Chapter 1627 Serious Illness Requires Strong Medicine

July 20, Houston, USA.

International Champions Cup, Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich.

This is the first warm-up match of Real Madrid's new season, and it is also Yang Yang's first appearance after coaching Real Madrid.

Even though it was in the distant United States, and it was just a warm-up match, Yang Yang’s debut still attracted the attention of the media and fans all over the world. They all wanted to see if Real Madrid under Yang Yang’s training could continue the success of Ajax of brilliance.

But the results were surprising.

Real Madrid's starting lineup is not much different from last season. It is still Solari's set. None of the players just introduced this summer have been played.

The performance of the players on the field has indeed changed a lot, and the enthusiasm has increased, but it is obviously not in the state.

Only fifteen minutes into the game, Real Madrid's goal was scored by Bayern Munich. Then Real Madrid launched a counterattack, but it didn't work. There were only four shots in the whole first half, but all four shots were on goal, only to be missed by Neuer. shut out.

During the intermission, Yang Yang replaced eleven players on the field in one go, including goalkeeper Courtois.

But the performance in the second half still did not improve much. First, Bayern expanded the score in the 67th minute, and then scored another goal two minutes later, rewriting the score to zero to three. Real Madrid finally only got the teenager Rodrygo in the eighth. A goal was scored in fourteen minutes.

But even so, Yang Yang still lost 1-3 to Bayern Munich in his debut.

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For this game, Yang Yang said in an interview with the media after the game that the team is not in shape.

"For the loss, I and the players are not surprised at all, because our summer training has been going on as planned, we have just finished ten days of physical reserve training, and it is not time to be in shape yet."

Yang Yang even jokingly said that if the team is out of shape now, then he should feel a headache.

"Actually, we didn't play badly throughout the game, we had 17 shots to Bayern Munich's 20, possession was 55 per cent to 45 per cent, we were a little bit behind. "

Yang Yang is very indifferent to the result of the game, because this is just a warm-up match.

Regarding what many media said, Real Madrid and Ajax adopted different tactics, Yang Yang said it was normal.

"The average age of Real Madrid is much different from that of Ajax. It is not fair for us to use tactics like Ajax to demand Real Madrid. Of course, Real Madrid's overall strength is better than Ajax. Now we are trying to find a tactical play that suits Real Madrid."

Some of the new players who joined this summer have already played in the second half, and Yang Yang's evaluation is also very high.

"I think the best performer should be Rodrygo. I have always been optimistic about him. Vinicius is also very good."

"Oh, by the way, and Federico Valverde, he's pretty good."

For his four favorites in Ajax in the Netherlands, none of them were scheduled to play in this game, and they all sat on the bench for a full 90 minutes. The reason Yang Yang gave for this was, "They are not ready yet. .”

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Three days later, in the second game of the International Champions Cup, Real Madrid faced Arsenal.

Real Madrid suffered heavy losses in the opening ten minutes. Nacho fouled with a handball and was sent off directly by a red card. Arsenal striker Lacazette scored a penalty kick and opened the scoring for the Gunners.

In the 24th minute, Aubameyang scored another victory, further expanding the score for the Gunners.

One person was missing on the scene, and at the same time they fell behind by two goals, which caused Real Madrid to play very passively, but the team finally stabilized their position.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Yang Yang directly replaced eleven players again.

In the fifty-sixth minute, Marcelo made a low pass to the left side of the penalty area, Isco knocked back, Asensio pulled the ball with his heel and sent a wonderful pass, Mbappe easily pushed and scored, one to two.

After that, Asensio played bravely, first hit the post, and then scored a goal for Real Madrid to equalize the score.

But in the 87th minute, Xhaka sent a long pass, and Nketiah, who succeeded in anti-offside, broke through and scored again.

In the end, Real Madrid lost to Arsenal 2-3, gaining a two-game losing streak in the warm-up match.

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Both Bayern Munich in the first match and Arsenal in the second match had an obvious feature, that is, Real Madrid insisted on fighting against their opponents. No matter in the scene or in creating opportunities, Real Madrid did not lose to their opponents.

But in terms of the overall state of the players, especially the conversion of offensive efficiency, Real Madrid is still not good enough.

Yang Yang's explanation for this is still the same as before, and Real Madrid is still adjusting.

"The role of the warm-up match is to help us adjust our state and adapt the best tactics and lineup. My task is to find a mature and stable starting lineup and technical and tactical play before the start of the season. Others are not important."

Many people have noticed that when playing against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, Yang Yang changed six starting lineups, among which Nacho unexpectedly started and was sent off with a red card within ten minutes, which became the turning point of the game.

