Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man! - Chapter 389

c389 The epic super C Ronaldo

Once again, when the league collapsed, the King’s Cup prospects were worrying, and the team had almost no expectations for this season, Ronaldo stood up and scored in the group stage, leading Real Madrid, which was on the verge of collapse, into the knockout stage.

Real Madrid, “UEFA’s own son” and “always able to draw weak teams”, began its true road to redemption!

After successively defeating the French Ligue 1, Serie A and Bundesliga, Real Madrid faced the most important big-ear cup for the team in recent years.

In the end, Bale’s heavenly soldiers brought Real Madrid the glory of the king of Europe.

This is the beginning of the Real Madrid dynasty, but also the end.

Ronaldo is old, Mo Ma is old, Shui Ye is old, and Nadal’s potential successors are everywhere.

The entire central axis will usher in a major change after the World Cup. The beginning is the end, but it is also exciting enough!

To win the Champions League, you need not only competitive things, but also strong mental strength, the temperament of a champion and the favor of heaven (luck).

To achieve three consecutive Champions League titles, it takes the efforts of several generations of coaches and players.

The main contributor to Real Madrid’s three consecutive titles is still the old man.

From the 16-17 Champions League knockout stage to the 17-18 Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid represented the highest level of football after Barcelona’s Dream Three.

Let’s discuss the three lines separately. Real Madrid has a defensive line that has the strength to take all the defenders of the best team of the year.

Before the Champions League final against Juventus, many people thought that this was a simple contradiction. Based on the impression, they thought that Juventus’s steel defense would definitely beat Real Madrid’s unscrupulous four-man team. This is unfair.

The level of Real Madrid’s defense depends on attitude. The problem is that the performance is unstable when the attitude is not good, and the advantage is that the upper limit is extremely high when the key games are serious.

Ramos, a winner in his prime, the world’s No. 1 center back after his sister-in-law;

Varane, a mature young man, showed calmness and sophistication that was not in line with his age at the age of 19;

Carvajal, a second-placed player, whose only weakness was his height;

Marcelo, a strong breakthrough player, the world’s No. 1 offensive left back.

Long-range transfers and full-backs taking the ball forward have been the iconic tactics of Real Madrid in recent years, and the superb personal abilities of Marcelo and Carvajal are the best guarantee.

The defensive pressure Marcelo put on his opponents made up for his own defensive deficiencies, and the perfect balance of personal experience and energy in defense appeared during the three consecutive championships.

Carvajal’s defensive ability is obviously stronger than that of Arbeloa before, and few right-backs can match his sharpness on the offensive end.

Ramos and Varane are both top center backs with extremely fast speed, strong headers, and stable passes. Ramos’ rich experience in major competitions and iron will complement Varane’s clean tackles.

There is another important detail: this season’s Real Madrid is so strong that everyone except Danilo can clear the ball to the counterattack route, and even out-of-bounds balls are rarely given, let alone corner kicks.

What kind of skills and psychological qualities are these? ! Real Madrid has a midfield combination that makes any team salivate.

After the World Cup, the discussion of who is the world’s best midfielder has completely stopped. Modric, a 30-year-old man, is good at long-range shots, good at all kinds of passes, has an excellent sense of the ball, dares to take the ball and can hold it firmly, can coordinate and cooperate, and can also use personal ability to break through. Modric in recent years can be said to be the embodiment of the word talent.

Of course, his tactical role cannot be ignored: relying on the guest “engineer” who predicts defense, the “rhythm master” in the transition between offense and defense, and the “super brain” who determines the team’s offensive strategy and rhythm

… The Golden Ball Award is enough to illustrate the height of Modric’s career. With Toni Kroos who can take the ball, pass the ball, coordinate and shoot from a distance (this guy’s role can never be measured by data), as long as these two people are there, the opponent will fall behind in terms of technology and tactics, just like Real Madrid is using a modern army to fight against a La Liga opponent that is still at the level of World War II.

And Casemiro’s return on loan is the last piece of the puzzle to complete Zidane’s layout.

