Super Storm

At midnight on January 28, when referee Teixeira blew the whistle at the end of the game, Messi stood at the penalty spot of Villarre ’s Love Song Stadium and looked up at the pitch. The night sky is filled with confusion.

What's wrong with Barcelona?

Why is this happening?

The red scoreboard in the stands of the Love Song Stadium showed the final result of the game. Zero to zero, neither side could score a goal. Despite how crazy Barcelona organized the offensive, it still failed to create a threat.

Messi was the first to bear the brunt, he missed at least three opportunities for single-handed ball.

The first time was in the seventeenth minute of the first half. Alves sent a direct pass. Messi, who succeeded in the offside, entered the penalty area and formed a single-shot volley. The ball passed the attacking goalkeeper but rubbed the right side. The post missed and failed to form a break.

Then Messi passed the ball and took a free kick, which made the opponent suffer. The defender of Villarreal paid the painful price of three yellow cards in order to stop Messi, but Barcelona was always only a short distance from the goal. So a little bit.

In the last ten minutes, Barcelona almost rushed into the team, everyone was attacking, Messi was in the eighty-seventh and eighty-ninth time, two times got the chance of a single-handed ball, but both were Villarreal's goalkeeper Diego Lopez bravely resolved.

Messi, who had three excellent opportunities for a single-handed goal, didn't even score once, and Messi was extremely dissatisfied with his state tonight.

The kick-off time is exactly two o'clock, and it is almost midnight after the kick. But for Messi, who is used to Spanish work and rest, there is no problem at all, because midnight is the beginning of the night for the Spanish. .

Tired, this is Messi's biggest feeling now.

Not only the kind of tiredness after playing a 90-minute game, but also the physical and psychological fatigue caused by the long-term one-week double match in recent times. Those who have not personally experienced it Incomprehensible.

It can even be said that this is a physical and psychological suffering.

This season, due to the European Cup, the schedules of major European leagues have been tightened, and the first round of La Liga this season was adjusted to January due to the player union strike. In addition to the Kings Cup schedule, the January Cup The event became extremely dense.

From the end of the winter break, starting on January 4, teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid will usher in a devil schedule of up to 40 days, each week is a double match, 14 games in 40 days, 7 In La Liga, six Kings Cups and a Champions League, everyone must get used to this density of games played in almost three days.

It can be said that since the winter break, Barcelona has not taken any rest, and immediately entered the high-density and high-intensity intensive schedule, and each game is very important, and each game is under heavy pressure.

Because Barcelona are currently 13 points behind Real Madrid, and if the league is hopeless, then the cup becomes more important.

If only this is the case, even more terrible is that the first team began to get injured frequently.

Pique, Pedro, Iniesta, Sanchez ...

Facing the Devil schedule, Barcelona began to pay for the team's shortcomings.

Guardiola's team has always been expensive and not expensive, the first team lineup is not ample, but as a result, under the Devil schedule, players began to suffer from injuries, before playing Villarreal, the first team even only had fourteen Players can use.

Fourteen players!

Eleven went up, and only three players were on the bench. In order to make up the number, four teenagers had to be transferred from the second team to come to the rescue. But now, the Devil schedule is not over.

How many games are left?

More importantly, this game was tied, but Real Madrid reversed Zaragoza three to one at home. Yang Yang passed a shot and assisted to equalize and score the reversing goal.

In other words, Real Madrid's lead has expanded to 15 points.

despair!

This is a very desperate gap!

Messi can't even imagine how the team will face the next schedule in such a huge situation behind Real Madrid?

There are many reasons for the team's current predicament. There are both player problems and management problems, and the coaching staff is certainly inseparable.

From the summer training before the season, to the thin lineup of the first team, to the instability of the player's mentality, leading to consecutive away points in the first half, and now entering the Devil's schedule, the physical crisis and the lack of bench thickness completely erupted, directly He put Barcelona into a situation of endless disaster.

There are still 17 rounds in La Liga. Barcelona are 15 points behind Real Madrid. This is a gap that is basically impossible to reverse.

What's more terrible is that in the next fifteen days, Barcelona's devil schedule continues.

In the semifinals of the King's Cup, Barcelona face Valencia and Real Madrid face Athletic Bilbao. This will be a dragon fight, and will also win the game in early February. See who can enter the final of the King's Cup.

