Chapter 820 Could It Be Him?
On the evening of February 13, Jerez Sabin Stadium.
In the fifteenth minute of the game, Real Madrid returned to midfield with a left attack contained.
Sneijder made a through ball and accurately sent it into the penalty area of Jerez. Abeloa, who was inserted in the back row but was left unguarded, got the ball and calmly pushed the ball on the right side of the penalty area to score, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.
One to zero!
This goal also completely disrupted Jerez's defensive deployment.
Just four minutes later, Real Madrid made another attack. This time, Robben suddenly switched to the left. After getting the ball, he forcibly broke through. He just relied on his personal ability to dribble the ball to the left of the penalty area. point.
Yang Yang quickly plugged in, jumped to the top at close range, headed the goal, and once again pierced Jerez's goal.
Two to zero!
Two minutes later, it was Robben who got the ball on the right side of the penalty area again. He tried unsuccessfully to break through to the baseline. He suddenly stopped and smashed the ball. He turned and passed the ball horizontally to the left side of the penalty area. Under the circumstances, calmly push and shoot successfully.
Three to zero!
...
A brace!
Another brace!
Yang Yang pointed at Robben excitedly, and the whole person kept backing away.
The Dutch Flying Man rushed forward quickly, hugged Yang Yang hard, and the two rushed to the sidelines to celebrate together.
During this period of time, Real Madrid gradually regained his state, and Yang Yang also began to pick up his sense of scoring goals again.
With Ibrahimovic, Robben, Sneijder, Xavi Alonso and other outstanding teammates to help out, Yang Yang found that scoring goals at Real Madrid is really easier than at Liverpool.
Robben himself was very excited.
As early as last summer, he was mentally prepared to leave the team, but in the end due to Yang Yang's intercession, he was kept, and followed Winston Bogard for physical strengthening training, which made him this season. There has indeed been a considerable improvement in performance, especially attendance.
More importantly, with teammates like Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic by his side, Robben found that he had more space on the court, and he played more easily.
The role of strong and strong combination is like this. As long as they cooperate well, they can often play the effect of one plus one greater than two.
...
"Another brace!"
"From the end of January to the present, Yang Yang's condition is better than one game. We have seen that he has scored 20 goals and 13 assists in La Liga. This report card is really impressive. People are amazing."
"Looking at the four major European leagues this season, no player can perform as well as Yang Yang."
"However, Real Madrid will soon usher in the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16. This is a big test for Real Madrid this season, especially the first leg away game against Lyon. I hope Real Madrid can maintain the current excellent state. "
...
Due to playing Lyon in the middle of the week, Benitez replaced Yang Yang and Robben in one breath in the 60th minute of the second half. Yang Yang regrettably failed to get the chance to score a hat-trick.
After joining La Liga, although he scored a lot of goals, so far he has not scored a hat-trick.
Originally, he scored two goals in a short period of time in the first half, and he was still thinking about having a chance to score a hat-trick, but Jerez then adjusted, shrinking the defense, and did not give Real Madrid too many chances.
However, things like scoring goals cannot be forced, and Yang Yang is more open to it.
When Real Madrid beat Jerez 3-0 away, Barcelona is away to Atletico Madrid.
Pedro and Messi helped Barcelona score in the ninth and 22nd minutes of the first half, respectively. Not long after that, Forlan pulled a game back for Atletico Madrid, and finally the Sheet Legion lost 1-2 at home to the visiting visitors. of Barcelona.
After the 22nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid topped La Liga with 58 points, followed by Barcelona with a three-point difference.
The Western Super duo are far ahead all the way, more than a dozen points more than Valencia, who is ranked third. Anyone can see that the competition for the La Liga championship this season will be born between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Nothing happened to the other team.
On the scorer list, Yang Yang relied on the outbreak in the end of January and early February, scoring twice in a row, leading the scorer list with 20 goals, Messi followed with 18 goals, and then It's other players like Ibrahimovic and David Villa.
And the momentum of the recent period of time has also filled the outside world and the Royal Horse with confidence.
Everyone in the team is full of energy and wants to win Lyon on the road and break out of the Champions League round of 16.
…………
…………
On the evening of February 16, the Gerland Stadium in Lyon, France.
When the game went to the 81st minute, Yang Yang took the ball on the left, faced Lyon's right back Levy, and took advantage of the situation and sent the ball to the penalty area behind the defense line.
