen asserted that the current Real Madrid team will be a team with great potential."
"At that time, everyone scoffed at this statement, because in everyone's impression, the competition for the La Liga championship should start from the beginning of the season. Super teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona do not accept the so-called stamina."
"There are even some extreme people who are asserting and hyping up Gao Shen's dismissal when Real Madrid's performance is not satisfactory."
"But now, when we look back, we have to admit how accurate and forward-looking the profound judgment was."
"According to intelligence from within Real Madrid, if Marcelo had not been injured, Real Madrid would have improved faster."
"But now, Real Madrid has emerged one after another outstanding young players like Carvajal and Varane, and even if players such as Jese, Morata, Casemiro, Insco and others appear to shine in the future, it will not matter.
It will be surprising.”
"Because this group of young players have shown outstanding potential this season."
Alfredo, editor-in-chief of Aspen newspaper, said that this Real Madrid team is full of energy and hope.
"In fact, so far, Real Madrid still maintains pressure on Barcelona in La Liga, and almost knocked Barcelona out of the Copa del Rey early. In the Champions League, Real Madrid has also broken through the barriers that Real Madrid has struggled to break through in the past few years.
Entered the knockout rounds.”
"In half a year, Gao Shen has proven his worth!"
"He once again convinced everyone that he is still the world's top coach and the most suitable coach for Real Madrid!"