As early as the friendly match in 2013, Casemiro showed good strength on both offense and defense. After returning from loan, he gradually became a main player. Even Lopetegui did not dare to use Casemiro’s position to fight for Isco and Ceballos to play.

Real Madrid needs a player who can interrupt the opponent’s attack unreasonably, a blue-collar player who is a little smart and a little “reckless”, loved by his friends and hated by his enemies, and Casemiro has done a good job.

The surprise is that Fat Tiger can occasionally score a few world waves, which means that Real Madrid has about 5 long-range shooters who can fire at any time, and the ability to threaten the goal outside the penalty area has reached its peak. Sitting on the bench is Isco, whose kicks are as beautiful as paintings. In 2017, Isco reached the highest level of his career.

Whether he played as a substitute or as a starter with Modric, Isco not only showed his incredible ability to combine man and ball, but also temporarily overcame the problem of slow passing.

In a league that defeated Barcelona 3:1, Isco even became a key link in Real Madrid’s 442 counterattack.

Kovacic and James Rodriguez are also coveted by other teams, including many giants. Kovacic has strong advancement ability and James Rodriguez has good footwork. Their presence not only makes Real Madrid’s second team equally strong, but also provides more tactical options in key games.

Real Madrid has a super Ronaldo who plays like writing epics.

Whether it is 433 with BBC combination (jokingly one Ronaldo with two 2B) or 442 with Isco or Vazquez, the status of Ronaldo and Benzema is unshakable.

Benzema experienced a low point as a shooter during the three consecutive championships, but his ball holding ability and involvement ability gave Ronaldo, who was transformed into a center, great room to play, and perfectly matched Ronaldo’s unparalleled running ability.

After Ronaldo’s transformation, he almost never shot wildly. In order to make up for the decline in physical fitness, he focused more on seizing opportunities to attack the goal directly.

However, Ronaldo’s breakthrough ability is often used in key games. Compared with the most rigid 12-13 years, the president’s one-on-one breakthroughs in recent years are more efficient and more beautiful. I think Ronaldo’s legendary level is no longer necessary to elaborate.

In addition to the aging lineup, coaching changes and the sequelae of the World Cup, the biggest problem that plagued Real Madrid this season is Ronaldo’s departure. I always felt that Ronaldo’s efficiency in facing the goal was reduced as he got older, until I saw Real Madrid’s ability to convert opportunities at the beginning of this season… The president really couldn’t brag anymore.

The lost legend can only be silently missed.

Mariano wearing the No. 7 jersey is still annoying. My mind is full of the man who signaled the audience to shut up at Camp Nou and gestured “16” at Allianz.

The best Real Madrid and the best Ronaldo complement each other. Without Ronaldo, there would be no so many Champions League titles. Without the overall strength of Real Madrid, Ronaldo might have to be suppressed by Messi in his life.

The best result is that after the breakup, Ronaldo is still the world’s No. 1 Ronaldo, and Real Madrid can become the Real Madrid that makes Europe tremble again after the pain.

No one dared to think of winning four championships in five years before, but Real Madrid did it.

Can’t defend the Champions League after the reform?

Unknowingly, it’s three consecutive titles. If you understand how difficult and great the Champions League is, it is not difficult to understand Real Madrid’s glorious team history and its strength in recent years.

In the early morning of October 16, Spanish star Raul admitted that he would officially retire after the end of this season.

The Lord of the Rings has fought for 21 years in his career, and has successively played in La Liga, Bundesliga, Qatar League and the United States.

Raul dedicated the golden time of his career to Real Madrid. After leaving the Bernabeu, the former Real Madrid captain is enjoying football more.

Raul was born in the southern working-class area of ​​Madrid on June 27, 1977. In the 1990-1991 season, Raul, who initially joined Atletico Madrid’s youth training, broke Real Madrid’s monopoly in a youth championship.

In the summer of 1992, after the disbandment of Atletico Madrid’s youth team, Raul officially joined Real Madrid.

On October 27, 1994, Raul made his Real Madrid debut in the league against Zaragoza. In the Madrid derby on November 5, he scored his first goal in his career and won the league championship that season.

