Chapter 1113 Join Forces
October 2, Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid.
In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid faced Copenhagen, Denmark at home.
The Galacticos, playing at home, once again adopted a two-forward tactic, switching to a 3-5-2, with Marcelo and Danilo on the wings. The defense was Vermaelen, Javi Martinez and Ramos, and the midfielder It is David Silva, Illarramendi and Modric, and the frontcourt is the combination of Yang Yang and Suarez.
Due to the weaker opponent, Real Madrid focused on offense in this game. David Silva and Modric were positioned further forward and could basically be regarded as two attacking midfielders.
After the game started, the two wings that were unleashed their attacking power were very active, especially Marcelo's left wing, which frequently created threats and kept Copenhagen in the half court, unable to resist.
In the 21st minute, Marcelo made a pass from the left into the penalty area. Copenhagen goalkeeper Wilander hurriedly abandoned the goal, but failed to touch the ball, causing the ball to pass over the goalkeeper and fall to the back point. Yang Yang responded quickly After plugging in, he rushed over, lightly headed the ball from close range in front of the goal, and directly pushed the ball into the empty goal, one to zero.
Copenhagen didn't take the first shot of the game until the 33rd minute. You can imagine how embarrassing the Danes were on the court.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Suarez took the initiative to retreat to meet Danilo. After the two cooperated on the right wing, Suarez made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Yang Yang followed up in the middle and headed the ball again, heading the ball into Copenhagen again. goal.
Scored twice!
Two goals, both headers!
The entire Bernabeu Stadium was shouting Yang Yang's name crazily, calling on him to score another goal.
But after scoring twice, Yang Yang obviously began to pay attention to his teammates.
In the 71st minute, David Silva sent a wonderful pass. Yang Yang feinted a shot in the penalty area, but deliberately missed it. Suarez followed up and easily pushed the shot, giving Real Madrid another victory, 3-0.
Soon, Ancelotti replaced Yang Yang with teenager Jese.
Everyone knows that Ancelotti wants Yang Yang to save some energy. After all, consecutive hat tricks are not necessarily a good thing. Sometimes the state is too fast and too urgent, and there will be a long period of goals. shortage.
Afterwards, Morata also came on as a substitute. In the 91st minute, Real Madrid received a steal from Morata in the frontcourt and provided an assist. Suarez volleyed near the penalty spot to seal the victory for Real Madrid.
Four to zero!
Real Madrid relied on Yang Yang and Suarez to score twice and beat Copenhagen 4-0.
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After two rounds of the group stage, the situation in Group B, where Real Madrid is located, is a bit surprising.
Real Madrid won both games, scoring ten goals and conceding only one goal, ranking first in the group. However, Juventus, who was highly favored by the outside world, suffered two consecutive draws in the first two rounds of the group. First, they drew 1-1 away from home. Copenhagen, and then tied with Galatasaray 2-2 at home, is really incomprehensible.
If the one-to-one draw with Copenhagen was away from home, then the one-to-one draw with Galatasaray at home was a bit unacceptable. Drogba performed very well with every pass and shot, which not only helped the Turkish team Taking the lead, and after a tragic reversal by Juventus, he assisted his teammates to equalize in just one minute.
It is worth mentioning that Juventus also used a 3-5-2 formation in this game.
Juventus unexpectedly tied for two consecutive games, which greatly eased Real Madrid's pressure in the Champions League group stage. The next two games will be Real Madrid's two games against Juventus, especially after the two-week national team match day, the two sides will usher in the first match. Then came the Derby of the Century against Barcelona, which was also a big challenge for Real Madrid.
Even though Juventus' performance is sluggish now, Real Madrid still dare not be careless at all.
God knows when the Bianconeri will break out?
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On October 5th, in the eighth round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Levante away from home.
Levante's head coach is Joaquín Caparros, a well-known local coach in Spain. He is known for his iron-blooded style and rough leadership style. He was even considered a violent coach at one time. Real Madrid vice-captain Ramos was coached by him. After debuting in Sevilla, some people even say that Ramos represents Caparros' coaching style.
Levante got off to a very bad start this season. They lost 0-7 in the first round at the Nou Camp and suffered a disastrous defeat to Barcelona, which was full of superstars. Caparros, who had just taken over, was almost dismissed directly.
In the following six rounds of the league, Levante played quite well. Their weak offense was their weakness, but their defense became solid. In the six rounds, they won two and drew four, remaining unbeaten and conceding only four goals.
It can be said that Caparros delivered a satisfactory answer in these six rounds, which allowed him to quickly stabilize his position after suffering a humiliating defeat and avoid a major defeat.
