Chapter 193: Championship Battle with the Galaxy Fleet, Part

Speaking of the three teams that still have hopes of winning the La Liga championship, of course Real Madrid has the most advantages in terms of schedule. After all, there is only one league championship left to compete for.

It is also worth mentioning that Real Madrid has never won any major championship since 2003, which coincides with the time when Beckham joined Real Madrid, so Beike must be very embarrassed...

So the entire Real Madrid team will do their best to win the La Liga title this season, because Beckham is likely to leave the team this summer, and at least he should leave with the honor of a championship? Now it seems that winning the La Liga title is the only chance for Real Madrid and Shell this season.

To win the league title this season, Real Madrid must close the two-point gap with the leader Barcelona in the remaining six league games. Fortunately, in the two rounds of the league this season, Real Madrid has the upper hand against Barcelona. In the first round of the seventh round of the league at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 7-2 at home. In the 0th round of the league, at the Camp Nou, Real Madrid tied Barcelona 26-3 away from home.

Therefore, under the ranking rules of La Liga this season, if two teams have the same points, priority will be given to comparing the win-loss record of the two teams. Therefore, as long as Real Madrid can tie with Barcelona's points, Real Madrid's record of 1 win and 1 draw will firmly surpass Barcelona.

However, if Real Madrid wants to win the cup, they still have to get past Sevilla this weekend, after all, Sevilla is still one point ahead of Real Madrid. In the first leg, Sevilla beat Real Madrid 2-1 at home; facing Sevilla, Real Madrid's record is not good.

So after the last round of the league, the entire Real Madrid team was eagerly waiting for Sevilla's visit!

After the UEFA Cup match in the middle of the week, the entire team, including Ricardo, did not pay too much attention to the post-match news reports and follow-up developments. They would talk about the final when it came. The whole team immediately prepared seamlessly for the focus battle against Real Madrid away, which was related to the final ownership of the UEFA Cup championship.

Ricardo did not receive many text messages congratulating him for reaching the UEFA Cup final this time. After all, he has won the World Cup and the Champions League. Instead, many Barcelona teammates sent messages to Ricardo, asking him to go all out to attack Real Madrid, but also to take it easy and not get injured. It would be best if they could draw with Real Madrid...

In response to this, Ricardo replied to Messi, Iniesta and other friends with a text emoticon 凸(￢_￢)凸.

Although the distance between Madrid and Seville is more than 530 kilometers, the transportation between the two places is still very convenient, after all, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest transportation hub. Therefore, Seville can take the express train to Madrid to prepare for the game in the morning of the game; the 10:20 train in the morning arrived at 1: pm, and after a short rest and meal, they went to the Bernabeu to warm up, and then waited for the game to start in the evening...

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Both teams played their best in this match, but Sevilla had just played a UEFA Cup semi-final in the middle of the week, so Juan Ramos was forced to replace five starters. Navas continued to rest due to muscle discomfort, Adriano was injured in the middle of the week and will also need to rest for two weeks. Navarro was also diagnosed with a muscle strain before the game and will need to rest for two weeks.

What made Juan Ramos extremely depressed was that he and Li Qi were substituted early in the previous game. Fabiano, who planned to save his strength for this game, was also found to have sore ankle before the game and could only wait on the bench.

Sevilla's 4-4-2 starting lineup was:

Goalkeeper No. 1 Palop;

The left and right wings are No. 4 Alves and No. 3 David, and the double center backs are No. 14 Escude and No. 20 Osio;

The midfield quartet is No. 25 Maresca, No. 16 Puerta, No. 8 Paulson and No. 11 Renato;

The double striker combination is No. 12 Kanoute and No. 7 Li Qi;

Korzakov, Dragutinovic, Mati, Duda, Hinkle and Fabiano were on the starting bench.

对手皇马虽然近4次作客塞维利亚取得1平3负，但近18个主场对阵塞维利亚仅负一场，其余17场比赛取得16胜1平。双方联赛历史交锋125场，皇马62胜27平36负占据上风，其中主场43胜12平7负。皇马在主场面对塞维利亚，有绝对的心理优势，于是皇马继续保持上一轮取胜的首发阵容，拉莫斯则是面对旧主。

Real Madrid also lined up in a 442 formation, with the starting lineup being as follows:

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Casillas;

The back four is No. 11 Cicinho, No. 4 Ramos, No. 5 Cannavaro, and No. 38 M. Torres;

The midfield combination is No. 8 Emerson, No. 6 Diarra, No. 23 Beckham and No. 10 Robinho;

The two forwards are No. 7 Raul and No. 10 Van Nistelrooy;

Also sitting on the bench are a number of well-known stars such as Salgado, Elguera, Guti, Gago, Reyes and Higuain.

