"Let's forget the national derby for the time being and look at the game tonight - this is an important game that is no less than the national derby. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will play at the home court of Sevilla Pisjuan! The two teams will stage a Madrid city derby on the neutral stadium!"

With a few hours left before the start of the Copa del Rey final, media from all over the country have gathered in Seville to report on the game.

This will be the first champion to be decided in the La Liga this season. If Real Madrid wins the championship, they will kick off the season's triple-championship. If Atletico Madrid wins the championship, they will become the first team to beat Real Madrid this season - so far, Real Madrid has remained unbeaten in both the domestic league, the domestic cup and the Champions League.

"Many people think Barcelona is Real Madrid's mortal enemy? Wrong, Atletico Madrid is actually. It's just that Barcelona's popularity has been too strong in recent seasons. Real Madrid and Barcelona's competition for the overlord of La Liga has been too fierce, which has made people feel this illusion. In fact, Real Madrid's mortal enemy is Atletico Madrid, which has always been and has never changed! So everyone can imagine how exciting and intense this game will be!"

It’s hard to say that it’s exciting, but it’s certain that Flores and his men have already put in their efforts to rewrite the embarrassing history of not winning against Real Madrid in the most important game of the Cup del Rey final. Flores doesn’t even have to mobilize players. As long as this shameful record is placed in front of them, they know what to do.

Another good news is Xavi Alonso's absence, the Basque midfielder is an important part of Real Madrid's midfielder. His absence will definitely affect the team's performance. This also increases the possibility of Atletico Madrid defeating Real Madrid.

On Real Madrid, Alonso's absence made him feel a little embarrassed.

Mourinho arranged a new task for Chu Zhongtian. At the same time, he also had a headache. Who should he ask to partner with Chu Zhongtian? Should he continue to insist on double-middle midfielder or change to single-middle midfielder?

He can choose to be more conservative tactics, let Khedira start and partner with Chu Zhongtian, so that Khedira can defend with all his might and Chu Zhongtian will be in the offense. He can also choose to be more aggressive and enterprising tactics, let Ozil and Chu Zhongtian partner with the midfield, Chu Zhongtian as a single midfielder, Ozil plays the front midfielder, and both sides are supplemented by C. Ronaldo, Di Maria, or Kaka.

It all depends on whether he wants to be more conservative or more active in the game.

Finally, before the game started, Mourinho finalized the starting lineup. He gave up his conservative tactics and chose a positive attitude, arranged for Chu Zhongtian and Ozil to start. On the left is C. Ronaldo and on the right is Di Maria. Kaka got a chance to rest because there will be the Champions League semi-finals and the league finals with Barcelona.

The forward starts not Higuain or Benzema, but Adebayo, a powerful center who can control the ball.

When the media got the starting list, they were all surprised.

Flores was also surprised.

Without Alonso, everyone speculated that Mourinho, a person who seeks stability, would definitely play Khedira in the game, so that he could consolidate the defense. With Mourinho's cautious personality, this is almost certain.

But Mourinho did not have the name of Khedira on the starting lineup, so he actually asked Chu Zhongtian to be the midfielder alone and played a single midfielder!

Everyone knows that Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team. In the game, his offensive organizational tasks are heavier than defensive tasks, so Alonso often doesn't step forward, but defends from the back, intercepts the ball and passes it to Chu Zhongtian, or passes it for a long time to directly counterattack.

Alonso is gone now. Originally, everyone thought that Khedira would replace Alonso's defensive mission so that Chu Zhongtian could organize the offense. At least the loss was not that great, and the impact of Alonso's absence could be minimized.

Unexpectedly, Mourinho played as a single midfielder!

Chu Zhongtian has to defend and attack alone, how can he be busy?

Did Mourinho really treat Chu Zhongtian as Superman?

In fact, no one knows what Mourinho is thinking, only Real Madrid's own people know.

As early as last tactical meeting last night, Mourinho had already announced the starting list to his players. Chu Zhongtian played as a single midfielder, which caused a commotion at the meeting, and everyone was surprised.

Khedira originally thought she would start, but she didn't. Instead, Chu Zhongtian took on the heavy responsibility of defense and offense alone.

After the starting list was announced, Mourinho also said to Chu Zhongtian to the whole team: "I know everyone is a little surprised by this arrangement. I'm sorry, Khdira. But this is for tactical considerations. We all know that Atletico Madrid will put all their efforts into defeating us in this game, and they are definitely not easy to deal with. So Chu's top priority in this game is not to rush up to organize the offense, but to stabilize the defense. Then, on the premise of stabilizing the defense, organize the offense. But you are not rushing up to pass the last ball directly, your task is to be responsible for the direction and rhythm of the offense. The person who is really responsible for the deadly first pass is..." Mourinho pointed at Ozil. "Ozil."

