The King's Cup Championship made Real Madrid happy for two days. In the past two days, everyone met with a smile and would talk about the just-concluded King's Cup Championship, defeating a city-like enemy like Atletico Madrid in the final, and winning the championship trophy, this is a double joy.

Everyone was very happy, with only one exception. That was head coach Mourinho.

In fact, Mourinho's expression on his face did not seem too happy at the celebration of the Cup of del Rey. But everyone was busy celebrating, and not many people noticed the change in his face.

Mourinho did not show a happy expression not because he was unhappy, but because he knew that it was not the time to be happy, just a Cup of del Rey could not satisfy him and Real Madrid. As a successful club that was used to using the championship as a collection, if he was cheering here just for the Cup of del Rey, it would be too much of a reduction in his own value.

At the same time, as the head coach of Real Madrid, Mourinho must always keep a clear head. The season is not over and it is not the time to celebrate indulge in love. There is still one league champion and one Champions League left this season. If you relax because of the King's Cup, then being turned over by Barcelona in the league will probably be the heaviest blow. Barcelona can completely ignore the King's Cup, and the league is the highlight.

Although the opponent in the Champions League is not strong in the semi-finals, no team is easy to deal with if they can reach the semi-finals, let alone there is another final. Maybe Real Madrid will face Barcelona in the Champions League final, which will be another very, very fierce battle.

Therefore, the more you reach the last moment, the less you cannot relax.

※※※After the King's Cup, there will be a league match with Sporting Gijon.

This game was played at the Bernabeu Stadium. Real Madrid, who just won the Copa del Rey, faced Sporting Gijon at home.

For Real Madrid players, this game is simply a vacation, and it is a chance to relax after they get the Copa del Rey. They can solve their opponents without any effort.

With their strong strength, Sporting Gijon is fighting away again, how could it be able to withstand Real Madrid's tide offensive?

Not only Real Madrid players think so, but Real Madrid fans also think so.

Real Madrid is so strong that they just won the Copa del Rey and are in high spirits. It is no surprise that they will win Sporting Gijon.

The only possible variable is the same city derby between Barcelona and Espanyol. But in fact, there is no suspense. Espanyol is away from home, and it is impossible to win Barcelona at Camp Nou. This season, neither Barcelona nor Real Madrid have lost at home. Barcelona also lost a away game, which was the national derby that lost 0:2 to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid is even more powerful, and has not even lost away, and remains unbeaten this season!

"The ownership of the league championship this season can only be decided in the second round of the national derby. Except for themselves, other teams in the entire La Liga cannot pose a threat to them." Marca sighed before the game.

Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate La Liga and keep the other teams far away. No one can stand whether it is a good or a bad thing. Anyway, the current La Liga is very eye-catching because of Barcelona and Real Madrid. Every time they meet, they can attract the attention of the whole world and invisibly advertise for the La Liga.

But although everyone knows La Liga, they are only familiar with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and are not familiar with other teams in La Liga. Such popularity is really distorted...※※According to convention, when the new champion is born, their opponents in the next game must be welcomed before the start of the game. The most common thing is that when the league champion is decided in advance, the opponents of the new champion will welcome them in the next game outside the player channel. What is impressive is the Spanish Football League in the 2007-2008 season. At that time, Real Madrid won the championship several rounds in advance. When they confirmed that they won the championship, the next round of the league happened to be a national derby, and the opponent was Barcelona.

According to the conventional Barcelona style, it is necessary to welcome Real Madrid in a cross-channel manner. Judging from the history of the two teams' century-long grudges and hatreds, such a thing is a great shame for Barcelona, ​​and for Real Madrid, it is a good show worth looking forward to for a long time.

So in order not to appear outside the player channel to welcome Real Madrid, the Barcelona players began to voluntarily give up the opportunity to participate in the next round of the game. Etoo deliberately received the fifth yellow card in the last round, and then missed the game because of the cumulative yellow card. He did not appear outside the player channel to welcome Real Madrid players - Real Madrid fans were already waiting to boo him, but he didn't expect that he didn't go at all. Of course, the boo was still very loud at that time. Real Madrid fans gave the boo to take the initiative to eat cards and dare not come to Bernabeu.

The Etoo and Real Madrid fans shouted at the time: "Bastard Etoo! Come and pay tribute to the champion!!" This was the sentence Etoo shouted after winning the Barcelona championship: "Bstard Real Madrid! Come and pay tribute to the champion!!" However, this sentence was not invented by Etoo, but was created by Barcelona's former captain, Luis Figo, the most famous Barcelona traitor in history... Later, he went to Real Madrid, and every time he returned to the Camp Nou, he was booed and scolded all over the sky, and was like a finger in the middle of the forest. It was really a shame.

