activa-t Chapter 624
Chapter 624
Before the knockout round of the Champions League, La Liga started in the 24th round.
With only three days between La Liga and the Champions League, Zidane naturally thought of a squad rotation for the first time since he took office, and of course his first European competition.
Real Madrid's opponents in the quarter-finals of the Champions League are Arsenal, first away and then host, and before that, they have a La Liga game against Athletic Bilbao.
Athletic Bilbao are currently ranked 6th and the team is aiming for European competition this season, with the Basque Lions already in the European zone.
The two sides met in the first leg, Real Madrid won hard away from home, and Athletic Bilbao were not easy to handle, although they were not as strong as before, but often played the role of spoilers.
In the Premier League, Big4 is likely to win the championship, the Bundesliga is generally Bayern's world, in recent years Ligue 1 has also become a league with Greater Paris, and Serie A is likely to be won by Juve.
La Liga is different from the other four major leagues, although in the same La Liga, there is a small group called "Western Super League", and the top three in the Western Super League generally refer to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
Since the 04-05 season, in the past ten years, the league championship has been swept by the top three of the Western Premier League and has never been left behind.
Athletic Bilbao won't have an easy chance of winning the title, having to beat the top three in the Western Premier League, with their last top-flight title dating back more than three decades.
Athletic Bilbao coach Valverde said at the pre-match press conference that Real Madrid is a very strong team, they have very good players in the squad, away from home, it is very difficult to win! The team will defend first, make full use of the width of the Bernabéu stadium, and use two wings to strengthen Real Madrid's backline....
Valverde's guy seems to have announced his strategy and tactics, but in fact it is to test Zidane, a novice coach, and the subtext may be: My tactics have told you, guess which sentence is true and which sentence is false.
As Real Madrid, you should have natural self-confidence, Zidane naturally will not fall for Valverde, just do your own thing, how can you have the leisure to listen to your blind beep?
At home to Athletic Bilbao, Zidane's starting 11 are
: goalkeeper: Keylor Keylor Navas;
Defenders: Danilo, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal;
Midfielders: Mateo Kovacic, Kroos, Modric;
Forwards: Isco, Jiang Ge, Bell.
For the Champions League knockout stage in a few days' time, Zidane rotated the starting line-up appropriately, with Danilo starting in place of Marcelo and Di Maria sitting on the bench.
On the Athletic Bilbao side, Valdés' starting formation is 4-2-3-1
: goalkeeper: Elisos;
Defenders: Lequay, Exeta, Laporte, Valenziaga;
Back: Benat, Ituraspe;
Midfielders: De Marcos, Erasso, Merino;
Forward: Aduris.
It's always okay to be conservative away from home, none of the teams that have visited the Bernabeu recently have been able to retreat entirely, most have been beaten up, and Valdés is not happy that his Basque Lions have been beaten as Basque cats.
The referee blew his whistle and the game officially began.
Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu are also speculating whether Zidane's unbeaten record can continue, and the home win record has surpassed that of his teacher Benitez, how long can it last?
Real Madrid drove first, Jiang Ge sent the ball out, kicked it to Kovacic behind, immediately turned around and killed forward
, Kovacic understood, adjusted a step and got up to send the ball to the front
, this guy's passing accuracy is not very high, Jiang Ge has to fight with the defenders for position.
Before playing against Real Madrid, all coaches and players will carefully study Jiang Ge, knowing that his prediction is very accurate, and it is not difficult to defend him, that is, to follow, at least two defensive players, and it is best to reserve a certain depth.
Ituraspe clings to Jiang Ge, centre-back Exeita blocks his line, and another defender responds next to him, trying to keep him from getting the ball.
The ball did not fall next to Jiang Ge, he was chased
and blocked by the defenders, and failed to choose a good position at the first time, because the Bilbao Athletic defenders paid too much attention to Jiang Ge, which gave
Bell a chance, Bell predicted the drop point, rushed over to scramble when only full-back Valenziaga a defensive player interfered with him
, with Bell's current physical condition and impact, Valenziaga who is only one meter seven seven meters tall is simply not enough to see, Knocked away by the Welshman, the
referee thought it was a reasonable collision without sounding the whistle.
Unload the ball with his chest, Bell kicked the ball out a long way, the ball went straight to the bottom line, the defender couldn't catch up at all
, Bell caught up with the ball again, swept into the big penalty area
, and then inserted Krosby Jiang Ge rushed to Bell's passing line first, a kick hit the goalkeeper's body
, the ball bounced back, drawing a very high arc, Jiang Ge jumped high in the crowd, jumped out of the height of the crowd, Putting the ball in front of goalkeeper Elisos
, the ball bounced in front of Elisos, his attention was focused on the road, but Jiang Ge took a position that embarrassed him, and he couldn't catch it behind him, and
the ball bounced off the ground and bounced into the net.
“Gooooooooooal...... Jiang goal..."Just
1 minute and 32 seconds into the opening game, Real Madrid took the lead thanks to Jiang Ge's header.
Valdés may not have thought that the team conceded the ball so early, and Jiang Ge, who was targeted by three people, still scored!
Scoring early is exactly what Zidane has calculated, and he ordered a group of substitutes to get up early to warm up, ready to come on at any time to replace Jiang Ge and other main players to rest, and in a few days they will play the Champions League knockout round.
