Chapter 108 Absolute strength
Petersburg Zenit, a team that was still unknown a year ago, was generous last year. It beat the Bundesliga class bullies to become the League Cup champion. Although it lost to Real Madrid in the Super Cup, many people believe that if Real Madrid did not have Gago, the strength of the two teams would be equal.
Arshavin, the team's top star, has not yet made it this year. No team is interested in the price of 20 million pounds, even if Abu, who really wants to bring him to his team.
After Real Madrid came to Russia this time, it was actually welcomed by many local fans. Three months ago, Real Madrid defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final in Moscow to win the cup, which made the country more crowded by white troops. Of course, more people came for Gago. Most fans watched the football to watch the stars. In the Champions League final, Gago, who scored twice in the Champions League final, was naturally the main target they chased.
Gago signed for dozens of fans before leaving at the prompt from the assistant coach. This game is not easy to play and you must prepare in advance.
The H group where Real Madrid is located is called the second death group. Juventus and Zenit remained stalemate until the last five minutes when they met in the first round, and Piero took advantage of the opportunity of a free kick to score a world wave and scored a victory. From this, we can imagine how close the strength of the two teams is.
Of course, many media believe that this death group is just about Juventus and Zenit, and Real Madrid has the advantage in this group, while Borisol is just a so-called player. After six rounds of play, he went back to his hometown to get married.
Juventus and Zenit set their goals clearly from the beginning. They competed for the second qualifying team in the group. This situation has both advantages and disadvantages for Real Madrid. The advantage is that the opponent will not try his best when facing them, but will definitely defend himself to get a point.
St. Petersburg Zenit's biggest advantage at home weather. I'm used to the warm weather in Spain. Real Madrid's stars suddenly came to the icy and snowy Russia. If you don't adapt, it would be great if your usual strength could be halfway.
The Real Madrid stars opened their luggage bags and put on thick coats as soon as they walked out of the cabin.
It's so fucking cold.
This situation also made the reporter interviewed on the spot smile. Real Madrid's performance is great news for the home team.
When adapting to the field, Real Madrid players trembled and practiced, and waited until their physical activities started to perform smooth cooperation.
Seeing the players like this, Shuster frowned, but he had no good idea. He had tried to arrange for the team to come early, but there was only three days between this game and Betis's game. There was little time left for Gago and others to adapt to the field.
Before the game, Schuster announced his starting lineup. Gago, who had been a substitute for two consecutive games, finally started. If you remember correctly, this is the first time Gago has made his debut this season.
Two consecutive games, one pass and one shot, made Schuster and the outside media think that Gago has returned to his peak. If he doesn't let him play, fans will probably start to scold him.
This is the second time the two teams have met this year. In the European Super Cup, Real Madrid stars knew that their opponent's strength should not be underestimated, so they carefully stabilized their defense from the beginning. In this game, Gago and Diyala partnered with two midfielders, and this pair became the first time that they played together this season and could not see any strangeness.
The tacit understanding between the two has reached a very good level, even though Gago has not partnered with Diarra for nearly four months. It is like the combination of Pirlo and Gattuso of AC Milan. One organizes an offense and one sweep and interception, which can be regarded as a perfect combination of offense and defense.
With a look, Diyala clearly met Al Shavin who dribbled the ball. Although it was difficult for him to cut Al Shavin's ball alone, as long as he kept pushing him, Al Shavin would always make mistakes.
Gago took advantage of the opponent's mistake and made a precise interception of the ball. The clean and neat foot stretching was a defensive action. However, the fans looked particularly elegant. There was no way it was made by the midfielder. Now Gago has completely integrated Redondo's defensive style into his instinct. Every time he stretched his foot and waited for the opponent to send the ball to his feet, the fans appreciated the beauty on the court that was different from offense.
After breaking Arshavin's ball, Gago promptly distributed the ball to Robben on the right, and then started to insert himself. When he crossed the midfield and came to the front of the opponent's penalty area, Robben sent the ball over in time.
After Gago's comeback, he was the undisputed core of Real Madrid. Even Robben could only obediently hand over the ball to him. He would never disappoint. His countless successes have created his reputation as the No. 1 midfielder in football today.
