Chapter 1480 Infighting
On the afternoon of February 17th, Real Madrid, who had just finished the first leg of the Champions League in Paris, ushered in the twenty-fourth round of La Liga and challenged Real Betis away.
Real Madrid carried out a large rotation. Eleven minutes into the game, Vazquez passed the ball from the right, Yang Yang volleyed vigorously and was saved by the goalkeeper. Asensio missed a header from close range and scored the first goal for Real Madrid.
But in the 33rd minute, Real Madrid made a mistake in defense of a free kick and made a mistake in clearance. Joaquin made a pass from the left, and Mandy scored with a header from close range, equalizing the score for Real Betis.
Just two minutes later, Real Madrid scored again, but Yang Yang's goal was disallowed.
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Real Madrid first relied on Ramos' corner kick to reverse the score.
Afterwards, Yang Yang sent a direct pass, and Mbappe kicked and hit the goal to expand the score.
Then Asensio, Yang Yang and Suarez who came off the bench scored successively.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Real Betis 6-1 in the away game. Yang Yang passed and shot, defeated Asensio who scored twice, and was elected as the best player of the game.
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In the middle of the week, the other four games in the first round of the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen knockout rounds started, and Real Madrid ushered in the sixteenth round of La Liga. At that time, the team went to the Middle East to participate in the Club World Cup.
Zidane once again carried out a substantial rotation of the team lineup, and Yang Yang was absent from the squad.
Leganes took the lead in scoring Real Madrid in the sixth minute, but in the 11th minute, Casemiro assisted Vazquez to score, and then Vazquez reciprocated, assisting Casemiro to score and successfully reversed the score.
Before the end of the game, Vermaelen scored a header to seal the victory for Real Madrid.
Three to one, Real Madrid took all three points.
After this battle, Real Madrid successfully widened the point gap with Barcelona to four points, and barely secured the top position in the La Liga standings.
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In the remaining four games of the first round of the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen, Bayern Munich beat Besiktas in Turkey 5-0, Roma lost 1-2 away to Shakhtar Donetsk, and Manchester United drew 0-0 away Sevilla and Barcelona drew 1-1 away with Chelsea.
Among them, although Barcelona scored an away goal and a draw in the game against Chelsea, they seized an advantage in the promotion, but in the game, Chelsea scored twice in the center post, but it was not helpless to fight back.
This also makes the next second round full of suspense, but it is very difficult for the Blues to reverse Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
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On the weekend, in the twenty-fifth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Alaves at home.
After the game started, Real Madrid firmly controlled the situation on the field.
In the 18th minute, Teo Hernandez counterattacked and sent a diagonal pass. Suarez got the ball on the right side of the penalty area and knocked back near the penalty spot. He ran out of space and Yang Yang, who was unguarded, easily pushed An empty goal hit, one to zero.
Only six minutes later, Yang Yang reciprocated. After receiving a direct pass from his teammate, Yang Yang dribbled through the penalty area and made a pass. Suarez fell to the ground and made a tackle, 2-0!
The two superstars come and go, assisting each other, leading the team's offensive like a tide, and making the Real Madrid fans in the stands mesmerized.
In the 43rd minute, another heel assist from Suarez, Yang Yang turned around without stopping the ball, volleyed vigorously with his left foot, and once again pierced Alaves' goal, 3-0!
After changing sides in the second half, only 33 seconds into the game, Real Madrid launched a quick counterattack, Suarez sent a wonderful pass, Yang Yang pulled the defender away, and Mbappe easily pushed a shot from a close angle, making it 4-0!
In the 54th minute, Yang Yang sent a cross, and Mbappe took another long shot, piercing the Alaves goal, 5-0!
In the 61st minute, Mbappe reciprocated and made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Yang Yang made a low shot near the penalty spot and broke through Lavis's goal again, scoring a hat-trick, 6-0!
With three goals and two assists, Yang Yang was substituted in the thunderous sound of the audience.
Almost all the Real Madrid fans were cheering wildly for him.
This is his thirty-fifth league goal this season, and he also created ten assists. Compared with Yang Yang in his peak period, such data is indeed inferior, but if compared with other top scorers in Europe, Yang Yang is still Still stand out from the crowd.
He is still the strongest and most outstanding person in world football!
Then in the 89th minute, the Alaves player fouled Mbappé in the penalty area, and Suarez made a penalty kick.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Alaves 7-0 at home and won another three points.
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In the middle of the week, in the twenty-sixth round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged the Spaniard away.
Yang Yang, who has been fighting continuously, didn't even make the big list this time around, and was directly left in Madrid.
Real Madrid created opportunities consecutively after the opening, and the best opportunity was undoubtedly in the seventh minute of the opening. Ashraf made a cross from the right, and Mbappe's header from close range was saved.
