Chapter 1644 The Lion Fights the Rabbit
Real Madrid narrowly beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the away game, successfully adding their own league start to seven consecutive victories.
Because of this game, Atletico Madrid has the same points as Barcelona, Real Sociedad and Sevilla, all with 13 points, which is as many as eight points behind Real Madrid, which has won seven consecutive victories.
This disparity has shocked the entire Spanish football world. Many people can't even imagine that Real Madrid, which seemed sluggish before the season and even stumbled in some games, can win seven consecutive victories.
But in any case, Real Madrid has turned from a declining giant before the season to the leader of the La Liga standings.
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Three days later, in the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Real Madrid played at home against Bruges in Belgium.
This is also a high-profile battle, because in the distant 2003-2004 season, also in the UEFA Champions League group stage, there was an unknown small role who came off the bench in a game where everyone felt desperate. In the end, it was a blockbuster, which opened an unprecedented era in the history of world football.
This person is called Yang Yang!
And this team is Club Brugge!
Yang Yang encountered Bruges in the first season of his career, and now he has returned to the four major leagues, and he encountered Bruges in the first season of coaching Real Madrid. This has to be said to be a kind of fate.
Although the strengths of the two teams are very different, Yang Yang has the attitude of trying his best to fight the lion and the rabbit, and sits at the Bernabeu with almost the entire main lineup to face Bruges.
In just seven minutes of the opening, De Ligt made a long pass from the backcourt to the frontcourt. Hazard dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left and then made a cross. Suarez scored a shot in front of the goal and opened the scoring for Real Madrid.
In the 14th minute, with a long oblique pass from Vinicius, Hazard broke into the penalty area again to form a single shot, but he missed the inevitable goal directly.
I have to say that the scoring efficiency of Belgian stars is indeed low.
So much so that when Yang Yang saw this scene from the sidelines, he kept shaking his head.
"This kid's shooting skills really stink!" Yang Yang couldn't stand it any longer.
He decided that he must intervene forcibly to change Azar's stinky life!
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Although Real Madrid's attack almost caused the opponent's own goal in the first half, they still temporarily led 1-0 in the end.
But after changing sides and fighting again in the second half, the situation was completely different, especially in the 60th minute, Yang Yang replaced Vinicius with Mbappe, which directly played Real Madrid's crazy attack.
Before the game, Yang Yang's strategy was very clear. Mbappe, who has been fighting continuously, will come off the bench, and take advantage of his opponent's physical exhaustion to give full play to his own strong advantages.
As a result, just one minute into the game, Hazard made a pass from the bottom, and Mbappe followed up with a header and hit the goal, 2-0.
Two minutes later, Brugge made a mistake in the backcourt pass. Mbappe made an inverted triangle pass in front of the baseline. Suarez scored a goal, 3-0!
In the 66th minute, with a wonderful pass from De Bruyne, Mbappe broke into the penalty area again to form a single goal, lobbing and scoring, 4-0!
After that, Real Madrid was in full swing. In the 79th minute, it was Hazard's through ball again. After Mbappe used his speed to pass the goalkeeper, he scored an empty goal from a small angle and succeeded, 5-0!
hat trick!
Mbappe won wild cheers from the entire Bernabéu stadium!
And just four minutes later, another through ball from outside Hazard's penalty area, and Mbappe scored with a push from inside the penalty area, 6-0!
Big Four!
The French teenager was so excited that he rushed out of the court crazily, ran all the way to Yang Yang, opened his arms, and hugged Yang Yang forcefully.
Anyone can see that after Yang Yang coached Real Madrid, Mbappe ushered in a complete explosion.
Not only that, the midfield combination of Frankie De Jong and De Bruyne in this game can be said to be getting better.
So far this season, these two midfielders are Yang Yang's most trusted and relied on players, and their performance has lived up to Yang Yang's high expectations of them. They are performing better and better, and their performance is getting better and better high.
To some extent, it is difficult for David Silva and Modric to be the main force in today's Real Madrid midfielder, and even Toni Kroos' position has been shaken.
On the contrary, the teenager Valverde is more popular and trusted by Yang Yang than the others.
The Uruguayan midfielder can be said to be the biggest discovery of Real Madrid this season. Yang Yang is paying more and more attention to him, frequently entrusting him with important tasks, and Valverde has lived up to Yang Yang's trust in him, and his performance is remarkable. impressed.
Of course, Yang Yang still trusts and supports the veterans very much.
Hazard is also getting better.
Although the Belgian winger did not score in this game, he staged a hat-trick of assists, which was quite eye-catching. If Mbappe, who came off the bench, had not scored four goals and had an assist, Hazard would definitely be the best. good player.