So Real Madrid's idea was very clear. Chu Zhongtian intercepted the opponent's attack from the back, and once it was intercepted, he would directly organize the attack in the backcourt. His overall view and awareness will help him control the team's offensive rhythm and offensive direction.

Chu Zhongtian is not unfamiliar with this kind of work. He did similar work when he was in Metz and Hoffenheim. At that time, there was no such thing as Alonso, a character who could also control the rhythm in the team, so he needed to do many things alone. Apart from not having to defend at all, it was no big difference from Mourinho's current arrangements.

Chu Zhongtian also realized why Mourinho had to make such arrangements, and there was probably another meaning - he had a backup plan.

If the team leads smoothly, when it is necessary to strengthen the defense, he can replace Ozil and replace Khdira. At that time, he pushes himself to the position of organizing the offense, and Khdira concentrates on defense. While strengthening the defense, he has not lost his offense. On the contrary, the counterattack may be even sharper. Anyway, Ozil's physical strength cannot guarantee that he can play the full game.

If you don't have a lead, you can also replace Khedira when you need to strengthen the attack, replace a defender, or Adebayo, push C. Ronaldo to the striker's position, and Chu Zhongtian transformed himself into the core of the organization, and together with Ozil, he became a temporary dual-core, so that he would be closer to the opponent's penalty area and the threat would be greater.

If you go to Khdira first, there will be a lack of a change.

Mourinho made this decision carefully.

Chu Zhongtian didn't know if he guessed correctly, but he believed that as the game progressed, he would know the answer sooner or later.

※※※The warm-up has been completed, and the players have already changed their clothes for the game and sat in the locker room. Mourinho stood in the center, looked around for a week, and then said to them: "Before going out to the game, let me tell you the last sentence - do you still remember what I said? Everyone, I like the champion!"

※※※Flores doesn't know what purpose Mourinho chose to let Chu Zhongtian play a single midfielder. Maybe he underestimated the opponent? He thought he could defeat his team in the King's Cup final by relying on a single midfielder. He would better think so because he would suffer.

Anyway, playing as a single midfielder is a good thing for his team. Nowadays, it is becoming increasingly difficult to survive in football, because the single midfielder has very strict requirements on the backside, and such an excellent midfielder is difficult to find, so many teams would rather use two average backside midfielders to form a double midfielder.

Under the impact of Atletico Madrid, Flores did not believe that Chu Zhongtian could withstand it alone. You should know that he still had to organize an offense. The past season has proved that Chu Zhongtian is an indispensable organizational core of Real Madrid.

Since Mourinho asked Chu Zhongtian to play a single midfielder, then he would take turns to attack him, making him overwhelmed with it and he could not care about this one and that other one.

This is simply a natural breakthrough.

So he urgently adjusted his tactics before the start of the game, signaling Aguero, Fran and others to take Chu Zhongtian as the key breakthrough point. Originally, Atletico Madrid planned to take the lead in the wing, but now he changed his mind. Yang attacked the wing and adjusted Chu Zhongtian, and suddenly hit the football to the middle, seeking a breakthrough and shooting opportunity from the middle!

So after the game started, Atletico Madrid did so quickly.

Reyes soon became the most active person on the team. He repeatedly made breakthroughs on the wings, seeking crossing opportunities.

"It is obvious that the left side where Reyes is located has become the most active side of Atletico Madrid, which is also their main attack direction!" said the commentator.

Anyone who has watched the game for a few minutes will have this idea.

Flores turned his head and looked at the next door. Mourinho sat in the head coach's seat and did not come out. He didn't know if this madman would think so... Anyway, from the game, Real Madrid on the court was broken through by Reyes to strengthen the defense on the wing.

Di Maria is working hard to play back because Reyes happens to be on his side. He and Ramos cooperate with Reyes.

However, Flores did not see Chu Zhongtian heading to the side. At most, he just helped to close the passage in the ribs, and also took into account the middle lane, and did not mean to go directly to the side lane to help.

Flores didn't know enough about Chu Zhongtian's past. When he was at Metz and Hoffenheim, he had already experienced similar scenes - because his defense in the middle was too strong, his opponent would try his best to pull him to the side and suddenly pass to the middle to hit his absence.

At first, Chu Zhongtian was able to run long with his physical strength and follow the opponent's football. Later, he found that this would not work. He would never catch up with the speed of football, so he learned his lessons - no matter how you pass or fall, in the end, the football always had to return to the middle lane, whether it was shooting or crossing, as long as I guard the middle lane area, I would not be afraid of your tricks.

1. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian rarely goes to the sidelines to support or something, unless there is a defensive midfielder behind him. Since he is the only one who is the midfielder in today's game, it is even more impossible for him to leave the position without authorization to be a hero.

He may not have seen Flores' strategy, he just sticks to his post.

To be honest, he also felt that Reyes poses a great threat to the team, but there is already Di Maria and Ramos, so there is no need to join in the fun.

After ten minutes of the game, Reyes became the most active player. He kept breaking through and breaking through again, or crossing through again, looking for opportunities to create goals.

