rpbooks Chapter 1417 King's Cup Code
Chapter 1417 King's Cup Code
Chapter 1417 King's Cup Code
On the evening of January [-]th, at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.
The first game in [-], the first leg of the fifth round of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid played against Sevilla at home.
Real Madrid played at home with almost all substitutes, and took the initiative on the field from the beginning, and took the lead in No. 11 minutes.
After Casemiro intercepted Nzonzi in midfield, De Bruyne made a diagonal pass to the back point, and Asensio stepped in and hit the goal, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.
No. In the 209th minute, Real Madrid took a corner kick, and Varane hit a rebound ball from the edge of the small penalty area, which once again penetrated Sevilla's goal, further expanding the score for Real Madrid.
Before the end of the first half, Isco dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was pushed to the ground. The referee awarded a penalty kick and Morata made it.
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, although Sevilla tried to counterattack, it still failed to threaten Real Madrid's goal.
After the experience of last season, Real Madrid's physical strength training during the winter break has been carried out in a more orderly manner this season.
In the end, Real Madrid won Sevilla [-]-[-] at home.
After the game, the Spanish media were shocked by Real Madrid’s three-goal victory over Sevilla at home. It was not that Real Madrid was not strong enough, but because Real Madrid played with almost all substitutes, but they were still able to beat Sevilla [-]-[-] at home. This made everyone see Real Madrid’s strong bench lineup.
Alfredo, editor-in-chief of Aspen, said in a column that even Real Madrid's substitute lineup is enough to hit the La Liga championship, which also provides a solid foundation for Real Madrid to go hand in hand on multiple fronts.
After beating Sevilla with three goals, Real Madrid also basically got the right to advance to the Copa del Rey.
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In the other games played at the same time as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid defeated Las Palmas [-]-[-] away, which is not surprising. On the contrary, Vigo Celta defeated Valencia [-]-[-] away, which made many people break their eyes.
The Bat Corps invested a lot of money last summer, but the result did not bring about an improvement in the team's strength, which is surprising.
This also proves once again that European professional leagues cannot be played simply by relying on money.
At least, Valencia's investment is amazing, but now they are ranked No.17 in La Liga, and they are even in danger of relegation.
However, the real upset was not at the Mestagna Stadium, but at Athletic Bilbao's San Mames Stadium.
If you want to talk about the big news of European football during the winter break, in addition to the transfer, Barcelona's possible coaching change is the biggest hot spot.
During Luis Enrique's coaching period at Barcelona, this star-studded team did not achieve success, especially in this season, when Real Madrid suffered a bloodbath at home [-]-[-]. Luis Enrique has basically lost the possibility of continuing to coach Barcelona. Many media even believe that he will dismiss get out of class during the winter break.
Before the Marca newspaper listed six candidates for the coaching list in the hands of the Barcelona management, namely Ernesto Valverde of Athletic Bilbao, Enrique's assistant Unsue, Real Sociedad coach Eusebio, Laurent Blanc, who was dismissed from Paris Saint-Germain, Everton coach Ronald Koeman, and former Ajax coach Frank De Boer.
Among the six coaches, Valverde and Eucebio are the favorites, because they are very familiar with La Liga. Among them, Valverde is almost always a candidate for Barcelona's coaching change. At the beginning, Barcelona even almost chose Valverde instead of Luis Enrique. It can be seen that he is deeply appreciated by the Barcelona management.
Eusebio is very familiar with Barcelona's culture. He has spent ten years in Barcelona in his career, and he is a midfielder. Before he became the head coach of Real Sociedad, he also coached the second team of Barcelona for many years.
Real Sociedad currently ranks fifth in La Liga, and Athletic Bilbao ranks seventh in La Liga. Whether it is Eucebio or Valverde, their coaching ability has been recognized.
What's even more interesting is that Barcelona have encountered Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad this season. The former narrowly won [-]-[-], while the latter drew [-]-[-], both away games. However, judging from the results, Barcelona's two away games played quite poorly. The results were so embarrassing that the Catalan media said that Luis Enrique was beaten by Valverde and Eucebio.
Times have changed, and when Enrique had a coaching crisis, he led his team to challenge Athletic Bilbao again in an away game, which attracted the attention of the media and fans. However, Luis Enrique's team was upset by the Basque Lions [-]-[-] at the San Mames Stadium, which was even more shocking.
The Spanish newspaper El Pais commented immediately after the game, thinking that Luis Enrique was completely defeated by Valverde.
"Unlike Real Madrid's large-scale rotation, Enrique is not so bold. He almost sent all his main lineup at the San Mamés Stadium, and the luxurious trident in the frontcourt even started all of them. But even so, he still failed to inspire the players' fighting spirit in the away game."