In the 33rd minute, Real Madrid won a touchline ball on the right wing, Isco sent
the ball to Modric, Modric leaned on Merino behind him, cleverly used the card to receive the ball
, just like David Silva in the Premier League, Modric in La Liga is not based on strong body.
Two or three defenders immediately put Modric in position, he protected the ball, gently pushed back to Isco's feet
, Isco did not stop the ball, directly got up to the big penalty area of Bilbao
, in the moment Modric passed the
ball to Isco, Jiang Ge raised his hand to run forward, Isco's 45° cross ball was accurately sent
to Jiang Ge, with his body to block central defender Xeta behind, Jiang Ge sideways to catch the ball, Sweeping
towards the goal, goalkeeper Elisos pounced to the right, but Jiang Ge's shot hit the bottom left corner of the goal.
“Goooooooooooal...... Jiang goal..."
The ball scored again, in Zhan Jun's words, it was a textbook goal!
Real Madrid led 2-0 to end the first half.
Zidane replaced Jiang Ge with Jesse at the start of the second half, a bold decision that Zidane was trying to make what he thought was the right decision without paying attention to the mess of assessments.
At the beginning of the second half, the two sides went into positional battle mode, and Athletic Bilbao did not have many ways to attack, and time passed by minute by minute.
In the 72nd minute, Bilbao launched a quick counterattack, the wing fast Madmarcos, the left side with the ball at high speed, the big foot near the ribs to pass
the ball to the other side, Real Madrid's defenders and Bilbao's attacking players are only concerned with the center, the other side of Merino ran out of position, and the ball happened to be in
front of him, Merino received the ball, swept forward into the Real Madrid penalty area, and took advantage of the pounced full-back Danilo before he pounced in front of him, he shot straight up
and Merino's shot was extremely high-quality, and the ball flew in an arc in front of Keylor Navas, and got into the net from the far end of the player!
The goal went in, Bilbao pulled one back!
After the goal, Athletic Bilbao striker Aduris, rushed into the goal to pick up the ball and run to the center circle, they are now only one goal away from Real Madrid, there are still more than 20 minutes left, and it is clear that everything is still in time.
Zidane on the bench couldn't sit still, he got up and walked to the sidelines, pointed to the Real Madrid backfield, and assistant coach Betoni immediately asked for a substitution, replacing Danilo with Nacho.
"By the way, it's time to replace Danilo, it's really not good, this goal conceded has a lot to do with him!" Zhang Lu said.
"Zidane tried to rotate the squad this time, his adjustment was reasonable, and the problem was solved in time, unlike Benitez, who always had to hesitate for half a day." Zhan Jun echoed.
'It really should be rotated, and in four days we are going to London to play Arsenal, which is Zidane's strongest opponent since he took over, and whether it is a Champions League game or an away game, you have to be well prepared.
The 1:2 score gave Athletic Bilbao hope of equalizing or even overcome, and the attacking enthusiasm was clearly stronger than in the first half.
In the 80th minute, Zidane made a second substitution, replacing Modric with Jristiano Ronaldo.
Jristiano Ronaldo immediately took advantage of his physical fitness and actively pressed on the wing with the ball to impact Athletic Bilbao's backline.
In the 87th minute
, it was still J Ronaldo who broke through to create an opportunity, he chose to break through in the middle this time, J Ronaldo kicked the ball to the musician Jesse who was at the front of the center
, Jesse received the ball with his back, did not put the ball well for a while, the ball bounced and rolled away four or five meters away
, J Ronaldo a Jesse made the ball for himself, he took the ball away in the forward run, after all, Jesse
is from a wealthy family, it is impossible to cross the waist and watch like a player from a certain country, He also turned and followed
, Athletic Bilbao's defenders immediately surrounded Jristiano Ronaldo who rushed
with the ball, the Colombian did not look back at all, with the tacit understanding of his teammates on the training ground, he had a hunch that Jesse would definitely appear in that position
, people ran forward, the ball passed back, and Ronaldo's pass surprised everyone except him.
The ball came back, and Jesse really appeared in the position that should have appeared, followed by a push and shot!
“Gooooooooooal...... Jesé Rodríguez Ruiz goal..."In
order to pay tribute to the musicians, the live DJ at the Bernabeu even sang a passage.
3:1, Real Madrid sealed the win!
Zidane on the sidelines clenched his fists and shouted, venting his nervousness.
Jiang Ge and others rushed out of the bench and rushed to Zidane, surrounding him in the center, and Jesse, who scored the goal, also ran over, and Real Madrid's celebration scene was like winning the La Liga title.
The score of 3:1 was maintained until the end, and Real Madrid won an important victory at home!
Zidane achieved the perfect rotation, which the young manager is most proud of.
After the game, Real Madrid continued to dominate the table with 58 points, on the premise of the first game.
Atletico's match with Getafe was played later, and with the goal of the old golden boy Torres in the opening first minute, Atletico Madrid kept a 1-0 game, just ask you cow or not?
Barca's opponent is the biggest dark horse in La Liga this season, Celta
Vigo, I thought I could play Mars hit the earth, but I didn't expect to be one-sided at the beginning of the game, Celta Vigo was completely powerless to fight back
, with Messi's opening record, Suarez's hat-trick, Rakitic and Neymar's icing on the cake, Barca home 6:1 bloodbath dark horse, the dark horse into a zebra.