As time enters February, the Champions League war is about to be reignited. Whether Real Madrid will continue to dominate the world, or whether other powerful players will step forward to change the situation, this is something that all fans and media are very concerned about.

But for Zidane and Real Madrid, their competition is not just the Champions League.

Although the Champions League is the main goal, Zidane has not thought about giving up on the league and the Copa del Rey. This season is different from last season, there are not so many injuries, only Cristiano Ronaldo is seriously injured, but

There are many people who can replace this position. Although the strength may be slightly weaker, as long as Lin Yu's terrifying performance is available, this shortcoming can be made up for.

He gave up the King's Cup last season because he really had to give up, but this season, Zidane has no reason to give up.

And even if he wanted to give up, Lin Yu would not agree. On this matter, Lin Yu's will was too firm, and even he could not change this person's mind.

What's more, Lin Yu wants to win the King's Cup, which is not a bad thing. Zidane simply cannot get the support of the club's top management and fans, but Lin Yu is more likely to get support.

In this case, Zidane is also planning to risk his life to accompany the gentleman. Since the players are not planning to give up, as the head coach, if he gives up lightly, he will really be sprayed to death.

Zidane has reviewed the February schedule in his office, which will help him formulate a rotation plan to ensure that the players' physical strength is always maintained.

After all, February is a real three-front battle, with Copa del Rey, league, and Champions League games.

First of all, on February 8th, Real Madrid will play against Almeria away from home. Although the opponent is not very strong, but again, away games are never easy to play. Even if they can win, they will definitely spend more effort than at home.

Much more, this is the 23rd round of La Liga.

Then comes February 12th. In the 24th round of La Liga, Real Madrid plays against Valladolid at home. This game should be easy to win, but because it is relatively close to the last round of league, the players

The rotation is crucial.

Just three days later, on February 15th, there was the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals. This was a home game, but the pressure was also quite high, so I took three days off.

, this is simply fatal, not to mention that the opponent is the athletic Bilbao.

February 20th will be the 25th round of La Liga. Real Madrid plays Osasuna away from home. It is another away game, and it only takes less than five days of rest.

Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, these three days are the time to take a break, because on February 24, Real Madrid will usher in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

, they will face Manchester City away from home. This will be a difficult game. Don’t think that the rich are easy to deal with. The rich are also very difficult to deal with when they get mad.

After the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ends, on the last day of February, Real Madrid will have a desperate fight with Atletico Madrid at their home court.

As a rival for the championship, Atletico Madrid will certainly not let Real Madrid pass easily. But can Real Madrid, which has suffered two consecutive fierce battles, survive?

After reading this game schedule, Zidane's head feels a little big. The next month will definitely be difficult. The first thing he has to do is to ensure that the players are not injured and can effectively carry out reincarnation. According to the different strengths of the opponents

Reasonably arrange players' appearances.

He didn't want to end up with a lot of injured players like last season. He almost lost the league championship.

…

Compared with the upcoming devilish February, January is obviously much easier. Real Madrid overcame all obstacles and became the best team of the month. Zidane and Lin Yu also became the best coach and the best team of the month respectively.

Best player.

In fact, such awards can no longer arouse their excitement. As long as there are no accidents, they can basically get them every month. For them, this may only be regarded as an encouragement. The real reward comes from

to the eventual league championship.

After entering February, Real Madrid ushered in the first game of the month, playing away against Almeria.

Even though the media boasted Real Madrid as if it could go to heaven and earth and downgraded Almeria as worthless, Zidane and his players did not dare to relax or take it lightly.

For them, they no longer want to experience the situation of capsizing in the gutter. It is the most unpleasant thing for them to lose points because they underestimated the opponent in a game that they could obviously win.

If you really can't beat your opponent and lose, it will make people feel better.

Be fully prepared and conduct sufficient targeted training. This kind of thing is incredible even to the media.

A reporter asked Zidane, "Your team is already invincible in the world. Do you still need to be so cautious when dealing with Almeria?"

Zidane's answer was only a short sentence: "Napoleon thought the same way when he went to Waterloo!"

Napoleon encountered Waterloo, and Hitler encountered a turning point in his life after the Battle of Moscow. It was not that they were not powerful, but because they were not fully prepared and they underestimated the enemy.

…

Zidane said that, and he did that, so his emotions also affected the players' emotions.

In this game, Real Madrid did not make any mistakes and did not give Almeria any chance. In the end, they won 2:0 in the away game. Lin Yu passed and shot, once again becoming the focus of the game.

After scoring the goal, Lin Yu's celebration was very simple. He just raised his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the sky in his arms.

Then, his teammates surrounded him like stars.

