Red Rebels

7 goal drought

In the first round of the League Cup, the Red Rebels defeated Northampton of the English League Two away game: 4 and successfully advanced to the next round.

On September 7, the Red Rebels defeated newly promoted West Bromwich Albion 0:4 away from home. Aguero scored twice, Ronaldinho and Messi each scored one goal, and the front three took all the goals. The ball, and as the most important part of the magic quartet in the frontcourt, Kaka had two assists, but still failed to score.

This also extended Kaká's goal drought to 7 games this season, including 6 league games and UEFA Champions League group matches. In the League Cup, Kaká did not get a chance to play. On the contrary, Ozil performed well when he played. The goal was scored.

On October 1, the Red Rebels welcomed Werder Bremen at home. The Red Rebels put the game into their best rhythm from the beginning. Messi opened the scoring for the Red Rebels in just 4 minutes. , he sailed Ismail's header into the Werder Bremen goal in the penalty area.

In the 4th minute, Aguero expanded the score again. It was Michael Johnson who made a deft overhead pass from the road, helping Aguero to successfully counter the offside and break into the Werder Bremen penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he easily Successful shot, :o.

In the second half, Werder Bremen changed sides and fought again. Werder Bremen's Peruvian forward Pizarro, who was on loan from Chelsea, got a goal back for Werder Bremen in the 6th minute, rewriting the score to:, making Werder Bremen seem to have seen an opportunity to equalize.

After that, the two sides engaged in a hearty offensive battle, which the fans at the scene watched with relish. Although the Red Rebels took the initiative on the court, Werder Bremen also did not give up too much, but in the end it was the Red Rebels who were superior. First, Michael Johnson, who replaced Cesc Fabregas, performed well and once again used a direct free kick to expand the score for the Red Rebels. This was also Michael Johnson's first goal in the Champions League group stage.

Since Beckham retired, the o-year-old Michael Johnson has become more and more mature, especially in the dispatching, command and organization of the game. In this game, England's talented field became the biggest contributor to the victory of the Red Rebels.

After the game, Mourinho also immediately praised Michael Johnson's performance. He believed that the Englishman has made great progress. He has proved with facts that he is a trustworthy star player, which is even more rare. The thing is, he is only 0 years old.

An 0-year-old Michael Johnson, an 1-year-old Cesc Fabregas, plus a 2-year-old John Obi Mikel, the Red Rebels field is really full of talents, making the entire European continent unable to help but salivate. .

But unfortunately, in this game, Kaká once again failed to score. Although he devoted his whole game to shooting with his feet and was the player with the most shots in the team, he still failed to score.

After this game is over,

Many media began to criticize Kaká, believing that he was becoming more and more impatient and began to neglect the team's overall operations, especially when he could pass the ball, but he chose to shoot by himself.

Regarding this point, the Red Rebels obviously did not see it that way.

"Indiscriminate shooting?" Mourinho sneered, "I never look at it that way. This is the privilege I gave Kaká. Everyone knows that he can't wait to score, and we can't wait for someone who can score." Kaká has the ball, so we are helping Kaká break his goal drought.”

"But Kaka doesn't seem to have the luck to break the goal drought, or he is not ready at all," a reporter suspected.

Who knew that Mourinho immediately became angry, "What does it mean to be unprepared? A top player like Kaká is prepared all the time. You are doubting his professional ethics. He is a professional player." Model, he finally got back on the court and I don't think he needs to be criticized by you people."

"I believe in Kaka. He will break the goal drought. When the time comes, we can welcome back a Kaka who can score goals. A Kaka who is more terrifying than ever and more than anyone else. When the time comes, he will make us red. The army becomes stronger”

After saying that, Mourinho turned around and beat him up, leaving the stupid questioner who was ostracized by fellow reporters.

In addition to Mourinho, the Red Rebels also have great support for Kaká.

Ronaldinho defended Kaka during the interview.