On October 18, 1995, Raul scored 3 goals in the Champions League group match against Ferencvaros, performing a hat trick for the first time in his career. On May 20, 1998, Raul defeated Juventus in the Champions League final and won the Champions League for the first time. In the 1999-2000 season and the 2001-2002 season, Raul also won the Champions League twice, and helped Real Madrid score in the finals.

After 2003, due to the failure of the Real Madrid top management’s recruitment policy, the team’s offense and defense were out of balance, and Real Madrid failed to win for four consecutive years. Raul was in a slump due to injuries.

After Calderon became the president of Real Madrid in 2006, Raul led the team to a strong reversal of Barcelona in the league and won the championship that season, completing a stunning comeback. In the 2007-2008 season, he led the team to defend the league title and disintegrated the strong rule of Barcelona’s “Dream II” dynasty over La Liga. In the 2009-2010 season, Florentino became the president of Real Madrid again. The arrival of Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso and others accelerated the major change of Real Madrid players. Raul announced his departure in tears after the end of the season.

From 1994 to 2010, Raul played for Real Madrid for 16 seasons and won 16 championship trophies, including 6 La Liga titles, 3 Champions League titles, 1 European Super Cup title, 4 Western Super Cup titles, and 2 Toyota Cup titles.

In 741 official matches, Raul scored 323 goals for Real Madrid, a record that was only broken by Cristiano Ronaldo in October this year.

Looking back on Raul’s years at Real Madrid, the first 8 years were glorious, but the last 8 years were repeatedly missed due to club policy failures and high-level turmoil.

After leaving Real Madrid, Raul joined Schalke 04. During his time at the King of the Rings, the King of the Rings won 1 German Cup and 1 German Super Cup, and scored 40 goals in 98 official matches.

He then moved to Al Sadd, played in the Q League for two seasons, won a Q League title and a Qatar Prince Cup title.

After switching to the New York Cosmos, Raul led the team to win the Spring League Championship.

Raul’s outstanding performance in Real Madrid that year also earned him a place in the national team.

Raul’s failure to be selected for the 1996 European Cup caused widespread controversy in Spain, but on October 9 of that year, Raul made his national team debut in the match against the Czech Republic.

And in the match against the former Yugoslavia on December 14, the King of the Rings scored his first goal for the Spanish national team.

The 1998 World Cup in France was Raul’s first international tournament for the national team. In the match against Nigeria, although Raul scored a volley, he ultimately lost 2-3 and failed to qualify for the group stage.

In the 2000 European Cup quarter-finals, Raul missed a key penalty that could have equalized the score before the end of the game, and the Spanish team eventually lost 1-2 and stopped in the quarterfinals.

In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, in the match against South Africa, Raul scored within 3 minutes of the start, scoring the fastest goal in the national team.

After leading the team to the quarter-finals, the Spanish team repeatedly encountered controversial penalties when playing against the host South Korea, and eventually lost in a penalty shootout.

However, on August 21 of that year, Raul took over Hierro’s mantle in the match against Hungary and became the new captain of the Spanish team.

On February 12, 2003, Raul scored 2 goals in a warm-up match against Germany, thus surpassing Hierro and becoming the best scorer in the history of the Spanish national team.

In the 2004 European Cup, Raul led the team to Group A after Portugal and Greece and failed to advance to the knockout stage. Since then, Raul only scored 7 goals for Real Madrid in the 2005-2006 season due to injuries, but Aragones went against all odds and brought the Real Madrid captain to the World Cup in Germany. However, in the 1/8 final against France, Raul, who started the game, not only failed to score.

The Bullfighting Corps eventually lost 1-3, and Raul became the most unlucky birthday boy in the world on the night of his 29th birthday.

In the European qualifiers in September, Spain lost 2-3 to Northern Ireland. Raul was criticized after the game and never got called up to the national team again.

Even though he scored 18 goals in the 2007-2008 league season, second only to Guiza, and was the second highest scorer in the country, Aragones refused to bring Raul to the 2008 European Cup.

