Chapter 203: The relegation team is not good

After reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, there is no need to draw lots to decide the match. Based on the allocation of the upper and lower half, everyone will know which two teams will meet in the semi-finals.
The Kings of Madrid and the Pirates of Madrid were drawn into the top half of the quarter-finals, and according to the rules of the match, they will meet in the semi-finals.
This is also the first "Madrid derby" in the history of the Champions League.
These two rivals in the same city have never met in the Champions League before.
Two weeks later, it will be the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
Before that, they also need to play two rounds of the league each.
The league is also important to them, as they are also fighting for the league title. .
The good news is that in these two rounds of the league, the opponents of the Madrid duo are not strong, and can even be said to be "weak".
But the bad news is that their opponents are fighting to stay out of relegation, so the game may not be as easy as the supporters of both teams hope.
On Saturday, April 8th, in the 33rd round of the league, the Catalan United played away to Real Huelva, which was ranked 15th. On the same day, the Madrid Kings played against the 19th-ranked Phoenicians at home, while the Madrid Pirates went south to challenge the 18th-ranked Getafe 1326.
The points of the top three Madrid Pirates, Madrid King and Catalan United are 82, 80 and 78 points, with the biggest difference being four points.
And their opponents Getafe 1326 has 31 points, the Phoenicians have 30 points, and Real Huelva has 34 points. The biggest difference is also four points.
The top three are fighting for the championship, and they are fighting for relegation.
Madrid Pirates opponent Getafe 1326 is a professional team located in the municipality of Getafe, south of Madrid. It is very young and was born in 1970. Belongs to the absolute young junior in La Liga.
In order not to lose to other opponents in terms of momentum, Getafe did a very strange thing at the beginning of its establishment:
If other teams add a year number after their name, it generally represents the time when the team was established. For example, XX 1900, it means that the team was established in 1900.
To show his team's long history.
If Getafe adds 1970 to the name of his team, it will be a lot weaker. In European professional football, the team that was only established in 1970 has a lot of grandchildren in front of their opponents.
So the Getafe club did a trick. They added the time when the city of Getafe was founded to the name - Getafe was founded in 1326 AD, which is comparable to the time when all football clubs in the world were founded. earlier.
So Getafe 1326 was born.
Some people who don't know the truth are surprised to see this name - was Getafe established 700 years ago? !
People who don't understand the situation are in awe while being confused.
The purpose of Getafe 1326 has been achieved.
But in fact, don't look at the name of this team is very bluffing, the real strength is very weak.
Since their establishment, in their short fifty-eight years of history, most of the time they have been in low-level leagues.
It wasn't until 11 seasons ago that it was promoted to La Liga for the first time, and then dropped back to the second division a year later.
After struggling for three seasons, they were promoted again, this time they were not relegated, but the goal of each season was basically to fight for relegation.
Last season was their highlight moment, when Getafe 1326, led by coach Juan Uzueta, achieved the best result in team history - fifth in the league and reached the Europa League.
However, after getting this achievement, the meritorious coach Ursueta left the team and was poached by Atlético de Málaga with a high salary.
Getafe 1326, who lost Uzueta, fought on two lines this season, and the result was a two-line pull on the crotch. In the Europa League, they did not reach the knockout stage, and they only ranked 18th in the league, in the relegation zone. Maybe it will be relegated to the second league again...
As for Ursueta, who was poached by high salary, he was not much better than his former club.
After he went to Atlético de Málaga, he was nowhere to be seen.
Atlético de Málaga poached him in the hope that he could lead the team to qualify for the European competition-they were impressed by the record of Usueta leading the weak Getafe 1326 to qualify for the Europa League.
As a result, Usueta coached the team for 20 rounds, and Atletico Malaga only ranked 14th, and there was a five-game losing streak.
So more than half of the league, Juan Uzueta, the meritorious coach in the history of the Getafe 1326 club, was ruthlessly dismissed by Atlético de Málaga.
This is really a double loss for Getafe 1326 and Usuet...
In the first half of this season, Getafe 1326 away to the Madrid Pirates, the result was beaten 7:0 by the Madrid Pirates.
Hu Lai scored a goal and contributed an assist in that game.
But the best on the spot was not him, but his striker partner Di Kunzo. The Italian striker scored a hat-trick in the game.
That "tragedy" also became a turning point in the fate of Getafe 1326 this season.
Before that game, Getafe's highest league ranking was fifth, and it was sixth at the time, with no signs of collapse at all.
After losing to the Madrid Pirates, Getafe's league ranking of 1326 began to decline all the way, and they were without a victory in fifteen rounds of the league.