Messi wiped his face hard, turned away his sweat, turned around, and looked at his teammates. He found that everyone's face was the same as himself, so confused, so frightened, so disturbed.

Many people say that Guardiola will leave after the end of the season because he has been completely disappointed with the current status of the team; some people say that Barcelona will step up recruitment this summer, Neymar will come to the team and change the team The current status of over-reliance on Messi; more people say that Guardiola is determined to clean up ...

All kinds of rumors, all kinds of news, one after another, even the people in the Barcelona team do not know, which is true and which is false, the only thing that is certain is that they lost badly this season !

Fifteen points behind the 21st round, this almost sentenced Barcelona to death!

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"We played very well, we ran aggressively, and the range was great. I hope to win the remaining 17 games and all the points. Just like we fight tonight, just play like this, we will definitely reap the rewards. A wonderful season. "

Guardiola publicly expressed his affirmation of the player's performance at the post-match press conference.

If you do n’t know, after hearing this, you must think that Barcelona won.

Afterwards, Guardiola remarked, "It's a pity to draw, but there is nothing to blame. I hope to convey the faith of the **** battle to my players. Now we should try to win all the remaining games."

Fifteen points behind, Guardiola admitted that it was indeed very difficult. He also admitted that the team had too many mistakes in the previous period, and also exposed many problems, but what mistakes and what problems occurred in the end, he talked Not to mention.

Everyone knows that he is at odds with the management. He always feels that Russell has not given him enough trust and support.

When a reporter asked whether Real Madrid would win the La Liga title, Guardiola said generously, "I will not agree with the assertion that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title now, because there are still 17 rounds, everything is still there. It ’s possible, I can only say that Real Madrid has a great chance of winning, but we still have a chance. ”

"There is no doubt that we are going through a devil's schedule, but there is nothing to complain about. As a Barcelona player, we should have been used to the rhythm of playing a game every three days in the past few years. All we have to do is Go all out and continue to fight for victory. "

With regard to Barcelona, ​​Guardiola said helplessly that being fifteen points behind is indeed quite serious, "but we must continue to go all out, right?"

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Barcelona draw Villarreal away, handed over another two points, Real Madrid led by fifteen points, basically lock the league champion in advance.

This piece of news quickly detonated European football fans and media fans around the world, countless people are celebrating Real Madrid.

After all, at this level of strength in the Western Super League, the fifteen-point gap can no longer be filled, but Real Madrid still dare not have the slightest paralysis.

The day after defeating Zaragoza three to one at home, after learning that Barcelona had a draw with Villarreal, the Real Madrid dressing room spontaneously organized by captain Casillas, deputy captain Ramos and the team Yang Yang, the number one star, initiated a meeting in the locker room at the Valdebebas training base while taking a break after the nap.

This meeting did not even invite anyone from the management and coaching staff to attend. Only the first team players and several young team players who followed the first team training, such as Carvajal, Nacho, Hese and Vazquez, were present.

At the beginning of the meeting, Captain Casillas directly opened the door and told everyone that the 15-point lead is indeed obvious enough, but it is not enough to ensure Real Madrid wins, and Real Madrid's goal is not just La Liga.

"Barca are encountering the devil's schedule, and we are also the same. Therefore, we should be more vigilant and pay attention to Barcelona's encounter. We must give up all the luck and arrogance. We need to fight every next one. In a game, be sure to win every opponent. "

At this time, in the dressing room of Real Madrid, there must be no feelings of arrogance and pride.

Thanks to Benitez during his coaching, he has laid the foundation for Real Madrid's knowledge, not only the tactical framework and defensive system, but also the rotation mechanism. Real Madrid has so far this season, the total number of first team appearances has exceeded 30 people, Anche Although Lottie's rotation is not as orderly as Benitez, but it is indeed doing well, which makes Real Madrid full of stamina.

Ramos also delivered a speech to encourage all teammates to be arrogant and restless. They must play every game well and strive for more brilliant results this season. This is not only for fame, but also for profit. An honor.

Yang Yang made a speech after following the two captains. His words are very simple, just two sentences.

"This season is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Perhaps this is the only time in many of our careers."

"We want the La Liga champions, the King's Cup and the Champions League champions, we also want one, no less!"