On the evening of March 18, at 7 p.m. sharp, at the Bernabeu Stadium.

In the 27th round of La Liga, Real Madrid sat at the Bernabeu Stadium against Tarragona.

Because a day ago, Barcelona defeated Huelva 4-0 away and successfully walked out of the low ebb of the century derby, so that everyone's eyes were on this game at the Bernabeu, because if Real Madrid lost, the victory and momentum brought by the century derby will become useless.

Yang Cheng presented the strongest lineup of the current team in this game, the goalkeeper is Casillas, the backline is Marcelo, Cannavaro, Ramos and Arbeloa, and the double back is Xavi? Alonso and Mascherano, David? Silva played on the left, Raul in the middle, David Beckham on the right, and Villa as a lone striker.

From the very beginning of the game, Real Madrid pressed Tarragona's position with a long drive, especially the two full-backs, Marcelo knew that Yang Cheng used his purpose to play his offensive advantage, so he played very resolutely after the opening and was very decisive in the front.

In the 6th minute, after Arbeloa broke the ball in the midfield, he passed to Beckham, who launched a long diagonal pass on the right side, hoisted the ball through the opponent's entire back line, and fell at the front of the penalty area.

3 minutes later, Harvey again? Alonso's long pass over the top, Villa successfully countered offside, and formed a single knife after winning the ball at the edge of the penalty area, but the opponent's main central defender Cesar? Navas took action to pull him down, which was judged by the referee to be a tactical foul and sent off with a red card!

This decision undoubtedly turned the tide of the game completely. made Real Madrid, who already had the advantage, even more ferocious.

But with one less man to play, Tarragona has also become more conservative, with everyone camping on the edge of the box to stop Real Madrid from attacking, and the goal of the currently bottom-to-bottom La Liga team at the Bernabeu is not to pick points, but to make their own losses less ugly.

But in the 39th minute, Xavi? Alonso's long-range shot, and in the 43rd minute. Raul was fouled after winning the ball, and Beckham's direct free-kick. Let Real Madrid lock the score at 3:0 in the first half!

In the second half, Yang Cheng adjusted the team's tactics and let Beckham return to the back position. Silva played up front and Raul was pushed up front. At the same time, the two side lanes should also be actively pressed.

This adjustment allowed Real Madrid to score another goal in the 59th minute, it was a through ball that Silva got rid of after winning the ball in the middle, helping Raul to get a chance at the edge of the penalty area, get up and hit the goal, and beat the goal of Bisari again, 4:0!

60th minute. Yang Cheng replaced Silva with Guti and Arbeloa with Granero, with Ramos moving to the right and Mascherano behind. Once again, there was a momentum of onslaught.

Granero, Xavi? Marcos Alonso and David Beckham were both very well-organised passers, with 32 metres of the ball coming in turns to send shells into the dangerous zone, while Guti was looking for opportunities in the opposition's dense defence, and Real Madrid's attack became very fierce, and Tarragona was pressed down and even everyone retreated into the penalty area.

In the 78th minute, Raul received a cross from Guti, headed back to the middle, and Villa fell to the ground and scored the goal. 5：0！

Just 3 minutes later, an indirect free-kick from David Beckham. Cannavaro crossed in front and Guti cut in from the middle. Opposing centre-back David? Garcia blocked the ball into his own goal and turned it into an own goal, 6:0!

After that, Real Madrid continued to attack, but in the end they could not extend the score again, and beat Tarragona 6-0 at the Bernabeu.

Although the home thrashing of Tarragona was a bit inferior to Barcelona's win over Huelva, Real Madrid fans were still happy with the team's current performance, and they gave applause and chanted in the stands. …,

Throughout the game, Real Madrid put enough pressure on the opponent and always held the initiative in attack, and Tarragona did not even form an effective attacking opportunity throughout the game, let alone break through Real Madrid's goal.

But the strength of the bottom-to-bottom quasi-relegation team in La Liga is not sustained, and Yang Cheng feels that such a victory is hardly convincing.

After this match, La Liga was suspended for two weeks of European Championship qualifying, but the day after Real Madrid played Tarragona, Barcelona held a press conference.

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"I want to say that all the rumours about Barcelona are untrue!"

In the press conference hall at the Camp Nou, in front of the media and reporters from all over the world, President Joan Laporta made an official clarification for the first time, which was the first clarification from Barcelona after the derby of the century, when the outside world was widely demanding that Rijkaard step go down.

'Rijkaard is a very good manager and I still remember when he came in '03 and it was the same as today, there was a very serious crisis of confidence, but he ended up helping the team win their first trophy in a decade and he's done really well in the team over the years, so we have no reason to doubt his contribution to Barcelona."

Laporta is not reading a script, in fact, he is a lawyer who is famous for being able to say, he relied on his mouth to persuade Barcelona fans, and climbed to the position of Barcelona president with the fame of Yang Cheng and Beckham and others.