It is indeed a pity that this goal failed to break through the opponent's goal.
The young player on the right, Ashraf, performed well in this game. After replacing Carvajal, he was very active and created many opportunities, but unfortunately, his teammates failed to surround him.
In the end, Real Madrid regrettably tied the Spaniard with a zero-to-zero away game.
Coincidentally, Barcelona did not do their best this round and drew 1-1 with Las Palmas away.
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On the weekend, in the twenty-seventh round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Getafe at home.
From the beginning of the game, the confrontation between the two teams was very intense.
In the 24th minute, Yang Yang headed back after receiving a cross from the right. Mbappe followed up and hit directly, opening the scoring for Real Madrid and breaking Getafe's goal, 1-0.
In stoppage time in the first half, Hazard sent a direct pass. After Yang Yang got the ball from the right side of the penalty area, he was double-teamed by three defensive players. The foot volley hit the far corner, two to zero!
In the 67th minute of the second half, Yang Yang headed a short-range header from Marcelo's cross from the left, making another victory for Real Madrid, 3-0!
In the end, with Yang Yang's brace, Real Madrid beat Getafe 3-0 at home.
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In the focus match that took place a little later than Real Madrid, Barcelona was sitting at the Bernabéu Stadium. With Messi's direct free kick, it beat the rival Atletico Madrid and continued to maintain the pressure on Real Madrid.
Barcelona did not play ideally in this game. Atletico Madrid performed very tenaciously, but in the end the Sheets failed to beat their opponents in the away game. Instead, they were defeated by Messi's free kick and returned with regret.
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In the middle of the week, the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16.
Before the game, Paris Saint-Germain was hit hard. The main general Neymar injured his right foot and returned to Brazil for surgery. He will be absent for at least three months and is destined to miss the focus game against Real Madrid.
This has caused intense controversy within Paris Saint-Germain. Many people believe that the reason why Neymar is in a hurry for surgery is because he wants to catch up with the summer World Cup in Russia. This is quite detrimental to Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League journey.
The locker room also has different opinions on Neymar's approach. Most players are dissatisfied with his behavior, not only because of this operation, but also because the players in Paris generally believe that the management has seriously underestimated their role. Neymar's contribution is overrated.
So many players said in interviews with the French media that with Neymar absent, Paris Saint-Germain's hope of reversing Real Madrid is even higher.
"If he was there, we'd only have a five percent chance, but now it's at least 50 percent."
This statement is not shared by all, but the infighting in PSG's dressing room over the arrival of Neymar is palpable.
French newspapers revealed that Neymar not only has an annual salary of nearly 50 million euros after tax, which is four times that of Di Maria, but also has great power in the team. He can even decide whether to participate or not according to his mood. training and competition.
If it is said that the players in Paris were dissatisfied with Neymar before, but they did not make it public, then now, the team's Champions League road is about to stop, and Neymar decided to undergo surgery before the crucial decisive battle. dissatisfied, and made their conflicts public.
On the other hand, Real Madrid, after entering February, their state has greatly improved. Recently, they have won consecutive battles and their morale is like a rainbow.
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After the start of the game, Real Madrid took advantage of the home court to form a strong offensive pressure on Paris Saint-Germain, and got good scoring opportunities again and again, but they were always short of breath.
Until the 38th minute, Marcelo made a long pass from the backcourt. Yang Yang rushed the ball ahead of Marquinhos and sent the ball to Suarez. The first record, one to zero!
After changing sides in the second half, in the 51st minute, Toni Kroos intercepted Alves in the backcourt, dribbled into the frontcourt and sent a direct pass, Hazard made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, Yang Yang then nodded and hit the goal , two to zero!
Later, Verratti was shown the second yellow card of the game by the German referee Brich because of entanglement with the referee, and he was sent off directly. In the 70th minute, Real Madrid made a direct pass from the left side of the penalty area from Marcelo. Suarez In the cross, Hazard made a push from the front point, 3 to 0!
In the 80th minute, Yang Yang counterattacked from the right and dribbled the ball into the penalty area and passed it into the penalty area. Rabiot made a clearance, but the ball fell to Yang Yang's feet again. He immediately sent a cross to the front of the penalty area. Casemiro Then he inserted a long shot and pierced the goal of Paris Saint-Germain, four to zero!
In the end, relying on Yang Yang's two passes and one shot, Real Madrid defeated Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 at home, and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 8-0.
Paris Saint-Germain's eight-ball humiliation took everyone by surprise.
However, after the 0-4 home defeat in the first round, the media and fans were mentally prepared for Paris' defeat, but the two rounds were 0-4, and the loss was indeed a bit too miserable.
Relying on these two victories, Real Madrid, contrary to the old-fashioned impression in the eyes of the media and fans before, seems to have a new life.