On the evening of February 2, Granada Carmenes Stadium.
In the 22nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Granada away.
The game has entered eighty minutes, but the score is still zero to zero.
Gao Shen stood on the sidelines and watched the game on the court.
Real Madrid did not try their best tonight, mainly because the players had just defeated Barcelona in the middle of the week, and after playing this round of league games, they had to rush to the national team to play a national team game in the middle of the week. This caused a situation within the team.
Many international players are under pressure.
Therefore, Gao Shen made a rotation in this game.
With Real Madrid's outstanding performance, two young players, Carvajal and Insco, were selected for the Spanish national team, and Varane also received a call-up from the French national team.
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Next, Spain will face Uruguay, France will face Germany, and Argentina will face Sweden in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The games are very close, because they are held in the middle of the week, and they will return to play league games on the weekend, so the South American national teams will arrange to play warm-up matches in Europe, which gives Gao Shen even more reason to refuse the transfer order from the national team.
Because of this, he made a lot of rotations. As a result, the team encountered Granada's tenacious sniping in the away game.
Now, Gao Shen feels what he felt when Barcelona faced Real Madrid three days ago.
The ball possession rate is as high as 73.7%, and the number of shots has been 21, but only four shots were on target, including many long-range shots.
Not to mention Granada's ball possession rate, they only took two shots and none were on target.
The two sides are not competing on the same level at all.
But Granada had 29 fouls and five yellow cards.
This team put all their efforts into defense and created a defensive formation like a steel barrel.
"Many people say that La Liga advocates technology and offense."
Gao Shen turned around and walked back to the visiting team's coaching bench, showing a wry smile at Carlo, Zidane and others.
"That's because they don't know at all that it's easy for La Liga teams not to set up an iron barrel formation, but once they set up an iron barrel formation, it's really a piece of iron barrels."
Carlo, Zidane and Hierro all nodded.
"Granada is a really tough team and Siqueira performed well," Hierro said.
During the winter break, Real Madrid actually had the opportunity to sign Siqueira, but Gao Shen refused.
Gao Shen has no regrets. He is also a bit of a germaphobe and would rather be a mother-in-law.
Moreover, he didn't think Siqueira could meet his requirements.
Granada has been following the buy-low-sell-high approach in recent years, and the big financier behind it is the Italian Pozzo family.
Speaking of which, Gao Shen knows everyone from the Bozuo family, and they are really powerful.
Udinese in Serie A, Granada in La Liga, as well as the former Premier League and now the English Championship team Watford, these are the properties of the Bozo family. They have been searching for young talents around the world.
A team goes back and forth to practice, and after it performs well, it is sold at a high price.
This business has made them a lot of money, and they can be regarded as an evergreen tree in European football.
Nowadays, Watford is sinking into the English Championship, and the Pozzo family is left with only two top league teams, Granada and Udinese, so Granada is very determined to avoid relegation this season.
Facing Real Madrid at home, they also showed their determination to fight to the end.
Gao Shen has just used up three substitution places.
Now on the court, Morata and Yin Guayin form a double forward, with Kaká lying behind as the No. 10 attacking midfielder.
Gao Shen still hopes to use two forwards to open up the defensive space and create opportunities for his teammates.
But Granada is really a piece of metal.
Not long before Real Madrid, Barcelona drew with Valencia 1-1 in an away game, which gave Real Madrid an excellent opportunity to shorten the gap. Both Gao Shen and the Real Madrid players wanted to win the opponent, but Granada's defense
It's really too strong.
As the head coach of the team, facing such an iron barrel formation, there is not much Gao Shen can do.
Broken iron barrels are a common problem all over the world.
…
When the game reached the 86th minute, Granada tried to pass into the penalty area. After being attacked by Courtois, he held the ball inside the penalty area.
The Belgian goalkeeper picked up the ball and threw it to Ramos, who was unguarded.
Ramos, who wears the captain's armband, will partner with Varane tonight, while Pepe takes a rest.
After the Real Madrid captain stopped the ball, he did not go forward any further. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and made a long pass to the frontcourt.
Morata kept rushing forward, judging where the ball would land.
The Real Madrid center has never been very good at blocking positions, and his physical confrontation ability is not particularly strong. As a result, after he came on as a substitute tonight, he failed to seize the position when he came into physical contact with Granada center defender Lopez several times.
But Morata is also very smart. This time he took the lead and cut into Lopez's side, letting the ball fall directly to the sides of the two. Morata relied on his height, long legs and excellent skills at his feet.
He took the first step and picked the ball up from mid-air.
Lopez also reacted quickly and blocked Morata immediately, preventing the Real Madrid center from turning around.
Morata was well prepared. While taking a step forward to control the ball, he also avoided the midfielder Recio who was trying to grab the ball back. He relied on his skills with his feet to win the ball under the attack of two Granada players.