"I support Ricardo 100%. At that time, he could indeed pass the ball, but he chose to shoot. That is the selfishness that a scorer should have. Without this selfishness, Kaka would not be where he is today. Kaka."

Curtis also agreed, "What Kaka needs most now is to adjust his mentality. He is a great star. He can overcome the problems caused by the goal drought. We will do our best to help him break the goal drought." "Ball shortage"

Unfortunately, the Red Rebels have not received a penalty kick in these rounds of league and Champions League games. Otherwise, I believe that the Red Rebels will take the initiative to give up penalty kick opportunities to Kaká, so that the Brazilian can break his own in one fell swoop. Goal scoring drought.

Everyone knows that there are only two ways for a top scorer to break his goal drought. One is the support of his teammates, and the other is mentality. There is no doubt that the first question is fundamental to Kaká. Not really a problem, the real problem is the second one.

In fact, Kaká himself didn’t think the goal drought was very important at first. He also experienced a few rounds of games without scoring. But gradually, under the hype of the media, he began to notice that so far this season, he has not scored. Haven't scored a single goal yet.

6 rounds of English League + UEFA Champions League group stage, a total of 70 minutes, zero goals

However, although he did not score a goal, Kaka's role in the Red Rebels was very obvious.

No one can understand Kaka's mood at this moment, but everyone can see that he is starting to become anxious. This is something that the balanced Kaka did not know in the past, so the coaching staff immediately assigned him a new task. , receive counseling from psychological experts.

But everyone knows that if you want to help Kaka, you need to do more

Although Kaká has been insulated from scoring goals since his comeback, his role in the Red Rebels is unquestionable. Even the pickiest commentator has to admit that Kaká is definitely the Red Rebels. One of the team's most important players.

Kaka can participate in assisting the organization on the road. His position and double midfielders almost form an iron triangle on the field. The back and forth passing between the three players is very important. It is a powerful weapon for the Red Rebels to control the rhythm of the game and control the field. At this point, neither Aguero nor Asa last season could play the role of Kaká.

In addition, the combination of Kaka and the frontcourt trident is becoming more and more tacit. With Aguero's booming form this season, Mourinho has gradually promoted him to the forward line, consisting of Ronaldinho and Aguero. Ronaldo and Messi form a trident, but none of these three players is a striker in the traditional sense. All three players are stars with outstanding skills and personal abilities. Their flexible movement and interspersed back and forth make it difficult for opponents to guard against them.

This is also the reason why so far this season, the Red Rebels have scored in 6 rounds of the English League without conceding a goal, and here, Kaká has almost become the lubricant for the three players. Once encountering difficulties, the Trident will immediately send back the message, and Kaka will definitely appear where he should be to respond.

In addition, Kaka's dribbling breakthrough and high-forward distribution are still sharp. It can even be said that he is better than the previous Kaka. This also makes Kaka's existence give the Red Rebels a better field. The road ahead becomes more stealthy and deadly.

If on this basis, Kaka can go further and break his goal drought, then the Red Rebels' offensive combination will undoubtedly become more powerful, but unfortunately, he still failed to do so.

Some people also pointed out that in addition to the psychological reasons for Kaka's goal drought, there is also another reason that comes from tactics. Mourinho arranged for him to position closer to the field, almost like an avant-garde, and his activity area He is further away from the goal than before. Before the injury, Kaka was in good condition, and no one felt that his number of goals was decreasing.

But now, after returning from injury, on the one hand, he has been absent for a long time for a season, and on the other hand, he is a little far away from the goal. Kaká's goals have naturally dropped sharply, but they also pointed out that Kaká's real threat now is not scoring goals, but Because of his attack planning and passing, Kaka is more awe-inspiring than ever before.

Of course, if he can score a goal, Kaka will be even stronger

As if to confirm this argument, in the seventh round of the league, when the Red Rebels faced Sunderland at home, Kaká once again provided two assists, helping Ronaldinho and Messi score one goal each. Terry took advantage of a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt and scored his first goal of the season.