If it wasn't for Valentia's distraction and the Champions League quarter-finals of the Madrid Pirates, they defeated Valentia 3-1 away, their winning streak would have continued to this day.
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Because just played in the Champions League, Parrotti continued to rotate the team's starting lineup.
Maxi Carey, a member of the "Atmosphere Group" who came off the bench in the last ten minutes of garbage time in the Champions League, started in this league.
Hu Lai did not start. After all, he has started four consecutive games in the past two weeks. No matter how strong his physical recovery ability is, Parrotti feels that Hu Lai needs to rest.
So this game with Kyrie is Di Kunzo.
This is also the starting striker combination for most of the second half of the Madrid Pirates last season.
But this doesn't work well for combinations.
There was no spark between the two last season.
Although there was a reason for Kyrie's poor return from injury at that time, it is also true that the playing styles of the two are indeed incompatible.
Because both of them are players who have to let the football be at their feet in order to play. They played at the same time, and if no one sacrificed themselves, there would be overlapping styles and conflicting roles.
Today's game against Getafe 1326 once again proved that Maxi Carey and Di Kunzo really can't pee in a pot.
On the other hand, Getafe 1326, who was aiming to avoid relegation, played very proactively at their home court. They seized the opportunity that the Madrid Pirates had just finished playing the Champions League and were a little tired.
As long as they have a forward who has a better ability to seize opportunities, they may take the lead in the first half.
In the 40th minute, central defender Riva Moreno, who was still the Madrid Pirates, took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt, headed the ball in the penalty area, and the goal was successful, breaking the deadlock for the Madrid Pirates.
At halftime, Parrotti replaced Di Kunzo with Hu Lai.
It may be better to pair Hu Lai, who does not occupy the ball, with Carey.
After the start of the second half, Getafe 1326, who were only one goal behind, was not affected by the goal conceded at the end of the first half. Perhaps their coach re-invigorated the players' fighting spirit and morale at halftime.
In short, after the Madrid Pirates took the lead, they were not able to push the past, completely suppressing Getafe 1326.
The latter fought for survival and broke out with extremely high combat effectiveness in their home field.
Because of the fierce fight, their main midfielder, Venezuela international Angulo Castro, even received a second yellow card in the game and was sent off with a red card.
Despite one less person, Getafe 1326 did not collapse, they continued to grit their teeth and deal with the Madrid pirates. And they did not shrink back because of one less person and put a bus in front of the goal. Instead, they could use counterattacks to threaten the goal of the Madrid Pirates.
The commentator Sanchez said with emotion: "The performance of Getafe 1326 is awe-inspiring..."
He Feng sighed very much: "We have to wait until we are about to be demoted before we can have such combat power, what have we done earlier!"
His subtext is - don't drag Hu Lai into the water for the sake of your own relegation! If you perform well earlier, you don't need to be relegated now, then you don't have to fight so hard against the Madrid Pirates. Everyone is a Madrid team, isn't it bad to save face for each other?
Getafe 1326 said who is the same city team as you? We are the team of the municipality of Getafe!
Then in the last ten minutes of the game, he pressed on with all his strength and attacked frantically, completely ignoring that a lot of space behind him might be caught by his opponent.
At this moment, they are no longer qualified to look forward and backward.
So Getafe, who was pressing on the whole line, was counterattacked by the Madrid Pirates in the 84th minute.
Carey made a long pass behind the middle circle and accurately found Hu Lai who was pushing forward.
The latter used his chest to stop the football forward to the top of the free throw arc outside the big penalty area. Facing the attacking Getafe 1326 goalkeeper, he calmly pushed the far corner.
The football rolls into the goal!
He sealed the victory for the Madrid Pirates!
"Oh oh oh! huuuuuuuuuuuuuu!! He scored again! At the same time, this is Kyrie's two consecutive league games to assist Hu! Even in the last ten minutes due to poor physical fitness~EbookFREE.me~ Carey has been very tired. Press less, but he can still contribute to the team's offense with his excellent skills and awareness! This long pass is not only accurate, but also decisive!"
"Hu Lai! The 31st goal in the league! He is only one goal away from the record of 32 goals he set in Leeds!" With the Madrid Pirates determined to win, He Feng was more concerned about Hu Lai's goal. personal performance.
Now it seems that Hu Lai is very likely to win the honor of the La Liga Golden Boot just after landing in La Liga!
In front of the coach of the visiting team on the sidelines, Parrotti applauded and said to Valentine with a smile: "Come on! Replace Kyrie and let him have a good rest! He will be a substitute in the next league against Aiher."
Hearing this, Valentine was a little surprised: "You plan to start him in the Champions League against the King?"
Parrotti smiled slightly: "Why not?"
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