Chapter 1660 The Battle of the Young Commander
With a 5-0 victory over Barcelona at home, Yang Yang's team caused an earthquake throughout European football.
Two games to complete victory over Barcelona, whether facing domestic opponents such as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, or facing European powerhouses such as Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund, Real Madrid has shown a strong overall strength, and it is very stable.
After the game, the Catalan media attacked Setien one after another, believing that his poor coaching was the main reason for Barcelona's two-round defeat, especially in the face of Yang Yang's poor formation.
"Abandoning the traditional four-three-three, giving up the advantage of passing and controlling the ball is equivalent to suicide!"
"Barcelona chose Setien, the main reason is that he is good at passing and controlling the ball, but when facing Real Madrid, he chose to be conservative, which made him suffer a great humiliation on the road!"
On the contrary, the media such as Marca and Aspen, which are close to Real Madrid, sang their praises to Yang Yang's Real Madrid, believing that the team's performance throughout the season was very stable, just like Yang Yang's playing style.
"Real Madrid coached by Yang Yang is like him when he was playing, and he is always reliable at critical moments!"
"He never disappoints!"
In Europe, German Bild, L'Equipe and Gazzetta dello Sport were also surprised by Real Madrid's performance this season, and they all said that after the Bernabeu's 5-0 rout of Barcelona, this season's La Liga title belongs to There is no suspense, Real Madrid has won the championship ahead of schedule.
"Real Madrid is the best, Barcelona is far behind, and Atletico Madrid is ranked sixth in the league. At least from the current point of view, no team has the strength to challenge Real Madrid, and the La Liga championship has been firmly in the hands of Yang Yang."
Not only La Liga, but the British Times analyzed that Real Madrid this season is facing a very interesting situation.
In the case of La Liga's early advantage, the King's Cup is basically Yang Yang's bag.
Because of the four teams that have reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals, there is no suspense for Real Madrid to defeat Mirandez to enter the final. It is difficult for the winners of Athletic Bilbao and Granada to challenge Real Madrid. Therefore, the Copa del Rey In fact, it has almost fallen into the hands of Yang Yang.
"In other words, this season has just entered March, but Real Madrid has already won the La Liga and the King's Cup ahead of schedule!"
This made The Times marvel at Yang Yang's coaching. They believed that it was not just luck, but more importantly, Yang Yang's ability to integrate the team, as well as Real Madrid's generous investment.
"But you must know that among the players Real Madrid spent a lot of money to introduce, Frenkie de Jong, Militao, Jovic and De Ligt, who are currently making outstanding contributions to the first team, were all cultivated by Yang Yang."
The Times believes that Yang Yang is now facing an excellent opportunity, that is, the Triple Crown!
"Zidane won the treble in his first season as coach, but everyone knows that it was built on the foundation of the dynasty created by Benitez and Ancelotti, but the first two coaches coached by Yang Yang Last season, he helped Ajax create a miraculous treble first, and if he is ordered to win the treble again this season, he will become the most legendary coach in the history of world football!"
But The Times also reminded Yang Yang and Real Madrid that it is not easy for them to make gains in the Champions League.
"Manchester City has been punished by UEFA this season and will miss European competitions for the next two seasons, which makes Guardiola and his team have to let go this season and do their best to compete for the Champions League."
"There are also teams such as Bayern Munich, Juventus and Liverpool that have performed well this season, all of which are fully capable of competing with Real Madrid. As long as Yang Yang and Real Madrid are a little careless, they are likely to miss a great opportunity! "
But at the end of the article, The Times still expressed its affirmation of Yang Yang, believing that Yang Yang never disappoints at critical moments.
Sure enough, in the subsequent second round of the King's Cup semi-final, Yang Yang proved this again.
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Three days after playing Barcelona, Real Madrid played away to Mirandis.
Yang Yang rotated eleven players, all of whom played on the bench and on the bench.
Real Madrid did not play well on the road, the rotation was too strong, and the venue conditions were poor, but still relying on the goals of Rodrigo and Asensio, they defeated Mirandez 2-0 away and reached the goal smoothly. King's Cup final.
In the other semi-final, Athletic Bilbao lost 1-2 on the road with a 1-0 win at home, but still relied on away goals to successfully advance to the Copa del Rey final and encountered Real Madrid.
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Back in La Liga, it was the twenty-seventh round, when Real Madrid challenged Real Betis away.
Just six minutes into the game, former Real Madrid player Canales opened the scoring for Real Betis.
This Spanish player, who was once very optimistic about Yang Yang, but failed to meet expectations due to injury, was finally forced to leave Real Madrid, and performed very dazzlingly in the game against his old club.
Just three minutes later, Hazard assisted Frenkie de Jong to equalise.