Raul’s data in the national team was fixed at 44 goals in 102 games. In that tournament, the Spanish team won the championship, but Raul missed the best chance to win the European Cup. He never won a championship in his national team career, which was another great regret in the career of the Lord of the Rings.

On August 23, 2013, in the Bernabeu Cup match between Real Madrid and Al Sadd, the former “Prince” of Real Madrid and the eternal “Lord of the Rings” in the green world, Raul-Gonzalez, returned to the Bernabeu after three years.

After the game, Raul looked at the stadium that had accompanied him for 16 years, tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn’t help himself. In a state of excitement, Raul knelt down on his knees and gave a deep kiss to the grass of the Bernabeu Stadium.

From his debut to his fame, Raul was dubbed the “Lord of the Rings” because of his signature celebration of kissing his wedding ring after scoring a goal. In addition to the wedding ring wrapped around his finger, only the Bernabeu Stadium made Raul give his second kiss. In his heart, the Bernabeu Stadium has the same status as his first wife, and it is the holy place where he has devoted his life.

That kiss condensed Raul’s 16-year career in white clothes, and that kiss also brought the memories of the melingges who loved him back to the distant past…

Giggs said that Raul has a pair of legs that are always 17 years old. But the melingges said that Raul has a heart that is always 17 years old.

At the age of 17, Raul seemed like a boy next door who had just grown up, and his smile was very charming. His smile was intoxicating, like a pool of clear water in a deep pool.

At the same time, this clear pool of water is also a little cool, cold, icy, and cold. Raul’s pure smile always hides some melancholy and sad temperament.

So, later there was a famous saying about Raul, “Raul is a boy who can make countless women feel maternal love…”

These two temperaments accompanied Raul throughout his football career. At the age of seventeen, that is, in 1994, two years after joining the Real Madrid youth training team, Raul met his life’s Bole. Valdano had a keen eye for gold and discovered Raul, a rough jade, and he brought Raul to the first team.

From then on, Raul officially put on a white jersey as white as jade, and that white jersey accompanied him for a full sixteen years.

In the past sixteen years, we will not forget his bravery and heroism in blocking Real Madrid’s mortal enemy Barcelona several times.

The 1994-1995 season was Raul’s first season with Real Madrid. Raul, who had just joined Real Madrid, performed well. He scored his first league goal in his second appearance in La Liga and broke the goal of his former club Atletico Madrid.

That season, the fledgling Raul scored nine goals, Real Madrid won the La Liga title, and ended Barcelona’s previous record of four consecutive La Liga titles.

In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the 2001-2002 season, Raul scored against Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid advanced to the final and eventually won the championship.

Raul scored in the second match between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the 2001-2002 Champions League semi-finals

Raul scored in the 2002 Champions League final against Real Madrid Leverkusen

After Raul got married, he would kiss the wedding ring on his finger every time he scored a goal. This celebration action almost became his label.

But there was an exception. In the 1999-2000 La Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Raul made a gesture to silence Camp Nou after scoring a goal. That scene is still talked about by fans today.

The second leg of the 2004-2005 La Liga national derby had just begun when Raul was hit in the eyebrow by Puyol. He did not retreat despite the blood on the green field. He returned to the court after a simple bandage. Raul, who insisted on playing with the injury, scored a goal and Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-2.

Although Real Madrid was completely suppressed by Barcelona that season, the Real Madrid star won respect for Real Madrid in that game.

In that game, Raul, with his white clothes fluttering and blood-stained green grass, seemed to be Zhao Zilong, who fought against Cao Cao’s army with blood in his robe at Changbanpo, reappearing in the world, “wearing a white robe stained with blood, and always determined to be red in the face of the sun”.

And Raul’s loyalty to the Bernabéu and Zhao Yun’s loyalty to Shu Han are just like the white robes they each wear, pure and flawless, shining like the sun and the moon.

In Raul’s 16-year Real Madrid career, he scored a total of 15 goals in the national derby, which made him a real nemesis of Barcelona.

In the past 16 years, we will never forget his iconic move that shone on the court several times – “the strings of life”.

When the murderous Bayu dance played by the “strings of life” flowed out from Raul’s feet, the opponent was killed inadvertently and died under the strings.