In the outlook for the first round of Real Madrid's new season published in the sports edition of Marca newspaper on the morning of the game, Cassano's recovery was the focus of comments from all sides, believing that Cassano could at least play under Capello, and if it could be worth a lot, it would be a good news.

However, after 33 minutes into the game, Cassano missed two chances that could not be said to be 100% goal-scoring for a striker of his level, but at least should have made a threatening shot, and all football reporters who followed the game had already figured out how to write the post-match report player reviews, at least Cassano's resurgence illusion is worth writing about so far.

Bernabeu fans have also expressed their displeasure with Cassano's performance, and they may prefer to have the team try to bring on Robinho.

Villarreal escaped one after another, they stabilized their emotions, and the core of the midfield Riquelme had a fire in his heart, and being absolutely suppressed by Qin Xiong in the Champions League last season was something he could not forget.

But he also knew that there was no good fruit to eat when he was entangled with Qin Xiong, and he still understood how many catties and taels he had.

So he took the initiative to go to the front of the field and then create opportunities for his teammates.

Real Madrid's back line rigidly shrunk the back line in order to avoid being cut by the opponent's rib pass, resulting in an almost undefended state on the outside of the backfield, which made Villarreal easily start the ball on the flank, and the side cross tactics played well.

In the 37th minute, Forlan almost headed home from Riquelme's cross in the top corner of the six-yard box, but Casillas bravely blocked his must-win header with one hand.

Two minutes later, Nihart suddenly retreated to the front waistline to receive Carney's cross from the wing and fired a cold shot. Casillas was blocked from seeing and did not react. Fortunately, the ball grazed the outside of the post and popped off the baseline.

40th minute. Qin Xiong had an interaction with Ruud van Nistelrooy in the front attack, Vanney passed the ball back to the Villarreal penalty area, Qin Xiong stepped forward to touch the ball and flicked it horizontally, and then directly got up and shot a long shot.

The ball flew towards Villarreal's goal like a cannonball, and goalkeeper Vieira made a world-class save to save the ball off the line!

There was a round of applause in the stands.

From the beginning of the game to the present, Qin Xiong's performance has been seen by fans, and he actually does not have a gorgeous performance. But there is always a sudden and powerful threat that can be inadvertently created.

Real Madrid, which has not yet been polished, needs someone in the midfield to stabilize the overall situation, which may not make Real Madrid's offensive and defensive system have a qualitative leap, but it can prevent the team from falling apart!

Capello also saw the team's problems on the sidelines.

Tactical expectations have been disappointed!

Real Madrid want to fight back at home?

Why?

Villarreal will not attack aggressively at all, so how can they give Real Madrid a chance to counterattack?

As a result, Real Madrid did not know how to attack in positional battles.

If there is no Qin Xiong, the team's offense will not be organized at all, and most of them will end up in vain.

But even if Qin Xiong is trying to control the overall situation, the problem is still very prominent, and there is not much space. Hard-won opportunities could not be seized, and Cassano missed two good chances. Villarreal's vigilance has grown.

"At the end of the first half, Real Madrid and Villarreal at the Bernabeu played 0:0, through the first half of the game we found that Real Madrid's back line seems to be more solid than before, but not to the point of leakage, but their attack does not seem to have improved much compared to before, the team's offensive ideas are not clear, the front side lacks a connection point, almost relying on the stars themselves to play casually, in this case, Real Madrid has created several good opportunities, But they were all squandered on their own, and let's see what Capello will make at half-time, what Villarreal lacks in the counter-attack is only a kick to improve! ”

Walking into the dressing room, the atmosphere in the Real Madrid team was heavy.

In the 45 minutes of the first half, some of the veteran players should be able to feel that the team has not been reborn.

And it's clear that they're tired on the pitch!

Some players even feel like it's a torment.

For example, Carlos, Salgado, don't let them assist, stipulate that they can't rush through the half, which is like making them breathe hard.

Attacking players up front also mostly feel isolated in positional battles.

Capello lectured at halftime, as soon as he opened his mouth, how to improve the defense and how to adjust, Qin Xiong listened very carefully, although Capello also vaguely criticized him for not making more restrictions on Riquelme's play, Qin Xiong accepted it calmly, but he also noticed that many players in the locker room were not interested in Capello's words.

Defend, defend, defend!

Oh, my God!

This is the Bernabeu, what you want is to attack, what you want is gorgeous, what you want is a devastating victory!

How to play the offense?

Capello did not come up with a specific policy, just a "hard work" for the players to make up for on their own, and "be calmer when the opportunity arises".

After the break, the starters headed out into the pitch.

Raul deliberately walked to Qin Xiong's side and said naturally, "You feel good on the left side?" ”

Qin Xiong nodded and said, "Well, the inner cut is more comfortable along the right foot, and I have deepened my training and improvement in this area in the past two years or so." ”

Raul thought for a moment and said, "In that game we can switch positions in the right environment. ”

Qin Xiong looked back thoughtfully at Capello, who was walking at the back of the team, and then turned his head to Raul and said, "No problem, let's try it, but I'm afraid that after such an attack can't be played, I won't be able to complete the defensive task arranged by the head coach." ”

The switch between the wide and central players can be done as they want when simply discussing the attack.

But football is a coherent and fluid game, and once the attack is stopped, the opponent starts attacking and you have to defend.

If Qin Xiong runs to the left side of the front court to play an attack, and does not make it, it will cause him to be unable to become a defensive point in the midfield at the first time when the attack and defense are converted.

Raul swore to this: "Don't worry, depending on the situation on the field, we can directly exchange defensive tasks. ”

After Qin Xiong thought about it, he didn't suspect that Raul was talking about it.

You must know that in the past few years, Raul has often been forced to sacrifice offense to defence, he is no longer able to score 20 goals in a season like ten years ago, and he can also deliver 20 assists, his goal tally has dropped significantly over the years, which is inseparable from the sacrifices he has made, the Lord of the Rings at the Bernabeu, who only scored 5 league goals last season! (To be continued......)