This time facing Real Madrid, Levante learned from the experience and lessons learned against Barcelona. They focused on defense and adopted a 423 formation with double midfielders. They tightened the defense and made it clear that they were all about defensive counterattacks. .
Perhaps due to continuous fighting, or facing the tenacious Levante, Isco, who has been extremely eye-catching this season, became sluggish in this game, and Hazard also struggled to perform, which made Real Madrid's midfielder The offense always struggled to create a threat.
Fortunately, the team's defense was well organized and did not give Levante a chance.
In the 60th minute of the second half, Ancelotti couldn't sit still anymore and immediately replaced Hazard with Jesse and Isco with Morata. Forty-two, but with the wings further forward.
The two consecutive substitutions played a role very quickly. First, in the 66th minute, Yang Yang cooperated with Jesse on the left and created a corner kick. Di Maria took a corner kick and Ramos scored with a header.
The vice-captain of Real Madrid, who had a good chat with his old mentor before the game, was not relentless in killing his mentor on the court.
In the 80th minute, Varane made a long pass from the backcourt. Jesse took the ball from the left and forced a breakthrough and passed it to Yang Yang. , two to zero.
In the 94th minute, at the last moment of stoppage time, Modric sent a wonderful pass. Yang Yang shot a cold arrow from the right side of the penalty area, scored a long shot, and knocked on Levante's goal. Real Madrid sealed the victory.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Levante 3-0 with the goals of Yang Yang, Ramos and Morata.
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Although the game was won, Ancelotti was not very satisfied with the result.
In the post-match press conference, the Real Madrid coach believed that the team did not play well in the first half.
"If we played normally, we should have won the victory in the first half, but unfortunately, we finally dragged on to the second half and even locked the victory in the final stage, which is very dangerous."
What Ancelotti means is obvious, Real Madrid should play more aggressively.
Yang Yang also has his own feeling about this, that is, Isco is still too clingy to the ball.
Facing a team like Atletico Madrid, I haven't felt it yet, but when Levante is strictly defending, Isco's problem of being too sticky to the ball is exposed. He often makes pass errors and slows down the overall rhythm of the game.
It is precisely after the replacement of Jesse and Morata that Real Madrid's offense speeds up, playing faster, more concise and more direct, but more effective, which is also worth pondering.
Of course, the advantage is that Real Madrid's tactics are more abundant, and different types of players can cope with different situations.
So, that's a good thing.
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Real Madrid beat Levante 3-0 in an away game without any danger, while Barcelona reversed Valladolid 4-1 at home.
Martino's side conceded a goal in the first ten minutes, but then Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, Neymar and Xavi both scored, and finally helped the team come back 4-1.
Messi did not score in this round of the game, which widened the gap between him and Yang Yang to five goals, but he provided an assist for Cristiano Ronaldo, which is very fresh.
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The national team match day in October is the Asian Cup qualifier, and the Chinese team's opponent is Indonesia.
There is not much suspense in this game. Queiroz mainly wants to inspect domestic players, especially some fringe international players who have performed well in the domestic league, so he did not recall the overseas international players.
In the end, relying on Wu Xidi's goal, the Chinese team defeated Indonesia 1-0 away.
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Although he didn't return to China, Yang Yang didn't stay idle either.
He has been adjusting during the two-week national team match day, and at the same time he has not forgotten to practice extra.
On October 19th, the ninth round of La Liga, Real Madrid ushered in Malaga at home.
Yang Yang scored a goal for Real Madrid in just one minute of the opening.
Robben then expanded the score again in the 46th minute.
In the end, Real Madrid won Malaga 2-0 at home.
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This round of Barcelona is an away game against Osasuna.
As a result, the performance of the entire team was not ideal, but at the critical moment, Cristiano Ronaldo assisted Messi to score a goal, helping Barcelona retreat 1-0 in the away game.
This surprised everyone.
In the last round, Messi assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to score, and this round it was the Portuguese who assisted Messi to score.
The media reporters with a keen sense of smell quickly caught the information, that is, the two superstars of Barcelona, who seemed to be indifferent to each other, actually started to cooperate on the court, and they still communicate with each other.
Barcelona coach Martino said at the post-match press conference that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have no problems. On the contrary, they are very happy to cooperate with each other, but they lacked some tacit understanding before.
"There is no doubt that the strong alliance between them will give us more confidence when facing Real Madrid."
Simeone's Atletico Madrid lost to the Spaniard 0-1 away in this round.
With Real Madrid and Barcelona both winning nine consecutive victories, Atletico Madrid has gradually been left behind and currently ranks third with 21 points, four points ahead of fourth-place Villarreal, but 27 behind Real Madrid and Barcelona have six points.
La Liga is still a game between the two heroes of the Western Super League.
But which of the two giants is better?