Chapter 212: U21 European Championship begins

Fortunately, Real Madrid did not torture the fans and gamblers for too long. Maybe they thought that an hour or so of fun would be enough for Barcelona fans? Or maybe Mallorca, who had no intention of fighting, thought that 60 minutes of fun would be enough?

Anyway, the script of this season's La Liga drama began to return to the perspective of Real Madrid as the protagonist after the 60th minute of the last round of the league, but some foreshadowing was still laid first.

After falling behind at halftime, Capello used his usual tactics during the half-time break, which was to replace Emerson with the golden wolf Guti to bite, oh no, to intensify the attack.

However, Real Madrid's offense did not improve for a while. Instead, the injured Beckham was intercepted several times, causing Real Madrid's goal to be in danger successively in the 55th and 61st minutes. Mallorca almost expanded the score advantage again, making Real Madrid completely GG.

Ricardo was still gloating over the fact that these two waves of fast breaks by Mallorca must have scared his cousin Francis, who had bet heavily on Real Madrid to win the championship, right?

Italy's iron-blooded coach Capello was still bold. In the 66th minute, he decisively played the last card of the game, replacing Beckham, whose performance was seriously affected by injuries, with Reyes, who had not scored many goals before but had made many contributions. The English midfielder, who was determined to leave the team at the end of the season, also officially ended his career in Spain.

I don't know if this was adding insult to injury, because as early as the 33rd minute of the first half, Real Madrid's starting center forward Van Nistelrooy was replaced by Higuain due to a left thigh muscle strain.

Van Nistelrooy's 25 goals this season have helped Real Madrid get 25 league points, and 37% of the team's goals are credited to him. But when Real Madrid needed goals the most, the king of the small penalty area could only sit on the bench and watch Real Madrid get further and further away from the championship.

And Van Nistelrooy was only one goal away from this season's European Golden Boot, but this gap was forever frozen when Van Nistelrooy was substituted...

In addition to Beckham who was substituted in the second half, the two biggest contributors to Real Madrid's crazy points grabbing and overtaking Barcelona in the last half of the season with 10 wins in 9 rounds could only watch on the bench with ice packs on their hands.

One lasted 33 minutes, the other 66 minutes, and I don't know if it was arranged in advance. While Ricardo, who was always looking for trouble, was still laughing and complaining with his teammates, Reyes, who had just come on as a substitute, finally blew the horn for Real Madrid's counterattack.

Real Madrid finally equalized the score in the 68th minute of the game. Robinho made a diagonal pass, and Higuain, who had saved the team five times this season, went straight to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, and then made an accurate inverted triangle pass back to the middle of the penalty area. Reyes, who had just come on as a substitute, saw the ball and shot with his right foot from 5 yards in front of the goal!

Although Mallorca goalkeeper Moya hit the ball, it was not enough to stop Reyes from scoring! Real Madrid tied the score to 1-1!

However, a draw is not enough, and 1 point is not enough for Real Madrid to win the championship. If the game ends with this score, the winner of the La Liga will still be Barcelona, ​​which is already leading its opponent 4-0.

However, Reyes' quick goal after coming on the pitch had an immediate effect on the mentality of the entire Real Madrid team; Real Madrid was no longer impatient, but began to respond calmly, patiently looking for opportunities to strike a fatal blow; after all, they only needed to score one more goal, but instead had to strengthen their defense and not lose any more balls.

Sure enough, less than a minute after Real Madrid blocked Mallorca's counterattack again, Real Madrid finally reversed the score in the 1th minute of the game!

First, Roberto Carlos received Cannavaro's clearance and passed it directly to Robinho at the front of the penalty area, but the latter's powerful shot from 25 yards in front of the goal was saved. Then Guti took a corner kick from the left side, assisting Diarra to jump high in front of the goal and head the ball into the near corner of Mallorca's goal!

Moya landed quickly and touched the ball again, but he was unable to stop Diarra's wonderful header. Real Madrid reversed the score 2-1 and finally took the initiative in the championship. Real Madrid fans and gamblers like my cousin could finally relax after being nervous for the whole game...

However, it was unexpected that Diarra scored the second goal for Real Madrid. From France to Spain, from Lyon to Real Madrid, perhaps only Capello was his real mentor. Until the last minute of this season, Diarra proved to the world that he was not just a fool.

Just three minutes after Diarra proved himself to the world, Reyes helped Real Madrid kill the game in the 83rd minute. Robinho passed the ball to Higuain in the penalty area, but Mallorca defender Ballesteros blocked it at the edge of the penalty area. Reyes followed up and shot a left-footed arc ball from 25 yards in front of the goal. The ball went straight into the net in the lower left corner of the goal like a cannonball!