Sneijder quickly plugged in in the back row and went straight for the ball, but Rivière was even faster, before Sneijder fell to the ground and shoveled, blocking the Dutch midfielder's shot from the bottom line and giving it to Real Madrid A corner kick.
Sneijder took a corner kick and Ramos headed the goal, but it was slightly higher.
Real Madrid attacked again.
Yang Yang has forgotten that this is the first time in this game.
The scoreboard at the Gerland Stadium clearly shows the score of the game so far, one to zero!
International practice, the home team in the front, the visiting team in the back.
Real Madrid is one goal behind Lyon.
The scorer was Lyon's talented French striker Benzema.
At the beginning of the second half, the Lyon team completed a quick counterattack after a steal in the midfield. Real Madrid's defense did a good job, forcing Lyon's counterattack to the wing, but also gave the opponent a corner kick.
Then Real Madrid saw high but not far when they cleared the corner kick. Benzema volleyed directly from the top of the penalty area and broke the goal guarded by Casillas.
...
This is a steady game.
Not only because this is the away game for the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16, and not only because of Lyon's strength, but more importantly, Real Madrid entered the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 2004, which is a full six years. It's time.
Looking at the current lineup of Real Madrid, there are only three players in the team six years ago, the goalkeeper Casillas, the midfielder Guti and the striker Raul, of which Guti and Raul are now reduced to Substitute.
In other words, Real Madrid's current first-team players have joined in the past six years when the team stopped in the top 16.
Before this game, Benitez and Yesterdam had both warned the players that Real Madrid has enough strength to face Lyon, but on the psychological level, Real Madrid is very fragile, whether it is the past four against Lyon. Invincible, or staying in the Champions League round of 16 for many years in a row, is a huge pressure on the psychology of Real Madrid players.
This is an overall lack of confidence in the team, from management to players to fans, collective uneasy.
Therefore, in this game, Benitez adopted a more stable tactical style of play, and the main lineup did not adjust much. He let Maxwell play on the left, Fermaelen and Ramos occupy the middle, Ave Loya played on the right, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso were still double midfielders, Sneijder was in the middle, Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben were the tridents.
This is the team's best and most stable main lineup since the winter break, and it has even won consecutive battles in recent times.
More importantly, players such as Maxwell, Fermaelen, Abeloa, Mascherano, Xavi Alonso, Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all new arrivals. They have performed very well in the Champions League, and it stands to reason that they should not be affected by the so-called top sixteen curse.
Emotions, it turns out, are contagious.
Real Madrid played very out of shape throughout the first half. It was very awkward. The most important point was that the players' thoughts and rhythms could not be unified. They wanted to win but were afraid of losing. This kind of mentality of worrying about gains and losses was very fatal.
Lyon coach Claude Pierre saw this clearly, so he attacked at the beginning of the second half, caught Real Madrid by surprise, and took advantage of Real Madrid's weakness in set-piece defense to seize an opportunity to score. the ball.
After the goal, the Lyon team retreated across the board. Real Madrid was eager to equalize the score for a time, and even was hit by the Lyon team once and almost lost the ball again.
Yang Yang had a feeling that after the whole game, Real Madrid was completely different from the previous games, as if they were stunned, and the reason for this was the curse of the top sixteen for the past six years.
In terms of strength, he can defeat the opponent, and he can suppress the opponent on the scene, but he always feels bad.
...
In order to highlight the importance attached to this game, Florentino rarely accompanied the team to the away game.
At this moment, he was sitting in the chairman's stand at the Gerland Stadium, watching the game accompanied by Lyon's chairman Aulas.
Zidane, the special adviser, sat next to him, explaining to Florentino what was happening on the pitch.
As a professional player, his explanations are often more acceptable.
"We're just one breath away now!" Zidane shook his head and sighed.
The last time Real Madrid reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Zidane was still the core of the team, but now, he has become a retired legend and has become a senior of Real Madrid.
Seeing that his beloved team has not been able to break free from the curse of the top 16 for six years, Zida is also very uncomfortable, because this is also what he failed to do back then.
Not only him, but also Ronaldo, and Raul, and Beckham, and Figo, and...
There were so many superstars in Real Madrid back then, and in the past few years there were so many stars in Real Madrid, but no one has ever been able to do it.
"We need someone who can stand up and lead the team to break free from this cage and regain a new life!" Zidane said eagerly, but with unconfidence in his tone.
Because, he himself can't be sure whether there will really be such a person, whether it will appear tonight.
Florentino also frowned, worried, "Could it be him?"
Zidane shook his head, he didn't know either.