After the game, Kaka was selected as the best player on the spot, but he still seemed a little depressed, because he had a sure goal in this game, but Chris Taylor, the Red Rebel The younger brother inside, however, saved Kaká’s shot with an almost impossible save.

There is no doubt that Chris Taylor's save will be the best save of the round, but Kaka...

After the game, Chris Taylor seemed to feel Kaka's depression and took the initiative to comfort Kaka who failed to score. Although he was the culprit that caused Kaka's goal drought to extend to 9 games, he He still felt sorry for Kaka.

:, the Red Rebels' clean sheet record this season was finally broken, and it was broken on the head of Ferdinand's younger brother. This guy took advantage of a corner kick in the 4th minute and beat Curtis to score with a header.

But Kaká’s goal drought also extended to 9 games, 80 minutes, and lasted for a month.

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After the seventh round of the league, the English league was suspended, and the European continent ushered in the national team match day.

England ushered in two games in the third and fourth rendezvous, namely against the underdog Kazakhstan at home and against Belarus away from home. Both games were regarded by fans as must-win games.

You know, two consecutive defeats have put England in trouble. If they can't win these two games, England's qualifying situation in this round of the group will become extremely serious, and they may even miss the World Cup in South Africa.

Everyone knows that if England misses the World Cup in South Africa, the fans will go crazy.

Capello was obviously aware of this, but he still did not choose to compromise. This time he did not even bring Curtis. The Red Rebels only had Terry selected for the national team, but he played and formed a defender with Ferdinand. combination.

This defensive duo performed well against Kazakhstan at home.

Yes, the outstanding performance of the defender can generally be understood as the team's passivity. Capello sought stability and arranged a 44 tactic. He gave up Barry and chose Hargreaves, and replaced him with Wright Phillips on the wing. Joe Cole played on the left, and the forward combination of Defoe and Rooney was selected in the frontcourt.

This striker combination seems to have brought luck. In the 5th minute, Rooney assisted Defoe to score. England:o narrowly defeated Kazakhstan. This also made Capello criticize Difo at the press conference after the game. Full of praise, at least the England striker saved Capello, didn't he?

However, there are still many people who are very dissatisfied with England's performance in this game. The reason is very simple. The team's chaos is still there, Lampard and Gerrard still failed to show a convincing state, and England's offense is still Powerless, but the defense has been greatly improved, especially Terry's calm tackle at the last moment, which destroyed a one-on-one goal that Kazakhstan was bound to win.

If that goal had been scored, England would have been

Four days later, England visited Belarus. This Belarusian national team had players from the Red Rebels who played for Barcelona. Hleb appeared on the right. This game almost destroyed the England left wing guarded by Bridge. The road was so sudden that he couldn't find the direction. If forward Briga hadn't been so poor at seizing opportunities, he might have scored a goal long ago.

But in the 8th minute, David James still failed to stop Hleb's sudden long shot from the right side of the penalty area and watched the Belarusian score:o

Capello was furious on the sidelines. After returning from a suspension against Kazakhstan, Capello was eager to see a victory with his own eyes. He angrily shouted at the players on the court.

After the break, England's performance improved in the second half.

It was still Rooney. In the 50th minute, after receiving a pass from Wes Brown behind him, Rooney used his strong body in the penalty area to slam the ball into the Belarus goal guarded by Zenov. The equalizer is:

But after that, the two sides never scored again. Even though England's offensive momentum was very strong, even though the English were aggressive on the court, they still failed to break through the iron wall of the Belarusians. Hleb was on the right. Always a thorn in the back of England.

After 90 minutes, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Both sides shook hands and made peace. Capello, who had been standing on the sidelines for a full 90 minutes, completely sat down on the visiting team's coaching bench. His heart surged. A sense of powerlessness.

He really tried his best, but...

But on the other side of the world, there is also a head coach, and like Capello, he has really tried his best.

That is Argentina national team coach, Basile