Chapter 52: The Attack of the Dream Team 2

At 11 o'clock in the evening on November 19, in the apartment, Ricardo and Chiara prepared melon seeds, fruits, soda water and juice, chose a comfortable position to lean on the sofa, and then turned on the TV on time, ready to watch the first round of the Spanish derby in the 8/05 season at home.

这是皇家马德里和巴塞罗纳历史上第228场国家德比。在此前的227场对决中，皇马巴萨两队不相上下，巴萨取得93胜48平86负稍占上风，但是在148场联赛中，巴塞罗那队58胜27平64负略处于下风。皇马在联赛中主场迎战巴萨优势明显，前75次皇马的战绩是48胜14平13负，进161球失77球。

Before the game started, radical fans rushed into the stadium and were escorted off the field by riot police.

In this match, both teams had complete lineups, and the main players had all returned from injuries, so young players like Ricardo were excluded from the match roster. Of course, young players like Messi were an exception, and the Argentine flea directly entered the starting lineup...

Barcelona used their usual 4-3-3 offensive formation:

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Valdés;

The back line from left to right is No. 12 Van Bronckhorst, No. 4 Marcos, No. 5 Puyol and No. 23 Oleguer;

The iron triangle in the midfield is No. 15 Edmilson, No. 6 Xavi and No. 20 Deco;

The forward trident is No. 30 Messi, No. 10 Ronaldinho and No. 9 Eto'o.

Real Madrid, playing at home, also deployed a 4-3-3 attacking formation:

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Casillas;

The back line from left to right is No. 3 Roberto Carlos, No. 6 Elguera, No. 4 Ramos, No. 2 Salgado;

The three midfielders are No. 12 Pablo Garcia, No. 23 Beckham and No. 5 Zidane;

The front attacking lineup is No. 7 Raul, No. 10 Robinho and No. 9 Ronaldo.

Among them, Elguera, Zidane, Ronaldo and Baptista have just returned from injuries.

With the referee's whistle, this battle that has attracted global attention officially kicked off.

Ricardo also took the opportunity to put his hands into Chiara's nightgown, and in a comfortable position, he watched the game while playing with the two balls of white jade...

The scumbag Ricardo couldn't help but feel a little distracted: This feels so good, why didn't I notice it before? Hmm? What if the target is the more plump Julian? I can't control it with one hand... Hehe...

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After the game started, both sides began to attack and defend each other, and the body movements of both sides were also very exaggerated from the beginning; Eto'o, who had made bold statements before the game, was booed by Madrid fans every time he got the ball.

The first threatening attack came from Barcelona's set-piece opportunity.

In the 5th minute, Deco passed the ball to Messi on the wing from the midfield. After receiving the ball, Messi accelerated directly into the penalty area. Ramos saw that Messi had dribbled past Pablo Garcia and quickly fouled the young Argentine outside the penalty area, so as not to let him rush into the penalty area.

Ronaldinho first took a direct free kick from 25 yards in the middle, but it was blocked by the wall. Facing the ball that bounced back from the wall, Ronaldinho followed up with a volley with his right foot, but the ball was blocked by Ramos again.

(Oh! In this game, including the Real Madrid team, there are too many great players and fathers on the field. Although Ronaldinho's father is one of the most powerful ones, he is not that outstanding. So in the game against Real Madrid, let's call Ronaldinho's father Ronaldinho to show respect to the opponent's great players...)

In the 10th minute, Barcelona got another chance. Ronaldinho attracted the defense on the left and made a lob pass into the penalty area. Eto'o stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and made a quick stop to get rid of Ramos who was too close... However, the Cameroon cheetah's shot with the outside of his right foot in the upper left corner of the small penalty area slipped out of the goal.

Real Madrid won its first corner kick in the 11th minute. Beckham used his signature move to take the corner kick. The fast and smooth arc of the corner kick caused Valdes to misjudge the penalty and he did not touch the ball. However, Edmilson cleared the corner kick at the far post.

