Chapter 1419 The Little Witch

Real Madrid successfully advanced to the Champions League semi-finals after beating Celta Vigo 3-2 away.

According to the previous schedule, Real Madrid's opponent this time is Alaves.

After the baptism of hard fighting, coupled with the tempering of the difficult schedule, the state of the Real Madrid team has gradually improved.

On the evening of January 29, Real Madrid played at the Bernabeu Stadium against the visiting Real Sociedad.

In the 38th minute, Yang Yang took advantage of a quick counterattack opportunity, and after retreating to meet the pass from the midfield, he formed a continuous two-man-one match with De Bruyne who was plugged in behind him, and sent a straight pass. The field broke into the right side of the penalty area and scored a low shot, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, De Bruyne reciprocated, sending a scalpel-like accurate straight pass, tearing apart the Real Sociedad's defense. Yang Yang successfully scored against offside with a single-handed shot, extending the score for Real Madrid.

In the 82nd minute, Yang Yang and Danilo counterattacked into the wall, Di Maria made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Morata, who came on as a substitute, headed the goal to seal the victory for Real Madrid, 3-0.

In the 89th minute, Asensio, who was also on the bench, got rid of the defender and passed the ball. Isco made a diagonal pass from the right to the penalty area. Yang Yang easily ran out of the neutral block, scored a low shot, and scored twice.

Four to zero!

In the end, with Yang Yang's brace, Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-0 at home.

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On the one hand, Real Madrid's state has picked up, and on the other hand, competitors have fallen behind.

Sevilla, who are second in La Liga, challenged Espanyol away in this round, and lost 1-3 on the road.

The Chinese player Wu Lei who played for Espanyol performed very well, contributing two assists, indirectly helping Yang Yang and Real Madrid, suppressing Sevilla and expanding the league lead.

And Barcelona, ​​which has been in good shape recently, also showed fatigue. In the away game against Real Betis, it was not until the last minute of the game that Cristiano Ronaldo equalized the score.

In the end, Barcelona was a one-to-one draw with Real Betis away.

It is worth mentioning that the Spanish native Ceballos performed very well in this game and was elected as the best player of the game. His excellent performance in the midfield made people see him among the younger generation of Spain. Amazing potential among players.

If it weren't for the bad luck of Real Betis in this battle, they hit the goal post twice, and it would be difficult for Barcelona to get out of the road.

But it also made Ceballos famous, and the 20-year-old midfielder also entered Real Madrid's field of vision again.

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After the twentieth round of La Liga, Real Madrid soon welcomed Alaves at home.

But on the first day of February, the team held the first core high-level meeting of the new year in the new office of Valdebebas as usual. The main topic of discussion was the situation of the team in the second half of the season, and future summer transfers.

FIFA's ban only has one transfer window, and the winter break has been banned, which is not a problem for Real Madrid at all, but the summer transfer is crucial, and Real Madrid needs to prepare in advance.

Many fans think that the transfer is a transfer window thing, but in fact it is not.

Especially for a team like Real Madrid, heavy signings are often made half a year in advance, or even a year or two in advance.

Yang Yang and Zidane are the only two people in the first team who can attend the core high-level meeting. One of them is the number one star in the team, even higher than the captain Ramos, and also serves as the chief assistant coach, and the other is the ball. The team's head coach and chairman advisor, both of whom have an extraordinary voice in Real Madrid's management.

But it was a little surprising that the first topic of the meeting was the Spanish teenager Ceballos, who had just helped Real Betis to a 1-1 home draw with Barcelona. Florentino wanted to know, the team has There is no possibility of bringing him in.

"Ceballos' release clause is only 15 million euros, which is not a problem for us at all, but the key now is that Barcelona and Atletico Madrid want him, we must do it as soon as possible." Valdano introduced the current situation.

Good players, especially good homegrown players, are something that any giant team will not ignore.

Because, whether it is La Liga or the Champions League, there are requirements for local players.

Real Madrid has been adhering to the strategy of promoting localization and internationalization over the years. On the one hand, it has aggressively introduced local young talents, such as Asensio, Isco, Ilha Ramendi, etc., on the other hand, it has not ignored it. Focus on the best players in Europe.

"Cerballos has performed very well this season, especially in this game against Barcelona, ​​which made him famous. Not only the Spanish giants are paying attention to him, but the European giants are also paying close attention. Our opponents are not few."

Florentino nodded again and again, turned his head to look at Zidane and Yang Yang, with a question in his eyes.

