Chapter 20 The first champion
In fact, although Barcelona is leading now, Barcelona is not completely in the upper hand in the field. Their goal is somewhat lucky, without any warning before the goal, and there is no convincing power.
However, Real Madrid's counterattack was very sharp and threatened Barcelona's goal many times, but Benzema, who was the starter this time, wasted a lot of opportunities, which made the team never scored.
Chu Zhongtian stared at Mourinho for a while, and found that he couldn't see anything, so he simply watched the game again. At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona obviously took the initiative, and Chu Zhongtian felt that this was different from their performance at the beginning of the first half.
By the way... a thought emerged in Chu Zhongtian's mind.
Why are they different? What's different?
Barcelona seemed a little busy at the beginning of the first half, or had no goal, and they didn't seem to know how to play.
This scene once surprised Chu Zhongtian, but he was only surprised for a moment and didn't take it to heart. Now, he is careless. As a mid-length player, how could he ignore such obvious changes in Barcelona, who is known as the "head coach on the court"?
When he was at Hoffenheim, he often studied videos of his opponents, found the reasons from their subtle changes, and thus dealt with them in the game. This is why he was able to join Hoffenheim's coaching staff.
Chu Zhongtian lowered his head and carefully recalled Barcelona's performance in the first half.
It seems that Barcelona is playing against Real Madrid, and they have the advantage. But in fact, that is because Real Madrid chose to actively shrink their defense and leave space to Barcelona. They keep falling off their feet outside, and their ball possession rate is very high, but there are few actual threats.
And this is all the performance in the second half of the first half. Their insurance in the first half was not normal and they were a little impatient. It was like they had accumulated a lot of strength but the last punch was empty. So the more they wanted to hit the ball, the more they couldn't hit the ball. The more they couldn't hit the ball, the more they wanted to hit the ball, and they seemed impatient and blind.
Why is this happening?
Chu Zhongtian thought of Mourinho praised his performance in the match against Barcelona before the game.
Could it be...a thought suddenly emerged from his heart.
Chu Zhongtian felt it was a bit unlikely.
He felt that he should not have such a great deterrent power... The idea that Chu Zhongtian came up with was that Mourinho praised himself hard before, just to cast smoke bombs, and at the same time he kept reminding Barcelona what kind of person he was, asking them to think of themselves as soon as they think of themselves, and they remembered the Champions League final and the failure in the Champions League final. Therefore, they thought that Mourinho would send Chu Zhongtian to start, so Barcelona's arrangements were all aimed at him. Unexpectedly, he did not start, but instead made Barcelona lose his previous arrangements. All the previous arrangements were useless. Naturally, they had to adapt again.
If this is true, it means that Mourinho attaches great importance to himself because he uses himself as a nuclear weapon.
Originally, if Benzema gave some more force, Real Madrid might even lead 3:0 in the first half. However, the situation is not bad now, only one goal behind, and there is a chance to counterattack.
At this time, Real Madrid needs speed very much. Who can bring them speed in the midfield organization?
Chu Zhongtian thought of himself.
I was born by Hoffenheim. In the past two seasons, especially last season, Hoffenheim's fast football has become famous in Europe.
As Hoffenheim's leader, Chu Zhongtian represents the player. Although he does not run fast with the ball, it is precisely because of his quick and accurate pass that Hoffenheim can get faster.
He doesn't think Mourinho wouldn't know this.
If Real Madrid wants to strengthen the offensive speed, they need a person who passes quickly and accurately, and has a clear mind and strong overall view. Xavi Alonso meets the next three points, which means that the passing rhythm is not fast enough.
If all my guesses were good before, Chu Zhongtian knew that it was time for him to appear.
Sure enough, five minutes later, assistant coach Kalanka walked up to Chu Zhongtian and said to him: "Chu, go up and warm up."
Chu Zhongtian put on his vest and ran to the warm-up area.