Although it was at Real Madrid's home ground, judging from the performance in the first 10 minutes, Barcelona clearly took the initiative on the field and created many chances, while Real Madrid had few chances to enter Barcelona's defensive third zone...

So it was no surprise that Barcelona scored the first goal in the 15th minute: Messi counterattacked with the ball, but after dribbling past Helguera, he was directly intercepted by his teammate Eto'o. The Cameroonian turned around at the edge of the penalty area and dribbled the ball in the opposite direction, making a cross with Messi to deceive Ramos... After dribbling into the penalty area, Eto'o shot into the near corner from 16 yards in front of the goal before Roberto Carlos blocked it... The distance was too close and the speed was too fast, Casillas could not save the ball in time, and the ball went into the net.

Barcelona led Real Madrid 1-0 away from home, which was Eto'o's 11th league goal of the season; a direct response to the boos from the fans at the scene.

After taking the lead, Barcelona continued to dominate the situation on the field.

In the 24th minute, Ronaldinho broke through on the left and passed the ball. Deco received the ball 25 yards in the middle and got rid of Pablo Garcia's defense with a shoulder feint. He created an angle and took a long shot. Unfortunately, the low shot hit the post and went wide of the goal.

In the 30th minute, Eto'o got the ball in the frontcourt and passed it directly to Messi who cut into the penalty area. The Argentine lobbed the ball into the far corner from 25 yards on the right, but the referee judged that Messi was offside and the goal was ruled invalid, resulting in a draw.

It was only after 30 minutes that Real Madrid gradually regained some offensive momentum.

In the 31st minute, Real Madrid launched a quick counterattack. Raul passed the ball directly from the top of the penalty area to Robinho who was running diagonally into the penalty area. Unfortunately, Valdes rushed out and confiscated the ball.

In the 36th minute, Beckham made a signature free kick from the right, Raul headed the ball in front, and Elguera's difficult back hook shot from 16 yards far away went wide.

In the 37th minute, Zidane dribbled the ball on the left and suddenly passed it straight. Roberto Carlos made a high-speed cross from the bottom, but unfortunately Marcos headed the ball away before Robinho.

However, in comparison, Barcelona's attack was more direct and more threatening.

In the 38th minute, Eto'o dribbled the ball and passed it directly to Ronaldinho. The Brazilian cleverly got rid of Elguera and broke into the right side of the penalty area. It seemed that it was a one-on-one chance, but Casillas predicted it in advance and attacked bravely, like a vicious dog pouncing on its food, oh no, like a tiger pouncing on its rabbit, and confiscated the ball from Ronaldinho's feet.

In the 41st minute, Xavi intercepted Robinho's pass in the backcourt and made a long pass to the left. Ronaldinho made a beautiful stop and dribble and directly broke through Ramos' defense, then made a cross from the edge of the penalty area... Unfortunately, this time it was Messi, who was not tall enough and not good at heading, who got the ball in the middle and his header from 14 yards in front of the goal went directly wide of the far corner... Real Madrid had a false alarm.

In the final moments of the first half, Barcelona's offensive wave was higher than the other, truly allowing the Bernabeu fans to witness the style of the Dream Team II.

In the 44th minute, Deco received a long pass from Marcos in the backcourt and headed the ball near the corner of the penalty area. Eto'o followed up from 25 yards in the middle and volleyed the ball, which was blocked by Ramos and went out of the baseline.

In the 45th minute, Messi dribbled the ball and passed it directly to the right side of the penalty area. It was Eto'o again. He exploded the moment he stopped the ball and directly broke through the double-team defense of Elguera and Roberto Carlos. Unfortunately, his final right-foot shot was blocked by Casillas at the front point and went out of the bottom line.

In injury time, Ronaldinho once again broke through Ramos' defense on the left side of the penalty area and broke into the penalty area, but before Ronaldinho shot, fortunately Beckham returned to defense in time and shoveled the ball out of the baseline and successfully cleared it.