'We have to make it clear that all the rumours that Rijkaard will leave the club in the summer are false, we still have a contract with Rijkaard, he will stay with the team regardless of the final outcome of the season, and he has repeatedly told me that he wants to stay at Barcelona.

After listening to this, the following reporters couldn't help but wonder, what is Barcelona doing?

Why is Rijkaard's call for resignation so loud, but Laporta still wants him to stay?

Is it just because he has brought Barcelona a few league trophies over the years?

If this can be a reason to keep the manager, it can only be said that Laporta is challenging everyone's intelligence.

'In addition to Rijkaard, Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o, Messi. Players such as Andres Iniesta will also remain in the team, all the rumours that the club is going to sell players are false, we have not reached any agreement with any club at the moment, and all the private contact with players will definitely pay a price! ”

The player who is now the most ferocious is undoubtedly Ronaldinho, first his brother and agent met with Galliani, and recently went to Milan City, where he was photographed meeting with Berlusconi, and even some media said it. Ronaldinho will appear at AC Milan after the summer.

If this is just an external problem, then an internal worry is. There are already many in the Barcelona board who are unhappy with the current status quo, the Champions League was beaten by Liverpool and the humiliating defeat of the national derby at the hands of Real Madrid, which has made Barcelona very anxious from top to bottom.

In an interview with the newspaper, a vice president of Barcelona shouted that if he didn't want to kick, he would get out. also burst into foul language, which shows how the atmosphere within the team is at present.

Eto'o was also unhappy with Rijkaard's move to replace him and support Ronaldinho, and his loud-mouthed frequent bombardment in the media completely exposed the team's problems. This not only made Barcelona fans unhappy, but also made the dressing room very big about him, and Puyol was the first to stand up and accuse Eto'o of acting irresponsible. ..., the problem of Messi and Iniesta is relatively simple, as the Barcelona academy. Their scandals with other teams are more about providing bargaining chips for their own contract renewals, and they hope to use competition from the outside world to create enough pressure on the club to force the club to make maximum concessions on contract renewals.

"We've worked out a strategy with Rijkaard and we're following that strategy and we're looking to bring in or transfer five or seven players this summer. But our purge will not involve the main players in the squad and the substitutes that the manager is looking for. ”

"At the same time. In terms of recruitment, we will also tentatively confirm that we will bring in one or two heavyweight top stars, plus two or three quality players. To this end, our club has set a transfer fee budget of up to 80 million euros, which will undoubtedly make our squad more competitive next season. ”

'For the likes of Messi and Andres Iniesta, we will also seize the time to renew their contracts to ensure their future in the team, but what we can guarantee is that they will stay at Camp Nou because they have a long contract until 2010 with the team and they are the future stalwart of the team.

The media present were a little surprised by Laporta's remarks, because everyone could feel that Barcelona was obviously going to carry out a major restructuring of the team, and superstars such as Ronaldinho will undoubtedly be the core elements of the team restructuring.

Laporta said that Barcelona will invest 80 million euros in transfer fees, and if you count the sales, it is expected that the investment may be close to 100 million, which will also be the largest season for Barcelona in recent years.

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"It looks like Barcelona has been driven crazy by us!"

In Valdebebas, in Yang Cheng's office, the coaching staff watched this program through TV, and saw the beginning and end of Laporta's press conference, and everyone looked at this issue with a relatively relaxed attitude.

"Before, they always used a lot of investment to ridicule us, but now they are increasing their own investment, it seems that they are really forced to be in a hurry!" Redondo had the biggest laugh, and although he once helped Barcelona beat Real Madrid for two consecutive seasons and gave Barcelona the La Liga title, he loved Real Madrid the most.

"There is a very interesting place...... Yang Cheng frowned, looked at the TV, smiled slightly, and analyzed: "...... If the transfer plan has been made for a long time, since everything has not changed, why not come forward and clarify Rijkaard when he was most strongly questioned, but wait until now? ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads.

"I don't think Barcelona haven't moved the idea of letting Rijkaard go to class, and it can even be said that Laporta has decided to let Rijkaard go out of class, but in the process, they have encountered some problems that forced Rijkaard to stay in the team!"

"What could be the problem?" Paul? Bayer felt that Yang Cheng's analysis made sense and asked.

"How do I know?" The guy pushed straight back, "If I knew." Then I am God! ”

Everyone was immediately amused.

"Barcelona is obviously in chaos now, we should take advantage of the fire and rob them again!"