Yang Yang's comment on this is that he will not criticize Nacho because of this.

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Three days later, it was still the North American International Champions Cup.

Yang Yang once again arranged for Nacho to start, and at the same time made drastic adjustments to the starting lineup again. Compared with the previous game against Arsenal, he changed five players.

Anyone can see that he is constantly adjusting the team, and the four players introduced from Ajax have not played even a minute, which represents Yang Yang's trust in them, and there is no need to renew Check them out.

This time, Yang Yang decisively adopted a high position to press and press, trying to control the ball. The midfielder also formed a three-man midfield combination of Isco, Toni Kroos and Modric, followed by Hazard, Suarez and Vinnie. Hughes.

But what is unexpected is that in just forty-five seconds of the opening, Atletico Madrid sent a wonderful pass from the sky-high new aid Felix. Diego Costa hit Ramos' leg, refracted into the net, and opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid. .

After that, the Sheets were unstoppable, like a tiger descending the mountain, frantically exerting pressure on Real Madrid, with goals scored by Felix, Correa, Diego Costa, and even before the end of the first half, Diego Costa Costa was tripped by Isco and made a penalty kick himself to seal the score at 5-0.

It was an unbelievable score, especially against Real Madrid.

The entire MetLife Stadium is fried!

Many people even think that Real Madrid is playing match-fixing?

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Yang Yang stood on the sidelines, shaking his head uncontrollably.

"The running is obviously insufficient, the oppression in the midfield is not strong enough, and the frontcourt cannot suppress the opponent's defense, which makes our suppression of the opponent's penalty area insufficient, and the midfielder cannot control and hold the ball. One hit, and we're finished."

Harvey Alonso was also very speechless about this result.

"I really didn't expect that after only one year, the strength of this team would decline so much."

Having said that, Harvey Alonso couldn't help looking at Yang Yang worriedly.

Real Madrid's preseason arrangements are purposeful. The Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, the Premier League giants Arsenal and the La Liga giants Atlético de Madrid all represent the strongest level in European football. Yang Yang hopes to use this Strong dialogue to inspect the team, faster into the rhythm of the new season.

It's just that the price paid is also great.

Today's Real Madrid is still in the process of constant adjustment, many problems have not been resolved, many players have not yet integrated into the team, for example, the four new aids did not play, which makes the overall performance of Real Madrid's first three warm-up matches still above The set of last season was the main one, but tonight, Yang Yang wanted to try high-position pressing and oppression, but he was directly overwhelmed by Atletico Madrid.

This point, it is estimated that Simeone himself did not expect it.

The fiasco is bound to affect Yang Yang!

Although Yang Yang used to be an assistant coach, his preseason results were very bad at Ajax last season, and many people even knew that he deliberately sacrificed his preseason results to inspect the team and polish the ball. The team's technical and tactical style of play.

But that is based on the fact that the team does not suffer a disastrous defeat, but now it is five to zero!

If Atletico Madrid is allowed to play like this again, maybe they can score an amazing double-digit score tonight.

"You're right, the offensive players are not enough to suppress the penalty area. Suarez is old, and his suppression ability has declined. He has to run and stretch to create space, respond, and grab opportunities to score. He is already beyond his power."

"There is also our midfielder, there is basically no one in the back, and there is a serious lack of running. It cannot provide strong support for the front trident, and it cannot effectively protect the defense. So once Atletico Madrid gets the ball, it is easy. It can advance our 30-meter area, and in this case, the defense line is too high and fails to settle in time, and the gap becomes very large."

Yang Yang is not an idiot, of course he is aware of the team's problems, but the situation in Real Madrid is beyond his expectation.

Or it should be said that the level of many players has dropped so much that Yang Yang can't believe it.

Of course, they are all successful and famous, and they are over 30 years old, so it is natural for them to decline from the peak.

Just like Captain Ramos, Yang Yang originally meant to let him push forward and use his sweeping ability to share the defensive pressure for Toni Kroos. This was something he was completely capable of in the past, and it was also what he was best at, but now Can't do it anymore.

His body slipped, his speed slowed down, and sometimes he couldn't pay attention so much, and he was easily pierced. Nacho failed to form a good protection behind him, which made Atletico Madrid almost It's one hit and one accurate.

Real Madrid conceded five goals in a row at halftime, that's all.

Yang Yang finally understood that if he really wanted to kick like this, even if he got an immortal, he probably wouldn't be able to save Real Madrid.

Thinking of this, Yang Yang secretly made up his mind.

The three warm-up matches are enough for him to see the situation of Real Madrid, which is far worse than he imagined.

Then, if you want to save Real Madrid, you can only use strong medicine.

"Tell them, get ready, the second half!"