At halftime, Barcelona not only had the advantage in the score, but also had an absolute advantage in the shot statistics in the first half with 11 to 1.

Before the start of the second half, another naked fan rushed into the stadium, making the players on both sides, who were on the verge of a fight, smile knowingly.

In the second half, Barcelona continued to put pressure on Real Madrid's defense through smooth cooperation in the frontcourt.

In the 47th minute, Xavi made a straight pass to the right side of the penalty area. Messi received the ball and created space to shoot a curved ball. The ball was blocked by Elguera and changed direction. Casillas, who was concentrating, carefully blocked the slowed ball out of the baseline.

In the 49th minute, Deco passed the ball back to Xavi in ​​front of the penalty area, and the latter's long shot from 25 yards in the middle hit the left post and went slightly wide.

In the 50th minute, Ronaldinho's powerful shot from 25 yards on the left was too straight and was caught by Casillas.

In the 56th minute, Ronaldinho passed the ball to Xavi, who passed it directly to Messi on the other side without stopping. The young Argentine dribbled into the right side of the penalty area at high speed and his low shot was blocked by Casillas' legs and then confiscated by the goalkeeper's hug.

In the 58th minute, Guti replaced Raul, who seemed to have injured his knee due to a twisted shooting motion. After Real Madrid made this passive substitution, Barcelona, ​​who had been besieging Real Madrid's goal since the start of the second half, changed the score again.

Barcelona extended their lead in the 59th minute. Beckham's cross from the wing was cleared by Marcos's brilliant hook. Deco protected the ball from the perimeter and quickly passed it to Ronaldinho in the frontcourt...

Ronaldinho made a beautiful pass on the left and once again got rid of Ramos's entanglement before breaking into the left side of the penalty area. Then the Brazilian made another wonderful feint to get past Elguera who was defending too fiercely. Ronaldinho, who was completely unmolested by any defensive players, easily pushed the ball into the near corner from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area!

Casillas had no choice but to watch the ball go into the net... This was Ronaldinho's seventh league goal of the season! Barcelona was two goals ahead of Real Madrid.

After falling behind, Real Madrid began to intensify its attack and in the 67th minute, Baptista replaced Pablo Garcia.

Although Real Madrid broke through Barcelona's goal in the 69th minute of the game, Ronaldo's shot from the left side of the penalty area was judged by the referee to be offside and the goal was deemed invalid, which was another fake draw.

In the 70th minute, Iniesta replaced Messi. Barcelona controlled the game with skillful passing, and Real Madrid had difficulty crossing the half court.

Although Real Madrid had three consecutive shots in the three minutes after the 75th minute:

In the 75th minute, Salgado made a cross from the right, and Baptista headed the ball past Puyol but it went wide.

In the 76th minute, Ronaldo's long shot from 25 yards in the middle was directly caught by Valdes;

In the 77th minute, Robinho passed the ball to Salgado on the right side of the penalty area. The latter made a left-foot shot from 16 yards, but Valdes saved it successfully...

However, Barcelona still sealed the victory in the 78th minute. Ronaldinho once again made a brilliant breakthrough against Ramos and calmly pushed the ball into the far corner from 8 yards on the left side of the penalty area, scoring again... This was the Brazilian's 8th league goal this season.

Casillas watched the ball go into the net again and shook his head helplessly. Real Madrid players also felt that the game was over. The fans at the scene began to applaud Barcelona's wonderful performance...

In the last 10 minutes, Real Madrid was unable to pose a threat and Barcelona slowed down the pace of the game. Rijkaard also replaced Xavi with Motta and Ronaldinho with Larsson at the last moment of the game, allowing the two heroic players to receive applause from the audience.

In the end, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-05 away from home. Barcelona also topped the La Liga standings for the first time in the 06/ season.

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"Barcelona teaches Real Madrid a lesson" became the unified theme of the Spanish media after the game. Even AS, which has always been the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, had to admit after the game that Barcelona is the biggest favorite to win the La Liga title this year.