Chapter 1250 An Upset

On the evening of February 18, Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

In the first round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16, Real Madrid challenged Schalke Zero Four away.

After an absence of nearly three months, the UEFA Champions League has rekindled the battle.

Real Madrid, who are not doing well recently, challenged Germany Schalke Zero Four in an away game. Real Madrid, who have always been quite afraid of German teams, had to deal with it carefully after the opening game. The home team Schalke Zero Four was even more cautious. .

Real Madrid did not hit the first shot until the eighteenth minute, a long-range shot from the teenager Illjaramendi.

In the last league game against Deportivo, Illararamendi performed well. This time he was qualified to start again. He seemed a little eager to win, and he played straight up, but failed to create a threat.

The fans of the home team at the scene booed overwhelmingly, while the Real Madrid players offered understanding and encouragement.

Playing in Real Madrid is like this, except for the Bernabeu, no matter where you go, you will face waves of boos.

But in the twenty-sixth minute, Illia Lamendi scored the ball in the midfield, and Carvajal on the right faced the defender alone on the outside of the penalty area.

Yang Yang cleverly got rid of the defensive players who pinched him left and right, and easily headed the ball at the front of the small penalty area, sending the ball into Schalke 04's goal, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

Carvajal's performance is also getting better and better. Now he and Marcelo on the left form the strongest left and right wing combination in world football, which also makes Real Madrid's wing attack always unfavorable. Yang Yang himself is also from it Benefited a lot.

In the 35th minute, David Silva and Hazard made a free kick in the frontcourt with a pass from the outside of the penalty area. It was about 28 meters away from the goal and the position was also biased to the left.

Yang Yang stood at the penalty spot without hesitation. After taking a deep breath, he quickly ran forward and blasted the ball into Schalke Zero Four's goal again with a wonderful defoliation kick, 2-0.

This season, many media have pointed out that Yang Yang's free kick scoring has dropped a lot, but now, he has begun to regain his foot feel, and has repeatedly made free kicks, and the success rate is still very high.

After scoring twice, Real Madrid basically controlled the situation on the field.

After changing sides in the second half, Marcelo dribbled the ball in from the left in the 79th minute. After Sero's pass, facing the pincer attack of two defensive players, he still chose to take the ball out laterally and cross it to the left side of the front of the penalty area.

Marcelo followed up and hit directly, drawing a world wave.

With the momentum of thunder, the ball went straight to Schalke 04's goal, further expanding the score for Real Madrid, 3 to 0!

With two shots and one pass, Yang Yang helped Real Madrid beat Schalke 04 3-0 in the away game, stepped into the quarter-finals with one foot, and was elected the best player of the game again.

It was also after this match that Yang Yang called Wei Zheng and Wei Zhen brothers who were far away in China, hoping that they would help him convey his apology to the Shanghai Lawrence Organizing Committee, saying that Real Madrid would most likely reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. , He really couldn't get away and couldn't return to China to participate in Lawrence.

Everyone knows that Yang Yang is politely refusing.

There is no prize to receive, let him put aside the intensive league and go back to China to participate, how is this possible?

If there is a prize, then he will consider going back.

After all, in the world of professional football, no football player has ever won Lawrence. If he can win it once, it will be considered a zero breakthrough, and it will also be a great success for him.

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After playing Schalke 04 in the away game, Real Madrid returned to China and went to the away game to challenge Elche non-stop.

This is a game in the twenty-fourth round of La Liga.

Another focus match that took place a day earlier than Real Madrid was Barcelona's home game against Malaga. What was surprising was that Barcelona lost 0-1 to Malaga at the Camp Nou, which was a big blow. Unpopular.

What is even more surprising is that the three superstars Neymar, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo started at the same time, but they all performed very sluggishly. Messi only had a mere shot in the audience and failed to hit the goal.

It was a long pass from goalkeeper Kameni that led to Malaga's goal. Alves grabbed the ball and made a mistake in returning the pass. After being seized by the Malaga striker, he scored a goal. At that time, the game was only Start seven minutes.

Then Barcelona bombed indiscriminately, but Kameni performed bravely and finally helped Malaga beat Barcelona 1-0 away.

Barcelona fell, the happiest thing is Real Madrid.

At present, the two teams are biting very tightly in the La Liga standings, and neither of them is willing to give in easily.

Luis Enrique said at the post-match press conference that everyone was responsible for Barcelona's loss at home, and as the team's head coach, he should take the first responsibility.

Regarding the trend of the league, Enrique still said that the winner has not yet been determined.