The TV broadcast gave Chu Zhongtian a shot. As the transfer bidder in Europe this season, he has a transfer price of 70 million euros to Real Madrid, so Chu Zhongtian is naturally attracting much attention.
In such an important game as Barcelona, the media originally speculated that Chu Zhongtian would definitely start in two rounds, but as a result, he was benched in both games. So there are many speculations about the relationship between Mourinho and Chu Zhongtian during this period.
If Mourinho really doesn't like Chu Zhongtian, then another storm will definitely set off within the Bernabeu. As a sky-high player who spent 70 million euros in the club, if he always plays the bench, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the senior management and members of Real Madrid. At that time, Florentino will support Mourinho, the world's highest-paid head coach, or support Chu Zhongtian who he bought for 70 million yuan? Supporting one of them will lead to the other leaving Real Madrid. Of course, what Real Madrid's opponents are happy to see is Mourinho leaving Real Madrid. But no matter who leaves Real Madrid, who stays, or no one leaves, as long as there is chaos within Real Madrid, it is good news.
Real Madrid has many factions, which is no secret in football. Factions cannot be eliminated. When Real Madrid has good grades, they are the time to handle the relationship between their factions well, and when they have poor grades, they must be the time to fight in the locker room.
Real Madrid is actually very powerful. They have the best players on the planet. As long as they work together, they can defeat all enemies. In a very vulgar sentence, "The one who defeats them is always themselves."
The internal strife of Real Madrid is great news for Real Madrid's enemies. Therefore, the Catalan media is often keen to report internal news in Real Madrid's locker room. Sometimes it says that a certain player quarreled with the head coach, and sometimes it says which two big-name players don't like each other... Anyway, there are always negative news like this and that, hoping to affect the internal unity of Real Madrid.
Similarly, the Madrid media of pro-Real Madrid will deal with Barcelona in this way. In short, this is definitely not a simple battle between two teams. The grudge between Real Madrid and Barcelona has entangled too many other things, national character and future, as well as political demands. Catalonia has never given up on its efforts to leave Spain and pursue independence. When it cannot be achieved at present, it can only use football as a weapon. Therefore, every time Barcelona wins against Real Madrid, they will regard it as the victory of independent Catalonia against Spanish royal family.
In fact, the hatred of pure football will not be so deep. Those deep enough derby hatreds are related to things outside of football. For example, the world-renowned "old brand" Derby, the grudge between Glasgow Wanderers and Celtics is related to religion.
The hatred between Inter Milan and AC Milan is not deep, because they have no other hatred except football.
Chu Zhongtian ignored the hatred outside football between Real Madrid and Barcelona. He wanted to defeat Barcelona purely for football considerations. Because Barcelona is the most powerful in the world football world. Although they lost the Champions League final, this did not shake their foundation, just as the Catalan reporter said proudly after the game: "Barcelona's football is eternal." He was right, a failure in the Champions League final did not make Barcelona fall from the throne of world number one. They are still the most powerful team in the world today.
This team has been working together for many years, and most of the players in the team have come out of the Lamacia youth training camp. Cruyff has been operating Barcelona for many years, leaving Barcelona with the greatest wealth that is Lamacia. Barcelona has adhered to a football style from youth training to the first team, which makes players in their youth training camp not need to adapt after being promoted to the first team, and they can perform well almost quickly.
So it is definitely not something that can be achieved in a Champions League final.
Since Barcelona is the most powerful team in the world football world today and he likes to challenge, of course, it is challenging to beat Barcelona frequently. In the whole of Europe, only Real Madrid can play against Barcelona frequently, and the only one who is about the same level as Barcelona is Real Madrid. So he chose to come to Real Madrid.
Five minutes later, Chu Zhongtian finished warming up and returned to the coach's seat. This time, assistant coach Kalanka pulled Chu Zhongtian and explained his tactics.
"After you go up, tell them that we should speed up the counterattack. The midfielder should get the ball quickly, and the two sides should actively move forward..."
