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Chapter 162 One road in Huashan, I went to defend the title on two lines 【Subscription! 】

"After the coaching change, Barcelona has also achieved two consecutive victories in the league and the Copa del Rey. The results are 4-0 Espanyol and 6-0 Cordoba."

"Villanova was almost single-handedly responsible for the training of the Barcelona first team before. He is Guardiola's most trusted assistant and is also the assistant who is most familiar with Guardiola's style of play. How well he can play in cup games remains to be verified. , but he is definitely no stranger to his opponents in La Liga."

"As far as Barcelona's current lineup is concerned, if there are no major problems in the team, it is absolutely fine for Vilanova to lead the team to La Liga, so our suggestion"

In the meeting room, before Karanka gave the final suggestion, Mourinho rubbed his temples and opened his eyes.

"Okay, I understand, let's follow our final decision. We have already defended the Copa del Rey. I think the fans will understand."

Karanka and the other coaches in the conference room were also relieved when they heard this.

In this matter, the most difficult thing is actually to reach a consensus within the coaching staff during the negotiation process.

Now that Mourinho has made a decision as the leader, the rest will be easy to handle.

One is to explain the situation to the players and unify the thinking, and the other is to try to win the understanding and approval of the fans in terms of public opinion.

The former Karanka and Mourinho will communicate with all the players in the first team as soon as possible.

For the latter, we can only trouble Sanchez and Lafayette to do more work.

The day before the league match against Osasuna, Mourinho called all the players of the first team and expressed his decision to abandon the Copa del Rey after training.

The Real Madrid players were a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, they could understand the coaching staff's decision.

You want to say that last year Real Madrid gritted their teeth and advanced in the second half of the league, but then who would have thought that Real Madrid really won the Triple Crown in the end?
Confidence is self-confidence, but on the road to the third line of struggle, Real Madrid players have actually been tightening their hearts.

All relying on the energy simmering in their chests, thinking that they will try their best in the end, and if they can win a championship, they will try their best to win it. If they fail in the end, there will be no regrets.

And last year Real Madrid's lead in the league was too great.

It would really be possible to sacrifice one or two league games to play the King's Cup, but it is obviously not possible this year.

At this time, Barcelona still maintains an unbeaten league record, overwhelming Real Madrid, which has one less game. The pressure of league competition is too great.

Therefore, Real Madrid players can understand the sacrifice of this season's Copa del Rey, reducing the burden and competing with Barcelona in the league to the end.

Just like what Mourinho said in the internal meeting of the coaching staff.

Real Madrid has already defended the Copa del Rey champion, and it has successfully defended its title against Barcelona in the final for two consecutive seasons.

They don't have to continue to prove anything in the Copa del Rey.

The most important thing now is the defending league and more importantly the Champions League.

Therefore, when the players also expressed their understanding and approval, the thinking in the Real Madrid team was unified very quickly.

But Lafayette, after learning of Mourinho's true thoughts, quickly called Mourinho to confirm.

"Jose, you have to know, it's not that I value the Copa del Rey, it's the tolerance for winning the championship.

It will be harder for you to fight on the front line, but if you plan for the worst and lose an important championship in the Champions League or the league this year, at least there is still the Copa del Rey to fight for.

At that time, Real Madrid will still have the opportunity to win the double crown of the season, which will have a completely different effect in terms of public opinion.

At that time, no matter how critical the media is, they will not be able to deny the success of your season with Real Madrid. Do you know what I mean? "

Lafayette's inquiry was finally assured by Mourinho's definite confidence.

"We will successfully defend the league title and the Champions League. After reducing the burden, Real Madrid will show a dominant performance and go hand in hand in both lines, Mr. Chairman."

As soon as he heard Mourinho's remarks, Lafayette didn't say anything more, and said very straightforwardly that he would say hello to win the position of public opinion.

Anyway, he got the most wanted guarantee from Mourinho to win the championship.

If the season ends with Real Madrid defending their titles in the league and the Champions League, then everything will be fine.

If Mourinho has made a big mess on the public opinion side, Lafayette can personally end the game and wipe his ass.

But what if the double-line defense is unsuccessful?

Hehe
No matter what everyone thinks in Real Madrid, at least on the surface, they quickly reached a consensus.

However, Real Madrid's public relations and publicity department has not acted yet, and is just preparing for the plan.

On the night of January 1th, Real Madrid deployed a semi-main lineup to the El Sardar Stadium for an away game against Osasuna.

Alonso rested again today, so Li Ang still delayed the organization. He, Essien and Modric formed a three midfielder.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Callejon are the starting partners of the striker.

In defense, Marcelo, Pepe, Albiol and Carvajal lined up.

Adan replaced Iker Casillas in another starting game today.

This starting lineup is fairly normal, not much different from what the major western media predicted before the game. After all, they are playing against a relegation team like Osasuna, and it is reasonable for Real Madrid to adopt a rotation.

However, during the game, Real Madrid chose to take the initiative to attack and siege tactics, which surprised the media and neutral fans.

You know, in the previous week, Real Madrid's main players had already played two games.

Even Li Ang, who is in the best physical condition in the Real Madrid team, can't stand the rhythm of the game.

