On the evening of January 4, the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.
In the first match of 2017, Real Madrid faced Sevilla at the first round of the fifth round of the King's Cup.
Real Madrid, who played at home, played with a nearly fully-replaced lineup, and had occupied the initiative from the beginning, and took the lead in the eleventh minute.
After Casemiro intercepted Nzonzi in the midfield, De Blaunet passed the ball to the back point. Asencio inserted the goal and hit the goal to open the record for Real Madrid.
In the twenty-ninth minute, Real Madrid took a corner kick. Varane made a rebound from the edge of the small penalty area and once again penetrated the goal of Seville to further expand the score for Real Madrid.
Near the end of the first half, Isco drove the ball into the penalty area and was pushed to the ground. The referee awarded a penalty and Morata made a penalty.
After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, although Seville tried to counterattack, but never failed to threaten Real Madrid's goal.
After last season ’s experience, Real Madrid ’s winter break physical fitness training was more orderly this season. Players took turns in batches, making the players in this game basically in good condition.
In the end, Real Madrid won Sevilla three to zero at home.
After the match, the Spanish media were shocked by Real Madrid's three-ball home victory over Sevilla. It was not that Real Madrid was not strong enough, but because Real Madrid played with almost all of the substitutes, but they were still able to beat Sevilla 3-0 at home Ya, this allows everyone to see Real Madrid's strong bench lineup.
Asfredo editor-in-chief Alfredo said in the column that even Real Madrid's bench lineup is enough to hit the championship in La Liga, which also allows Real Madrid to go hand in hand on multiple fronts to provide a solid foundation.
And after winning Sevilla in three goals, Real Madrid has basically got the King's Cup promotion right.
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In several other matches that have been played against Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid defeated Las Palmas 2-0 away, which is not surprising. Instead, Vigo Celta defeated Valencia 4-1 away, leaving many people Broken his eyes.
The Bat Corps invested a lot in the summer of last year, but the result did not result in the improvement of the team's strength, which was surprising.
This also proves once again that the European Professional League is not a game that can be played solely by money.
At least, Valencia's investment is staggering, but it is now ranked 17th in La Liga, and there is even a danger of relegation.
However, the real upset is not at the Mestania Stadium, but at the San Mames Stadium in Athletic Bilbao.
If you want to talk about the big news of European football in the winter break, in addition to the transfer, Barcelona may be the biggest hot spot for coach change.
During Luis Enrique's coaching of Barcelona, this superstar team did not succeed, especially in this season, the home team was battered by Real Madrid 0-7, and Luis Enrique has basically lost his continued coaching in Barcelona. Probably, many media even believe that he will be out of class during the winter break.
Previously, the Marca newspaper listed six candidates for the selection of coaches in the hands of Barcelona management, namely Valverde of Athletic Bilbao, Enrique assistant Wenzue, Royal Society coach Eusebio, Laurent Blanco, Everton coach Ronald Coleman, and former Ajax coach Frank de Boer, who took classes from Paris Saint-Germain.
Among the six head coaches, Valverde and Eusebio are popular because they are familiar with La Liga. Valverde is a candidate that will be included almost every time Barcelona changes. Barcelona was almost even Choosing Valverde instead of Luis Enrique shows that he is appreciated by the Barcelona management.
Eusebio knows Barcelona's culture very well. He spent ten years in Barcelona and is a midfielder. Before serving as the head coach of the Royal Society, he also coached Barcelona's second team for many years. .
At present, the Royal Society ranks fifth in La Liga and Athletic Bilbao ranks seventh in La Liga. Whether it is Eusebio or Valverde, the coaching ability has been recognized.
What's more interesting is that Barcelona have encountered Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad this season. The former is a one-to-zero win, the latter is a one-to-one draw, both are away, but from the results, Barcelona's two away They all played so badly and won so much that Catalan media said that Luis Enrique was beaten by Valverde and Eusebio.
Over time, when Enrique appeared in a coaching crisis, he led the team to challenge Athletic Bilbao again, but could not help but received the attention of the media and fans, but as a result Luis Enrique's team was actually in San Mames The stadium was blasted by the Basque Lions two to one, which was even more shocking.
The Spanish National News commented immediately after the game that Luis Enrique was defeated by Valverde.
