Chapter 1490 Win Another Championship

Due to the World Cup, there was another 33rd round of La Liga in the middle of the week.

Real Madrid host Athletic Bilbao.

Yang Yang started the game this time, and in the ninth minute, he received a cross from Carvajal from the right and scored the goal with a header, opening the scoring for Real Madrid and scoring his forty-fifth La Liga game of the season goal.

This goal allowed Yang Yang to tie his league scoring record last season.

Anyone can see that Real Madrid's performance this season has declined significantly compared to previous seasons, especially Yang Yang, but in the second half, Yang Yang broke out in an astonishing state. Keep scoring goals and lead Real Madrid all the way.

Whether it is against Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus in the Champions League, or the reversal of Barcelona in the league standings, Yang Yang can be said to have contributed the most. The media and fans are very clear. Can't reach the current result.

In the 14th minute, Cordoba made a direct pass, and Williams scored a single shot from the right side of the penalty area, equalizing the score for Athletic Bilbao.

But before the end of the first half, Vazquez's continuous fake moves on the right side of the penalty area tricked the defenders and then made a pass. Yang Yang in the small penalty area, under the close marking of the opponent, took the first step and sent the ball into the goal. compare!

Scored twice!

Yang Yang scored the forty-sixth goal in La Liga this season, surpassing the previous season!

In order to save strength for the weekend's King's Cup final, Yang Yang was replaced in midfield.

In the end, Real Madrid also narrowly beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 with Yang Yang's brace.

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Barcelona is also keeping their strength for the Copa del Rey final. In the end, they drew with Celta Vigo in the away game 2-2.

The draw widened the point gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid to six points.

With only five rounds left in the league, it is undoubtedly quite painful for Barcelona to fall behind by six points.

But there is no way, originally four points behind, there is little hope of reversing Real Madrid, but for the weekend's Copa del Rey final, Valverde also had to hide Messi and other main players, plus Celta Vigo has always been Barcelona In the nightmare of the away game, it was not bad to be able to retreat 2-2 in the end.

After a draw and being further widened by Real Madrid, the Catalan media was very dissatisfied with Barcelona's performance.

This season is the fourth consecutive season that Barcelona has reached the Copa del Rey final, but the first four times have all lost to Real Madrid without exception.

This time, after Valverde's draw with Vigo Celta, he said that he was preparing for the King's Cup final. The media and fans called for it, hoping that Barcelona can take advantage of Real Madrid's decline this season and strive to win a championship. .

The Champions League was reversed by Rome, and the league was reversed by Real Madrid. If they even lost the Copa del Rey, then Barcelona would be empty-handed again, especially if they suffered consecutive reversals, which would be a great blow to the team.

Invisibly, this also brought pressure on Barcelona.

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There is a saying that is true, a football game is often determined before the game.

This applies to the Copa del Rey final held at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid on the evening of April 21, and it is likely to apply to the century derby held at the Nou Camp in the 36th round.

The Champions League was reversed by Roma, which was a very painful blow to Barcelona. The draw with Celta Vigo further exacerbated Barcelona's dire situation, which forced Barcelona to perform and achieve results in the Copa del Rey final.

Real Madrid understands Barcelona's mentality very well, and at the same time clearly knows what Barcelona wants to do.

The excellent bench lineup gave Real Madrid enough rotation opportunities, which allowed Real Madrid players to recharge their batteries.

In this game, Real Madrid still has a four-three-one-two formation. The three midfielder configuration of Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Modric, plus the trident combination of Hazard, Yang Yang and Suarez, this makes People have seen the importance that Real Madrid attaches to this final.

More importantly, at the beginning of the game, when Barcelona tried to control the ball and rhythm, Real Madrid pressed forward decisively and directly entered the fast-paced high-position press.

Yang Yang, Suarez and Hazard's three offensive players are very consistent. Their press and pressure against Barcelona's Busquets and the defense are also very effective, taking the lead in disrupting Barcelona's passing and possession.

Despite a 0-3 defeat to Roma in the away game, Valverde still insisted on his 442.

The basic problem of the defense is not big, Alba, Umtiti, Pique and Roberto start, the midfielder is Iniesta, Busquets, Rakitic and Coutinho, and the frontcourt is Cristia The combination of Ronaldo and Messi.

Valverde did not choose Paulinho, which makes people feel a little puzzling.

Perhaps, he never trusted Paulinho, or the joining of Coutinho during the winter break took away Paulinho's main position, but what is certain is that the first half of the game was brilliant. Unlimited Paulinho was put on the bench in the second half.

Facing Real Madrid again, Barcelona wanted to pass and control the ball, but Real Madrid borrowed from the previous tactics of Rome's home game against Barcelona, ​​directly adopting a high position press, and the front trident took the initiative to invest in oppression.

If the frontcourt presses and fails to grab the ball, Real Madrid will take the initiative to retreat the defensive line to the center line, but the frontcourt trident still resists Barcelona's backline and the point where Busquets is behind, which makes Barcelona play very awkwardly.