He did not provoke the Almeria fans or the reporters in the media box, because in this game, there is no point in doing those things.

I will not offend others unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them.

Lin Yu still insisted on what he shouted the loudest at the beginning. Since other fans didn't provoke him, there was no need to provoke them. He didn't have to scold him to be happy. Then it would really work.

I shook my M and became a masochist.

The media found it very boring. Lin Yu did not have any sparks with the opponent's fans in this game. They felt that this was really a shame for them to come to the scene to watch the game.

Lin Yu doesn't care whether the media finds it boring or not. He plays not for the media, but for the fans and for his own goals.

If Lin Yu had been licking the media from the beginning, he wouldn't be where he is today. It is precisely because of his own way of doing things that his playing style is bold and wild, and countless classic extraordinary performances have occurred.

Goals, those dribbles and goals, are simply unbelievable for a mediocre person.

Perhaps for the media, the second leg of the Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao may be more exciting than this league game. After all, there always seems to be endless things to talk about between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.

topic.

At this time, no one took Real Madrid's next round opponent Valladolid seriously.

After all, if you look at the history of the Valladolid team, you will find that it basically always wanders between La Liga and La Liga. It has won several La Liga championships, but this is different from La Liga.

Compared with the strength, it is far behind.

The media looks down on Valladolid.

Although Real Madrid really wants to take this team seriously, they really can't think of a reason to lose in the game at the Bernabeu Stadium.

…

This was the twenty-fourth round of La Liga. Valladolid, as the media said, adopted bus tactics in the game. They didn't even have a forward. They had no intention of scoring a goal.

Five defenders, three defensive midfielders, and two central midfielders formed such a strange formation.

532?

This is probably the weirdest formation.

Of course, many fans may say that some teams can even return all ten players to their own half to defend during a game, but that is just an attitude after all. There is still a clear formation on the field and there are forwards.

As for Valladolid's tactic, with five defenders, three midfielders and two central midfielders, they didn't even think about attacking. This was a completely defensive tactic.

However, the fans of Valladolid did not object to such tactics. They knew very well that their team was much weaker than Real Madrid. If they did not know themselves, they still wanted to compete with Real Madrid. Then

You are just digging a hole for yourself.

It's just that the commentators shook their heads after seeing such a game.

"I have to say the same thing again. Mr. Mourinho's contribution to football is really a headache. Since he promoted the bus tactic, these teams have learned such rogue tactics. This game

Is there anything else to watch?”

"This is more powerful than Chelsea's defense. Chelsea at least can attack and break through. Today Valladolid made it clear not to attack and break through. This is even more cruel."

"Twenty minutes into the game, Real Madrid has not yet scored a goal, but Valladolid's players have not yet taken a shot. Does this mean that their defensive strategy is successful? I don't think so?"

"No need to guess. The possibility of guarding Real Madrid is almost zero. If this continues, sooner or later the ball will be conceded. There is no desire to attack at all. What does this team want to do?"

"Sigh, compared to Athletic Bilbao, this team is really worthless."

The commentators criticized Valladolid's tactics, but the head coach Resino didn't care at all. He had a few pounds of iron, so he just hammered in a few nails. Should he all learn from Athletic Bilbao's death-seeking tactics? What's the point?

? Besides wasting energy, what’s the point?

In Recino's view, instead of using energy to compete with teams like Real Madrid, it is better to use energy to deal with teams of equal strength to one's own. This can ensure the success of relegation, no matter where it is.

From everyone's perspective, their team is just a relegation team and they are not afraid of embarrassment.

…

Not to mention, the effect achieved by Recino's tactics was really great. At least in the first twenty minutes, his players did not consume much energy, but they blocked all Real Madrid's shots.

Lin Yu had many opportunities to kick, but he shot three times, and each time he hit the opponent's player. The densely packed penalty area was like an airtight wall. If he wanted to shoot through this wall and score, it would be impossible.

It's really not an easy thing.

In fact, the key issue is the lack of consideration of Real Madrid's difficulties. Although Zidane repeatedly emphasized the need to pay attention to the opponent before the game, this is true, and the Real Madrid players also followed suit. But the problem now is not underestimating the opponent, but the opponent's attitude.

Such a strange lineup makes people a little uncomfortable.

"Why don't you just send all the defenders!" Pogba was a little anxious and uttered a curse word.

But what he didn't expect was that his words almost became reality.

Because Real Madrid failed to score in the first half, they still failed to score in the 60 minutes of the second half. At this time, Valladolid replaced three people in one breath, two of which were the two central players.

The midfielder was replaced by two players who were very similar to the sweepers in previous football games, and there was also a counter substitution.
Chapter completed!