This time, Moya, whose vision was blocked, did not even have time to make a save. However, Reyes, who scored twice, not only scored his sixth league goal of the season, but also helped Real Madrid secure the victory in the stormy sea. He was the biggest contributor to Real Madrid's comeback and victory in this game!

Real Madrid, which is leading by two goals, as well as Real Madrid fans and philanthropists who bet on Real Madrid to win the championship can finally sit back and relax. No matter what result Barcelona achieves, it is meaningless at this point, as Real Madrid is about to win the 30th league championship trophy in team history.

最终皇家马德里与马洛卡的焦点战役以皇马3比1的胜利而结束，06/07赛季的西甲联赛最终也落下了帷幕，20支球队一整年的努力也划下句号。

After 38 rounds of the league, Real Madrid and Barcelona both had 76 points. Real Madrid won the 30th league championship in history by having the better record in head-to-head matches. This is also the second time Real Madrid has won the league title since the 02/03 season.

Since the start of the 28-29 La Liga season, Real Madrid has participated in 76 seasons, a total of 2382 games, winning 1363 games, drawing 506 games and losing 513 games, scoring 4914 goals and conceding 2759 goals, winning 30 La Liga championships, and ranking first among the La Liga teams with a total of 3487 points.

Yes, the league title won by a miraculous comeback this season is exactly Real Madrid's 30th La Liga title, far exceeding the 18 titles of Barcelona, ​​the second place in the La Liga title ranking...

Although Real Madrid will have to wait until the first game of next season to officially receive this season's league trophy, all the results of this season have been settled.

Real Madrid circles are already celebrating wildly, celebrating the miraculous comeback victory in this season's championship battle that was comparable to a Hollywood blockbuster, with a complicated plot and a thrilling process.

The Barcelona circle is quietly licking its wounds and wasting no time in rebuilding and preparing for the next season. Yes, the goal of winning three consecutive league titles has failed, factional conflicts within the team have intensified and openly fought, and the Dream Team II, which has won no important awards except the Spanish Super Cup this season, has also come to an end.

As for other teams, Sevilla beat Zaragoza 3-1 at home in the last round. Kanoute, who scored a goal in the last minute of the game, could only tie with Ronaldinho for third place in the league scorer list, losing to the king of the small penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored 25 goals in the league. This is also a big regret for Kanoute. He was in great form at the beginning of the season and led the scorer list all the way to the second half of the season. Unfortunately, he had a wave of goal shortage after the winter break, and finally had to give up the golden boot throne with a huge lead...

而瓦伦西亚则是在主场3比3战平皇家社会，亲手送对手降级。不过联赛最后4轮1平3负只获得了一个联赛积分的瓦伦西亚，对于立志争冠的蝙蝠军团来说也仅仅是在末轮保住了面子而已。

Although the competition among the top four teams in the league was fierce, they still had a gap with the second group. Therefore, Sevilla, which finally won 71 league points, and Valencia, which won 66 league points, won the UEFA Champions League seats next season together with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

There was also a dark horse in the second group that suddenly gained momentum at the end of the league, and was not much behind Real Madrid in scoring 12 points with 10 wins in 31 rounds. That was Villarreal.

After losing 30-0 to Getafe away in the 3th round of the league, the Yellow Submarine started a rapid advance, winning 8 league games and the last 24 league points, jumping from 12th place in the league to 5th place at the end of the season, and securing a place in the Europa League next season with 62 league points.

The remaining UEFA Cup qualification was split between sixth-placed Zaragoza and ninth-placed Getafe.

Getafe qualified for the UEFA Cup as the runner-up of the Copa del Rey final because their opponent Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final qualified for the higher-level UEFA Champions League.

Atletico Madrid is as pitiful as Barcelona. After winning the last round, they tied with Zaragoza on 60 points. However, because Atletico Madrid lost by an average of 1 goal at home and away this season, it had to finish below Zaragoza and could only participate in the Intertoto Cup as the 7th in the league.

In the relegation battle, Tarragona, who became the target of Barcelona's venting in the last round, was relegated early. In addition, Real Sociedad, which drew, could not escape the fate of relegation. Among other relegation contenders, Betis, Athletic Bilbao and Celta all won in the last round, but Celta became the last unfortunate one to be relegated by 1 point...

There are many La Liga awards and statistics, but these have nothing to do with Ricardo. He didn't even have time to attend the celebration of Sevilla's pseudo-treble at the end of the season, which I have mentioned many times before. Because the day after the last round of La Liga, the Italian U21 team will play the last game of the U21 European Youth Championship group stage.

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First of all, the head coach of this Italian U21 team is still Riccardo's old acquaintance - Pierluigi Casiraghi. After all, this slightly plump uncle who is beginning to lose his hair has won many youth team championships with Riccardo in recent years. The most recent one was the 2 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands two years ago. It is an example of a head coach winning without any effort.