Three games in ten days, and still going all out, really want to recuperate in winter?
Most people couldn't figure out the thoughts of the Real Madrid coaching staff, and a few people began to question Mourinho's rotation policy in advance, thinking that he was drifting.

Only a smaller part of the industry probably guessed the true intentions of Mourinho and Real Madrid.

But they didn't speak. After Real Madrid won Osasuna 3-1 away, they just looked at the schedule.

On January 1th, in the first round of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Real Madrid will face Valencia at the Bernabeu at home!

Also in the midst of doubts from the media and public opinion, Real Madrid, who won another league victory, returned to Valdebebas silently and started their journey to prepare for the King's Cup.

On January 1, at the press conference before the game, Real Madrid released the 14-man squad.

Well, it still looks normal, all the main players are in the 18-man roster.

But on the night of January 1, one hour before the start of the game, when Mourinho released the starting 15 list, the media and fans exclaimed that they were fooled by Mourinho again!
It is true that Real Madrid's main players are all in the 18-man roster today, but only half of the main players are starting!
These starting main players are completely different from the main players playing in the league!
Li Ang, Ronaldo, Benzema, Essien, and Pepe all sat on the bench.

The Valencia players were surprised and delighted, and Valverde, the head coach who took over the Bat Corps after the Christmas holiday, was also confused.

Is Mourinho playing some new tactical trap with him?
Valverde, who was uncertain at the beginning, also chose a conservative and cautious start.

But when he confirmed that Real Madrid had indeed started normally and did not make any novel tactical attempts, Valverde slapped his head.

The commanding team began to attack with hindsight, but Valverde soon discovered that Real Madrid played quite conservatively today.

Even though a lot of main players have been rotated, Real Madrid has not a lot of main players starting in the midfield.

Casillas, Ramos, Coentrao, Arbeloa, Alonso.

With these main players at their backs, Valencia would have to spend a lot of energy trying to break through Real Madrid's defense.

Another one, today Real Madrid also has Higuain and Di Maria on the front line.

With Alonso's long pass and Di Maria's speed, defense can still threaten Valencia's defense.

The two teams fought at the Bernabeu like this. Anyway, the confrontation and fighting at both ends of the offense and defense were fierce, but there were no gorgeous scenes and no goals.

When the expected home boos sounded, Mourinho was also prepared to sit on the coach's bench and shook his head lightly.

The two teams drew 0-0 in the first half.

Valencia took the lead in the second half. Parejo advanced and then made a big arc pass, assisting Soldado to score a goal that broke the deadlock.

Real Madrid's coaching bench is still unmoved.

Seeing this, Valverde also signaled his players to continue to maintain an offensive posture.

It was not until the No.703 minute of the second half that Mourinho chose the first substitution adjustment of the audience.

Li Ang and Ronaldo came on, Matuidi and Vazquez went off.

After this substitution adjustment, only 6 minutes later, Real Madrid scored an equalizer goal!
It still came from Li Ang's steal and Long Ge's long pass counterattack.

It's just that this time at the end, Real Madrid has Ronaldo, so the choice of offensive direction is very simple.

Higuain's ball helped Ronaldo have a chance to shoot in the Valencia penalty area.

With the first shot after playing, Ronaldo let Guaita stick to the goal for almost 10 minutes!
In the end, Real Madrid also drew 1-1 with Valencia at home at the Bernabeu.

At the press conference after the game, the reporters had too many questions that Mourinho urgently needed to answer.

But Mourinho smiled slightly, evading one by one like Tai Chi and perfunctory.

After the Bernabéu scored an away goal at home and drew with the mighty Real Madrid, the Valencia players were bursting with confidence.

Valverde also said that in the upcoming league, he and his players will continue to show excellent performance and fight Real Madrid again.

However, on January 1, when Valverde saw Real Madrid's starting lineup with all the main players, a bad feeling flashed in his heart subconsciously.

In the end, Valencia, who chose a slightly aggressive style of play, died quite ugly in the hedging against Real Madrid's main players that night.

Cristiano Ronaldo once again staged a hat-trick, and Li Ang scored a goal in the forward drive.

In the end, Real Madrid gave Valencia a big defeat at the Mestalla Stadium!
7-3!

This is also the first game in La Liga this season to score in double figures.

After seeing Real Madrid's state of full firepower, the Western media once again changed the direction of public opinion.

Completely forgetting that just the day before, they were still questioning Mourinho's use of people to play against Real Madrid players.

However, when the momentum of this bragging was still rising, Mourinho announced in advance the 18-man squad for the next round of the Copa del Rey.

Pure rotation, which even mixed with a few youth training players who were promoted from Castilla!

None of Real Madrid's main players were selected, and they all rested at home!

Now even the dull media and fans have reacted.

This is not a problem with Real Madrid's game state before, it is purely Mourinho's decision to give up the Copa del Rey!
If it weren't for maintaining the unbeaten record at the Bernabeu, maybe in the first Copa del Rey match against Valencia, Mourinho would use pure rotation plus youth training players to deal with the Copa del Rey!

If other coaches have given up the domestic cup so decisively in the coaching position of Real Madrid, then this will definitely have been bombarded by public opinion.

But when the coach is Mourinho, it is reasonable for him to dare to do so.

This wave of Real Madrid is a road from Huashan, so they went to defend the title on two lines!
(End of this chapter)