At the end of November, Chinatown ushered in a difficult schedule.

In the 14th round of La Liga, he challenged Malaga away.

After Pellegrini coached Real Madrid, Malaga invited former Real Madrid coach Schuster to coach.

The German coach took the initiative to seek stability when facing Chinatown and formed a 442 formation, striving to block Chinatown at home.

Zidane once again lined up a substitute rotation lineup to go away, and in just six minutes of the game, he broke the deadlock on the court with Pogba's goal.

Then the 23rd minute, De Bruyne won another game and expanded the score further.

The unstoppable Chinatown continued to launch offensives towards Malaga, especially in the second half. In the 65th, 73rd and 81st minutes, Dybala, Pogba and Hesse, who came on the bench, scored consecutive goals, and finally broke Malaga by five-0 away games.

But this victory was not at all prominent in this round of La Liga.

Real Madrid beat Almeria five-to-zero away, Barcelona defeated Granada four-to-zero home, Atletico Madrid even beat Getafe seven-to-zero home, Villarrel and Sevilla both won three or four goals.

Coupled with Chinatown's five-to-zero game, the 14th round of La Liga undoubtedly ushered in a round of goal frenzy.

After this round of competition, the ranking of the La Liga standings has not changed at all.

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Three days later, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage.

Chinatown was forced to go to Ukraine in the snowy and ice to challenge Donetsk miners away.

The strength of the two teams is quite different, and the Donetsk miners also know that it is difficult for them to compete with Chinatown, but when they fight at home, the cold weather has become the best and most effective way for Ukrainian teams to restrain Chinatown.

The two teams played hard to get apart in the first half, and Chinatown was unable to get into the form for a long time.

Until the 65th minute of the second half, Zidane put Coke on the bench on the bench. As a result, in the first minute after the Spanish young player came on the court, he touched the ball with the first kick, forming a tacit understanding with Isco, allowing Isco to assist Hazard to score a goal.

And Cork assisted Hazard to score the second goal in the 87th minute.

Zidane's on-the-spot command took the team away a 2-0 victory from the away game.

But in another game played at the same time, Manchester United beat Leverkusen five-0 away games.

This battle shocked the entire European football world. No one expected that Pochettino's team could play so fiercely against Leverkusen, especially on the away game, and the Bundesliga powerhouse could almost be said to be defeated.

As of the fifth round, Chinatown and Manchester United both won three wins and two draws and maintained an unbeaten record, while Leverkusen won one win and one draw against Donetsk miners, ranking third, and Donetsk miners have basically been eliminated.

But the first and second in the group must be kept until the end to reveal the suspense.

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In the 15th round of La Liga, Chinatown welcomed Barcelona.

Before this game, both sides played in the Champions League group stage, but unlike Chinatown's 2-0 away victory over Donetsk Miners, Barcelona lost 1-2 to Ajax away, resulting in the first loss on all fronts this season.

Especially when the second half was one more person than the opponent. In the first half, Barcelona fell behind zero to two, and performed very poorly throughout the game, and even lost to Ajax, who relied on the most.

This caused Barcelona coach Martino to be criticized after the game. Even media reporters close to Barcelona also revealed that Martino was angry at the players for the first time in the locker room after the game, angrily scolding the poor performance of many players. Many local Barcelona players including Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Pique and Puyol were quite dissatisfied with Martino's coaching.

Le Monde even revealed that Martino was described as Messi's yo-yo in Barcelona.

They even concluded that Martino would not survive the winter break, and changing coaches has become an option on Barcelona's management desk, even if his team has only lost one game so far.

The revelations from outside media caused an uproar in the entire Barcelona, ​​especially Martino, who publicly stated at a press conference that he did not know where the media reporters got the news. He and the players did encounter some problems, but there was no conflict between them.

"When I first took office, I said that we will only lose one game in the next twenty-one games."

Martino seemed to be using this method to prove to everyone that he did not do badly.

The season has been around halfway through, and his team has only lost one game, so why is it pushed to the forefront?

Especially media reporters can still get so much news from the team, where does it come from?

In contrast, Chinatown was expeditioning to Ukraine, but won 2-0 away games, while Barcelona suffered a Waterloo in Ajax, which undoubtedly made the top battle on the weekend more eye-catching.

Chinatown's home match against Barcelona immediately became the focus of all fans around the world.

But before the game, both sides deliberately kept a low profile. Zidane and Martino both praised their opponents at the press conference before the game, making the atmosphere look very harmonious.

But the more this happens, the more nervous it makes people feel.

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Leganes Brock Stadium on December 1st.

Like other home games this season, Gao Han sat upright in the chairman's stands accompanied by Armando Marcos and Cantalero, and was seated beside him. Fuen Lavrada, Leganes and important members of the Madrid district government were also seated.

