Vol 4 Chapter 810: What happened to Real Madrid?

On the evening of December 5, the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.
In the 13th round of La Liga, Real Madrid face Almeria.
This matchup has been destined to be full of drama from before the game, and the fun is even comparable to a Hollywood blockbuster.
When the referee brought the two teams of players into the stadium, the broadcaster at the Bernabeu stadium introduced the Real Madrid players, but he habitually read out the name of Kaka, which surprised the entire stadium of more than 80,000 fans. .
Didn't Kaka have surgery before?
How can I still play tonight?
The broadcaster quickly corrected his mistakes, apologized on the spot, and said that he had a language problem. Tonight he replaced Kaka with Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder. He will replace Kaka in the front waist. position.
The live television footage also gave Sneijder a close-up. The unlucky Dutch shook his head in frustration, a look of innocence and helplessness, the surrounding teammates were amused, and Ibrahimovic extended his hand. Touched his head.
Goalkeeper Casillas, Marcelo, Fermalen, Pepe and Ramos in the back, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in the double back, Sneijder is in the middle, the frontcourt is It is a combination of Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben.
Compared with the challenge to Barcelona a week ago, it only turned Kaka into Sneijder in the midfield position.
As if he was affected by this comedy-like mistake before the game, Sneijder held his breath. In just two minutes of the opening, he shot a long shot and was shot by Almeria goalkeeper Diego Alves After the save, Robben's shot, which followed with a supplementary shot, hit the goalkeeper.
Real Madrid completely controlled the ball at the opening and launched offensives frequently.
A minute later, Yang Yang kicked the door, but failed to create a threat.
Then Robben got a chance in the penalty area and started again, but still failed to score.
After the opening, Real Madrid played very active and controlled the game scene and rhythm. Almeria retreated across the board. There was a lot of noise in front of the door. It seems that it was only a matter of time before Real Madrid broke the goal.
Real Madrid began to create opportunities again and again, but missed opportunities again and again, as if the team's shooting luck was exhausted in the Camp Nou game, the team's state is clearly very good, but It is always impossible to score goals.
In the 20th minute, Harvey Alonso realized the problem and immediately slowed down the pace. Real Madrid began to organize and sort out patiently, especially in the last pass.
But even so, Real Madrid still have the advantage and frequently get a foothold.
Until the thirty-first minute, Yang Yang received Marcelo's pass on the left and made a cross from the left corner of the penalty area. He tried to send the ball into the penalty area to find Ibrahimovic, but However, Almeria's central defender took the lead to make a header.
The ball flew to the outside of the penalty area. After Sneijder got the ball, he moved to the left again.
Yang Yang stopped the ball to the middle, after catching up, glanced at the right side of the penalty area, the right foot obliquely passed behind the goal.
Ramos, who was plugged in at high speed, suddenly rushed into the penalty area, grabbed a flying top before everyone, and directly pushed the ball into the goal of Almeria, opening the record for Real Madrid.
One to zero!
Subsequently, although Real Madrid continued to dominate, continue to chase and beat, but still failed to break again.
Almeria's defense is indeed well organized, but Real Madrid's offense is almost meaning.
But the situation suddenly changed in the second half.
At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid was still unsettled. Almeria, who had shrunk throughout the first half, suddenly caught a chance to hit a strong attack. First, he hit Ramos in the left pass and changed direction. Soriano He kicked a volley near the penalty spot, hit Falmaren again, and bounced into the goal.
One to one, it's flat!
The referee signaled that this was Soriano's goal, not Fermallun's own goal.
But while everyone was still entangled with the penalty, Almeria took a corner kick. This time it was Real Madrid ’s backline missed. Ramos failed to stare at Uche in time and was caught by the opponent. Started a volley and scored again.
The hero who opened Real Madrid's first record in the first half, made two consecutive mistakes at the beginning of the second half. In just three minutes, Real Madrid turned from one goal to one to two behind.
The dramatic start made the whole Bernabeu uproar.
All fans are starting to wonder, what is going on with this Real Madrid tonight?
Being able to beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou five goals, why hasn't he been able to break Almeria's goal at home?
With the passage of time, Real Madrid took the lead in making substitution adjustments within sixty minutes.
Captain Raúl replaced Mascherano, reached the front and teamed up with Ibrahimovic.
This is a very obvious signal to strengthen the team's offense.
Then Real Madrid launched a series of offensives, but failed to score.
Until the 73rd minute, Yang Yang coordinated with Marcelo on the left and put the ball to the bottom line. Marcelo followed and passed his left foot to the penalty area, creating a mistake for Almeria's backline player. Point Robben kept up with a low shot and scored two to two.