However, after the opening, Sevilla, who had just fought a big battle three days ago, took the initiative and launched an active offensive.

In the 3rd minute, Emerson decisively fouled Li Qi who was about to turn with the ball in the backcourt, and Osio's powerful free kick from 30 yards out was slightly off target.

In the 5th minute, Maresca won another free kick in the frontcourt. Alves made a cross from the free kick on the right, and Escud's header at the front point missed the near corner.

Then Li Qi made a straight pass from the top of the penalty area, and Puerta's diagonal shot from the left corner of the penalty area missed the far corner.

In the 10th minute, Alves made a wonderful wall pass with Li Qi, breaking through the joint defense of M. Torres and Robinho. However, when facing Cannavaro's replacement, Alves was a bit too hasty and passed the ball, which slipped past the goal and went wide of the far corner.

After this Sevilla attack, Real Madrid finally stabilized, started to win some offensive opportunities, and almost took the lead in the 15th minute.

This time, Robinho broke through the wing and sent a straight pass. Van Nistelrooy's move at the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Osio and went out of bounds. Beckham then took a corner kick from the right side, and the ball drew a very wonderful arc, accurately finding Diarra who was ambushing in the corner of the small penalty area. The latter headed the ball from 6 yards in front of the goal, but unfortunately the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Real Madrid then launched a series of attacks in the 19th minute. Cicinho made a cross from the right, Osio tackled before Van Nistelrooy, Raul followed up with a shot from the edge of the penalty area, which was blocked by Osio again. Finally, Emerson made a half-volley from the edge of the penalty area, but Palop cleverly lifted the ball over the crossbar...

Afterwards, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and the game was extremely fierce. Both sides began to pay more attention to defense. At the same time, frequent fouls also broke the continuity of the game. However, in general, thanks to Li Qi's frequent retreats, Sevilla's midfield control was more advantageous; but Real Madrid's set pieces were more threatening. Shell kept sending accurate crosses, and Real Madrid was only a few centimeters away from scoring several times...

However, it was the visiting team Sevilla that broke the deadlock first. The direct pass from the set-piece was indeed not as good as Beckham's pass, but if they changed their thinking and passed the ball, the result might be different.

In the 41st minute of the game, the first half was about to end. This time, Li Qi was cooperating with Maresca, hoping to cooperate with the Italian twins, but was still interrupted by Emerson's decisive foul. Emerson seemed to have been told in this game to specially guard and restrict Li Qi. His foot was not dirty, but his foul was very decisive and straightforward. He was warned by the referee twice, but he didn't get a card. In addition, with Cannavaro's protection behind him, Li Qi really couldn't have a brilliant performance in most of the first half.

However, this time he won a good free kick in the front right field, about 30 meters away from the goal, and this time Li Qi decided to take the penalty kick himself. Seeing Li Qi's careful measurement of steps and sharp eyes, most people thought that Li Qi would shoot directly at the goal.

Sarafina and her friends who were watching the game in London also thought so...

Ever since seeing Sara's childhood sweetheart Xiao Shuaiguo score twice in the middle of the week, many of Sara's girlfriends have become particularly interested in Li Qi, including her new girlfriend Emma. Taking advantage of the break in the filming of the promotional event, as soon as she learned that today was Sevilla's away game against Real Madrid, she quickly asked Sarafina to come to the private club to watch the game together!

Now, when they saw the TV broadcast giving a close-up of Li Qi preparing to take a free kick, the girls collectively screamed for unknown reasons. The ball hadn't even been kicked yet...

"It looks like Li Qi will take the free kick near the right. Although the angle is okay, it might be better handled by a left-footed player. And it's a little far, nearly 30 meters..."

"But Casillas was also on high alert and arranged a four-man human wall..."

"Li Qi is measuring the pace needed for a set-piece run-up... His eyes are determined, and it seems that he is going to shoot directly at the goal. He takes a deep breath and runs!"

"Oh! It's a pass!"

"Canute! Ferry back to the middle!"

"Maresca! Beautiful! Ditch! Ditch! Ditch! Ditch!"

"Maresca received Kanoute's header in the middle of the penalty area and volleyed with his left foot. The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal! Casillas had no way to stop it!"

"Not offside! The goal is valid, Maresca scored the first goal, helping Sevilla lead the home team Real Madrid 1-0 before the end of the first half!"

"This is the Italian's first La Liga goal in 13 months! Although Maresca has made many achievements in the UEFA Cup and the King's Cup, he has rarely had the opportunity to perform in the league; the recent wave of injuries has given Maresca a chance, and Maresca has also used a world wave to repay the coach and teammates who trusted him with a stone-breaking world wave!"

