Chapter 1229 This Is an Opportunity!

After the tenth round of La Liga, in the middle of the week, Real Madrid ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.

Sitting at home once again ushered in Liverpool.

In the home game, Ancelotti once again rotated the lineup, including David Silva, Hazard, James Rodriguez and other players, and Real Madrid also controlled the scene very smoothly.

In the 27th minute, Marcelo made a cross from the left, and Suarez made a push from close range, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

In the 71st minute of the second half, it was Marcelo's cross from the left. Yang Yang, under the interference of Skrtel and the blocking of goalkeeper Mignolet, had no shot angle, so he flicked the ball lightly. At the latter point, James Rodriguez followed up with a volley and hit, extending the score to two to zero.

This score also maintained until the end of the game, Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 2-0.

After winning four consecutive Champions League victories, Real Madrid has basically won the right to qualify for the first place in the group, but Liverpool's situation has become even worse. If the Red Army wants to qualify, it must win all the remaining two group matches opponent.

And this is the first time Yang Yang hasn't scored a goal since his comeback so far this season.

The media and fans are very tolerant of this, thinking that Yang Yang has scored goals in so many games in a row, and it is normal to take a break in this game. Everyone believes that Yang Yang is just adjusting his state.

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On the weekend, in the eleventh round of La Liga, Real Madrid played Vallecano at home.

On the day before this game, Yang Yang officially received last season's European Golden Boot in Madrid, and before the game, Real Madrid also held a brief appearance ceremony, Yang Yang entered the field alone holding the Golden Boot, accepting The applause of the fans and players in the audience, showing all Real Madrid fans the trophy he just got.

This is also a tradition of Real Madrid, but it was relatively rare in the past, but after Yang Yang joined, it will be held almost once or twice a year, because he has won too many awards.

In the game, Yang Yang was very active.

Only nine minutes into the game, Yang Yang retreated to meet the midfielder, turned around from the defender, and sent a direct pass. Hazard made a pass from the left, and Di Maria scored with a shovel from the edge of the small penalty area, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

Later, Yang Yang dribbled the ball and forcibly broke through the opponent's three players. At the front of the penalty area, he was fouled by Vallecano's last defender behind the back, but the referee refused to make a penalty.

In this regard, Real Madrid defended, but not strongly.

Everyone knows that this is a referee's law enforcement strategy.

Vallecano's own strength is not as strong as Real Madrid's, and now he is one goal behind. If another player from the opponent is sent off, the suspense will be completely lost in this game, and it may even turn into a massacre.

Professional football itself can be regarded as a show, a show that pleases and entertains fans.

But after entering forty minutes, Vallecano's physical fitness declined. First, Hazard earned a corner kick for Real Madrid. city.

In the last attack near the end of the first half, Vallecano made a mistake in the return pass from the midfielder. Modric sent a direct pass. Yang Yang inserted at high speed, dribbled the ball past the opponent's central defender, formed a single goal and then swayed past the goalkeeper. , calmly scored an empty goal, three to zero.

After changing sides in the second half, in the fifty-fifth minute, Yang Yang dribbled the ball into the penalty area and passed back from the right side. Toni Kroos scored a long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area, making it 4-0.

Four minutes later, Yang Yang forced a breakthrough on the right side of the penalty area and made a cross. Suarez scored from close range, but Vallecano's players protested that Suarez was offside. The referee did not accept it and continued to award the goal.

In the 73rd minute, Isco, who came off the bench, dribbled the ball and sent a direct pass. Suarez missed it on purpose. He volleyed vigorously and broke through Vallecano's goal again, six to zero!

With two passes and two shots, Yang Yang showed excellent form!

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While Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano with six goals, Barcelona reversed Almeria 2-1 in an away game. Neymar scored an equalizer goal in the trident, and Alba scored a goal in the final stage of the game.

It can be seen that the Trident and the midfielder are still relatively sluggish.

If it is said that Barcelona made a thrilling pass, Sevilla was equalized by Levante 1-1 at home, Valencia drew 0-0 at home with Athletic Bilbao, and Atletico Madrid lost 1-2 away to Real Sociedad. It can be regarded as a loss of points.

Especially Atletico Madrid.

Obviously, in the long-term two-line or even three-line battle, the bench thickness of these teams is not strong enough, and the players are too tired, which leads to their poor state and eventually loses points.

After this round, La Liga was suspended and ushered in a two-week national team match day.

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Since there is no national team competition task, the two-week national team competition is more for Yang Yang to take vacations and maintain his state. He still insists on training twice a day, but takes one day off every three days to accompany his wife and son. .