"In the first half, the Basque Lions caught two mistakes made by Barcelona's defense and scored. In less than half an hour, Barcelona was already two goals behind. In the second half, Barcelona's performance improved, and the opponent was also sent off by two players. However, Barcelona's siege did not work. Enrique was helpless about it. In the end, he could only drink his hatred and lose to the San Mamés Stadium."
According to the analysis of the National newspaper, Enrique's real test will be in the next two months, because he needs to renew his contract, but Barcelona may not be willing to trust him, and if his next coaching performance still does not improve, then he is likely to become the first head coach to dismiss get out of class in the past 13 years.
"The last coach who got out of class at Barcelona was Van Gaal."
Even Barcelona's mouthpiece, Daily Sport, was disappointed by the team's defeat, criticizing Enrique's formation, saying that he was constantly consuming the trust of Barcelona's management in him.
However, Enrique is very confident about the team's promotion to the Copa del Rey, because Athletic Bilbao will have two main players suspended for red cards, which is undoubtedly a major benefit for the second round of the match between the two sides.
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What's more terrible is that after three days of playing Athletic Erbao, La Liga ushered in the first game of the new year.
In the No.17 round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Villarreal away.
As a result, Luis Enrique's team was still the main force, but it was difficult to break through the goal of the yellow submarine throughout the game, but was scored by the opponent in the first minute.
At the moment when Barcelona was almost desperate, in stoppage time of the game, Messi used a direct free kick to penetrate the goal of the yellow submarine and equalized the score for Barcelona. In the end, Barcelona drew [-]-[-] away with Villarreal.
On the other hand, Real Madrid played against Granada at home in this round, and they won a clean [-]-[-] victory over their opponents.
In just [-] minutes of the opening, Yang Yang assisted Isco to score a goal, then Suarez scored a goal, and then Marcelo assisted Yang Yang to score a goal.
In the No. 301 minute, Modric assisted Isco to make another victory.
At the end of the first half, Real Madrid had a four-goal lead.
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, De Bruyne, who came off the bench, assisted Casemiro to score a goal.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Granada [-]-[-] at home.
As a result, after the No. 17 round of La Liga, Real Madrid topped the list with 42 points, and because of the Club World Cup, Real Madrid had one round less than other teams.
Sevilla is second in La Liga, six points behind Real Madrid, followed by Barcelona with 34 points and Atletico Madrid in fourth with 31 points.
It can be said that after the [-]th round, Real Madrid has already surpassed the dust, and people can see how strong they continue to dominate La Liga.
After the draw with Villarreal, Enrique's position was once again shaken.
Catalan media broke the news that the Barcelona management has begun to look for a new coach who will replace Luis Enrique this summer, because they have completely lost confidence in Enrique.
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On January [-], the fifth round of the Copa del Rey.
Barcelona, which had tied two games in a row, finally ushered in a rebound.
In the case of two red cards of the opponent's generals, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao [-]-[-] at home with the goal of the trident in the frontcourt. With a total score of [-]-[-], they eliminated Athletic Bilbao thrillingly and advanced to the quarterfinals of the King's Cup.
In the case of a [-]-[-] victory at home in the first round, Real Madrid once again played away with a full bench.
Facing the wolf-like Sevilla, Real Madrid was one goal behind in the first half, and in the second half, with the goals of Asensio, Ramos and Morata, they drew [-]-[-] away with Sevilla and finally advanced to the final with a total score of [-]-[-].
This battle once again made Zidane and Yang Yang's coaching highly praised, especially their bold rotation of Real Madrid.
Facing Sevilla, which is currently ranked second in La Liga, Real Madrid played from the bench in both rounds. It is indeed surprising, but the key is that Real Madrid performed quite well in both games, and finally eliminated Sevilla to advance.
"The Copa del Rey has its own set of codes, which can change any rules."
"In La Liga, game strategy and various calculations are the most important, but in the Copa del Rey, the most important thing is personality, game intensity and confidence that is difficult to calculate. This is the password to win the Copa del Rey."
"Obviously, both Yang Yang and Zidane are deeply in the dark. They both know the secret of the Copa del Rey code, so even though they played with all substitutes, they still managed to beat Sevilla [-]-[-] in two rounds. This is the best proof."
Marca was particularly impressed by Real Madrid's bold rotation in the past two seasons. It believes that this is a performance of Real Madrid's dominance and confidence.
"Only people like Yang Yang and Zidane can bring out such a Real Madrid."
(End of this chapter)