Kalanka talked for a long time, and Chu Zhongtian only grasped the key point and asked: "Does it be enough to be fast when attacking?"
Kalanka nodded: "Yes, it's just to be quick."
Chu Zhongtian: "Okay, then I know what to do."
After saying that, he walked to the sidelines.
When he was in Hoffenheim, Rangnick never said so much to him. The most common thing was: "We are going to do what, do you know what to do, right?" Chu Zhongtian nodded. Even if this matter was over, there was no need to say it.
It seems that when you come to the new environment, you still need to adapt... When Chu Zhongtian stood next to the fourth official and was waiting to play, Kalanca had already returned to the coaching seat. He sat down next to Mourinho and said to Mourinho: "Chu's tactical understanding ability is excellent..."
Mourinho glanced at him, turned his head and continued to watch the game. "When he was at Hoffenheim, he was a coach and was mainly responsible for tactics."
Kalanka smacked her tongue: "What a monster..."
※※※"Chu Zhongtian is on the stage!"
"The sixty-fifth minute... I gave it another fifteen minutes this time. I wonder if it is an improvement?"
"Haha! Finally, I didn't stay up late!"
In China, the Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the Internet were excited.
Unfortunately, this game was still not broadcast by Chinese TV stations, so they could not hear how the commentator introduced and evaluated Chu Zhongtian's appearance. From the Spanish commentary, they could only understand the pronunciation of "chu".
The Spanish commentator is introducing the player to everyone: "Murinho replaced Khedira with Chu, and he is still a double midfielder. It seems that he is planning to pursue goals away from home... Chu joined Real Madrid from Hoffenheim for a sky-high price of 70 million euros this summer. He became famous in the Champions League final against Barcelona. In the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Chu made a debut in the last ten minutes and instigated a beautiful counterattack to help Real Madrid win the game 3:1 at home. Otherwise, he should be happy now. Real Madrid would never be so leisurely. You should know that Barcelona scored a away goal."
"Chu is here! Let's hear...wow! What a big boo!"
When the fans of the Camp Nou Stadium saw Chu Zhongtian running onto the stadium, the booing sounds were overwhelming. All Real Madrid players were treated as "sovereign" as him, even the booings that C. Ronaldo enjoyed was not as good as Chu Zhongtian.
Amid the overwhelming booing, Chu Zhongtian was fearless and his face did not change. After running onto the court, he pointed at his two teammates on the sidelines and shouted: "We need speed! When counterattacking, you must be more determined!"
It looked like a captain, just like he was in Hoffenheim.
After conveying the head coach's intention to the players on the court, he stood in the midfielder. He gave Xavi Alonso a thumbs up, and it was always right to have a good relationship with his partner. You should know that Mourinho gave him the task to actively participate in the offense. He must appear almost every attack, so after he goes up, the space left behind will naturally be handed over to his midfield partner. Alonso is the person behind him, and it is absolutely no benefit to offend him.
The booing finally stopped, but don’t think that Barcelona fans will let Chu Zhongtian go like this. As long as the football is passed to Chu Zhongtian’s feet, there will be a deafening booing.
This boo did not affect Chu Zhongtian, but instead affected the referee - Chu Zhongtian intercepted the ball from Iniesta's feet in a defense, and then Iniesta fell to the ground. The huge boo in the stands on the spot made the referee feel illusioned, thinking that Chu Zhongtian made a foul, and whistled the whistle to pause the game and gave Barcelona a free kick.
This penalty surprised Chu Zhongtian. He knew that he had not committed a foul. Iniesta was just hit by himself, but such a collision was definitely not enough to make Iniesta fall to the ground unless he only had one leg. The actual situation was that Iniesta was hit by Chu Zhongtian, and then his right foot tripped to his left foot while maintaining balance, and fell to the ground. This is the truth. But the Barcelona fans in the stands did not see it, or they saw it but still thought that it was Chu Zhongtian's responsibility, so booed everywhere, causing the referee to make a wrong judgment.