In the 14th minute, Real Madrid's frontcourt press did not work, and Barcelona quickly passed to the center line. Real Madrid led by the trident, and Suarez and Hazard, who were retreating, actively returned to the defense, and organized a second in the center line. line of defense.

Coutinho has obviously not yet integrated into the Barcelona lineup. Iniesta is old, and Rakitic and Busquets have long since lost their courage. This makes the Barcelona midfielder face the Real Madrid defensive formation. Something went wrong.

It was after stealing Coutinho once that Modric sent a long pass over the top and sent the ball accurately to the front of the penalty area.

Yang Yang quickly moved forward and took Pique with him. The two reached the top of the penalty area almost at the same time, but Pique was blocked by Yang Yang.

Umtiti chased back desperately, trying to kick the ball away from the top of the arc of the penalty area, but Yang Yang saw the opportunity, picked the ball into the penalty area, turned around and chased after him.

Pique lost the opportunity at the start and was blocked by Yang Yang all the time, and did not dare to foul, especially after Yang Yang picked the ball into the penalty area, Pique became even more passive.

His original idea was to pinch Yang Yang back and forth with Umtiti to block his shooting angle, but he didn't expect Umtiti to shoot rashly, and what's worse, he didn't grab the ball after the kick!

Umtiti missed the best chance to block Yang Yang if he didn't grab the ball.

Yang Yang calmly seized the opportunity, and after picking the ball into the penalty area, he quickly chased after him, and shot without stopping the ball.

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen reacted quickly and tried to block the ball with his foot, but the ball eventually slipped past his toes, hit the inside of the left post of the goal, and rolled into Barcelona's goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the 15th minute, Yang Yang scored a goal for Real Madrid, a very beautiful individual performance."

"Umtiti is still a bit reckless, but more importantly, Yang Yang is as calm as ever in his handling. His every movement is like a textbook, and he never makes even the slightest mistake."

"Sometimes we even wonder, is he a pre-programmed robot?"

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he was not very excited.

For him, breaking Barcelona's goal is not a very exciting thing, because the same thing has always happened to him in the past ten years, and he is even a little numb.

This is a very good opportunity, because Barcelona's defense line is a bit too high.

Obviously, the Barcelona players are impatient.

If his speed hadn't slowed down, Pique couldn't stop him at all, and he would have been single-handed long ago.

But the hero doesn't mention Yong in the past, he is old now and his speed is slow, so he is naturally entangled by Pique.

Fortunately, Yang Yang, who has been fighting against Pique for many years, knows too well how to deal with Pique, and also knows Pique's thoughts too well.

To a certain extent, Pique's mentality is the mentality of Barcelona today.

They wanted to win, and they were even a little anxious, but they were afraid of losing in their bones, because in the past so many years, they beat Real Madrid without using a single hand.

But sometimes it is like this, the more anxious you want to win, the more you are afraid of losing, the easier it is to make mistakes on the court.

Even many mistakes that would never occur in normal games have appeared.

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For Real Madrid, playing Barcelona is already too familiar.

After scoring a goal, Real Madrid has full confidence to score a second goal or even a third goal through high pressing.

But unfortunately, three days later, Real Madrid will be a guest at the Allianz Arena to challenge Bayern Munich away.

The high-position press consumes a lot of physical energy for the players, so after scoring a goal, Real Madrid pressed for a while. After defeating Barcelona's spirit, they gradually returned to their normal positions. The main defense was from the center line to the 30-meter zone of their side .

Barcelona obviously also learned the experience and lessons of the previous fight against Rome. At that time, they were head-to-head against Rome, and the result was terrible. But there is one thing, Real Madrid is different from Rome. The scoring ability of Yang Yang and Suarez determines that Real Madrid will not be like Rome. So many missed opportunities.

Therefore, after Barcelona lost a goal, they gradually stabilized their position and tried to control the possession and rhythm of the ball.

When they achieve their tactical goals, the first half of the game is over.

In the second half, Real Madrid changed to 442, and Zidane replaced Hazard with Asensio in midfield.

Both sides are four-four-two, the tip of the needle is facing the wheat, Real Madrid seeks stability, Barcelona controls the ball but dare not rush forward, the two sides began to fall into a stalemate.

In the end, the whole second half was quite embarrassing, especially after 70 minutes, Zidane replaced Vazquez and Nacho successively, all of which were to strengthen the team's defense.

Barcelona only launched a wave of violent attacks in the last ten or so minutes of the game, and even did not hesitate to replace Dembele to strengthen the frontcourt offense, but in the end they failed to break through Real Madrid's goal.

Yang Yang played the whole game, but in the second half he played leisurely, mainly to play the role of tactical deterrence.

In the end, with Yang Yang's goal in the fifteenth minute, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 1-0 and won the Copa del Rey again!