This time there was no exception. The moment Gago got the ball, Zenit's two back midfielders surrounded him regardless of their shame. Gago instantly saw the loophole in the opponent's defense, and a precise pass passed the ball to the penalty area from between the two backfielders. Fanny swept the ball to Raul who was inserted into the penalty area on the other side with his back against the defender. As soon as the Lord of the Rings got the ball, Zenit's entire defense tightened towards him, and the goalkeeper attacked, preparing to block the angle of his shooting.
But at this time, Raul showed his wisdom in playing football, and gently pushed the ball with his left foot and sent the ball to the other side of the goal.
At some point, Fanny had already gotten rid of the defender who was defending him, came to the goal, and pushed the ball in front of Raul, easily sent the ball into the empty goal, opening the first record for the team.
The ball was intercepted from Gago and the side was divided, and Robben passed the ball to the middle and used Gago's broad vision to send the ball into the penalty area. The perfect tacit understanding of Raul and Fanny, the forward partner, sent the ball into the goal. A series of smooth attacks made all fans scream. This was the White Army that used attacks all over Europe last season.
Many people say that Barcelona plays beautifully this season, but Real Madrid is not bad either. The smooth and gorgeous cooperation between several technical midfielders has made the La Liga team's short passes different from other European leagues to the fullest. Zenit's seemingly strong defense was torn apart in just a few passes.
However, Real Madrid can't play it casually. The necessary condition is that Gago must be on the court. His broad vision and keen insight are the key to the attack being able to play.
"Real Madrid with Gago is the best Real Madrid, and only by beating Real Madrid with him is worthy of pride."
After seeing the ball, Zenit's commentator sighed and said half a sentence, and then used the second half to raise all the morale of the fans. That's right, only by beating the strongest Real Madrid can we prove that they are a strong team.
The morale of the fans is very high, and they are starting to cheer for the team. It has to be said that the Russians are comparable to the Premier League teams in supporting the team.
The emotions of the fans seemed to have infected the players on the court, and Al Shawen gradually became more active. He did not leave this summer and suffered a big blow. He originally thought that even 20 million pounds, a team should pay with his strength, but the fact is that no one thinks he is worth the price. All the actions of his head coach who likes him are to ignore Zenit's offer. Anyway, you are in a hurry to leave and use your own actions to lower the offer. Even Abu is unwilling to pay 20 million for a player who has not yet experienced in the top five European leagues.
For Al Shawen, the best way to prove his strength is to show his skills in the Champions League, the only platform that can compete with the giants, so that European head coaches know that he is worth the price.
His efforts paid off in the 60th minute. In order to avoid Diyala's sweep, he pulled himself to the side, took advantage of Gago being blocked by his teammates and broke through to the bottom line, and then made a decisive cross. The quality of this pass was very good, just overwhelmed Pepe's head and fell to the top of his teammates.
Casillas had no time to wave his hand when facing this header that was close to him.
The home team fans were very excited after scoring the goal. They jumped and jumped in the stands, cheering for the team while provoking Real Madrid fans.
However, this action caused serious consequences for them. After re-teleblowing, Real Madrid made a wave of offensives and instantly equalized the score. Gago and Robben cooperated in a row. After reaching the opponent's half, they made a wall-to-wave cooperation with Raul. They faced two defenders and a goalkeeper in the penalty area and grabbed the only loophole. They pushed the shot from a far corner and hit the inside of the far post. The ball bounced into the goal.
After scoring this goal, Gago had enough reason to celebrate. This was his first goal in the Champions League this season and his first goal as a main player.
Gago directly slid on his knees and came to the stands of hundreds of Real Madrid fans who came with the team, enjoying their cheers.
Behind him were his teammates who followed him, Ramos was the first to pounce.
After the reversal, Real Madrid did not relax at all. They continued to launch a ** offensive against Zenit. Gago also came to the frontcourt and organized the team's offense. At this time, Real Madrid showed the invincible style last season, especially Gago, who is the core, every pass dispatch will allow Zenit's goal to experience a risk.
Zenit's defenders have paid enough attention to him. They can be said to have been defeated by Gago alone in the Super Cup. But even if they pulled their vigilance to the highest level, they still could not stop Gago's edge.
In the 85th minute, Gago, who was forced to turn around by two defenders, knocked the ball to the right with a wonderful heel, and Robben, who inserted it, scored another goal.
3:1. In the snowy and ice Russia, Real Madrid relied on their absolute strength to crush Zenit's resistance.!~!
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