Real Madrid is waiting for an opportunity to counterattack while defending the wing. Don’t think that Chu Zhongtian’s main task after he comes on the court is defense. In fact, he is also waiting for a counterattack opportunity.

His job is much simpler than before. After receiving the pass, he is responsible for controlling Real Madrid's offensive rhythm. Should he be fast or slow, and should he be responsible for controlling Real Madrid's offensive direction. Should he be on the side or the middle, and if he is on the side or the left or the right?

He is responsible for all these. But he doesn't care about the fatal pass, he just passes the football to the players in front. Although Mourinho said at a tactical meeting yesterday, Chu Zhongtian has autonomy. If he thinks Di Maria's chance is better than Erzil, he will pass the football to Di Maria without hesitation.

I believe that with the abilities of the first few players in Real Madrid, he can create a threat to anyone, it depends on whether they are in a position where they can create a threat.

※※※"This game is worthy of being a city derby. The battle between the two sides is very active and fierce..."

In the fifteenth minute, while Ozil was dribbling the ball in the frontcourt, he was violated by Raul Garcia and was knocked to the ground.

This is definitely not the first foul in this game. In fact, the first foul appeared in the third minute of the game. Chu Zhongtian became the first person to be violated.

But the first yellow card only appeared now. Because Raul Garcia knocked Ozil to the ground from behind. In order to control the increasingly popular temper of both sides, the referee had to show a yellow card to warn Garcia, and also warned the other players on both sides who were ready to act - if anyone dared to challenge my patience in the game, I wouldn't mind letting him go!

Such a law enforcement standard is better than the one that loosens first and then tightens. It is better to tighten it first to control the situation on the field, relax a little, and ensure the smoothness of the game.

Neither side of the game will complain.

This yellow card was played very timely. If you don’t play cards, I’m afraid this game will be on the old path of Real Madrid’s away challenge to Hercules last weekend. Everyone can’t appreciate any football matches, they will only see the full martial arts.

Ozil earned a free kick for Real Madrid, and Ronaldo took the penalty, but the football hit the wall directly and did not pose a threat.

c. Ronaldo spread his arms and complained to the referee that Atletico Madrid's wall just now did not retreat to the specified distance of 9.15 meters.

Atletico Madrid players ignored his protest. After they blocked the football with their bodies, the football flew to the frontcourt, and Atletico Madrid players quickly launched a counterattack.

Just when Aguero was about to stop the ball, Chu Zhongtian took the lead and poked the ball out.

Chu Zhongtian did not go up to participate in the offense just now, but defended in the backcourt, just like a defensive midfielder should do.

He was stuck on Atletico Madrid's offensive line and played a role in a pass - even though there were tens of thousands of powerful soldiers, I was invincible by one person!

"Chu stopped Atletico Madrid's counterattack!"

"Very timely reconciliation! Just now, Atletico Madrid made a quick counterattack. If Atletico Madrid uses the quick counterattack to score, it would be a shame for Real Madrid..."

"Aguero failed to seize this great opportunity, a pity!"

Flores was somewhat regretful that this counterattack did not make a lot of noise, which could be seen from his rich physical movements. Mourinho was still sitting in the coach's seat and staring at the stadium expressionlessly.

In fact, he was already smiling inside.

Now Flores and his men will see the power of Chu Zhongtian being arranged in this position.

Aguero waved his hand with some annoyance. If he ran faster and waded the football out before Chu Zhongtian, he could directly threaten the goal guarded by Casillas. No matter how bad it was, it could cause Chu Zhongtian to commit a foul. There must be a yellow card, and maybe it might be a red card.

But it wasn't that he was not fast enough, but that Chu Zhongtian chose the position well and just appeared in that position. No matter how fast he was, he was powerless.

Chu Zhongtian poked the football out of the sideline. Although he gave Atletico Madrid an out-of-bounds ball, he bought time for his teammates to return to defense. Now Real Madrid players are back, even C. Ronaldo, who doesn't like defense, have come back to assist in the defense. Atletico Madrid's attack has not been successful.

This is only the first time.

In this game, when Real Madrid gets a set-piece opportunity, Chu Zhongtian will not go up, but stay behind. This is Mourinho's request for him. Mourinho takes advantage of Chu Zhongtian's accurate prediction, quick positioning, and good defensive awareness to have a big picture view, so he can make a decisive needle in the back and strictly guard Atletico Madrid to fight a counterattack.

As for whether Chu Zhongtian will be affected in its offense... Without Chu Zhongtian joining last season, Real Madrid also beat Atletico Madrid four times in the league and the Copa del Rey respectively, without any problem. So the players in the frontcourt are enough to deal with Atletico Madrid.

Flores didn't realize this. He just felt that Chu Zhongtian's luck was really good this time, and it happened to be at the landing point of the football. But next time, Real Madrid and himself would not have such good luck...
Chapter completed!