Sent out.
Kaká came in from behind and without stopping the ball, met Morata's pass and passed directly to the ground.
The ball was accurately passed from the side of another central defender, Mains. Yin Guayin made a diagonal stab from the side, successfully countered the offside, grabbed the ball outside the penalty area, stopped the ball, and took advantage of the situation.
restricted area.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Tonio, Yin Guayin calmly pushed the ball into Granada's goal.
One to zero!
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
!
!
"
"In the 86th minute, Real Madrid finally scored!"
"This is Real Madrid's 22nd shot in this game, and they finally have a key goal!"
"Yin Guayin scored a golden goal!"
The Argentine striker rushed out of the field excitedly and celebrated his goal.
Kaka followed closely behind.
At the critical moment, the Brazilian attacking midfielder's calm pass created an excellent opportunity for Real Madrid.
And Yin Guayin, his reactions and movements are really smart!
He is truly a natural shooter!
…
In the end, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Granada 1-0 with Yin Guain's goal in the away game.
As Barcelona drew with Valencia 1-1 away from home, Real Madrid successfully shortened the score gap to 2 points.
In the 22nd round of La Liga, Barcelona still leads the way, scoring 61 points, while Real Madrid is closely followed with 59 points, and Atletico Madrid, which ranks third, only has 50 points.
Although there is still more than half of the La Liga season left, it can be basically concluded that the championship will be born between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Now, Barcelona's biggest suspense is head coach Vilanova.
Vilanova, who is currently hospitalized for his second surgery, seems to have become Barcelona's spiritual totem.
Perhaps in some strong dialogue games, Barcelona will expose problems, but when playing against other teams, Barcelona plays more actively and scores points more efficiently.
Using the data given by Alfredo, editor-in-chief of Aspen, Real Madrid's 59 points is already the highest score achieved by Real Madrid in the first 22 rounds in the past ten years.
In previous seasons, except for Barcelona in the 2010/11 season, in the remaining seasons, Real Madrid has been able to lead in this point, or even lead by a long way.
But what's especially important is that Barcelona also led the way with 61 points in the 2010/11 season.
In the end, Guardiola's team won the championship with 96 points, the highest score in La Liga history that season.
According to the current situation, Vilanova's team is likely to repeat the feat of Guardiola.
For Real Madrid, they must score at least 37 points in the next 16 league rounds to have a chance to reverse the situation.
This is undoubtedly a considerable challenge for Real Madrid, which is distracted by the Champions League and Copa del Rey and does not have a particularly strong bench.
But Alfredo also said that no matter what, under the guidance of Gao Shen this season, Real Madrid's mental outlook and tactical play have taken on a completely new look, and people have seen surprising changes.
"We all believe that even if we fail to win the championship this season, Real Madrid's revival is just around the corner!"
…
After the 22nd round of La Liga, the league was suspended again.
The national football team has reported to the national team training camp, but this time neither Gao Shen nor the coaching staff took a vacation. Everyone is closely following the international football team's every move, and is also discussing the training of the national football team after their return.
After returning, Real Madrid will face Sevilla at home in the 23rd round of La Liga at the weekend, followed by the first leg of the Champions League knockout round of 16 against Manchester United in midweek, also at home.
But this is definitely a tough battle!
Fortunately, none of Real Madrid's international players suffered any regrettable injuries this time, but the players were under great pressure in the game.
Argentina defeated Sweden 3-2 in Gothenburg, with Yin Guain scoring and Di Maria performing well.
Germany reversed France 2-1, and Toni Kroos also played the entire game.
Spain also defeated Uruguay 3-1, but many players also played the entire game.
Of course, this is not a problem that a Real Madrid team will encounter.
This is basically the case for any wealthy team.
But in the future, Real Madrid's schedule will be even more stressful.
But no players were injured, which is great news for Gao Shen and Real Madrid.
The next game against Sevilla is not the most important game for Real Madrid.
At the Bernabeu Stadium, Gao Shen is confident enough to defeat his opponent.
The real challenge is next Wednesday's home game against Manchester United, and Ferguson is the most formidable opponent.
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His understanding of tactics is so strong that he can always turn the seemingly inferior cards in his hand into a flower.
This is Ferguson's strongest point.
What Gao Shen can conclude is that he will definitely score away goals at the Bernabeu.
As long as they score an away goal, Manchester United will have the advantage and may even simply shrink back and engage in defensive counterattacks.
For Real Madrid, this is the scene they least want to see.
Whether it's one to zero or one to one, Manchester United has made money.
In addition, Real Madrid also has less good news, that is, Marcelo's recovery time has been extended.
Although the Brazilian has participated in the team's training, if he wants to participate in competitions, especially in high-intensity competitions such as the Champions League, his competitive state is far from up to standard.
