The Strongest Demon Front

.. , the strongest demon front

Like Real Madrid, Barcelona are bent on doing well in the Champions League. Especially in the case that the league championship has already belonged to them with a high probability.

The twenty-eighth round of the league is over, and the time for each giant team to enter the UEFA Champions League again.

In the Champions League quarter-final first leg, Barcelona and Real Madrid won the match. On February 2, they defeated the Premier League giants Arsenal with a score of 2:0 at Arsenal's home stadium, the Emirates Stadium, and took the initiative to advance to the quarter-finals.

other games.

Manchester City (away) 3:1 Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine.

Atletico Madrid (A) 0:0 Eindhoven.

Juventus (main) 2:2 Bayern Munich.

Wolfsburg (A) 3:2 Ghent, Belgium.

Benfica (main) 1:0 Zenit.

Paris Saint-Germain (main) 2:1 Chelsea.

Four of the second-leg matches of the quarter-finals will be played on March 8 and 9, including the match between Real Madrid and Roma; while the match between Barcelona and Arsenal will be played together with the remaining four matches. It is scheduled to take place on March 15th and 16th.

In the first round at the Stadio Olimpico, Real Madrid beat Roma 4-1 with a hat-trick of embarrassment.

Now, when it comes to the second round of the game, their game pressure is not great. As long as they don't lose a 0:4, they can definitely advance to the next round of the Champions League.

In history, are there any examples of winning 4:1 in the first round and then being eliminated?

The answer is yes.

In the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2004, AC Mira beat Deportivo 4:1 in the first round.

At that time, AC Milan could be described as star-studded, goalkeeper Dida; defender Maldini, Nesta, Cafu, Pancaro; midfielder Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattuso, Kaka; forward Shevchenko , Inzaghi. The team's lineup and strength are not inferior to today's Real Madrid.

In the league, they won consecutive victories over Inter Milan, Lazio, Parma, Juventus, and Sampdoria; in the Champions League,

They even played two consecutive 4:1 games, which can be said to be in a hot state.

Coupled with the fact that AC Milan is one of the teams with the best results in the UEFA Champions League, AC Milan in that season can be said to be one of the most popular teams to win the UEFA Champions League.

However, in the second round, Super Depor became famous in the first battle.

In the second round, Deportivo broke out. Their quick and quick style of play stumped Ancelotti's team in an instant.

4:0!

An epic reversal.

A miracle, or a miracle, that even God did not expect, just happened.

At that time, no one thought that the strongest team in the Champions League would end their journey in the Champions League in such a disgrace.

Therefore, before the match with Rome, "Marca" repeatedly reminded Real Madrid not to underestimate Rome, and not to capsize in the gutter.

Real Madrid lost to the Italian team, but there is a tradition.

"Marca" made statistics, and Real Madrid has not eliminated an Italian team in a two-round knockout match for 29 years.

What is the concept of twenty-nine years?

Twenty-nine years ago, Ronaldo was a two-year-old child, and Messi was just born...

In 1987, Real Madrid eliminated Maradona's Naples.

That was the last time they beat a team from Italy in a two-legged knockout round.

After that, Real Madrid lost to Milan twice (1988-89, 1989-90), Turin once (1991-1992), and Juventus four times (1995-96, 2002-03, 2004- 05, 2014-15), and Roma also beat Real Madrid in the knockout round (2007-08).

This is the "Italian curse" of Real Madrid.

This year is their best chance to break the spell.

Either break the spell, or form the Real Madrid Fan Protection Association, either way will set a record...

Before the game, there was good news from Valdebebas.

Modric and Marcelo are back from injury.

This season, Real Madrid's injuries have continued, which has also caused fans to question the team's medical team. However, fortunately, except for Bell and Benzema who is recovering from injury, the rest of the players did not take too long from injury to recovery.

In a sense, this ensures the stability of the team lineup. (Bell: ...)

On the evening of March 8, the Bernabéu.

Nearly 80,000 fans packed the Santiago Bernabeu to the brim.

The attendance rate of the Real Madrid League is very high. Since Zidane coached, the number of home attendance has not been less than 60,000. However, compared with the Champions League, the number of spectators in the league is not enough.

The attraction of the Champions League to Real Madrid fans can be seen from this.

Especially because the league is significantly behind Barcelona, ​​the Champions League has almost become the hope of the whole village. In this case, every Champions League game of Real Madrid absolutely does not allow any mistakes.

In this game, Zidane continued his new thinking in the league.

Casemiro starts again.

This is Fat Tiger's first Champions League start under Zidane.

Due to Benzema's absence, Ronaldo served as the team's center forward, Bell and James left and right, Chu Ge sat on the bench and stood by.

The continuous competition made Chu Ge physically tired.

In this game, Zidane continued to rotate. He let Bell, who had been on paid vacation for a long time, start the game, and his partner James, who was squeezed by Chu Ge, played time.

Modric, who also returned from injury, partnered with Kroos in midfield, and Marcelo also started.

It can be said that in the first half of the first half, Real Madrid basically sent the most valuable lineup, and it is also the strongest lineup in the minds of many media.

However, this lineup did not work well.

In the first half, neither Real Madrid nor Roma scored a goal, and the two teams drew 0:0.

At half-time, Zidane fell into a long test.

He found several problems.

The debut of Casemiro liberated Kroos and Modric. These two players can use more energy to organize the offense.

And James is also an offensive player.

Especially after the premise of Modric's position, the functions of the two have been repeated, and the running positions often overlap.

This has weakened Real Madrid's attack power to some extent.

this is a problem.

How to solve this problem, Zidane has no good solution yet.

The easiest way is definitely to replace James with Chu Ge or Vazquez.

But this method is too simple and rude, and it is easy to intensify the team's conflicts.

A smart coach needs to play the role of every player, not to mention the outstanding talent of James, and the club's high salary and high price. Zidane does not want to give up so easily.

Another problem is that Bale is not used to it on the left, and his role overlaps with Marcelo's.

Bell and Marcelo on the left overlap, and James on the right squeezes Modric's space. This exposes the problem that in Zidane's new tactical system, the tactical division of labor for Real Madrid players is not clear , their respective responsibilities are unclear.

After thinking about this, Zidane knew what to do.

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