Or travel, or wander around in Madrid, he also took time to take his family to Manchester, mainly to visit the Van Gaal couple, and by the way to Liverpool to visit the Gerrard couple.

But all of these were carried out in a low-key manner, and no media reporters were published in the newspapers.

While Yang Yang was enjoying the rest period comfortably, a sad news came from Italy.

In Croatia's Euro 2020 qualifier away to Italy, Modric played just 23 minutes before being injured.

According to the preliminary diagnosis of the Croatian team doctor, Modric has a muscle strain in his left leg and is expected to rest for three to five weeks.

Real Madrid officials followed up on this report and immediately arranged for a team doctor to follow up on Modric's injury.

But just one night later, the official website of the Croatian Football Association announced that Modric was seriously injured and bid farewell to 2014, at least three months of truce.

"After the MRI scan, we found that Modric suffered a very serious muscle strain, the muscle in his left leg was almost completely torn, the condition is very serious, but we are not going to perform surgery on him, but take a relatively more serious injury. The conservative approach helped him recover."

This immediately made Real Madrid extremely nervous. After Modric returned to Madrid, he was arranged for a detailed inspection at the first time, and the final results were consistent, which is expected to be three to four months.

According to FIFA's regulations, because Modric was injured because he participated in the national team competition, during his absence, Real Madrid will receive compensation from FIFA, which is expected to reach 1.6 million euros, but this is not enough for the rich and powerful. For Real Madrid, they don't care, they care more about Modric's injury.

In an interview with the media, Ancelotti vaguely accused the training of the Croatian national team's coaching staff. At the same time, he pointed out that Modric's injury was a big blow to Real Madrid.

Yang Yang was in Madrid. After learning that Modric was injured and returned to Madrid, he immediately sent greetings and visited the hospital in person to encourage him to overcome the illness and return as soon as possible.

Modric is more open. As a professional player, playing for Real Madrid is his professional ethics, but playing for the national team is his innate mission, but he is very confident that he can come back.

As one of Real Madrid's best midfielders in the past two seasons, Modric's injury also made the outside world worry about Real Madrid's prospects.

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On the evening of November 22, in the twelfth round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Eibar away.

This is Modric's first game after a serious injury. Before the start, the Real Madrid players specially displayed a T-shirt with the slogan of blessing Modric, hoping that the Croatian midfielder can return from injury as soon as possible.

Due to the fact that many players participated in the national team competition, and some even played two full games, Ancelotti had to rotate, and all the international players who went to South America did not appear in the starting lineup.

However, Modric's injury allowed Isco to get the starting qualification. The positions of Di Maria and James Rodriguez were replaced by De Bruyne, and Real Madrid carried out a large rotation.

In just 23 minutes, Yang Yang made a beautiful pass and entered the penalty area from the right rib. Jesse, who was in the middle, followed up and volleyed but missed. The ball bounced off the opponent's defender. , Opened the scoring for Real Madrid.

One to zero!

Before the end of the first half, in the 43rd minute, Carvajal made a beautiful two-for-one cooperation with De Bruyne on the right, and made a pass from the bottom to the front of the penalty area. Expand the score for Real Madrid, two to zero.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Real Madrid continued to control the situation on the field and occupied an overwhelming advantage.

In the 69th minute, after Azpilicueta stole the ball in the frontcourt, Hazard dribbled the ball back before breaking through the bottom line. Jesse followed up with a volley and made a 3-0.

In the 83rd minute, when Eibar central defender Albentosa was defending a pass from the right, he fought with Yang Yang for the top, but he slapped the ball away with his hand, and was caught by the referee, who was fined for a handball foul and given a yellow card Add a penalty.

Yang Yang is Real Madrid's number one penalty shooter, and his career penalty record is 100 shots, but this time, he gave up his right to take the penalty and handed the ball to De Bruyne. hands.

"This is an opportunity, Kevin, an opportunity for the whole world to see you!" Yang Yang encouraged him while holding his hand.

De Bruyne didn't know that this was Yang Yang's special care for him, otherwise, with his seniority, he would never have his turn.

After the Belgian nodded excitedly, he came to the penalty spot holding the football.

The opportunity Yang Yang mentioned was not just a penalty kick, but also Modric's injury.

When the opportunity arises, the key depends on whether De Bruyne himself can grasp it.

In the end, De Bruyne calmly scored a penalty kick to help Real Madrid win the away game 4-0. Yang Yang performed very well with two shots and one pass. De Bruyne and Jesse each scored a goal.

The penalty kick is grasped, but what about the vacuum in the midfield?