Martino was the main player in this game, with goalkeeper Valdes, defense line Alba, Pique, Otamendi and Alves, midfielder Iniesta, Busquets and Xavi, and in the front court Pedro, Ibrahimovic and Messi.

Chinatown, which is playing at home, seems more cautious.

Zidane lined up a double midfielder tactic, with goalkeeper De Gea, defense line Ales Sandro, Godin, Varane and Montoya, midfielder Ilia Lamendi and Kante dragging back, Isco broke through, and front trident was a combination of Hazard, Morata and Griezmann.

Ilia La Mendi and Kante joined forces, which was indeed a bit surprising, but it also showed Chinatown's attitude, which was to focus on stabilizing the defense and actively launching counterattacks.

Zidane once again used a high-level pressing and oppressing kick, striving to destroy Barcelona's skillful team cooperation and penetrate the ground like flowing water. This situation lasted for twenty minutes.

Faced with the home team's aggressive aura, Barcelona seemed a little unwilling to let go.

But this is just the overall situation. In terms of details, Zidane still brought out some eye-catching things.

For example, when facing Barcelona's best team cooperation, Zidane requires players to keep pressing down when defending, compressing the opponent's ball control space, and adopting tight double-teams, forcing Barcelona to transfer the ball to the side.

Barcelona has always been good at passing and receiving balls into the 30-meter zone, and then using the players' personal abilities, excellent running and skilled team cooperation to complete the shot, but tonight, this set won't work at Brock Stadium.

Ilia La Mendi dragged it and Kante ran all over the field. The two players were like an airtight city wall, blocking Barcelona's ball before the defense line, and the overall oppression of the team made it difficult for Barcelona to let go.

Barcelona's only chance in the first half occurred in the 19th minute. After Messi dribbled the ball from the right and cut in with Iniesta, Xiaobai used his personal ability to get rid of the defensive player's wonderful pass to the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Ibrahimovic suppressed Godin and Varane with his body and stopped the ball to Messi. The Argentinian inserted it and shot directly, but this shot was definitely saved by De Gea.

This is Barcelona's most threatening attack.

But in the 28th minute, Chinatown quickly changed its color.

After launching a counterattack in the frontcourt, Montoya decisively stepped forward, received the pass from his teammate, dunked Pedro and tried to pass the ball.

Iniesta raised his foot to defend, touched it for a while, causing the ball to change direction. After Morata and Pique were in physical contact in the penalty area, he barely grabbed the ball and pushed it with the trend, but pushed the ball into Valdes' arms.

Three minutes later, another counterattack after breaking the ball from the wing. Alex Sandro stepped forward with extremely fast speed and made a cross from the left.

Morata headed the ball in the penalty area and tried to hit a far corner, but ended up hitting the crossbar of the goal and out of the baseline.

Before the first half was over, Pique made a long pass and sent the ball behind Chinatown's defense line. Messi quickly inserted it and successfully counterattacked. After stopping the ball with his chest, he took the opportunity to shoot, but he directly hit the ball high.

Both sides went back and forth, attacked and defended, and neither of them created a good opportunity to score, but the pace of the game was very intense.

It was not until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half that Gao Han breathed heavily.

"A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Barcelona is still Barcelona."

"Who said no?" Cantalero shook his head, "I just looked at the data in the first half. Xavi's pass count reached 62. Although it was a bit far from his peak, it was also much more than others. This is the so-called peak no longer."

The gap in strength is obviously there, which is indisputable.

Chinatown is still too young for the time being. Zidane's idea is right to challenge Barcelona.

Using double back midfielders to clamp Barcelona's pass and cut cooperation is a relatively safe tactical style, while high-pressure and oppression is an old tradition of Chinatown, while Zidane fine-tuned the details, but the effect is very good.

If it weren't for Ilia La Mendy's drag and Kante's running all over the field, I might not have been able to defend the first half.

"The second half is the critical moment to decide the outcome." Gao Han said confidently.

"Yes, Barcelona fought Ajax with a lot of physical energy. In the second half, there would definitely be more mistakes."

Gao Han smiled and shook his head, "No matter whether they make mistakes or not, they will force them to make mistakes. If it were me, I would consider pressing forward to the start of the second half and grabbing for a while."

"Press Kanter's defense zone forward?" Cantalero's eyes lit up.

"Yes, in the case of huge physical energy consumption, as long as there is a crack in Barcelona's midfield and backcourt, Kante can grab the ball. Once it is grabbed, it will be counterattacked on the spot, and we will have a chance!" Gao Han said excitedly.

Cantalero still trusts Gao Han’s vision very much, “But can Zidane see it?”

Gao Han narrowed his eyes and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

"Maybe, this is what Zidane wants?"
Chapter completed!