Everyone knows that if Real Madrid wants to sign, they must ask Yang Yang and Zidane to nod.

Of course, it doesn't mean that they can buy whoever they want, just like Pogba, Zidane wants to buy it, but the team has no such consideration, and Zidane is helpless about it.

But at the very least, when it comes to bringing in a player like Ceballos, their opinions still matter.

"Our team currently has no vacancies in this area. We have gathered a lot of players in the midfield. De Bruyne has performed very well this season, and Isco has made great progress. This makes our midfield even a little bit. Bloated."

Zidane's meaning was somewhat politely rejected.

Florentino heard the meaning, "But he is only twenty years old, and David Silva and Modric are not young."

Everyone knows that this is a midfielder who is reserved for the future, and it is impossible to play the main force right away.

Just like Asensio, who performed very well in other teams, and even won the best rookie in La Liga in Espanyol, but when he came to Real Madrid, he could only be a substitute.

Yang Yang guessed in his heart that Zidane still wants to introduce Pogba. He has obsessions with his French compatriots, but Florentino also has obsessions with his compatriots, and he seems to want to bring the younger generation of Spain. The players are all in the Bernabeu.

"Didn't Jorge say it just now? He is extremely important to Real Betis, but for us, he does not have a position for the time being, and certainly not in the short term, so I think it is better to just buy it and lease it back. To Real Betis, let him continue to play and grow in this team, in another year or two, more mature, come to Real Madrid."

This is a bit of a trick to sign Ceballos and prevent him from coming to the team prematurely.

As for one or two years later, it depends on how far Ceballos can develop. If it still fails to meet the team's requirements, it is normal to sell it at that time.

In professional football, players are like commodities. It is normal to buy and sell them.

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The first important topic of this high-level meeting is the second half.

The team defeated Celta Vigo and entered the semi-finals. Alaves could not stop Real Madrid. Seeing that the Copa del Rey was promising, the management of Real Madrid was naturally eager for the team to continue to work hard and strive to win a championship first.

Yang Yang and Zidane also have ideas about this, and they also think that the team should work hard to win the King's Cup.

For the next thing, Florentino still said that the team will fully support the first team, and hope that Yang Yang and Zidane can lead the team well and continue to make breakthroughs in La Liga and the Champions League.

"We have achieved a Grand Slam three consecutive seasons, which is unique, and even in the history of Real Madrid, it has never happened. If this season can continue this brilliance, then we will undoubtedly It's making history."

But the club is not without a sense of crisis. They have clearly realized that Real Madrid must start preparing for Yang Yang's successor. This is Real Madrid's most urgent top priority now.

Who can succeed Yang Yang?

Looking at European football, at least there is no ready-made candidate.

Yang Yang has no opinion on this, although the management did not directly say that it is looking for Yang Yang's successor, but only said that it wants to introduce high-level young attackers, which is already obvious.

Yang Yang is in his 30s, Suarez has just turned 30, and the two leading strikers are both over 30. If the Real Madrid management is still indifferent to this, it is their dereliction of duty.

"At present, our technical team has also looked for a lot of players, such as the Argentine striker Paulo Dybala who plays for Juventus, who has played quite well in the past few seasons, and Salah who plays for Roma. Also a very good young scorer."

"Harry Kane, who is only 23 years old, has been the hottest scorer in European football in recent seasons, he is very efficient, he has scored 21 and 25 league goals in the past two seasons. It's not easy, this season is expected to reach new heights, and I believe he will be a very good frontcourt scorer."

When he said this, Balderno glanced at Yang Yang intentionally or unintentionally, with a helpless and wry smile in his eyes.

You know, Harry Kane's data is indeed quite good in European football, but if compared with the real Madrid top star in front of him, it is really insignificant.

Yang Yang landed in the Premier League at the age of 19. He scored 25 goals and provided 20 assists in his first season. In his second season, he scored 34 goals and 17 assists.

In the third season, when Yang Yang was 21 years old, he had already scored 44 league goals and 20 assists in the Premier League, helping Liverpool win an unprecedented quadruple in the Premier League.

It can be said that Harry Kane's data is indeed dazzling, but that is relative to others. In front of Yang Yang, his achievements are really nothing.

Not to mention the data compared with the data of Yang Yang after joining Real Madrid.

At Real Madrid, Yang Yang scored more than 50 goals in every season except for only 43 goals in the first season, and even more than 60 goals in recent seasons.

Such vacancies cannot be filled casually.

This is why it is difficult to find a successor to Yang Yang.