After that, both teams attacked and defended each other. Real Madrid was adjusting its state and preparing for the Champions League in midweek. Real Betis was giving it a go. The attitudes of the two sides towards the game were not at the same level. Create threats.
But in the second half, Real Madrid launched a rush attack, first Hazard assisted Kante to score a goal, and then Hazard assisted De Ligt to score, and finally helped Real Madrid reverse Real Betis three-to-one.
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In the middle of the week, in the second round of the Champions League round of 16, Real Madrid played against Dortmund at home.
In the first round, after winning the opponent 4-0, back at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid still mainly focused on passing and controlling the ball, pressing and pressing the opponent from a high position.
As early as the first half, Mbappe assisted Hazard and scored a goal in the 28th minute. After that, Jovic assisted Ferran Mendy for another victory. Zero temporarily leads.
The total score reached six to zero, and Dortmund completely lost their fighting spirit.
The second half was like going through the motions, and neither side was able to create any more chances.
Dortmund once tried to counterattack for a goal, but with Emre Can's red card, it failed to reverse the situation in the end and could only regret the defeat.
Real Madrid advanced to the quarter-finals with a 2-0 home win and a 6-0 aggregate victory over Dortmund.
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In another game, Ajax met Atletico Madrid.
The first round of the two sides was held at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, and Ajax did their best to send their main force, but the result was a 0-1 away loss.
The Eredivisie team had a possession rate of 72% throughout the game, but was blocked by Atletico Madrid with zero shots on target. Simeone's team did a really good job in this regard, allowing Ten Hag's The team felt desperate.
But after returning to Amsterdam, Ajax launched a frantic offensive, hitting 34 shots in 90 minutes of the game, refreshing everyone's impression and shocking the entire European football world.
At the Cruyff Stadium, Ajax reversed Atletico Madrid 4-0 with Haaland's brace, Van de Beek and Jorge's goals, and finally reversed the Sheet Legion with a total score of 4-1 , successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
This game also gave the entire European football a better understanding of Ajax's youth guards.
Haaland, Sancho, Van de Beek, Ashraf, Odegaard, Jorge and other young players have gradually become famous.
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After the eight knockout matches, UEFA conducted the draw for the quarter-finals.
This time, Real Madrid had a good luck and got the Leipzig Red Bull in the Bundesliga.
In the knockout round of the round of 16, this team defeated Tottenham Hotspur with a total score of 4-0 in two rounds and advanced to the quarter-finals. The strength is not bad, but compared with Real Madrid, there is still a relatively obvious gap.
The outside world has basically concluded that Real Madrid is very likely to advance to the semi-finals.
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On the weekend, in the twenty-eighth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Eibar at home.
From the very beginning, Real Madrid completely dominated the field, completely smashing Eibar's goal with a crazy offensive.
First, Toni Kroos assisted Mbappe to score, then Casemiro assisted Hazard to score, and then Mbappe scored a goal to lead three to zero as early as the first half.
After changing sides in the second half, De Bruyne and Jovic each scored a goal.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Eibar 5-0 at home.
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A week later, in the twenty-ninth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Valencia at home.
Just two minutes into the opening, Frenkie de Jong used a brilliant assist to help Vinicius break Valencia's goal, and five minutes later, Vinicius returned the favor and Frenkie de Jong scored a goal. ball.
In less than ten minutes, Real Madrid was already two goals ahead.
Although Valencia quickly regained a goal, in the second half, De Ligt scored a goal first, and then Suarez scored twice. In the end, Real Madrid defeated Valencia 5-1 at home and won three more points!
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On April 4, in the 30th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged the third-ranked Real Sociedad away.
Affected by the Champions League in the middle of the week, Real Madrid carried out a rotation and conceded a goal in the first half.
But after changing sides in the second half, Yang Yang decisively made a substitution adjustment and quickly scored two goals in a row.
In the end, they reversed Real Sociedad 2-1 and scored three points without any risk.
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In midweek, in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid played away to Red Bull Leipzig.
It was a game that attracted worldwide attention because both Yang Yang and Nagelsman were very young.
Yang Yang is only thirty-three years old, and Nagelsman will not be thirty-three years old until late July.
This kind of confrontation between two young coaches is extremely rare in European football and even world football.
Before the game, whether it was Yang Yang or Nagelsman, both gave the opponent a very high evaluation, but when it comes to the game, no one will easily let go.
One to three!
This is the final result of the game.
Real Madrid scored a goal each from Mbappe and Hazard in the second half. After changing sides in the second half, Jovic scored another goal, and Leipzig Red Bull scored a goal until the 83rd minute, keeping the goal. face.
Real Madrid won the opponent three-to-one away, and basically advanced in advance!
In this battle of the young marshals, Yang Yang completely defeated his opponent without any risk.