The lineup welcomes Real Madrid is a very heavy blow to Barcelona's morale. In that game, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona with no fighting spirit 4:1. Barcelona only scored a goal to save face with Henry. After the goal, Henry held his head with both hands and had no face to celebrate the goal.

In that game, Real Madrid fans celebrated the last second from the beginning of the game. What a wonderful memory... Later, Barcelona never welcomed Real Madrid again because they became the champion, but Real Madrid did not welcome Barcelona because the national derby was always before they won the championship... Now it is Sporting Gijon's turn to line up to welcome Real Madrid players at the Bernabeu.

This is also a great shame for Sporting Gijon players.

You should know that Mourinho has publicly humiliated them again and again, and this hatred is still valid now.

Now they have to line up to welcome their enemies... Most people have two choices when facing such a situation. One is to become depressed and lose their fighting spirit, just like Barcelona in the 2007-2008 season, and the other is to hold back their energy and try to compete with the opponent who humiliated them, such as... For example, Sporting Gijon now!

The players of Real Madrid never expected that Sporting Gijon was so tenacious at the Bernabeu Stadium. They seemed not to attack anymore, they just defended with all their strength. They were in their own penalty area and in the second half, and tried every means to block Real Madrid's attack.

In this game, Mourinho considered that the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals and the national derby next week, in order to give the main players a chance to rest and reduce their chances of injury, he did not send the main team to play, but instead replaced the substitute. Even players like Chu Zhongtian did not get the chance to play.

Alonso was injured, Chu Zhongtian and Ozil did not come, and Real Madrid's attack suddenly lost its direction and inspiration.

Granero worked very hard, but he could not replace Alonso, Chu Zhongtian, and Ozil.

Real Madrid's offense can only rely on the individual performance of the stars. In this case, Di Maria seems particularly unique and not liked. Kaka lacks support from the backcourt, especially without Chu Zhongtian's transfer, so he can only play football while standing.

Benzema, the striker, worked very hard but could not find a chance to shoot.

On the contrary, Sporting Gijon's defense was very successful. They strictly guarded the penalty area. Whether it was Di Maria or Kaka, they just did not allow them to approach the penalty area easily, cut off the connection between the midfield and forward Benzema, so that Benzema could not even receive the ball. In the end, they could only frequently retreat to the midfield to get the ball, which also squeezed the space of other midfield players, causing the midfield to be crowded, but there was no one in the frontcourt to attack.

"I think at this time, Real Madrid fans must miss Chu and Alonso very much. Alonso has been injured, and what about Chu? He is sitting in the stands..."

The TV broadcast gave Chu Zhongtian and Emily in the box a shot. In order to give players who participated in the King's Cup final a chance to rest, many people did not enter the team's 18-man roster at all. Mourinho brought many young people from the second team to experience the atmosphere of professional football.

Now it seems that Mourinho is too arrogant to put Chu Zhongtian outside the roster. If he is on the bench, he can accept Mourinho's call at any time and come on the court to turn the situation around after warming up. Everyone does not doubt Chu Zhongtian has such ability, but Mourinho did not give him such an opportunity... He frowned and obviously was a little worried when watching the game in the box. If Real Madrid cannot win this game, Barcelona will take advantage of it. This round of league Barcelona's game will be further back than Real Madrid's game. After the Real Madrid game ends, the next night is the same city derby between Barcelona and Espanyol. As a city derby, this game is the last game of the league in that round.

If Real Madrid fails to win the game with Sporting Gijon, then Barcelona will beat Espanyol at home in one go - the last suspense is gone. Barcelona will beat Real Madrid in points and enter the national derby as the first in the league. This is a heart-warming agent for their morale. One has risen and the other has declined, and the morale of Real Madrid will inevitably be hit hard. At that time, it will be more and more unlucky to go to the Camp Nou to play the national derby... Chu Zhongtian believes that Mourinho is also worried about this matter, because he has stood up from his seat and constantly reminded his players how to attack. For example, cross-switching positions, full-backs pressing, reduce personal dribbling, and increase transmission and cooperation... Unfortunately, without Chu Zhongtian and Alonso, the midfield cannot be connected at all.

Although Real Madrid bombed Sporting Gijon's half-time bombardment and formed a siege, they still had no choice but to use Sporting Gijon's goal.

The first half passed under such circumstances. The score was 0:0. The excitement of Sporting Gijon lined up to welcome Real Madrid to enter the game has passed. Real Madrid fans began to feel a little worried - if Real Madrid could not win this game, wouldn't Barcelona be overtaking?

Chu Zhongtian, who has not made the roster, cannot enter the locker room, so he is very curious about what adjustments Mourinho will make during the halftime break. From the current point of view, Ozil is the one who can improve the situation the most. Ozil has poor physical strength, so if he starts, he will not be able to perform at any level when facing a defense like Sporting Gijon.