Afterwards, Real Madrid continued to exert pressure and kept on attacking. Yang Yang, Ibrahimović, Raúl and others also showed great efforts, constantly looking for opportunities on the court.
In the eighty-first minute, Yang Yang suddenly appeared on the right and took Robben's straight kick. He used his personal speed to force a breakthrough and sent a low flat ball in the right corner of the penalty area to the goal.
Ibrahimović followed and vigorously volleyed, almost wishing he could shoot the ball through Almeria's net.
This foot shot once again penetrated Almeria's goal to reverse the opponent for Real Madrid.
Three to two!
Only three minutes later, after Robben cut the ball on the right, he forced a cross into the penalty area, Yang Yang ran out of neutral, pushed the goal and broke the goal without defense, and expanded the score again, four to two!
This score was eventually maintained to the end of the game.
Real Madrid, with Yang Yang's two passes and one shot, Ibrahimovic, Ramos and Robben scored, defeating Almeria four to two.
But in the locker room after the game, Benitez was furious and extremely dissatisfied with the team's defense.
Although everyone knows that Real Madrid ’s defense has been problematic since this season, Ramos, Pepe and Fairmaren are not stable enough, but Metzelder is also not much better, Real Madrid ’s back line is in need. Stabilize as soon as possible.
The original combination of Ramos, Pepe and Fermalen gave people confidence when the team beat Barcelona 5-0 away, but this game of Almería was exposed again.
Benitez even told the players in the locker room expressly, "With a fragile defense like ours, we can't pass the round of 16 in any case!"
The implication is clear. If you want to break the embarrassing nickname of the UEFA Champions League in the past years, Real Madrid must focus on the defense and find a way to stabilize the defense on the basis of the existing players.
And this is also a concern for Real Madrid.
The offense is strong enough, but the defense is too uncomfortable.
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After finishing the 13th round of La Liga, Yang Yang set off for Paris to receive the award, but then he did not return to Madrid, but went directly from Paris to Marseille to join the team.
This is the final match of the UEFA Champions League group stage, and it is also the battle between Marseille and AC Milan for the top spot.
Due to the unsatisfactory performance of the five rounds before the group stage, AC Milan is currently in a very awkward position in the group, only one point ahead of the group's third Marseille, can be said to be extremely dangerous.
Yang Yang, who just won the third European Golden Globe in Paris, France, played in this game and was booed by Marseille fans. They were obviously very dissatisfied with Yang Yang.
But the bigger the boos from the opponent, the better Yang Yang is.
In just five minutes of the opening, Yang Yang broke the goal of Marseille with a free kick 28 feet away.
Yang Yang then hit the post again, failing to further expand the score.
But in the eleventh minute, Marseille stubbornly made a breakthrough from the side of Ramos and successfully equalized the score.
Until the twenty-seventh minute, Yang Yang volleyed a ball and once again exceeded the score.
After changing sides in the second half, Yang Yang was replaced by Higuain soon after.
In the 80th minute, Real Madrid took a corner kick and Fairmaren scored a header to further expand the score.
Three to one, Real Madrid finally defeated Marseille away.
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Real Madrid beat Marseille three to one away, and the new European Golden Globe winner Yang Yang staged a double score. The most happy is not Real Madrid fans, but ac Milan up and down.
Before the match, the Rossoneri and Marseille were only one point away, but AC Milan performed very badly in the away game against Zurich. First, they fell behind. Afterwards, although they stubbornly equalized the score, they never failed to reverse.
Fortunately, Real Madrid defeated Marseille 3-1 on the road, which is equivalent to helping AC Milan get the second place in the group. For this reason, after the game, even many French media believe that Real Madrid is interested in helping AC Milan to promote. .
But Benitez denied this, because Real Madrid did not do their best.
As for Yang Yang, it is more because he just won the European Golden Globe in Paris.
"This award has given him a huge motivation, he wants, I have no reason to refuse."
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As expected, Real Madrid won two games before Christmas.
First, after being twice equalized by Valencia on the road, they finally stubbornly exceeded the score, defeating Valencia three to two away.
Although Yang Yang did not score in this game, he still performed very well and planned two goals.
A week later, Real Madrid welcomed Zaragoza at home.
Yang Yang showed bravery again. Although he only scored one goal, his left side became the most active area for Real Madrid. Ibrahimovic scored twice and Sneijder scored twice. With one assist, Raúl, who came off the bench, also scored a goal and eventually Real Madrid beat Zaragoza 6-0 at home.