And everyone can see that Mbappe's substitute tonight is Yang Yang's surprise soldier.
If many people were worried about whether Yang Yang could control Real Madrid before the season, then now, no one would doubt it.
On the contrary, more and more people began to believe that Yang Yang is the most suitable person for Real Madrid!
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Three days later, Real Madrid ushered in the eighth round of La Liga, playing against Granada at home.
In just two minutes of the opening, Mbappe assisted Jovic to score with a header.
The French teenager, who has performed well recently, has exploded with amazing energy from the very beginning and has become the most dazzling player on the court.
Before the end of the first half, Valverde sent out his first assist of the season, and Hazard scored again, expanding the score to 2-0 for Real Madrid.
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Modric, who came off the bench, received an assist from Hazard in the 71st minute and scored his first goal of the season.
Although Granada took advantage of a penalty kick to win the game eight minutes later, the first time a team scored a Real Madrid goal this season, but in the 90th minute, Nacho, who came off the bench, assisted David Silva to score Score.
The two veteran players who just said they would be "abandoned" by Yang Yang turned around and scored goals in the league.
This immediately made the whole of Spain and even European football feel astonished.
No one thought that Yang Yang's team would be so hard-core, no matter how the rotation was, they could play so well.
Four to one, Real Madrid won Granada at home.
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After eight rounds of La Liga, two weeks of national team matches are ushered in.
Real Madrid also began to suffer from injuries. Toni Kroos was injured in the national team game, which made Yang Yang and other members of the coaching staff very worried.
Yang Yang, in particular, called the coaches of the Dutch and Belgian national teams successively, hoping that they would take care of the Real Madrid players and not get injured.
After the players returned to the club, Yang Yang organized the physical examination of the players as soon as possible, making sure to know the details of each player.
In the subsequent ninth round of La Liga, Yang Yang hid all the international players who had played too much time in the national team games, and instead used a lineup of substitutes and young players to play.
This led to Real Madrid's unsatisfactory performance in the ninth round away game against Mallorca.
Finally, in the 39th minute, David Silva made a direct pass, and Jovic made a kick from the left side of the small penalty area, breaking Real Mallorca's goal and scoring another three points for Real Madrid.
Other than that, both sides of the game were lackluster.
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After nine rounds of matches, Real Madrid led the standings with an impressive record of nine consecutive victories, with an obvious advantage of 27 points.
As for Barcelona, after the turmoil at the beginning, Valverde quickly adjusted and quickly grabbed points. At present, they are always closely following Real Madrid, ranking second in the standings, eight points behind Real Madrid.
As for other teams, especially Atletico Madrid, they did not perform satisfactorily, losing points again and again.
In the tenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid will be a guest at Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona.
This is the first derby of the century this season, and last season, it was also the tenth round of La Liga, also at Camp Nou, Real Madrid suffered a 5-1 bloodbath against Barcelona, which can be described as embarrassing.
Now that time has passed, Yang Yang has taken over Real Madrid, bringing a brand new scene, and people are full of curiosity about his trip to the Nou Camp. Many people even think, will Yang Yang encounter Waterloo at the Nou Camp?
Valverde said at the press conference after the 3-0 victory over Eibar that Barcelona is ready and will go all out at the Nou Camp and wait for the arrival of Real Madrid.
"We have no way to retreat. If we want to win the championship, we must beat Real Madrid at the Nou Camp!"
In order to show his confidence in this derby of the century, Valverde also specifically mentioned the first derby of the century last season, believing that Barcelona was able to beat Real Madrid 5-1 at that time, relying on the concerted efforts of the whole team.
"If we could do it last season, we will definitely be able to do it this season!"
Due to the independence parade in Catalonia, the entire Spanish football world has added a bit of political meaning to the derby of the century. All walks of life have also paid more attention to it, and public opinion has become a crazy topic.
Yang Yang did not participate in it. Instead, assistant coach Harvey Alonso said in a routine interview with Marca, "Yang Yang is the best choice for Real Madrid's coaching bench."
"Maybe there were some controversies in his coaching, but inside the team it was very calm, no one else could make those big decisions except him."
"Real Madrid's most complicated and difficult period has passed. Now Real Madrid feels stronger and more dynamic. We can win anytime and anywhere!"
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Three days later, in the third round of the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid traveled to Turkey to challenge Galatasaray away.
Real Madrid beat Galatasaray 2-0 thanks to a pass from Eden Hazard and a goal from Toni Kroos.
After the group's three-game winning streak, Real Madrid is only one step away from qualifying.
But Yang Yang pays more attention to the Century Derby!