If he is allowed to play as a substitute in the second half, his opponent's physical strength will decrease at that time, and Ozil will be able to fully utilize his characteristics of good ball control and passing.

There was no such precedent before. In the second half of last season, as Ozil's physical strength declined, his performance became more and more dull when starting. Some even said that the halo on his head had faded. But once he was allowed to appear on the bench, he could become the one who changed the situation and even the results of the game.

So Chu Zhongtian felt that if Mourinho wanted to change the situation, he should wait until the seventy minutes to replace Ozil. This is the most exhausting time for both players, and Ozil can attack him when he goes up. Anyway, Real Madrid doesn't need to win five or six goals, so there is no need to worry about scoring a few goals in the remaining twenty minutes. As long as you can score one goal, it is enough to win this game.

Mourinho is a very pragmatic coach. At this time, three-pointers are more important than beautiful scenes. I believe that Real Madrid fans have understood this truth after years of training.

Judging from Sporting Gijon's tactics, they did not intend to take away a victory at the Bernabeu - in fact, the same is true. Not to mention Sporting Gijon, even teams like Valencia, Sevilla and Villarreal would not even take away three-pointers at Real Madrid's home court, and giants like Barcelona could only bow down and surrender.

Why does Sporting Gijon want to win Real Madrid?

So their goal should be to ensure a draw. As long as they can draw Real Madrid, it is satisfying to get a point away.

Therefore, Sporting Gijon must have no special arrangements for offense. As long as Real Madrid can score a goal, it can disrupt Sporting Gijon's deployment. If Sporting Gijon still wants to secure a draw, they have to push out the attack. If they push out the attack, there will be a lot of room behind them. This just gives Real Madrid the opportunity to counterattack. Mourinho's team will not miss such an opportunity.

Just score a goal first and you can open the situation.

It depends on whether Real Madrid can score the first goal.

Emily saw Chu Zhongtian frowning and saying nothing, thinking that he was worried that Real Madrid would not win the ball, so she comforted: "Don't worry, Real Madrid has so many experts and is fighting at home, how could it be possible to win Sporting Gijon?"

Chu Zhongtian did not tell her that he was considering how to play in the second half of the game from the perspective of a head coach. He just nodded and agreed with Emily's statement.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian expected the same in the second half. Mourinho did not make any substitution adjustments at the beginning. It was still the players in the first half. Obviously, he planned to keep Ozil until the most critical time.

He first comforted the anxious players during the half-time break, and then told them his plans. The team's task at the beginning of the second half was to consume a lot of energy. When he saw that the people at Sporting Gijon could not run, he decisively replaced Ozil's fatal blow.

This plan is very good.

But the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

In the 57th minute, Sporting Gijon scored a goal... "Ah! Ah! Ah... Sporting Gijon! They scored!"

"This is incredible! Real Madrid lags behind Sporting Gijon at their home court with a score of 0:1!"

"A very beautiful counterattack! Very, very beautiful! It can be written into a textbook!"

"Real Madrid only cares about attacking, but forgets to defend... Now they are punished!"

"Real Madrid was scored by the way they were best at, which is really...it's really...it's not sure what to say..."

"The Bernabeu Stadium is completely silent! Real Madrid fans can't believe that their team is actually behind at home!"

"Who is the happiest person now! Guardiola! Haha!"

The commentator was right. Barcelona coach Guardiola, who watched the game in front of the TV, jumped up from the sofa after seeing Sporting Gijon score.

Real Madrid's backwardness means that as long as Barcelona wins tomorrow's city derby, they will return to the top of the standings and complete a reversal at the last moment of the league. As long as Barcelona return to the league's leader, no one can pull them off the first position. Even Real Madrid cannot do it.

Casillas, who lost the ball, got up from the ground and muttered and complained. The other teammates looked confused. Obviously, they were not prepared for the loss of the ball.

Not to mention them, even the fans are stunned.

Chu Zhongtian sat in the private room with his head in his hands, and the thing he was most worried about was still happening... What should he do now?

Will Ozil strengthen the attack?

But Sporting Gijon has already scored a goal, and they can now completely retract and block everyone in front of the goal, just not let you shoot the football. No matter how you dispatch and stop it, you always have to shoot the goal in the end. As long as they can block the goal, you can avoid it. This is just like Mourinho led the country Milan to the Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona. He was sent off one at the beginning. He had no choice but to let all the players return to defend in front of the goal. After the game, the NBA star Nash mocked Mourinho on Twitter for "stopping the bus at the goal."

Now Sporting Gijon can do the same, and what should Real Madrid do?
Chapter completed!