"And Li Qi's penalty was also extremely clever. When everyone thought he would shoot directly, he changed his shot to a rub shot when he touched the ball, and rubbed the ball lightly over the top, just over the heads of the Real Madrid wall and defense, and landed in front of Kanoute who was ambushing at the far end of the left side of the penalty area."

"And Kanoute didn't take credit for this goal. He made a high-speed run forward and then received a lob pass from behind. It was indeed difficult to shoot with force. So Kanoute chose the most correct way to handle it, which was to head the ball back to the middle!"

"And Maresca, who was just setting up the anti-human wall tactic, did not disappoint Kanoute's pass. He turned around and volleyed the ball into the goal! Maybe Sevilla had practiced this tactic before the game, and the coordination was quite exciting..."

Real Madrid, which was behind in the score, did not seem too impatient. Capello seemed to have a response plan in place. However, it may also be that after Sevilla's passionate and exaggerated celebration, there was not much time left before the end of the first half; Real Madrid may want to save the counterattack for the second half.

Soon, Sevilla entered the halftime break with Real Madrid with a halftime score of 1-0.

However, in the second half, Real Madrid launched a fierce counterattack, especially making obvious adjustments to the defensive tactics against Li Qi. Due to the overall forward pressure of Real Madrid's formation, Emerson began to defend Li Qi from the front, trying to cut off the ground delivery route to Li Qi, while Li Qi's national team elder brother Cannavaro was responsible for protecting Li Qi closely to prevent him from being hit by the ball...

At the same time, Juan Ramos also arranged for Sevilla to retract its formation in the second half, focusing on defensive counterattacks; after all, facing Real Madrid, who were fighting on a single front and were well rested, Sevilla, the visiting team that was still fighting on three fronts, would definitely be at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength in the second half, so every bit of effort saved was a plus.

So after the start of the second half, Real Madrid launched several threatening attacks.

In the 48th minute, Beckham again sent a free kick from the right into the penalty area. Ramos tried to score 6 yards in front of the goal but was pushed down from behind by Kanoute. However, the referee refused to award a penalty and tens of thousands of fans on the sidelines booed.

Three minutes later, in the 51st minute of the game, M-Torres cooperated with Raul on the left and made a cross from the bottom. Robinho, who switched positions with Raul, chested the ball at the far post but was knocked away by Maresca. However, Robinho poked the ball to Beckham behind him.

Beckham made a feint at the right baseline, but instead of kicking the ball off, he made a triangle pass back. Diarra followed up and shot at the edge of the penalty area, but unfortunately he failed to control the ball and shot it high!

In the 57th minute of the game, Robinho cut inside and made a straight pass in the middle. Beckham shot at the near corner from 10 yards on the right side of the penalty area, but was blocked by Palop with both fists in a well-positioned position.

Real Madrid's offensive was getting stronger and stronger, especially Beckham, who was determined to win the La Liga title this season, performed extremely well! So Capello decided to add fuel to the attack; in the 59th minute, Capello replaced Raul and M. Torres with Guti and Elguera respectively.

Not long after Real Madrid's yellow man, the home team equalized the score in the 62nd minute!

Guti, who just came on as a substitute, played as an attacking midfielder. After coming on the pitch, his first touch of the ball was to receive Beckham's diagonal pass that penetrated Paulson's crotch, and then he made a precise straight pass!

The ball just slipped over the toes of Osio's interceptor, but at the same time, it was just right for Van Nistelrooy, who was not offside, to catch up with him and then shake off Escudé on the side; facing Palop who attacked in time, the Dutch striker showed extraordinary calmness and agility that was completely inconsistent with his body size. He made a low pull and change of direction to get past Palop's diving dive, and then pushed the ball into the empty goal from the right side of the penalty area.

Real Madrid tied the score to 1-1, but there were still 30 minutes in the game!

Li Qi's performance in the last ten minutes of the second half was really frustrating, as the ball never reached his feet; Carvalho and Emerson, who knew his playing habits very well, had a very tacit understanding in their defense, which made Li Qi's performance extremely frustrating. Just when Li Qi decided to retreat deeper to receive the ball, Real Madrid scored a goal in their first attack after the substitution.

Li Qi was also a little helpless. After all, Real Madrid's team was too good. Any slight mistake would be caught and magnified, leading to a goal. In fact, Sevilla's goal was caused by Paulson's decision to intercept Beckham and he was penetrated by the crotch. Then Guti took advantage of this rare loss of position of Sevilla's midfielder and sent a precise pass without hesitation.

If he was half a step slower or took a little longer in handling the ball, Osio would come over immediately and intercept Guti or commit a foul to block the gap; but in this split second, Guti made a crucial through pass to Van Nistelrooy.

Li Qi returned to the center circle to prepare for the kick-off and could only hope to take the lead again before his or his teammates' physical strength declined further...