Chapter 992 The Final Season

This year, the temperature in Madrid is a bit abnormal, with a large temperature difference between day and night.

The highest temperature during the day is less than ten degrees, but it can be as low as near zero at night. At least half of this month is raining. This kind of climate is very uncomfortable for anyone, especially players who are extremely sensitive to the body.

The coaching staff of Real Madrid has also worked hard in this aspect. From warm-up to training programs, to daily diet and protection, they try their best to provide better and more comprehensive care for the players, because this is a group of young people in their twenties.

Now is the time when their physical conditions are the best in their lives, so most of them have no concept of maintaining their bodies at all, and naturally they are full of confidence in their physical fitness.

For example, in the winter, some players will walk out of the locker room with their upper body shirtless, and some players will take off their underwear after training. These are obviously not in compliance with the regulations and will be advised by the coaching staff.

There are too many injuries on Barcelona, ​​which also sounded the alarm for Real Madrid.

Now is a rare good time, Ancelotti does not want his team to repeat the mistakes of Barcelona.

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Yang Yang is the player in the Real Madrid team who needs the least worries, because he is self-disciplined enough to take care of himself at all times.

In Ancelotti's words, this is a model player who is beyond reproach, both on and off the court.

Every morning, Yang Yang comes to Valdebebas earlier than all the players, and sometimes he even comes earlier than the coaching staff. The coaching staff and the staff of the training base have long been accustomed to this.

Every time they meet Yang Yang, they will greet him politely.

Some people say that Yang Yang's day is always very mechanical, as precise as a wall clock on the wall.

After he came to Valdebebas, he must first go to the locker room to change clothes, then go straight to the gym, do an hour of equipment and bicycle training, and then come out to run the stairs.

Usually, when he runs the stairs, his teammates have already arrived one after another, and he warms up with everyone.

Oh no, warming up is something for other players, he should be called recovery and adjustment.

Giovanni Mauri is a world-renowned physical trainer. He has followed Carlo Ancelotti for many years. On the first day he came to Real Madrid, he met Yang Yang who was training hard.

Yang Yang's training comes from Winston Bogard, which is very scientific and takes care of almost every aspect of Yang Yang. This is a training program tailored for Yang Yang by a top-level fitness trainer and will be adjusted at any time.

Winston Bogard is obviously very familiar with Yang Yang's body and his playing style. The training he arranged is very targeted, especially focusing on strengthening the muscles of several vulnerable parts of the player. This makes Yang Yang rarely suffer serious injuries unless he is injured by an opponent.

But the real difficulty lies in Yang Yang's execution ability, he almost completes every action meticulously.

If Winston Bogard asked him to do ten sets of bench press, he could not only do nine and a half sets. The Dutch fitness coach asked him to step on a spinning bike for 20 minutes, but it was impossible for him to only do nineteen minutes and fifty seconds.

He has always been more than less, never make any discounts.

This is true on the court, it is true on the training ground, and it is even more true in the gym.

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"Today's Yang Yang is obviously going to work harder."

No. 3 fitness coach David Ancelotti stood outside the gym and told his colleague No. 2 fitness coach Francesco Maury what he had observed from the expression on Yang Yang's face.

In the gym, Yang Yang is squatting. He only wears a vest on his upper body. The muscles exposed to the air are pumping up with his training, which seems to be full of explosive power.

Everyone knows that this is the cost of Yang Yang's competition with La Liga defenders.

"I heard that at the internal meeting in the locker room yesterday, Yang Yang yelled slogans. If he wants to win three championships this season, he must not lose any of them. It seems that he is not just talking, but actually doing it." Francesco Maury's eyes were full of admiration.

David Ancelotti nodded and smiled, "Yeah, my father was also talking about this last night. He thinks that if the locker room is twisted together, it is still very promising. This morning, the major media also reported it one after another. Obviously, they also received the wind yesterday."

Although the internal meeting in the Real Madrid locker room did not invite the coaching staff or management to participate, it was not completely airtight, especially in things like this now. Many players are willing to reveal their words to the outside world to boost the morale of the team and the fans. One pass to ten, ten to one hundred, naturally spread quickly.

Judging from the reaction of the media and fans this morning, it is generally positive.

Barcelona's current problems are a godsend opportunity for Real Madrid.

"My father said that if Yang Yang can always maintain such self-discipline and hard work, his peak period will definitely exceed the age of 30, and he may even play until the age of 40 like legends such as Maldini and Costacurta." Francesco Mauri praised with a smile.