Benitez nodded, adding, "Push them straight off the cliff!" ”

Yang Cheng couldn't help but laugh, but reminded: "But we can't always stare at Barcelona, it's useless to stare at Barcelona now, they are the leaders." We are lagging behind, and we must do our best. Try to win every game so you have a chance of winning. ”

A lot of chasers like to stare at the leader, which is actually ridiculous, because it's easy to miscalculate the situation, and the best thing a chaser should do is be the best version of themselves. You have to try to win every game, that's the right thing. ..., but for Real Madrid, the 28th round of the league in two weeks will not be easy at all, because Real Madrid currently have a lot of players playing in the national team, such as David, who has been very eye-catching this season? Silva and Arbeloa were named in the Spanish national team.

In addition to these two players, plus Casillas, Ramos, Xavi? Alonso and Villa. There were 6 Real Madrid players in the Spanish national team at once, which somewhat affected Real Madrid's preparations, and Yang Cheng also joked with a smile if Spain lost to Denmark in a key battle. The media of the Barcelona gang will definitely rely on Real Madrid, because they always say that when Real Madrid has more internationals, Spain's record is always bad, and God knows what it is.

What's even more tragic is that the Spanish Football Federation even arranged this game to be played at the Bernabeu Stadium, so Barcelona helped the media to have even more opinions, and even they were pessimistic before the game.

It turns out. Yang Cheng's worries are unnecessary.

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Long before the match, the media of the Real Madrid and Barcelona gangs were at war. A big reason for the start of the game was whether Raul should be selected, as the Real Madrid captain has been in full form this season. He has now scored 18 goals in all competitions, making him the team's second-leading scorer behind Villa.

But in the end, Aragonés did not choose Raul, but he allowed Villa to continue Real Madrid's No.7 tradition.

In Spain, No. 7 has always had a special significance, a little farther Butragueno, Juanito, and a little closer is Raul, they all have very comprehensive skills, excellent individual ability, and they are all from Real Madrid, so No. 7 has always been advertised by Real Madrid fans as their personal favorite.

Raul was not selected, and the whereabouts of the No. 7 jersey caused quite a bit of controversy.

But after Aragonés announced his squad, Raul knew he would not have been selected, and he told reporters, "If Villa wears the number 7 shirt, I won't be jealous at all, because in my opinion, he is the best striker in this national team and he has the ability to take on this responsibility." ”

Sure enough, Villa wore the number 7 shirt in the game and continued their excellent form at the club in the game, playing very active from the start, first knocking back David in the 35th minute? Silva, who set up Morientes' opener, then added another goal of his own late half.

Spain eventually beat Denmark 2-1 to halt their decline.

In the Spanish lineup in this game, Real Madrid has a strong color, the goalkeeper is Casillas, the right-back is Arbeloa, the central defender is Ramos partnering Puyol, the left-back is Capdevilla, and the midfielder is David? Silva, Xavi? Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, and the forwards are Morientes and Villa.

Real Madrid's six players are all in line, and if you count Morientes, that's seven, Aragonés says that because Real Madrid players are more familiar with the Bernabeu stadium.

In fact, in the game, the performance of this group of Real Madrid players is indeed good, but it is also difficult to be satisfied, especially in the midfield, Xavi? Alonso and Silva are more closely linked, while Andres Iniesta and Xavi form the opposite faction, and both tend to be possessive and playmaker-oriented, lacking defensive players.

After the match, Yang Cheng met with Aragonés in his office at the Bernabeu, where the two had a long conversation, but neither of them wanted to reveal what they were talking about.

'I'm complaining to him, he's got six Real Madrid players playing the whole game in one go, and it's going to make it difficult for us in the next league and I hope he thinks more about Real Madrid.'

When Yang Cheng was interviewed by the media, he smiled and diverted the topic. "But unfortunately he's a very stubborn guy and I can't convince him, but I'm sure he's going to be successful in Spain because he's got a very clear plan, he's got a very smart decision, he knows how to win a game." ”

After playing against Denmark at the Bernabeu, the Spanish national team moved to Mallorca, where they welcomed Iceland.

Aragonés still arranged all six players of Real Madrid, and Morientes also played as a central striker, and finally Spain defeated Iceland 1-0 and won two consecutive victories, but there is still a lot of pressure to qualify from the group.

But Real Madrid's players also played the full 180 minutes in these two consecutive games, and if you include Beckham, Cannavaro and Thuram, who played the whole game in England, Italy and France, the two consecutive weeks of international matches have indeed had a huge impact on Real Madrid.

Of course, it is undeniable that Barcelona has also been affected, but they are playing at home in the 28th round of the league, and Real Madrid is going to challenge Celta away from home, and there is no doubt that Real Madrid's schedule will be more severe.

It is precisely because of the physical crisis of the players, especially after the national team game, that the team did not get enough time to rest and recuperate, so Yang Cheng had to carry out a large rotation in the game against Celta to ensure the team's follow-up combat effectiveness.

But at Celta's Barraidos Stadium, Real Madrid couldn't attack for a long time, but in the 46th minute, in the first half of stoppage time, it was counterattacked by Celta, 1:0!