"Although Real Madrid are currently four points ahead of us and have a game in hand, we firmly believe that there is still a chance."

Enrique also defended the team, because they will have an away game against Manchester City in the middle of the week, so Barcelona will inevitably be distracted, but he is confident that the team can quickly get out of the predicament and get back to the state.

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Regarding Barcelona's unexpected upset, Real Madrid kept silent.

Coach Ancelotti said at the pre-match press conference that he was surprised by Barcelona's loss, but this is La Liga, and any team can beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​so the team can't be careless.

Before this game, Real Madrid received two good news. First, Modric, who had been absent for nearly four months due to injury, finally returned to the team and participated in the team's joint training. In addition, James, who was injured during the winter break Rodriguez also started to participate in team training, but Ancelotti did not arrange them to play in this game.

In this regard, the Italian's explanation is that they have not yet met the conditions for playing, and it will take time.

Real Madrid's recent state is indeed not very good, which can be seen from the process of the game.

Ancelotti played 442 again in this game, allowing Yang Yang and Suarez to partner in the frontcourt.

In the 49th minute of the first half, Yang Yang sent a wonderful pass for Suarez, but the Uruguayan's goal was ruled invalid for offside by the referee. Apart from that, Real Madrid did not get a good chance.

Until the second half, after Yang Yang dribbled the ball in from the left, he suddenly changed direction and entered the left side of the penalty area, crossing to the goal. Suarez easily scored the empty goal and opened the scoring for Real Madrid.

In the 69th minute, Isco made a pass from the left. Yang Yang ran out of space and headed the goal without defense, making another victory for Real Madrid.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Elche 2-0 with one pass and one shot by Yang Yang.

After the game, both the media and the fans affirmed Real Madrid's victory.

The team is not in good shape, but being able to win the opponent and get three points is more important than anything else.

With these three points, Real Madrid has seven points more than Barcelona.

With 14 rounds left in the league, a seven-point lead isn't particularly big, but it's enough to reassure Real Madrid.

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In the middle of the week, there is a focus match in the first round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16.

Barcelona challenged Manchester City away. In the first half, Messi and Alba assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to score two goals and scored twice, establishing an advantage.

But after leading by two goals, Barcelona began to play more conservatively, which instead gave Manchester City a chance. Pellegrini's team has always given Barcelona a headache, and it is the same this time.

Manchester City pressed heavily, and in the 69th minute, Sneijder assisted Aguero to score a goal, seeing the hope of equalizing and reversing, and then Blue Moon played more and more fiercely.

But in the 73rd minute, the left back Clichy accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off with a red card, which completely pronounced the death of Manchester City. The home fans were extremely dissatisfied with the referee's decision this time and booed all over the sky, but in the end they couldn't change it. result.

With a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 away.

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Another team, Atletico Madrid, was in a worse situation. In the away game against Leverkusen, they unexpectedly lost 0-1.

Simeone's team aims to hit the Champions League again this season, but they suffered a blow in the first round of the round of sixteen.

However, the Sheets are also the guest first and then the host. After returning to the Calderon Stadium, the possibility of reversal is still very high.

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At the weekend, Barcelona played away to Granada.

Luis Enrique's team came out of the woods, first beating Manchester City, and then beat Granada 3-1 away with goals from Messi, Rakitic and Cristiano Ronaldo. Three points were scored.

Among them, Cristiano Ronaldo was elected the best player of the game with one pass and one shot.

But what is surprising is that in the last few games, Neymar has been completely lost and has no state.

This has once again sparked heated discussions among Barcelona fans and the outside media. Since Cristiano Ronaldo joined, Barcelona has rarely seen scenes where the three frontcourt superstars play well at the same time. The dreamlike attack that everyone expects, It has not been presented in Barcelona, ​​​​which has always been regrettable.

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Barcelona won the opponent, and the pressure was on Real Madrid.

In the twenty-fifth round, Real Madrid played against Villarreal, their opponent in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

This will be the first match between the two teams in two consecutive games in four days. Three days later, Real Madrid will challenge Villarreal away to play the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final.

Perhaps it was because of playing two games in a row, or because Villarreal was desperately trying to keep his qualification for the Europa League. This game played very bravely. Although Real Madrid opened the scoring first, Villarreal quickly Taking advantage of Real Madrid's defensive mistakes, they pulled back a goal.

The teenager Varane did not intercept in time in the melee, and was seized by the opponent's striker to hit the goal from close range. Navas was powerless.

And then, Villarreal's goalkeeper Asenjo performed bravely, repeatedly defusing Real Madrid's offense and trying to keep the goal.