Chu Zhongtian was dissatisfied with the penalty. He believed that the referee was under pressure from home fans. This was obviously a beautiful steal, and the most important thing was that this steal was an excellent opportunity for Real Madrid to counterattack. Because of this inexplicable whistle, Real Madrid's counterattack opportunity was gone.
Chu Zhongtian stepped forward to argue with the referee, but walked up and found that the other party ignored him at all. Kaka next to him also grabbed him: "Don't be impulsive, Chu!" The Brazilian thought Chu Zhongtian was dissatisfied with the referee's punishment and wanted to trouble the referee.
After being pulled by Kaka, Chu Zhongtian suddenly realized that he was no longer the captain of Hoffenheim, so he had no need or qualification to stand up for many disputes on the field. The referee could ignore him because he was not the captain.
He was used to being the captain of Hoffenheim and stood up for himself and his teammates on the court. When he came to Real Madrid, he was not adaptable for a while. So he shook his head, turned around and left the referee with a wry smile, and accepted the penalty.
The game started over and Xavi kicked the football out and gave it to Messi.
Chu Zhongtian was not affected by the previous misjudgment and was still very tough in defense. He rushed up, almost making Messi almost unable to hold the ball. However, the Argentine Golden Boy's ability is indeed outstanding. The first impact did not make him lose control of the ball, and the football was still at his feet.
Chu Zhongtian continued to hit and at the same time stretched his foot to intercept the ball from behind. Messi focused on the confrontation with Chu Zhongtian, but there was no place to Gareth Bale, who suddenly came up from behind. When he found that Bale had stretched out his foot to him, he quickly pulled the ball back and hit Chu Zhongtian, who was a single block.
The ball was lost.
Real Madrid took this opportunity to counterattack, and finally C. Ronaldo completed a threatening shot.
It's a pity that there is no goal.
※※In the 70th minute, Mourinho replaced Benzema, who worked hard but was still squandering opportunities. Adebayo's appearance means Real Madrid will continue to adjust its tactics. However, the general direction remains unchanged, and it is still a defensive counterattack. Adebayo added a frontcourt support point for the team, the team has more choices and is more confident in counterattacking.
This substitution was immediately effective. Adebayo's first touch after he came on the court was to shoot the ball into Barcelona's goal.
At that time, Chu Zhongtian received Alonso's pass in the backcourt, and then passed the ball directly in the middle. Kaka received the ball in the middle and passed it. C. Ronaldo took the ball on the side to attract the opponent's defensive attention. Then Gareth Bale inserted it back, and the Portuguese passed the ball to him. He made a cross from the bottom, and Adebayo pushed the ball into the goal.
1:1!
Camp Nou's booing finally stopped.
This is the final score. Real Madrid, who scored a away goal, began to shrink its defense again. Mourinho obviously planned to defend this score. Real Madrid led Barcelona 4:1 in the total score, and this goal was basically impossible to play.
Barcelona also knew that the score gap was a bit big, and there was too little time, so they simply gave up seeking victory in the end. The two sides played very friendly in the last few minutes of the game, and the smell of gunpowder disappeared. Seeing the team like this, Barcelona fans were also a little discouraged. When Chu Zhongtian took the ball, the booing was not that big, and there were some scattered scatters.
He tied Barcelona 1:1 away and defeated his old opponent with a total score of 4:1. Real Madrid won the Spanish Super Cup on the opponent's territory. Chu Zhongtian won his first championship trophy after joining Real Madrid.
This trophy is a bit useless, and Chu Zhongtian was not proud of it. He knew that the journey was still long. A Spanish Super Cup was nothing, and the league championship and the Champions League championship were the most important.
The Spanish Super Cup will definitely not be his last championship trophy in Real Madrid, and he will never be the second Beckham. Can he be a league champion before leaving the team...
Chapter completed!