The twenty-five-year-old Yang Yang has reason to be honored to be compared with evergreens such as Maldini and Costacurta, although his achievements in football have already surpassed these two predecessors.

His father, Giovanni Mauri, is a real talent, but at the same time he is a very visionary physical coach. He has trained many superstars in his life, whether it is a genius like Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Cafu, Shevchenko, Inzaghi or Kaka, or a hard-working player like Gattuso and Ambrosini.

But only for Yang Yang, Giovanni Mauri praised him many times, not in public, but when discussing with his son in private, which is undoubtedly more important than in public.

"Before I came to Real Madrid, I didn't believe the rumors from the outside world." Francesco Maury shook his head and then sighed, "But now, I have to admit that it is not accidental that Yang Yang is what he is today."

"That's what my father said too," laughed David Ancelotti.

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Yang Yang didn't know that his training was seen by others, and even caused discussions. He just focused on his training, because he wanted to further strengthen his body, stimulate more potential, and he wanted to perform better.

Because, Ibrahimovic is leaving!

Maxwell is leaving too!

This season will be the last season for him to partner with the two old buddies. Maybe from now on, they will never have the chance to cooperate again, so he hopes to leave something in this final season.

The best memory is the Triple Crown!

He knew it was difficult, and he knew that Barcelona would attack Real Madrid, but he knew he had to.

In 2009, Ibrahimovic joined Real Madrid because of him, and now, three years later, Ibrahimovic left Real Madrid because of him.

Although all this is not what he wants and has little direct relationship with him, he still hopes to help Ibrahimovic, at least, so that he can leave Real Madrid proudly and decently with the aura of a winner.

In this way, with the personality of a Swedish center, when he goes to Paris Saint-Germain, he is still the same Zlatan Ibrahimovic!

Sometimes even Yang Yang himself feels that Ibrahimovic of Real Madrid is not his nature, because he has been accommodating Yang Yang and suppressing himself all the time, maybe this is the reason why he wants to leave.

And Yang Yang also believes that leaving Real Madrid, leaving himself, and becoming the star of Paris Saint-Germain, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will live a happier and more free life.

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On the evening of January 31, in the semi-final of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid played against Athletic Bilbao at home.

This is the third consecutive confrontation between the two teams in the recent period. The previous two games ended with Real Madrid's complete victory, and the next two Copa del Rey semi-final opponents, the Basque Lions faced Real Madrid. The pressure is also heavy.

The Galaxy Battleship is fighting at home, and strives to win the opponent in the first round.

Just three minutes into the game, Yang Yang made a long diagonal pass from the left and accurately found Robben in the back. The Dutch volleyed and broke the Athletic Bilbao goal.

In the 20th minute, David Silva made a direct pass, and Yang Yang successfully turned offside. After catching the ball and making a breakthrough, he kicked from the left side of the penalty area. The ball passed under the crotch of the Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper and broke the goal again, 2-0.

Five minutes later, Modric's overhead pass assisted Robben to make another goal, rewriting the score to 3-0.

In less than half an hour, with three goals in a row, Real Madrid got off to a crushing start. Athletic Bilbao was helpless against the wolf-like Real Madrid and could only cope with it.

Bielsa even replaced two players in a row during the intermission in an attempt to strengthen the midfield, but in the end he failed to improve and lost 0-3 away.

This is also Athletic Bilbao's third consecutive loss to Real Madrid in the recent period, and the Basque Lions' morale has been shattered.

A week later, back at the San Mames Stadium, Madman Bielsa's team made a frantic counterattack, and even played a frenzied offensive at one point, giving the home team fans the hope of reversing Real Madrid. In the first half, they scored three goals in a row and successfully tied the total score.

In this game, Real Madrid played with a semi-substitute lineup, and their performance was not satisfactory. Ancelotti had to cope with the Copa del Rey and was busy with the league. The consecutive double matches for a week also made Real Madrid exhausted.

But in the second half, Real Madrid pulled two goals in a row, and Morata scored twice to help Real Madrid surpass the total score again.

In the end, although Real Madrid lost 2-3 to Athletic Bilbao in the away game, they successfully eliminated the Basque Lions with a total score of 5-3 and advanced to the final of the Copa del Rey.

In the other matchup, Barcelona defeated Valencia 1-1 away and 2-0 at home.

Real Madrid and Barcelona meet again in the Copa del Rey final, which is undoubtedly full of highlights.