Naturally, the Italian U21 youth team led by Casiraghi, most of them are old acquaintances of Ricciardo, and of course they are basically Ricciardo's younger brothers. The 23-man roster is as follows:

3 goalkeepers:

No. 1, Gianluca Cursi (July 85, 7, 12cm, Rome);

No. 12, Emiliano Viviano (December 85, 12, 1cm, left foot, Brescia);

No. 22, Andrea Consilli (January 87, 1, 27cm, San Benedetto);

8 defenders:

No. 2, Marco Andreoli (June 86, 6, 10cm, right foot, Inter Milan);

No. 3, Giorgio Chiellini (August 84, 8, 14cm, left foot, Juventus, not of Olympic age);

No. 5, Andrea Mantovani (June 84, 6, 22cm, right foot, Chievo, not of Olympic age);

No. 6, Marco Motta (May 86, 5, 14cm, right foot, Udinese);

No. 13, Andrea Coda (April 85, 4cm, right foot, Empoli);

No. 14, Domenico Criscito (December 86, 12, 30cm, left foot, Genoa);

No. 15, Michele Canini (June 85, 6, 5cm, left foot, Cagliari);

No. 17, Andrea Raggi (June 84, 6, 24cm, Palermo, not of Olympic age);

Midfield 8:

No. 4, Antonio Nocerino (April 85, 4, 9cm, right foot, Crotone);

No. 7, Ricardo Montolivo (January 85, 1, 18cm, right foot, Atlanta);

No. 8, Alberto Aquilani (July 84, 7, 7cm, right foot, Rome)

No. 10, Ricardo Liqi (June 86, 6, 6cm, right foot, Seville);

No. 15, Alessandro Rosina (January 84, 1, 31cm, right foot, Turin, not of Olympic age);

No. 16, Daniele Desenna (May 87, 5, 10cm, right foot, Parma);

No. 17, Andrea Lazzari (December 84, 12, 3cm, left foot, Atlanta, not of Olympic age);

No. 23, Luca Sigagliani (June 86, 6, 20cm, right foot, Parma);

Front 4:

No. 9, Giampaolo Pazzini (August 84, 8, 2cm, right foot, Florence, not of Olympic age);

No. 11, Giuseppe Rossi (February 87, 2, 1cm, left foot, Manchester United);

No. 18, Graziano Pelle (July 85, 7, 15cm, right foot, Cesena);

No. 19, Roberto Acquafresca (September 87, 9, 11cm, right foot, Treviso).

This list is not much different from the roster of the Netherlands World Youth Championship two years ago. Some players are absent due to injuries and condition reasons, some have been replaced as their growth has not met expectations, and some non-Olympic age players in the 84-year-old age group have been added.

In fact, Ricardo felt that there was no need to join his seniors in the 84 age group. After all, this U21 European Championship is also a qualifier for the 08 Olympics. If they cannot participate in the 08 Olympics, then what is the purpose of participating in this European Championship? Is it purely for the sake of gaining experience?

Well, Ricardo also admitted that there is such a factor, especially in recent years, the Italian youth team has performed very well, many agents and coaches have been trying their best to send players to the Italian youth team. After all, following Ricardo, although it may not necessarily improve your skills, it can definitely help you win the championship, and then when you negotiate a transfer or contract, your salary and value can be much higher...

But they all overlooked that Ricardo still had a minimum salary contract as a rookie player in Barcelona's first team.

However, Ricardo also believes in Casiraghi's professional ethics and character, and will not allow players whose level and strength cannot help the U21 national team to fish in troubled waters... Well, even if there are players, there shouldn't be many.

Among the new players, there are indeed a few who are worthy of Ricardo's attention.

One of them is Chiellini, who is 84 years old, one of the future Italian Xuanming elders. Of course, Chiellini has not fully grown up at this stage, and his technical characteristics are still relatively rough, but his physical fitness is good, and his attitude towards training and football is also very good.

Although it is easy to make mistakes in the back line, this is a common problem for young defenders. Not all defenders are as talented as Maldini. Ricardo is expected to grow quickly with Chiellini's attitude and talent, and his ceiling is high enough. Although he can't help in the Olympics, he can become a reliable comrade in the national team in the more distant future.

In the midfield, there is also a player aged 84 who is worth paying attention to, that is Aquilani.

In the impression of old Li Qi, Aquilani was later abandoned in Liverpool's system, missed the best growth period, and did not reach the heights people expected. But in the only team training contact, Ricardo believes that Aquilani's talent at this stage is still very good and can effectively help him share the pressure of midfield organization.

In the first match of this U21 European Championship, Aquilani and Montolivo started as midfielders...

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