Mourinho himself did not expect that Real Madrid's two away games would be so thrilling.
Levante and Santander were ranked 13th and 12th last season. They are not strong teams, but Real Madrid is no easier to beat them than Barcelona. Uncle Psy can't understand why.
But Zhuoyang knows in his heart that after being beaten by Barcelona every time in the past three seasons, Real Madrid has lost its intimidating power in front of small and medium-sized teams in La Liga, and does not have the dominance to win without a fight. In the minds of La Liga opponents,
Real Madrid is far easier to deal with than Barcelona, ​​and they are more confident in an upset.
La Liga rivals have lost respect for Real Madrid!
In the 4th round at the Municipal Stadium, Levante performed very well in this regard. In the 8th minute of the game, Benzema scored a goal with a supplementary shot from an ambiguous offside position. The referee had already called the penalty invalid, but the Levante people were still aggressive.
Curse the French. If it were Barcelona, ​​they wouldn't do this.
In this game, because many international players played continuously, and because the Madrid media criticized him for not rotating, Mourinho made major adjustments to the starting lineup. Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, Detu, Di Maria rested, Kaká,
Coentrao, Alonso and Khedira, who returned from injury, replaced them in the starting lineup.
Alonso and Khedira serve as double midfielders, which is very reasonable. Zhuo Yang, who did not participate in the Champions League, appeared in the middle of the previous Eye Eye, Kaká became the right midfielder, and the most amazing thing is that the Portuguese Coentrao is
Left midfielder, or left winger, like his compatriot Ronaldo.
After Benzema's goal was invalidated in the first 8 minutes, the battle became tense. Kaká performed very poorly in this game, and his discomfort with the wing seriously affected his feeling of playing football. Zhuoyang made two careful transports in the first half
They were all wasted by him, one shot was weak and the other was ridiculously wide.
Zhuoyang deliberately moved Kaka to the center, but the young master is more accustomed to one or two front midfielders in the center, which is not suitable for the three people on the left, center and right to center. Changing back and forth is in vain, and it also makes Mourinho on the sidelines more and more miserable.
dissatisfied.
The balance was broken in the 39th minute of the first half. He Lian was sent off for a second yellow card for retaliating for upending Juan Fran. Real Madrid turned into a ten-man battle, and Mourinho signaled Zhuo Yang to pull back to the midfielder.
Throughout the first half, both sides received five yellows and one red.
Real Madrid seemed to be in a bad state, including Zhuo Yang and the frontcourt. At the beginning of the second half, Psy replaced Benzema with Cristiano Ronaldo, and then replaced Kaká with Higuain. But he did not expect that,
The defense is equally unreliable.
In the 68th minute, Carvalho made a mistake in passing the ball and was intercepted by Venta. Marcelo rushed forward like a frightened rabbit and was easily passed. Then Cone's push left Casillas helpless. Real Madrid
0:1 behind.
Seeing how things are going, they had a "historic" two-point lead over Barcelona in the last round, and now they have become a laughing stock again.
Mourinho played his last card and replaced Marcelo with Ozil, and Coentrao went to play his full-back.
Kaká, who started the game, was in a mess, and Ronaldo and Higuain, who came on the bench, were also a pair of eggplants. The two of them were obviously competing with Ozil to see who was more unpromising. Either the value is the last word, and Real Madrid still have to rely on Zhuoyang in the end.
In the 901st minute, Zhuo Yang used a corner kick tactic and made a flying shot through the gap in the crowd. In the process, he received countless kicks from his opponents and his own family. However, he equalized the score for Real Madrid. 1:1 was better than nothing.
Listen to the next door, Barcelona beat Osasuna 8:0, boss Mei scored a hat trick.
Three days later, in the fifth round of La Liga, Real Madrid's situation still did not improve. Mourinho rotated more thoroughly at the Sardines Stadium. Even Zhuo Yang sat on the bench, and Ronaldo started.
Racing Santander did not show any weakness at home, resisting until the 70th minute of the second half and the score was still 0:0, so Zhuo Yang, Kaká, and Di Maria were replaced all at once again. This time, Psy could barely make a comeback.
In the 89th minute, it was almost the last moment. After Di Maria made a brutal breakthrough from the wing, he rubbed the instep of Kaka in the middle and sent a wonderful through ball to Zhuo Yang who was anti-offside. So, Mr. 150 Million naturally passed the Israeli goalkeeper.
After Nuohuang fell to the ground, he pushed into the empty goal and scored a precious three points for Real Madrid.
The truth of these two games made Mourinho understand one thing: La Liga is by no means as simple as just defeating Barcelona.
Because he has been frustrated by Barcelona many times in his coaching career, especially in the year since he came to La Liga, he was suppressed by Barcelona in all aspects. Uncle Psy has become neurotic in this regard. Barcelona has blinded him and he has no intention to seriously consider other opponents.
But the game against two underdogs made Uncle Psy see clearly that even if he can beat Barcelona, ​​he will achieve nothing if he keeps losing points to other teams. Even if he still can't beat Barcelona, ​​he can maintain a superiority in front of the strong players in La Liga.
Maybe the same big things can be expected.
So three days later, when playing against Rayo Vallecano at home in the 6th round of La Liga, Psy was not careless at all, and steadily formed a 4-3-2-1 three-midfielder formation, even though Rayo Vallecano was only a newly promoted team.
Zhuoyang, Detu, Alonso and Khedira were punished and put on the bench. Mourinho was still angry about his needless red card two rounds ago.
However, Alonso also failed to live up to expectations. In just 15 seconds of the opening, his pass error allowed Murtado to hit the ball from 25 meters away. Cassie saved it, but Michu's supplementary shot made Real Madrid score 0 in the opening game.
:1 behind.
Fortunately, Real Madrid still has Zhuoyang and Detu, as well as Ronaldo.
In the 28th minute, Vallecarlo took a throw-in in the frontcourt, but Casado threw it to Detu who suddenly appeared. Butcher kicked it to Zhuoyang between the two counterattacks. Zhuoyang kicked it before he could turn around.
It was a long pass that allowed Ronaldo, who was unmarked on the left, to face the goalkeeper.
As far as shooting skills are concerned, Zhuo Yang also admires Ronaldo very much, 1:1.
Ten minutes later, Detu stole the ball from the backcourt again. Zhuoyang ran forty meters with the ball and stabbed Ronaldo, who suddenly appeared in the open space in the penalty area.
As far as movement without the ball is concerned, Zhuoyang feels that he is not as good as Ronaldo, 2:1.
In the 44th minute, De Tusan grabbed Rayo Vallecano, and it was Zhuoyang who sent Ronaldo to the top of the penalty area.
Just talking about the shameless "independence", Zhuo Yang feels that he is far inferior to Ronaldo.
The Portuguese king forced a long shot from the crowd, but was blocked by Rayo Vallecano defender Jordi. The football fell at the feet of Higuain, and the score became 3:1.
In the second half, Rayo Vallecano repeated his old tricks. In the 47th minute, taking advantage of Albiol's mistake in corner kick defense, Michu scored twice to make the score 3:2.
This time, Zhuoyang and Detu were completely angered. In the following time, they jointly dominated the court, allowing Real Madrid to score 5 goals in one breath. In the end, the score of 8:2 was very rough, with Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick and smoke.
Gun, Zhuoyang, Detu, and Varane scored their first Real Madrid goals.
Chapter completed!