"Unlike Real Madrid's major rotation, Enrique is not so bold. He has almost all of his main lineup at the San Mames Stadium. The luxury of the trident in the frontcourt is even more, but even so, he is still. Still failed to inspire the player's fighting spirit on the road. "
"In the first half, the Basque Lions caught two turnovers from Barcelona's back line and scored. Within half an hour, Barcelona had fallen behind by two goals, while Barcelona's performance improved in the second half and the opponent was sent off with two red cards. A famous player, but Barcelona ’s siege did n’t work. Enrique was helpless, and he could only defeat San Mames Stadium in the end. "
According to the analysis of the National Newspaper, Enric ’s real test will be strong in the next two months, because he needs to renew the contract, but Barcelona may not be willing to trust him again, and if his coaching performance still does not improve, then he Probably will be the first head coach in the past 13 years.
"The last coach who took classes in Barcelona was Van Gaal."
Even Barcelona's mouthpiece, the Daily Sports News was disappointed with the team's defeat, attacked Enrique's formation, saying he was constantly consuming the trust of the Barcelona management.
However, Enrique is very confident in the promotion of the team's King's Cup, because Athletic Bilbao will have two main players red card suspension, which is undoubtedly a major benefit for the second round of the game.
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Even more terrible is that three days after playing Atlético, La Liga ushered in the first game of the new year.
In the seventeenth round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Villarreal away.
As a result, Luis Enrique's team is still doing its best, but it is difficult to break the goal of the yellow submarine throughout the game. Instead, it was scored by the opponent in the 50th minute.
At a time when Barcelona was almost desperate, in the stoppage time of the game, Messi used a direct free kick to pierce the goal of the yellow submarine to equalize the score for Barcelona. Eventually, Barcelona won 1-1 with Villarreal.
In contrast to Real Madrid, this round of home games against Granada, a clean five to zero victory over their opponents.
In the opening twelve minutes, Yang Yang assisted Isco to score, then Suarez scored a goal, then Marcelo assisted Yang Yang to score a goal.
In the thirty-first minute, Modric assisted Isco to the next city.
At the end of the first half, Real Madrid is already four goals ahead.
After changing sides in the second half and playing again, Debrune assisted Casemiro to score a goal.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Granada five to zero at home.
As a result, in the 17th round of La Liga, Real Madrid topped the list with 42 points, and because of the World Club Cup, Real Madrid also lost one round than other teams.
Sevilla ranked second in La Liga, six points behind Real Madrid, Barcelona followed Sevilla with 34 points, Atletico Madrid ranked fourth and scored 31 points.
It can be said that in the seventeen rounds, Real Madrid is already a ride, let people see that they continue to rule the power of La Liga.
After the draw with Villarre, Enrique's position was shaken again.
According to the Catalan media, the Barcelona management has started to find new coaches and will replace Luis Enrique this summer because they have completely lost faith in Enrique.
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On January 11, the fifth round of the King's Cup.
Barcelona, who even leveled two games, finally ushered in a rebound.
In the case of a red card suspension of the opponent's two generals, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao at home with a goal of the trident in the front field and beat Bilbao with a total score of 4 to 3. Competitive, advanced to the quarterfinals of the King's Cup.
In the first round at home to defeat the opponent three to zero, Real Madrid once again played off the bench with a full bench.
In the face of the wolf-like Sevilla, Real Madrid fell behind by one goal in the first half, and with the goals of Asensio, Ramos and Morata in the second half, they drew Sevilla three to three Leah, eventually advanced to a total score of 6-3.
This battle once again made Zidane and Yang Yang's coaching praise, especially their bold rotation of Real Madrid.
Faced with the second-ranked Sevilla in La Liga, Real Madrid played in the substitute lineup in both rounds, which is really surprising, but the key is that Real Madrid performed very well in both games, and finally eliminated Sevilla to advance .
"The King's Cup has its own set of codes, which can change any rules."
"In the La Liga game, the game strategy and various calculations are the most important, but in the King's Cup, the most important are the personality, the strength of the game and the confidence that is difficult to calculate. This is the password to the King's Cup."
"Obviously, Yang Yang and Zidane both talked deeply. They both knew the secret of the King's Cup password, so even if they played with a full bench, they could still beat the plug six to three in the two rounds. Vera, this is the best proof. "
The Marca newspaper is particularly impressed by Real Madrid ’s bold rotation in the past two seasons, thinking that this is a manifestation of Real Madrid ’s dominance and confidence, which is facing Seville in the current La Liga standings. The two rounds of Leah's King's Cup match were most vividly reflected.
"Only people like Yang Yang and Zidane can bring out such Real Madrid."